this is d w news wife of the pope for ordering a major change in the catholic church and leaving no place to hide for sexual abusers pope francis removes the cover of people secrecy meaning victims of sexual abuse will be able to go to the police to report the crime without fear of excommunication from the church also coming up tonight pakistan's former military

ruler purpose is sentenced to death after a court finds him guilty of treason he's in exile so will he ever face the ultimate penalty and that we look at a martial art that could become a hidden menace experts saying the boom in mixed martial arts has allowed far right groups here in germany to recruit new members. i'm burnt off it's good to have you with this we begin with breaking news news on both sides of the atlantic the united states senate has backed sanctions on that controversial nord stream to gas pipeline by a huge majority meaning that the bill has now passed both houses of congress and will go to the president's president to be signed into law. the same sions target

a pipeline that's being built under the baltic sea to transport russian natural gas to germany it's supposed to start operating in the coming months the u.s. opposes the project saying that it will increase russia's political influence here in europe the move to implement sanctions could be met by retaliatory measures from the european countries who have invested in the pipeline and that includes germany we'll have more on this story as details become available now to our other big story pope francis has announced sweeping changes to the way the roman catholic church deals with cases of sex abuse he's abolished papal secrecy laws meaning they will no longer apply in accusations trials and decisions involving sexual abuse critics have previously accused the church of using paypal secrecy to justify decisions to keep cases away from civil authorities.

are and i'm joined now by james hallett chalky is an advocate for victims and an investigator of clergy sex abuse he is a former priest and he is a survivor of sexual abuse himself he joins us now from buffalo in the united states it's good to have you on the show i want to get your reaction to the news of the publishing of people's secrets it's a huge move isn't it. it sounds dramatic and we the survivors feel in many ways that this might be a glimmer of hope but practically speaking on a day to day basis it changes nothing about the church's own laws the lifting of pontifical secret is one very limited type of designation it requires of an. at 70. said.

it and then you. meet. jeff we're having a problem with the with our signal let's just try that one more time can you hear me james can you hear me unfortunately looks like we've lost our connection with james there in buffalo we certainly apologize for that we'll try to get that line back up as soon as possible the united nations is urging countries to take joint responsibility for caring for the surging numbers of displaced people around the world and speaking at the opening of the 1st global refugee forum in geneva switzerland u.n. secretary general antonio good to address said that the world owes all countries is that welcome to large numbers of refugees a debt of gratitude but gratitude he says is not enough the u.n. estimates that there are currently 26000000 people who have been forced to flee

their homes earlier we spoke with mohamed tawfik the u.n. age c.r.s. special envoy to the horn of africa and we asked him what he expects from this meeting. the global to do as a work provides an opportunity for member states. to showcase best practices we. need it to 6000000 to produce a hole in the wall and 78000000 displaced population globally and therefore it is. best practices countries provided support that if we do see one form of another this is the place where best practices will be examined bookplate this will demand but above all this is a form of way we hope that additional resources can be mobilized by the part of us all the member states and the international community will not have to provide the needed support so that if we do just what we have got out of the one which continues to increase therefore this forum provides a product of which a beauty for both resources will be like this and that we must also the best

practice is not going to be i'm going to see that on the one that was mohamed off in there with the u.n. h.c.r. speaking with us earlier today lebanon is one country that has had a big influx of refugees since 201118 half 1000000 people have fled there from the conflict in neighboring syria but an economic crisis means that finding work has become difficult for both lebanese and refugees. amir hussein is lucky today she can work in this firewood company near the refugee camps of nile in the mountains of levanon with her son by hey they will earn around 3 euros for a few hours work. have before i'm happy to help my mom and money for. so many and there's nothing worse than this if we had enough help we would have to do this work on. amir and her son each receive less than one euro

