Their homes as a wildfire blazes through woodland southwest of the german capital berlin the rapidly spreading fire covers an area about the size of four Hundred Sports Fields and a number of hundreds of firefighters are battling the flames right now but their work has been made harder by old munition from World War Two buried in the forest where this fire is happening right now police have said people though are not in danger at the moment. To ireland now where pope francis is due to begin a two day visit this weekend it is the first papal visit nearly forty years his trip comes as the vatican faces growing pressure from catholics to cooperate with criminal investigators on allegations of current and past Child Sex Abuse damning new revelations in the United States chile and australia have called into question the leadership of bishops and cardinals francis is expected to meet with some of
the victims but critics want accountability now. These are troubling times for the vatican the u. S. State of pennsylvania is currently investigating Three Hundred priests who will abuse pope francis has strongly condemned the wrongdoing. Survivors and victims should know that the pope is on their side he wants the church to listen to them so that we can root out this tragic horror which has destroyed the lives of so many innocent people. The Catholic Church has been rife with sexual abuse for decades many of the crimes were covered up in july and the archbishop of Adelaide Australia for the postman was forced to resign after it emerged that hed kept quiet about the priest sexual abuse his one Year Prison Sentence was commuted to house arrest in Chile Priest Fernando Cut A deal is alleged to have views children for decades he was considered one of the countrys most Important Church figures and State Prosecutors are now investigating
around One Hundred Sixty cases of abuse and in germany hundreds of cases of abuse have come to light one of the most shocking Five Hundred Fifty children at a Catholic School in the pagans book were victims of sexual molestation up until the one Nine Hundred Ninety s. The streets of dublin are getting ready for pope francis Visit Hundreds of abuse cases have been uncovered across ireland francis wants to meet with some of the victims but that hasnt made his visit any less controversial. Lets talk about this more now to do that im joined by Peter Saunders hes the founder of Britains National association for people abused in childhood and is themself a survivor of abuse peter thank you so much for being with us id like to this question the Global Organization ending clergy abuse is calling for pope francis to commit immediately to an action plan to end clergy abuse and stop the cover up do you expect him to do that in ireland today. Well it might be
alongside survivors in those countries because its a global its a global as you know its a global problem this is not in any sense an irish problem you mention caribbean or in in chile a its not in any sense a chilean problem that the church will often try and make it into a localized this you in no way is it a localized its you the church has being and is infested with with people who who are criminals who attack children and even when they are apprehended in one place the church actively protects them and moves them to another place often to another country typically to the Southern Hemisphere where the spotlight rarely seems to shine you know this is whats emerging what youve just described and to end this the pope is being called on to obligate dioceses around the world to report sex abuse cases past and turn to civil authorities its astounding at least to me that this is not already the case could we see some movement here peter. Well you know i
insert pope francis has it in there for five years and its time he did something concrete not just its you meet him after apologies well appear were getting an idea of the dimensions now briefly if you could easier the group i talked about says that Three Thousand Four Hundred clergy have been found guilty or implicated in the sex abuse by Church Authorities themselves whats the church doing with these clergy are they still working with children are they still working with teens. Sadly in some cases unbelievably ron yes and that is an utter outrage we are we are aware of priests who have been convicted of these crimes and then have been allowed back in to ministry i mean what is going on here its its its criminal and im often im not A Loss For Words but im lost for words on how this church our church has got at least the two tional church has done away with this for so long something has got
to change and the figures whatever they are whatever the official figures are in terms of perpetrators and we often forget the victims but the figures have a far far greater than our of our knowledge to Peter Saunders thank you so much for your courage in coming forward peter and thanks for all your work founding Britains National socialism for people abused in childhood thank you very much for being with us and q. Now for a look at some of the other stories making The News Today Hurricane Lane is Pounding Hawaii with high winds and torrential rains as it moves across the pacific the storm has now been downgraded to category three but still can cause major damage with winds of up to two hundred Kilometers Per Hour the extreme downpours have triggered Flash Flooding and landslides. South africa has accused President Trump of fueling racial tensions after he said farmers were being forced off their land and many of them killed south africas ruling a. N. C. Plans to speed up the expropriation of land without compensation to redress racial
imbalances in Land Ownership pretoria called from st misinformed. Chancellor on the back all is visiting georgia as part of a three day tour of the caucasus you met with the georgian Prime Minister on thursday and she rejected fast tracking of membership for the country from now head to the armenian capital year of on before ending her trip and are to be gone tomorrow. Ok were take you now live to australia where Scott Morrison is being sworn in as australias new Prime Minister in that country hes australias former Finance Minister hes promised a generational the other thirty a change in the warring Liberal Party are seeing him right there shaking hands after signing in as Prime Minister was a surprise winner when from for him in a three way challenge for the leadership of his party was brought on by
