made for more and. this. is the day that we news live from berlin pope francis delivers a message of unity on the 2nd day of his the story visit to iraq he meant with the country's top shiite cleric grand ayatollah ali al sistani and hosted an interfaith meeting where he condemned religious extremism the pontiff hopes to encourage iraq's christian and muslim communities to work together for peace also coming up

another day of anger and unrest and young long and tycoon protesters clashed once more with police and yang gong as outrage builds over the killing of a teenage demonstrator. comical fairly he's welcome to the program it's day 2 of pope francis' historic visit to iraq he's aiming to rally the country's minority christian community whose numbers have drastically dropped after years of war and persecution the pontiff began the day in the holy city of new jobs where he had a private meeting with one of iraq's most powerful shiite leaders grand ayatollah ali al sistani. a meeting that business months in the making every detail carefully. planned after

a photo op the 2 men spoke privately for 40 minutes the ayatollah reportedly telling the pope he also believes christians should be able to live in peace in iraq and enjoy the same rights as other iraqis it's a powerful statement from says dani who rarely makes his opinions known when he does shiites in iraq and around the world take note. later the pope arrived in the ancient city of moore known as the birthplace of abraham the biblical patriarch revered by christians muslims and jews a fitting place for an interfaith meeting where francis underscored his message for . peace does not demand all winners or losers but rather brothers and sisters who for all 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 used 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. i think by and large you have a few said one of the most significant. years of shia islam and obviously somebody that weighs enormous power religious but also political in the region and among a population that actually trysts transcends the boundaries of iraq so shia communities in the region including iran to some degree and certainly syria are listening to whatever is sistani saying so he said dorismond of the pope's demand

essentially for not only peaceful coexistence but full rights and sort of a peaceful environment in which the security of the christian community. is safeguarded is really you know a major major gesture that should have a tremendous impact so i mean you know it's very difficult to underbelly. there we saw the media result particularly because the study is not somebody even to you know bubbly public expressions so that itself makes it very particular and what ingests service but realistically what can the pope achieve on this trip as far as interfaith dialogue. well obviously i mean interfaith dialogue cannot be reduced to a 4 day operation so i mean whatever whatever conversations are had and whatever goodwill is shown ultimately the question you know that we are asking us to global community about peace and into religious relations is when that in iraq at least

will be resolved over the weeks months and years to come generally the way that the vatican operates that we have you know particularly this papa sees that we have the boat bringing the issue on to the table and underlining it and then sort of groups of diplomatic forces within the vatican in conjunction with people on the ground do the sort of the work of the new show work on the my new show in trying to promote their agenda that they agree on this is something that we've seen wind about even has been active in international global operations across the world and i think that that's what we should expect here as well. for once the pub schedule for the rest of us. well the most important the most important thing about your happiness i mean if you will be in mosul and there will be a. tomorrow which is expected to gather a couple of 1000 people and of course you know these floats are one of the main our

use of concern for both people looking at it and grew to see some because it could turn into a super spreader. you know event given that iraq is in the middle of us or you were knows in the middle of the pandemic and they have not enough resources to cope with what they already have. known of people that probably would move around people this it they bomb us so d.c. sort of the question at the same time tomorrow he will be giving a sermon he will be talking to the public so we should also be you know paid attention to right wanting back to w. religious affairs correspondent thank you very much you're welcome. the united states senate has nearly loaded to approve a $1.00 trillion dollars coronavirus relief plan after a marathon session democrats in the chamber voted to adopt the plan without any

republican support after some 24 hours of debate among other things that includes a $1400.00 in direct payments to taxpayers as well as an extension of jobless aid the house of representatives as expected to approve the legislation next week after the senate vote president joe biden urged house lawmakers to move quickly to pass the bill is that it would provide desperately needed relief i passed the american rescue plan will have heeded the voice of the american people not ignored their voices by pass this plan would have delivered real tangible results for the american people and their families. you'll be able to see and know and feel the change in the wrong lines by passing this plan will approved this government this democracy can still work what has to be done

who will improve people's lives. to me m.r. now where there have been fresh classis between police and demonstrators protesting against the country's military coup the military has been widening its crackdown on the opposition and seizing power and early february over 50 peaceful protesters have been killed in the unrest among them a teenage girl whose death has become a solemn symbol of the opposition. close to the ground for safety her shirt says everything will be ok but it wasn't for mandalay university student cal sen she was shot in the head and killed as police opened fire on protesters last wednesday thousands attended her funeral a day later giving the 3 finger salute it's become a gesture of solidarity among pro-democracy civilians and a show of defiance against the military. kelson hasn't been allowed to rest in

peace. witnesses say her grave was disturbed by soldiers shortly after her burial. they allege her body was subject to a graveside autopsy by military doctors only adding to the outrage over her killing . kelson story is no isolated incident wednesday was the deadliest day since protests began at the start of february. but u.n. figures show more than 50 civilian protestors have been killed since the military coup many people say the international community isn't doing enough. like this nun who took to the streets to stand between vulnerable protesters and the riot police. there's no one to protect myanmar's people. people have to defend themselves and help each other as we can't trust anyone it's not see the arrest and beat those they don't

