Child brides. Some married for love, some as a way to guarantee safe passage, while others were paired off as local tradition demanded, raising awkward questions for german authorities. Thats why parliament passed a new law here in germany that officially makes 18 the minimum age for marriage and nullifying any existing marriages involving anyone under 16. Our reporter met with a girl who was torn between being a dutiful daughter and choosing how she would like to live. Hevi is a kurdish girl who now lives in a secret location somewhere in germany, anonymously and in fear of her own family and a forced marriage. She talks about how, on her 15th birthday, her life took a sudden and radical turn for the worse. The violence i experienced at home was really brutal. To get spat on so often by my father that was the worst, because i felt so humiliated. Hevi comes from a devout muslim family. Her father is an imam. The family started to isolate hevi more and more. They didnt allow her to get
Child brides. Some married for love, some as a way to guarantee safe passage, while others were paired off as local tradition demanded, raising awkward questions for german authorities. Thats why parliament passed a new law here in germany that officially makes 18 the minimum age for marriage and nullifying any existing marriages involving anyone under 16. Our reporter met with a girl who was torn between being a dutiful daughter and choosing how she would like to live. Hevi is a kurdish girl who now lives in a secret location somewhere in germany, anonymously and in fear of her own family and a forced marriage. She talks about how, on her 15th birthday, her life took a sudden and radical turn for the worse. The violence i experienced at home was really brutal. To get spat on so often by my father that was the worst, because i felt so humiliated. Hevi comes from a devout muslim family. Her father is an imam. The family started to isolate hevi more and more. They didnt allow her to get
President obama and japans Prime Minister shinzo abe have laid wreaths at the site of the japanese attack on Pearl Harbour where nearly 2,500 americans died in1941. Its the first visit by a japanese leader while still in office. Mr abe pledged that the horrors of war must never be repeated but stopped short of apologising. Heres our tokyo correspondent Rupert Wingfield hayes. It has taken 75 years but today the Prime Minister of japan and the president of the United States stood side by side in silent contemplation, at the spot where the pacific war began. They threw flowers into the water where the wreck of the Battleship Arizona still lies. More than a thousand us sailors died when the arizona exploded under a Rain Ofjapanese bombs. In all, more than 2,400 americans were killed in the surprise 1941 attack. Today, Prime Minister abe spoke of his profound sadness that so many young lives were suddenly ended without warning. Translation we must never repeat the horrors of war again. Thi
The center of one of the biggest humanitarian crises facing europe today, the huge numbers of refugees and migrants coming to the eu. Cedrics home is on one of the main routes that Asylum Seekers take on their way towards Northern Europe and hes decided to help them. But now cedric is possibly facing prison for what he says is simply his duty as a human being. 20yearold hassan from chad slipped by Police Checks and special military units to cross the mountainous border from italy to the French Village of breilsurroya at night. His goal, Cedric Herrous farm. Other refugees who returned to italy told me about this place. Word got around that cedric is a person who helps us. With some European Countries trying to close their borders, cedric is doing just the opposite, and hes not alone. Many volunteers from roya valley, like this nurse, have been helping refugees. Cedric says he first saw them coming through the railway tunnel behind his farm. Since then, hes had more guests nearly every
Hes suddenly found himself at the center of one of the biggest humanitarian crises facing europe today, the huge numbers of refugees and migrants coming to the eu. Cedrics home is on one of the main routes that Asylum Seekers take on their way towards Northern Europe and hes decided to help them. But now cedric is possibly facing prison for what he says is simply his duty as a human being. 20yearold hassan from chad slipped by Police Checks and special military units to cross the mountainous border from italy to the French Village of breilsurroya at night. His goal, Cedric Herrous farm. Other refugees who returned to italy told me about this place. Word got around that cedric is a person who helps us. With some European Countries trying to close their borders, cedric is doing just the opposite, and hes not alone. Many volunteers from roya valley, like this nurse, have been helping refugees. Cedric says he first saw them coming through the railway tunnel behind his farm. Since then, hes