great german cardinal rinehart remarks make so frank admission as the roman catholic church digs into its history of sex abuse by the clergy. spicer thank you for joining us. the showdown over aid to venezuela escalates at least two protesters have been killed in clashes with security forces near the country's border with brazil nearly twenty others were injured tensions are also high at the border with colombia as trucks carrying humanitarian aid try to enter venezuela opposition leader has vowed to deliver emergency supplies. venezuela's embattled president nicolas maduro ordered the military to push back a truck convoy and announce he's breaking diplomatic ties with colombia. aid trucks aiming to breach the border between colombia and venezuela crowds of jubilant venezuelans cheered on the emergency food and medicine colombia's government says people are prepared to take the supplies across in human chains opposition leader one quarter cave the go ahead. here manage tarion aid is on its way to venezuela right now it's a calm and orderly process which will save lives. but the situat

that was german cardinal reinhard knox with a frank admission as the roman catholic church digs into its history of sex abuse by clergy togo talk correspondent at the vatican for the latest from the pope's conference on for venting abuse as. a mass waiter thank you for joining us. in venezuela a showdown at the colombian border is heating up opposition supporters have confronted soldiers who closed a key crossing point troops fired tear gas at rock throwing protesters in the venezuelan border town of orana early this morning the clashes erupted as supporters of opposition leader idol prepared to escort humanitarian aid deliveries across the border. tear gas and tension on the venezuelan border the opposition supported by leaders from neighboring countries in the elsewhere have called for a revolt against the government of incumbent president nicolas maduro the venezuelan military has been under maduro strict order to prohibit u.s. backed deliveries of food and medicine from entering the country madeira says the foreign aid is unnecessary and intended to undermine his government for w

and so our lives imposed a good german cardinal write our smarts with a frank admission as the roman catholic church takes into its history of sex abuse by clergy or go to our correspondent at the vatican for the latest from the pope's conference on fermenting abuse just. on a call for like welcome to the program. nigerians go to the polls today to vote for a new parliament and for the next president elections were postponed by a week with a delay causing tensions in the country to flare after four years of economic stagnation and failure to deal with the islamist terror group boko haram president mohammad to under pressure from challenger. nigeria's president. voting in his hometown of daraa in the northeast the country's electoral commission blamed largest tickle problems for the week long delay. that led to accusations that the two main parties tried to manipulate the vote heightening tensions between rival supporters these boiled over on friday when supporters of bihari and of his closest rival at abu bakar clashed leaving two people dead. analysts say the election will be tight alongside

german cardinal reinhard marx makes a frank admission as the roman catholic church digs into its history of sex abuse by the church. thanks for joining us. a showdown at the border a truck convoy carrying aid to venezuela from colombia sent off personally by one why go has been pushed back by then is weight and troops but the opposition leader is not giving up he says he will deliver the emergency food and medicine despite objects objections from the embattled leader nicolas maduro. trucks aiming to breach the border between colombia and venezuela crowds of jubilant venezuelans cheered on the emergency food and medicine colombia's government says people are prepared to take the supplies across in human chains opposition leader one quite ok the go ahead. humanitarian aid is on its way to venezuela right now it's a calm and orderly process which will save lives. but the situation on the ground in venezuela is far from orderly protesters demanding work and age clashed with national guardsmen who reacted by firing tear gas. and this dramatic footage apparently shows a small group of deserted

this is the news live from berlin pope francis condemns the sexual abuse of children in the roman catholic church and in water society at the vatican summit francis says the church will make protecting children its highest priority but some victims who came to rome saying nothing concrete was decided. a groundbreaking diplomatic encounter arab league and european union leaders meet for the first ever joint summit forty nine heads of state and government are in the egyptian resort town of sharm el sheikh to talk peace politics and cooperation. and turn on the glitz and glamour the oscars hollywood. movie stars and the people working behind the camera as it holds its annual awards ceremony. thanks for joining us. pope francis has called for an all out battle to bring child abusers and the clergy to justice he was speaking at the end of a four day vatican summit to address paedophilia in the church after an avalanche of allegations against catholic priests and evidence that there is a period conceal their crimes though many victims reacted skeptically francis promised the church would end wha

