Gunshots the city as demonstrators came out onto the streets despite a curfew this comes after a peaceful protest was broken up by a shooting allegedly by nigerias security forces. Im told me a lot of 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 comment 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. Knowledge joined by chicago based journalist michael of 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 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 saying you 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 michel. 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 was 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 all 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 appliques that even if the pope changes how he talks about this issue it doesnt change what the church teaches about the issue and will have to leave it there and Michael Oloughlin many thanks for your time sir thank you. Were just 2 weeks ago 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 so unrest in multiple states these officials 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 president donald trump. Intelligence director john ratliff gave a statement at a red news conference. We would like to alert the public that we have identified that 2 foreign actors iran and russia have taken specific actions to influence Public Opinion relating to our elections we have confirmed that some Voter Registration information has been obtained by iran and separately by russia this data can be used by foreign actors to attempt to communicate false information to registered voters that they hope will cause confusion so chaos and undermine your confidence in american democracy even if the adversaries pursue further and temps to intimidate or attempt to undermine voter confidence know that our election systems are resilient and you can be confident your votes are secure. Well lets take a look now at some of the days other headlines. In the u. S. The maker of the prescription painkiller oxycontin will plead guilty to federal charges as part of an 8000000000. 00 settlement do you follow 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. 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 endemic the marches are the latest in a sporadic series of protests which began late last year. Thailands Prime Minister says he will and a state of emergency that was imposed in the capital bangkok to suppress antigovernment demonstrations this is the 7th consecutive day of protests protesters want the government to resign and a new constitution as well as reforms to the monarchy. At a Memorial Service in paris french president Emmanuel Mccraw has paid tribute to the history teacher beheaded by an islamist last friday some nobody was killed after showing cartoons of the prophet mohammed to the students in a debate on freedom of expression across the teacher a quiet hero slain by cowards. Germanys Health Minister a young man has tested positive for the corona virus hes currently in self isolation and is reportedly experiencing cold like symptoms in argument 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 Meeting does that mean the entire cabinet including chancellor Angela Merkel could now be infected we put that question to de ws Political Correspondent emmanuel. 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 hygiene and these tense rooms and that ensures that theres no need for participants to be quarantined if a person who later tests positive for koren the virus is present the meeting now we dont know yet it to chess has been tested about daddy i do serious she immediately went into quarantine when her doctor had tested positive shortly after having given her vaccine shot now in terms of continued here within the House Ministry for now yes 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 weighs any one of course the has minister has been the leading figure behind i get 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 was the stuff the country is governance and handling of the pandemic. Beast Political Correspondent emmanuelle shahs now lets take a look at some other 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 save their vaccine trial will continue despite the death of a volunteer in brazil regulators there and 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 restrictions to contain the pandemic his comments come as russia reported a record new daily death toll. 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 city streets the unrest follows the violent crackdown on protesters in lagos yesterday an Amnesty 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. In the i would also like you guys think now we have before us i said if. It was me i refuse to pay for what you think every 5 minutes to make 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 well largely as well it seems were trying to walk out. 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. Heard. You have. Quite telling me is going on back with me nigeria. Government. Into the war. It is in sending military to the streets. On protesters. And some buildings including a television station in lagos lay in flames today nigeria remains a tinderbox of deep economic and social grievances. With the sports and football by munich have begun their defense of their Champions League title with a dominant 4 nil win at home to athletico madrid. Followed up his winner in august final with the 1st in the group a opener by and then grabbed 2 more goals either side of half time as they turned on the style scored again to round out the when the game went ahead despite by. Testing positive for corona virus on tuesday. And other standout Champions League games right record winners well madrid suffered a shock 32 loss at home to shakhtar donetsk the ukrainians were 3 nil up before real threaten to come back and thought they had equalized in injury time but the goal was ruled out for offside in the group b. Opener. Drew 22. 