population was almost wiped out under the nazis francis is on a tour of the baltic states as lithuania latvia and estonia march a century since winning independence from russia after world war one. at a mass earlier today francis urged residents of the baltics to draw on their past experience to stand up for tolerance in europe. piccoli the people who were not the smallest the poorest in our mates whom we should welcome a hundred years after our independence who is it that has nothing to give us to make our effort and our sacrifices worthwhile perhaps it is the ethnic minorities and our city or the jobless who have to emigrate maybe it is the elderly and the lonely are those young people who find no meaning in life because they have lost their roots. well for more on the pope's tour of the baltics to double your correspondent constantine funny joins us now from vilnius good evening to you constantine so we just heard the pope there calling for tolerance in his address but was leaving his comments beyond just the baltic states well i think yes i think that he was going along the part you alrea

the nazi and then soviet occupations of lithuania francis is on a tour of the baltic states as lithuania latvia and estonia mark one hundred years since winning independence from russia his message to the faithful remember the suffering as a way to guard against hate in today's political landscape. as many as one hundred thousand people attended pope francis's mass and count us a huge turnout but that's less than half the number of lithuania as jews murdered in the holocaust lithuania uses this day when seventy five years ago the nazis fully liquidated the ghetto in the capital vilnius to remember that destruction it was the pope's moment to remind a country now eighty percent catholic of the dangers of forgetting the murder of more than two hundred thousand jews but. let us think back on those times and ask the lord to give us the benefit of hindsight to prevent the return of the resurgent attitude. we must remove any with of and has some a tism among those who did not experience the holocaust and can therefore be seduced. the pope prayed silently at the vilnius ghetto memorial and met members

arrived in the latvian capital for the second leg of a tour of the baltic states he's visiting latvia lithuania and estonia to mark one

church must change its ways if it wants to keep future generations the visits which included lithuania and latvia as coincided with a scathing new report on decades of sex abuse and cover up in germany the only head surgeon in south sudan is this year's winner of the un's nansen refugee awards dr evan. provides health services to locals as well as refugees from neighboring sudan's blue nile state catherine sort has a story. in an ordinary week doctor even atar at the heart a surgeon at the only functioning hospital in bunch town in north eastern south sudan and his steam operate on around sixty patients two hundred thousand people most of them refugees from sudan's blue nile state live in this remote town and look to ban hospital for all their medical needs they were has destroyed almost the infrastructure as we speak. almost all work including medical hospital was destroyed i think the process of removing all of them are not really working to the capacity that they are supposed to south sudan has been in conflict since twenty thirteen the war has divided the country along ethnic lines and their

european states were invited to join nato the czech republic hungry poland bulgaria is still in latvia lithuania rumania slovakia slovenia so yeltsin tried everything he even begged. let us have a verbal gentleman's agreement we would not write it down in the statement that no former soviet republics would enter nato i cannot sign any agreement without such language especially ukraine consider what a terrible message it would be were still organized against russia but there's a line across which we won't go pleading didn't work so we'll turn try warnings russia will pull out of the agreement and consider it nolen void i know what a terrible problem this is for you but i can't make the specific commitment you're asking for not even complaints could get through you are conducting naval maneuvers near crimea it is as if we are training people in cuba how would you feel it's unacceptable to us the spite of all that they were made and friends even joked together three months of the pre-election races taken it's toll i feel somewhat tired i saw the picture of you dancing with the girls in the band and

european states were invited to join nato the czech republic hungry poland and bulgaria as stony latvia lithuania rumania slovakia slovenia so yeltsin tried everything he even begged. let us have a verbal gentleman's agreement we would not write it down in the statement that no former soviet republics would enter nato i cannot sign any agreement without such language especially ukraine consider what a terrible message it would be were still organized against russia but there's a line across which we won't go pleading didn't work so we'll turn tried warnings russia will pull out of the agreement and consider it nolen void i know what a terrible problem this is for you but i can't make the specific commitment you're asking for not even complaints could get through you are conducting naval maneuvers near crimea it is as if we are training people in cuba how would you feel it's unacceptable to us the spite of all that they remained friends even joke together three months of the pre-election race has taken its toll i feel somewhat tired i saw the picture of you dancing with the girls in the band and y

european states were invited to join nato the czech republic hungry poland bulgaria is still with latvia lithuania romania slovakia slovenia so yeltsin tried everything he even begged. let us have a verbal gentleman's agreement we would not write it down in the statement that no former soviet republics would enter nato i cannot sign any agreement without such language especially ukraine consider what a terrible message it would be were still organized against russia but there's a line across which we won't go pleading didn't work so we'll turn tried warnings russia will pull out of the agreement and consider it now and void i know what a terrible problem this is for you but i can't make the specific commitment you're asking for not even complaints could get through you are conducting naval maneuvers near crimea it is as if we are training people in cuba how would you feel it's unacceptable to us the spite of all that they remained friends even joke together three months of the pre-election race has taken its toll i feel somewhat tired i saw the picture of you dancing with the girls in the band and

