he will get a pretty loud rapturous welcome here in melbourne, iam sure. rapturous welcome here in melbourneer he wants to speak to the waiting media but we do know that there are plenty of people who would be pleased to see him back. what would be next will hacking other rugby when he returns to australia? —— hakeem al araibi. leno well, he would like to see his wife who he had not seen for the past ten weeks. they were on honeymoon together. —— well, he would like to see. she can't stop crying and she is going to buy flowers and cakes to welcome him home. his football club said he will be back to play with them and they have saved his shirt to play with them in the upcoming season. he will want to get back to playing for his local team and who knows after that? certainly the football fraternity here said they are other cases they want to highlight. they wa nt to cases they want to highlight. they want to see football may be being a cause for good and they are calling on fifa to reform to step up earlier. there was quite a significant delay before the vika officials became involved in his c

tell me there as he left court in melbourne it's a dramatic fall for the former vatican financial chief and close advisor to pope francis will get all the details from our correspondent also coming up. fears of an escalation as india confirms it has launched airstrikes on what it says are militant camps inside pakistani territory a spokesman says many have been killed. plus a surprise announcement in iran the country's foreign minister mohammad zarif tenders his resignation in the gears you did the twenty fifteen nuclear deal it is unclear why he's decided to leave his post. i'm brian thomas thanks so much for being with us australia's highest ranking catholic cleric the cardinal george pell has been convicted on five counts of child sex abuse according melbourne found pell guilty of assaulting two thirteen year old choir boys in the late one nine hundred ninety s. the verdict was handed down in december. the judge only today lifted the embargo on reporting on the case. no you will pay your i know you cardinal george pell faced a torrent of abuse as he left his latest court hearing in m

our correspondent hywel griffith is in melbourne.to emerge from this case, of course, we don't know what the sentence will be under cardinal's lawyers are saying they will appeal. yes, we learned today that he has already lodged an appeal against the conviction, and so this legal drama could yet have another chapter. but what will happen next is that tomorrow he will need to return to this court, and the sentencing process will begin. and i think you will have been told to expect a prison sentence. these are very serious sexual assault convictions, and that would ordinarily, in any circumstance, lead to a prison term. now, that is incredible, but we have to bear in mind what the victims‘ emotions are at the moment. we have had a statement from one of the two surviving victims, who was a 13—year—old boy when he was assaulted by george pell. he said that he doesn‘t want to speak to the media, he doesn‘t want to give up his anonymity, but he has spent yea rs his anonymity, but he has spent years struggling with depression and loneliness

more than a hundred people waiting for al-arabiya at melbourne airport none for even twenty four hours they'd be here now. late last night because it is very frightening traffic a respected from it is safe tonight. ellery led by a writer for australia and twenty fulton after being accused of vandalism during pro-democracy protests australia recognised him as a refugee by last year he was playing professional football in melbourne but in the event that el araby got married and flew to thailand for his honeymoon as a refugee with residency rights in australia that shouldn't have been a problem but somehow an alert was issued and when he landed type police arrested him bahrain began extradition proceedings and despite international condemnation thai courts seem to be pushing them through the thai government said it wasn't its right to stop them on monday though a sudden change to thailand's foreign minister made a trip to bahrain thailand's government announced the extradition request has been dropped. was for him to leave a little more than twenty four hours ago this seemed a very very l

there is he left court in melbourne it is a dramatic fall for the former vatican financial chief and close adviser to pope francis will get all the details from our correspondent also coming up. north korean leader kim jong un has arrived in vietnam ahead of his second summit but u.s. president trump will have more on the frenetic preparations and the expectations for this historic meeting. plus a surprise announcement in iran the country's foreign minister mohammad zarif resigns cerise negotiated the twenty fifteen nuclear deal it is unclear why he's decided to leave his post. i'm brian thomas great to have you with us australia's highest ranking catholic cleric cardinal george pell has been convicted of five counts of child sex abuse a court in melbourne found pel guilty of raping a thirteen year old choir boy and molesting another twenty years ago he carried out the attack in a church effort called the boys drinking communion wine and the verdict was handed down in december but the judge only today lifted the embargo on reporting on the case. know you will meet the. cardinal georg

