Faced plan to reopen is met with criticism retailers say its too cautious while the Public Health experts warn it could lead to another wave of infections we have the latest numbers on what the average germans really think. Also on the program the 1st papal visit to iraq pope francis will urge the countries when dealing number of christians to stay put and help rebuild after years of war and persecution. Im going to welcome to the program one year ago much of china was shut down to help contain the spread of coronavirus now the country has the pandemic largely under control and is taking steps to get its economy back on track around 3000. Delegates are attending the biggest event on chinas political calendar the National Peoples congress over the course of next week theyll be rubber stamping legislation prepared by the communist Party Setting chinas political priorities for the next 5 years. China lays out its plans for this year as it emerges from the pandemic at the top of the agenda
One way this is basically the complete destruction of the Democracy Movement kong its condemned them to extinction really because they lead to a system was already very heavily rigged to war its a probation parties in hong kong and in the letters just as a council but thats not been even its even more now react towards the beijing comp and i think this means that the prodemocracy parties will find it very very difficult to get seats in the parliament so what minimal voices they did what ways out of presenting their views will pretty much be extinguished by this legislation well we have the National Peoples Congress Spokesperson say the Hong Kong Electoral system needs to be improved to guarantee that patrick its manage and run on kong what do they mean by that. Well patron patrick in this in this case means someone who is probation. Lawmaker and they are day tend to come from the elise i mean elections weve had in the recent years in hong kong have shown that the majority of people in
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 Iraqs Christian community has been growing smaller every year its 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 hes protected by one of the largest security deployments in recent iraqi history 10000. 00 personnel
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
Its snatches a rock and us apples. On my lawn rock thank you so much for your company we begin this broadcast with breaking news from the vatican today francis has said that he supports civil union lost to protect the rights of same sex couples he made the comment in a new documentary about the pontiff titled francesco which premiered 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 there with our religious Affairs Correspondent martin gak martin what did the pope say exactly. So essentially there were 2 parts a statement a circulating thats a smudge as we have seen so far as how this virus you mention 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 i