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 and russia got their hands on Voter Registration data they use that information the iranian groups did to send these threatening emails as you mentioned and as you said in those emails that said vote for President Trump or else now these emails were actually signed by the group the proud boys this is the White Supremacist Group some of our viewers might remember that the president refused to denounce in the 1st televised debate and this is a group that does support the president but that was a false flag tommy there is a lot of information we dont know at this point to tell you what that is thats crucial we dont know which groups were behind this we dont know if Voter Registration databases themselves were accessed because that would also be a really key here and we dont know what the intent was the f. B. I. Director said the intent was clearly to hurt President Trump but if you think about it if democrats were intimidated from going to the polls and perhaps didnt cast their ballots that certainly would hurt joe biden so we are hoping for more information to be revealed in the coming days remember there was a fallout over foreign interference in the last Election Campaign but now the director of National Intelligence is reassuring americans that they can be confident that their votes are secure. Thats absolutely right the director of National Intelligence saying really for americans your votes are safe and secure no votes have been tampered with here and the f. B. I. Cyber Security Officials they have been warning about these threats all year long that means they have been monitoring for these threats all year long because precisely what we saw in 2016 the interference by russia now something to keep in mind is that the u. S. Election system is actually very decentralized its administered on a state and on a county level so if it is difficult for foreign adversaries to effectively attack but misinformation disinformation certainly taken very seriously it doesnt mean tampering with a vote but certainly can change the way of Voters Decide to cast his or her ballot ok so we will have to leave it there so we saw misconduct in washington thank you. The f. B. I. Announcement came as come painting into its final and frantic stage upcoming vote President Trump was cheered by supporters in the battleground state of North Carolina all the democrats brought out the biggest star to stump for biden. Hello philadelphia. Years and honks for former u. S. President barack obama at a drive in rally as he hit the campaign trail for joe biden the democratic nominee and his from ice president obama didnt mince words when it came to current president donald trump. I get that this president gets full credit for the economy a narrative. And 0 blame for the pandemic. But you know what the job doesnt work that way to waiting at the television doesnt fix things. But burma highlighted by his contribution to his own presidency and he urged voters to show up we cant be complacent i dont care about the polls there are all bunch of polls last time didnt work out because all those folks stayed at home. I got lazy and complacent not this time not in this election. In some places that has been easier said than done as early voting started many people waited in line for hours and some counties reported blackouts at voting sites or faulty mail and ballots still a record 42000000 americans have cost early ballots already according to the u. S. Elections project. At a Campaign Event in the battleground state of North Carolina president ial braley to his supporters and painted a dystopian picture of the u. S. Under joe biden Sleepy Joe Biden is handed control of his party overture socialist card meters marches and leftwing extremists. And theyre filled with hatred then a great. Most voters have already made up their minds but the 2nd and last president ial debate on thursday night is a last chance to win over the undecided. Early on wednesday President Trump showed his discontent at the choice of topics for debate and the decision to mute microphones to avoid interruptions after a chaotic 1st debate i think. That for. Our. Very. First. Terms comments perhaps setting the tone for his final sparring match with his challenger. Germany has reported a new Record Number of corona virus cases over the past 24 hours the latest daily figure stands at more than 11000 cases the man responsible for the handling of the pandemic Germanys Health minister yes spann announced he has tested positive for covert 19 in oslo and came just hours after he attended a Cabinet Meeting with chancellor merkel and other ministers is now self isolating. Now the minister testing positive right after a Cabinet Meeting does that mean the entire cabinet including chancellor Angela Merkel could now be infected we put that question to Political Correspondent in money well she has but can they imagine that all those who have been in close contact with the house minister might get tested quite soon however we also got a Statement Today from the chancellor is press office highlighting the fact that the federal cabinet meets in compliance with hygiene and these tense rooms and that ensures that theres no need for participants to be quarantined is the person who later tests positive for coroner virus ease a president of the meeting that we dont know yet he did chancellor has been tested about daddy ideas here she immediately went into quarantine when her doctor had tested positive shortly after having given her vaccine shot now in terms of continued to within the House Ministry for now. Will probably continue working from isolation he also tweeted that he only suffered from my cold like symptoms as you mentioned but of course he wont be meeting with anyone of course the has minister has been a leading figure behind and got america behind it chancellor for the governments response to the pandemic so this is of course a setback but theres also no reason to believe that this will disturb the countrys governance and handling of the pandemic now a look at some of the developments in the global pandemic. Spain has become the 1st western european country to record 1000000 corona virus infections doubling its tally in just 6 weeks astra zeneca and Oxford University say their vaccine trial will continue despite the death of a volunteer in brazil regulators say there are no concerns about the safety of the brazilian trial and russias president Vladimir Putin says he is not planning to impose any blanket blanket restrictions to contain the pandemic his comments come as russia reported a record new daily death toll now a quick summary of some of the days other headlines thousands of colombians have marched in bogota to protest the governments social and economic policies Police Violence and the killing of human rights activists they also decried the rise of poverty caused by the coronavirus pandemic the marches are the latest in a sporadic series of protests which began late last year. Thailands Prime Minister says he will end of state of emergency that was imposed in the capital bangkok to suppress antigovernment demonstrations is the 7th consecutive day of protests