top roman catholic cardinal has a knowledge that the church destroyed records on priests who sexually abused children reinhart marks made the statements in a speech at the vatican conference on preventing sexual abuse by clergy on friday marks met with some of the victims and hundred first hand testimony of their traumatic experiences. starts to move my legs. but i had no idea what. my. it will never be the same. people are told that jesus saves and when the priest is on top of the base cross or taking off my shoes. it was the only thing i could focus on to take me out of what was happening. and watch the families or. both you or your grandmother. you know was also. there but for the poor the border patrol country thank you let's go live to our correspondent in rome. wanting to know marks of germany in just a minute that search destroyed files on paedophiles that most certainly allowed for more children to fall victims to accused given what we know does that come as a surprise. it does not come as a huge surprise however it does this confirmation of not just the problem of sexual abus

slaton america just very much they do as in the roman catholic church has called for a new culture of accountability to stop sexual abuse by priests and clergy they want to take steps against church officials who protect perpetrators instead of their victims cardinals have been hearing testimony from victims at a four day vatican conference on preventing sexual abuse the chairman of the german bishops' conference cardinal i'm hot mox met with some of them and was confronted with their traumatic experiences start to put me on the back starts to move my legs my sags. i had no idea what this is about. my whole life. it will never be the. people of the jesus saves. preachers on top of a cross or taking off my shoes. it was the only thing i could focus on to take me out of what was happening. but you're. also. thank you very. nice there let's now go live to mathias cop spokesman for the german bishops conference is that thing peter square in the vatican mr kopp we just saw cardinal law not monster president of the german officials conference listening to survivors of sexual abuse at a meet

cardinal one hundred marks makes a frank admission as a roman catholic church digs into his history of sex abuse by the clergy. spicer thanks for joining us. the showdown escalates and as well as embattled president nicolas maduro has announced he's breaking diplomatic relations with colombia his statement comes as trucks carrying humanitarian aid are trying to breach the border into venezuela from that country troops loyal to madeira are using tear gas to push back the convoy that opposition leader has vowed to deliver the emergency supplies. aid trucks aiming to breach the border between colombia and venezuela crowds of jubilant venezuelans cheered on the emergency food and medicine colombia's government says people are prepared to take the supplies across in human chains opposition leader one quarter cave the go ahead you'll meet the idea here manning tarion aid is on its way to venezuela right now it's a calm and orderly process which will save lives. but the situation on the ground in venezuela is far from orderly protesters demanding work and age clashed with national guardsmen w

the german cardinal marx makes a frank admission as the roman catholic church digs into its history of sex abuse on the clergy. spicer thanks for joining us the showdown in venezuela is escalating at least two trucks transporting foreign aid across the border from colombia have been set on fire protestors have formed a human chain to carry in the emergency supplies several have been injured by tear gas and clashes with venezuelan security forces opposition leader who had earlier vowed to deliver the aid and has condemned the violence. president nicolas maduro has announced he's breaking diplomatic ties with colombia. tensions are also high at the border with brazil at least two people have been killed there in clashes with police over the a blockade. and we're joined by. who is in colombia right on the border with venezuela and what is the situation there now. well the situation still is very critical we have reports coming every few minutes telling us that the confrontation between armed forces in venezuela and those who were trying to deliver the humanitarian aid continue as we are s

a top roman catholic cardinal has admitted that the church destroyed their records about priests who sexually abused children reinhard mox brought this to light in a speech at the vatican conference on preventing sexual abuse by the clergy and friday marks met with some of the victims and heard first hand testimony of their traumatic experiences. millions a bad start to move my legs that's my sex. i had no idea what was this about that day my whole life and. it will never be the same. people have told jesus saves. pieces on top of things for also taking off my shoes. it was the only thing i could focus on to take me out of what was happening. to what he sees or. let your dog. we've. also. brought the world a proper truck thank you thank you thank you let's go now live to our correspondent martin jacques who's in rome margins are today cardinal marx of germany admitted that the church destroyed its files on paedophiles among us ranks that certainly allowed for more children to fall victim to abuse does this come as a surprise at all. well just to make clear i mean he did not explain e

sanctions i'm pretty sure that was german cardinal ron howard marks with a frank admission as the roman catholic church digs into its history of sex abuse by clergy. i am. a mass waiter thank you for joining us bracing for a showdown at the border a truck care convoy carrying humanitarian aid is on its way to venezuela from colombia venezuela an opposition leader why don't has vowed to deliver the emergency food and medicine over the objections of embattled leader nicolas maduro this follows violent clashes between soldiers and opposition supporters outraged over a blockade of supplies here's what i don't had to say as he sends the aid off. you'll need independent humanitarian aid is on its way to venezuela right now it's a calm and orderly process which will save lives it will mean the images that i want us. to believe we have our correspondent how they are go at us at the colombian border for us have if you can hear me said the self-proclaimed interim president says the trucks carrying aid are in their way on their way into venezuela how are his supporters planning on actually getting the aid