a day from the u.n. just enough for them to survive but not enough for an education for her son even if they work sporadically it's a similar situation for most of the estimated 1500000 syrian refugees in lebanon there is no hope for improvement on the contrary the political and economic crisis has cost many lebanese citizens and refugees alike their jobs. if the economy is shrinking the unemployment rate is also rising. unemployment among the lebanese has fallen by 50 percent. before the economic crisis occasional jobs were available now amir a is never sure whether she will be able to work to earn extra money to add to the small amount of u.n. aid she receives. well here are some of the other stories now that are making headlines around the world police in france have fired tear gas in nonce and paris

says major labor unions hold another day of strikes across the country the clashes have happened on the 13th day of protests against the government's controversial pension reforms the government says it is determined to press ahead with the player . the european union is calling on its member state malta to speed up reforms to ensure the independence of that country's judiciary the murder of maltese journalists. has raised concerns at an e.u. level after being linked to several of the country's high ranking politicians the e.u. says maltese prosecution service needs protection from political interference. the leaders of south sudan's wyvil political factions say they will form a unity government in february president salva kiir and opposition leader machar signed a peace deal last year to end a 5 year civil war but they have stalled on their agreement to govern together

prompting sanctions by the united states. a court in pakistan has sentenced the country's former president you see him right there pervez musharraf to death for high treason which are a fruit from 1909 to 2008 after leading a bloodless military coup against a civilian government he's now living in exile he was tried in his absence. the sentence has been a long time coming for former pakistani president pervez musharraf seen here at a court hearing in 2013. the verdict guilty of treason the sentence of death. who sharp's lawyer rejected the court's decision calling on pakistanis to stand by the former ruler i said this this complaint is fronts this complaint is wrong it was just a victim i said i'm not i'm not that i'm not admitting that there's no question of i kind of figured out that in that letter that the law is that people can go and it

. the verdict is part of the ongoing followed from a sharp suspension of pakistan's constitution and 2007. the move ignited one spurred protest leading to his resignation. he may have lost popular support but the former general continued to have his backers in the country's powerful military . today's verdict is seen by many as a strike by the courts against the army's grip on the reins of power. this is a unique decision of the. and that is he a bug a son then for the 1st simon miller to be had been punished by the court under the constitution and it all and it was overdue because station had been wanted no less than 4 or 5 times in the sun. for the time being at least the death sentence is unlikely to be carried out correctly the sheriff is currently

in exile in dubai where he is seeking medical treatment. now a sobering statistic for those of us who report the news in $21949.00 journalists were killed doing their job in its yearly report reporters without borders says most in journalist killings occurred in just 5 countries they are syria mexico afghanistan pakistan and somalia the good news is that that number is at a 16 year low the bad news is that more journalists are being detained arbitrarily tonight 389 journalists are in prison somewhere around the world china tops the list with 120 journalists behind bars that we know of it's hard to get the real numbers from china followed by egypt saudi arabia syria and you see right there turkey reporters without borders says that homemade threats against journalists are

growing they include politicians attacking the media from washington d. . see to manila and in iran journalists were recently arrested simply for trying to report on recent protests against a hike in gas prices as our next report shows the iranian government has also intensified its harassment of persian speaking journalists working abroad you should both grotty knows what it means when press freedom is threatened the editor in chief of prague based radio farda the persian service of radio free europe radio liberty says harris may have exiled journalists by the iranian regime has escalated during the current protests. intelligence officers have been. operating different accounts and different websites in order to the famed journalist protests against fuel price rises erupted in iran in november the state responded with violence and nationwide internet blackouts domestic media have faced

increased censorship and broadcasters based abroad are among the only other sources of information that their reporting appears to have angered the iranian regime. who normally what they do all day summoned their parents. to iranian intelligence ministry headquarters. they force them to contact their loved ones and to tell them to resign immediately and then they say if they don't resign i we bring them back to iran some overseas persian language media have had the assets confiscated and their journalists branded as terrorists but despite the risks the exiled reporters say they will continue their work in their words journalism is not a crime. well joining me now in the big table is christiane mir he's director of

