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What would you point to in terms of how he interacted with politicians? Because it's a pretty controversial legacy he has, isn't it? It is, and that's the problem that every pope wants to avoid, meaning the question of how silent a pope can be in the face of war crimes and genocide. And so here you had a church that was very much in between Soviet communism on
on one side and fascism and nazism on the other side. But everything was dealt at the level of ideology of we Catholics, we communists. Of course what we have now is an American pope and an American president locking horns. And I just wonder, looking back to more recent times, when we have a Polish pope, John Paul II, being seen as a real beacon in the fight against communism.
He knew he had almost the entirety of the Polish people behind him. That cannot be said for Pope Leo, because America is very polarized. How unusual is it for the Pope, the current one, to very specifically saying, look, I'm not afraid of what the Trump administration is going to say, being quite direct in standing his ground against, well, specifically the riposte from the White House?
Has the Pope always been a political figure to a certain extent?
KyllÀ, katolikko on erittÀin poliittinen ymmÀrrys itseÀnsÀ, eikÀ partisaalinen ymmÀrrys. Poliittinen tarkoittaa, ettÀ huolehditaan suuremmin ympÀristöÀ, ympÀristöÀ,
mutta hyödyntÀisit myös yhden poliittisen partin, yhden kansan ja yhden johtajan puolesta. Se on katolaisismin DNA, mutta tÀmÀ on erilainen, koska hÀn kÀsittelee hallituksesta, joka sanoo, ettÀ he ovat ilmaisessa missiossa. Se on todella vaikeaa, ettei Devantecan vastaa. Professori Massimo Fagioli puhuu Jamesa Kumarasamista.
Colombia has announced that it's going to begin a cull of its invasive hippopotamus population, which is descended from animals smuggled in by the late narco-terrorist Pablo Escobar. The government says the beasts, which form the only wild population of hippos living outside Africa, are threatening its ecosystems and native species, as well as posing a danger to local people, as Alice Adeli reports.
In the 1980s Pablo Escobar was renowned for being a violent cartel leader, but he was less known for creating an extravagant private zoo featuring more than a thousand exotic animals smuggled from overseas. The wildlife included giraffes, elephants, zebras, rhinos and exotic birds.
but the most famous and destructive part of the collection was four African hippos, one male and three females. After Escobar was killed in 1993 in a shootout with Colombian security forces, the hippos escaped from his abandoned hacienda and began breeding, thriving in the Colombian climate with no natural predators. Now there are estimated to be up to 200 of their descendants living in the wild.
YmpÀristöministeri Irene Velez sanoi, ettÀ tutkimuksen jÀlkeen hallitus laittoi euthanasia-protokollin kontrolliin kokainhippujen numeroon. Nyt me olemme...
While some of the hippos, which roam freely in the Magdalena River Valley, will be culled, others will be sterilized or moved. Maybe some will be lucky enough to end up in the family-orientated theme park and wildlife sanctuary, which Escobar's former ranch, Hacienda Napoles, has become. Alice Adderley reporting.
Kiitos kun katsoit.
MeillÀ tÀÀllÀ Satolla on yksi sanonta. Kun on parhaimmillaan kotona, on parhaimmillaan elÀmÀssÀ. SitÀ varten meillÀ on talomestarit apunasi. Pihapiirin luottokaverit. Ei tarvitse kotona ihan kaikesta stressata. Muokraa huoleton koti. Sato.fi
A BBC Eye investigation has uncovered evidence of life-threatening malpractice on the pediatric ward of a Pakistani hospital previously linked to an HIV outbreak. Undercover filming caught staff reusing blood-contaminated syringes, placing children at risk of infection with HIV or other blood-borne diseases. The BBC's Ghazal Abassi reports.
Vuonna 2024 8-vuotias Muhammed Amin oli kÀsitelty THQ-hospitalissa Tonsarissa, Pahistanissa, sydÀntöön. Tohtorit antoivat hÀnet injektioihin ja lÀhettivÀt hÀnet kotiin. YlipÀÀtÀÀn, hÀn on kasvanut. Muhammed Aminin isÀ Sugra kÀsittelee, mitÀ tapahtui seuraavaksi.
You can watch the full documentary, BBCI Stolen Lives, Who Gave Our Children HIV? It's on the BBC World Service YouTube channel.
A federal judge in the United States has thrown out President Trump's multi-billion dollar lawsuit against the publisher of the right-leaning Wall Street Journal. The lawsuit centered around the publication by the newspaper of a drawing of a nude female body the newspaper said was done by Mr. Trump as a birthday greeting for the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The president said the drawing was a fake and sued the paper, which is owned by his former friend Rupert Murdoch.
Our correspondent in Washington, Neda Tawfiq, began by giving us the background to President Trump's lawsuit.
News from Hollywood now. More than a thousand actors, directors and filmmakers have signed an open letter voicing their opposition to a proposed merger between Paramount and Warner Brothers Discovery. They warn it could further damage an industry already under pressure, with California alone losing around four billion dollars and thousands of jobs in recent years. Los Angeles correspondent Shama Khalil reports.
Shama Khalil reporting. How would you feel if the taxi driver taking you to your prospective job interview could make or break whether you get the role? The boss of the language app Duolingo said the business conducted what it called a taxi test on people applying for senior roles. This involved paying the driver who took them to their interview to assess their behavior unbeknown to them. Helena Berg has the details.