for more on this, i am joined now by hywel griffith, who is in melbourne.t is the most likely outcome. he left today with a flurry of cameras. no word from him, but he knows that when he returns to this court, the next step is sentencing, and the most likely sentence to prison term. now, cardinal pell has beenin prison term. now, cardinal pell has been in the legal process here for months, and for many months we couldn't talk about it, but now that that news has got out, people are reacting and talking about their relief, their sense of relief from many campaigners and survivors that the most high—ranking figure in the catholic church, someone who is not just of huge stature in australia but globally significant, has been held to account. and so i expect there will be many people wanting to come and see that sentencing take place. and this comes after the vatican held a landmark summit on clerical sexual abuse. yes, and i guess the timing is coincidental, although there was lots of discussion about how australia has responded to the history of clerical abus

so let's get more now on this case from melbourne where we can speak with white house journalists and ali calls she has been following the case closely so now what happens now because you know he's facing a long sentence here but there's also an appeal process. that's right so tomorrow there will be a sentencing hearing and that's where the lawyers will argue over how tough a sentence should face and then within a couple of days after that we'll get the ruling by the county court judge on how long he's going to go to jail for and he's likely to be imprisoned then and meanwhile the appeal has been logged and that court of appeals still has to decide whether they're actually going to hear the appeal and then on which grounds they would allow it to go ahead. and if successful then he could face facing retrial and it's interesting because the. sorry for interrupting you there it's interesting because you know this guilty verdict it was actually had to down back in december but you know because media coverage of the case was subject to a news embargo and we're only just starting about it n

let's get more from hywel griffith in melbourne. do you think the cardinal is going to jail?s increasingly likely. he has to return here tomorrow, probably two and other flurry of cameras and campaigners, and that is when the sentencing process begins. his defence barrister will put forward a lot of arguments and mitigation. he has a ready lodged an appeal against his conviction but there is no doubt these are very serious crimes of which he has been convicted, the sexual assault of miners, to 13—year—old miners choirboys who we re 13—year—old miners choirboys who were defenceless kiwi pride upon added opportunity. the sentencing process may take a few days but it is incredibly likely that are still serving cardinal, an eminent titleholder, will become a criminal in victoria. you talked about other allegations, is it likely other cases will be pursued against him? that is not so likely. the further charges have been withdrawn. there isissue charges have been withdrawn. there is issue with the evidence and the prosecution has decided it could no longer be certain of success an

cardinal pell mav there as he left court in melbourne it's a dramatic fall for the former vatican financial chief and close adviser to pope francis who got all the details from our correspondent also coming up. in the fears of escalation as india confirms it has launched military airstrikes on what it says are militant cabs inside pakistani territory a spokesman says many have been killed . plus a surprise announcement in iran the country's foreign minister mohammad jobs a reef resigns to negotiate in twenty fifteen nuclear deal it is unclear why he decided to leave his post. and burn polling station and stolen ballot boxes as nigerians wait to find out who won this weekend's presidential election. some voters in lego say the poll was not as free and fair as with already sailboats. bryan thomas thanks for being with us australia's highest ranking catholic cleric the cardinal george. well has been convicted of five counts of child sex abuse a court in melbourne found pell guilty of assaulting two thirteen year old choir boys in the late one nine hundred ninety s. the verdict was handed down

