for more on this let's bring in data religious affairs correspondent martin gak martin this all goes back to a classroom conversation about the freedom of expression just how difficult is freedom of expression in a multicultural society i think that episodes like this one show you that to some degree. multiculturalism and integration are really the key words and as a matter of fact part of the problem that you have is that to some degree the form of multiculturalism that much of europe has been seeing evolve is essentially is essentially incompatible to the firms of republicanism and freedom of expression that we have become accustomed to particularly in the context suffrage secularism and french freedom of expression so you know this kind of hippie so he's the one that really shows you that there is a form of the mcready understanding that we have developed from the sense that we need to deal with things that offend us and we have community so we turn not just muslim but jewish christian communities really just communities in other words that really take offense to the very limit of

martin gak martin this all goes back to a classroom conversation about the freedom of expression just how difficult is freedom of expression in a multicultural society i think that episodes like this one show you that to some degree. multiculturalism and integration are really the key words and as a matter of fact part of the problem that you have is that to some degree the form of multiculturalism that much of europe has been seeing evolve is essentially is essentially incompatible to the 1st of republicanism and freedom of expression that we have become accustomed to particularly in the context of french secularism and french freedom of expression so you know this kind of happy so he's the one that really shows you that there is a form of the mcready understanding that we have developed from the sense that we need to deal with things that offend us and we have community so we turn not just muslim but jewish christian communities really just communities in other words that really take off ends to the very limit of political and public participation and this is the terry terry that it's extremely difficult to negotiate france is officially a secular country and how does that factor into the public discussion surrounding this particular incident. you know with the idea of day the form of security so many it's not a perfect translation really but they usually see differ the french has a lot to do with protecting the state from really just seem fluence i mean we're in we think of circular reasoning that us what we think of is you know on this stage essentially protecting religion from essentially the force of politics this is somewhat inverted so one of the things that we're just here in the report and i think that are actually very important and we're going to continue hearing us we'll go along he said there has to be a defense. of the basis of secularism through the country precisely because this is the type of politics of violence that you know we have seen in religion through history state east in charge of trying to stop. so french president and i knew my calling is is preparing new legislation on integration does this incident this not it doesn't point to the limits of integration that. look there is something very particular about the set be sewed and that despite what most are saying does this not necessarily come out of essentially a terrorist organization decidedly began with the parents at the school that were sending messages and build essentially networks of conversation through facebook and twitter and so on asking for something to be done now what these something was supposed to be was not dear but this is not something that came from an organization this something that came to some degree from the community so i think that although micros position had an immediate backlash in terms of expressing the necessity of integrating the muslim community into essentially i mean these parts of them were seen community into the body politics of the fringe of the french system i think that this is the kind of episode that will actually essentially bush the conversation 4th one of the political dangers is that these will be actually taken advantage of by very reactionary forces that have had a very strong islam a fall back essentially thrust for the last 23 or 4 years right date emmy's religious affairs correspondent martin jack thank you. arwa. but it's to the us now where the election is just 15 days away and a record number of people have already cast their ballots in early voting but in some areas the large early turnout and some technical glitches have led to long waiting lines and that's funk controversy in states like georgia over whether officials are actively trying to make it harder for some people to vote. assuming some scum that has moved. voting it's the foundation of any democracy everything is being done to make sure all eligible voters have their say or is that i came here to georgia to find out about something that voting rights groups say is a real problem voter suppression purposely making it harder for some people to cast their ballot now georgia has a history of keeping african-americans from the polls activists say it is still happening. things heated up in 2013 when the supreme court gave states the power to change election laws and they no longer have to prove the changes they mad

for more on this let's bring in data religious affairs correspondent martin gak martin this all goes back to a classroom conversation about the freedom of expression just how difficult is freedom of expression in a multicultural society i think that episodes like this one show you that to some degree. multiculturalism and integration are really the key words and as a matter of fact part of the problem that you have is that to some degree the form of multiculturalism that much of europe has been seeing evolve is essentially that is essentially incompatible to the 1st of republicanism and freedom of expression that we have become accustomed to particularly in the context suffrage secularly someone french freedom of expression so you know this kind of hippy so it's the one that really shows you that there is a form of the mcready understanding that we have developed from the sense that we need to deal with things that offend us and we have community so we turn not just muslim but jewish christian communities religious communities in other words that really take off ends to be a very lim