reporters without borders germany it's always good to see you christiane i want to pick up on what we just saw there concerning iran i mean what we see happening in iran and it's not a big surprise is it because it's a place that does it enjoy the press freedoms as we do with the west for example in the right yeah unfortunately you are right i would be happy to disagree on this but iran i mean for a long time is one of the biggest jailers weld wide of gins it's not among the top 5 but it's among the top 10 in just a pretty prison in putting journalists in prison for doing their job the number of journalists killed in 2001 draw a 16 year low a major reason is that fewer reporters are going abroad to cover wars crisis regions are not getting reported on like they used to that's a troubling development isn't that troubling development because it's producing black holes and you sold basically and i mean that's where we see web journalism

about its reporting about what's happening all over the word and more over this leads to another figure if you see look a bit more into details of this figure of 49 journalists having been killed 59 percent out of these 3049 journalists killed have been killed in countries which we call countries in peace like mexico pakistan and saying this is much more troubling in your report makes clear that domestic threats are not decreasing and that includes wave after wave of misinformation that the public is being forced to confront with we hear about it all the time i want you to take a listen to what was said just last week at the u.n. climate conference about this information the reason why here is because of the deep pockets and the power that's been exercised by fossil fuel companies and their allies around the world they've been spreading misinformation about the about the science they have you know strapping. present climate action. but you know what's

changing what's changing of the powerful a diverse movement for climate action that we're building around the world there you have right there you have someone the climate conference saying you know part of the part of the battle we have is the misinformation that's out there so what does reporters without borders advise journalists to do i mean we're fighting you know battles in so many fronts it seems i mean it sounds so simple my answer maybe but in the end i think it's you have to fact check and maybe seeing twice before sending out tweets before sharing misinformed piece and i mean that's i think 11 of the basic ways how we could and should fight misinformation which existed which could live pollute basically the news and why and in that way i think on a broader level we have to talk about this information pollution as well if we do know how to regulate to actually sink but this is a long term discussion but we do have some initiatives on the i mean what could be

done would you think is thinking we've got the u.s. presidential election happening next year there's a lot of talk about misinformation as well as election manipulation. coming up what can the journalists do to ensure that a free press survives and that pursuit of the truth is not corrupt i mean we have to look on it on a twofold way 1st of all i think journalism as such and a journalist among themselves they have to be in solidarity if one of them is attacked and i think this is something which you shouldn't on the s. team mate comparing the u.s. in germany with other countries but the obvious thing is really be accurate be consistent in when filmation and as i said in advance to be be be transparent maybe some some somehow a bit more about how you inform how you investigate and we know that you there is that audiences appreciate this very much and. costs maybe a bit more but you have to engage more with the audience which is the out there on

twitter and facebook but i think in order for not to losing their credibility i see that's important because journalism is important fought. because everything we know about the world we know but journalism credibility is a big factor for us where in the world before we let you go where in the world is it best to be a journalist now what does reporters without borders think i mean it's a very good question because we talk so much about negative things but you look to the scandinavian countries look to norway finland say we have a highly diverse the chief of media hype pluralism we have almost no attacks we have a very good freedom of information act and i think scandinavia norway finland are these stream countries that you just have to like the snow if you want to work there. director of reporter without borders germany because there's always it's good to see if they can. mixed martial arts or a have exploded in popularity here in germany or the recent years but since it

hasn't yet become a mainstream sport some experts believe that its relative obscurity has allowed hooligans and members of germany's far right to use it to train and recruit new members take a look. mixed martial artist nico samson he is one of germany's most talented young fighters also a social worker he knows m.m.a. has a dark side it's a platform for hooligans and members of the far right it's a full contact sport so. for sure if you're viewing this from the perspective that it's also a useful could or could be useful using those in the street i think that's the thing which is the most appealing for them. countless promotional videos shared online demonstrate hooligans and right wing extremists are using the sport to prepare themselves for violence and as a means to recruit new members. it's common to see m.m.a.