we will be live to melbourne shortly to get more detail on that story.is building ahead of the second summit between president donald trump and the north korean leader, kim jong—un. the two men will meet on wednesday. the north korean leader arrived here at dong dang station in vietnam within the past hour. it is about 170 km from the centre of hanoi. north korea is desperate for an end to sanctions after years of economic penalties. it is also seeking a declaration officially ending the korean war. the us wants a verifiable commitment to denuclearisation, a promise that north korea has made many times before and not fulfilled. in many ways, the relevant issues are identical to those injune, when the leaders met for the first time in singapore. sharanjit leyl is covering the summit for us. nice to see you. so once again, the red carpet has been rolled out for kim jong—un. red carpet has been rolled out for kim jong-un. absolutely, sally. as you said, he arrived some hours ago here in vietnam at dong dang station, where there was very much a red carpet, c

girl was mobbed there as he left court in melbourne it's a dramatic fall for the former vatican financial chief and close advisor to pope francis will get the latest from our correspondent also coming up on the show. fears of an escalation as india confirms it has launched airstrikes on what is calling militant camps inside pakistani territory a spokesman says many people have been killed. and north korean leader kim jong un has arrived in vietnam ahead of his second summit with u.s. president donald trump will have more on the expectations for this historic meeting . i'm brian thomas thanks so much for being with us australia's highest ranking catholic cleric the cardinal george pell has been convicted on five counts of child sex abuse a court in melbourne found pell guilty of molesting two thirteen year old choir boys the verdict was handed down in december but the judge only today lifted the embargo on reporting on the case. no you will take. cardinal george pell faced a torrent of abuse as he left his latest court hearing in melbourne so now he's free but victims outside the court are

the assaults took place when cardinal pell worked at melbourne cathedral.t on wednesday, with washington wanting pyongyang to restate its commitment to denuclearisation. and a night of surprises at the oscars is still doing well our website. best film went to green book, the story of a black pianist and his white chauffeur‘s journey through america's deep south. olivia colman won best actress for her role in the period drama the favourite.

and it was in melbourne in the mid one nine hundred ninety s. . that he's now been convicted of sexually assaulting two teenage boys in a back room of a cathedral off the mass one sunday now the conviction was actually handed down in december but because he was also accused of separate cases of sexual assault but dated to the one nine hundred seventy s. and a separate trial was to be held but that later this year a judge ordered a suppression order but nothing could be reported of that trial including the verdicts until the second trial had concluded the deal was that jurors in that second trial might be influenced if they heard elements of the first trial including the verdict in that first trial so nothing could be reported all that well on choose day prosecutors in melbourne decided to drop the charges in that second trial the will be no second trial and that's why we can now report the verdict of the first double george pell has said that he will appeal but the judge has made it very clear that next week when he hands down sentencing. will go

he was found guilty in december on five charges of assaulting two choirboys in melbourne cathedral, butting restrictions have only now been lifted. it's just two days since the pope held an unprecedented conference at the vatican to address a damaging series of allegations against priests worldwide. more from the bbc‘s hywel griffith. he had returned from rome claiming he would clear his name, but cardinal george pell, once one of the pope's closest advisers, now faces going to jail. the 77—year—old was for many years the face of the church in australia, revered for his intellect and uncompromising manner. but pell also used his power to manipulate and abuse. in 1996, in one of his first services as archbishop in melbourne cathedral, pell found two choirboys helping themselves to communion wine. he told them that they were in trouble, and then, grabbing them by the head, forced both into a series of sexual acts. in his rise through the ranks of the catholic church in australia, george pell became responsible for dealing with the abuse perpetrated by other priests. here in melbourne, he

hywel griffith, bbc news, melbourne.ney correspondent hywel griffith who is in melbourne. he has been following this trial. it has taken two trials and a hung jury to get to this point. what's the reaction to this conviction from the church and from survivors‘ groups? we have heard in the last couple of hours from the current head of the catholic church, the archbishop of brisbane, who said, and a line we have heard from a lot of people, no one should be above the law and they accept that secular law does override. that is a debate which has been playing out in australia and in rome, should someone be accountable to them in a law, should cardinal pell still be allowed to be a cardinal? how can a convicted paedophile still retains that title. so many of cardinal pell‘s critics, and there are many of them in australia, wants rome to react following the criminal conviction in australia. the sentencing, as you mentioned, at the end of your report, is due tomorrow. but george pell, his lawyers, are launching an appeal. how lo

