Military intervention against venezuela and opposes any actions that may lead to escalating tensions or even unrest in venezuela. The lot of the people of the republic of venezuela today are once again fighting for peace and love the world and i think thats why everyone is asking venezuela that humanitarian aid or rights for the citizens of venezuela where you know. All sorts of ive d. W. Talks to a survivor of sexual abuse was who has been called the man who changed the popes mind on the issue. I always say it i cannot be the exception i cannot be exception of this person who is listen to this no i have to be the norm the norm as survivors all over the world. We start in venezuela where the countrys economic crisis has become a story of two rival concerts one stage to end the country one just beyond its border they put their minds the political standoff so lets take a quick look at how this happened Nicolas Maduro won mays president ial election after using a Controversial Constituent Assembly to call elections six months early despite rampant hyperinflation and a lack of food and medical goods he says this way that doesnt need economic help. This man is president of the countrys National Assembly venezuelas parliament he says Nicolas Maduro has no authority and has declared himself the countrys interim president hes calling for fresh parliamentary and president ial elections venezuela space has divided foreign governments the United States germany britain and france all support are amongst the countries backing. While russia iran and turkey are sticking by Nicolas Maduro todays focus is on this point here this is the Border Crossing between venezuela and colombia its open to pedestrians the venezuelan government has closed it to trucks to stop aid from the u. S. Being driven into the country. So there are two concerts being held on just outside the colombian city of kuta on the border with us way that a lifestyle of vantage happen at one end of the bridge in colombia while president us must that supports us to hundreds of venezuela called the other. This is on the colombian side welcome how has the day unfolded. Fulfill we have seen the colombian side of these concerts of course and it is a day of hope and of celebration for many that are hoping for a change in the venezuelan government we have seen Many International stars that are very well known in latin america at least perhaps the most internationally known of them is response the famous for his despair seato song so this all range tells us its a celebration here but many of the people that are taking part of the concert will also be the ones trying to hand over the humanitarian aid and to cross the border into men as well tomorrow a scenery where we will have none of this happiness and none of this celebration atmosphere where we will probably see things get ugly will come to that in just a moment what was the stated purpose of these two events. The purpose better was to send a very clear sign on this side it is a signal to the world telling the world that venezuela needs help that it needs donations that it needs to so many terror and aid and political change whereas the other side is trying to send the complete opposite message that been as well as a country that is under attack and that needs to be protected from colombia from the United States and its allies and that it needs to be saved from a post possible invasion thats why Nicolas Maduro and possibly the military will work to do just that he was there any sign of tension between these two rival events. None so far actually we have seen the colombian president and the chilean president and the president of pirate why having political speeches that have been of course very clear but so far not that aggressive and the other side of it as well inside has been surprisingly silent we havent seen any clear statements coming from the concert or images for that matter or noise since were standing here you would expect us to be able to hear the concert that is not far away so this has actually been a very suspicious silence coming from the venezuelan side so far from what we can receive here lets look ahead then to is expected to happen on saturday one says he and hundreds of thousands of his supporters will collect food and medicines from colombia despite the president s orders that he must not come into the country what sort of confrontation are we likely to see. Well filled that will depend on one thing only whether the border between colombia and venezuela will remain open or not if the border remains open that is probably through the orders of nicoles mother widow then well probably have a more peaceful scenario with people bringing that humanitarian aide venezuelans by the way who are at least legally allowed to enter the country but if the border is close to the opposition well look for alternatives process through a legal passes through the border or using force and then well see the other important aspect which is the reaction of the military both from colombia and even as well so this of morrows action whether they are turned back or whether they are allowed to go ahead this will be the most significant sort of direct confrontation between. The president. And it will also be the first confrontation of this type between them and as well in a position in general which has unified. For the first time under it why does leadership and with the support of the International Community that has so far been on scene that is why this is a critical point and that is why hopes are so high from the people that are behind my back right now following this concert film and of course crucial to all of this is the military how they act how they behave whether they start shooting some fog they have remained loyal to president is there any sign of that changing. Well it depends on who you talk to some