european states were invited to join nato the czech republic hungry poland bulgaria is still latvia lithuania rumania slovakia slovenia so yeltsin tried everything he even begged. let us have a verbal gentleman's agreement we would not write it down in the statement that no former soviet republics would enter nato i cannot sign any agreement without such language especially ukraine consider what a terrible message it would be were still organized against russia but there's a line across which we won't go pleading didn't work so we'll turn tried warnings russia will pull out of the agreement and consider it nolen void i know what a terrible problem this is for you but i can't make the specific commitment you're asking for not even complaints could get through. you are conducting naval maneuvers near crimea it is as if we are training people in cuba how would you feel it's unacceptable to us the spite of all that they remained friends even joke together three months of the pre-election races taken its toll i feel somewhat tired i saw the picture of you dancing with the girls in the band and you

pontiff said the church must change if it wants to keep future generations visit which included lithuania and latvia coincided with a report on decades of sex abuse and cover up in germany a president donald trump's embattled nominee for the u.s. supreme court is speaking out after facing new accusations of sexual misconduct in his youth brett cavanagh offered a blanket denial in a t.v. interview john hendren one hundred has that. people. as protesters faced arrest to demonstrate against president donald trump supreme court pick brett kavanaugh is striking back. appearing with his wife on fox news a day after not one but two new accusers emerged he insists he's been wrongly accused saying the truth is i have never sexually assaulted anyone in high school or otherwise i'm not questioning and have not questioned that perhaps dr ford at some point in her life was sexually assaulted by someone in some place would i know is that i've never sexually assaulted anyone kavanaugh was seventeen when his original accuser christine bloody forward says he tried to rape her cavanaugh and ford are scheduled to brea

the church must change if it wants to keep future generations a visit also included trips to lithuania and latvia. a push of also coincided with a report on decades of sex abuse and cover up by the church in germany nearly four thousand children were abused by catholic priests since the end of the second world war the revelations were published in the city of fulda where german bishops are holding a weeklong conference the mccain has more. for years many people in germany have wondered about the level of sexual abuse committed against children in this country in recent times by elements within the catholic church here in the city of fold the catholic church in germany is holding its bishops conference and at a news conference a little earlier germany's leading catholic church man was confronted with some very harrowing insights into precisely herron many young people were abused by peter for priests. in all clarity i say sexual abuse is a crime whoever is guilty of it must be punished for far too long the church has either turned a blind eye to it or try to cover it up for all the failures on the

francis has arrived in latvia as capital reagan for the second leg of his baltic tori's visiting latvia lithuania and estonia to mark one hundred years since their independence original independence from russia in one thousand nine hundred two encourage the catholic faith three countries sort fifty years of religious repression under soviet rule. india's prime minister narendra modi has launched his new health care plan it's designed to offer free insurance to the country's poorest people it's been dubbed modi care and will see half a billion people get access to health services they currently can't afford the critics say the scheme has been rushed out for political gain and the money isn't there to support it. america is going to very young if we combine the population of america canada and mexico even more than that number of people will benefit from a scheme. in tanzania mass burials have been held for some of those who died when a ferry capsized in like victoria two hundred twenty four people down drowned in sunday's acts and forty one survived the initial investigation show the ferry which w

european states were invited to join nato the czech republic hungry poland bulgaria is still with latvia lithuania romania slovakia slovenia so yeltsin tried everything he even begged. let us have a verbal gentlemen's agreement we would not write it down in the statement that no former soviet republics would enter nato i cannot sign any agreement without such language especially ukraine consider what a terrible message it would be were still organized against russia but there's a line across which we won't go pleading didn't work so we'll turn tried warnings russia will pull out of the agreement and consider it now and void i know what a terrible problem this is for you but i can't make the specific commitment you're asking for not even complaints could get through you are conducting naval maneuvers near crimea it is as if we are training people in cuba how would you feel it's unacceptable to us the spite of all that they were named friends even joked together. three months of the pre-election races taken its toll i feel somewhat tired i saw the picture of you dancing with the girls in the band an

