australia's high court has agreed to hear an appeal by the vatican's former treasurer, cardinal george pellr child sexual abuse. pell, who's 78, was found guilty of the rape of a 13—year—old choirboy and the sexual assault of another at st patrick's cathedral in melbourne in 1996. he has always denied any wrongdoing. my colleague shaimaa khalil has more from sydney. remember, mariko, even that bid wasn't guaranteed. we understand before the news came out a little over an hour ago, that when he filed his appeal to the high court on tuesday, it was reported this was not guaranteed that he was going to get a hearing, that this was going to be considered by a panel of 2—3 judges. they were going to make a decision and we have the news that he will indeed get his day in the high court here in australia. we have yet to find out the exact date. we understand it is going to be some time next year, that is going to yet again challenge his conviction. remember, he's serving a 6—year sentence for child sexual abuse of two boys back in the 1990s. this conviction came out back in december. he tried and

and australia's highest court has agreed to hear the appeal of cardinal george pell who's serving a 6 year jail term for sexually abusing 2 choir boys in the 1990 s. ells case rocked the catholic church in australia he's the most senior catholic hard human ever convicted of paedophilia. in washington the u.s. house of representatives is preparing to open up its impeachment hearings to the public starting on wednesday the hearings investigating alleged wrongdoing by president will be broadcast on television as the w.'s oversell are explains democrats are aiming for maximum exposure. from now on every hearing will be live on television and that's the big chance for the democrats to make their point president tranced july phone call with ukraine's president selenski was impeachable after years of special counsel mahler's investigation and weeks of the impeachment inquiry this will probably be their last chance to gain public momentum and convince the american voter and that's crucial because in the end they will have to decide about president trump's fate we asked voters on the streets l

australia's highest court has agreed to hear the appeal of cardinal george pell who is serving a 6 year jail term for sexually abusing 2 choir boys in the 1990 s. tells case rocked the catholic church in australia he's the most senior catholic clergyman ever convict convicted of pedophilia. i want to go back to our coverage of the situation in bolivia now let's bring in d.-w. course on the deal 100 mirrors he is standing by for us in bolivia's political capital of os so as we had mentioned opposition politician yanina on yes has declared herself interim president i mean what more do we know about that move. becomes today the 2nd woman to be president awful valdivia she did in a session in which the party you support even without is mass they didn't. came to this session so but she did she has a name now or so far she has a name any of her ministers in our air vice president something a little bit we are because tomorrow morning she should start negotiating with all the parties how they are going to organize a new all that shows who are going to be the new commission lead there to give i

making news around the world australia's highest court has agreed to hear the appeal of cardinal george pell who's serving a 6 year jail term for sexually abusing 2 choir boys in the 1990 s. hell's case rocks the catholic church in australia he's the most senior catholic clergyman ever convicted of pedophilia. a protester has been killed during a new wave of demonstrations in lebanon a man was shot dead near beirut by soldiers who opened fire to disperse protesters blocking roads lebanon has seen weeks of nationwide protests against the country's ruling elite. the violence between israelis and palestinians has flared in some of the worst attacks in years along the gaza border people in southern and central israel were advised to stay inside after palestine the palestinian palestinian militants fired a series of rockets into israeli territory those were in response to an israeli airstrike in the early morning hours that killed a militant leader in gaza. cheese day morning scene at the home of islamic jihad senior commander abu al attar. hours later islamic jihad fighters respond with a barrel

australia's high court has ruled that cardinal george pell will be allowed a final chance to challengeictions. the former vatican treasurer is currently serving a six—yearjail term for abusing two boys in melbourne in 1996. workers for mcdonald's in the us have filed a lawsuit in which they allege that the fast food company has a systemic problem of sexual harrassment. they accuse the firm of allowing a toxic work culture. mcdonald's hasn't yet responded to the allegations. it has about “1,000 restaurants in the us. a new report says top destination shopping streets can still thrive in select parts of new york and london. but this is a far cry from the rest of the retail sector — which can feel like its fighting for survival, squeezed by high rents and online rivals. kathleen brooks, director, minerva analysisjoins me now. lovely to see you. i mean, when i saw this report, it's absolutely not surprising at all to hear that there isa surprising at all to hear that there is a real crisis on the high street but not just in is a real crisis on the high street but notjust in the uk, also in

let's get some of the day's other news: the former treasurer to the vatican, cardinal george pell, hasgranted a right to a final appeal in australia's high court against his convictions for child sexual abuse. in march he was found guilty of attacking two choirboys in the 1990s, and sentenced to six years in prison. zimbabwe's central bank has introduced new banknotes. it is an attempt to ease an acute cash shortage, but there are fears it could fuel inflation, in a country where the rate is already about 300%. workers for mcdonald's in the us have filed a lawsuit alleging the fast food company has a systemic problem of sexual harassment. they accuse mcdonald's of allowing a toxic work culture. the firm hasn't yet responded. it has about 14,000 restaurants in the us. the impeachment inquiry in washington is about to go public. until now, the testimony has been heard behind closed doors. house democrats are looking at whether president trump abused his power by witholding military aid from ukraine while pressing for an investigation into the bidens. mr trump calls the inquiry a hoax. th

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hear a final appeal from australian catholic cardinal to overturn his child sex abuse conviction george pell is currently serving a 6 year prison term for molesting 213 year old choir boys in the one $990.00 s. it was the most senior catholic to be found guilty of abusing children. and the report is raising concern over human rights and gainey ahead of next year's presidential election amnesty international has detailed several red flags including rising political tension and the killing of anti-government protesters opposition groups have been protesting for weeks against proposed changes to the constitution they fear the changes could allow president alpha condé to stand for a 3rd presidential term spain's acting prime minister has agreed and principle to form a government after yet another election deadlock as a socialist one the most votes in sunday's poll the 2nd one in 7 months but not enough for a majority is now signing a coalition deal with a far left party. saudi arabia bahrain i mean united arab emirates have confirmed they'll now take part in football's arabian gulf cup and qatar

australia's highest court has agreed to hear cardinal george pell final appeal to overturn his child sex abuse conviction is currently serving a 6 year prison term for a new zing to 13 year old choirboys in the 1990 s. he lost his 1st challenge against his convictions in a lower court in august a high court appeal is the final legal avenue for pal to. return is conviction and is expected to be heard in early 2020. except to date with all of the day's news our website is al jazeera dot com of course the very latest book that's going on in gaza as well keep here for a recap of the headlines in just a moment. i'm richelle carey these are the headlines right now a new wave of israeli air strikes in gaza has killed 12 people air raid sirens have also been sounded in southern israel 22 palestinians have died since tuesday when israel killed a senior commander of the armed group islamic jihad fighters in gaza have responded by firing around $220.00 rockets towards israel very fosamax more from the israel gaza border the public security minister get it done was on the radio this morning sayi

the two metal detectors who have been jailed as a george pell, who was jailed for ten yea rs, george key piece of evidence was some photos that we re of evidence was some photos that were deleted from a phone but later discovered, which shows that‘s hard that they found in 2015. it was a much larger scale than anything that has been recovered. what thejudge describes as a something that should have been given to the nation, effectively he said that they have deprived not just the effectively he said that they have deprived notjust the people of this country of this entire whole, but specifically the people in herefordshire who would have had a connection to it. it was likely buried by the viking army in the yea rs buried by the viking army in the years 878 or 879 during the reign of king alfred the great, and had lived there undisturbed until 2015. the judge said that the true value of the treasure is archaeological. you cheated the farmer, the land under and the public. the treasure belongs to the nation so it can be seen and admired. and he talked about two particular items ofjewell