people from the military that are here in colombia rebels if you will they tell us that vast majority of the military actually is not with me on that they will allow the entrance of humanitarian aid then again the official voices tell us repeatedly that no humanitarian aid will be allowed into the country it will come down to the opinion of the public where the military will have to decide whether to stay loyal to me or possibly confront angry people angry colleagues angry family members that need this food and medicine and that are hoping for them to allow it into the country that is going to be the most important and crucial aspect to decide tomorrow. Again this Colombia Border city. Today is the second day of the vaticans four day summit into tackling sexual abuse in the Catholic Church bringing together bishops vatican officials experts and heads of religious orders and survivors it has allowed victims to tell Church Leaders directly about the devastating effects abuses had on their lives. Religious Affairs Correspondent martin guy has been meeting crews in rome is a chilean sexual abuse survivor who addressed bishops at thursdays opening ceremony. So you can call the man who changed the popes. Said. Perhaps too much but certainly you have a pretty Important Role at least in the last couple of years of elements so the question is do you really think. That there has been a change of mind in the church as a whole well i am certainly honored that they call me the man who changed the popes mind because i dont think i did i but i do think that the pope has been very eager to listen and when ive been with him and talk to him i can be very candid and very honest with him and i think he hes not the man that he was in twenty seventeen and who he is today and i think that has a lot of merit because a man of eighty eighty two years old doesnt change that easily but hes listened hes hes paid attention and i think his heart is in the right place now more this this is a mountain to think that in your opinion theres been enough changes of the ones that you expected to see do you feel that there has been an effective change in the position of the church since you came into this well in my case absolutely whats happened in chile its been an incredible and heard often its created also sort of a Snowball Effect on this right other countries are imploding you see spain its imploding right now because of the same situations that were happening until you see pedro you see costa rica you see and wait till india happens and the philippines and some countries in africa its the tip of the iceberg so i cant say that things have changed theyve changed maybe in the awareness and maybe theres some people that are doing the right thing but this needs to you know theres a theres a lot that needs to happen i ask you what what would it mean you think for the church to be changed i mean what would that look like. Well you know in terms of abuse its bishops doing the right thing which is. Sticking to canon law the things that they have and being rigorous about that and the most to put up your call when im out of ammo should should be you know and forced but not only that i work with Law Enforcement with civil authorities in every country and turn in those pedophiles these bishops that tell you well i dont have the responsibility to turn in these you know these sinners theyre not sinners theyre criminals who have committed crimes to civil authorities no everybody should be doing that everybody should be doing do you think do you think that the church will eventually i mean and would in the foreseeable future make this its policy of turning evidence to National Authorities i wish they did i dont know but i wish they did at least until its happening and you know what. Its happening in other countries spain is waking up like i said and lot Law Enforcement who had been a bit sleepy regarding this or are taking it very seriously so the pressure i think will end up breaking you know these people who dont want to change what happened twenty years ago or or thirty year whenever in the United States and in ireland and we thought ok it happened its changing and then nothing ever happened. I think its very difficult to stop it now because of the advent of social media of victims you know daring to speak up and standing up and you know i always say it i cannot be the exception i cannot be exception of this person who is listened to and others know i have to be the norm and the norm as survivors all over the world maybe they cant meet with the pope all the time and thats ok by bishops around the world need to. The first thing needs to be to care about the person. And whos making an allegation of abuse can i say in your Opening Statement you said youre not here to tell your story again. Do you think the time has come for Something Else than just selling the story your house hearing to victims absolutely i mean you know i was honored to to be there and open the summit you know with my testimony but my kids money wasnt about me and what happened to me and my abuse what i what i told them is you know what sexual abuse desk to people youve heard it time and time and time again and you and you i think you understand and you know and if you dont you shouldnt be here by by by what i want to tell them is that youre murdering you should be doctors of the soul youre murdering souls youre murdering faith and my country was a proud catholic country. They fought against dictatorship they fought against things at the church made us proud proud so eighty something ninety percent of the country was very proud suddenly we speak up and we uncover this horror thats happening and now that its a seventeen percent of approval of the church thats terrible what do you think is the for itself this thing that gets repeated and it was repeated today again that the