this is due to be in his life from berlin the roman catholic church faces its problem with peeta fall priests pope francis is set to address the faithful as the end of an extraordinary summit on how the church has covered up sex abuse by clergy we'll have live coverage from the vatican. also coming up as well as military dates back to attempts to bring humanitarian aid into the country while and clashes border crossings leave at least two dead opposition leader one quite joe is urging the international community to keep all options open and says he'll meet with u.s. vice president mike pence on monday. on a fairly good to have you with us and a few minutes pope francis will address roman catholics to end a summit on child abuse by members of the clergy are watching a live image is or you will be seeing them in a second of their concluding mass at the sistine chapel church leaders have been meeting and the vatican to address a culture that has failed to protect children from predatory priests and clergy the gathering took place amid an avalanche of allegations against catholic priests

thousands to hear the pope speak in person at the vatican and there are hundreds of millions more roman catholics around the world but pope francis is aware that sexual abuse is a nexus tensional problem for the catholic church it's driven away worshippers and if it's not properly handled more will leave. the vatican never said this unprecedented meeting would solve the problem cardinals have called it a step in the road they must now produce follow up measures for clergy to take back to their countries and put into practice rory chalons how to zero the vatican security forces in sudan's capital khartoum have fired tear gas at hundreds of protesters calling on president omar al bashir to stand down the continued violence follows bashir declaring a state of emergency across the country on friday he said he was the solving his government just that was later appointed six new ministers and eighteen state governors from the military is trying to quell weeks of unrest across the country which began over the increase in price of goods even morgan has the latest from khartoum. we've seen hundreds of peo

thousands to hear the pope speak in person at the vatican and there are hundreds of millions more roman catholics around the world but pope francis is aware that sexual abuse is a nexus tensional problem for the catholic church it's driven away worshippers and if it's not properly handles more will leave. the vatican never said this unprecedented meeting would solve the problem cardinals have called it a step on the road they must now produce follow up measures for clergy to take back to their countries and put into practice rory chalons how to zero the vatican. still ahead on al-jazeera senekal votes on whether to give macky sall a second term as president after his biggest rival of the are banned from running. and an argentinean superstar reminds everyone that your dentist is more than just a one man show details coming up in the. hollow welcomes another look at the international forecast and we should see some dry weather just coming into the southeast of china over the next couple days been a little unsettled her recently disappointing so we say for hong kong where we got twenty one celsius o

of millions more roman catholics around the world but pope francis is aware that sexual abuse is an excess tensional problem for the catholic church it's driven away worshippers and if it's not properly handles more will leave. the vatican never said this unprecedented meeting would solve the problem cardinals have called it a step on the road they must now produce follow up measures for clergy to take back to their countries and put into practice more each allan's how to zero the vatican . to the head on al-jazeera not so picture perfect the problems now confronting some of iraq's historical landmarks why republicans in the us are getting behind the democrats' climate initiative and it isn't because. hello welcome to the look of the international for some quotes weather now moving across the deep south of the u.s. over towards the mid atlantic states clout that will continue to ease its way out into the atlantic bright skies do come back in behind say the flooding rains that have affected way way from mt mississippi up toward said tennessee anywhere in the tennessee valley they will ease

the head of the roman catholic church has just finished holding mass in the united arab emirates the event in abu dhabi wraps up the first ever papal visit to the arabian peninsula and france's called on all religions to unites to end wars in the middle east. and the u.s. special envoy on north korea will travel to pyongyang on wednesday to have for a second summit between president donald trump and kim jong. un kim last met in singapore in june by the north korean need a pledge to work towards denuclearization. but he said in france believe a fire that killed eight people in the capsule was set deliberately the blaze broke out in an eight story residential building in an upscale part of paris one woman is in custody nearly thirty people injured. and as training people have died in the flood stricken northeastern city of townsville prime minister scott morrison has visits the city where thousands of homes have been inundated in what's being described as a once in the century rain event more rain is hampering recovery efforts and residents are being warned to stay out of the water aft

we look at what may or may not change in the roman catholic church is the sex abuse and comes to a close. and north korea's leader had to vietnam for a second time at what president. hell it was bad to warm up a bait in japan and then it'll cool down again it's a familiar structure here if you see the cloud going in this general direction is usually colder air behind it so immediately we got the teens japan and the class started to build the temperatures drop to a max of ten in beijing in pyongyang they say is a drop i know it's quite high for the time here but there you go and then you'll find the temp she's of japan dropped to below the tees eight hundred sendai zero in sapporo or about the same further west as no significant change the sun is out now there has been raining china it's gone offshore now the picture from monday's may be a bit of cloud if you're mild might well see it checking back in to ground zero and the snow coming out of the tibetans plateau towards the high ground in western sichuan might be a bit more rain developing every now and again but nothing overly significa

