headquarters the occupation's museum how important were those visits for lithuanians. both are very important because the story of the holocaust and its many has its dark sides because some of these variants but it's a page in the extermination of the jews of this is something that the country still continues to tackle i'd say compared to some other countries pretty well but still this is a reminder and of course the pope was joined by leaders of the jewish community only twenty have called a day when seventy five years ago the vision is get over was destroyed by the nazis and then the occupation is in which is very important for the twenty of history because of the proper century of soviet occupation that both visited the execution chamber there and the chambre rather the sale where the bishops of the lithuanian catholic church which was also pretty much destroyed in the saudi days were kept by the k.g.b. and the message he delivered after that was very much about also diversity being able to overcome and use you know actual experience as least many and. to accommodat

the pontiff message sparked plenty of discussion among lithuanians. in general were taller untimed will receive migrants as we have a judy to do so when courting to the quota. polls on talk of carry ons or refusing to receive migrants but we're fulfilling aren't you to. i'm personally not against migrants some quotas should probably be introduced all the number of people coming should be limited somehow but we definitely can take in a certain number of people and we can increase the quote i want lithuania to be more open. the pope also visited vilnius cathedral where he met clergy and local religious leaders he'll spend two days in lithuania before continuing on to latvia and estonia. well for more i'm joined by constantine fun agatha 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 as 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 se

is the point of the message sparked plenty of discussion among lithuanians. in general were taller untimed will receive migrants as we have a juicy to do so with courting to the quota. poles on talking carians or refusing to receive migrants but we're fulfilling our. i'm not against migrants some quotas should probably be introduced or the number of people coming should be limited somehow but we definitely can take in a certain number of people and we can increase the quota i want lithuania to be more open. to. the pope also visited vilnius cathedral where he met clergy and local religious leaders. 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.

prison in vilnius it's now a museum documenting the hundreds of lithuanians who were murdered there and thousands more including many priests shipped to forced labor camps in siberia the soviets for a decade occupation is still fresh for many lithuanians. we other but oleg's and we really appreciate that then shown on the pope on the what come follow in the . brenden so actually the fourth wall of freedom and especially the catholicism as a christianity it actually helped us. to fight against the soviet regime and. the pope leaves lithuania for a lot fear and a stony. fewer catholics live there but the pope hopes his message to remember will still resonate. that's now look at some of the other stories making news around the world the main opposition candidate in the maldives abraham mohammed is claiming victory in the country's presidential election local media said official results showed he had scored an upset win over president of. his first term in office was marred by a crackdown against dissenters. indian prime minister narendra modi has launched a new health insurance scheme that

headquarters of the occupation museum now how important were those visits for lithuanians. both of their importance because twenty third of september today is seventy five years since the video's jewish ghetto was destroyed by the nazis and if you local collaborators and pope francis pray there of the monuments with the head of the jewish community of lithuania it is in memory which is difficult to tackle for many countries that the measure of the shit of communism i think this one is doing it more or less ok compared to some others but it is an important reminder to the society and i've spoken to a few people that were in the audience or said they saw it that way too as for the museum of occupation it does remind. about the most painful. and into the past the soviet occupation with its massive depreciation of that exit q sions the pope visited the execution chamber in this museum and he made a speech there about also then the sensitivity of tolerance of welcoming others i think with some ice i've seen other pope's on different visits before john poland and benedict and the

prison in vilnius it's now a museum documenting the hundreds of lithuanians who were murdered there and thousands more including many priests shipped to forced labor camps in siberia the soviets for a decade occupation is still fresh for many lithuanians. and we really appreciate that then shown on the pope on the what you can call in the. and then sexually hell the fourth all of freedom and especially the catholicism and that christianity is actually help us. to fight against the soviet regime and. the pope leaves lithuania for a lot and estonia fewer catholics live there but the pope hopes his message to remember will still resonate. so far on this style pope francis has had little or nothing regarding the catholic church sex abuse scandal here in germany though the influential spiegel magazine has published an extensive report titled the house shalt not bear false witness now he details the pope's alleged gross mishandling of abuse cases and we spoke with correspondent constantine fun agates in vilnius about whether the pope's baltic trip has diverted attention from the ongoing scand

