After a curfew was imposed on the city and made reeks of demonstrations against Police Brutality and corruption plus germany sends a Southern Region back into lockdown as the cause of 92nd week gathers pace with more than 100000 people are affected restrictions on public life are tightening elsewhere as well and touch and go in outer space after a 4 year journey a nasa spacecraft briefly makes contact with an asteroid where it snatches rock and dust samples. Thank you so much for your company where we start were breaking news from the Vatican Pope Francis has said that he saw. Ports Civil Union Laws to protect the rights of same sex couples he made the comment in a new documentary about the pontiff titled francesco which from here today at the rome Film Festival the statement marks a decided shift for the Roman Catholic church the film also tackles other controversial issues like racism Climate Change sexual abuse and relations between christians muslims and jews. Lets get you more on this breaking news that with our religious Affairs Correspondent martin a gak martin what did the pope say exactly. And so essentially there were 2 parts a statement a circulating thats a smudge as we have seen so far as how this part as you mentioned of documentary in which i imagine there will be a lot more to look through but essentially the 2 elements are that homosexuals have a right to a family so this is specifically has to do with the family sirico its not really just an assertion about rights or a question about legality but then the 2nd element is the one that has to do with civil rights essentially having the protections that are afforded by the law or to most couples or to most family units things that have to do with you know inheritance shared tenancy of. Property etc etc i mean all of these rights are rights doug ought to be afforded to that she wants to find this is what the poll said and does are really just momentous statements and momentous statements before we have we flesh this out a little bit more tell us is this a departure for the pope i mean what have his views been on civil unions for gay couples before he became pontiff. I think its you know most of us who have been observing sort of this is unfolding during the. I have seen a very consistent. Message of tolerance over usually dealing with in the environment of the church and especially have