our documentary series slavery routes starts march 10th on. this is news live from berlin and pope francis visits iraqi christians who endured the brutality of islamic state john it's the pontiff has arrived in northern iraq and will visit the terrorist groups one time stronghold he's rallying the country's christian minority after decades of more instability also coming up protesters out on the streets of miramar cities again this after reports of police raids and

a number of arrests as authorities attempt to push back against opponents of last month's food. and the united states senate passes a mammoth coronavirus relief package handing joe biden his 1st major of legislative victory as president but the bill wasn't backed by a single senate republican. welcome to our viewers around the world i'm michel oku pope francis is scheduled to visit mosul today the one time stronghold of the so-called islamic state as part of his historic visit to iraq he's currently in the city of erbil where the christian community suffered at the hands of the terrorist group despite the pandemic the pope plans to celebrate mass for an expected crowd of 10. 1000 people in

a sports stadium people have been gathering for that event ahead of the pope's arrival. the pope is now heading to mosul a former stronghold of the so-called islamic state of course i'm joined now by correspondent oh in the whole the way what's pope francis's main message in northern iraq today i think the air as you said in your introduction. there. to keep your eyes the islamic state in in 20222015 to 2017 when for the for a cluster them for the christmas you typically was it was devastated certain areas that the pope people seemed to see the area of our caution later after leaving mosul strong critic christian me to a lot of the christians there and came to feel so i think it's but the message they bring this area of northern iraq is that solidarity with the christian community who suffered terribly on the islamic state or am i right to assume that his visit

to the former iowa stronghold mosul is has got to be the most dangerous part of his journey. yeah i mean there is significant i meet certain areas around the nineveh to get outside the sort of mosul area there is still some operational capacity of isis but i think within the area that he's going to. suit central mosul and then also car cost security details over and it will be $8.00 or you know it's 8 and it's kind of. right or just. imagine his visit to the christian minority is viewed as nothing less than monumental that. yeah i mean i mean the fact that this was the 1st trip they decided the off time timing of that since the start of that time is really really really really really kristie i mean as she said the meteor that rocked and absolutely decimated ever

since the fall of saddam originally it was about 1500000 believe 1000000 christians reside in this country that's been that's been bosky sneakily diminished over the years over the wars you know and i'm that is why it's the it's not a state so him coming to northern iraq particularly i think that that means here on just just the vibe on the street i can tell you that if the people at the christians are spoken to cable t.v. in the encounter with this theory that fled the islamic state in the in the towns or question once that was like the most of them really really really happy that the pontiff's decided to calm it supports for christians we only have about half a minute left at this point but but i want to ask you quickly later today the pope is scheduled to say mass in erbil with thousands of people has there been any issue made of this given the fact that there is a pandemic after all you know i mean that's that's quite risky i mean there's been a bit of a spike in cases since february i was been about $14000.00 deaths stadium itself

has cost you $25000.00 so there's a possibility that it could be a bit of a super spreader event but one of the risks but this but i think i think the concert was decided that you know that. the need to dress for the christian seriously is necessary i will help. journalists over in the whole the way there thank you so much. to me and nor now where protesters are out on the streets again to continue their demonstrations against last month's military coup tens of thousands are marching with the largest protests in the city and then tonight there are protests to in the largest city young gone its followers police raids targeting opposition leaders witnesses described hearing shots during those raids a number of people were arrested. journalist 8 min joins me now from yang a what's the situation where you are now so where i mean you can go what we've been

seeing is that police have started to break up protests early in the day today and we're having reports that people have been getting beaten as they're out protesting and in book and mandalay there's also been reports of police have begun firing rounds at least in baghdad and they have began to use live rounds. so it's an aggressive standoff we've heard reports of police raids over night what can you tell us about that. so there were multiple police rates throughout the country they did seem to be concentrated in young girls and as far as we know they were targeting. government workers who are participating in 3 and as well as activists and members of the national league for democracy which is the party that won the election in 2020 and we just received news that one of the people who were arrested last night a local boy chair of the end of the party was has died of injuries that he

sustained while detention due to the police raids we've been hearing reports of resistance among elected officials can you tell us a little bit more about that. sure so there's a number of different leadership groups are vying for the missi and we are right now including the junta but one of the main bodies of elected government is the committee representing the 1st off which is a committee of mostly national league for democracy compete. in the 2020 election but it does in compass a larger group of people and they've really been leading the charge in terms of creating parallel power structures to the hunters and. all of young girl as well as many other townships around the country have now created people's governing bodies are not answering to the hunter and are only working with elected governments and we have also seen that over a dozen deaths diplomats around the world including the ones at the un in tokyo as