which is a pressure group that is trying to get the roman catholic church to adopt a zero tolerance policy towards sexual abuse and they say that the language that the pope used to use not so long ago last year which was of zero tolerance is not in this document and that's what they are concerned about that he might francis might be backtracking away from commitments that he himself made not so long ago and really the vatican's invited some survivors to give testimony at this meeting but not others so what's going on there. well the vatican is hearing video testimony from various survivors and there have been select survivors speaking at points throughout this meeting so far but these are ones that have been specially chosen to come in and eka and other pressure groups say that they have not been invited in as they would like to have been done . it's essentially the church considers this to be a closed meeting that way it's can deal with problems inside its own ranks by almost definition the catholic church is. a conservative organization and it finds rapid change but it's perhaps undesira

the head of the roman catholic church pope francis is holding mass at a stadium in the united arab emirates event wraps up the first of a papal visit to the arabian peninsula has called on all religions to unite to end wars in the middle east. and the u.s. special envoy on north korea will travel to pyongyang on wednesday to prepare for a second summit between president donald trump and. trump on can last match in singapore in june for the north korean leader pledged to work towards. members of the minority community living in iraq have paid their last respects to their spiritual leader hundreds of mourners gathered in the northern town of second to pay their respects to princeton. who died in germany last month at the age of eighty five. minorities often gives of atrocities on the ice a loss the armed group took over parts of the country and twenty fourteen thousands were killed and. the confusion over bricks it is seeing record numbers of british systems applying for irish pol sports last year twenty percent of virus possible off occasions came from the u.k. the british prime minister is

and the head of the roman catholic church says the really just body needs to heal the wounds left by decades of sexual abuse by priests. spoke at a meeting of bishops to address the scandal and call for concrete and effective measures. army commanders in afghanistan say they're confident a spring offensive will help in taking back large areas of territory from the taliban twenty one districts of fall into the group in recent months fighting has resulted in the army's highest ever losses while its strength has fallen to its lowest level in years anybody reports from kabul. this remote afghan army outpost is one of thousands nationwide often isolated and in inhospitable areas they are the first line of defense against taliban and i saw fighters as well as the most wonderful flags the grays of fallen soldiers since the u.s. pulled out its ground forces three years ago the afghan army has borne the brunt of the fighting with the taliban and the casualties inflicting ever greater casualties to the armed forces the number of casualties or dozens every day people have lost. the meaning of b

instead, this is the roman catholic church publicly repenting for the sins of its clergy.nt, priests have been betraying trust and abusing children. every time that he commit abuse to me, he sent me to another priest to confess myself. chrissie foster's family was torn apart when both her daughters were sexually assaulted by the same priest. it's very debilitating, the impact on the victim. but on the families, yeah, it's such a betrayal. and they had the knowledge of these crimes, they hid it, they moved perpetrators on, they kept it a secret. a royal commission accused 7% of australia's priests of abusing children. in germany, a study found 3600 children had been abused by nearly 1700 clergy. and in the state of pennsylvania alone, 300 priests abused more than 1000 children. the leader of roman catholics in england and wales acknowledges the breadth of the challenge now facing the church. obviously, it's not confined to the catholic church, it's in every culture, it's in every part of society, but it's found a home in the church, and that's terrible. the vatican says the

and the head of the roman catholic church says the religious body needs to heal the wounds left by decades of sexual abuse by priests pope francis spoke at a meeting of bishops to address the scandal and call for concrete and effective measures. army commanders in afghanistan say they're confident a spring offensive will help in taking back large areas of territory from the taliban twenty one districts of fall into the group in recent months fighting has resulted in the army's highest ever losses while its strength has fallen to its lowest level in years anybody reports from kabul. this remote afghan army outpost is one of thousands nationwide often isolated and in in hospice.