tomorrow he walks into melbourne county court where he will be remanded and taken to prison. but he has had an illustrious career, and now it's over. it's news that will send sho shockwaves throughout the roman catholic church. cardinal george pell found guilty of child sex abuse. the most senior vatican official ever convicted of child sex offenses. pell, the country's most powerful catholic was on trial for assaulting two choir boys in the late '90s, when he was archbishop of melbourne. the prosecution's case hinged on the testimony of one of those boys. he told the court pell assaulted him after mass, forced him to perform oral sex on him and committed an indecent act with his friend. he also testified that a month later pell pushed him against a wall and groped him. he said, quote, i didn't tell anyone at the time. i had no intention back then of telling anyone ever. the other victim died of a drug overdose as an adult having never told his family of the abuse. the cardinal called the allegations outrageous. >> i'm innocent of these charges. they are false. the whole idea

bahrainy footballer hakeem al—araibi has arrived back at melbourne airport as a free man.ht early on tuesday after bahrain dropped its bid to have him extradited from thailand, bringing to an end a case that has drawn international criticism. hakeem al araibi fled bahrain in 2014 and received refugee status in australia. he was arrested in thailand last year while on his honeymoon. a short time ago i spoke to the bbc's hywel griffith in melbourne. i asked him for the latest. hakeem has now landed back in melbourne and is on his way home in a taxi to see his wife for the first time in more than 10 weeks. he was given a hero's welcome here and incredible really considering when he left here back in november, no—one really knew much about hakeem al araibi. however, his case has made headlines around the world, being detained in a thai jail for more than ten weeks after an extradition request from bahrain. when his spoke to us very briefly, he was clearly overwhelmed by the response. he thanked australia and all australians for bringing his case to international attention. he

thank you so much, live in melbourne.rdinal george pell behind bars, his bail revoked. now, our other top story. president donald trump and the north korean leader kim jong—un are within hours of meeting again, face to face. their second summit another attempt to secure the denuclearisation of north korea, although the two leaders have very different definitions of what that would mean. a short while ago, president trump tweeted. "vietnam is thriving like few places on earth. north korea would be the same, and very quickly, if it would denuclearize. the potential is awesome, a great opportunity, like almost none other in history, for my friend kim jong—un. we will know fairly soon — very interesting!" that is the president's tweet ahead of their meeting. sharanjit leyl is covering the summit for us. good to see us today. president trump is going to have bilateral talks with officials in vietnam's before he meets kimjong—un. absolutely, sally. infact, he is doing that right now. we saw him meet earlier with the vietnamese

president thinks it's totally different if more than a hundred people waiting for al arabiya at melbourne airport none for even twenty four hours earlier they'd be here now. late last night because it is very frightening traffic a respected from it is safe now. el arabia led by a writer for a strike in twenty four to after being accused of vandalism during pro-democracy protests australia recognised him as a refugee by last year he was playing professional football in melbourne but in the event l. araby got married and flew to thailand for his honeymoon as a refugee with residency rights in australia that shouldn't have been a problem but somehow an alert was issued and when he landed type police arrested him bahrain began extradition proceedings and despite international condemnation thai courts seem to be pushing them through the thai government said it wasn't its right to stop them on monday though a sudden change to thailand's foreign minister made a trip to bahrain thailand's government announced the extradition request has been dropped. was for him to leave a little more than twenty

hywel griffith, bbc news, melbourne. have arrived in the vietnamese capital, hanoi, ahead of their second summit. they're expected to discuss ways of ridding the korean peninsula of nuclear weapons, but there are few signs that pyongyang is willing to give up its arms. facebook has taken down the far right activist tommy robinson's official page and his instagram profile for violating its policies on hate speech. the former english defence league leader was deemed to have engaged in what it called "organised hate". facebook said a number of posts on his page had violated the social network's community standards, but it had not taken the decision to remove his page lightly. here's our media editor, amol rajan. thank you, every single one of you, for turning out today. tommy robinson has mastered the art of social media. we don't need the media to report that! because we are the media. stephen yaxley—lennon, to use his real name, is a far right activist who claims to have been silenced by the mainstream media. so he turned

