does it say that we news live from berlin pope francis celebrates a historic masts and the iraqi city of arable thousands of faithful descended on the city's friends oho really stadium for a chance to see the pontiff this after francis made an impassioned denunciation of religious fanaticism and a former islamic state stronghold also coming up a british iranian woman jailed over disputed spying charges is released from house arrest in tehran the u.k. is insisting she be allowed to return to britain instead of facing

a new court date in around plus. the dark one starts. with a bang but byron bounced back to underline their title credentials in a thrilling match in your neck. on the go for a wish welcome to the show pope francis has held mass in front of $10000.00 in the city of erbil it marks the high point of his historic trip to iraq which is the 1st ever by a pope the pontiff has been touring the northern cities of arable and mosul the one time stronghold of islamic state much of the region was under i asked controlled just 4 years ago before liberation by rocky and international troops. despite iraq's looked on to combat rising covert $1000.00 cases the crowds couldn't be

contained with pope francis and. in erbil 10000 flock to see him see his last mass of what he's calling his journey. you. know the time draws near for my return to rome. but iraq will always remain with me in my heart it earlier the crowds lined his intensely secured motorcade route incur a cost once home to 55000 christians before they were driven out by the self-proclaimed islam extenuate who burned and run such much of the city. the. conditions are much better now than before everything is not as it used to be because all the buildings and everything have been reconstructed but no we are very happy. reconstructed almost from scratch this church welcomed back some of the displaced believers who have chosen to return. we trust in god. together with all people of goodwill we say no to terrorism and to the manipulation

of religion. francis also visited the heart of what was once i guess controlled iraq the city of mosul where he offered words and symbols of peace it is always wrong he said to hate kill or wage war in god's name. journalist holdaway is an arab oil and joins me now any a story and symbolic 1st there for the pope honest trip to iraq what is the message to the people in the country i think essentially. what he said peace and unity between and it made me also really want the message. which is. at.