religions for peace is taking place in the southern german town of lindau w.'s abraham met a tunisian participant who says women have a special role to play when it comes to religion and peace. it is a lab a deal raise many hats she's a politician translator professor as well as contributor to her need to tunisia's new constitution. today she's far away from home in lindau southern germany advocating for women's role as peace builders of the religions for peace 10th world assembly. the 1st witness and even the victims of conflicts when they happen this is why they develop the capacity of feeling the dangerous city and of the impact of conflicts so they at the same time develop the capacity to deal with the conflict but it's not all just words the also believes in indy german on the ground we 1st met her in jordan a couple of weeks ago there along with other female faith leaders from the arab region she launched an initiative to empower syrian refugee women in war and jordanian women through mentorship dialogue and solidarity. and has to how many here are like f

differences between them and i what do the participants of want to achieve at this conference in lindau. i mean i think for the younger generation especially what they want is visibility they want to be here to tell the the world leaders the older generation that they exist that they will be the ones bearing the brunt of these conflicts but also the assembly is very action oriented so yesterday also that's what and a workshop for young religious leaders teaching them how to use social media to effectively and positively send their message so it's both action oriented but also they want to send a message that they are here right i am behind in lindau thank you very much for that information from that. let me not bring you up to date on the stories making news around the world. has scored on the e.u. to scrap the irish backstop in the agreement in a letter to the european council president instead. of a flexible and creative solution to potential problems of the northern ireland border. and says to the ridge or d cannot be renegotiated. german chancellor merkel is an icelandic unfasten a

for us of the religious for peace assembly in lindau thanks very much. also dan has started the transition to civilian rule in the changing political climate has prompted plans to kick off the nation's very 1st women's football league it will include 18 clubs the 1st match will take place next month now this marks a big change since the ousting of president omar al bashir earlier this year. a year ago the idea of a women's football league in sudan was far fetched females once seemed to follow their football plain aspirations in the past where without hope. before the revolution i could not have imagined myself being a player in a woman's football team or even expected myself to be able to play the sport i've loved there were many restrictions on sudanese women and it was not possible to play football. but now a joint military civilian sovereign council is in power and it's seen as a significant event women are part of the ruling council and measures are being taken to further women's rights and promote sports and the arts. that it began in the past it wa

he is participating in the interfaith gathering in and out -- lindau. thank you for joining us. religious intolerance contributes, as we saw in our report, to a great deal of violence in the world. how can religione used to brining people togogether inste >> after this conversation is extremely important, very timely. you presented to this program we are living in a very unstable situation with unacceptable behavior. you mentioned the christchurch attack. you mentioned sri lanka. today here, we have sent a very strong call to the international community. it can be done. wewe are not only 900 religious leaders, but leaders and religious people for peace. we want to live in harmony and cooperation. we are going to establish a new positive agenda. it is nonot only to coexist, to tolerate because we have noo other way to live together, but now we hahave to go a step furtr anancreate a world they have to respect to understand each other and liveve together. i think the e message that has bebeen heard not only by my frieiend, the president of the republic of germany, , but to al the p

venally the head of religions for peace at the summit now underway in lindau's thank you very much for coming in today and all the best for your summit now underway in southern germany thank you so much. let's get you know quick reminder of our top story this hour one day after telling prime minister decepticons they resigned the country's president is set to begin talks with key players try to find a way out of the crisis call to block the far right deputy prime minister mattel's ovine of the government's collapse. that's all we have time for more news at the top of the hour actually. a number of hopes for world cup glory qatar is building stadiums to host of these soccer events of 202200 appear to be big shows the folks in the state itself how much progress is really being maybe kind of the scenes on the extremely surprised to hear that is anything remotely resembling a democracy. lifting the veil in qatar. close up next on w. i don't think. well i just sometimes am but less than nothing which is that research of mistakes even to jam a culture of looking at the stereotypes a question

lindau is it to him i have to list more about this initiative and why is it so important. so and rita as you have mentioned this is the world's largest gathering of interfaith religious leaders it doesn't happen very often it happens only about 5 every 5 to 7 years over 800 delegates really from every religious faith and tradition but you can imagine in this group the special thing about this gathering there's a special focus on young people and also as you have said women in a world where religion and faith is sometimes seen as a precursor to conflict and strife they really want to bring together these religious leaders along with government leaders and the young people to see how things can get better essentially for their future because oftentimes it is young people and women that are on the frontlines of these conflicts you mentioned the opening ceremony which is ending as we speak it was the start of with an interreligious prayer with the children from different phases muslim faith christian faith jewish friends and a buddhist and also a just indigenous children and t

