the misunderstandings and hurts of the past are journeying from conflict to unity. in praying for peace in the middle east the pope singled out syria ravaged by a decade of civil war and he condemned religious extremists who use terrorism to achieve their aims. on sunday pope francis will see firsthand the destruction left behind by the terrorist islamic state when he visits the group's former stronghold in the northern iraqi city of mosul. and to me now where the u.n. special envoy there 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 man ma because of china and russia's veto wielding seats more than 50 people have been killed over the past 7 days as protesters kape up calls for

a return to democracy. oh. the march for democracy perseverance in me and maher despite brutal crackdowns by the military also retain as. demonstrations are regularly dispersed by tear gas the violence has escalated in the last week with police making mass arrests and adopting more lethal force. with radio free asia published this c.c.t.v. footage it allegedly shows authorities beating up medical volunteers in yangon 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. but their routine or rule those who died in the revolution had families of the original they had their whole lives ahead of them 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 of all 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. oh. he was my eldest son. he got shot while he was trying to save his friend who was also shot.

he. lowered it to police a shot right set his heart without remorse you know what i feel so angry that they're suppressing us again like they did under military rule they're destroying our lives for their own sakes we're going to do you no longer count on iraq you know all of. the revolution must prevail the mourners chant together. journalist amman tant is joining me now from yangon a you've been out on the streets today is. another protest escalating and how does today compare with other days so as to the protests have gone on i think what we're seeing now is 2 in dealing numbers of protesters who are out on the street protesters who are much more experienced and sort of much more defense oriented in their approach so over the past few days we've seen

developments in terms of the sort of barricades and protective equipment that protesters were using you know sort of developing from umbrellas and sort of steel sheets of metal that they fashioned into shields into sandbag barricades as well as other things that were meant to stop life bullets as well as local police down as they chased them. ok so perhaps less people on the streets but obviously no signs of backing down particularly also on the other side no signs of the military backing down if anything they seem to be taking a firm hand do protesters believe they still have a chance of making any difference. yes protesters definitely do think that this multipronged approach to the civil disobedience movement is the way forward in terms of returning we are back to democratic rule. the street protests are not the only part of this movement obviously and i think the dwindling numbers of people

are on the streets are more election people who feel that you know certain groups of people shouldn't be out on the streets such as older people very young children things like. being in the safety of their homes and participating in other ways such as through military. businesses as well as supporting civil servants who are now many of whom are now boycotting and since it's not working in their departments what about the safety of journalists and people trying to get the word out of what's going on there we know the military in spain jailing journalists how are you and your fellow colleagues managing to continue working. for those number of different strategies journalists have taken to ensure or at least improve their safety one thing is a sort of strategic use. gear that has the word press on it you know in very in other contexts journalists generally try to make sure they're very very visible as

press in order to give themselves and protesters the space that they need in order to jobs and to let police know that you know they are being recorded and that they are at the protests but here you see a lot of journalists going without that kind of equipment. as well as you know taking it on and putting it off they're also journalists who are either living at hotels or living in the various state houses and not staying in their own homes. yet. are lame in town unfortunately have to leave or they have a journalist in yangon thanks very much they have to pay for. and let's turn now to some other stories making news around the world indian farmers have blocked a 6 lane highway outside delhi to mark the 100th day of protests against the deregulation of agriculture markets the farmers say laws imposed last september hurt them by opening the sector up to private players several rounds of

negotiations between family this and the government have so far failed. in poland a bus carrying dozens of ukrainian citizens has crashed killing at least 5 and injuring dozens more the bus careened off the road in the south east of the country near the ukrainian border there was no immediate cause given for the accident. german supermarket chain l.d. has begun selling coronavirus home testing kits long queues for downside some stalls as supplies quickly sold out home test kits are expected to go on sale at other major chains and drugstores across the country in the coming days. in australia tens of thousands turned out for sydney's iconic gay and lesbian mardi gras due to coronavirus restrictions this year's event took place at the city's cricket ground to allow for social distancing is one of the biggest events sydney has same since the start of the pandemic. let's get you up to speed now on some

other developments in the corona virus pandemic hungary has reported almost 7300 new cases its worst daily rise since the start of the pandemic that's a jump of 14 percent saudi arabia has said it will ease coronavirus related restrictions on entertainment and events and reopen cinemas james and sports center starting sunday herald wise minister of health has resigned amid a record surge in corona virus cases the crisis has left the country's hospitals stretched to breaking point. police and conservation officers in south africa are searching for an unknown number of young crocodiles trim a large breeding farm earlier in the wake and it's believed they went into a nearby river authorities have told people living nearby to be vigilant but not to panic. vale at picture esque country town in the cape wind lands but only thing everyone is talking about here now are these residents the

