a hoax is. treated no more. true new during the course of a 3rd. this is d.w. news live from berlin mass detentions at the highest levels in jordan the former crown prince claims he's being held under house arrest officials insist he's part of a malicious fobbed to destabilize the kingdom also coming up pope francis gives his traditional easter blessing and urges a rich countries to make sure covert 19 vaccines are fairly distributed to the world. and stranded by the pandemic and away from their families.

she constantly calls me names like when are you coming home i'm going to stay home and. tens of thousands of australia locked out of their own country now they're asking the united nations to help get them told. american evansdale thanks for joining me jordan says it has uncovered a malicious plot to destabilize the kingdom involving the former crown prince the government says homs i've been hussein and others were undermining security himself claims he's been put under house arrest a number of other high level officials have been arrested denies being part of a conspiracy. people in jordan woke up to confusion at the highest levels. bin hussein jordan's ex crown prince and half brother to king abdullah

was reportedly under house arrest in a video statement hamza said he was being targeted for associating with critics of the royal family. there is no conspiracy. or of any conspiracy. theories it's my movement has restricted its my ability to communicate has been restricted but people have been arrested to try and distract from the fundamental. because. in our system as a result of. incompetence of. state security forces deny homs has been detained but told state television they are looking into potential threats against king abdullah though he no longer holds an official title of the remains

a popular figure. and i see in my view it's not right for prince homicide to be linked to these people. these are people who jordanians see as questionable who are really frowned upon. we don't want to see anything no matter how small happen in this country this country is known as stable and secure and i ask god to have this country remain stable and secure. jordan is known as a reliable ally to the west and it borders israel syria saudi arabia and iraq the rights group freedom house ranks jordan as partly free it's one of the few are states formally at peace with israel and it's an important ally to the united states the u.s. u.k. and several arab nations have all expressed their full support for king abdullah.

well for more i'm now joined by the reporter i even him who is following the story for us hello good to see you so we know that king abdullah and the former crown prince hands are half brothers can you tell us a bit more about the nature of their relationship. well as you mentioned they are half brothers they have huge age difference between them but 18 years what we do know though that the late king really loved his son. he's the eldest from his 4th wife on his deathbed he reportedly wrote a letter saying that you know this child was and because from childhood for being so close to his father and also on his deathbed even though he was at the time was student in school he wanted him to succeed his brother sister and obviously this never came to pass because he was sidelined for the position of crown prince by the

king in favor of his nephew we do know that even though as the report mentions he does not have a formal title anymore he remained a very popular figure and his name would often come up especially when there would be protests you know in 20112012 jordan didn't really have a huge wave of mass protests as other arab countries during the so-called arab spring but there were some protests and his name definitely would flow there is a kind of reformer i mean his uncanny resemblance to his father very popular figure always played to of his favor so there's definitely you know with no insight into their you know intimate relationship but definitely he doesn't very some popularity among the population especially as a reformist figure potentially you know i had jordan is considered to be a very stable country and has very close ties with it when many western nations

how are these developments in jordan being perceived by the countries allies. so yeah jordan very important country just up until last year when a string of gulf countries signed normalization treaties with israel jordan was one of 2 countries actually had a peace treaty with israel so conservative a very very important u.s. ally but also because jordan is traditionally has been a host of displaced people there palestinian refugees that live there have lived there for generations there are also about 1300000 syrian refugees that are currently hosted by jordan and you know with huge help from the international community of course with aid cetera but jordan needs to from the view of many of its western allies needs to remain stable reliable kind of buffer zone in what is unfortunately a very troubled neighborhood so this is a country that borders rock syria the west bank israel and so it needs to

it needs to maintain that security especially given how volatile the region as at the moment. for him always great to talk to you thank you. let's get a check now of some of the other stories making news writers have targeted police during unrest in northern ireland over britain leaving the european union violence broke out in the city of belfast pro british factions fiercely opposed new trade barriers which have come into force as part of the bronx a process. voting is underway in bulgaria amid a 3rd wave of coronavirus infections the election will decide whether prime minister boyko body selves pro european ruling party will remain in power or garia is the poorest country in the e.u. . a maintenance worker has apologised after his truck rolled onto a railway line causing taiwan's worst train crash in decades he says he'll fully

cooperate with the investigation at least 51 people were killed mergence the crews have been clearing the site. all christians around the world have been celebrating easter under the shadow of the pandemic for the 2nd year running pope francis has given his traditional blessing from st peter's basilica in rome he stressed the importance of vaccines and also urged rich countries to ensure supplies are fairly distributed to their poor neighbors. it believed to be putting a blessing for the faithful. pope francis address just a small crowd compared to the usual tens of thousands on easter sunday but his message was one for the world. speed to the internet age the entire international community. in the spirit of global responsibility to