european states were invited to join nato the czech republic hungry poland bulgaria is still with latvia lithuania romania slovakia slovenia so yeltsin tried everything he even begged them let us have a verbal gentleman's agreement we would not write it down in the statement that no former soviet republics would enter nato i cannot sign any agreement without such language especially ukraine consider what a terrible message it would be were still organized against russia but there's a line across which we won't go pleading didn't work so we'll turn tried warnings russia will pull out of the agreement and consider it now and void i know what a terrible problem this is for you but i can't make the specific commitment you're asking for not even complaints could get through. you are conducting naval maneuvers near crimea it is as if we are training people in cuba how would you feel it's unacceptable to us the spite of all that they remained friends even joke together three months of the pre-election race is taken its toll i feel somewhat tired i saw the picture of you dancing with the girls in the band

he'll spend two days in lithuania before continuing on to latvia and estonia. the world's largest beer festival october fest is now officially underway here in germany in the very in capital munich the event attracts revelers from all over the world most of whom wouldn't think to show up for the party without the proper attire. i. was after this he cries it's tapped in english at the start of the one hundred eighty fifth october fast as announced by munich's mayor. and as tradition demands he's joined by the various state premier. and there's no shortage of pomp and ceremony at the start of the festival both inside and outside the beer tents. an estimated six million locals and tourists are expected to descend on munich for the festivities which run for sixteen days and for many they have only one thing on their mind. and very rarely to get a ten in trunk all day lots of beer lots of money. thirty this year there won't be any problems it would be nice to see the hill over there not used as a toilet i just want a festival to be quiet and peaceful. and to ensure

he'll spend two days in lithuania before continuing on to latvia and estonia. well for more i'm joined by constantine fun agate a political analyst and journalist in vilnius is following the pontiff's visit constantine today is also the seventy fifth anniversary of the near extermination of lithuania is jewish community during the holocaust how does that fit in with the pope's message that it's a very well rebecca it actually continues on he's a seam of being a welcoming strangers that he develops yesterday and i think it's a very significant thing also because all three baltic states struggling with their memories of the holocaust because elements of local population to parts in hounding and eventually extermination of jews in the three baltic states and this is a day full memory which decides it is a relatively successful at trying to tackle but there is still there the think the pope's message fits here very well and modernizes if you push these memories makes them relevant to society. well the baltic states were all my old so once an expired the soviet unio

an experience before 2016 election meeting here in this building with a group of estoniarom lithuania, and latvia who had been experiencing russian interference in their elections and misinformation for years and you defend do yourself? you cannot unplug the internet or turn off the tv station? he said universally the best defense is for the people to know if is happening. i would like for me to view some thoughts and hopefully a commitment to educating your users about the potential for abuse of the very medium they are putting their trust in. >> we agree with you we have done this probably. we have worked on media literacy programs. around the world that help people discern this is real news and this is not to help people be educated. what of the most important things we're doing is once a piece of content has been rated as false, if you're about to share it, we warn you right there, this has been rated as false. you are as educated as you are about to take that critical step. sen. king: mr. dorsey, i hope you're are doing the same to educate your users. >> yes and to be frank we haven't done a

respects to the victims of the holocaust in the region during his visit which is included lithuania and latvia. a u.s. supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh has again denied accusations of sexual misconduct he defended himself in a t.v. interview a day after a second accuser came forward john hendren has more. you know. as protesters faced arrest to demonstrate against president donald trump's supreme court pick brett kavanaugh is striking back. appearing with his wife on fox news a day after not one but two new accusers emerged he insists he's been wrongly accused saying the truth is i have never sexually assaulted anyone in high school or otherwise i'm not questioning and have not question that perhaps dr ford at some point in her life was sexually assaulted by someone in some place would i know is that i've never sexually assaulted anyone kevin i was seventeen when his original accuser christine blousy forward says he tried to rape her cavanaugh and ford are scheduled to break their silence at a senate hearing on thursday but the white house considered that too late president trump is stand

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months before the 2016 election meeting here in this building with a group of people from lithuania, estonia, latvia who had been experiencing russian interference with their elections and their propaganda, their information for years. i said, how do you defend yourself? you can't unplug the internet, you can't turn off the tv station. they said universely the best defense is to let people know it's happening. i would like from each of you some thoughts and hopefully a commitment to educating your users about the potential for abuse of the very medium that they're putting their trust in, ms. sandberg. ms. sandberg: we really agree with you. we have done this broadly. we worked on media literacy programs. we worked on public service announcements around the world that help people discern this is real news, this is not, and help people be educated. i think one of the most important things we're doing, once a piece of content has been rated false by our third party fact checkers, if you're about to share it we warn you, hey, this has been rated as false. you are educated as you are about to take that c