the head of the roman catholic church says the religious body needs to heal the wounds after decades of sexual abuse by priests that francis has been speaking at a meeting of bishops to address the scandal and call for concrete and effective measures and he this abuse by priests around the world are also attending this event at atic and city or a challenge joins us live from that instead and so this is a four day event what is the pope hoping to achieve how is this event organized well i think the pope knows what is at stake here what he says about this event is that it is going to be an attempt to recuperates will restore the credibility of the catholic church he knows that this is a serious serious issue and something has to be done at least in his opening remarks to the hierarchy of clergy that have being told from all across the world he told them to listen to the cry of the young who want justice and seize the opportunity to transform this evil into a chance for understanding and purification the holy people have go to watching and expect not just simple and obvious condemnation

and nights to end wars in the middle east including the conflict in yemen the head of the roman catholic church was speaking at an interfaith gathering in the united arab emirates pope francis is on a three day trip to the u.a.e. the first papal visits to the arabian peninsula the u.s. senate suspects an amendment that opposes president donald trump's plan to withdraw troops from syria and afghanistan it says pulling out i saw an al qaeda to regroup and destabilize both countries it's being seen as a rebuke of trumps foreign policy by the republican controlled senate troops are being destroyed deployed in northeastern australia to help deal with severe flooding parts of queensland under water of the days of record breaking rainfall floodgates in the city of townsville opened to prevent the river breaking its banks thousands of homes have been submerged forcing mass evacuations and those are the headlines are we back with more news here on al-jazeera after the stream next. talk to. you personally one of the main beneficiaries is that the case listen for you one bit in new york that's not

father james press has a roman catholic jesuit priest and he's also associate professor of theology at marquette university he's joining me now by skype from milwaukee we appreciate your time so thank you very much indeed for joining us and there's seem to be repeated demands for a zero tolerance policy for clergy found guilty of abuse and for those who have been accused of covering up for them why is the vatican not prepared to follow that line when i think actually the very it is prepared to line but what they do and that's the point of this meeting is to make sure that everyone around the world not just the united states understands the problem and the seriousness of it so that they they are the ones are going to have to implement whatever is decided and i think they're trying to get everyone on board and that's the purpose of this meeting there have been some suggestions by the some of those attending this meeting that there's actually nothing new in what's being put forward are you seeing anything that is different in this meeting from previously adroit ways of addressing this sub

the head of the roman catholic church has angered survivors of sexual abuse after he failed to show up at a planned meeting with them that france is holding a summit to discuss the issue on thursday. google says it made an error after failing to inform users have a hidden microphone inside its home security device simmers only found out about the built in microphone google announced it was updating the product the company says it was never intended to be a secret. army commanders in afghanistan say or they're confident a spring offensive will help in taking back large areas of territory from the taliban twenty one districts have fallen to the armed group in recent months has resulted in the army's highest ever losses while its strength has fallen to its lowest level in years twenty berkeley reports from kabul. this remote afghan army outpost is one of thousands nationwide often isolated and in inhospitable areas there the first line of defense against taliban and i still fight is as well as the most vulnerable. the grays of fallen soldiers since the u.s. pulled out its ground forces th

thousands to hear the pope speak in person at the vatican and there are hundreds of millions more roman catholics around the world but pope francis is aware that sexual abuse is an excess stench will problem for the catholic church it's driven away worshippers and if it's not properly handles more will leave. the vatican never said this unprecedented meeting would solve the problem cardinals have called it a step on the road they must now produce follow up measures for clergy to take back to their countries and put into practice rory chalons al-jazeera the vatican. not so the problems now confronting some of iraq's historical landmarks while republicans in the u.s. are getting behind the democrats. because.

the leader of the roman catholic church says concrete measures are needed to fight sexual abuse of children by priests pope francis has opened a historic meeting by saying it's time to heal the wounds caused by pedophilia. reports the vatican now acknowledges that catholicism has an existential crisis it's described this sexual abuse meeting as an attempt to restore the very credibility of the church opening the unprecedented events on thursday pope francis said action was necessary. basing the plague of sexual abuse by the churches many against minors i thought to consult you because all together to hear the holy spirit and listen to the cry of the young justice the way to pastor an ecclesiastical sponsibility which forces us to discuss this together is a burden on our meeting about how to face this evil which afflicts the church and the whole of humanity the holy people of god are watching us and wait not just for simple and expect a conviction but concrete and effective measures. senior clergy have been summoned to the vatican from all over the world francis wants bishops and cardinals t

and on that day you became roman catholic?f people thought this act has turned catholic this atrocity. in fact all this process we had been talking about had been going on and i had started to read and studying with a catholic priest. that act when that happened i was so outraged by it that i thought i have to say something. i like most millennials i took to my twitter account and i said this is atrocious and oh by the way i should announce today i'm studying to become a roman catholic. i wasn't really prepared to answer all the questions people are like why, how did -- i decided to write a book about it. >> martha: thank you so much. it's great to talk to you. >> my pleasure. thank you for having myanmar march we look forward to the book. thank you very much. >> martha: finally tonight a sad goodbye to bob massi a favorite treasure. he could show you the real city the way no one else could. he prayers far and wide. our prayers with his wife lynne and children. his story was too shooter. good night. >> tucker: welcome to "tuck