a right wing rival inside the party this week. Football now and were about twelve hours from the kickoff of the bundesliga season germanys top division of football still one of the top leagues in the world Chris Harrington from the sports desk here to talk about that good morning crest morning lots of hype lots of excitement will this fall be better than the dismal summer weve seen for german football yeah that is will some years because of course is the premature exit there are many though is that if its for the world cup yeah of course theyre still suffering from that you know dismal performance you know put in terms of the but is the coming up some fans argue that it is lacking competitiveness you know but theres a Big Match Coming Up Tonight by vs hoffenheim to. Viable opponents i would say buyer typically is the reigning champion of the but if they go but some good news for you brad we do have a report previewing the season lets take
a look at that now ok. The new bundesliga season is upon us ready to treat fans to another glut of emotions. Germanys shocking World Cup Campaign however is still fresh in focus as well as the poor performance of Bundesliga Clubs in Europe Paying Competition last internationally german football is going through a bleak period only by merely because stuart out they made the semifinals of the Champions League last season and of march to six consecutive bundesliga titles with little competition under new coach nico because thats the champions expect their writing to continue. And its six months. By now six times champions in a row who want to make sure that we have champions again for a seventh time but we also know that the others will not make it easy. For them to try everything to Take The Crown office gotten clients dominance is dangerous the
top of the race can only be competitive if other clubs boost their spending but you do the fifty plus one rule investors can completely take over the Bundesliga Clubs massive Transfer Fees paid by sides in england spain or by french heavyweights paras such a man simply cannot be matched dawson to spend Seventy Three MillionEuro Zone You play is the most out of any Bundesliga Club after a turbulent twelve months there is hope of the revival is known as a top two or more situation where a lot of questions have to be asked but im a long way from saying that everything was bad. But of course we know that we have to raise our performances so that we can once again treat our fans to proper football. But. The Bonus Leaguers becoming a development and selling league. As they go Runners Up Shelters sold central defender t. Low canter to p. S. G. For thirty seven Million Euros but they still want to challenge pine for the
championship i cough and hi im also Havent Invested heavily but their coach is upbeat in his final season at the club tell me that every team basically wants to be champion were giving everything to have a successful season and then well see what comes at the end of the campaign a more exciting season thats what old german Football Fans are hoping for but there has been a Supporter Backlash as the bundesliga becomes increasingly commercialized yet without the increased cash flow the legal full further behind its rivals its a Balancing Act that the point is they can must achieve in the upcoming season. Its a very tough Balancing Act isnt it is the bonus league are in danger of falling behind countries like england spain even france and especially because of the restrictions its under well let me explain those restrictions really quickly in the bonus think its quite unique they have what you call the fifty plus one rule
which is designed to give fifty plus one majority control to the club the voters and it prevents if one investor coming in to have a Majority Vote in pretty much taking over the club and changing the tradition in plea you know some fans argue that restricts clubs spending there were strict simply becoming competitive against teams such as byron you know so soon so thats one thing or you could suggest that teams just spin wisely and retain players for longer because as we heard of the report the bun as they get has become somewhat of a Development League you know for players just to increase their value and then springboard to another league so im split on the decision we have to wait and see how this season pans out because you know byron as we saw has a new man in charge so we dont know if they will you know remain at the top of the table or not we have to see ok traditional sayings those restrictions keep tradition. In the club talking about the richest club now by in munich it looks like theyre about to sell one of their all time greats right you know draw board
say thats been going back and forth you know according to reports there were two teams interested Manchester United buyer reportedly refused that offer and according to the latest report ive just read this morning that they have reduced their asking price for Jerome Bullock saying you know given the option for p. S. G. If they want to do pull the trigger but a core and of course boateng has voiced his desire as well of joining the french champions i mean they have neymar superstars so we have to wait and see what happens but set. Is discussed in a Television Interview that you might see Drawing Board saying as we exit by the end of the Transfer Window so it remains to be saying we have to see what happens ok theres a lot there remains we see in the season lets take a look at dortmund and their new coach i was out looking illusion. You know hes had it to stance in the bin as they did before hes a smart tactician a perfectionist and hes known for developing Young Players and young talent you dont want to particularly marco royce he gets credited for pretty much bringing
