and in some of the clearest language yet the head of the roman catholic church says same sex relationships should be protected by law. we begin in the united states where top intelligence officials say russia and iran have both detained some voter registration information the directors of national intelligence and the f.b.i. say they'll be consequences for any foreign countries that interfere in the vote let's go straight to mike hanna in washington d.c. mike so what are we to make of these claims by the f.b.i. in this press conference now significant is the timing of all of this mike. but it was certainly a very dramatic news conference hosted by the director of national intelligence along with the director of the f.b.i. intelligence sources for a long period of time have been warning that russia is involving itself in the us electoral process just as it did back in 2016 when president trump won the election however on this particular occasion though both the director of national intelligence and the director of the f.b.i. insisting that iran is playing a major role in this interference a

i'm going goth it's good to have you with us it is a major shift in the roman catholic church pope francis has said that he supports civil union laws to protect the rights of same sex couples he made the comment in a new documentary about the pontiff entitled francesco which premiered today at the rome film festival this statement marks a decided to shift for the roman catholic church the film also tackles other controversial issues such as racism climate change and sexual abuse and relations between christians muslims and she says. well earlier we asked our religious affairs analyst john berry what exactly did the pope say that it was the responsibility of societies to hostages lieschen to protect the rights of people in same sex unions this is groundbreaking it's exclusive it's incendiary it's really the most productive thing. he's done i think since he got into a bus at immediately after being elected pope and went back to the hotel it appears and it said i'm bill i don't know that it's going to have any immediate effect people of course around the world saying that it will that the chu

while the orthodox jews say they've been singled out the roman catholic community is also quite upset i ranking bishop from the roman catholic church is speaking up catholic churches in brooklyn queens have not had any covert outbreak so significant cases since reopening on july the 5th to 25 percent capacity we fervently objects to being told to further reduce capacity because we have strict did to cohabit 19 protocols and the safety measures have been working now the parents of children who attend roman catholic schools are also objecting they say that cuomo should punish the guilty close down the schools where covert is spreading but not blanket shutdown all educational institutions governor cuomo appears to be losing patience with those who complain about his wrist strick sions we have to close the temple because it's over 50 percent i'll do it. we have to close a roman catholic church. had to close the supernatural stay parade i did it. i'll do it now the government is not supposed to interfere with people freely practicing their religion except in very dire circumstances now governor cuomo and many others would argue that a g

the roman catholic the leader of the roman catholic church has endorsed same sex unions for the 1st time but francis made the comments in a documentary that's premiered at the rome film festival and for chappelle has more . news about an hour into a new documentary film about the leader of the roman catholic church pope francis appears to go on the official script explicitly calling for same sex couples to be given legal protections because he says all children of god have a right to a family. the statement of support for civil unions is a major departure from official church teachings even from the views of his predecessor benedict the 16th who called homosexuality an intrinsic moral evil i think it will be received in very different ways in different countries will accept . finally something. has happened finally most european countries it will be received in a very difficult way in the united states it's an open question how it will do see churches in africa asia because itto then strong national interest nations always exist marriages that are very. and in time where so many people a

which premiered today at the room film festival the statement marks a decided shift for the roman catholic church the film also tackles other controversial issues such as racism climate change sexual abuse and relations between christians muslims and jews. or earlier i asked our religious affairs analyst john barry what exactly did the pope say that it was the responsibility of societies to pass legislation to protect the rights of people in same sex unions this is groundbreaking brand it's explosive it's incendiary it's really the most productive thing he's done i think since he got into a bus at immediately after being elected pope and went back to the hotel to pay isn't it settled bill i don't know that it's going to have any immediate effect people of course around the world saying that it will that the church is changing its teaching on homosexuality and on the possibility of homosexuals marrying in the church i think that's going too far that the expectations are too high but it's never the less explicit and does it threaten to create another cleavage if you will in the church i can imagine

and in some of the clearest language yet the head of the roman catholic church says same sex relationships should be protected by north. we begin in the united states where the f.b.i. says russia and iran the have obtained voter registration information in a news conference the intelligence director john ratliff and the f.b.i. director chris ray said there would be consequences for any foreign countries that interfere in the votes let's go straight to mike hanna in washington d.c. mike so the f.b.i. have been giving this rare press conference an interference in the u.s. election what more they've been saying. but i did hear the f.b.i. and the director of national intelligence holding what they called a very important news conference the details being released indicate according to the f.b.i. that 2 foreign players iran and russia had been actively interfering in the selection they do not have any evidence directly connected to russia at this point they say however they insist that iran is behind a series of emails that has been sent to democratic voters undercutting president trump and att

