this is g w news why the from berlin tonight the catholic church gains and love of francis says he supports same sex civil unions observers are calling it the clearest language yet from france's on gay rights and christianity also coming out germany's health minister has tested positive for close with 19 un spawn is now self isolating at home did you pose a threat to the chancellor earlier plus defiance after a deadly crackdown on protesters take to the streets again in one of those nigerian

. gun shops in the city as demonstrators came out on to the streets despite a curfew this after a peaceful protest was broken by shooting allegedly by nigeria's security forces and a promise to preserve its values of secularism the french president paying tribute to the history teacher samuel concent he was killed outside his school last week. to our viewers on p.b.s. in the united states and to all of you around the world welcome it is a major shift in the catholic church pope francis says that he supports civil union laws to protect the rights of same sex couples he made the comment. in

a new documentary about the pontiff intitled francisco which premiered today at the room film festival the statement marks a decided shift for the roman catholic church the film also tackles other controversial issues such as racism climate change sexual abuse and relations between christians muslims and jews. or earlier i asked our religious affairs analyst john barry what exactly did the pope say that it was the responsibility of societies to pass legislation to protect the rights of people in same sex unions this is groundbreaking brand it's explosive it's incendiary it's really the most productive thing he's done i think since he got into a bus at immediately after being elected pope and went back to the hotel to pay isn't it settled bill i don't know that it's going to have any immediate effect people of course around the world saying that it will that the church is changing

its teaching on homosexuality and on the possibility of homosexuals marrying in the church i think that's going too far that the expectations are too high but it's never the less explicit and does it threaten to create another cleavage if you will in the church i can imagine that in poland for example war in africa where the catholic church congregations are growing and where you see more conservative views that this attitude would not be appreciated but perhaps in north america it we'll. well i think it won't create a nuclear age the cleavage is there the catholic church is really split wide open. people talk about conservative and liberal groups i think that's misleading there are 2 really 2 basic ways of looking at the church francis represents one and his predecessors after the vatican 2 in the 1960 s.

that is pope paul the 6th in particular pope john paul 1st pope john paul the 2nd and benedict the sixteenth's were all somewhat in would looking they all pay tribute to vatican $2.00 to the reforms vatican 2 but in fact they were peddling as it passed as they could against the stream they're trying to turn things back the catholic church has a kind of myth that it doesn't change but in fact it does change of course it mustn't be seen to change and francis is the 1st pope really since the vatican 2 who has taken the council teaching very serious and wants the church to go out into the world and to engage with the world where it is and he has been signaling ever since he became the pope that this is what he is thinking i mean he has been saying things about not not condemning gays we know that one of his close friends for example is a gay man in the u.s. who we visited with that man's partner in washington d.c.

so the signals have been there of acceptance and love were you surprised by the news today. no i think it's just really yes another balloon that he's sending out this is his way of doing things brant he has to be very careful about it changing a church teaching that as i said the catholic church continues a kind of myth that it doesn't change its teaching it gets things fall away by the side that it doesn't want to emphasize anymore but he does has to try and carry the church with him and it's very difficult to do this at the moment if he were to change church teaching on homosexuality for example overnight then he would create a precedent he's already $83.00 he's going to be succeeded by another person pretty soon and if he did that he would create the president that the next pope could reverse that decision ok john barack explaining what is a significant piece of news for the roman catholic church today john thank you

germany's health minister yen spawn has tested positive for the corona virus he immediately went into self isolation and is reportedly experiencing cold like symptoms now the announcement came just hours after spahn attended a cabinet meeting with german chancellor angela merkel as health minister spawn is a prominent figure in germany's efforts to control the coronavirus. we want to go straight now to our political correspondents emmanuel shah she is following this story for us tonight him it's good to see you the health minister tested positive just after attending a cabinet meeting that included the german chancellor angela merkel is there concern now that the entire cabinet could be infected. well brenda i cannot imagine that all those who have been in close contact with the house minister might get tested quite soon however we also got

a statement today from the chancellor is press office highlighting the fact that the federal cabinet meets in compliance with hygiene in the sense rooms and that ensures that there's no need for participants to be quarantined if a person who later tests positive for koren of virus is present of the meeting that we don't know yet if the chancellor has been tested about daddy and the serious she immediately went into quarantine when her doctor had tested positive shortly after having given her vaccine shot now in terms of continued to within the house ministry for now. will provide the it continue working from isolation he also tweeted that he only suffered from a cold like symptoms as you mentioned but of course he won't be meeting with anyone of course the has minister has been a leading figure behind i got america behind the chancellor for the government's response to the pandemic so this is of course a setback but there's also no reason to believe that this was the stuff the country

is governance and handling of the pandemic. on the story for us tonight here in berlin and i thank you and here's a look now at some of the other developments in the global pandemic spade has become the 1st western european country to record 1000000 corona virus infections doubling its tally in just 6 weeks astra zeneca an oxford university say their vaccine trial will continue despite the death of a volunteer in brazil regulators say there are new concerns about the safety of the brazilian trial russia's president vladimir putin said he is not planning to impose any blanket restrictions to contain the pandemic is comments come as russia reported a record new daily death toll from the bike. for tonight the security situation in nigeria as a 2nd largest city lagos' appears to be deteriorating with reports of buildings on fire roadblocks and protesters defying