pope francis has paid tribute to lithuanians who suffered and died during soviet and nazi occupation he's in the lithuanian capital as part of a three country baltic tour the country is remembering the near extermination of its centuries old jewish community plans was warned against the rebirth of the quotes anti semitic attitudes that fuel the holocaust. so labor of love which has taken eight years of devotion to complete mexico city will be opening its own replica of michelangelo's sistine chapel to the public this week or tie a graphic designer gave over most of his time to painting the work on the ceiling of his local church he relied on donations from friends and parishioners to finance the murals here's a story. you know made me if i said and i say yes my name is miguel francisco i.c.'s and the person that painted the replica of the sistine chapel here in mexico it took me eighteen years to finish it and today we are very happy celebrate life just a little bit second for stick around. to make it i was right i thought if it took me kill angelo four years it's going to take me ab

prison in vilnius it's now a museum documenting the hundreds of lithuanians from a murder and thousands more including many priests shipped off to forced labor camps in siberia the soviets for decades occupation is still fresh for many lithuanians. we other thoughts and we really appreciate that then shown on the pope on the what you can call in the pendants actually before father freed on and especially the whole it isn't as a christianity it actually helped us. to fight against the soviet regime and. the pope will end his trip with a visit to london and a stone. but francis hopes his message to remember will still resonate. with you. time now for a look at the weekend's football because it had a difficult start to the bundesliga season losing their first three matches sunday's own clash of minds was an opportunity to finally get some points up on the board they got off the mark thanks to another great performance from their new young star. europa league double for can i have it from thursday when she was a shoo in to stop the gates minds may be cruising dominated in the first half as

pope francis has paid tribute to lithuanians who suffered and died during soviet and nazi occupation he's in the lithuanian capital as part of a three country baltic tour the country is remembering the near extermination of its centuries old jewish community plans has warned against the rebirth of the quotes and semitic attitudes that fueled the holocaust. labor of love which has taken eight years of devotion to complete mexico city will be opening its own replica of michelangelo's sistine chapel to the public this week or tie a graphic designer over most of his time to painting the work on the ceiling of his local church he relied on donations from friends and parishioners to finance the murals here's a story. you know many differences and i say yes my name is miguel francisco my c.d.'s and the person that painted the replica of the sistine chapel here in mexico it took me eighteen used to.

pope francis has paid tribute to lithuanians who suffered during soviet and nazi occupations at a mass due by tens of thousands of people and columnist francis paid homage to victims of the holocaust and warned against a resurgent anti semitism it's the pope's first stop on a short tour of the baltic states. and dystonia are marking a century since winning independence from russia after world war one. the pope urged residents of all three nations to draw on their past experience to speak up for tolerance in europe you should. be clearly the pupil smallest the poorest in our mates whom we should welcome a hundred years after our word independence who is it that has nothing to give us to make our efforts and our sacrifices worthwhile perhaps it is the ethnic minorities in 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. also far in this tour pope francis has heard little or nothing regarding the catholic church sex abuse scandal here in germany though the influential

pope francis has paid tribute to lithuanians who suffered during soviet and nazi occupations this in a mass viewed by tens of thousands in the country's second largest city countess it's the pope's first stop on a short tour of the baltic states with a whiny a lot fear and a star near a mocking. centuries since winning independence from russia after world war one the pope urged residents of all three nations to draw on their past experience to speak up for tolerance in europe. piccoli. more list the poorest in our midst whom we should welcome one 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 in our city or the jobless who have to immigrate 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 this we turn to our correspondent cons to take constantine von eggert in vilnius constantine good to have you with us what would you say was the pope's overarching message. i think the overarchin

those who suffered under nazi and soviet occupation at a mass in colonize lithuanians the first stop of his four day trip to the baltic states. you're up to date now on d w news will be back again at the top of the hour american evans dean from all of us in the newsroom thanks for watching. good to have a bit of the good. where i come from we have to fight for a free press and was born and raised in the meantime we thank her she protests one to be shot now and if you use fame for us when official information as attorneys i have worked on the streets of many congress and their problems are the same forward to social inequality a lack of the freedom of the press. corruption who can afford to stay silent when it comes to the fans of the humans and see the right through for those who have inside with their trust in us. my name is paris and i weren't. good good there's the biggest crime realistic last season's top four teams which included these guys behind me chalk and buyer kicked off their champions league campaigns with no defeats recorded now those same four teams faced off on match

pope francis has been addressing supporters in the lithuanian capitol hill knows he can all age the hardships that many face under soviet rule here's what he had to say. this visit takes place at a particularly important moment in your life as a nation for you celebrate this year the centenary of your declaration of independence. it has been a century marked by your bearing numerous trials and sufferings detentions deportations even more. well here in germany a defense minister under a line has been visiting a northwestern region that's being menaced by a wildfire her own military started fire fighters near the dutch border are still struggling to contain the blaze near meth and in the region it was nearly three weeks ago by military rocket tests underlying has already apologized on behalf of the country's military local officials are considering evacuating some one thousand people from the area. and d.-w. correspondent donna reg of is in the town of stop there and where residents have been advised they need to be ready to evacuate at a moment's notice hello to you donna so this fire was spar

