one of the highest ranking cardinals in the roman catholic church has been charged with historical sex

cardinal george pell, one of the most senior figures in the roman catholic church, says sex offence charges against him in australia are false. the cardinal told reporters that he had undergone a relentless character assassination, and was looking forward to having his day in court. and we'll have more on this story later in the programme. the family of the murdered russian opposition activist boris nemtsov have said the case remains unsolved after a jury found five chechen men guilty of carrying out his contract killing two years ago. police are hunting a former chechen officer who promised them $250,000. mr nemtsov‘s family called it a fiasco that the mastermind remained at large. china is reported to have refused requests to allow the nobel peace prize winner, liu xiaobo, to go abroad for medical treatment. the 61—year—old, who's serving an 11—year prison sentence for subversion, is suffering from terminal liver cancer. he's currently in hospital in the city of shenyang in north—eastern china. forces opposed to the islamic state group have made significant advances against strongholds in

cardinal george pell one of the most senior figures in the roman catholic church has set sex offends challenges that have been made against him paul bowle. called no pal told a media conference that he had undergone a relentless character assassination. he said the pope had given him leave to return to australia from the vatican to face the challenges. the european union has appealed against the world trade organization ruling in favor of the united states so if a state aid for the american plane maker boeing. the eu is objecting primarily to tax breaks in washington state web boeing is based but do you and the u. s. of spent thirteen years arguing over the level of support they give respectively. advice and. now congress has a lot on its plate right now particularly as it struggles to pass healthcare reform and you might think that would be the focus of the white house. but instead republicans were answering questions about the president's tweets in which he insulted the and because of the morning television program. in a very personal attack. quote i heard poorly rated out morning

one of the most powerful figures in the roman catholic church, cardinal george pell, has said he willrchbishop of sydney and melbourne said that he'd suffered a relentless character assassination and was looking forward to having his day in court in his native australia. cardinal pell is the vatican treasurer and one of the pope's closest advisers. our religious affairs correspondent martin bashir is in rome tonight. yes, today was meant to be dominated bya yes, today was meant to be dominated by a solemn ceremony as the pope presided at the feast of saint peter and take that paul, whose ministry and take that paul, whose ministry and martyrdom helped establish the church —— saint peter and st paul. but as the cardinals gathered in saint peter's square behind me, one senior official was surprisingly absent. a public holiday for the people and for pope francis, an opportunity to celebrate mass with several new cardinals. but one of his most trusted officials, effectively the head of the vatican's vast property portfolio and finances, was not administering the sacraments, but facing the

cardinal george pell is the third-highest ranking official in the roman catholic church. speaking from the vatican, cardinal pell said pope francis granted him a leave of absence to return to australia to defend himself. >> i am looking forward finally to having my day in court. i am innocent of these charges. they are false. the whole idea of sexual abuse is of born to me. abhorrent to me. amy: cardinal pell has been ordered to appear in court next month. in 2014, the vatican admitted nearly 850 priests have been dismissed and more than 2500 have been disciplined in a sprawling sexual abuse scandal dating back decades. the house of representatives passed a pair of immigration bills thursday that critics say are aimed at demonizing undocumented immigrants. the first bill, known as kate's law, ads penalties to deported immigrants who re-enter the u.s. it was approved on a vote of 257-167 mostly along party lines. among those opposed was new york democrat jerrold nadler. >> this bill is nothing less than fear mongering based on the widely demote -- debunked myth. amy: a sec

so they have an ethnic uniqueness, they're roman catholic, and the church protected, in a sense. they couldn't be attacked quite so easily. it wasn't as if the communist party did this or something like that. it was the church. and finally, there's a long history of the basques not being very comfortable within spain, so they demand independence, they had their own military. there were times when the spanish government tried to control them, but it's a hilly country and they had guerrilla, basically. so the spanish government is very eager not to have fights with these people because they fight back, so between the church and their own language and customs and their willingness to fight, they had certain privileges, if you like, special conditions that helped make that possible there. that's true. ma'am, i think you were going. >> what role does competition play here? do the co-ops compete with each other? do they compete against the regular corporations, or what keeps them from becoming cutthroat in order to win? >> good question. again, i'm going to use a concrete example rathe