marco royce into the player hes known as today and increasing his value so thats a really good matchup when you consider all of the young talent that exists at dortmund and hes a perfectionist you know thats also a you know a good thing because hes going to be hard on the players and hes going to demand results which is the most important thing for dortmund right now chris thanks very much chris herring and for us from the sports this. Well now this earlier this month scientists in siberia made a sensational find a mama fired for thats about Four Thousand years old and now theyve shown off their discovery to the public for the very first time its the worlds best preserved prehistoric baby horse its hair tail main organs all kept intact by siberias very chilly Permafrost Cole was found on a remote crater known by locals as the way to the underworld. Ok lets get over to monica now and a meeting a very powerful people today in the upper world in jackson hold a peep resize a central bank is there a gathering in jackson hole wyoming for their annual economic retreat organized by the Federal Reserve investors are especially awaiting saturdays Keynote Address from fed chairman Jerome Powell itll be his first chance to comment publicly on recent criticism from the white house president dodged trump said he was unhappy with the feds plan to hike Interest Rates and that was a break with the tradition that president s do not comment on the fits decisions powells remarks in jackson hole will also be examined for any clues as to whether he thinks trumps Trade Policies will hurt the u. S. Economy. And here officials figures just out show that germanys governments recorded a surplus of more than Forty Eight Billion euros in the first half of this year producing a surplus of two point nine percent it is also the countrys biggest surplus ever
recorded in a half year amid a very slight rise in spending but the wide difference between income and spend is likely to lead to new calls for increased Public Investment in things like schools and Infrastructure Trading Partners especially the us a Big Critical Of The German surplus saying no public spending keeps wages and prices down and makes german exports more competitive than others. Well there is something id like to discuss with man of the Frankfurt Stock ExchangeDanielle German of first time figures we have an eight big record surplus again perhaps its time to invest a little bit yes the better germans with their big surplus exactly yes investments what we necessary the money is there the surplus is there and now its time to and best and theres so many different areas where germany is way behind just this week the situation of school was a big topic here again in the country many off the Stage Run Schools are in
horrible conditions teachers are missing also infrastructure and i dont just mean of roles which are in many areas also in very bad conditions but also regarding the Digital Infrastructure in germany is way behind a few weeks ago i was on assignment here for g. W. Untied and i was amazed of all there are four g. Network even in small cities in the northern part of the country here in many rule areas you might not even get a signal even here in frankfurt there are places where you have slow or almost no internet and also here at the Frankfurt Stock Exchange germanys Financial Hop Inside we almost dont have any cellular signal all right i hope that you could still follow the news we just mentioned that the central bank is meeting in jackson hole is taking place and does that play a role where you are oh yes they are monitoring exactly whats going to happen during this meeting you mentioned it a little bit earlier it will be also the first opportunity for mr powell to talk if
what he things if the trade war or conflict is going to hurt the u. S. Economy investors are expecting during the next nine to twelve months three to four more interest her Interest Rate hikes in the United States something you just mentioned it donald trump is not going to like. In frankfurt think is a much. Well meanwhile u. S. Sanctions against russia appear to be biting the ruble has fallen to its lowest level against the dollar in two years now in a bid to stabilize the foreign currency Russia Central Bank says it will stop buying foreign currency until the end of september. The turbulent day for the ruble as it plunged to a two year low against the dollar then came the announcement from the central bank and calm was restored temporarily at least analysts say theres an easy explanation for the volatility this is all related to the threat of sanctions who are for more
sanctions coming from the u. S. The market is full of rumors as to what may or may not be coming next out of u. S. Congress and thats creating a lot of nervousness and volatility in the room or at the ruble earlier this week the u. S. Imposed sanctions on two Russian Shipping Companies accused of trading oil with north korea and russias alleged involvement in the poisoning of former Spy Sergeis Cripple seen here on the right could result in a new far reaching set of sanctions on the streets of moscow locals dont appear too fazed by the rubles declining value. Well most of my savings are in rubles so it doesnt matter that much to me my clients pay me in rubles too so i havent suffered losses there either the only thing which worries me is that they say prices will be growing well lets see you do fly before. You know. That. But wait and see wasnt
a strategy the central bank was willing to risk the rubles weaknesses come despite an increase in oil prices and a general improvement in the russian economy a fresh set of u. S. Sanctions could swiftly undo those games. And heres a reminder of the top story were following for you. Australias new Prime MinisterScott Morrison seen here on the left has been sworn in by the governor general he takes over from Malcolm Turnbull who was ousted up to a Leadership Challenge from within the governing Liberal Party marson is the sixth australian Prime Minister in a decade. And pope francis is preparing to visit ireland where sexual abuse of children by priests has rocked the church and damning new revelations in the United States chile and australia have plunged to the church into a credibility trust. This is due to the news thanks for watching. Move. On to. More intrigue on International Talk show for journalists to discuss the topic of the week hes president of the one to blame for turkeys economic crisis should europe should germany prop up the man whos turned his country into an auto person and. Find out on poetry coming up shortly. More trigo next d. W. Assigns Fiction Writer to bridge the real and
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