the roman catholic church has shown that they fail tremendously at policing themselves. to be able to go to where they can be trusted. i challenge the pope and i will add a 22nd point and that is the challenge to walk in a survivor's shoes. that's point number 22. you'll see what we struggle with on a daily basis when it comes to accountability, responsibility and that zero tolerance policy. we'll help you see and we'll help you get to that zero tolerance policy. >> today and yesterday at this summit, victims of sexual abuse, some of them met with church leaders and bishops were shown video of other testimonial. at the same time, part of what the pope has proposed here is the diocese not publish the names of the clergy accused of abuse before preliminary investigation is done with the definitive condemnation. do you agree with that or do you believe that those names should be out there? >> history tells us that there is a problem there. when we wait for a substantiated case and we take a look at false accusations, those are very, very small percentage. if we really think

thousands to hear the pope speak in person at the vatican and there are hundreds of millions more roman catholics around the world but pope francis is aware that sexual abuse is a nexus tensional problem for the catholic church it's driven away worshippers and if it's not properly handled more will leave. the vatican never said this unprecedented meeting would solve the problem cardinals have called it a step on the road they must now produce follow up measures for clergy to take back to their countries and put into practice rory chalons how to zero the vatican. voting has ended in senegal as presidential elections president macky sall is seeking a second term and faces four main rivals since coming to office president sole has developed infrastructure projects and the economy is said to be booming but opposition candidates say ordinary people are suffering with poverty and unemployment rampant pushing many to leave the country out of there as nicholas hack reports from one of the polling stations in dhaka it's going on across fifteen thousand polling stations and we're in one of the polling room

the head of the roman catholic church says the religious body needs to heal the wounds left by decades of sexual abuse by priests pope francis is he speaking at a meeting of bishops to address the scandal and call for concrete ineffective measures many of those abused by priests around the world are also attending the event in vatican city there demanding transparency and accountability for when it just superiors who cover up for rapists and a group of french lawmakers proposed a bill that would make auntie's zionism a criminal offense in the same way that anti-semitism is illegal in france critics argue that opposition to the israeli government is not comparable to anti-semitism president emanuel macross said anti-semitism in europe has reached its worst levels since world war two he says legislation to fight hate speech on the internet will be introduced in may it comes a day after thousands of people rallied across france to denounce hostility towards jews but those were the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after witness station consortia by fire. lol lol. whoa hold o

thousands to hear the pope speak in person at the vatican and there are hundreds of millions more roman catholics around the world but pope francis is aware that sexual abuse is a nexus tensional problem for the catholic church it's driven away worshippers and if it's not properly handled more will leave. the vatican never said this unprecedented meeting would solve the problem cardinals have called it a step on the road they must now produce follow up measures for clergy to take back to their countries and put into practice rory chalons how to zero the vatican. security and immigration are topping the agenda the first have a joint summit between arab league countries and e.u. leaders egyptian president abdel fattah el-sisi governments to unite behind the goal of defeating terrorism leaders attending the two day meeting also discuss ways to tackle the migration crisis impacting several european countries britain's prime minister was also at the summit in egypt reset may says she won't be holding another vote on breaks it this week we're having a good constructive with the european union we won't

cathedral in one thousand nine hundred six the parts top financial advisor was the most senior roman catholic cleric to be convicted of child abuse the u.k.'s main opposition party is prepared to back a second referendum on leaving the european union labor leader jeremy corban says he'll support an amendment in favor of a public vote to prevent a quote damaging tory breaks that well those are the headlines on al-jazeera the strain that's coming up next. we understand the differences and the similarities of cultures across the world. so no matter where you call home al-jazeera will bring you the news and current affairs that matter to. al-jazeera. hi i'm femi oke a enjoying the stream it today why a palestinian rights activist asking young jews to return the birthright family give me a lot of way take a look at the controversy around the birthright israel program if you have questions or comments about the trip or even gone on it yourself tell us about it in the chat and we'll do our best to include your comments in the conversation. since one thousand nine hundred ninety israel has enabled th