which premiered today at the rome film festival the statement marks a decided shift for the roman catholic church the film also tackles other controversial issues such as racism climate change sexual abuse and relations between christians muslims and jews. thank you. ok just where we're having some technical problems we just asked my producer where are we going now. now in ok now we apologize for that all right here other news german health minister u.n. spawn has tested positive for the corona virus he immediately went into self isolation the health ministry say that he is experiencing cold like symptoms the announcement came just hours after spawn spot had attended a cabinet meeting with german chancellor angela merkel as health minister of spawn is a prominent figure in efforts to control the virus only recently the 40 year old got his annual flu vaccine shot and urge people to do the same. ok we're going to go back now to our. top story and that is what the pope has said about same sex civil unions and to talk about that i'm joined by our religious affairs correspondent john there john there

a right to a family and should be protected by civil union laws it's a mock shift for the roman catholic church the pontiff made the comments in a new documentary about his approach to buster all cap. spain has become the 1st western european country to reach more than 1000000 confirmed coronavirus cases the country recorded nearly 17000 additional infections over the past 24 hours it's the 6th nation in the world to pass 1000000 cases spain has been tightening restrictions to help stem a surge in new infections. i don't memo real service in paris french president in my home across has paid tribute to samuel party the history teacher beheaded by an islamist last friday that he was killed after showing cartoons of the prophet mohammad to his students in a debate on freedom of expression across called the teacher a quiet hero slain by cowards. this is news from berlin follow us on twitter and instagram news or visit our website d.w. dot com. for. more. today germany's health minister the government's guardian of public health announced that he has tested positive for the corona virus another remi

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a right to a family and should be protected by civil union laws it's a mock shift for the roman catholic church the pontiff made the comments in a new documentary about his approach to post poll care. at a memorial service in paris french president emmanuel mccraw has paid tribute to samuel patti the history teacher beheaded by an islamist last friday but he was killed after showing cartoons of the prophet muhammad to his students in a debate on freedom of expression across called the teacher a quiet hero slain by cowards. this is deja news from berlin follow us on twitter and instagram at news of visit our website e.w. dot com. today germany's health minister the government's guardians of public health announced that he has tested positive for the corona virus another reminder of just how contagious this virus is here in europe the number of new infections is skyrocketing again spain has more than a 1000000 cases ireland is imposing a 2nd lockdown parts of the u.k. and germany are shutting down to winter is coming the corona chill has already arrived in berlin this is the day. there is a huge

and in some of the clearest language to date the head of the roman catholic church says same sex relationships should be protected by law. nigerian protesters have defied a curfew during a face off with security forces as demonstrations against police brutality threaten to paralyze the nation the rights group amnesty international says at least 12 people were killed on tuesday night leaving the violence of the military up and it drew support in the capital abuja. and early morning fire set by arsonists burns park to be coarse at a government bus station in lagos officials say 30 buses were destroyed. in lekki while security forces opened fire on protesters the previous night the standoff continues. the latest state governor who visited victims of tuesday's attack in hospital said more than 2 dozen have been hospitalized so you know chance . for. you. well. we have nothing to do any fatality. used. to some media but protesters dispute that i can't really see who was shooting we know who was the get i can't give you the afternoon because i'm not god i have to run my life we're running for their

about an hour into a new documentary film about the leader of the roman catholic church pope francisappears to go off the official script explicitly calling for same sex couples to be given legal protections because he says all children of god have a right to a family. the statement of support for civil unions is a major departure from official church teachings and from the views of his predecessor benedict the 16th who called homosexuality an intrinsic moral evil i think it will be received in very different ways in different countries accept. finally something that has happened finally most european countries it will be received in a very difficult way in the united states it's an open question how do you see churches in africa asia because he told the pen strong national interest nations on same sex marriages that vary widely you need. to mine in time where so many people are divided about the world's problems and who is causing them pope francis appears determined to take the church out of the culture wars and away from divisive social issues but for some in his native argentina

the statement marks a decided shift for the roman catholic church. the film also tackles controversial issues such as racism, climate change, sexual abuse, and relations between christians, muslims, and jews. earlier, i asked our religious affairs analyst what exactly did the pope say. >> that it was the responsibility of societies to pass legislation to protect the rights of people in same-sex unions. this is groundbreaking. it is explosive, and centura, really the most provocative thing he has done since he was elected pope and went back to the hotel to pay his own hotel bill -- it is explosive, ewincendiary. people are saying the church will change its teaching on homosexuality and the possibility of homosexuals marrying in the church -- i think that is too far with expectations that are too high. brent: i can imagine that in poland, for example, or africa, where you see more conservative views, that this attitude will not be appreciated, but perhaps in north america, it will. >> i don't think iwill cree a new cleavage. the cleavage is there. the