number return on allocated capital was 402% compared with 60% for estonia as a whole 16% for lithuania, 17% for latvia it's astonishing the returns on equity but of course that didn't raise alarm bells. we'll bring you updates from that press conference. i'll refer to that "the financial times" copy. we have had issues in recent years. hsbc, bnp paribas, ing becoming embroiled as well, and then that unsavory affair with one of the baltic banks, ablv, latvia's third largest. would you like to know how many staff the anti-money laundering at the banking authority have? two. two staff. now it's up to ten quite appalling. let's move on, china has been quick to respond to the latest u.s. escalation in the trade war. according to a front page article in the peoples daily newspaper the chinese government says it will use the tensions with the united states as an opportunity to replace imports and promote localization the former pobc governor said exactly the same as this, we will change how we do business that's the message coming from china. we will change who we do business with as well. that's a theme i p

what if vladimir putin launched a massive cyber attack on latvia, lithuania or estonia that he believes part of russia? would donald trump invoke article 5? would he come to the aid of europe of european countries in precisely the manner that the united states had promised to do for 70 years. >> that's a very good question. after nato summit earlier this summer, this is what the president said about article 5 on fox news. watch this. >> membership in nato obligates the members to dwnd any other member that's attacked. let's say month negro is attacked. why should my son go to met month net grow to defend? >> i've asked the same question. montenegro is a very tiny country with strong people. they're very strong people. they're very aggressive people. and congratulations, you're in world war iii. >> so as it happens, as it happens, three weeks ago, i was in montenegro and i had lunch with the president of montenegro. i asked him about this. and he said the whole idea that we would drag the world into world war iii, it's the united states that is launching military actions all over the wor

arrived in the latvian capital for the second leg of a tour of the baltic states he's visiting latvia lithuania and estonia to mark one hundred years since the original independence from russia in one thousand nine hundred eighteen those are your headlines the news continues after the people's health i'll have the news for you in about thirty minutes. october on al jazeera. in a new season al-jazeera correspondent returns with more personal stories from our journalists from around the world. brazilians are getting ready for elections but the main presidential contender is barred from the polls as he serves time in jail for corruption. from the u.s. and beyond find investigate the stories beyond the headlines after a three year delay afghanistan will finally hold its parliamentary elections but what direction the country takes with a new two part series the big picture examines the legacy of mama duckies and the effects of his demise october on al-jazeera. china faces an extraordinary challenge of scale when it comes to its health care system reforms. of one point four billion people over half o

what if vladimir putin launched a massive cyberattack on latvia, lithuania, or estonia, the baltic republicsves should be part of russia? would donald trump invoke article 5? would he come to the aid of europe, of european countries, in precisely the manner that the united states had promised to do for 70 years. >> that's a very good question because after the nato summit earlier this summer, this is what the president said about article 5 on fox news. watch this. >> membership in nato obligates the members to defend any other member that's attacked. so let's say montenegro -- why should my son go to montenegro to defend it from attack in. >> i understand what you're saying. i've asked the same question. montenegro is a tiny country with very strong people. >> i'm not against montenegro or albania. >> by the way, they're very strong people. they're very aggressive people. they may get aggressive. and congratulations, you're in world war iii. >> so as it happens, as it happens, three weeks ago i was in montenegro. >> okay. >> and i had lunch with the president of montenegro. and i asked him a

of course, a huge population of russian speaking people in estonia, latvia, lithuania. they are all worried what kind of information this russian community has received from russia, but it all depends on local and people leading these countries. lauren: two questions here, and i will take the third here. can i have a microphone? ok. i think the rest of the audience is good. >> thank you for taking the question. my name is j.j. green, national security correspondent at wtop and host of the target usa podcast. i'd like to ask mrs. litvinenko and dr. goldfarb a question. mrs. litvinenko, you have come here, this is a very high profile case and situation, something i and others have followed for the decade it has been out there. what is it that you want to leave with this audience today? what is it that you want this audience to do? and dr. goldfarb, you talked about your personal safety before. you have sort of downplayed your concerns. but considering what they are capable of, and what they have executed or shown they can do, are you trying to simply just make this not ab

months before the 2016 election meeting here in this building with a group of people from lithuania, estonia, and latvia experiencing russian interference with their elections and propaganda, their information, for years and i said, how do you defiend yourself you can't unplug the internet or turn off the tv station. the most interesting thing they said is universally the best defense is for the people to know it's happening. and i would like from each of you a -- some thoughts and hopefully a commitment to educating your users about the potential for abuse of the very medium they're putting their trust in ms. sandberg >> we agree with you and have done this broadly and coop to do more so we have worked on media literacy programs and public service announcements around the world to help people did certain the real news, this is not, and help people be educated. one of the most important things we're doing is once a piece of content has been rated as false by our third-party fact checkers, if you are about to share it, we warn you right there, hey, this has been rated as false and so you are educated as