crocodiles at a commercial breeding farm kept to make money from their leather and to meet but on wednesday some revolted against their destiny and broke through one of the fences so we just talked to the owners they did not want to talk to us on camera when into this business for more than 20 years they say something like that never happened before they were stressed out they looked a bit overwhelmed and they're hoping that the remaining crocodiles will be found soon. more than 30 were found here already inside a close by a river usually a popular spot for tourists and locals. time to escape because we don't 2 know way. oh crocodile he's it is very scary. actually in the summer to see me so if. he does something like that these days. would you go in the river again no no

no no. no no no no no not that i think. i will always be there in the mine mine this is stalking time to day the night is just starting here and bonnie vale and apparently that is the best time to catch the crocodiles dozens of them that have escaped over here you can see one of the traps that were set up with a great inside huge piece of meat but they have not been so helpful not many crocodiles were actually caught with these ones that is why there's now another focus the police brought in boats and they're going out on night patrols trying to locate the crocodiles together with the community and local authorities they try to find the crocs that are not indigenous to this area of south africa with crocodiles it's much actually much easier to not especially as the river like this. period here is in future tension so during the day long they normally hard with unitarian. it's 40 feet easy to make a ping if you from

a spotlight on he said low broad trade. with spotlights on the water with the boats we are not allowed to film the operation but he has several gunshots shortly afterwards many people here don't believe that the authorities will be able to go after all drugs up until now it is not even clear how many are missing. in tokyo anti olympics protesters have hit the streets in the capital calling for the games to be canceled the march started from the national stadium where the games opening ceremonies due to be held and went through the city protesters held banners and shouted slogans denouncing plans to hold the olympics and paralympics in july this year they say it's too reckless to hold the games during the pandemic . and it was like a football shock as a 5th coach of the ses and couldn't change their fortunes as they drew near all mail at home to fellow strugglers minds child it came closest to breaking the

deadlock 18 minutes in but scott brown was stuffy as powerful header stay out of the net this was as good as it got for the hosts as mines dominated for the most pass not the best of starts then to shout at coach demetrius from up says his side reminds bottom of the table just points from. different on the. issues you hear women who are in charge. the archipelago has had a dream or goal system for centuries. doing. differently. means of doing your storage more jesus on t.w. . if. you. win 24 year old g.s. visits his mother in the suburbs of paris he's always on guard.

he tries to be as discreet as possible. through the 1st i put my hood up hills who generally fasten my coat all the way up so nobody recognizes me a little more than if the. d.s. is gay he grew up. here in general a town of some 47000 residents outside of paris people around here know his face the young sales advisor has become the target of insults sent stating on social media that he is gay. employees said gave to me what did he say. i'm used to it.

he was in his car. over the course of a year the u.s. has reported $23.00 physical and verbal assaults. he's filmed the assaults with his cell phone and kept some of the videos evidence of this daily harassment. that ended in these videos he's barash twists turns of. the 2 kilometers to his mother's house have become treacherous. expressed by police i stay off the main road so i only take the side streets to avoid people were specially young people to leave i also avoid the rough areas. but today his precautions are not enough. the noise oh no some young people among them is one of his abusers sitting on a railing the s. tells us that this man threatened his life and is due to appear in court soon.

he slapped me he spat in my face he insults me all the time he's kind of the ringleader of the neighborhood homophobes so i'm not welcome here. turns back using a hidden camera we confront his tormentor. i want to know why did lee s. accuse you of a death threat if you kill a man that's in mohawks all manner of these are mentally ill. do you care if i'm guilty or not we are generalists. ok see you later. if you meet his father on 2 teenagers come to me. they know really don't like seeing him in the neighborhood where he can set foot here he can't come here he's going or coming here he's signing 101 k. you don't like him saying it. but it's the he's trying to make us become like him become gay you know he can come here and turn us around but. according to one study

39 percent of gay people living in low income areas have been subjected to physical assault but that doesn't mean this that in other parts of fronts in 2018231 physical assaults were reported that's roughly one attack every 36 hours i don't know $27.00 was beaten with a helmet in the french capital. 40 had his nose broken in central paris. like a virus this hatred is spreading throughout the internet. stop homophobia an association that defends the rights of. people a team of volunteers tracked down homophobic comments and videos online. for burn those. what's wrong with that if i'm left alone with the gays all burn them all because you can be gay but you can't pretend it's normal sons of his huge

new law you come across $10.00 to $13000.00 a year i'll stop homophobia makes a list and then we send it to a lawyer to file complaints if we don't. come to your place come find you and show you what a real man. mr joe the man at the wheel is about to drive 700 kilometers to assault again. he found on the internet. but i'll start with you where you are the biggest mystery of this for a long time i will have my fun if you'll hate me i'll hate you that's it until one of us is lying flat on the pavement. we see him assaulting his victim who following the attack was unable to work for 30 days. they will look it appears he broke his arm and then strangled him for this unprovoked violence the man was given