right i am at the religion school peace assembly in lindau southern germany thank you very much. you're watching the news coming up ahead goal is at the heart of an election campaign in the german student got it but it's the major employer look at how the far right if t. is fighting to keep the industry going against government plans to close it down. but 1st in a landmark case in the door a young woman whose baby was found dead off she gave birth has been cleared of mud a village and none this has always maintained her innocence she says she did not know that she was pregnant and lost consciousness during the birth a case has been closely watched for dried scoops calling for a critical and for a change in el salvador stuff antiabortion. freedom for evelyn hernandez after 3 years behind bars a court in san salvador acquitted the young woman of aggravated homicide charges she had been serving a 30 year sentence. planck's by her supporters a moment of huge relief. thank you for being here and thank god justice was done i also want to express my gratitude to those who have protested

as you've mentioned there are overall over 900 senior religious leaders here today in lindau but the sheer number is not what it is that is not the only reason why it's a big deal in this instant be the most inclusive religious gathering in the world and certainly being at the opening ceremony this morning one can see the sheer diversity of the attendees this is on the one hand on the other hand this this assembly will be really has a focus on women and young people so in addition to bringing these very senior religious leaders they have a chance to listen to the young people that are here and listen to the women that are here because these 2 groups are often the 1st a the 1st to be affected when when conflict breaks out at any part of the world one could see that that was really the message of the assembly today as it was there was the opening address by president bush time i have but also there was a into faith prayer by children and basically they pleaded to the world leaders that they that they that they pay attention to the decisions that they're making because at the end of the

representative for the alliance of civilizations he is participating in the interfaith gathering in lindau mr martinez thank you for joining us now religious intolerance contributes as we saw in our report to a great deal of violence in the world so how can religion be used to bring people together instead. what i think these guys are in india is a stream important very timely as you present it in this program we are living in now very very on a stable situation with an acceptable behavior you mentioned chris church attack you mentioned sri lanka and that's the reason the the secretary general downturn it with there is mandate me to present an auction global plan in order to solve a guard wholly for side and at the same time to protect worshipper and today here in the we have sand a very strong call to all the international community it can be done you know we are not only 900 leaders religious leader but the leaders really started the peace and this world peace is recuperate we want really to leave in our money in cooperation we are going to establish on your agenda positive agenda is not

but 1st the world's biggest multi-faith assembly wraps up today in the south german town of lindau some 800 delegates from about 100 countries have been attending the religions for peace assembling as the abraham reports this year's gathering places special emphasis on young people. i guess that is rushing to meet a strict deadline the 31 year old senegalese is interviewing beatrice for an executive director of the international campaign to abolish nuclear weakness that i can't minister the president of the organization receive the 27000 nobel peace prize. i get that is not a journalist she's a volunteer with a catholic faith based student organization in kenya this is time and it's part of the media training she's receiving as a participant of the religions for peace 10 world assembly in lindo southern germany. would be really helping me in my personal network of how am i going to develop my t.v. asphodel advocacy program for an environment and for peace they're doing in africa her training as well as other youth oriented workshops and discussions are at the focus of this year's assemb

this is taking place in the south german town of lindau de to. bring him back welcome how many conflicts around the world use religion to fuel hatred so do religious leaders there at this conference a knowledge that they may well be part of the problem. i mean the delegates that i have spoken to would not agree with that statement the ones that i've spoken to say it's not religion itself that is the problem it is the way that some politicians or some groups abuse or misuse religion for their means so they would say they would they would that's their own subjective opinion but they would say that it has nothing to do with faith itself it's about how some people use it for example yesterday i met. shia iraqi woman who under the saddam regime suffered greatly because of her faith had to spend over a decade in prison because of her religious belief and even after this experience she said she says you know i i understand it wasn't because of the the sunni tradition that this happened to me but because it was a political. mean to a particular a particu

for us at the religious for peace assembly in lindau thanks very much. well officials in the paul have recommended a series of measures they hope will reduce the number of fatalities on mount everest more people than ever are attempting to climb the world's highest mountain and over crowding and help make this past climbing season one of the deadliest on record check both the mountain and lives the poles government is considering restrictions on who can climb everest everest the holy grail of many avid manton ears scaling the peak was a dream few realized until nepal removed its strict limits on expeditions in the early 990 s. . this year in nepal handed as a wreck or $391.00 permits to climb everest. images posted online showed the queues near the summer as climbers took advantage of a short window of clear weather in may to make their ascent. this year was also one of the deadliest yet on everest 9 people died on the nepalese side of the moment and sherpa guides and experienced mountaineers say overcrowding contributed to at least some of the deaths th