protesters want the government to resign and a new constitution as well as reforms to the monarchy. Or Memorial Service in paris french president Emmanuel Mccraw has paid tribute to the history teacher beheaded by an islamist last friday. Was killed after showing cartoons of the prophet mohammed to his students in a debate on freedom of expression will crawl call the teacher a quiet hero slain by cowards. Pope francis has said that he supports Civil Union Laws to protect the rights of same sex couples this breaks 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 of a controversial issues such as racism Climate Change sexual abuse and relations between christians muslims and jews. Knowledge joined by 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 catholics who feel like they dont really have a home in the church theyve been impressed by the popes willingness to shift the churchs attitude toward gays and lesbians and they see this is yet another example of him wanting to make the church more welcoming is even if he isnt changing Church Teaching the church is not playing to change his teaching on marriage or views on gay relationships is simply the pope saying we should be more welcoming and gay and lesbian people to have the same kind of civil rights as other people and how has this affected you personally. Yeah ive been reporting on issues in the Copley Church for a decade now recently produced a podcast about the churchs response to hiv and aids that talk to a lot of gay catholics and ive heard overwhelmingly that the hurt and pain experienced by catholics historically especially at the height of the aids crisis in the church is really cracking down on push for Gay Liberation in the church that even having a change in tone is a welcome relief and i certainly understand that as someone who you know kind of struggles with some teachings from some Church Leaders having someone in and papacy talk about the need to welcome people to remind them that god loves them as much as god loves any of christians or other people so it is sort of a welcome shift in our rhetoric that were hearing from the vatican and the one that pope francis has been pushing now for going on 7 years so. We look at this as progress so should the pontiff prepare for backlash. I think the vatican is scrambling a little bit there has been some push back in the United States from. Bishops who are a little more conservative in their politics kind of saying that they want the pope to clarify what he means by this pointing out that the churchs view on marriage is that it is a union between one man and one woman so there is some pushback and i think what well probably see in the cup in coming days is the vatican kind of weighing in saying you know the pope has talked about this before when he was archbishop what is are is he try to fight same sex marriage law by suggesting that maybe civil unions were the way to go that the church is not changing its teachings even if the pope wants pastors to be more welcoming so theyre already is sort of the struggle to put these words into context and to remind catholics that even if the pope changes how he talks about this issue it doesnt change what the church teaches about the issue but well have to leave it there half an hour Michael Olaughlin many thanks for your time. 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Gemini is a leading industrial nation that still has many areas that desperately lag behind on the telecoms fronts and that applies to both landlines and Internet Access though Broadband Speed rankings constantly fluctuates germany ranks in the mid thirtys compared to other countries. And while other countries pick up the pace germany is struggling to keep up. My one solution be an extraterrestrial one providing high Speed Internet for everyone. The earths orbit will soon be home to new constellations of satellites in the thousands could they make the vision a fast connectivity everywhere on us a reality. Which regions in germany have the worst Internet Connection and how is performance measured. The Engineering Consultancy group p 3 specializes in gauging the signal strength of networks for mobile phone and internet providers. Its fleet of several dozen cars ferries it specialists all across europe to detect any gaps in coverage. Or the technicians measured the surfing speed of farias web sites including the up and down load of data and video streaming aborted transfers and sluggish intermittent connectivity indicate deficits in Network Quality of the digital isnt and im computer for the phones or being connected to a computer where a sound file is being played once im out of touch just a tennis telephone the 1st 4 calls the 2nd one vendors are called and once that calls over theres a brief pause and then the 2nd phone calls the 1st one. And thats repeated all day long so as to objectively determine the voice qualities of the chief and the jittery of the cup. The team also use speed test websites to check d. S. L. And landline connections on millions of computers worldwide. That enables or left to must play fee and their fellow engineers and 100. 00 to give providers an overview of Global Networks the information reveals how well or poorly competitive is up a full making the most of its use in this is data gathered from users around the world. Developed a piece of software that is integrated in around 900. 00 apps is the software is into gear and these apps are installed on a. 200000000 devices well why and go and study up for not going to users agree to be involved in Network Quality assessment this out or register the actual user experience. Wherever the user is using their device to download material or view videos we can see in the background how good their Network Coverage was. Whether it was 3 g. Or 4 g. s which country which provider and a lot of other information we get our information not via the users via the networks. Thats. The biggest bottlenecks in coverage within germany or in the east of the country but some of the worst Internet Connection is down in the southwest in the area around the town of bad 2nd and. Youre going. Up with other local residents calling for Free Internet and the local authorities are also helping to set up wife i hope spots across the area the only alternative is to use mobile phone providers across the border in switzerland albeit at a price so yes i think thats right and its our stock of coverage from switzerland is great here is that i have a weak signal for a German Network and strong signals for 2 swiss want to expand in kind of a kind of being unable to access data was on the road is a major problem for companies to come and service legalise the company. If i cant do after sales or carry out jobs or orders i cant get my clients any information soon to get to students. And the Emergency Services cant get the data and information they need to help people whove had an accident. Some areas here are so remote that Network Providers are reluctant to invest in installing broadband cables and that includes places along some of germanys highways and other non urban roads and i got excited for. So you cant use the time on the road for a couple of phone conversati