to the last level he was found guilty of molesting two choir boys at a cathedral in the city of melbourne in one thousand nine hundred six andrew thomas reports. he is the highest ranking member of the catholic church ever to be convicted of child sexual abuse cardinal george pell a former archbishop of sydney and of melbourne was most recently at the vatican in charge of the church's worldwide finances he was close to the pope now he's been found guilty of sexually abusing two choir boys in a cathedral in melbourne in the one nine hundred ninety s. having somebody of such high status in the church having been convicted it. gives a sense that the strategy is moving in the right direction and no one's above the law pell's personal disgrace comes on top of criticism of his handling of sexual abuse by others that he was in charge of investigating in twenty fourteen he gave evidence to a national inquiry into institutional sexual abuse in australia i was accused of helping to cover up the sexual abuse of priests pell gave his evidence by video link claiming he was too frail to travel from the

hywel griffith, bbc news, melbourne.oke to us earlier from melbourne, and said the catholic church in australia has responded to this verdict... we have heard in the last couple of hours from the current head of the catholic church, the archbishop of brisbane, who said, in a line we have heard from a lot of people, no—one should be above the law and they accept that secular law does override. that is a debate which has been playing out in australia and in rome — should someone be accountable to criminal law? should cardinal pell still be allowed to be a cardinal? how can a convicted paedophile still retain that title? so many of cardinal pell‘s critics, and there are many of them in australia, want rome to react following the criminal conviction here in australia. the sentencing will play out over the matter of a few days, beginning tomorrow, cardinal pell will enter the court, probably for the last time as a free man. he will need to bring his bags with him because tomorrow is the day we expect him to go into custody. h

the jury found out tells sexually assaulted two choir boys in a melbourne cathedral in one thousand nine hundred ninety six the unanimous verdict was handed down on december eleventh but due to a suppression order reporting is only now being allowed a previous trial resulted in a hung jury. pell has always denied the charges for things i'm simple. i'm innocent of these charges of falls the whole idea of sexual abuse is power and to me. hell is on leave from his role as treasurer the third most powerful position in the vatican. he is also australia's most senior catholic cleric. indeed. pope francis has in the past praised for his response to abuse but his conviction is another stain on a church whose leaders are accused of failing to deal with child sexual abuse within their ranks. now final preparations are underway for the second summit it's wein at the north korean leader kim jong un and u.s. president donald trump in the last few minutes trump has landed in a vietnamese capital one knowing meetings are due to begin on wednesday the two leaders will discuss ways to implement a promise

the jury found that tell sexually assaulted two choir boys in a melbourne cathedral in one thousand nine hundred ninety six the unanimous verdict was handed down on december eleventh but due to a suppression order reporting is only now being allowed a previous trial resulted in a hung jury pelle has always denied the charges. and simple. i'm innocent of these charges of the photos the whole idea of sexual abuse is apparent to me. cal is on leave from his role as treasurer the third most powerful position in the vatican. he is also australia's most senior catholic cleric. and. pope francis has in the past praised pell for his response to abuse but his conviction is another stain on a church whose leaders are accused of failing to deal with child sexual abuse within their ranks. so let's get more now we are joined by roger maynard who has been following this case from australia roger we have george pell now facing a long sentence legally speaking but you know we saw in that piece that there are many people that also want the church to go further could we also see him dismissed from the pri

