The Catholic Priest should no longer after make a valid celibacy Prime MinisterMalcolm Turnbull calls the reports findings a National Tragedy. And sarah harman its good to have you with us welcome here waiters are meeting in brussels and heading for a showdown over the issue of migration European Council president called a mandatory quota for refugees highly divisive and ineffective as ministers arrive for the second day of the summit the house of lords of german chancellor Angela Merkel ringing in their ears she said Member States cannot pick and choose when it comes to burden sharing and solidarity the migration crisis is not the only controversial issue on the agenda another difficult topic. Im joined now from more by correspondent. In brussels following these talks for us here so concerns about rex it is it going to dampen the Christmas Spirit there in brussels this todays summit sara really had its festive moments for instance the signing of a common defense mechanism for the European Union signed by twenty five Member States it also had its stressful moments for instance you mentioned the debate about migration here of brechts it is a different story because you really have rock solid unity here when it comes to ruling out that the u. K. Will get to cherrypick on the future trade steel with the European Union ok till now the e. U. Has presented a fairly right in front dealing with the u. K. Is that going to last as these talks move towards trade. You leaders emphasized once again as a writer for the second day for the summit that they need from the u. K. Now a clear message what they want from this future relationship that is that is absolutely crucial to move forward but youre right i mean so far the question was on the bracks a bill for instance extracting as much money money from the departing u. K. As possible was in the common interest of all twenty seven Member States now in the future everyone has different interests into it a future trade relationship but what will unite everyone is the concern for the internal market the concern for the rules and regulations where everybody agrees and where everybody says the u. K. Can have a special treatment in that case migrations are so huge to some where leaders heading on that. The real difficulty here is to find a mechanism for the future currently the relocation has worked out more or less effectively but relocation is really a difficult subject for a number of your Member States particularly in the east who do not want to take in refugees who would like to only focus on strengthening the extra borders now everybody agrees that strong extra total borders are important but relocation is something that would lift the bottom if you can speak of a burden when you look at people fleeing from awards old but lifting the difficulties taking in people from the south of europe and redistributing them across europe and as Angela Merkel put it theres still a lot of work for the European Union in that case a lot of work to be done thats not just for us in brussels a look now at some other stories making news around the world a Russian Court has found a former economy minister guilty of accepting a two Million Dollars bribe to an oil boss close to president vladimir putin. Called the allegations absurd the circumstances the case of ignited speculation that the man in question life had fallen victim to a crime when powerplay. Four children were killed and twenty other people injured some of them critically when a train hit a school bus on a rail crossing in Southern France authorities are trying to determine what caused the accident investigators are now looking into whether the crossing barrier was working. For the Us Federal Communications commission has voted to repeal landmark obama era Net Neutrality rules that barred Internet Service providers from blocking or slowing traffic companies will now be able to charge more for faster internet speeds opponents call this an issue in next years midterm elections. A commission thats investigating child sexual abuse in australia has called on the Catholic Church to end the demand that clergy members remain celibate but also said religious leaders should be prosecuted for failing to report child sexual abuse including priests who hear about the crimes during confessionals five year profound that australian institutions including the church and seriously failed to protect children with tens of thousands of them abused over decades responding to the report Prime Minister will not turn will thank those who had come forward to tell their stories he said their courage could lead to a National Tragedy being exposed. For more knowledge across to sydney where journalist Roger Maynard is standing by for us roger this report was five years in the making one of the key findings here. Sarah this has been a long and exhaustive inquiry into a somebody that is both shocking and unpalatable and it reflects a dark chapter a lot in australian history involving tens of thousands of children many of whom are now adults and indeed elderly people. Commission the queues the Catholic Church i found the Catholic Church as well the main offenders of catastrophic failures of leadership reports as the abuses were not just a few Rotten Tomatoes in fact we will never ever know the full extent the true number of the commissions chairman Peter Mcclelland described the abuse as a National Tragedy to quote his words across many decades many institutions found children are charged with texan system let them down he said and just look at the figures ray briefly no fewer than sixty thousand survivors of sexual abuse will now be eligible for compensation more than forty thousand calls were made to the authorities no fewer than two thousand five hundred allegations have been referred to the police those are all the there are already two hundred fifty prosecutions under way sarah the numbers are chilling and as you say we may