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right to a family and should be protected by civil union walls it's a market shift for the roman catholic church the pontiff made the comments in a new documentary about his approach to pastoral care when thailand's prime minister has canceled a state of emergency that was imposed in the capital bangkok to suppress anti-government demonstrations the demonstrations have been going on for 7 consecutive days protesters want the government to resign and are calling for a new constitution as well as reforms to the monarchy. and thousands of colombians have marched in bogota to protest the government's social and economic policies police violence and the killing of human rights activists they also decried the rise of poverty caused by the crowd of ours pandemic marches are the latest in a sporadic series of protests which began late last year. the police here in berlin are investigating what may be the biggest act of vandalism against works of art in post-war germany over 60 artworks housed on berlin's museum island were sprayed with what's been described as a colorless oil least substance the collect

a right to a family and should be protected by civil union laws it's a mock shift for the roman catholic church the pontiff made the comments in a new documentary about his approach to bust all cap. spain has become the 1st western european country to reach more than 1000000 confirmed coronavirus cases the country recorded nearly 17000 additional infections over the past 24 hours is the 6th nation in the world to pass 1000000 cases spain has been tightening restrictions to help stem a surge in new infections. i don't memorial service in paris french president in my home across has paid tribute to some no party the history teacher beheaded by an islamist last friday that he was killed after showing cartoons of the prophet mohammad to his students in a debate on freedom of expression across called the teacher a quiet hero slain by cowards. is d.w. news from berlin follow us on twitter and instagram news or visit our website d.w. dot com. forward. today germany's health minister the government's guardians of public health announced that he has tested positive for the corona virus another reminder

up to church services across the country poland's predominately roman catholic church strongly opposed to abortion wields enormous influence on the musette the country even further a poll from the european mainstream e.u. leaders have accused the polish government of violating shared standards for years and the rolling back on democratic reforms demonstrators are promised many more days of action leave. a main story this hour exactly a week to go before the u.s. election donald trump and joe biden are busy crisscrossing the country in an intense day of campaigning as you'd expect the national polls giving joe biden a solid lead but it's a lot tighter than some of the battleground states the crowd a virus a pandemic continues to overshadow the campaign nearly half a 1000000 cases have been confirmed in the past week alone president trump has focused on the economy at a rally he gave earlier that he held earlier in michigan it's probably the number one reason that i'm standing here because of trade and how we turn that around. 77 we're going to win the great state. ergo you will inform y

some people welcomed the remarks by the leader of the roman catholic church as clear recognition of homosexualghts. others say his comments do not constitute a change in the church's teaching on marriage and homosexuality. the media say the pope has maintained the stance, marriage is only between a man and a woman. >>> narita airport near tokyo is slashing landing fees, as airlines struggle in the face of the coronavirus. the firm that runs narita says it's waiving landing charges for domestic flights and cutting fees by 30%. the pandemic has hit the aviation industry hard. the number of travelers using narita plugged to a record low of just under 1.4 million between april and september this year. the operator says it won't raise fees again until the number of passengers starts to pick up. the transport ministry says narita is the first privately run airport in japan to cut chares amid covid-19. >>> as the number of coronavirus cases if paris rises again, evening curfews and other measures are hitting the movie industry hard. paris has a rich film history and regarded has the birthplace of cin

more tolerant tone to same-sex relationships in an apparent break with the position of the roman catholic church. his latest remarks have sparked cheers from one side of the bait and calls from clarification from the other. in the documentary the pope said "homosexual people have the right to be in a family, they are children of god. you can't kick someone out of a family nor make their life miserable for this. what we have to have is a civil union law that way they are legally covered." >> i see him as the man of pro- life on a global scale. this is specifically him caring about humanity without putting frame or label. >> francesco touches upon the pope's beliefs on a range of topics including the environment, poverty, and social justice. >>> paul heggen is here with us coming up. >> we have a cooling trend. overall the big picture features in the atmosphere haven't shifted in the high- pressure, it's in control of the weather at is for now. the offshore wind that kicks in, everything goes in clockwise, those will be with us through the end of the workweek but changes as we go closer toward the