the roman catholic church would disagree and a lot of people would said that is the most successful companyrious topic, how widespread is the problem? 5%, 20% of listed companies? what is the idea you are getting? 5% is a very,n very high number because we are talking about fraudulent accounting, and you have the big four banks accounting firms being the auditors of these companies, and also the big , hsbc,ent banks, ubs goldman sachs, you name it, so what is happening to the is a not professionals doing an adequate due diligence job. david: absolutely. on that note, let's leave it there. it is an open ended argument. nice to see you. thank you for coming on the program. , china is the main game for asian expansion. we will hear from the hotels ceo next. this is bloomberg. ♪ angie: this is "bloomberg markets: asia." let's get a check of markets in india opening up right now, a mixed session. there we go. a pullback of .4 percent, some weakness in the currency, industrial output numbers and cpi data out today. some reverse repo auctions being held as well. biggesturope's hotel looking to exp

one of the highest ranking cardinals in the roman catholic church has been charged with historical sexffences. good morning from the gateway to snowdonia. figures today show the number of people being rescued in the mountains is up on last year. later in the programme we will find out why. ten years ago today, the first iphone went on sale sparking a smartphone revolution. but how have they changed the way we live? i'll be finding out. we've come to sheffield to hear about a multi—million pound plan by the lawn tennis association to revamp grassroots tennis and we're also launching our breakfast summer challenge with world number one andy murray the first to take it on. and sarah has the weather. good morning. we've got a lot of cloud across the skies today bringing heavy rain for northern and western parts. i will have a full forecast in 15 minutes. good morning, first our main story. a retired court of appealjudge, sir martin moore—bick, is today expected to be appointed to lead the public inquiry into the grenfell tower disaster. the news comes as police say at least 80 people are b

cardinal pell is the most senior roman catholic cleric in australia, third in the hierarchy of the church the allegations. the chinese president has arrived in hong kong for celebrations to mark the 20th anniversary this weekend of the 20th anniversary this weekend of the territory's return to china from british rule. the three—day visit comes amid growing fears in hong kong that beijing is threatening its autonomy and its freedoms. the us is introducing tough new security measures for inbound flights, what has stopped short of expanding the ban on laptops in hand luggage. the new measures described as both seen and unseen include enhanced screening of passengers and electronic devices. and the british prime minister is facing another key test in parliament on thursday, in effect a vote of confidence on her government's entire legislative programme. the opposition will try to amend the queen ‘s speech, as it is called, what it is expected to pass with the support of small northern irish party the dup. now it is time for our newspaper review. the south china morning post has the twentieth

cardinal pell is the most senior roman catholic cleric in australia, third in the hierarchy of the church introducing tough new security measures for inbound flights but has stopped short of expanding the ban on laptops in hand luggage. the new measures, described as both seen and unseen, include enhanced screening of passengers and electronic devices. 26 pro—democracy protestors have been arrested in hong kong shortly before the arrival of president xi. he is coming to mark the twentieth anniversary of hong kong's handover from britain to china. it's his first visit as chinese leader and more protests are expected. it's time now for click. this week... driving arizona.

cardinal pell is the most senior roman catholic cleric in australia, third in the hierarchy of the church worldwide. he strongly denies the allegations. the united states is introducing tough new security measures for inbound flights but has stopped short of expanding the ban on laptops in hand luggage. the new measures, described as both seen and unseen, include enhanced screening of passengers and electronic devices. 26 pro—democracy protestors have been arrested in hong kong shortly before the arrival of president xi. he is coming to mark the twentieth anniversary of hong kong's handover from britain to china. it's his first visit as chinese leader and more protests are expected. it's time now for click. this week... driving arizona. teaching tanzania. and clowning in california. la la la los angeles. a city of many sights. there's the movies. the beaches. the high life. and in between each of them... ..a whole lot of this. with hardly any rail alternative, the traffic here drives the locals to distraction. it's led some of the bigger thinkers to suggest radical alternatives. electric

cardinal pell is the most senior roman catholic cleric in australia, third in the hierarchy of the church worldwide. he strongly denies the allegations. the united states is introducing tough new security measures for inbound flights, but has stopped short of expanding the ban on laptops in hand luggage. the new measures, described as both seen and unseen, include enhanced screening of passengers and electronic devices. 26 pro—democracy protestors have been arrested in hong kong, shortly before the arrival of president xi. he is coming to mark the 20th anniversary of hong kong's handover from britain to china. it is his first visit as chinese leader, and more protests are expected. now it is time for hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk, i'm stephen sackur. a generation ago, the first president bush proclaimed a new world order which america would lead a example. 25 years on, and donald trump is in the white house. so what kind of example is america setting now? my guest isjoe lieberman, former us senator, al gore's vice presidential running mate in 2000, and recently touted as a contender for f

