. >> let's join nick spicers in berlin.e talking about europe's most powerful leader none too happehappy about this i imagine. >> absolutely not. she is a reserve woman that likes to keep her card close to her chest. she picked up the phone, the phone that she expects is being eavesdropped on to call barack obama if you are listen to my confident it'foreignphoneit's e didiplomatic offensive continues with the foreign ministry. calm on the american ambassador and i assume it's going to be a dressings down later today. >> you suggested that the issue of spying quite a i part from th -- apart fromthe political a. >> think about the secret police every where 100,000 officers and enableneighbors informing on neighbors. and any time you picked up the phone you could guarantee that the conversation would be par r. and coming from that mind set and think you are joining a free gergermany and come to find out that the united states that protected them from fall behind the iron cure u ton is cur kurt. >> a shocker indeed. nick spicer

earlier i spoke to nick spicer about this controversy. >> articles splashed across the german media,howing the bishop has blown his budget by a factor of six. that's to say the budget went from around $7 million to around $42 million. this is coming during a papacy lead by a pope who says he wants the catholic church to be a poor church. so there is a bit of a message disconnect if you will between the vatican and the man being nicknamed the bishop of bling. he had to wait eight days before being granted an audience by the pope. >> nick do we know how this might effect the diocese of limburg itself? >> there is another prelay who is going to step in and take over the administrative duties that were being undertaken by the bishop of limburg so there will be continuity on the administrative level. but there has been a serious rupture in the life of the church and faithful being lead by the bishop. around 30 people a day are leaving the church it is said because of this scandal across the country. when you pay your taxes about 7 or 8% goes to religious organizations, which means they ar

nick spicer, al jazeera, berlin. >>> in britain, a ukrainian student has been jailed for life with aerp of 40 years for the murder of an 82-year-old man. he admitted killing the man as he returned home from mosque earlier this year. and pleaded guilty to leaving homemade bombs outside of three mosques in june and july. >>> greenland is opening its up for a new era of mineral exploration. it has awarded a british company a new contract to run an ore mine. >>> and the parliament in greenland has also voted to lift a 25-year old ban on mining for radioactive material. that will allow for the mines of uranium materials and rare earth materials. experts believe one mine in southern greenland could contain the largest air earth metals outside of china. >>> and that is it for me and the team here in london. now let's go back to doha. >>> barbara polls have closed in madagasc madagascar's election. tanya page explains from the capitol. >> reporter: now he says democracy is madagascar's future. he was struck off of the list of candidates by international mediators along with the man he oppose

nick spicer joins us live. europe's powerful leader, i can imagine, none to happy about this. >> not happy at all. and she hasn't just made a phone call. her foreign minister summoned the american ambassador for consultations this afternoon. that is a bit of a throw back to the cold war, with a tit for tat expulsions of diplomat. it's not something two steadfast natoal lies do to each -- nato allies do each other. it gives an indication of the anger and even though angela merkel made the point to the american president, she's hammering it home having her foreign minister speak to the american ambassador. there's a lot of anger in germany, in part because of the country's past. half being east germany, where people had to grow up with the idea of neighbours spying on neighbours, family members spying on family members. and the nazi era with widespread spying. the data protection rules in place are something that people hold very deer. they don't like the idea of their own government spying on their private conve

that's nick spicer live in berlin.ow also being discussed by european lead leaders is a growing migrant crisis in mediterranean sea. >> yes, the mayor of italy has warned european leaders they urgently need to rethink immigration policy. has been swamped by an exodus from neighboring north africa, and she is pushing for europe to change its policy to avoided more tragedies like the one on november the third, which claims hundreds of lives. >> otherwise it is a very idea of europe that will be ship wrecked along with them in the mediterranean, if they can help contribute to an understanding of these issues i am proud of that and proud to represent a community that has been generous, and now expects a change. that something changes. >> and earlier on thursday, more migrants arrived. on the aisle, he joins us live now. this is a reminder of the problem they are facing. >> yes, a very timely reminder, and quite con vennent. as she is in brussells to take the story of this island to senior european politicians. the people h

nick spicer in germany for al jazeera. >>> michael eaves is here with sports. fans watching what is going on at fenway. >> we are in the books. game one is over. the 2013 world series between the st louis cardinals and boston red sox officially got under way at fenway park in boston, with the red sox taking down the cardinals by the final 8-1. boston all over the cards. adam wainwright with three runs at the bottom of the first innings. more on the game later in the program. prosecutors in brazil are suing fifa for reimbursement of public funds for building structures and stadiums for the 2014 world cup. because the structures doan serve the public interest, it's said that the brazilian taxpayers shouldn't have to pay for them. more sports news later on al jazeera. >>> welcome back to al jazeera america. i'm john siegenthaler. here is a look at the top stories. 14-year-old phillip chism accused of killing his math teacher pleaded not guilty today to first degree murder. his teacher colleen ritzer was found stabbed to death in the woods behind danvers high schoo

nick spicer went to meet some at a refugee center. >> reporter: after months of fear and war in waiting it's back to school for the syrian children in a country where they can at last feel safe. this child from aleppo learns to say he's 44 years old. whatever they did before, it's back to the basics for the adults as well. this family heads to lunch. hammed in a wheelchair is a 15. he's tiny because of a degenerative disease - a disability that helped to get his family accepted into germany >> translation: i did not want to leave. i did not want to leave the country. we left too late. we suffered. we could hear the bombs, the more tars and the shells. we were exposed. children had nightmares and screamed all the time. >> a kurdish rights activist approached us, keen to show wounds that the secret police inflicted before the war. was that with a knife? >> yes, yes. >> police. yes. >> germany is giving 5,000 syrian refugees selected by the united nations, flying over on charter flights - german lessons, pocket money, the right to work and lodging after it moves out of the camp. the situat

nick spicer has seen the first arrivals. >> reporter: after months and months of fear of war and waiting, it's back to school for these syrian children in a country where they can at last feel safe. ali from aleppo learns tuesday he's 44 years old. whatever they did before, it's back to the basics for the adults as well. the family heads to lunch. hamid in the wheelchair is actually 15, tiny because of a degenerative disease, a disability that helped to get his family accepted into germany. >> translator: i did not want to leave. no one wants to leave our country. we left too late, so we suffered a lot. we could here the bombs, mortars and artillery shells. the children had nightmares and were screaming all the time. >> a kurdish rights advocate showed us wound the police inflicted even before the war. was that with a knife? >> yeah, yeah. in syria. >> reporter: the police in syria. germany is giving 5,000 syrian refugees it selected from united nations and slowly flying over on charter flights preferential treatment. german language lessons, pocket money and the right to work and lodgin

nick spicer, al jazeera, friedland, germany. >>> the vetting processes for syrians entering germany fall into three categories: those who have suffered personally by the syrian regime, anyone affiliated to germany by family or education and anyone with the ability to help rebuild syria if the war ends. >>> florida's longest serving >>> the graham ling state football team has fallen into disarray. they refused to travel to the game. the boycott follows reports that the players refused to practice wednesday and thursdays due to issues with the program and what the players feel is a lack of support from the school. this week, interim coach george railings detail was reaesigned. the football program which reached national prominence under eddy robinson has been hit hard by reductions. they traveled to games in kansas city and indianapolis. last night 8th-ranked louisville playing central florida. that is a run by the knight's william stand back, tied 28. they scored three tds in 7 and a half minutes, a 31-28 lead. cardinals on that run by dominic brown go on top. that is your game winner, un