city's. info margarets your platform for reliable information. this is a w. news live from berlin independence after more than three hundred years ukraine's orthodox church formally severs ties with moscow a new to create grants autonomy to an independent ukrainian church that until now has been overseen by russia will go to kiev to talk about the implications. also coming up a fragile truce in yemen hangs in the balance the u.n.

special envoys urging rebel leaders to respect a ceasefire war and famine help left millions facing starvation in one of the world's poorest countries. riot police crackdown on gang violence in brazil the on breast is the first chest of new president jarboe sonars hard line long and order policy. also coming up a gold coated backlash hits a star footballer club bar in munich the final winner frank were really for posting insults and upset at ease on twitter it was defending himself from intense criticism after an easy eating a piece of steak covered in gold we'll have reaction in among. you. i'm serious oh my god that's good to have you with us the newly founded ukrainian orthodox church is holding its first. christmas mass in the capital kiev the

service comes just hours after church leaders formally received a decree of independence at a ceremony in istanbul and in more than three centuries of russian influence ukraine's president petro poroshenko had campaigned for the split which has provoked anger in moscow. let's bring in matthew cooper a journalist with the key have post he joins us from the ukrainian capital for more on the story matthew thank you very much for joining us now this is a pretty significant day the first mass of an independent ukrainian orthodox church after more than three centuries of russian control tell us more about the lead up to the split. good evening thank you for having me this is been a very significant event and it happened actually quite quickly when you consider it discussion started around october very quickly it was it became clear that ukrainian orthodox church would receive this decree of independence that would give it independence from moscow then the two unrecognized ukrainian orthodox churches

that existed in ukraine they were unrecognized meaning they were seen as schismatic or non-canonical voted to unite their neck to elect a new leader metropolitan at the funniest and very soon they receive toll most and the most being that the degree the decree of autocephaly that may not mean a lot to the average person but that is essentially the decree of independence for the church and it's extremely significant for believers of the ukrainian orthodox churches that were not subordinate to moscow because until this moment they were unrecognized there with their church was on recognized by the metropolitan of constantinople but this is also orthodox christians in ukraine has not tell us more about that. well this is a divisive issue because there are there are for the first of all political aspects but there's also a very deep religious aspect a person can be very very big hatred of ukraine while simultaneously being added herit to the ukrainian orthodox church of the moscow patriarchate so this is

a this has divided this divides orthodox christians granted who are already in some ways divided but it has received a lot of support both from those ukrainian orthodox christians who are who are not subordinate to moscow whose churches were not support to moscow previously and also for many ukrainians for themselves are not particularly religious but who are patriotic and view this as a step towards greater independence for ukraine from moscow and it should be said also that to some degree the direction in which people move may be affected by the direction of their priests if the priests are supportive or want you to join this new ukrainian unified church then maybe they will go too but if not they will stay with the. moscow or the mosque or even a church matthew we mention the mosque i was not very happy about this step tell us more about whether this will further still tensions in the region. well i think this will further stoke tensions that said tensions are already quite high and of course they have been since two thousand and fourteen when russia

annexed crimea and supported separatists in the eastern region at the same time tensions have risen most recently at the end of november russia seized three ukrainian boats that were attempting to cross into the sea of us all through the carriage straits and captured twenty four russian or ukrainian sailors so this is already a highly tense moment and i think ukraine is concerned and is preparing for the possibility of greater tensions the ukraine the orthodox church of ukraine the newly formed one that just received recognition has warned about the potential for what it would have called religious provocations in some regions of the country with the idea that these provocations would be used to form a media image in the russian media an image a negative image of ukraine in the russian media so far though it's unclear what what russia's response will be it is it is suggested that this that ukraine was that the that the patriarch of constantinople gave ukraine the ukraine orthodox church independence in return for money that was said that's not true there's been

accusations this is entirely politicized but so far there these are just accusations all right matthew cooper a journalist with the kiev post to us from the ukrainian capital thank you so much that the u.n. special envoy to yemen has arrived in the country to try to shore up a ceasefire agreed to last month since that there have been reports of repeated violations of the truce which applies to the port city of data a crucial entry point for aid shipments yemen civil war began in two thousand and fourteen and a saudi led coalition intervened in the conflict a year later it has led to a devastating humanitarian crisis with millions on the brink of famine. the key hopes to save what is a fragile cease fire un special envoy martin griffiths knows that the longer they can keep the gun silent the more precious aid can be delivered to the destitute country. yet both sides of the conflict report that the other has already violated the treaty with gunshots a daily disturbance in a round hole data and

a dispute over the wording of a ceasefire could be its downfall the deal says the port should be turned over to local authorities the yemeni government interprets that to mean their own authorities the rebels however say it means the officials currently running her day to support their allies. at stake are the lives of millions of yemenis who depend on aid to survive like the young patients at this clinic in her job in the northwest abraham is struggling to survive. my flat and i don't none of the aid gets to us none of the organizations aid or food supplies reach us. i love them even when they stopped at the registration we didn't get anything. the war in yemen has resulted in the world's worst humanitarian crisis a short term ceasefire say aid groups is only the first fragile step in pulling the