pope francis has paid tribute to lithuanians who suffered during soviet and nazi occupations a short time ago he laid a wreath at the monument of his illness ghetto for the country's jewish population and was almost a wife out seventy five years ago during the nazi occupation pope francis is on a tour of the baltic states as the three nations mark a centuries 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 speak up for tolerance in europe. be clearly. the smallest the poorest in our mates whom we should welcome a hundred years after our word independence who is it that has nothing to give us to make our efforts and our sacrifices worth while perhaps it is the ethnic minorities in our city or the jobless who have to emigrate maybe it is the elderly under lonely or those young people who find no meaning in life because they have lost their roots. well so far in this tour pope francis has heard a little or nothing regarding the catholic church sex abuse scandals here in germany

appointed without his approval that announcement was made as the roman catholic leader arrived in the lithuanian capital the start of a four day tour of baltic countries he's paid homage to the victims of the nazi and solve you talk to patients there the pontiff will also visit latvia and estonia they're all marking one hundred years of independence though the celebrations risk being overshadowed by clerical abuse scandals in several other countries. russians have been on the march again in various cities to show vladimir putin how unpopular his pension reform plans are the president's proposal to raise the retirement age by five years is dented his popularity in the polls older russians fear they won't live long enough to collect their pensions or younger generations worry they won't get jobs if senior citizens retire later in life. it is world rhino day highlighting how all five species of the heavy weight of the wild are critically endangered and attention is focused on how many are being killed every day including in south africa as family miller reports d.n.a. technology an expert teams of

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soviet union elie became a soviet citizen she called herself a leech here and learned to speak lithuanian concealing her german origins as best she could her first husband was a drinker and peter he died young. they did anything. even more to talk about how hard it all was. everything was so hot. adding to the hardship or the strained relations between the old german population and the new russian settlers the northern half of east prussia was a soviet military zone off limits to nonresidents. it remains a russian exclave today the remnants of its german past were suppressed. by the time ellie moved back to the area with uses on the one nine hundred sixty s. its one time capital koenig's bag had been renamed cullinan grad many of the original inhabitants were labeled fascists and were even barred from higher education. ellie learned to keep her past a secret and i doubt her sisters had made it to east germany but she never did have been remained in the mine i never told anyone even in my and i always said i was little when ian you know. it was that. you couldn't talk about it and i. had t

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but francis has paid tribute to lithuanians who died during the nazi and soviet occupation the pontiff is in lithuania as the country marks the seventy fifth anniversary of the destruction of the vilnius ghetto the culmination of a nazi campaign that resulted in the deaths of an estimated one hundred ninety five thousand jews. several thousand people were also killed during the decades of soviet occupation that then followed the pope warned against the rebirth of the pernicious anti semitic to change that fueled the holocaust. australia contaminations countless spread across the tasman sea after a needle was found inside a packet of strawberries in new zealand the australian soil strawberries were purchased at a supermarket in oakland the supermarket chain is now withdrawn the brand of strawberries as a precautionary measure police in australia are investigating more than one hundred reports of sewing needles found in strawberries which have caused demand for the fruit to plummet. still ahead for you on the program a man who's devoted eighteen years of his life to creating a replica li

nazis and their collaborators during the second world war the catholic leader also paid tribute to lithuanians who were tortured deported and killed during five decades of soviet occupation earlier the vatican of the chinese government signed a provisional deal aimed at ending a seventy year old dispute the roman catholic leader is recognizing the legitimacy of seven bishops who were approved by the chinese state but not by the pope the vatican says the agreement will help around twelve million catholics in china scott heide lot more with more now from chengdu. in what's being described by both sides as a provisional agreement the vatican will now recognize seven bishops here in china that were originally appointed by the chinese government now that is a big move because previously the vatican said that the pope himself had to appoint all bishops but they are now recognizing the seven essentially the catholic community here in china has worked on two different levels there's been a church that has been authorized by the chinese government that's where these bishops were approved through that a