commit to overcoming delays in the distribution of vaccines. to facilitate the distribution especially in the poorest countries in. 'd the pupil very little resort the catholic leader focused his message on the world's most vulnerable including those suffering from the coronavirus pandemic and he called for an end to armed conflicts around the globe like that in syria where many also gathered to mark one of the most important christian holidays of the year. and middle man missy helen just as christ suffered this week the holy week for christians for the salvation of humanity we are also suffering every day with the long war that came to us with the coronavirus pandemic the economic pressure and the families who emigrate. they were among the

millions across the world who found ways to celebrate despite the covert 9000 restriction. in jerusalem however this year's worshipers were allowed to participate in mass at the holy settled considered the holiest place in christianity but even there the pandemic was front of mind. i think about life for brazil. and they cannot see it i. believe. like the pope in rome they to speak of hope amid the pandemic. well tens of thousands of australians are spending another easter away from home australia has severely restricted incoming travel for more than a year now because of the pandemic and that includes its own citizens well now some

of them are asking the united nations to help get them home and reporter joel joins us now to explain what is going on so joel i understand you are also australian and are you among those who are stranded i'm not one of the stranded ones but that's only because i haven't actually tried to go home and it's a good thing too because it is extremely difficult for several reasons firstly all incoming arrivals have to quarantine and the coroner facilities have space to early a few 1000 people per week then there are only a handful of airlines still flying there and they limit seats to only around $35.00 passengers per plane and they regularly cancel flights it's also extremely expensive people are paying up to $25000.00 that's around $16000.00 euros just to secure a seat and all of this is creating a backlog there are around $40000.00 australians who are registered as wanting to

return i met one of them here in berlin her name is shall fade outs and she is an artist now she is stuck here and she has had trouble getting health insurance finding a flat and being able to work just to support herself and she misses her mum let's have a listen even if you do plan to come home there's no guarantee that the flight will actually take off so effectively when you. have a flight canceled you become homeless i had no expectation that it would be for asylum that i would be here and one of my greatest concerns is that i do have an elderly mother in. australia that he's a lawyer and does depend on me quite a lot and i have to wonder if anything should happen to him what i've been used to i have to take care of her. she constantly calls me and it's like so when are you coming home and i just don't have an answer. well the strength of the strain so

they feel abandoned by their government and to add insult to injury at the same time many celebrities are flocking to australia to film movies because once you're inside it's relatively free and unrestricted and there seems to be a fosse track for celebrities while citizens seem to have to wait indefinitely ok and we've mentioned that some of these answer taking their case to the united nations what is that all about a group has fallen action with the united nations human rights committee claiming that history is breaching international covenants by arbitrarily denying its citizens the right of reentry i spoke to this group's spokesman whose name is jason and he himself is stuck in new jersey but we need a straight in government to do is to provide more quarantine facilities which therefore will lower the the frankly the acceptable flight caps that are in place right now that are preventing this tragedy and from coming home and the lowering of those like taps will reduce like prices which frankly are exorbitant right now for a stray and sit at home this doesn't feel like a significant problem for

a country with a stranger is results is to be able to solve for. well last year a story is government promised that it would get as many of its citizens home as possible by christmas last christmas now we're at easter and some of us are wondering if will even be able to get home in time for next christmas well joe we can only hope that the 10 demick situation improves around the world that a lot of these restrictions will be lifted at some point and that people can be finally realized if their families. anyway thank you so much for that and always a pleasure to talk to delhi's child all right. all right let's get you some sports news now and blunders league football 5th place or punt or a looking for a victory to move within a point of visitors on top frankfurt and closer to those lucrative champions league qualification places well the teams went into halftime all square at $11.00 but andre silva is a late header for frankfurt gave the visitors all 3 points that strengthens their

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courts of i'm not worried about that in the least then they should just send me to prison. when berlin's church of the holy trinity was built a century or so ago the basement was meant to be used as a fellowship hall but now it's become home to refugees most of them from iran and afghanistan protestant pastor dr godfried martins has granted them church sanctuary the immigration authority and the police don't get past the door. now we're entering an area that at the present not even the church members are allowed into so we can maintain the security of. reasonable price and also here in this area there's a quarantine room for newcomers. when they come to us they have to go into

quarantine for 14 days before they can live in the community with the others. that someone is in there now no no no he's done a lot of and another ones and only one person has just been released and now the other one goes in. you know. the big fellowship area only a little spaces left. on this side we have the sleeping quarters where our church refugees can spend the night. and conan. this is a room with a kitchenette a little fellowship room and it's a kind of a living room for the refugees from the creation of the line. the rooms generally housed 10 men or so they are all slated for deportation and only allowed to remain in germany until their data arrives most of them profess a christian faith and actively practice it. that means they pronounced islam and

act punishable by death in iran the right comes from tehran knows he cannot return to iran he's trying to adjust to life in germany and learn the language we feel forced to leave. we ease the wall he's. believe. man don't you know. you know iran i wasn't allowed to press christianity officially learn more about christianity in your thora tease would have arrested or killed me. he's just the only opportunity i had to be active in it it was through the internet and my own research and i was a member of a home congregation. and i would hear you so much when it all came out that i received threats and my family came under pressure they intimidated me with.