country back from the brink. since two thousand and fifteen the who three rebels with backing from iran have been fighting against the yemeni government which received support from saudi arabia. the un hopes the kings can be ironed out of the current ceasefire in the next few days but what small progress has been made since december is threatened by the constant sound of gunfire. you're going to the world of. let's catch up on some other stories making news around the world at least thirty people have been killed in an accident at a gold mine in afghanistan reports suggest there was either a flash flood or a tunnel collapse at the facility in the northern province police say several others were injured while officials in malaysia say king mohammed the fifth has stepped down they gave no reason for his resignation which follows a lengthy leave of absence and rumors that he had married a former brush and beauty queen it's the first time a malaysian monarch has abdicated before completing their rotating five year.

authorities in brazil of send hundreds of military police to end a wave of gang violence in the northern city of fortaleza it's the first test of newly installed president charles sonars hardline law and order policies the right wing leader has pledged to make the streets safe again. the off the mouth of intense vandalism in northeast brazil. for a week they will file an attacks on shops banks and buses in the city of full to less. so in response brazil central government stepped in three hundred troops are being deployed across the region to shore up security. the upsurge in violence came as a new government took over in brazil president ship also norah who was inaugurated just a few days ago campaigned for a tough crackdown on criminality that is part of his sweeping reforms justice

minister said joe morrow announced tougher measures in brazil's prisons prisons often controlled by gangs. the gangs responded by going on the attack. when it today i didn't go to work i was scared because i was told that there was no way to guarantee my safety that is what people are living through president both in our is popular although often offensive a derogatory is frank language resonates with millions of brazilians brazilians who hope he can end the years of gang violence. football star frank of really really has been fined by his club bar in munich over the fallout from an ostentatious neal of a french player came under intense criticism on his social media channels over an expensive piece of steak which he defended in a string of posts filled with insults and obscenity s let's get more on the story

with our reporter charlotte shall some pill shoes and tracking this one for a stroll it tell us exactly what happened. did all begin with that very very expensive steak that he raped ate at a restaurant in dubai you then posted videos of himself eating that state on his instagram and twitter account and i think we really need to to see those videos to understand what the fuss is about so you can see that it's covered in gold leaf how much he thing to say. five hundred bucks that cost him some twelve hundred years and he got a lot of stick on it for it on social media a lot of people thought it was very often taisha they found it really hard to swallow he was also got a lot of abuse in the french press press as well for about steak and it wasn't just aimed at him it was also aimed at his family including his pregnant wife and child

who. is posing with the restauranteur there now robbery couldn't take that lying down he hit back on his twitter account so that it use and he hit back in a really really big way and what he said i can actually tell you because it is so didn't and filled with so many profanities but just to give us a bit of a tasty called his critics envious and angry and there was some abuse aimed at the mothers and grandmothers as well and he called them nothing but pebbles in my socks how people responded to that well before he his house and his critics on twitter he did have some support among bion fans a lot of them saying well he's a very rich man he's estimated and some eight million euros a year with buy and he can spend his money how. he once there was people as well who pointed out that it's not just rigorously the french it's french international that's going to this restaurant there are also a number of other football stars and celebrities i mean if you look at the twitter accounts of the restauranteur it's basically

a roll call of all of the rich and famous early this week the future president in frontin gianni was also you can see pictures as well of the former england international david beckham there you see the n.l. messi and the branches united stop. the end of last year the dog in player that was there as well as there were a lot of people who said you know why is why is he getting all this back loads of other people have gone there as well pursed what's a storm though it's quite hard to find people who are defending him and as we mentioned by munich really aren't happy they said that his conduct on social media is not befitting one of the players he's a role model after all they've hit him with this very heavy find have not said exactly how much but they said it's extremely hefty one person who has come out and sort of supported him in a way is his teammates thomas. said that he is an absolute hundred player and he's called him an emotional guy let's take

a listen to what you have to say that the vice be easy to follow you know everyone knows who is in the wrong. but in these moments where he feels he's been treated unfairly we've been viciously attacked and sometimes he blows a fuse he can't really control himself over in the movie does that even though there are some times where things worked out better than this time but it's true that he does get attacked a lot of things also doesn't it you don't feel that the kid would have a media is not letting repartee off that easy that his comments some of course his suspension others have criticized fined for not being a big enough fine some say maybe he shouldn't even come back our reporter charlotte covering this controversy for us thank you very much. staying with football and the opening game of the asian cup almost provided the first shock of the tournament with hosts the united arab emirates needing a late goal to secure a draw against bahrain the lower ranked visitors opened the scoring through mohamed al behind me but with just two minutes remaining converted

a penalty for the one all final score the first giant killing did arrive on day two when underdogs jordan upset reigning champs australia i must bonnie a scene headed in the only goal of the game with jordan taking a one nil victory thank you for watching t.v. every will be back at the top of the hour with more news. this. knowledge. of the markets. good morning.