Gunshots in the city as demonstrators came out onto the streets despite a curfew this comes after a peaceful protest was broken up by shooting legendary by nigerias Security Forces. Im told me all of the ball welcome to the program pope francis has said that he supports Civil Union Laws to protect the rights of same sex couples this break from the vaticans traditional position on the issue the pope made the comments in a new documentary about him titled francesco which premiered on wednesday at the rome Film Festival the film also tackles other controversial issues such as racism Climate Change sexual abuse and relations between christians muslims and jews. Im now joined by chicago 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 as 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 would you be more welcoming and allow gay and lesbian people to have the same kind of civil rights as other people and how has this affected you personally michel. Yeah ive been reporting on t. V. Issues in the Catholic Church for a decade now recently produced a podcast about the churchs response to hiv and aids the talk to a lot of gay catholics and ive heard overwhelmingly that to her in pain experienced by l g t catholics historically especially at the height of the aids crisis in the church was really cracking down on a 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 basically talk about the need to welcome as we keep 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 rather that were hearing from the vatican and the one that pope francis has been pushing now for going on 7 years so if 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 some bishops who are a little more conservative and 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 he tried 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. Well have to leave it there Michael Oloughlin many thanks for your time sir thank you. Germanys Health Minister yes span has tested positive for the corona virus is currently in self isolation that is it is reportedly experiencing cold like symptoms the announcement came just hours after attended a Cabinet Meeting with chancellor Angela Merkel as Health Minister hes a prominent figure in efforts to control the virus. The Health Minister testing positive right after a cabinet meets meeting does that now mean the entire cabinet including chancellor Angela Merkel could be infected earlier we put that question to Political Correspondent emmanuel shahs but can they imagine that the old 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 his hygiene and these to his rooms and that ensures that theres no need for participants to be quarantined if a person who later tests positive for an hour virus is present the meeting that we dont know yet he did chancellor has been tested about daddy ids here she immediately went to acquire and tina when her doctor had tested positive shortly after having given her vaccine shot now in terms of continue to within the House Ministry for now. Will probably have the it continue waking from isolation he also tweeted that he only suffered from my cold like symptoms as you mentioned that of course he wont be meeting ways anyone of course to has minister has been the leading figure behind i got america behind the 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. Political correspondent emmanuelle shahs now lets take a look at some of the other days of the days other headlines. At a Memorial Service in paris french president emanuel macross paid tribute to the history teacher beheaded by an islam is last friday patti was killed after showing cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad to his students in a debate on freedom of expression called a teacher a quiet hero slain by howards. In the us the maker of the prescription painkiller oxycontin will plead guilty to federal charges as part of an 8000000000. 00 settlement Purdue Pharma is accused of criminal conduct related to the distribution of the drug which has been linked to more than 470000 deaths in the u. S. Thailands Prime Minister said that he will and a state of emergency imposed to suppress antigovernment protests if there were no violent incidents on the 8th consecutive day of demonstrations tens of thousands of protesters marched to the Prime Ministers office demanding his resignation protesters also want a new constitution as well as reforms to the monocle. Protest leader parrot holding up the symbol for defiance even when imprisoned in a Police Matter as he was driven to Bangkoks Criminal Court student protesters gathered despite an emergency decree banning them from doing so we feel happy in fact i did not enter and i think i probably if im right for even make me laugh about it now and then i have to get out. My application to get a temporary Law Enforcement office. In recent weeks thailand has been witness to huge and intense antigovernment rallies the student led protesters are demanding an amendment of the constitution reform of humanity and the resignation of Prime Minister. Because for a democracy that has broken taboos on criticizing the monica. I with thousands on the street once more on wednesday Prime Minister offered a concession. I am currently preparing to lift the state of severe emergency in bangkok and will do so promptly if there are no violent incidents that that they couldnt the Prime Minister also urged protesters to let parliament deal with their calls for democratic reforms that it was not enough for the demonstrators marching near his office in a joint Resignation Letter they given a 3 day deadline to quit. The security situation in nigerias largest city lagos appears to be deteriorating. With reports of buildings on fire roadblocks and protesters defying a curfew to demonstrate on the citys on the city streets the unrest follows a violent crackdown on protesters in lagos yesterday unless International Says at least 12 people were killed by gunshots at 2 gatherings. More shots fired at protesters and this despite the global outrage following tuesdays shooting of peaceful demonstrators in the nigerian capital of Lagos Military forces had reacted to protesters defying a curfew by turning the street lights off and shooting into the crowd killing and wounding dozens. Of the those guys. Now we have you live for us i said if. It was me i refuse to fight you can never be a female shooting i think that protests have spiraled dramatically over the past 2 weeks they were initially triggered by anger at Police Brutality especially at abuses carried out by a notorious anti robbery squad called sars but beyond the problem of Police Violence nigerias youths are calling for sweeping changes in and to systematic corruption and widespread unemployment. Here and we do it why not listen well only if you were trying to walk out of the last couple of days of violence have made waves beyond nigerias borders demonstrations of support by the large Nigerian Diaspora were held in london and in south africa on wednesday numerous stars have also begun speaking out. For what you are. You know. Why telling me. I was meant. To do. It is in sending military to the streets. And some buildings including a television station in lagos lay in flames today nigeria remains a tinderbox deep economic and social grievances. Police here in berlin are investigating what may be the biggest act of vandalism against works of art in postwar germany over 60 artworks house to museum and was sprayed with whats been described as a colorless oily substance the collection on the island includes items from antiquity such as the pergamon temple. Some of the damage is clearly visible like on these egyptian side coffer guy on the 3rd of october a total of 63. 