a jury found that tells sexually assaulted two choir boys in a melbourne cathedral in one thousand nine hundred ninety six the unanimous verdict was handed down on december eleventh but due to a suppression order reporting is only now being allowed a previous trial resulted in a hung jury pelle has always denied the charges. and simple. i'm innocent of these charges of false. whole idea of sexual abuse is to me. alice on leave from his role as treasurer the third most powerful position in the vatican. he is also australia's most senior catholic cleric. and. pope francis has in the past praised for his response to abuse but his conviction is another stain on a church whose leaders are accused of failing to deal with child sexual abuse within their ranks. correspondent dr may not has been following this case from sydney we asked him about the action the catholic church is likely to take against a senior figure well is appealing the conviction that proves this may take some time same some months maybe even ear if that appeal is unsuccessful then it's possible the inquiry will be taken up b

a jury found that tell sexually assaulted two choir boys in a melbourne cathedral in one thousand nine hundred ninety six the unanimous verdict was handed down on december eleventh but due to a suppression order reporting is only now being allowed a previous trial resulted in a hung jury tell has always denied the charges peters and simple. i'm innocent of these charges the focus. the whole idea of sexual abuse is power to me. mel is on leave from his role as treasurer the third most powerful position in the vatican. he is also australia's most senior catholic cleric. pope francis has in the past praised pelle for his response to abuse but his conviction is another stain on a church whose leaders are accused of failing to deal with child sexual abuse within their ranks. and in the final game of the pundits think as much state twenty three lives they coasted hoffenheim a win would have seen them back into place often high meanwhile have their eyes on the european spot for next season. the union august man looked very much at home ahead of kickoff the hoffenheim coach takes charge of lig

find you cardinal george pell was heckled as he left his latest court hearing in melbourne for now he's free but people outside the court were calling for a tough sentence. the catholics and told me a week amman that he be excommunicated from the kids george pell is amongst the of freak he has to be child not hi i'm detention none of this pathetic we justice we want to seeming child we want to see him for all i help think if the jury found that tells sexually assaulted two choir boys in a melbourne cathedral in one thousand nine hundred ninety six the unanimous verdict was handed down on december eleventh but due to a suppression order reporting is only now being allowed a previous trial resulted in a hung jury pelle has always denied the charges peters and simple. i'm innocent of these charges the photos. idea of sexual abuse is abhorrent to me. pal is on leave from his role as treasurer the third most powerful position in the vatican. he is also australia's most senior catholic cleric. and. pope francis has in the past praised pal for his response to abuse but his conviction is anothe

hywell griffith, bbc news, melbourne.tate of the union speech, but let's go back in time to what president trump promised to do last year. these speeches are a chance to lay out your agenda and goals for the coming months. and in 2018, mr trump touched on the iran deal, infrastructure and the so—called islamic state group. so, has he delivered? 0ur correspondents have been finding out. the state of our union is strong, because our people are strong. but there is much more work to be done. we will continue our fight until isis is defeated. fast forward to december 2018 when president trump tweeted that the us would be pulling troops out of syria, saying that isis had been defeated. and we have won against isis. we have beaten them and we have beaten them badly. we have taken back the land. many experts and officials dispute that statement. while isis has lost much of the territory it held in the middle east it still has a large presence in syria and iraq with an estimated 30,000 fighters. and at the start of this year, isi

seaward shoes day temps just pick up the perth thirty one says that they do it on our slide for melbourne top temperature then of around ninety degrees still getting up into the thirty's for bruce bowen and also for townsville wanted to shout at and northeastern parts of queensland just around the cape york peninsula notice some clouds and some rain and make its way towards new zealand over the next day or two so the south all is said to be in for some wet weather for a time ahead of that it's not too bad twenty four celsius for christchurch and also for clint as we go to choose day as temps just edge up a notch in the sunshine turning rather more cloudy thing a little wetter there for the far south of the country meanwhile we've got some wet weather making its way towards japan but for monday is fine and dry warm sunshine in tokyo but the rain set the same for tuesday. rewind returns i can bring your people back to life i'm sorry with brand new updates on the best of documentaries. i was looking for looks. like and the others to the green line continues with spirit charm we do stories th