like and kill them. diplomatic efforts so far have failed the u.n. special envoy has urged the circularly council to act now but it hasn't stopped one day of violence many are wondering when everything moves really be ok on the streets of myanmar again. now let's get you up to speed on some other stories making news around the world and 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 southeast of the country near the ukrainian border there is no immediate cause given for the accident. in austria thousands of people took to the streets of the capital of the n.r.a. to protest against coronavirus restrictions police made several arrests amid isolated clashes the government has signaled that restrictions could be eased in the coming weeks if infections decline. now there have been stark differences from

country to country and both the approach to the coronavirus and the rollout of vaccines we now want to take a look at the consequences of a pandemic that has left no one unaffected even in the most remote corners of the earth. a danish boat through the arctic ice to make sure remote communities in greenland get their vaccine the autonomous territory has used its island status to its advantage closing its borders and suffering 1000 relly to death as a result. on the other side of the world another island is reaping the benefits of its isolationist policy australians celebrated the famous gay and lesbian mardi gras festival at a packed sydney cricket ground. britain didn't use its status in the same way and suffered

a heavy death toll but no uncoupled from the e.u. it has had a free hand to introduce vaccination as it sees fit and it is progressing fast. in germany by contrast vaccination is proceeding at a snail's pace people have been snapping up the rapid self tests that have just hit the shelves but many were left empty handed. nothing maybe they weren't delivered. the vaccine situation is bleaker in many of the world countries the world health organization warned heavily hit brazil that to slovenly could have consequences beyond its borders. just. you know. many countries i don't know except.

means if is not. you know serious then it will continue to affect all the neighborhood and be on. rwanda was one of 14 countries to receive their 1st doses from the w h o's kovacs program medical workers were among the 1st in line to receive it. we hope that this vaccine will help us to reduce the number of people infected or killed by covert 19 and that it will eradicate the pandemic completely. in the chinese city if we run the place where it all started the cherry blossoms are in bloom it certainly feels as if the pandemic is all but over in china beijing recently set an economic growth target of over 6 percent this year as it looks to the future well people in other countries hope for signs of spring amid corporate

nineteen's long winter of discontent. and some sports now and the women's league are rubber lundahl ski led barbie munich to a thrilling comeback as they beat a dog one floor to index dortmund were 2 mill up early on but league leaders byron showed their class with scoring a hat trick the win means yron stay ahead of our sick at the top of the table lights and kept up the pressure by winning 3 mil and freiburg. they led house time thanks to christopher and cuckoo who was gifted his goal by the home defense and life so he added 2 more after the break with. bagging the pick of the pair. elsewhere on saturday champions league hopefuls slipped up at hoffenheim fellow top 4 chasers frankford were held by scott. and have picked up their 1st win in 10 games on friday will with lines and there are 2 games on

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during those 2 to 76. said to peter cook a satirist can't speak up for. what secrets lie behind his wife. to discover new adventures in the 360 degree. and explore the mating world heritage sites to. double your world heritage 360 get kidnapped now. this week on the world story it's. israel is it's at lockdown unvaccinated residents black snow in siberia as coal fields but we begin in turkey where tens of thousands of leaders have fled from persecution and oppression in china for

being muslim now they could be facing deportation. her father her uncle her grandfather several members of shamsi a family were arrested or detained in china because their weakest. for weeks shamsi has been joining protests in front of the chinese consulate in istanbul where everyone here has missing relatives everyone here is hoping for a sign of life using didn't give up i think these photos are all we have we're not dangerous we just want all families back i don't understand why they're not being released and why nobody talks to us maybe they are afraid of us or afraid of the truth like you've got you know use that make them feel about stories like shamsi as can be heard by the dozen in the streets of satan who will not. like use of

a muff he works as a cook. you know we go restaurant the sot of possibly being deported warriors him. in a good dose of if turkey sends us back to china they will put us in jail forever or shoot us dead. lawyer. represents many legal refugees he has a folder full of extradition requests from china there have been no deportation so far as our gain the pressure from beijing is growing. upon them as that initial most especially during the coronavirus pandemic chinese investments have become very important for turkey's troubled economy 2 major chinese mobile phone companies have recently announced that they want to invest here and turkey relies on the chinese made vaccine i think china uses all of that to exert pressure on techie. with. china has given turkey massive financial support in recent he is with

investments in infrastructure in ports and bridges but also with credits and loads however this has not affected the turkish position on the weed as the ruling party says. this extradition treaty with china is about criminals we have similar agreements with 32 other countries it is extremely wrong to present it as an agreement again so we get brothers and sisters. to shamcey ikey cheek says she has always been grateful to the turkish government for its support of the weakest but should the extradition agreement with china be right to fight she fears her name could also appear on a deportation list than saw up there i am now an activist the fact that i'm searching for my father and other relatives makes me a criminal in china's eyes and now i'm afraid that what has happened to others could one day happen to me. but she does not want to give up her protest