00 artworks and artifacts in 4 museums were vandalized with an oily liquid investigations are still ongoing and the extent of the damage remains far from clear police only said the liquid was transparent and not corrosive Authorities Say theyre at a loss as to how when by whom and why the crimes were committed the museums do have security cameras but. If somebody doesnt say fire a water pistol and you see it but instead they smear something in a concealed way then you might not see on the camera that theres liquid on the floor or in the object. Of. This police informed the public more than 2 weeks after the incident and only after media reports broke on tuesday as part of their search for witnesses theyve now written emails to more than 600. 00 Ticket Holders but at least 3000 people visited Museum Island on that day. And there is no confession note speculation quickly focused on a Group Supporting germanys most notorious conspiracy theorist a man man has previously said calls for attacks on the museums because of what he calls satanist artifacts there the museums distance themselves this summer with corresponding flags still flying. We dont want to participate in such speculation where investigating in every regard directions. Balance Museum Island is considered one of the most precious art collections in europe the directors say the security concept is currently being reviewed. 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This is deja news africa on the program today gunshots and dance in lagos peaceful demonstration is fired on to the heart of nigerias commercial capital and their outrage has been heard around the world. These tell people please help the people out in surrender shooting at them but then i think ok. Im all for disease initially came to no one was killed in the protest but the cabin off lagos was some but. This is events. When you go some of the toughest cumings. Systems thank you. Thank you. I. Wonder welcome to the program protesters in nigerias most populous city lagos are back on the streets to demonstrate against Police Brutality thats in spite of a government curfew imposed after protests turned violent on tuesday Security Forces opened fire Rights Group Amnesty International said several people were killed and many others injured the incident has sparked global outrage and ignited fresh anger among a growing movement chalfie young nigerians. That they came out in defiance of a curfew and after dusk the trouble started the many green uniforms was seen setting up barriers surrounding the area and eyewitnesses saw c. C. T. V. Cameras and Street Lighting being disabled i was then suddenly gunshots i am sure that i feel since huge people outside the toll gate started taking cover down sit down thanks i wrote i. A d w news crew who were on the scene were forced to take shelter next to their vehicle i think. The army has denied responsibility claiming reports of soldiers being involved were fake news but footage of the shooting quickly made its way on to social media. Please tell people please tell people people are going to run their shooting at them and the kids are ok. The day after the shooting and nigeria is in shock the government has promised an investigation into what happened. Protesters dont have too much trust in authorities at the moment. And as we mentioned in that report news team was caught up in last nights events and had to take cover when the shooting began funny for a child was there and she told us about their experiences everything started as usual for the past 2 weeks of this particular site here in Victoria Island very close to our studio Peaceful Protesters chanting that they want an end to Police Brutality they were chanting that theyre going to defy the curfew that was just in place for 24 hours but what happened next the dynamic started to change thats when people dressed in camouflage gone the man on clear by the military or what kind of nigerian Security Forces and sides in this started to shoot the shooting continue for quite some time my team and me found a way to hunker down and thats where we stood for thats where we were laying down for at least an hour and we could witness from that situation from that point of the size what was going on around us and it was chaos that was panic it was a huge mass. So how did it all began at the start of this month when a video went viral on social media allegedly showing an officer from the police unit saw us all special and robbery squad in h. D. Killing a man in the southern delta state now the sause unit that has long faced accusations of brutality and the video treated as state that soon spread to the commercial capital lagos known up to 8 protest as in lagos camped outside the citys Government House overnight 2 days later approaches to was shot dead by police and all youll state on the same day police violently dispersed protest is in the capital. By now nigerians who are protesting all over the country under the randian cry. In saas the same hash tag trended on global twitter on october 11th president Mohammed Juba hari announced the disbanding off the police units size but that wasnt enough to quell the outrage and people continue to protest. Lets go over she did have news west africa correspondent fred move on you he is in lagos hi fred and these protests began over Police Brutality but its about more than that now isnt it. Yeah youre right christine there are protests as you mentioned they started when protesters were demanding the state to disband this police unit and the government did just that and then they went ahead to demand the form of the. Whole port in general and the government promised that they are going to look into these but then a christian out there is a problem of the mistrust because the protesters are saying that we have been asking these changes for so many and the government didnt do and i think ive talked and thats why the protest was going to need to be on the streets demanding more but also if you really want to look at nigeria. With this current is there is more problems than just these. Days there is corruption in security agencies there is unemployment and. This this point of time young people saw and they want to see things changing right so what hav