you can use a line from berlin pope francis meets one of the most senior clerics in islam on the 1st papal visit to iraq the pontiff. religious extremism and more protection from. the chance for democracy unsmiling more despite a week of deaths and detention the international community. against the blind.

plus all at sea. in e.u. trade tensions. deal and disrupt the delicate balance of peace on the island of. a michael oka welcome on day 2 of his visit to the iraq pope francis has held talks with the country's influential shiite muslim cleric the grand ayatollah ali sistani the historic meeting took place home in the holy city of. inside for the talks which lasted around 40 minutes but a few white doves were released as the pope underscoring his message of peaceful coexistence between muslims and christians in iraq the christian community there has to win gold after years of war and persecution the christians who remain. the

hope of a show of solidarity from sistan e could help secure their place in iraq. for more on this i'm joined by d.w. religious affairs correspondent martin jacques martin what's the pope's schedule for the rest of the day he will be moving around the area and he's being flown. he's being flown to or where he will be meeting there will be an interesting service. sort of the biggest sort of the biggest event in the next for day 6 picked it to be the mass. in the north which is meant to be supposed to attract a few 1000 people the pope of course had a meeting with the grand ayatollah ali al sistani why is the meeting significant. the meeting is an attend to essentially mend fences we did what he said very

important community within iraq which is the shia community the vatican has fostered strong relations or last few years in various troops and in in meetings high level meetings we had with. sunis and this is basically an attempt also made about to going to. forge forge a stronger relation into religious relation area of the world which is a flashpoint in which christian communities under a are under enormous pressure. and i'm curious. particularly non christians reacting to the pope's visit. i think he's quite clearly i mean you can see it in the reports as well it's really you know we've decided that it's putting iraq giving iraq basically a very high profile for a couple of days in the news cycle and obviously to that extent it is welcome at the very same time i mean east. probably one of the strongest indications of some

amount of review very sage and indeed iraqi in direct international presence i mean to the extent that iraq does not really see a lot of high profile movement and most certainly not of the kind that involves civil life. or religious life i mean obviously very squired a bit of quite a bit of movement in terms of governments and international organizations but this is actually a bit and it's in its own category you know what outcome of this visit will be in terms of what the hope the pope and the vatican expect to achieve which has a lot to do with the regular station the improvement of life for for christians but also for the community at large that always you know that always really remains to be seen ok martin religious affairs correspondent really appreciate it my pleasure. well the u.n. special envoy on miramar has called for

a robust international response after this week's violence against protesters she made the remarks during a closed door meeting of the u.n. security council in new york but the council's unlikely to pass a resolution on miramar because of china and russia has veto wielding seats more than 50 people have been killed over the past 7 days as protesters keep up their calls for a return to democracy. yes. the march for democracy perseverance in me and mark despite brutal crackdowns by the military authorities. demonstrations are regularly dispersed by tear gas the violence has escalated in the last week. with radio free asia published this c.c.t.v. footage it allegedly shows authorities beating up medical volunteers and young gone on wednesday the broadcaster says they were then taken to prison the video follows

reports that police opened fire on medical workers in the city where several protesters died was self-styled front line protesters keep the demonstrations going they equip themselves with shields helmets and gas masks and it's their job to assist anyone injured. mcdowell routine or rule she goes who died in the revolution had families of the original where they had their whole lives ahead of them joe wanted to lose some of them were younger than me it makes me very angry but we can't do anything so we're protesting peacefully and have to fight until the end hold your gold farming was. hundreds of mourners attended the funeral of 25 year old our carmo he was one of many who died on wednesday. the

revolution must prevail the mourners chant together wasn't. the journalist joining me now some young people are back on the streets today after tough crackdowns from the military this week do you think it will get even worse this weekend. it's quite possible there's quite a number of sort of confluence ing offense that are happening right now the committee representing elected officials have made an announcement that government workers have until the 7 midnight to join the civil disobedience to put or face essentially sanctions from the public and the government the military has also ordered all thanks to open. and you know they're in a sense losing control of government workers as well as institutions with over 600 police who have now left military controlled ministries as well as over 10

diplomats or at least 10 diplomats who have publicly stated that they will not obey orders from the home so it's quite likely that you will see further escalations as the military loses more control. well clearly the military has exhibited no signs of backing down if anything they're showing an even firmer hand do protesters believe they have a chance of making any difference yes so if you listen to any of the protests are happening or watch what's happening by chance are still very aggressive about what they think they're very optimistic about the chances of winning almost all the chants are about how they will not lose how this is the last fight and in fact the songs that people are singing are about this sort of final battle so i think we're in a situation in which protesters have decided that you know there's no future except a democratic one. well according to reports the military has jailed many journalists how do you and your fellow colleagues man if she continue working.

so mostly journalists will happen the rest of have been taken while they are working so what number of journalist have started doing is not identified themselves as press and then the sort of just simple way while they're doing their work to my helmet right now doesn't say press and this jacket while it does say press i do take it off if i feel like i'm going danger of being targeted as a member of the press and also one journalist was taken from his home and one thing that many journalists are doing right now is not sleeping in their homes to ensure that they stay at least half a step ahead of security officials payments and journalists and young gun thanks so much. highlighting now some other international stories protesters and police have clashed in violent protests in paraguay angers mounting in the country over the government's handling of the pandemic infections have

recently hit record levels security forces fired rubber bullets and tear gas at demonstrators who burned barricades and threw stones at the police. knew as mars rover the perseverance has taken its 1st test drive the probe which is about the size of a car clocked up a total of 6.5 meters during a half hour test the rover ventured from its landing position 2 weeks after setting down to seek signs of past life on the red planet. protesters have gathered in the turkish city of bull to denounce violence against women government figures show hundreds of women killed across turkey last year the demonstration comes a few days ahead of international women's day which saw between women's rights protesters and police last year. u.s. aviation authorities say they will investigate an emergency on

a boeing 737 matchplay the aircraft landed safely on friday after the captain shut down an engine american airlines said the issue was not related to the computer systems blamed for 2 fatal crashes that resulted in the world wide grounding in 737 max planes. the european union has promised legal action after the british government unilaterally extended a grace period for. northern ireland it's a move that brussels says reaches the terms of the divorce the u.k. says it's taking sensible and practical steps to fix trade problems affecting northern ireland but there are fears that this latest fork in the road over. could threaten. these trucks carrying goods from england scotland and wales on to ships that cross the irish sea to northern island here in belfast products arriving

from the rest of britain are subject to import rules from the e.u. on to break northern ireland has remained part of the e.u. single market for goods. fully applied but the u.k. has decided to extend these transition period for some products without asking the e.u. 1st that's illegal brussels says and undermines the brig's that deal the european commission will respond to these developments in accordance with the legal means established by the withdrawal agreement. but britain the says brakes that supply chicks are causing huge disruption to delay it says will give businesses more time to get used to the new rules. we're taking some temporary technical measures to ensure that there are no barriers in the irish sea org to make sure that things flow freely from g.b. to n.i.

and that's what you'd expect the tensions on just affecting trade paramilitary groups on happy with the breaks a disruption have temporarily abandoned to northern ireland historic 998 peace deal known as the good friday agreement the group signed then not planning a return to violence but it's heightening fears that northern ireland's delicate balance of peace is being destocking belies. your dortmund in one of the business leaders biggest fixtures in the past years the 2 titans have been closer in the standings and they are now league leaders byard are facing a dortmund side at risk of missing out on next season's champions league. one of the bonus leagues biggest attractions also features the league's top strikers byron's robert levin dusky and dog means elena how would both scored a goal when they met earlier this season but it was by or was that left the

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