be. silent disappeared in the crowd she wants for the fate of a family to not be forgotten. the coronavirus condemning continues to keep the world and its grip in israel however the normality is returning at least to the people who have been vaccinated with their green passports they are once again able to carry out activities that were previously forbidden. since september classes at this television studio have been held online because of the pandemic now people can attend again and person but only those who hold a green pass the pass issued by israel's ministry of health is given only to vaccinated people or those recovered from calls at 90 so it's an amazing feeling and everyone these are vaccinated so there's no fear and it feels

slight and apparently. are broadcasting the classes that are taking place here we are broadcasting them for people who still did not vaccinate on sunday israel further east restrictions after prolonged lockdown malls museums and stores have been opened for all but gyms shows cultural and sports events would be made accessible to create pass holders of over 4000000 people have received at least the 1st try and take pfizer's israel is one of the 1st countries trying to get life back to normal opening up has also opened a debate over a variety of legal and moral questions of limiting personal liberties as there are someone not rushing to get the vaccine we are limiting few people and i believe this is balance we are not doing that for good you can really enjoy your life you

will enjoy gold you will enjoy all. you know going to the gym but in this time only temporary base on the show we will let all of people being vaccinated all we covered for 2 of the green beans it remains unclear whether international travel could also be linked to the queen pass for now is 1st ben gurion airport will remain closed for another 2 weeks to keep virus variants at bay traveling is not yet on the mind of this group if long term friends introducing them aged between 84 and 95 they had to play their favorite chinese board game marjon online for the past year after their vaccinations they feel safe again to meet the very nice to see everybody's ok and remain pretty healthy throughout the year but very lonely and. it really is a wonderful feeling it's

a 1st but cautious step back to some kind of normality. to coronavirus condemn it has hit unemployed people particularly hard with some no longer able to pay their rent. aid organizations in the u.s. fear that homelessness in the country could be on the rise. a winter search mission in the city center of paterson new jersey volunteers are conducting the annual count of the homeless population. edward bosy leads the evening shift for him this year's account is especially hard. because of covert and we have to have greater social distancing in the shelters the shelters are about 36 percent capacity of normal so obviously there would be more people out on the street now you would might find them in the you know in the doorways and stuff like what we've got so much snow on the street right now that probably the normal places

that they go they can find now. works for the city hall and is trying to help patterson's municipal government grapple with the rising numbers of homelessness every day he says the talking it takes on the city's destitute bosy worries that the economy could fall out from kovac 900 pandemic could push more people into the streets. according to the u.s. census bureau but some 9000000 americans are behind on the rent and at risk of a victualling many now depend on help from places like this community kitchen. the eviction moratorium has protected them from landing on the streets during the pandemic but it is due to run out by the end of march. from a good 4 months behind you know i've been paying my rent horribly and left with nothing not a dollar probably the worst possible thing that could happen to anyone is to be

homeless because there's some people who never were home don't know how to handle me i wouldn't have a handle homeless despite idea approaching deadline new rental assistance has still not been approved by congress which is currently fighting over to new stimulus package. on the streets of paterson edwards bosy hopes that the money arrives on time in compromise on back rent to write i have people way behind on rent and they're never going to go. and if i a victim i was just getting it probably was behind. you know if somebody came to me as a way to say i'll give you half the back rent i'd be i'd be happy for that without help soon many more people could be left out in the cold. in the siberian town of kissel u.s. residents have been complaining of breathing problems for years they live in what's

known as the plaque heart of russia where coal has been mined for 100 years with devastating consequences for the people and the environment. this is vitaly shestakov shoveling snow but this isn't any old snow underneath there is a substance of that looks like black marble but it's actually blacks know what that's fallen from the sky. has darkened. and his garden leaving a palette of black grey and white. sometimes the dust is so bad that the handkerchief that i wipe my face with while i work gets dirty. vitale lives. in soft. air pollution here in sylvia.

the city lies in the quds bass a coal mining area that's known as the russia's black heart millions of tons of coal have come out of the ground in the district dating back to the 1920 s. and that coal is mainly used in the metals industry coal is of the basis of the local economy and its biggest problem when if there is no winter the smoke is so bad that it's difficult to brief according to locals and your study found that twice as many people died of a respiratory disease in koos bus as in the rest of russia. vitali and his neighbors have had enough of life here a year and a half ago they made a video of the black snow and asked the canadian government for asylum. you know you can't use the but we have children and we don't want them to get cancer from the polluted environment. the most amazing thing was that the canadian prime minister who's very very far away reacted faster to our video than our own

officials your stories here ignored us at the 1st and then later our government accused us of being traitors to the homeland and to the coast bust region. almost harmful for russia's industrial waste comes from this region. 86000 presidents are among the worst affected a large amounts of cold byproducts create toxic flammable and to radioactive waste . the quds boss government recently announced an increase in coal production here to help make up for falling coal prices. a dark day for vitali shot struck off and his neighbors.

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