or like a june 16th on the go. mm hm . ah ah . the state of the news line from berlin, catholics in germany, struggle to keep the faith in their church after a report revealed systematic, sexual abuse by clerics was covered up for decades. we visit a community where people have very different ways of coming to terms with dramatic findings. also coming up, deep freeze on the us east coast. tens of thousands are without power and travel is disrupted after a bomb. cycling drops up to 80 centimeters of snow lust,

raphael and the dal. when's the australian open and make history? the spaniard beads rush as danny them admitted and $0.05 in melbourne. taking his 21st grand slam title. more than any other male player in history. ah, i'm the cough really, it's good to have you with us. after the publication of a report revealing systematic, sexual abuse of children and the german catholic church, the numbers of believer is considering to turn their backs on the institution has skyrocketed. the investigation also revealed a cover up that went all the way to a former po benedict once the archbishop of munich. now many believers are questioning their faith in a church that turned a blind eye on decades of abuse. preparations for

a sunday morning mass augustine, this bower is a priest in the catholic parish of christ koenig and munich. he feels both a deep insecurity in himself, but also in many community members who ask him questions. you so it's done with people ask, how am i supposed to deal with this? no. can i stay in such a church at all? this will be sticky. my faith is actually so important to me in my life, but i can't support an organization that has done so much wrong itself. that is so much dirt on a shaking hot kal shinkel from munich, drew a line this week he left the roman catholic church as kit m d. it's about how these cases have been handled, how everything is covered up, and that can't be. and that was the reason, that's why and it's very, very difficult for me resulted. these exits are skyrocketing in many states. after the abuse report was published,

the munich district administration department confirmed twice as many resignations as usual within 6 days. others wanted to stay. it's been a case i'm faithful to the church and i think things are being very much scandalized by the media, which i don't think is quite right. miss miss gonzales this hand. so what test is protest is right and is good, but leaving is never solution. then nothing will change in the church that see in the occasion exam, augustine is foul wishes for a new open culture in the church way. not only the bishops would count, but where each individual can represent their own opinion based on the fight. the east coast of the united states has plunged into a deep freeze as a major winter storm has left several stayed. states snowed in and their coastline flooded. plunging temperatures threatened tens of thousands of people, still living without electricity and heat. severe weather alerts were issued across the region of around 70000000 people. it's

a snowfall to remember. a ferocious winter storm dumped more than 80 centimeters of snow, and parts of the northeastern united states winds whipped up the white stuff at speed of 112 kilometers per hour. cocooning the region creating dangerous white out conditions. well, putting nasty out and i got we wouldn't want to be driving. so it's most to be able to walk are through these huge snow dress and are in pretty tough condition. the blizzard has made walking, the most reliable mode of transportation with trains stopped on their tracks. thousands of flights grounded and roads blocked off. there's so much, no one boston, that crews are loading up their trucks with it and dumping it in unused parking lots. where it will stay until it melts. pretty airy. no. why so? laura? laura?

lawrence reps low. the worst of the storm has passed. let plunging temperatures threatened thousands of people. still living without electricity and heat. mother nature also generated a wild night of weather in northern europe. brutal gusts of wind left several people dead in scandinavia, the u. k. and central and eastern europe. here in germany, the storm left its mark on mountain tops, major cities, all the way to the coastal regions. the storm system known as nadia in germany hit the north sea coast with spectacular force wind gusts of more than a 100 kilometers an hour combined with a tidal surge to push hard. but it couldn't keep on lucas away bombs. and it's amazing that kind of power nature has while coastal areas were

lifted, batted and waterlogged by the rising tide. further inland emergency service workers will lift to deal with down to trees. while services were halted in many places around berlin in need by brandenburg one man died after being hit by a falling election poster. as the storm moved east in towards the higher elevations on germany's border with the chick republic, the winds power remained, but vo and e re white cloak of snow. warnings of hurricane force winds lived up to oh, expect patience. only those with a job to do were brave enough to get out and my tracks as gibbons stayed, battened down to get through the night with storm nadia. let's get

a round up now. some of the other stories making headlines around the world to day sudanese security forces have shot and killed a 27 year old anti coo protester in the capitol. cartoon medic say, the man died from a chest wound. his death brings the number of those killed, demonstrating for civilian rule to 79 sins the military took over. in october, britain is preparing to offer nato, a major deployment of troops, war ships, and jets, to eastern europe. you as president joe biden, also plans to send american troops to boost nato's presence in the region through us defense officials or warning that russia has deployed enough forces on ukraine's border to invade. the entire country is railey president, is ug hertzog has arrived in the united arab emirates, the 1st visit by an israeli head of state to the gulf country,

the u. e. and israel normalize relationships in a u. s. brokered accord in 2020 of northern ireland is marking 50 years since the bloody sunday massacre with events across the nation. on this day, in 972 british soldiers shot dead, 13 unarmed civilians during a protest in the city of london dairy, also known as dairy. the british government issued a formal apology, but no one has faced trial over the killings. to portugal now were poles have closed as snap parliamentary election. the early elections were called after a political stalemate over spending brought down the minority socialist government . initial projections show incumbent prime minister, antonio costa and his socialist party, slightly ahead of the centre, right. p as d, for many people in western european poorest country, the fight against the cove at 19 pandemic remains the most important issue.