prison in vilnius it's now a museum documenting the hundreds of lithuanians from a murder and thousands more including many priests shipped off to forced labor camps in siberia the soviets for decades occupation is still fresh for many little rain ians. we are there but all of us and we really appreciate that then shown on the pope on the what can follow independence actually before thought were freed on and especially the quality isn't as a christianity it actually helped us. to fight against their soviet regime and. the pope will end his trip with a visit to latvia and estonia fewer catholics leave but francis hopes his message to remember will still resonate. there's been i bring you up to date that some other stories making news around the u.s. senate is on vista getting new claims of sexual misconduct against supreme court nominee rich cavanagh a former classmate says he exposed himself to her at a college party cavanagh is already facing allegations of sexual assault brought by going to versity professor christine a forward he's denied any wrongdoing. one person has been killed an

but francis is paid tribute to lithuanians who died during the nazi and soviet occupations the pontiff is in lithuania as the country marks the seventy fifth anniversary of the destruction of the vilnius ghetto the culmination of a nazi campaign that resulted in the deaths of an estimated one hundred ninety five thousand jews several thousand people were also killed during the decades of soviet occupation that followed. the pope warned against the rebirth of a pernicious anti semitic attitudes that field the holocaust in while china's catholic church has reaffirmed its loyalty to the country's ruling communist party while welcoming a landmark deal struck with the vatican on appointing new bishops scott brown has more from the chinese city of chengdu. in what's being described by both sides as a provisional agreement the vatican will now recognize seven bishops here in china that were originally appointed by the chinese government now that is a big move because previously the vatican said that the pope himself had to appoint all bishops but they are now recognizing the seven essentially

he made the appeal in the lithuanian city of kaunas, where he said that new generations should be taughtmaldives in an election which opposition groups have warned will not be free and fair. president abdulla yameen is seeking a second term in office despite concerns about his record on human rights and the jailing of his rivals. president yameen has links to china, while his opponent, ibrahim mohamed solih, is seen as leaning towards india and the west. 0rganisers of the golden globe round—the—world yacht race say a fellow competitor is on his way to rescue an injured indian sailor who's stranded two thousand miles off western australia, with a broken mast. solo yachtsman abhilash tomy messaged to say he's injured his back and is unable to eat or drink. the australia and indian navies are also on their way but will take days to reach him. millions of viewers will tune in tonight for the final installment of the hit bbc drama ‘the bodyguard'. the programme, based around a close protection officer's relationship with a fictional home secretary, has prompted a big increase in people intere

he made the appeal in the lithuanian city of kaunas, saying new generations should be taught about theriously injured sailor taking part in the golden abhilash tomy is stranded 2,000 miles off the coast of western australia. his yacht‘s mast was broken, in a severe storm in the indian ocean. a distress message from solo yachtsmen abhilash tomy after a appears storm whipped up 80 mile an hour winds and 45 foot waves breaking his mass on friday. he is injured and unable to leave cybele i am very relieved to be a part of this race. this is him at the start of the race injuly. he is no stranger to extreme conditions. he completed the same challenge in 2013. it is a 30,000 mile nonstop solo race. competitors set off from france on the first ofjuly. they have been tracking down the west coast of africa. he moved into third place when he into trouble nearly 2000 miles off the west coast of australia. he is now stranded in the middle of the indian ocean. this almost... sir robin knox johnston was the first man to sail around the world still handedly in 1960. tomy has a replica of his boat and

he made the appeal in the lithuanian city of kaunas, saying new generations should be taught about thest universal health care scheme. the plan, dubbed as modicare, aims to give 500 million people, nearly half of india's population, free health insurance. but critics say the government has failed to prepare the necessary infrastructure to implement the billion—pound programme. devina gupta reports. nearly 1.6 million people die every year because of lack of access to affordable health care in india. the ayushman bharat national health protection mission is meant to plug this gap with an annual health insurance of $7,100, but unlike most of the global public health schemes that cover all the citizens, india's policy will only cover advanced medical treatment costs like surgery and cancer care for 500 million of the country's poorest. while the government claims the scheme will make 265,000 beds available, for poor in government and private hospitals in the country, the question is if that is enough. what it's doing is carefully setting up infrastructure that will allow us to work toward

appointed without his approval that announcement made as the roman catholic leader arrives in the lithuanian capital at the start of a four day tour of the baltic countries he's paid homage to the victims of the nazi and soviet occupation is there the pontiff will also visit latvia and estonia all of which marking one hundred years of independence the celebrations risk being overshadowed by clerical abuse scandals in several other countries. russians have been on the march again in various cities to show that i'm a putin how unpopular his pension reform plans up the president's proposal to raise the retirement age by five years is dented his popularity in the polls older russians fear they won't live long enough to collect their pensions and younger generations worry they won't get jobs if senior citizens are retiring later. it is a film which compares donald trump's rise to power to. the latest documentary from michael moore is as it is always with him provoking all sorts of opinions from new york as. he's one of america's most popular documentary makers and he's also one of the most polari