pope francis has promised concrete action to tackle child sex abuse at the end of a roman catholic churchims have described the colombian authorities say more than 100 venezuelan soldiers have now deserted and crossed over into their country. they said most of the soldiers were answering calls by the venezuelan opposition leader, juan guaido. let's return now to our top story, the conclusion of the catholic church's landmark summit on child sexual abuse. i'm joined byjack valero from the organisation catholic voices. we heard early on that the church's credibility has been shot to pieces, and that's right, isn't it? of course, and as a catholic, i want this to end. i want there to be no more abuse, perpetrators to be punished and victims to be recompensed and helped in whatever way they need. but i do have hope from this meeting. ifound way they need. but i do have hope from this meeting. i found the organiser, a jesuit priest, from this meeting. i found the organiser, ajesuit priest, and he said that people felt different towards the end, that they felt transformed. many had been asked t

pope francis promises that the roman catholic church will do more to tackle child sex abuse at the end of a vatican summit on paedophilia. the us secretary of state says he's confident that president nicolas maduro‘s ‘days are numbered' after deadly clashes over humanitarian aid entering venezuela. final preparations are underway for hollywood's biggest night of the year, the oscars.... after two months of intense and costly campaigning, award watchers say the winner of the prestigious ‘best picture‘ category is anyone‘s guess. defending champions ireland are given a fright by italy in rome, but fight back to secure a bonus point win in the 6 nations. we'll hear more about that in sportsday in half an hour. good evening and welcome to bbc news. the prime minister has set a new time frame for mps to have another chance to vote on her brexit deal — saying that the so called ‘meaningful vote‘ will take place by the 12th of march. facing the possibility of a rebellion within her cabinet this week, she spoke as she arrived in egypt for a summit of eu and arab league leaders. our political e

pope francis promises that the roman catholic church will do more to tackle child sex abuse at the end of a vatican summit on paedophilia. celebrities have started arriving for hollywood's biggest night of the year, the oscars. all eyes are on the award for best picture in what is considered to be one of the most eclectic oscar line—ups for years. and at 11:30 we'll be taking an in—depth look at the papers with our reviewers ruth lea and rob merrick. stay with us for that. good evening. the prime minister says mps will have another chance to approve or reject her brexit deal by the 12th of march, just over two weeks before britain is due to leave the eu. she was speaking in egypt where a summit of eu and arab leaders is taking place, and ahead of a series of votes this week, which could give parliament the opportunity to delay brexit to avoid leaving without a deal. labour's jeremy corbyn accused mrs may of putting the country at risk by "recklessly" running down the clock. 0ur political editor laura kuenssberg's report from sharm el—sheikh contains flash photography. she might fly aro

cardinal from the roman catholic church over historic sexual abuse allegations theodore mccarrick is the most senior figure to be dismissed from the catholic priesthood in modern times rob reynolds has no theodore mccarrick is the highest ranking catholic clergyman to be punished in connection with sexual abuse that i can announce he has been defrocked completely removed from the priesthood both abuse and its cover up can no longer be tolerated and the different treatment for bishops who have committed a record of up abuse in fact represents a form of clerical that is no longer acceptable mccarrick was accused of sexually abusing minors including teenaged altar boys and older seminary students studying for the priesthood if we're talking about accountability for bishops. we're actually doing it it's not talk the talk to we walk and talk. does also a very important signal for auspicious that we are not a loft and all the character who is eighty eight rose from parish priest to bishop of diocese in new jersey and was made a cardinal and archbishop of washington d.c. by pope john paul t

end wars in the middle east including the conflict in yemen the head of the roman catholic church was speaking at an interface gathering in the united arab emirates pope francis is on a three day trip to the u.a.e. the first papal visit to the arabian peninsula the u.s. senate has backed an amendment that opposes president donald trump's plan to withdraw troops from syria and afghanistan it says that pulling out could allow i saw an al qaeda to regroup and destabilize both countries it's being seen as a rare rebuke of trumps foreign policy by the republican controlled senate a new report says the ice fields of the himalayas a melting at alarming rates due to climate change the study warns that two thirds of them will be gone by the end of the century unless carbon emissions addressed to cause more than one of the half billion people rely on rivers flowing from the mountains those that. are off to witness next. from sunrise to sunset cross asia. and the pacific explore untold and fascinating stories one on one on al-jazeera. in bush in particular feel awesome good nature now pekka arti

out by the vatican as a kind of working templates as a handbook a practical handbook for the roman catholic church to deal with sex abuse cases as they come up in the future now survivor pressure groups have been saying that this doesn't go nearly far enough it doesn't have the kind of language that they would like to see reflected obvious zero tolerance now for them zero tolerance means excluding abusive priests from the priesthood and those who cover up abuse as well they say that the pope was using the language of zero tolerance not so long ago last year but it seems to have been dropped from the proceedings it's not being talked about in this meeting and it's not being talked about in this document either tim law is a founding member of the advocacy group ending clergy abuse he's also disappointed with the pope's action plan. we are outraged and feel betrayed by these twenty one points back in august pope francis wrote a letter this was not comments on the bus or on the airplane as the norm that this was a letter to the people of god basically to the whole world. recognizing that zero t