and for more, let's bring in our correspondent yon phillip shots who is covering the selection for us from lisbon. young philip prime minister antonio costa had high hopes going into this election. now, looking at the projections, where would this preliminary result and these elections leave him? well, it's difficult to say are the 1st numbers indeed indicates that he has clearly won the elections sir, or were for more than 40 percent of the votes. but sir, his original plan was to get the absolute majority of won't. so when he pushed for a new election so 3 months ago because smaller parties didn't want to support his budget anymore, he was quite sure that you could achieve the absolute majority. but at the moment, it's not clear if he were really achieved, that's the main opposition party, the conservatives. they could also gain some boats and even the right wing

extremists, so gain both. so the big losers of the elections ah, the left wing of parties so far. so at the moment it's, it's a complex situation. a prime minister, antonio costa. definitely m as a good result. but it's too early to say what, sir? what will come out of it? a very complex scenario and whatever the final outcome forming a government one actually able to implement policies is not likely to be easy. is it? how do you think this is going to play an exactly in portugal has had some problems with unstable governments for a long time. and sir, it's also not clue sure if these elections will bring a very stable government, sir, it will be quite difficult to form a new government. so probably,

maybe a premier or prime minister costa will get the absolute majority. maybe he has to form another my, a minority government and then he has to negotiate deals with smaller parties on a case to case basis. and a lot of observe us say that this might not so last though, 04 year term. and at the same time, the challenges that are had for portugal, a huge the country, especially the country's economy as suffert's very badly from the pandemic. and so the new prime minister has to find a road to economic recovery for the country. a lot of work ahead for the new prime minister who might be the old by minister young philip. shelter in lisbon. thank you so much for that update. thank you. ra found at al has won the australian open making tennis history. it's a record breaking 21st,

a grand slam title for the 35 year old from spain. his opponent danielman vet f took a to set lead, but failed to get the match wrapped up. and our client, his way back to winning 2 sets, 6 for he then claimed the 5th and final set after over 5 hours of playing time. that puts him ahead of novak shock of it and roger federer as the sole grand slam record holder in men's tennis and dw voice. max meryl followed the game for us all sigh. our is our lead. this is remarkable on so many levels. next, how does he come back after 2 sat down against the man who's 10 years his junior year? i mean the doll even himself, couldn't explain it. he said he was not physically ready for a battle like this. having had a 6 month foot injury lay off, then was bedridden with covert before the tournament in his preparations really disrupted. and he said he couldn't even celebrate. you couldn't even remember much of the match. so for him really leaving everything on the court and med bed,

it was in the form of his career and took him out of the comfort zone in those 1st 2 sets, it was really close in every single set after those 2, which made a better one and that i just threw everything at him and him still so close, but i think no doubt the edge was the fans were on his side, which really helps. and also he made these in game adjustments, these little tweaks, these big game experiences really help in a sport like tennis, where you cannot rely on your coach to give you feedback off the sidelines. it's not allowed. so he's having to make all these tweaks himself. and even in the 4 set, it looked like 2 heavy weight boxes who just sort of said, you know, there's not going to be knock out. let's just sort of get this over with. and past midnight was when the 5th set start local time. so med that it was still laser focused in that said it was still super close so he was right there all the way in that al, just got it done. mary. last against possibly the best there ever was. is being called and go the greenest of all time. it any regrets i'm his part as he leaves

melbourne. i think so for sure because those that 1st said he was dominant. the 2nd set, he still got over the line and then a, you know, he had opportunities and all the sets as well. and he's beaten jock of it on his path to the 21st title in the us open. last september, there were long rallies in this match. both players ran more than in the tournament . average of their own. serv. so really exhausting match for both to play. but med bennett had 23 aces turned out 3. so the, it's unities with that. i think he was frustrated by the lack of crowd support we saw in the report him sort of getting this, but i mean, is he's not yet a darling of international tennis, that neutrals aren't necessarily on his side. and this changing of the god from the big 3, phaedra madeline jacob. it still hasn't happened. and it is now the sole record holder. and he's headed to the french open, which is basically his home, away from home. yes, he's one there. 13 times more than any other players, one any grand slam themselves and singles, men's tennyson, i mean phaedrus, 40 years old. he was out of this one with injury joker,

which has these vaccine issues which may keep him from performing at the french open as well. so a big chance for him, for a 22nd grand slam, he's not called the king of clay for no reason. max me out of the the li sports. thank you so much. for watching the w news lying found, berlin will have more headlines for you at the top of the hour until then there's always more on our website, d, w dot com, really for me. and the entire team is for your company with welcome to the dark side where intelligence agencies are pulling the strings, were organized crime rules were conglomerates make their

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