a curfew to demonstrate on the city's streets the unrest follows the violent crackdown on protesters in law goes yesterday unconfirmed reports suggest that 12 people were killed why gunshots at that protest. more shots fired at protesters and this despite the global outrage following tuesday's shooting of peaceful demonstrators in the nigerian capital of lagos military forces had reacted to protesters defying a curfew by turning the street lights off and shooting into the crowd killing and wounding dozens i believe those places got a lot of good now we have a good bit for us i said. well you know what he's. called

racist. but you can be verified give him a few things like that protests have spiraled dramatically over the past 2 weeks they were initially triggered by anger at police brutality especially at abuses carried out by a notorious anti robbery squad called sars but beyond the problem of police violence nigeria's youths are calling for sweeping changes in and to systematic corruption and widespread unemployment. 60 years ago we do it why not please well it's a few well placed to walk on. the last couple of days of violence have made waves beyond nigeria's borders demonstrations of support by the large nigerian diaspora well held in london and in south africa on wednesday numerous stars have also begun speaking out. you know this is

ready. you know. quite telling me what is going on back i mean. i would say one john government got haitian to do what. it is in sending military to the streets. on m 4 protest us. and some buildings including a television station in lagos lay in flames today nigeria remains a tinderbox of deep economic and social grievances. all right let's get some more insight on this i'm joined now by saying because with amnesty international nigeria he joins us tonight from a budget it's good to have you on the program we've got alleged violence against protesters security forces in the country say that is not true do you have evidence to the contrary. we as another musician enough conducted.

on the ground investigation and our own investigation us constraint that. the government is not telling the truth when it sais that there were no casualties as a result of. the shooting into a crowd of protest that was that took place at the nec you tollgate just today we have been able to consent and that at least 15 school protest that has died in that incidence and the number will be i know but that is what we've been able to confound from speaking with a witness see a straw man and ice in video full day and also from reviewing the last bits of records a lot of this conflict between 6 45 pm just the other night. the nigerian military actually opened fire on brits of people who were peacefully calling for good governance and an end to produce paternity so whatever the government sees does not

reflect the facts on the ground ok so you're saying you've got evidence you can confirm that 12 people were indeed shot dead last night by security forces there do you trust the government at all 'd to investigate this incident. if you ask an average nigerian this question the answer would be no and that is also the reason why the protests continued even after the government made promises took some steps to try to reform the police because you see the government says many things every time and many times dissuade some not backed up by actions and so just like an average nigerian we do not this is from the chores that the government will investigate but will continue to call on them i mean a government that would investigate lucky's 1st i meet the delegates these

government must come out to state up is the latest government on that's come out to say that there were no casualties but they do it in number of injured people that you had come to see in the house it's also a government that is serious about meeting the demands of the protest as without the stock by the home surely there were casualties so the government asked flatly denied to the government denies that this happened and you say that people in nigeria do not trust the government we've got reports that there have been more protests and gunfire this evening in law goes is there a danger that this is going to escalate and that we're going to see tensions rise even further in nigeria. there has always been that sheer that. if the government fails to hunt a situation like these in the way that it is supposed to handle it's carls we might have on the islands honestly it's a situation just to say that we would not have gotten so this point if the

government. or a friend from making promises that it was not willing to keep to the protest us and if this is so they are definitely feel this official at this time it's and we are asking the government will step in and do all that happen within the bounds of the law to out arrest the situation before if it's for that ok mr carr we appreciate your time and your insights tonight 2nd because with amnesty international in nigeria thank you thank you very much that's my pleasure to be here. well here's a quick summary now of some of the day's other headlines thailand's prime minister says that he will indeed state of emergency that was imposed in the capital bangkok to suppress anti-government demonstrations it's the 7th consecutive day of protests or just want the government to resign they want a new constitution and they want reforms to the monarchy in the u.s. the maker of the prescription painkiller oxy cotton will plead guilty to federal

charges as part of an $8000000000.00 settlement produce pharma is accused of criminal conduct related to the distribution of the drug it has been linked to more than $470000.00 deaths in the u.s. german prosecutors say a fatal knife attack in the city of dresden earlier this month is being treated as islam is terrorism 2 german tourists were stabbed one died from his wounds later in the hospital a 20 year old syrian was taken into custody on tuesday in connection with that attack. france is holding a national tribute to some you will see the teacher who was killed outside his school last week people have been gathering across the country french president is addressing a memorial ceremony together with parties family at these sort of own university in paris his evening. he was killed 5 days ago after showing cartoons of the prophet

muhammad during classes on the lesson of freedom of expression the suspected perpetrator an 18 year old chechen refugee was shot by police. more now we're joined by g.w. corresponded marina strauss in paris good evening to you today a national day of tribute is held all over the country there's a memorial ceremony where you were at the. what more can you tell us. earlier this evening french president. held a very emotional speech very personal he said that. the teacher was one of those teachers who will never forget that he was one of those teachers who told his students how to think by themselves how to be critical like a citizens here in france and some across also said that some will but she is now the face of france and when i was looking around here at this location in front of