never know the full extent of this but the report does make some recommendations there recommending an end to celibacy amongst Catholic Priests and the mandatory reporting of sex abuse has the church sharon itself to be receptive to that. Well that remains to be seen as you rightly say these recommendations are hoped to stop anything like this ever happening again there are one hundred eighty nine of them and as you rightly point out one of them is controversial those urges the religious confessional to be put aside so that if a priest hear admissions of guilt involving a sexual abuse they are obliged legally to report them to the police or to the authorities and in another significant a move it recommends the Catholic Church make celibacy voluntary for crace. Suggesting that celibacy was a major contributory factor julie allegations of child sexual abuse over the years now whether the church and he has these recommendations remains to be see already today one senior cleric in australia has said that breaking the laws of the confessional and celibacy would effectively excommunicate him from the church and he was not prepared to disobey what he sees as gods law i thats journalist Roger Maynard walking us through the findings of this report in australia five years in the making roger thank you. Theres been violent clashes between protesters and police in argentina over the governments planned overhaul of pensions the rioting was so severe that it forced the congress and one of the areas to suspend debate over the reforms president morrissey on mockery says theyre needed to bring the countrys deficit under control and curb worryingly high inflation but his opponents say this all started dr will leave millions of people worse off. Cheery in buenos aires protesters demand the government keep its hands off their benefits trade unionists took big coals to the streets of argentinas capital bought them march descended into violence on wrist fueled by unpopular reforms im just cutting the countrys high deficit and reviving its economy. And video to me and the previous government we received two pension increases that helped us keep our dignity i mean to. Go the former government gave to the farmers to the minorities they gave to everyone but the new president is taking from the poorest and giving to the richest. Beyond rest outside spilling inside to forcing argentinas congress to suspended the banks over the reforms president merissa machree has been on something of an austerity drive in his two years in the job aside from tax and labor of forms machree is also trying to change how pension payments are calculated something expected to save billions but the opposition and labor unions say millions of retirees and people on benefits will end up with less money and unpopular oval hole that people here will hit aaj and tinas most vulnerable. During president frank. Has been attending the launch of celebrations at the israeli. See in berlin as israel prepares to mark its seventieth anniversary next year at the reception steinmeyer lit a menorah with israeli ambassador jeremy is a charge off but he also has strong words about the burning of israeli flags and antisemitic speech of protests in recent days those demonstrations followed u. S. President Donald Trumps decision to recognize jerusalem as israels capital heres what steinmeier had to say. They had soft option lets me say this if on anyone who burns the israeli flag on german soil shows not only a totally unacceptable hatred of israel. But also doesnt understand has or at least respect what it means to be germans. But that is that and then the german state has the responsibility to take a clear stand and intervene when necessary and then went up and says that it was no planes. Doctors without borders says at least six thousand seven hundred or hinge on muslims were killed in the first month of a crackdown by the army in august the Group Published the figure after speaking to survivors who are now sheltering in bangladesh the group said that what they were uncovered was staggering also in terms of the numbers and in the horrific way they were killed a warning some viewers might find parts of this next report disturbing. And with what little they could carry they crossed the border to bangladesh six hundred fifty thousand real hinge or have come here since the end of august. Each refugee has their own story harrowing accounts of what they and the people they left behind in me and mine are experienced like fifteen year old abdul salam he fled his village when it was attacked by what he says were soldiers for me and nor. We found lots of bodies people with their throats slit women with their breasts cut off bodies with their hands and legs cut off. Anyone who was wounded and couldnt get away was shot and killed my father and mother my sisters and my brother and all my cousins they were all dead all their hair had been burned off to. Doctors without borders gathered some two thousand five hundred eyewitness statements they estimate that sixty seven hundred or hinges have been killed between the end of august and the end of september of this year. In the face of such a q danger the general director of Doctors Without Borders in germany told you he did not want to see the refugees sent back to me and more that really puts into doubt the recently announced agreement between me and mine bangladesh concerning the return of these people we do not believe that dream guest should be forced against their will to return to me and under these circumstances the. Security cannot be ensured. In recent months the refugee camp at the border between me and maher in bangladesh has swelled to the size of a major city its become increasingly difficult to provide for the hundreds of thousands who fled here however aid organizations say that at the moment it is safer here than on the other side of the border. 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