well as in washington d.c. have now declared that they will only serve and answer to elected governments. through this committee and they will not be honoring any mandate orders from the one. in santa ana navarro being stored there and gone to me. thank you for having. highlighting now some other stories making news around the world protesters in bangkok have defined a ban on public gatherings to call for the release of their detain leaders they said photos of thailand's king a light as they held a vigil outside the criminal court the protest movement emerged last year calling for reforms to the monarchy and the constitution. protesters have rallied in minnesota ahead of the trial of over george floyd's killing a police officer derek chauvinism queues of murder after being filmed with his knee on floyd's neck as he backed for air jury selection begins on monday the case set

off racial justice protests in the u.s. and beyond. protesters have clashed with police in paraguay's capital for a 2nd day they're calling for government to resign anger over the government's handling of the throne of virus crisis boiled onto the streets shops were ransacked and cars were set on fire. thousands of people have demonstrated against measures to control the coronavirus in the austrian capital vienna there were isolated scuffles and police made several arrests the protesters oppose the ongoing closure of part of the austrian economy the also object to math vaccines and compulsory tests in schools. the united states senate has approved a $1.00 trillion dollar krone virus with leaf plan president biden says it will give families struggling to pay their bills the breathing room that they need the

final bill includes a $4500.00 top up of stimulus checks passed in december it also includes additional aid for unemployed people and schools the bill narrowly made it through the chamber with the decision going down party lines. senate majority leader chuck schumer hailed passing the bill as a new day in the country saying that help is now at long last on the way this bill will deliver more help to more people than anything the federal government has done in decades it is broader deeper and more comprehensive in helping working families and lifting people out of poverty than anything congress says seen or accomplished in a very long time. again not a single republican voted in favor of the bill we asked correspondent carolyn in washington what that means for biden's plans for a more bipartisan approach to politics biden is doing this and this is the most

important policy that he has been facing especially in the 1st months of his presidency getting checks to the americans and getting shots in their arms the and this is the this was his main promise and he is getting this through he has achieved it and in this case a piper bipartisan way is secondary but there are other things that are coming up soon we're biden will have to fight for a bipartisan shape like the immigration reform and infrastructure reform and these are reforms that will definitely require 2 thirds of the votes in the senate so there is not going to be a way to get those bills through without bipartisanship and this. instrument he use now the reconciliation process that he uses to get the covert relief bill through works only in very specific cases like for example this one when the bill is linked to the federal budget.

in the bundesliga the matchup between buying munich and bruce your dortmund known as dick classic didn't disappoint league leaders byron one for 2 who is relevant let them down skis hattrick help them come back and to milk down and help him out shine his dog and rifle. this edition of that classic it was all about the strike is by and steve was on course to break the record for the most goals in a book does leak in season 2 and on the other hand we're missing key players to injury piling the pressure on striking holland no we didn't thrives on a challenge and in just the 2nd minute his strike took a deflection off the rowboat and. black and yellow was taking a short cleat at the allianz arena. yes soon after dortmund were injury not talking to making his 1st start since october darted behind the bar in defense to set up. a flying counterattack showcasing dortmund their best it was 2 nil

with less than 10 minutes. but by and i used to coming from behind and excellent work from leroy sun i allowed love and dusty to hot the deficit before the half hour mark. quick thinking and quick feet from sun i had by and back in the game. and then a needless child i'm not moved to who gifted by enough penalty love until he stepped up. the outcome was never in doubt the schools were level going into harsh time. dortmund clung on to a draw throughout the 2nd half until with just 2 minutes to go by and took the lead by leon gorecki has been a ko most in midfield this season and he again came through for the champions just in time. there were enough seconds on the clock for buy in to inflict more misery on dortmund that one task he completed his hat trick against his former club and

crept ever closer to a record setting goal tally. the faces on the dortmund bench set it all for him to no luck they found themselves vanquished for. by and remain at the top of the table thanks to the man who can seemingly rescue them from any situation. or be led say kept up the pressure on byron with a comfortable 3 nil victory in freiburg leipzig lead at half time thanks to chris for. who was gifted his goal by the home defense and leipsic added 2 more goals after the break with a meal forsberg bagging the pick of the pair the win means leipzig remain 2 points behind by at the top of the. dog sledding in twos years from across. russia have descended on the siberian tundra for the start of the annual lake baikal race after their start date was moved due to the pandemic both man and head

kicked off the 150 kilometer race saturday on the ice of the world's deepest freshwater lake 11 teams from across russia are taking part in the competition. you're watching news up next is world stories that we can report stay tune for that you can also check us out online at the dot com michael lane for me in the entire team here thanks for watching and will cease. to go. just. as we take on the. other stories that matter to. these.

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