trained hooligans working out in football uniforms of clubs with known far right elements and their fan base. hooligans and far right fighters have their own spaces for training and events this is possible because mixed martial arts is not officially recognised as a sport in germany and lacks a single overriding governing body all this means it's nearly impossible to regulate sampson eats a steers clear of hooligans but knows right wing recruitment is a problem. the scene may in germany should be aware off and should talk about it because it's a developed one with the right wing we see in not only in sports it's we've seen a whole society he's trained in jim zwerg fighters were kicked out. for their extreme far right views but he believes preventive work and education should be the 1st option. if you ride one person you just organizing yourself which is also

dangerous because you don't then you don't have an inside what is happening there and maybe people start to recruit. other people which is also dangerous development expert says steps have to be taken to solve the issue because it is less controlled there are more opportunities for them to to organize things and to to be in control be sickly i think rick ignition. great to regulation of the sports will will will benefit it and will help to fight off the far right influence these changes could go a long way to ensuring the far right and hooligans don't have a fighting chance to recruit through mixed martial arts. and for more on that now i'm joined here the big table by julia door needs she is one of the authors of the report you just saw and she also happens to be. a world

champion it's good to have you on the show. talk to me about the sport why do you think mixed martial arts is is the place where it's easy or more easily. able to recruit people for the far right to me why not she's attracted to the sport that you love that's a good question but i guess from like experience and i also know from experience that that's the closest to the street you know it's like it's like easy your clothes have the physical ability to hit someone easily it can kick you can punch and i've know you have to. go and kicking and so i think it's pretty attractive plus the hooligans nowadays as we know from the studies are physically very strong and they're not to be a belly people anymore they train for the day eggs so it's called and that is what

the day when when things happen with the end of the world as we know it comes right and then they need to fight back they need to fight back what is it there were mixed martial arts that makes it better to recruit compared to soccer for example there's basketball soccer ice hockey what is it about. do you think that makes it better to recruit. while they see is violent like they say m m a's the violent way like you can actually express yourself and i mean i'm an athlete you know i'm a world champion myself. do not look like a hooligan no no i'm not i mean i hate my political convictions another thing but i mean i love the sport because i love it and it's so much for me it's judo and it's like you know the very idea of martial arts and i don't know i don't understand actually why they love it what have you experienced you're world champion so you've been around all types of people who were directed to this board have you witnessed

recruitment going on. not myself but i know from experience like there was some fight because there were some events like. for example where people were known for their fall riot background and for violence so there they have been banned. and then the other. like underground stuff i mean we we on the global stage you know it's grown so fast growing sport and then we have to make sure that this is not going to happen and how do you do that how does someone like you work against another person in the sport who is there secretly to recruit neo nazis. we see. as a big issue because we all athletes and we i mean we can do the prevention stuff like tell them it's not good to do that but to like kick them out or exclude them from that happening it's dangerous because then they start they're going to go yeah they're on the outside and they start doing their own group and they own stuff and

they own business do you need regulation with more regulation the media need something i mean for example football soccer have something like you know. do you need something that struck structured like that so you know we have discussed it and yeah it's yeah it's not a secret we need this one governing body for like for example. if we have become make sure that it's actually governmental founded we have the money to do the premise and yeah not to be misused. it's fascinating the development and it's just one that you wouldn't expect to happen but we appreciate you bringing it to us julia doherty from our sports desk thank you. well this is news and these are our top story is pope francis has taken a major step towards dealing with sexual abuse in the catholic church by abolishing papal secrecy the church had been accused of using the rule to cover up cases of

abuse. the u.s. senate has backed is saying sins against a gas pipeline that supposed to transport russian natural gas to germany the measures are aimed at whole thing completion of the nord stream to pipeline and have now passed both houses of congress the u.s. says the project will increase russia's political influence here in europe. a global summit has begun in geneva aimed at finding better ways to support the world's growing number of refugees the 1st global refugee forum for instigator politicians business leaders and refugees the u.n. says 26000000 people have fled their countries their home countries because of who are and persecution. a court in pakistan has sentenced the former military ruler pervez musharraf to death on charges of high treason which are of was tried in absentia for suspending the country's constitution and imposing

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