more sure that you should wear those. in the church has gained a reputation for his delicious soup. when he fled iran he passed to bulgaria and romania and eventually arrived in germany. to put a horse to water. he knocked on the church door and pastor martens let him in. the nose of. the big guy told the hungry person jesus loves you and then sent them away without giving them something to eat so if i saw someone whose life was in danger and didn't take action. it would if i did that i completely destroyed my own credibility. even in germany christian converts often live dangerously in the refugee shelters there are radical muslims

who see converts as a past hate and for dells and threaten the course this is what happened to elise a lot of afghanistan on the whole a camp. are most of those i had a roommate at the refugee shelter who is a muslim. who started when he saw me wearing a cross. it was disrespectful to me and threatened me that only make i reported it to the shelters managers and they warned him that the threats didn't stop. even trying to throw me out the window on the 5th floor. over the past 15 years well over a 1000 refugees have found sanctuary with pastor martens now they make up the majority of his congregation most of the german members are getting on in years many of them help out the refugees with learning german for example often converts

ask the pastor to baptize them 1st they have to attend a preparation course regularly among the topics of the christian doctrine and differences to islam at this session they discuss the church position on divorce the neophytes complete the course with an exam. well this is kinds a this is no a guaranteed pass. i've had some courses where over half the students fail and only when these people have convinced me beyond any doubt that they seriously desire to become christians and that they understand why they want to become christians and i baptize them if somebody were just to say i want to become a christian because i think islam is silly that's not reason enough for me to baptize them being so tall for their rock and elissa law both attend the preparation course at the church regularly they hope to be ready for their baptism by easter night the principal church service before the resurrection of christ.

as afraid of and i'm already looking forward to the exam because i can get baptized afterwards i can be born again into a new eternal life so i'm really looking forward to it. now. i don't think the baptism exam will be hard for me. if i know my thoughts are completely focused on the baptism that i'll be born again and i'll receive the peace i have always sought after in my life but even if they do convince the pastor that they quite seriously desire to become christian that means little to offer or it is the decision on asylum applications is made on a case by case basis and is often anything but transparent one is again and again i'm just stunned at this arrogance the decision makers and judges display when they say things like yes the pastor overlooked it for years but within

just 2 or 3 hours we figured out that something wasn't right here. the assumption is that refugees are just pretending to be christians to get asylum. or the german immigration authorities may see it that way. but to me that's what's most important is that in my heart i'm a christian. i'm not alone with my christian faith so i've already experienced that back in iran. you know most of all i'm a c.e.o. but too often that fails to impress the authorities and the asylum seekers often hear cynical arguments as to why they are to be sent back to their home countries that's obvious god lets them just last week i read a transcript of a hearing where at the end of the decision maker said these are you say that you believe in eternal life then it shouldn't be any problem for you got to go back to

iran and actually been sentenced to death because then you get eternal life and that you should aspire to it the book common wish to be zoe read stuff like that week after week. that was a direct quote the cynicism and unfairness only served to spur pastor martens on in his efforts as a rule germany tolerates the churches granting sanctuary to asylum seekers to save them from deportation currently that totals about 500 people in germany even so time and again legal action has been taken against clergy who offer sanctuary in their churches. i'm not worried about that in the least then they should just send me to prison compared to what's in store for our people in iran and afghanistan even a prison in germany is still a luxury. the.

pastor martin visits ideal in an iranian who was paralyzed in an accident. by dean can't come to the church so the pastor administers communion to him at home . 35 year old i.d.n. had already come in contact with the christian faith in iran but that drew the attention of the authorities to him the muslim clergy have openly stated that they see the biggest threat to iran's internal security in underground christian communities meanwhile more and more iranians are taking ideas view of islam the state religion. is in iran because by that the relationship will be quite good for we can't leave to be to give the form because you should marry. it's not good

he's you old muslim and changes the regime it's very very of. a service at the church of the holy trinity the refugees have come up from below to join him but the cause of the pandemic only a very few worshippers who registered in advance are allowed to take part. ringback dollars 58 year old pastor martens preaches and farsi it's become routine for him he's taught it to himself over the years he has no family of his own he's devoted his life entirely to working for his congregation . the next step for elisa law and paradis baptism. are. you so much about them and my future lies in the hands of jesus christ all of them

of the through he'll have a good plan for my life again will i trust on that. man 2000 a year i've had problems to deal with since my early childhood but yeah. but when i look back now i know that jesus christ has always helped me. forth from the south by way of the baptism i want to be with him always on the phone for the on the way forcing us a coalition. so often in the meantime both have passed their baptism exam if the pandemic allows they'll be baptized into the christian face on easter night but whether that will convince the authorities to grant them asylum is another matter. the.

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