special envoy urgent search security council to act against the violence. and we take a closer look at international program helping countries in africa to vaccinate some of their most vulnerable against code 19. a michael ok welcome to the program pope francis is holding a groundbreaking meeting with the leading cleric in shia islam francis is in the city of najaf to hold talks with grand ayatollah ali sistani the meeting will be a major step in deepening ties to shia on friday pope francis met with christians in baghdad iraq s christian community has been growing smaller every year it s now estimated just half a 1000000 iraqi christians remain in the country. the pilgrim of peace as pope francis called himself is aware of the risks he is taking amid an ongoing pandemic and a regional conflict. this is an emblematic trip and it is my duty to a martyred land. but he is not traveling alone he s protected by one of the largest security deployments in recent iraqi history $10000
plus all at sea. in e.u. trade tensions. deal and disrupt the delicate balance of peace on the island of. a michael oka welcome on day 2 of his visit to the iraq pope francis has held talks with the country s influential shiite muslim cleric the grand ayatollah ali sistani the historic meeting took place home in the holy city of. inside for the talks which lasted around 40 minutes but a few white doves were released as the pope underscoring his message of peaceful coexistence between muslims and christians in iraq the christian community there has to win gold after years of war and persecution the christians who remain. the hope of a show of solidarity from sistan e could help secure their place in iraq. for more on this i m joined by d.w. religious affairs correspondent martin jacques martin what s the pope s schedule for the rest of the day he will be moving around the area and he s being flown. he s being flown to or where he will be meeting there will be an interesting se
german chancellor angela merkel is reportedly planning to announce strict new rules to slow the spread of the coronavirus daily cases in germany are expected to hit 20000 by recent also coming up amy kone berry is sworn in as a new justice of the u.s. supreme court a boost for the court s conservative majority and a controversial political win for president wrong. i m burnt off to our viewers on p.b.s. in the united states and to all of you around the world welcome we begin tonight with the backlash against french president emmanuel meke wrong anger in the muslim world is growing over controversial comments that he made about islam following the brutal murder of a french schoolteacher since then a growing number of muslim countries have criticized the president and have joined a drive to boycott french goods. the target of their anger is clear. here in pakistan protesters in karate and islamabad accuse the french president of attacking islam. for asking the behavior of the fr
it used to be normal for everyone to stay with their families but now it s not normal now they re messing with their heads. we ve been forced to close at 6 and leave them alone in the morning thousands of people can get on crowded metros and buses if you want to keep you the tourists have all disappeared it. completely finished i think we re going to have to close down in a week. it s not right because if you want to close close everything otherwise you shouldn t close anything you don t want to see you don t have an income how can you survive. also coming up she is exactly what u.s. president trump wanted amy coney barrett is joining the u.s. supreme court cementing its conservative majority if the court is asked to rule on a disputed presidential election will judge perry give the president what he warns the oath that i have fallen lee taken tonight means at its core that i will do my job without any fear or favor. and that i will do so independently of both the political b
hours it s the 6th nation in the world to pass 1000000 cases spain has been tightening restrictions to help stem a surge in new infections. i don t memorial service in paris french president in my home across has paid tribute to son or 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. or. today germany s health minister the government s 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 ha