nazis and their collaborators during the second world war the catholic leader also paid tribute to lithuanians who were tortured deported and killed during five decades of soviet occupation well now to a labor of love which has taken eight years of devotion to complete mexico city will be opening its own replica of michelangelo's sistine chapel to the public this week a retired graphic designer gave over most of his time to painting the ceiling of his local church he relied on donations from friends and parishioners to finance the murals here's his story. you know made me give president my c.d.'s my name is miguel francisco my c.s.o. and the person that painted the replica of the sistine chapel here in mexico it took me eighteen years to finish it and today we are very happy celebrate like he is the appointed psychiatrist different. to me like what i thought if it took me four years it's going to take me about six or seven but i didn't have any money on a lot longer. i did it so that many people who may never go to rome could have a little piece of european art a little of the renaissance of m

seven bishops in china who were appointed without his approval the roman catholic leader is in the lithuanian capital at the start of a four day tour of the baltic countries will pay homage to the victims of the nazi and soviet occupations their. three states in northern mexico have declared emergencies after a tropical depression caused widespread flooding at least three people died in the floodwaters in sin a lower and three others may have been swept away thousands of people were forced to evacuate their homes streets were transformed into rivers the military has been deployed to help rescue those who are still stranded those are your headlines the news continues after upfront assy on this channel from ten g. tomorrow bye bye for now. the president trump finding asylum in the u.s. has become harder than ever i am put in place a zero tolerance if you are going. we will prosecute you and maybe separate you thousands of families escaping violence at home now faced separation detention and deportation as the u.s. closes its doors. and shelter announces and. as he prepares for a historic comeba

but francis has paid tribute to lithuanians who died during the nazi and soviet occupation the pontiff is in lithuania as the country marks the seventy fifth anniversary of the destruction of the vilnius ghetto the culmination of a nazi campaign that resulted in the deaths of an.

seven bishops in china who were appointed without his approval the roman catholic leader is in the lithuanian capital at the start of a four day tour of baltic countries he'll pay homage to the victims of the nazi and soviet occupations that. some are black if you are white and all five species are critically endangered today is world rhino day when the increasingly precarious lives of the heavyweights is being celebrated and attention focused on how many are being killed every day including in south africa as for me the miller reports d.n.a. technology and expert teams of rangers are succeeding in reducing some poaching that. the remains of a female white rhino and her calf scattered across a remote part of the kruger national park a team of forensic scientists say they were shot and killed by poachers and their horns were hacked off close to eleven hundred rhino were killed last year and south africa alone to meet the high demand in asia for rhino horn the crime scene is six days old which has made it difficult for the forensics team to find evidence the carcass has deteriorated because of

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trip on our web site d w dot com he joins us from moscow a welcome constantine you wrote that the lithuanianublic is suspicious of anglo american on the german government's policies on russia why. well first of all you know because the overall perception in relief right in public opinion and in parts of his political class just like is as in other baltic countries and central europe is that girl in this two key into you know to maintain the door open for the kremlin to maintain law which many in the region find it best slightly naive and it was completely counterproductive what chancellor merkel said there is today about not lifting sanctions of course music to the of of the baltic republics still you know. people he had comments paying attention to say results of different public opinion polls like are examples if you research tool last year was shown the german public not very keen on defending and they told allies from from from an onslaught of a huge prophetical onslaught by russia only forty percent of the generals approve of such of such support to all of siting on the side of the alli

but francis has paid tribute to lithuanians who died during the nazi and soviet occupations the pontiff is in a three way mirrors the country marks the seventy fifth anniversary of the destruction of the vilnius ghetto the culmination of a nazi campaign that was altered in the deaths of an estimated one hundred ninety five thousand jews several thousand people were also killed during the decades of soviet occupation that followed the pope warned against the rebirth of the initial anti semitic attitudes that fueled the holocaust. now australia's strawberry contamination scandal has spread across the tasman sea after a needle was found inside a packet of strawberries in new zealand and australian source strawberries were purchased a supermarket or clint supermarket chain is now withdrawn the brand of strawberries as a precautionary measure police in australia are investigating more than one hundred reports of sewing needles found in strawberries which of caused demand for the fruit to plummet hundreds of people have packed a square in central barcelona to watch teams of competitors formin