this is bbc world news. the headlines... the rhetoric heats up ahead of next week's midterm elections. president trump has claimed the american economy is going through a period of "extraordinary prosperity" in an effort to boost republican votes and sounded dire warnings on immigration. leicester city fans and players have held a minute's silence as the club plays its first game since the death of the club's owner — vichai srivaddhanaprabha in a helicopter crash last saturday. a week—long buddhist funeral for the bussinessman is under way in bangkok. iran's supreme leader ayatollah ali khamenei has launched a blistering attack on donald trump just two days before the us president reimposes sanctions on iran's key oil and banking sectors. he claimed the rest of the world opposes the policy. facebook has apologised for approving an advertising campaign aimed at people interested in a genocide conspiracy theory favoured by white nationalists. at ten o'clock, rachel schofield will be here with a full round up of the day's news.

first, our world reports from ukraine where a new independent orthodox church is set to reject 350 years of spiritual domination by russia. from the ruins of war, destruction and death, history is made. a new church is born and, for many ukrainians, a cherished victory is won over russia. i have come to ukraine, a country at war for four years. there are 3,800 images here. 3,800 soldiers who have lost their lives in a war that most ukrainians blame on russian aggression.

centuries—old ties are being severed here between two peoples, and there is a new battleground — religion. what are you doing here? these people don't love ukraine, they is russia. do you think those relations with russian friends can be repaired? no, no. ukrainians can't forgive these deaths. can ukraine and its new church now build a country of unity and understanding, or are the scars and divisions just too deep? i'm with a priest of the ukrainian orthodox church. father nikolai is taking me to steal a look at the church

that was his for decades. and this is your church of almost a0 years? like many priests here, father nikolai is part of the moscow patriarchate — a branch of the orthodox church with historic ties to russia. and that has turned him into an outcast in his own community, by those who want those ties cut. is this where you raised your children? nikolai's church and home have been taken over by a growing ukrainian 0rthodox church — the kyiv patriarchate.

how do you feel when you see it now? for decades, the kyiv patriarchate has been in the shadow of the more powerful moscow patriarchate. but now it is on the brink of recognition by most of the global 0rthodox community, led by the patriarch of constantinople, breaking over three centuries of spiritual domination here by russia. driven by popular anger at the russian orthodox church's support of vladimir putin and his military intervention in ukraine. but for many of the 12,000 churches here affiliated to the moscow patriarchiate, this split has been traumatic. father nikolai's difficulties began a year ago. father nikolai's faithful now gather

in the living room of his home, chanting as they have through thick and thin in soviet times, and in the 27 years of a free, independent ukraine. the concern is that you are not loyal to ukraine if you follow the moscow patriarchate. father nikolai and helena are not only proud of being ukrainian, their own son pavlov fought for his country against russian—backed rebels in the east of ukraine. you say they blame you for what is happening in the east,

do you think that russia is doing the right thing in the east? at the other end of the country, in the east, ukraine is still at war. large swathes of territory are held by russian—backed rebels and i am being driven to the frontline, where a shaky ceasefire prevails. my driver is another priest, father sergei dimitriev.

the war has made him switch from moscow to the kyiv patriarchate. he now serves as a chaplain for the ukrainian army. it's sunday and we have come to this village, a virtual ghost town just behind the front line. home now to the brigade sergei is attached to, all the way from the far west of the country. it is his job to support them when every day could be their last. there are virtually no differences between moscow and kyiv patriarchate rituals, but there are no moscow patriarchate chaplains serving in the ukrainian army. why did you leave the moscow patriarchate and join the kyiv patriarchate? word has come through that things

are quiet on the front line. and the patriotic music is playing as sergei heads off to forward positions. the trenches here mark where the ukrainian forces stopped the pro—russian advance in 2014. a soldier called andriy is on duty, he tells father sergei he is not much of a church—goer. hundreds of miles from the frontline in ukraine's capital, kiev, the experience

of war has left its mark on many people's lives. every week, the kyiv patriarchate provides a room for some of those who feel the need to talk. tonight, it is the turn of the group of veterans wives. they have agreed to tell me something of how the war has affected them. i told my little son, he was three years old, i told him that our daddy goes to defend our country because there is war and my son understands it and says "mummy, i am with you". when this war began, did you think it would be as brutal as it has been and would last for as long as it has? and how conflicted were you then, as a family? do you think those relations with russia and russian friends

can be repaired? i think no. because war is a big, big trauma. 11,000 people were killed. 11,000 of ukrainians. and i think that ukrainians can't forgive these deaths. back in western ukraine, there have been reports of more moscow patriarchate property being taken over, and the word is that it has been getting ugly. singing it is a sunday service at the church of the holy trinity at bohorodchany.

and father volodymyr shuvar is delivering his weekly sermon. but this week and he has something alarming to report, the local authorities have seized some of the churches premises. father volodymyr shuvar and the moscow patriarchate have run the church of the holy trinity since 1992. in 2001, volodymyr and his family were granted the use of rooms in the towns music schools next door.

until the summer when the town authorities ordered the premises to be returned and according to the father, took them by force. the local authorities here have told us that actually, what they have taken away is the music school, which never really belonged to you and this has nothing to do with the church and your faith and who you follow. father volodymyr‘s account of what happened is disputed.