a 2 year suspended sentence for aggravated assault if you do in fact this kind of video not only spreads hate it encourages it today someone drive 700 kilometers to strangle someone some morrow it might be someone with a go pro and a gun shooting at people in a gay area that's the truth of the matter. homophobic slurs have been outlawed in front since 2004 and yet tema phobia is still very real meanwhile in africa more than half the countries criminalize lesbian gay bisexual and transgender people thinking they live. in uganda they can even face life imprisonment they're known as the hoff dead. to escape from the police some seek refuge in this high security shelter. some people would find your narrowed. down to no cure you similarly inching musea same sex activity can lead to a prison sentence and the state employs humiliating methods for

a conviction. here is examined in this position the examination is claimed to prove anal intercourse but it has no actual scientific value this degrading practice is applied in 8 countries to talk to it was like being right i was forced to do it how it's not acceptable. we also look to the you know. in states where gay pride was born a little over 50 years ago there the supremes court has ruled that same sex marriage is legal in all 50 states but while this might allude to an image of tolerance bizarre so-called conversion therapies initiated by evangelical movements are still being practiced. there's no scientific evidence that anyone is born yet we infiltrated one of them. how do you know you're. not scared and to make it 700000 americans have suffered through these kinds of conversion therapy and live

with the devastating effects we want to look into the source of this homophobia. about an hour from philadelphia in new jersey we find the small town of viewing. here a woman has made it her mission to quote convert gay people into straight people. to. you. to the. a devout believer has been married for 15 years a graphic designer and a mother to 2 teenagers her life hasn't always been this organized i was in a lifestyle of homosexuality. you know i literally was living in a bisexual lifestyle i was with men i was with women and i was very angry about what happened i was very confused i was very annoyed.

today chanel has turned her back on a life that she says brought her nothing but pain. in 2015 she costar to a ministry program called love broke the chains to reach out to the l g b t community as she puts it. this morning she is meeting. 2 young women. alexis. and tanya kids they're all on my they came all the way from michigan to meet her oh right now you guys very right here we go. being both lesbians and believe as these 2 women feel in conflict with their faith welcome to my home. now and as a counselor for them of course i'll let you guys have a c. but you know here's one of the 1st things i wanted to share with you and i always pull this book out and also this image because people see me now but you don't know

my story completely. all these pictures that's where i was because i loved i always wanted to model craziness and if i was not married then i probably would be a hot mess using these photos from her past as a bisexual stripper chanel wants to show young women that it is possible to change alexis 21 has been coming here for several months for tonya 43 it's the 1st time i saw tonya so my question for you at this point is as it relates to same sex attraction are you comfortable there was a time when i was dating 7 girls for serving these little. you know i had a girl for every day and that was. you know so i needed to be broken free from that you know because that was what was crucial in me was damaging me it was

also doing my saw. she can who she is understand her emotions and her feelings give all of that to god and let him guide her to the type of relationship she should have. with the us if you were a woman both men her 1st of all perverse unnatural act. plus they begin with a literal reading of a biblical text that is more than 2500 years old the goal is to make these women feel guilty but the litany does not stop there. this sunday chanel has invited them to an evangelist stick ceremony company ready to hear the word of the lord. to the media ready to hear the word of the lord. see how much you're ready to hear the word of the hour. we say gosh i would be just to be less about 50 believe this meet in this small church in new jersey every week they come to listen to that past

december. but it didn't half whatever happened when the mission to change. the regime was sexuality. what ever ready that's been trying to take power for your marks. over your body you have your carriage to take the train in because. i need you right now to stretch your hands to examine and soon take control in the right coming i. think you can galvanized by his words the followers fall into a trance to hear the family to take him back i have to live now hampshire to live a happy life. i was really sick few weeks. ahead yet is overcome by this spiritual

fervor the pastor promises he will help her cost out what he calls her demons. i have to have him out my. neck. all the members of this church belong to the born again movement after repenting best since the believers say they can be reconciled with god. tanya wants to believe that this session will help her change her sexuality. isn't. the only and i believe their. new new theory. really for me in the way harmful.

like this today tanya and alexis are continuing to follow chanel's program but how long can they ensure this stranglehold that religion has on their sexuality. according to the american psychiatric association the consequences of conversion therapy are devastating depression anxiety suicide. the practices employed are emotionally damaging and even amounts to brainwashing. these organizations authorized in the united states for adults are very secretive. all our requests for filming were denied in philadelphia we asked a french american journalist to enroll in one of these conversion therapy centers undercover. the one we chose is one of the best known it has existed

for about 20 years and office courses spanning several days to gay men from all over the world. the web site highlights fraternal friendship you know well being and masculinity it invites participants to register online. they're up front about the pricing $650.00 for a weekend and to get in are journalist 1st had to complete a long medical and psychological questionnaire although once. they're asking if i've had a mental illness diagnosed bipolar borderline clinical depression.