recent why the church as an institution is not willing to give evidence to National Authorities as very often because victims dont want this to happen well that happens i mean theres there are survivors that that dont want to. Be put in the position of talking to judges or to talking to Law Enforcement for whatever reason you have to understand the trauma of being have used a rape it is horrible for men women whatever the social. Pressure and difficulty that that means is. Its horrible so so its understandable that some people dont want to talk but there are many who do and id say the majority do want to talk so. Church authorities should be facilitating that and helping them and accompanying them to meet with civil law thora these and help them through the process no matter what happens so the last question course is actually if you could say i mean if you could imagine what would be the very thing that you would want to see the church do that one thing that would really make the difference i mean its probably a tall order there given the fact that its a very Large Institution but what is essentially the christmas the Christmas Wish so to say my my wish would be that zero tolerance is absolutely inform enforced zero tolerance has to be enforced you abuse a child or a person or anybody youre out and youre turned into Law Enforcement you cover up Something Like that youre out and youre turned into Law Enforcement as well but youre out of the church thats the door this is always something the church is doing not youre not not at all that theyre not doing at all no one got to cruise thank you very very much thank you very much. Gay and lesbian activists in kenya say theyre disappointed at the high courts decision to delay a ruling on decriminalizing homosexuality the judge deferred proceedings until may the twenty fourth citing what he called a heavy caseload a decision described by some activists as ludicrous ten years last punished homosexual acts with up to fourteen years in prison discrimination against a gay people is widespread. In the local shop as a Senior Researcher in l g b t rights in africa the middle east and asia she joins us from new york welcome to d. W. Theres widespread antipathy towards homosexuality in kenya so i wonder where this the push for changes to the law came from. Well the kenyan l g b t Rights Movement is a very strong one and has been working to get to this point for many years now about ten years ago the movement started talking about bringing a challenge in the courts to push for decriminalization of same sex conduct and at that time youre right they concluded that the ground wasnt prepared yet there was much too much homophobia transphobia among the general public among the media among Public Officials and so they actually invited a very well thought out and long term process of Building Public support in certain quarters bringing members of the Political Class around finding allies training the police on l g b t issues and sensitivity sensitivity training training the media and how did not use such offensive language when they talked about shoes and that process has really borne fruit and so by the time the petitions were challenging twenty sixteen i think activists in kenya felt that you dont need the majority of the public to be on your side what you do need is a clear understanding that critical human rights are at stake and that a portion of the population shouldnt be denied their basic human rights because of majority majority area and antipathy but you do need Public Public opinion to be on your side you know just to stop people just beating you up for Holding Hands awful for kissing your your partner so even if this law is deemed unconstitutional the job does and does it. It absolutely does and i think the organizations in cannes there are also prepared for the next step they were prepared just like us to have today when they were all hoping that the courts would rule in their favor and decriminalize same sex conduct so there is an understanding that ive got more work needs to be done to educate the public and engage with the public the problem is that a lot of people in kenya dont think that they know anybody or have any friends or family members who are eligible and opinion polls have showed that when people start to understand that in their midst among people that they love their r l g t people their attitudes start to change fast so one of the hopes is that a court ruling like this that would provide some Legal Protection would also allow more people to come out strix press themselves publicly so that kenyans can understand who l. G. B. T. People in kenya really are and i think another hope of course is that the police would step up to really play the role that they are supposed to in protecting victims of hate crimes right now i wouldnt say that the police work on this issue has been a total failure there have been several cases in which the police have stepped in and stopped cases of mob violence against l g b t people but there are other cases in which people have gone to the police to report a hate crime and theyve been treated as a criminal instead of a victim now if you strike a law like this from the books you take away the justification for the police to treat somebody as a criminal and instead they should investigate and prosecute these hate crimes a big question looking for a brief from so if you wouldnt mind i just get bring you can use attitude to gay people compared to elsewhere across the become sort of the african continent. Well there are opinion surveys that consistently show pretty low levels of support when people are asked questions like do you think that your country should accept homosexuality you see that number is above ninety percent say that that you shouldnt in kenya those numbers are a little bit. A little bit lower and in some o