but something unpleasant was happening around the church. father volodymyr took me to the door leading to the rooms the authorities had taken away. an official seal forbidding entry. but we were being watched. hello. don't speak english. don't speak english? what are you doing here? who sent you here?

what do you want from a priest and his congregation? 0ur exchange was over. no more questions or explanations. father volodymyr and his wife fear their church may be taken next. but they are from the area, and have a congregation to cater to. so what happens now? the bohorodchany town administration says they have no intention of taking the church. but with the red and black nationalist flag on the building, sometimes adopted by far right anti—russian groups here, and more intimidating young men in evidence in front, i wonder where the authorities‘ sympathies might really lie. on my way into the building i see a familiar face, the self—styled "ukrainian patriot" waiting to see the administration head, franko ezhak.

who are the young men who were parked outside the church? because one of the guys who has been sitting outside here the last few days that we have been here is actually outside your office right now. these young men are just choosing to sit outside in a very aggressive, threatening manner, off their own back? no one has asked them to do this? what you think, though, about the moscow patriarchate?

today's tension is not the first between ukraine and russia in these areas. in the centre of town stands a memorial to ukrainians who died fighting soviet occupation of western ukraine after world war ii. and that is where i finally get to speak to 0leh, who had been watching father volodymyr‘s church. do you view them as unpatriotic? as traitors? meanwhile in kiev, the temperature has been rising.

thousands of ukrainian nationalists marched the streets of the capital, proof for moscow of a rising tolerance here. —— rise in intolerance. in russia, the orthodox church has announced it is cutting all ties with the world 0rthodox community, for plans to recognise an independent ukrainian church. i asked the 89—year—old head of the kiev patriarchate, filaret, whether the goal of independence was creating more tension in an already divided country. and for filaret, it is the war in the east of ukraine that has

brought about the possibility. the military chaplain, father sergei, is back in kiev. he has something special to show me, on a wall commemorating the lives of 3800 ukrainian soldiers who have died in action since 2014. when you hear stories like that and see these images of 3800 men, did you ever think relations with russia could be repaired? hard steps will need to be taken for all ukraine to move on from a harrowing conflict with its closest neighbour. the authorities seem determined that a new church will be part of thatjourney — whether they take the whole of this divided country with them or not. hello. we have seen a taste of

winter over the past week with a really cold day and snow in areas and cold and frosty nights. that is all about to change. quite a cool start in the east of the country but here we saw the best of the sunshine. further west in the cloud, the rain in the milder air is beginning to move in. very windy and parts of scotland. it is all down to this deep area of low pressure which is the remnants of ex—hurricane 0scar. as we move into part two of

the weekend another windy day in the north. the wind will gradually eased down through the day. better in the north of the country was sunshine around, albeit blustery. the best of the sunshine will be lingering in the sunshine will be lingering in the midlands and wales and the south of england. 0n the + right across the board, the temperatures reaching the board, the temperatures reaching the low teens. 0n the board, the temperatures reaching the low teens. on sunday night the rain will pep up in the south—west and push northwards on the irish sea coast. this area will move northwards to magritte with this next area of pressure. more on that ina next area of pressure. more on that in a moment. this is the picture on monday with the area of low pressure and weather front in the west. the further east you are the higher the pressure in the near continent and the better chance of staying dry. mild, southerly winds with

temperatures up to 16 celsius. 0n monday night it will be mild with a lot of cloud around and a fairly fresh breeze from the south. the chance of rain the further west you are. into tuesday this area of low pressure in the west of the uk. high pressure in the west of the uk. high pressure in the east and pressure to the west and southerly winds bringing madhur right across the shawls. this is the on tuesday. —— across the shawls. for much of britain it should be dry with good spells of sunshine and it will be very mild and the supper temperatures of 15, 16. 12, 13 further north. low pressure pushing the weather front across the country during the course of the day full of it is possible we will see heavy

rain in southern, central areas and into scotland, eventually reaching east anglia and the south—east later in the day. despite the cloud and rain temperatures reaching about 12 degrees. the jet stream rain temperatures reaching about 12 degrees. thejet stream has been a key player. a week ago we were on the colder side of the jet that this weekend and beyond we will remain on the warmer side of the jet. this is pictures we head into the latter pa rt pictures we head into the latter part of next week. the jet stream going to the north—west corner of the country slipping south. by next weekend brings will cool down a little bit. from next weekend will generally be mild with rain at times particularly across the west. the best of the sunshine across the east. this is bbc news. the headlines... seven children have been injured after a fairground ride collapsed ahead of a fireworks

display in woking. a minute's silence from leicester city's players, away to cardiff, remembering the club chairman, who was among the dead. in bangkok, a week—long buddhist funeral is underway at a royal temple to honour the billionaire businessman and owner of leicester city football club, vichai srivaddhanaprabha. and in the united states, donald trump is on the campaign trailagain. with just days to go before the midterm elections, the president arrives in montana, trying to boost republican votes. and at 10:30pm and again at 11:30pm we'll be taking an in—depth look at the papers with the economist ruth lea and playwright and columnist bonnie greer.