and they'll play the melbourne renegades or the sydney sixers in the final.gabriel has revealed exactly what he said to england captainjoe root... which led to him being banned for the first 4 one day internationals. gabriel has admitted asking root, if he likes boys, and says he's ‘deeply sorry‘ for his comments. this comes after root was heard on a microphone telling gabriel, ‘there's nothing wrong with being gay‘, and not to use it as an insult. in a statement, gabriel says i extend an unreserved apology for a comment, which in the context of, on—the—field rivalry, i assumed was in—offensive... i recognise now, that i was attempting to break, through my own tension, when i said tojoe root, "why are you smiling at me? do you like boys?" joe root and i have since spoken, and i am comforted by the fact that, there are no hard feelings, between us. i embrace this as a learning experience, and as an opportuity for myself, and all athletes to recognise the need for sensitivity. the landmark case of caster semenya will face a crucial moment next week when the cou

and it was in melbourne in the mid one nine hundred ninety s. and archbishop that he's now been convicted of sexually assaulting two teenage boys in a back room of the cathedral off the mass one sunday now the conviction was actually handed down in december but because he was also accused of separate cases of sexual assault but dated to the one nine hundred seventy s. and a separate trial was to be helpful that later this year a judge ordered a suppression order but nothing could be reported of that trial including the verdicts until the second trial had concluded the deal was that jurors in that second trial might be influenced if they heard elements of the first trial including the verdict in that first trial so nothing could be reported all that well on choose day prosecutors. and decided to drop the charges in that second trial the will be no second trial and that's why we can now report the verdict of the first double george pell has said that he will appeal but the judge has made it very clear that next week when he hands down sentencing.

more than a hundred people waiting for al-arabiya at melbourne airport. even twenty four hours they'd be here now without a good word last night because it is very frightening that practice practice from. these safe. ellerey far right for australia in twenty four to after being accused of vandalism during pro-democracy protests australia recognised him as a refugee by last year he was playing professional football in melbourne but in the event got married and flew to thailand for his honeymoon as a refugee with residency rights in australia that shouldn't have been a problem but somehow an alert was issued and when he landed type police arrested him bahrain began extradition proceedings and despite international condemnation thai courts seem to be pushing them through the thai government said it wasn't its right to stop them on monday though a sudden change to thailand's border minister made a trip to bahrain thailand's government announced the extradition request has been dropped. was for him to leave a little more than twenty four hours ago this seemed

pell was convicted of sexually assaulting two choir boys 22 years ago in melbourne.s live with the latest. and because of the laws of australia, so much of this was kept under wraps and now we're learning more. >> reporter: that's right. this has been kept under wrap, we've been sitting on will stthy the last two months due to a suppression order like a gag order in the united states. there was supposed to be a second trial and that today collapsed and athe world now knows that chorngeorge pell is pedophile. the australian cardinal is the vatican treasurer, number three in the holy see and has been a close adviser to pope francis. and he was found guilty by a jury of 12 australians unanim s unanimously, guilty of sexually abusing children back in 1996 when he was archbishop of melbourne. these two choir boys, one of them gave testimony saying george pell forced him to perform oil sral sex on him and assaulted both boys a month later and then groped this choir boy in the cathedral. now, the other choir boy, he died five years ago from a drug overdose. and that is what

where we're getting temperatures up to around twenty eight celsius in adelaide or twenty two for melbourne the increase in temperature really is the trend over the next few days thirty two for perth on monday getting up to thirty four as we go on into tuesday and that warm air started to push his way for the race was thirty two in adelaide and the twenty seven from melbourne yeah the rain that keeps coming down across a good part of queensland to townsville seeing yet more heavy rainfall there the weather making its way towards new zealand as we head on towards the middle part of the way before the here now enjoy his warm dry and sunny twenty three cells just for clint twenty seven there for christchurch over the next couple of days but the rain starting to push its way and across the south island may have had some rains business the snow into northern parts of japan all of that still around on monday but a warm one in tokyo with a high of eighty. a face can tell a story without uttering a single. unknowing glom. can guidance. a simple touch inform. the young convention manatee of life wit