francis signaled a more tolerant tone towards same-sex relationships, an parent break with the roman catholic church. remarks on civil unions are sparking cheers from one side of the debate and calls for clarification from the other. cbs news, los angeles. >>> in northern colorado, thousands of firefighters are taking on three major wildfires. they're fighting to contain the cameron peak fire. largest fire in colorado history. and then there is also the calwood fire and east troublesome fire. this is dramatic video of the east troublesome fire which started last wednesday. windy and dry conditions pushed the flames past colorado highway 125 yesterday forcing evacuations in the area. with all three fires burning in the north central part of the state, federal officials have closed all national forests and five colorado counties. >> it's a hard ask. but what we want people to do is really the local community to lead the way so we can enforce this with the greater public. >> the cause for each of the fires is currently under investigation. >>> and three astronauts are back on earth this morning after a

relationship as children of god this is some of the clearest language yet used by the head of the roman catholic churchto defend gay rights so those are the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after talked about as a station to watch right now. london is one of the most unfortunate in the world and decisions made here have an impact right around the globe and so here is iraq we will show you the impact of those decisions on people how it affects their every day. we are going to really gauge its because we know that all this is interesting. but also the more stories from parts of the world that often go under reported. the. you mentioned world war. 2 we see. the central asian country of kyrgyzstan is often described as having travelled a lot further along the path towards democracy than its neighboring post soviet states. 2 revolutions in the last 15 years have deposed 2 presidents and many say it's deeply politicized the nation failed them. the country has huge geo political significance for its big regional neighbors russia china. be the one instability in a country that is potentially so

a right to a family and should be protected by civil union laws it's a mock shift for the roman catholic church the pontiff made the comments in a new documentary about his approach to buster all cap. spain has become the 1st western european country to reach more than 1000000 confirmed coronavirus cases the country recorded nearly.

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on sunday activists disrupted church services across the country poland's predominately roman catholic church strongly opposed to abortion wields enormous influence on the musette the country even further apart from the european mainstream e.u. leaders have accused the polish government of violating shared standards for years and a rolling back of democratic reforms demonstrators have promised many more days of action leave al-jazeera. again i'm fully back to go with the headlines on al-jazeera one week to go until the u.s. presidential election and a record 63000000 americans have already voted by the coronavirus pandemic continues to cast a shadow over the campaign with nearly half a 1000000 new infections recorded in the past week committee harkat has more from washington we talked to.

on sunday activists disrupted church services across the country poland's predominantly roman catholic church strongly opposed to abortion wields enormous influence on the musette the country even further apart from the european mainstream e.u. leaders have accused the polish government of violating shared standards for years and of rolling back on democratic reforms demonstrators have promised many more days of action. al-jazeera. the biggest u.s. military base in the gulf is getting a multibillion dollar upgrade qatar's all oday the air base plays a central role in u.s. and coalition operations that are carried out every day across the region stephanie decker visited the facilities and got exclusive access to join a flight refueling f. 16 fighter jets. leave catarrh behind and head out across the gulf. we've been given exclusive access to join this refueling flight undervalue dade air base near doha it will be topping up the tanks of american f. 16 fighter jets already out on missions my job is pretty much to refuel other aircraft in the air so they can stay airborne longer it's all going t

on sunday activists disrupted church services across the country poland's predominantly roman catholic church strongly opposed to abortion wields enormous influence on the musette the country even further apart from the european mainstream e.u. leaders have accused the polish government of violating shared standards for years and a rolling back of democratic reforms demonstrators have promised many more days of action. money transfer service western union is closing hundreds of offices in cuba and the u.s. has imposed new sanctions sanctions announced on friday prevent western union from dealing with the military one company that controls remittances into the country more than $400.00 offices will be shut which will affect many cubans who rely on misses from relatives abroad. in the u.s. 2 big wildfires are raging through parts of southern california powerful winds of fanning the flames in orange county more than 100000 people have been forced to leave their homes a local electricity company says it's put meant may have accidentally started one of the fire as well brunell has been following d

on sunday activists disrupted church services across the country poland's predominately roman catholic church strongly opposed to abortion wields enormous influence the musette the country even further apart from the european mainstream e.u. leaders have accused the polish government of violating shared standards for years and a rolling back on democratic reforms demonstrators have promised many more days of action. just look at the headlines now with exactly a week to go before the u.s. election donald trump and joe biden spending choose day crisscrossing the united states and an intense day of campaigning national polls giving democratic contender biden a solid lead but it's a lot tighter in some of those battleground states a crowd of ours and then it continues to overshadow the campaign infections are surging in the country with some states concerned about a laugh.