00 at inter milan and liverpool won one nil. The artist banksy is known for his graffiti paintings that spring up overnight on buildings all over the world but now its his parody of a modern a masterpiece thats gone under the hammer the artwork show me the money trashes the familiar. Water lily pond scene with consumer garbage theres even a traffic cone floating in the water one lucky buy a snapped up the work for 8400000. 00 euros as equivalent to almost 10000000. 00. It watching the news im told me a lot of remember you can get all the latest news around the clock on our website. Its watching. And you hear me now on your screen you and i last years german chancellor when you bring you back or youve never caught her surprise yourself with what is possible medical really what moves. Off the top who talk to people who follow along the way maurice and critics like join us for michaels last stop. Germany is a leading industrial nation that still has many areas that desperately lag behind on the telecoms fronts and that applies to base landlines and Internet Access the 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 of fast connectivity everywhere on earth 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 defense reus websites 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 on the phones or being connected to a computer where a sound file is being played on. Just a tennis telephone the 1st phone calls the 2nd one vendors record and once that calls over theres a brief pause for that and then the 2nd for a cause the 1st one will just get there and thats repeated all day long so as to objectively determine our voice qualities and that we have. The team also use the test websites to check d. S. L. And landline connections on millions of computers worldwide. That enables or less give a shit to must play fee and their fellow engineers and to give providers an overview of Global Networks the information reveals how well or poorly competitive is up a full man Global Citizen and this is data gathered from users around the world. Developed a piece of software that is integrated in around 900. 00 apps is a software is into gear and these apps are installed on around. 200000000 devices worldwide one and collate and study up for not going users agreed to be involved in Network Quality assessment this out register the actual user experience. Wherever the user is using their device to download material all viewed videos we can see in the background how the Network Coverage was. Good whether it was 3 g. Or 4 g. 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 2nd and. Youre going has teamed 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 the strides in its coverage from switzerland is great here is that i have a weak signal for a German Network and strong signals for 2 swiss we 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 services lies the. I cant do after sales or carrier charges or orders i cant give my clients any information this into getting students. And the Emergency Services cant get the Data 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 democratic side approx one. So you cant use the time on the road for a couple of phone conversations because the call will cut out every 2 or 3 minutes so you have to reconnect it its not worth it for a kind telephone. They are loaded one for the ham kind of people who have an accident out here might get lucky and pick up a couple of radio waves otherwise they have to walk to the next inhabited building and ask for assistance from britain basically like a mere 991 but those beautiful landscapes can also cause major headaches when it comes to expanding Network Coverage is probably most of the problem is the demography and the not 2nd in the finale surrounded by the black forest hills features that are unfavorable for network planners. And its practically impossible to provide that density of coverage with conventional Technology Fast i can. Commence an imitation of and here too there are companies that are completely dependent on fast broadband connections to the rest of the wild. West specializes in the digitalisation of the global working world providing solutions. And interactive management. And its home to both the companies are indeed department and its Global Sales Division the company would have had to close its premises in the town had it not been for some Smart Solutions devised by its own developers. Conference is here every day online presentations from remote system configurations and Online Training sessions and that requires a fast Internet Connection off founder and director im trained. In the us so we also need a good connection to that office we have this hunger for data and its growing every day. Down in the basement the Software Engineers managed to solve their internet problem by combining a range of different elements to talk of linked up a number of Internet Connection has a d. S. L. Line or cable connection and are planning to throw a 3rd anchor across 1st responder but basically theres an excellent l. T. E. Network just a few 100 metres away from here and were linking up all his lines to create a very fast Internet Connection and internet for the. Technical obstacles alone mean that makeshift