he was found guilty of abusing two choirboys in melbourne cathedral in 1996.f sexual assault. his lawyers have lodged an appeal. africa's biggest film festival is underway in burkina faso. as film makers gather on the 50th anniversary, the bbc has been talking to kwaw ansah, whose film won the top prize — the golden stallion of yennenga. but a while ago now, his film heritage africa was the first non—french work to win the prize, in 1989. it is set in colonial ghana, and tells the story of a man who embraces english culture, abandons his african heritage, and all that has real meaning to him. congratulations. it was something i dreamt about for years, a story of colonialism, and it might be very moving. the african issue has always been at the forefront of my mind. we have made so many contributions to the world's innovations, and yet our children are made to think that we started this morning. i test marketed it with some people i would consider big man in our society. when they saw the film, it was as if it did a certain thing to them. if you take your time,

the bahrain international fled to australia in twenty fourteen where he now plays for a club in melbourne. and so for me i'm a team in london for now a.j. selects is up next and i'll be back in just under thirty minutes with the out there news that happened to me then thanks for watching because you have it. who do will get the. you know the. developer know what i don't know how to. own. that of the. live at this. now you know but then i've had a lot of my liver on a good or not is another says who are sort of him in a sort of a muscular untenable gotten out but them would be you've got the high. i'm not of i'm going to learn coming out the artist and i get the bus and then to have the bus and i'll come very soon in the opposite biz be. there on the. other bus a bit of a been juggling video and i had the feeling as i look at how the vision in this you know what that over there in the. you know. from your love gives a woman who given not a man not somebody i'm due frankly are. you not. a seven hundred any one who could give apparently an illusion that i would have yeah i mean if you devalu

mr al—araibi's plane is expected to touch down in melbourne in a few hours‘ time.dent hywel griffith is there. we wa nt we want to find out why did bath rained drop the extradition request? —— bahrain. rained drop the extradition request? -- bahrain. are no full answer by the kingdom bahrain, they say they have dropped the extradition request but they still hold the right to prosecute him. he is accused of having vandalised a police station during the arab spring stock regardless of the fact that footage ofa regardless of the fact that footage of a football match shows that he was elsewhere at the time. he fled bahrain in his absence, or is convicted and sent to —— faces a ten year jail sentence if he convicted and sent to —— faces a ten yearjail sentence if he returns. during the days in bangkok, that has been a very real prospect as the thai officials looked at an extradition request from bahrain. within the last 12 hours, as you say, the request was withdrawn. bahrain says it still holds the right to prosecute and to jail him that they do not at this stage what

a jury found that tells sexually assaulted two choir boys in a melbourne cathedral in one thousand nine hundred ninety six the unanimous verdict was handed down on december eleventh but due to a suppression order reporting is only now being allowed a previous trial resulted in a hung jury tell has always denied the charges peters and simple. i'm innocent of these charges the photos. whole idea of sexual abuse is power and to me. hell is on leave from his role as treasurer of the third most powerful position in the vatican. he is also australia's most senior catholic cleric. and. pope francis has in the past praised for his response to abuse but his conviction is another stain on a church whose leaders are accused of failing to deal with child sexual abuse within their ranks. well media coverage of george bell's case was subject to a new zimbardo so why did the judge issue that order to put that question to correspondent roger maynard who has been following the case for us from said well the suppression order was imposed because there was a second case involving george bell due to a in l

bahrainy footballer hakeem al—araibi has arrived in melbourne, australia as a free man.thailand. he was arrested in the country while on his honeymoon. one of brazil's best—known political journalists, ricardo boechat, has died in a helicopter crash. the aircraft crashed on top of a lorry in sao paulo's busy ring road. the pilot has also died. the driver of the lorry was rescued by paramedics and suffered minor injuries. you are up—to—date on the headlines. it is