on sunday activists disrupted church services across the country poland's predominantly roman catholic church strongly opposed to abortion wields enormous influence on the musette the country even further apart from the european mainstream e.u. leaders have accused the polish government of violating shared standards for years and a rolling back of democratic reforms demonstrators have promised many more days of action. police in hong kong have arrested 3 people from a student group advocating for the city's independence from mainland china as the area is said to show tony chung leader of the disbanded group student localism being led away by officers he was taken near the u.s. consulate where he was reportedly about seeking asylum the group was arrested under a controversial security nor imposed by china this year sarah clarke is in hong kong with more on those arrests. overnight the police have confirmed the arrest of those 3 activists this is 19 year old chinese children 17 year old jani her and 16 year old william chan other charges have been laid in those offenses are of relating to the n

poland's predominately roman catholic church strongly opposed to abortion wields enormous influence on the move the country even further a poll from the european mainstream e.u. leaders have accused the polish government of violating shared standards for years in the rolling back on democratic reforms demonstrators are promised many more days of action. just look at the headlines now with exactly a week to go before the u.s. election donald trump and joe biden spending choose day crisscrossing the united states in an intense day of campaigning national polls giving democratic contender biden a solid lead but it's a lot tighter in some of those battleground states the court of ours and then it continues to overshadow the campaign infections are surging in the country with some states concerned about a lack of hospital beds and a half a 1000000 cases have been confirmed in the past week. well president trump has focused on the economy at a campaign rally in michigan it's trouble believe the number one reason that i'm standing here because of we turn that around. 7. we're going to win the

jack goody, had traced this to the church, specifically to the church that evolved into the roman catholic churchabout christianity in general. it's a story about a set of taboos and proscriptions about marriage and the family. so, for example, the church outlaws polygamy, it outlaws marriage to in—laws and increasingly outlaws marriages to cousins of increasing distances. so by about 500, 600, the church is banning first—cousin marriage, but by the 10th century, 11th century, the church is banning marriage all the way out to sixth cousins. right. itjust seems to me you're asking that idea of the change in familial relationships that was imposed by the catholic church in sort of medieval europe, you're asking us to believe that that did an awful lot of heavy lifting in terms of the transformation of europe, notjust, in the end, spiritual, but in every way — economic, social, in every aspect of life. you are suggesting that that change brought about by the catholic church transformed europe in a way that made europe fundamentally different from everywhere else in the world. well, what i'm... so th

on sunday activists disrupted church services across the country poland's predominantly roman catholic church strongly opposed to abortion wields enormous influence on the musette the country even further apart from the european mainstream e.u. leaders have accused the polish government of violating shared standards for years and of rolling back on democratic reforms demonstrators have promised many more days of action. at least for migrants have died after their boat capsized while trying to cross the english channel to the u.k. 2 children are among the dead frenchman a time officials say 15 others were rescued about 4000 migrants from france have tried to reach the u.k. via the channel this year in august the 2 countries agreed to draft new measures to hold the crossings sudan ethiopia and egypt have resume negotiations over the controversial dam project on the river nile after a 3 month suspension the african union mediated talks followed the us presidents warning that the project could spark military action from egypt if the o.p.'s accuse donald trump of inciting war after he said egypt m

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there are some who insist that nothing has changed within the roman catholic church, and there are others who insist that nothing should change. the problem is not to deny the religious issue over to brand as intolerant those who raise it. the problem is to place it in proper perspective and to determine where the candidate stands in relationship to that perspective. the extremists on both sides have candidates that dominate a debate. contrary to common propaganda, the south is not a hotbed of religious or racial intolerance. there are many honest minds that are raising honest questions. many catholics differ with us on many questions that are relevant to the welfare of our country. the fact that the senator is with us tonight is to concede that a religious issue does exist. it is because there are many serious minds decently raising questions that we have invited the speaker of the evening, and it is for that same reason we have allowed this meeting to be broadcast. to that end, i'm delighted to introduce at this time the senator from massachusetts and the democratic candidate for the pr