A week its Catholic Church theyre leaving followers after wave of sex abuse scandals involving priests. And swaying the skeptics the social Democratic Party leader is on a mission to win over grassroots members so the idea of a grand coalition with Angela Merkels conservatives and months of political uncertainty. Welcome to the Program Thanks for joining us police in california say that they have free thirteen siblings who were allegedly imprisoned by their parents the victims range in age from two to twenty nine police say that they were alerted by a teenage daughter who managed to escape and call nine one one. Authorities were shocked at what they found hidden in this quiet suburb describing him a seated captives in foul smelling surroundings with padlocks and shackles. Neighbors described the family as reclusive the children nearly invisible. They were the type that you didnt really get to know anything about them they were very to themselves in a sense childish so they only kept to
fifteen thousand people have fled from villages around the philippines most active volcano as it spewed lava and ash scientists warn that a hazardous explosive eruption could happen at any time mount mahon have been increasingly restive since saturday prompting officials to issue evacuation warnings. in germany social democratic party leader martin schultz has been looking to win over the party s grass roots to the idea of another grand coalition with chancellor angela merkel s conservatives the rank and file must grant their approval to enter talks around forming a new government at a party summit on sunday but schultz faces a hard sell with skeptics saying that it betrays social democratic values so he has traveled to the party s heartland in an effort to win their support. welcome to dortmund historically a bastion of the social democrats but many have lost their appetite for