Pope francis for same sex civil unions sparks mixed reactions around the world observers are calling the pontiff the clearest language yet on gay rights and christianity. And could plastic trash become part of life underwater an animated movie with a fresh take on the problem of plastic pollution makes a splash at this years student oscar awards. Im Rebecca Ritters welcome to the program germanys Public Health body says the country could face an uncontrollable spread of corona virus infections the robert cock institute has recorded a new high for daily cases and warns that covert 19 death rates are set to rise or thora teams have issued new travel warnings and are urging people to stick to the rules in an attempt to curb the spread of the virus but stricter measures could be yet to come. Its the highest number of new covert 1000 infections the german Public Health institute has had to report during this pandemic more than 11000 new cases in one day. These maps show in red where theyve
Gunshots the city as demonstrators came out onto the streets despite a curfew this comes after a peaceful protest was broken up by a shooting allegedly by nigerias security forces. Im told me a lot of welcome to the program pope francis has said that he supports Civil Union Laws to protect the rights of same sex couples this break from the vaticans traditional position on the issue the pope made the comment in a new documentary about him titled francesco which premiered on wednesday at the rome Film Festival the film also tackles other controversial issues such as racism Climate Change sexual abuse and relations between christians muslims and jews. Knowledge joined by chicago based journalist michael of laughlin he is a journalist and author who covers religion and politics with a particular focus on the Catholic Church michael good to have you on the program how have the popes comments on same sex civil unions been received in the u. S. Its been a welcome statement to many of bt catho
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Infection rates accel orating fast some labs in germany like this one in ryan and platon it a warning that smaller facilities are already working at full capacity and wouldnt necessarily be able to cope with rising numbers. Theres also increasing concern that more areas in germany will have to implement restrictions again like kiran back to london in bavaria where even schools have closed down again to curb the spread. But joining us now is d. W. Political correspondent huns plants huns what these numbers into perspective for us just how serious is the situation here in germany. Well one thing you could say is if germany was a foreign country germans wouldnt all be warned against traveling to that country because germany as a whole has exceeded the critical level of 50 cases of call the 100000 in the last 7 days but of course germany is germans are not being warned against traveling to germany itself the situation in germany is being looked at in a lot more detail of the fine detail in
Gun shops in the city as demonstrators came out on to the streets despite a curfew this after a peaceful protest was broken by shooting allegedly by nigerias Security Forces and a promise to preserve its values of secularism the french president paying tribute to the history teacher samuel concent he was killed outside his School Last Week. To our viewers on p. B. S. In the United States and to all of you around the world welcome it is a major shift in the Catholic Church pope francis says 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 intitled francisco 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 tha