ladies and gentlemen, as you may or may not know, i am a roman catholic which means the guilty lee baked right in. ( laughter ) but i don't get to churchike, and i really miss my favorite catholic tradition: confession. so if you don't mind, i'd like to confess to you, my audience. you won't tell anybody, right? >> audience: of course not! >> stephen: great. this is stephen colbert's "midnight confessions!" ♪ ( cheers and applause ) ( laughter ) >> stephen: standard disclaimer: i don't know if these are technically sins, but i do feel bad about them. okay, wait right there. ( laughter ) ( soft organ music ) forgive me, audience: as a catholic, i believe that jesus is always by my side. i also believe that this entitles me to use the carpool lane. my doctor tells me to limit my alcohol intake to one glass of wine a day. but last time i checked, bottles are made of glass. ( cheers and applause ) last week, i won $500 at a "stephen colbert" look-alike contest. ( laughter ) i finished third. ( laughter ) i dropped my iphone in the toilet, but told the guy at the apple store that it fell off my speedboat. ( laughter ) sometimes, when i'm lo

roman catholic cardinals, george pell, with sexually abusing children. cardinal pell is in charge of the vatican's finances and is considered to rank third in the hierarchy of the churchoffences dating back to the 1970s— charges he's strenuously denied. iam i am looking forward finally to having my day in court. i am innocent of these charges. they are false. the whole idea of sexual abuse is abhorrent to me. talks over resuming power—sharing stormont have stalled with only eight hours to go until the deadline. northern ireland faces the prospect of direct rule from london ifan prospect of direct rule from london if an agreement cannot be reached. culture and media secretary karen bradley will make an announcement today about whether 20th century fox, owned by rupert murdoch, is allowed to take over sky. it would give mr murdoch total control of the broadcaster of which he already owns 39%. 0pponents say that any deal will give him too much power over the uk media. a mother has described the distress of discovering her baby son had been circumcised without her consent. the woman, from nottingham, said she has been trying for four years to get the authorities to take a

, roman catholic priests have pleaded guilty to having child pornography on his computerment monsignor told the judge he didn't remember downloading the images, had worked at saint ann catholic churchentence in the about zero nine days following a megan's law review. >> in the mercury as the final leg of the effort to restart fourth of july celebrations in pottstown begins, organizers report the plans are coming together. although, donations are still needed. the effort raised about $20,000 so far. and is looking to raise another 20 grand before event begin. >> and that's a look at some of the newspaper headlines from around the delaware valley. we'll be right but do they need help making more of their own tears? if you have chronic dry eye caused by reduced tear production due to inflammation, restasis multidose™ can help... with continued use twice a day, every day, one drop at a time. restasis multidose™ helps increase your eyes' natural ability to produce tears, which may be reduced by inflammation due to chronic dry eye. restasis multidose™ did not increase tear production in patients using anti-inflammatory eye drops or tear duct plugs. to help avoid eye injury and contaminat

roman catholic cardinal, george pell, with multiple counts of sexually abusing children. cardinal pell is in charge of the vatican's finances and is considered to rank third in the hierarchy of the church hong kong, shortly before the arrival of president xi. he is due to arrive soon to mark the twentieth anniversary of hong kong's handover from britain to china. it's his first visit as chinese leader and more protests are expected. now it's time for a look back at the day in parliament.

roman catholic cardinal, george pell, with multiple counts of sexually abusing children. cardinal pell is in charge of the vatican's finances and is considered to rank third in the hierarchy of the churchhe strongly denies the alleged offences. 26 pro—democracy protestors have been arrested in hong kong, shortly before the arrival of president xi. he is due to arrive soon to mark the twentieth anniversary of hong kong's handover from britain to china. it's his first visit as chinese leader and more protests are expected. now it's time for a look back at the day in parliament. hello and welcome to the programme. coming up, the government sees off calls for an end to cuts to public services and the public sector pay cap. the ayes to the right, 309, the noes to the left, 323. theresa may and jeremy corbyn clash at their first prime minister's questions of the new parliament over whether council cuts were a factor in the grenfell fire. when you cut local authority budgets by a0%, we all pay a price in public safety. the cladding of tower blocks began under a blair government. and the government's told to rethink its approach to trade after we have left the eu. the government's brexit polic