Solutions Like this and not an option for private individuals and thats a gap that youre going add beats wants to fill he and his fellow Free Internet activists have installed free wife eye in most public buildings in bad 2nd and. You have lost or thats a Crystal Clear reception of the course of our of the big Network Providers or most of them offer customers a voice over ip option was the fatah the advantage there is that people can then make phone calls be a y. 5 and for the household with the right contract you can now form people for free b. And is that a large quantity or. God 2nd in already has dozens of Free Internet terminals enabling local people to surf and make phone calls were going to set his sights even higher however on fiber in the sky a fast Internet Connection via satellite. However in the skies above on america started firing a star is definitely an option but it avoids the need to dig up roads everywhere which is what prevents Network Expansion of Harvey Keitel me out of art providing the right bend with your view of iraq to cable as a means length required for 5 kilometers of cables here of iraq thats extremely expensive and hilly area with hard ground fiber in the star comes from above the sky come from everyone has their own direct receiver and high Speed Internet about a. Coup in French Guiana is the launch pad to air bus and arianespace satellites they orbit the earth an altitude of 36000 kilometers and always above the same point they serve primarily to transfer t. V. And radio broadcasts. The Geostationary Communications satellites are assembled into lose from. They weigh up to 6 tons and have an operating life of 25 years each satellite is highly complex and custom built and can cost up to 250000000. 00 euros. And thats why current satellite based Internet Connections are so expensive demand for this option however is continually on the rides. The rink upon the model has been part of a revolution in satellite design in recent years from individual components to mass production. In fact today from those a design to their delivery to the customer we can provide such advice and theres that to years for its just quite short. And innovation in Power Technology systems heralded a new era in satellite construction. Elbows developed a victory but mission so for us. Again in terms of mass at lunch any to a long host. To have more equipment is on board and to have an it is an interesting no cost at launch us what. Geo stationary satellites orbit the earth at a distance of 36000 kilometers. Even at light speed a signal down below needs 500 milliseconds to reach a satellite thats half a 2nd. That delay or latency during phone calls means that the people talking constantly interrupted each other. In order to ensure a smooth Online Gaming experience that time has to be under 100. 00 milliseconds while a delay of just 20 milliseconds will cause orchestral musicians to fall out of sync with each other. With effective internet reception not possible with current geostationary orbit the satellites need to be broke closer to what is called low earth orbit Companies Planning to install satellite constellations include one web google space x. And amazons blue worry. The closer a satellite is to earth the smaller the terrestrial surface it can reach which is why it would take hundreds if not thousands of smaller satellites to cover the entire planet and thats a problem alone in terms of sheer production capacity. The Consortium Led by one web also includes Virgin Galactic air bus defense and space and tech giant softbank together theyve pulled close to 3 and a half 1000000000. 00 to make the dream of global Internet Access a reality. Has provided specific expertise to enable the mass production of satellites. So it was a big challenge in fact as you know we are really. Experimental. Lets say a. Big satellite projection but for mass production it was a challenge to provide a satellite. A few days compared to here where we have like here in tunis integration takes around 9 months and. 3 days which was a really crazy fall for the markets and so today weve got to let. Him know what the way. I see it is as if he is currently at one satellite day one with plans to launch its Global Service in 2021 with 650 satellites orbiting at an altitude of 1200 kilometers the next step involves the constellation being expanded to more than 2000 units which has in turn required the development of completely new production methods to. Rockdale so as a test engineer he oversees a production setup that manages with a minimum of human impacts the newly designed Propulsion Systems are also built here in scaled down versions the fuel tanks filled with zen on gas provided by an unexpected source. Here is the Space Shuttle going to move from one point of space to 000 workers is going to put a special ops to certain altitude but then the satellites need to reach much higher odds that you and the way were going to do that is by users trust or so its. Just for firefighters its designed by a company that you actually know how to be space so its much cheaper than more traditional tech. Once superstars dont move over simply again and we really want to avoid human errors so the way were going to do that were going to take a picture with cameras here and the pictures of it being there will be compared to reference picture and brings them to do differences will be able to save save ourselves on a good job. With human error essentially ruled out high volume production is possible with short turnaround times. When youre doing
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