Dario Salvi

Today's headlines: Tokyo bracws for impact from Hong Kong and China's seafood import ban after Fukushima waters release began this morning; North Korea fails in second attempt to launch spy satellite; Indian bishops' applaud Chandrayaan-3 moon landing; Vietnam's famous Halong Bay kissing rocks in danger of collapsing; Burmese junta sentences a singer to 20 years for a critical video posted on social media.

Today's headlines: India awaits it's rover landing on the Moon; In Cambodia, Hun Manet officially named prime minister; Eight people, mostly children, rescued from stranded cable car in northern Pakistan; Documents show the Vatican's role in the repatriation of Japanese citizens at the end of World War II; Several foreign medicines will no longer be accessible in Russia.

Academic delves into the crisis between the cardinal and the president of the Republic following the withdrawal of the patriarchal decree. The cardinal claims the struggle for "freedom and independence." The roots of the current crisis in the phase of the fight against Isis, when armed militias (including Christian ones) develop. Criticism of baseless "politicization" defends homeland and citizens.

A study entitled "Migrants and the earthquake" highlights the critical issues of a large portion of the population affected by the earthquake but on the margins of the aid chain. Even today there is profound uncertainty about the real number of dead. Ankara wants to repatriate at least one million out of 3.5 million. School dropout among children will eventually fuel child labour.

Today's headlines: Chinese central bank cuts prime rate by 10 basis points; Japanese government still considering date for release of treated water from Fukushima atomic power plant into the sea; HRW accuses Saudi border guards of mass killings; At least 11 workers killed in Pakistan bomb blast; Tehran cuts off flow of Little Zab River in Iraq fueling water crisis in neighboring country; With EU embargo, Brazil becomes second largest buyer of Russian oil.

The Cardinal addresses President Rashid's decision to cancel the recognition of the role of patriarch. He speaks of a "moral assassination" and defines the transfer from Baghdad to Erbil as an "extreme protest". Journalist from Mosul confirms the use of houses and churches by ISIS as detention centres.

The Wahhabi kingdom appoints the ambassador to Jordan as "non-permanent" representative to the Palestinian Authority and "consul" in Jerusalem. Minister Cohen replies that Israel "will never authorise" the mission. In the background is the extension of the 'Abraham Accords'.

At the end of the Marian prayer, the pontiff addressed young people in St Peter's Square, who participated in the recent WYD in Lisbon. He lamented again the latest tragedy involving migrants in the Mediterranean Sea, and called for peace in Cameroon and "tormented Ukraine". Citing the Gospel, he mentioned the presence of Jesus who "saves".

Police arrested six men and four women, aged 26 to 43, on suspicion of “conspiracy" and "collusion" with a foreign country and external elements endangering national security through their links to a humanitarian fund that saw Card Zen detained and subjected to restrictions.

Iranian authorities began to arrest more than two months ago converts from Islam, but also some Iranian-Armenians. At least 10 are still in jail, while those released have had to pay hefty fines worth thousands of dollars or undergo Islamic re-education. The crackdown comes a few weeks before the first anniversary of the death in custody of the young Kurdish woman.

In Guangxi, Rev Park Guangzhe was held in "administrative detention” for 15 days. In Wenzhou, the campaign to remove crosses from churches starts up again, and now entails removing plaques with references to Jesus as well. As of 1 September, new rules impose further restrictions on religious activity and bans foreign links.

The 17-year-old was part of the Turkish delegation at the World Youth Day in Lisbon. The memory of the earthquake is still alive and the impact of the destruction it caused "is still huge today". The meeting with Francis gave him the strength to "be courageous" and reborn "like Jesus". For the vicar general of Anatolia, the young are “living stones with which we shall fix place the collapsed stones of the cathedral".