is hearing i feel editor in chief of the catholic news agency says thank you for joining us from rome. i want to tell you now about some of the other stories making news around the world. a fire in the bangladeshi capital dhaka has claimed more than seventy lives dozens more have been injured while flames spread quickly through a crowded neighborhood in the oldest part of the city it's a firefighters more than ten hours to control the blaze. forensic scientists in syria say they found the largest mass grave yet containing the bodies of people killed by islamic state militants were located just outside the former i asked stronghold of the grave is estimated to hold around three and a half thousand bodies well this is the ninth mass grave to be found. a group of lawyers in turkey has gathered outside istanbul's main courthouse to protest against the jailing of journalists well earlier this week in the peals court upheld jail sentences for fourteen former staff members of the opposition newspaper column what do you get while some have called the ruling the end of the free press in turkey

catholic world. also making news today. rescuers are searching for more than 60 illegal gold miners in indonesia who could be trapped after a shaft collapsed in northern sulawesi province (ani) a spokesman for the disaster agencys broke, burying the miners. one person has been found dead and thirteen have so far been rescued. results from nigeria's electoral commission indicate president muammadu buhari will win a second term. a formal announcement will come on wednesday. the results put the 76—year—old incumbent just under four million votes ahead of his main rival atiku abuba kar. mr abubakar had called for a halt to the counting and release of results, alleging electoral fraud. the british prime minister, theresa may, has shifted her position on the deadline for brexit, announcing a set of votes that could result in a delay to britain's departure from the european union. her government has released a report warning that if the uk leaves the eu without a withdrawal agreement, the impact is likely to be severe. rescue workers in a german town got an unusual request, to help a chubby rat that got stuck halfway out of a sewer manhole. the rodent had put on weight over the winter. a fairly large rescue operation

government officials and agencies have branded reports of kashmir is being targeted as fake news all of which is only add to the tensions in the region. new concerns about the catholic church's commitment to ending sexual abuse have. some victims wonder if such politics are getting in the way of real change on the third day of the. action against abuse him accused we asked each other how we can act responsibly which steps we should take to face the future with a renewed courage should we say as a protocol son dead father i have sinned we need to examine where necessary concrete actions for local churches for the members of the episcopal conferences for ourselves and this requires to look sincerely at our own actions and situations which have taken place in our countries. one archbishops and cardinals talk in the vatican sexual abuse survivors have staged events like this and repeated that among zero tolerance throwing abusive priests and those that cover up for them out of the priesthood but a founder of the group ending pretty abuse is church politics might be getting in the way of something pope francis himself has previously called for two thirds of the bishops t