pope francis promises that the roman catholic church will do more to tackle child sex abuse at the end of a vatican summit on paedophilia. the us secretary of state says he's confident that president nicolas maduro‘s days are numbered after deadly clashes over humanitarian aid entering venezuela. final preparations are under way for hollywood's biggest night of the year, the oscars. i'm barbara plett usher live on the red carpet watching the anticipation builds for the big show. and at 8:30, the travel show heads to los angeles to see how film fans visiting the area for the oscars can get closer to the films they love. good evening and welcome to bbc news. the prime minister has set a new time frame for mps to have another chance to vote on her brexit deal, saying that the so called "meaningful vote" will take place by the 12th of march. facing the possibility of a rebellion within her cabinet this week, she spoke as she arrived in egypt for a summit of eu and arab league leaders. our political editor laura kuenssberg is in sharm el sheikh. there won't be a new brexit deal here in the

tonight: the australian cardinal george pell, a former papal adviser, becomes the most senior roman catholicbe convicted of sexually assaulting children. the story of keira and max — and the heart transplant which helped change the law on organ donation in england. i honestly was ready to die. i didn't think i'd make it. president trump arrives in vietnam, ready for his second formal summit with the north korean leader, kim jong—un. and for the second day in a row, parts of england and wales see record—breaking temperatures for the month of february. and coming up on sportsday on bbc news, the return of rodgers, brendan is back in the premier league with leicester city as he leaves scottish champions celtic. good evening. the prime minister has acknowledged the possibility that the uk's departure from the european union could be delayed. following pressure from some colleagues, the prime minister offered the house of commons a series of votes. first, another vote on her own deal to take place by the 12th march. if that's rejected, mps would then have the opportunity to vote on leaving withou

on all religions to unites to end wars in the middle east including in yemen the head of the roman catholic church was speaking at an interfaith gathering in the united arab emirates it's one of the coalition partners backing yemen's government in its fight against hooty rebels pope francis is on a three day trip to the u.a.e. the first papal visit to the arabian peninsula. jordan is to host new talks on exchange of prisoners between yemen's warring sides government delegates and who the rebels will reconvene in a month from tuesday for a new round of talks on the swap the deal could involve up to fifteen thousand detainees from each side it was agreed in principle as a confidence building measure ahead of peace talks in sweden in december who the rebels have been locked in a war with saudi an iraqi led coalition for four years well ahead of the prisoner exchange talks in amman our diplomatic editor james bays reports now from the u.n. in new york. these talks on a possible prisoner exchange are being facilitated by the un and by the international committee of the red cross the numbers pote

thousands to hear the pope speak in person at the vatican and there are hundreds of millions more roman catholics around the world but pope francis is aware that sexual abuse is a nexus tensional problem for the catholic church it's driven away worshippers and if it's not properly handled more will leave. the vatican never said this unprecedented meeting would solve the problem cardinals have called it a step on the road they must now produce follow up measures for clergy to take back to their countries and put into practice rory chalons how to zero the vatican the weather is next but still ahead on al-jazeera senegal and it's on whether to give macky sall a second as president after his biggest rivals from running. and why the republicans are getting behind the democrats' climate initiative and it isn't because they're bream. hello welcome to another look at the international forecast that we should see some dry weather just coming into the southeast of china over the next couple days been a little unsettled her recently disappointing so we say for hong kong there we go twenty one celsius or mon

thousands to hear the pope speak in person at the vatican and there are hundreds of millions more roman catholics around the world but pope francis is aware that sexual abuse is a nexus tensional problem for the catholic church it's driven away worshippers and if it's not properly handled more will leave. the vatican never said this unprecedented meeting would solve the problem cardinals have called it a step on the road they must now produce follow up measures for clergy to take back to their countries and put into practice chalons al-jazeera the vatican. still ahead on al-jazeera senate votes on whether to give michael sallah second term as president up to his biggest rivals are banned from running plus not so picture perfect the problem is not confronting some of iraq's historical landmarks . however the weather's lousy try and find across much of the middle east but it was at least the sort of the med it is still a little on the disappointing side but some places a cloud just sliding assets we could see some rather heavy rain for a time making its way towards cyprus last monday's picture gene