martin gak martin what did the pope say exactly. and so essentially there were 2 parts a statement a circulating that's a smudge as we have seen so far as how this part as you mentioned of a documentary in which i imagine there will be a lot more to look through that essentially the 2 elements are that homosexuals have a right to a family so this is specifically has to do with the family sirico it's not really just an assertion about rights or a question about legality but then the 2nd element is the one that has to do with civil rights essentially having the protections that are afforded by the law or to most couples or to most family units things that have to do with you know inheritance shared tenancy of. property etc etc i mean all of these rights are rights doug ought to be afforded to that she wants or fine this is what the poll said and does are really just momentous statements and momentous statements before we have we flesh this out a little bit more tell us is this a departure for the pope i mean what have his views been on civil unions for gay couples before he became pontiff. i think it's you know most of us who have been observing sort of this is unfolding during the. have seen a very consistent. message of tolerance over usually dealing with in the environment of the church and specially having very very reactionary forces operating from the right a lot of them associated with daniel americans churches the decision has been one of negotiating very difficult waters bed there has been repeated statements that clearly point in the erection of a boat that things that most security is a it is essentially just one scene among many and that as a matter of fact almost sexual sorry children of god and almost sexual stuff to be afforded not just legal rights but essentially they still have to have access to the church and who you know the ministry of the church so i mean i think that that has been very consistent he's believed which starts in argentina really it's also in a sense very similar because he also belong to sort of a space in which political space in which westerns of rights of minorities among them. sexual minorities was actually a very nice shoe in conclusion martin and is he testing the waters here is this a thumbs up from the pope i endorse civil unions or and will this now become dr n. no i think we're way past testing the waters but certainly we're not at the stage of the tremendous stage of doctrine is something that requires all ecclesiastical machinery to be aligned in to be moving however the position of the pope is something and he said this here many times but we cannot measure it by you know the impressions of the gay community of some francies garbling we have to look at these kind of statements in the context of gay rights in places like the philippines in you know. the excluded 3 songs in poland which they call into the free. zones but those are the places in which the recession southeast message will simply be tremendous because it shows basically the very head of the church taking a much more slowly darrius disposition to a community that in many places under siege well i just affairs correspondent martin gak thank you you're welc

freedoms of the french the french state a for its religious affairs analyst martin gak with valuable insights tonight martin as always thank you. it's a sure fire let's take a look now at some of the other stories that are making headlines around the world the opposition leader on the tanzanian island of zanzibar has been released hours after being arrested while voting early in the presidential election the official polling date is wednesday security forces have shot at least 9 people in election related clashes ameet kone barrett has been sworn in as a us supreme court justice republican secured her confirmation in a close vote the moves walks in a conservative majority on the supreme court handing president trump a big victory just a week before the election. for here in germany millions are bracing for strict new rules aimed at slowing the spread of the coronavirus the country is seeing a big surge in new infections the economics minister warning that new daily cases could approach 20000 by the end of this week chancellor angela merkel and state leaders will reveal just which restrictions that they will

martin gak is with me now via skype hello to you martin so the pope spoke about the failure of market capitalism in the pandemic what exactly did he mean by that. the. police the criticism of this pope and sort of free market models and particularly unfettered capitalism has been sort of sorrow going since that area early days at the top a c. and essentially i think that. this is not in his phone in the bum demick in their reaction to the pandemic in the situation of health care or independent make in poor countries particularly an eccentric moment to make the point which you know the common good east the concern of governments and the people and the concern of companies and private ownership is essentially it's 1st about to can seize essentially the bottom line and the bottom line in the public good sometimes a lie but more often than not they see it it's not a lining at all which goes to say that the concern of governments should really be the people of all over the concern of the bottom line and this is something that should take precedent over the concerns of the market which is obviously interested in other in other in other matters sort of in gain so does is something that has been actually going going on for 4 years with this policy what is happening now it's also that in the context of the fund they make it we think it sort of pus being has been functioning has actually come into a situation of crisis in which things that are not necessarily financially interesting for companies and for the market participants and actors actually falls through the wayside putting lives in danger these how these spotty can seize it. our religious affairs correspondent martin gang commit many thanks indeed for your insight. you're up to date now on news up next is the world stories american and seen from me and the entire news team in berlin thanks for watching. why are people forced to hide in trucks. lucky. there are many reasons for such luck there are many answers. mum. was and there are many stories. below make up your mind to. play lucky. made for minds. this week on world stories. reintegrating x. militants in nigeria. election campaigns on reservations in the us. but we begin in belarus despite the risk of being jailed the opposition continues to demonstrate against authoritarian leader alexander lukashenko prominent among the protesters or one of. the movement's march had barely begun when the police started making their 1st arrests over the past weeks bellows has ramped up its crackdown on. protesters but despite it all these women come back each saturday to make sure their voices heard was everything was quiet then suddenly those henchmen showed

let's get you more on this breaking news there with our religious affairs correspondent martin gak martin what did the pope say exactly. so essentially there were 2 parts a statement a circulating that's a smudge as we have seen so far as how this virus you mention of documentary in which i imagine there will be a lot more to look through but essentially the 2 elements are that homosexuals have a right to a family so this is specifically has to do with the family circle it's not really just an assertion about rights or a question about legality but then the 2nd element is the one that has to do with civil rights essentially having the protections that are afforded by the law or to most couples or to most family units things that have to do with you know inheritance shared tenancy of. property etc etc i mean all of these rights are rights that ought to be afforded to the human sexual fun is this what the pope said and d.c. are really just momentous statements and momentous statements before we have we flesh this out a little bit more to tell us is this a departure for the pope i mean what