Pose a threat to the chancellor. Clause in a mock shift for the Catholic Church pope francis says he supports same sex civil unions observers are calling it the clearest language yet from the pontiff on gay rights and christianity. Im told me a lot of ball welcome to the program with just 2 weeks to go before the u. S. President ial election intelligence officials believe that iran and russia have interfered in the upcoming vote they accuse iran of being behind recent intimidating emails targeted at American Voters to sow unrest in multiple states they also stated that teheran and moscow obtained Voter Registration details with the goal of interfering in the election democratic voters in at least 4 battleground states received emails that threatened we will come after you if the recipients didnt vote for donald trump. U. W. Correspondent is in washington covering events for us. Can you tell us more about these accusations well tell me what we know at this point is that groups from iran
Disputed. Thailands government lifts emergency measures that failed to curb major protests in bangkok. How much not have all the sport european champions by munich kicked off their Champions League title defense in emphatic fasten. Fashion athletic and i did 4 nil at home. And were going to begin with a coronavirus pandemic with countries across europe grappling with a rise in cold with 19 infections in some places governments have had little choice but to shut down entire cities to contain the virus on thursday france became the 2nd country in the European Union to record more than a 1000000 infections paris and 8 other large cities have been subjected to nighttime curfews and saturday that follows spain which became the 1st in the to exceed a 1000000 cases the Health Minister says he expects life is going to be tough for the next 5 to 6 months meanwhile germanys reported a daily record hike in infections on thursday thats after the Health Minister qian spahn tested positive for coron
The 6th nation in the world to pass 1000000 cases spain has been tightening restrictions to help stem a surge in new infections. I dont memo real service in paris french president in my home across has paid tribute to samuel party the history teacher beheaded by an islamist last friday that he was killed after showing cartoons of the prophet mohammad to his students in a debate on freedom of expression across called the teacher a quiet hero slain by cowards. This is news from berlin follow us on twitter and instagram news or visit our website d. W. Dot com. For. More. Today Germanys Health minister the governments guardian of Public Health announced that he has tested positive for the corona virus another reminder of just how contagious this virus is here in europe the number of new infections is skyrocketing again spain has more than a 1000000 cases ireland is imposing a 2nd lockdown parts of the u. K. And germany are shutting down to winter is coming the corona chill has already arri
Gunshots in the city as demonstrators came out onto the streets despite a curfew this comes after a peaceful protest was broken up by shooting legendary by nigerias Security Forces. Im told me all of the ball 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 comments 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. Im now joined by chicago based journalist Michael A 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
You h. O. About the state of health in the Central African republic. We meet the sound artist using poetry and song to explore how colonial power was brought western sexism to her birth country cameroon. And im presuming to welcome to news africa thousands of people in senegal as capital death call home after a stroll at the weekend brought nearly a years worth of rainfall in a single day this is video from a densely populated suburbs off to cause some residents had to be evacuated by canoe local media reports that at least 4 people have died in the flooding across the country the government has come under fire for its response to the disaster. Homes a swamps. And these sandbags havent been much help. Flooding has become a fact of life for families here and far deeper than this water is the frustration which keeps rising even as the flooding subsides in this stack a neighborhood people feel theyve been forgotten and ignored for years. Since 2012 the state comes in makes promises but un