the sarah brown university i could see many people like having spears and their eyes people being very moved and after the speech they clapped and this occasion here it's so funny even if it was actually chosen by patsy's family themselves that they were also present here at this tribute today and they chose because it's a symbol for all knowledge a symbol for an item and we know that the french government is taking this attack very seriously a special investigation is underway what do we know about the progress in that investigation. oh we know that several people have been taken in so cassaday it's a subsidy attack some have already been released what we learned today is said 7 people will be put in front of terrorist shots and among them 2 students of some of his he that's probably or maybe him 2 words petty you know like we

remember you came outside of the school and then was beheaded so these 2 students underage students are also facing charges and so we've been seeing raids in france over france and see islamists and rates ok did you use marina strauss with the latest tonight in paris thank you. police here in berlin are investigating what may be the biggest act of vandalism against works of art in post war germany more than 60 artworks held on berlin's museum island were sprayed with what's being described as a color was orly substance the collection on the island includes items from antiquity such as the telegram on temple. some of the damage is clearly visible like on these egyptian side coffer guy on the 3rd of october

a total of $63.00 artworks and artifacts in 4 museums were vandalized with an oily liquid investigations are still ongoing and the extent of the damage remains far from clear police only you said the liquid was transparent and not corrosive authorities say they're at a loss as to how when by whom and why the crimes were committed the museums do have security cameras but. if somebody doesn't say fire a water pistol and you see it but instead they smear something in a concealed way then you might not see on the camera that there's liquid on the floor or in the object the thought of would all of this police inform the public more than 2 weeks after the incident and only after media reports broke on tuesday as part of their search for witnesses they have now written e-mails to more than 600 ticket holders but at least 3000 people visited museum island on that day and there is no confession note speculation quickly focused on a group supporting germany's most notorious conspiracy theorist

a man who has previously said calls for attacks on the museums because of what he calls satanist artifacts there the museums distance themselves this summer with corresponding flags still flying. we don't want to participate in such speculation we're investigating in every regard all directions. tellings museum island is considered one of the most precious art collections in europe that direct to say the security concept is currently being reviewed. as we heard very this attack has fueled speculation about a conspiracy theory centered on berlin's museum of ireland saucier tribute writes for monopole magazine she is reporting on this incident she joins me now it's good to have you on the program i mean let's be clear here with this is there any evidence that conspiracy theorists are involved in defacing these artifacts

as to now there is no evidence for that so everything we say about that is speculation as police said earlier today there are investigations going in every direction and there has been no confession that i know of so far and so yeah there's no evidence that it's now ok so what is fueling the speculation i mean what is this conspiracy theory all the bell. well it's very complex and of course there are variations on different conspiracy theorists as you said you know here in the report there were. demonstrations going on at museum island this summer that were organized by. so-called anti corona activists that were protesting against. corona policy of the german government and that also. yes brand anti semites is conspiracies there

and so after those meetings were banned by the better than a authorities and after the museums had distanced themselves from those. demonstrations there was a lot of continence spread. defends social media channels that were used by supporters of the q i know theory for example oil by. that focus on the island as. a global sense of satanism and a satanic cult and so this is where this link come phones which is amazing which is amazing but i 1st read about the story i thought of. the jew just mentioned there but finding the link here just seems impossible how much support would you say is there for this this conspiracy theory or that this idea that the museum

island is a place for satanic worship to be well interestingly it's not new at all because this link from him on alto which at the moment is not accessible to the public because the museum is being restored but this link it's actually not new because there's a passives and the revelation of apostle john and the 5 all that should be read as saying that satan lives and i remember where this original located and he was moved from there and brought to berlin and so basically he satan moved with that. yes so it would be living in berlin right now yeah we've heard that one before as well why do you see conspiracy theories like this why are they gaining in popularity now. well i think those. there's always been

secular of these satanic conspiracy theories but i think at the moment it's quite interesting that they're linked to daily politics and this case the who are now. and i make and also the german government so i'm glad macula said to be taking part and satanic rituals as well and i think that there is quite. a great feeling of. yeah of confusion because it's quite a complex matter and conspiracy theories are always find and easy solution where everything falls into place once you see it and this idea of the museum as a center of a. satanic cult is i think quite interesting because this. it's reading this history of the knowledge of quite literally basically and just linking it to genius viggiano what is well good job and yet you.

deny everything which is complicated and big us about a place like that yeah a cognitive crutch you could describe these these types of theories so troubling with monopole the magazine it's good talking with you we appreciate your insights into a bizarre and strange story thank you. thank you well the artist banksy is known for his graffiti paintings that spring up overnight on buildings all over the world but now it's his parody of a monet masterpiece that's gone under the hammer the artwork showed me that the monet trash is the familiar ideal lake water lily pond which is see right there with consumer garbage there's even a traffic cone floating in the water when what he buyer snapped up the work for 8 point $4000000.00 euros that's a crippling suit $10000000.00 u.s.

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