player. this is deja vu news live from berlin independence after more than three hundred years ukraine's orthodox church formally severed ties with moscow new to create grounds autonomy to an independent ukrainian church that until now has been overseen by russia will go to kiev to talk about the implications but. also coming up with pope francis or just the european union to do more to help migrants and start to stop arguing over their faces to see what life is like for those trying to reach the e.u. to the mediterranean island of cyprus. also coming up in the next fifteen minutes

a gold coated backlash that's a star football player this golden piece of steak has landed byron munich spunk they believe and a lot of trouble we'll tell you more in just a moment. you. i'm sumi so much ground it's good to have you with us the newly founded ukrainian orthodox church has gained a formal independence from moscow and what is an historic split church leaders formally received a decree of independence at a ceremony in the turkish capital istanbul the global center of the christian orthodoxy for the ukrainian church it marks the end of more than three centuries of russian influence ukraine's president petro poroshenko had campaigned for the break which has provoked anger in moscow. let's bring in matthew cooper a journalist with the key of 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 epiphanius and very soon they received almost and the most being the degree of 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 first of all political aspects but there's also a very deep religious aspect a person can be very a very big hatred of ukraine while simultaneously being at it 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 from many ukrainians who 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 of the mosque warrior church matthew we mentioned a 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 donbass 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 say are 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 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 it 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 cook for a journalist with the kiev post speaking to us from the ukrainian capital thank you so much. now pope francis has entered the debate over migrant stranded in the mediterranean sea calling for them to be given a safe port in which to dock the pontiff spoke out while celebrating mass at the

vatican he called on european leaders to show solidarity and stop arguing over the fate of the migrants rescued last month by two humanitarian ships and they are currently stuck off the coast of malta as members decide which country should take the. the plight of migrants at sea continues to make headlines but many also travel by air and land from turkey to reach the e.u. on the mediterranean island of cyprus even that their problems are still far from over it's just a ninety minute flight from istanbul to turkish occupied northern cyprus from there it's a short drive through the buffer zone to southern cyprus and the european union more and more asylum seekers from iraq and syria are making the journey because shelters are overrun many have to live an overpriced hotels are on the street a family of four receives seven hundred thirty five euros in aid per month. the number of asylum seekers arriving in cyprus has shot up fifty percent since twenty

seventeen. authorities are angry with turkey for allowing them to travel freely to the north of the island some of these nationalities exploit the fact that turkey for certain. agreements with these countries little for other movies or controls the u.n. refugee agency says the three to five year period for processing asylum applications is creating major problems because migrants are forbidden to work during this time it's extremely challenging for them to find employment and self sustainability and that has led this situation of homelessness and destitution that has set in aerial armine increased. only five percent of the asylum seekers in southern cyprus are housed in this camp the rest have to find a home for themselves and pressure is growing to find a solution and quickly. now to some other stories making headlines around the world

british prime minister theresa may said her country would be in quote uncharted territory if london's parliament rejects her brags the deal she was speaking to the b.b.c. has been struggling to gain support for her plan to leave the e.u. with a vote expected in mid january. and were officials in malaysia say kanwal hamad 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 russian beauty queen it's a first time a malaysian monarch has abdicated before completing their rotating five year rule. authorities in brazil have sent hundreds of military police to end a wave of gang violence in the northern city afford to lace up it's the first test of newly installed president also gnarls hardline law and order policies the right wing leader as pledged to make the streets safe again. the off them off 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 lizza. so in response brazil's 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. who was inaugurated just a few days ago campaigned for a tough crackdown on criminality and as part of his sweeping reforms justice minister sergio morrow announced tougher measures in brazil's prisons prisons often controlled by gangs. the gangs responded by going on the attack. 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 the president both an hour is popular although often offensive a derogatory is frank language resonates with millions of brazilians brazilians who

hope he can end years of gang violence. football star frank of the has been fined by his club munich over the fall of from an ostentatious meal the french player came under intense criticism on a social media channels over an expensive piece of steak which she defended in a string of posts filled with insults and of senate ease let's get more on that with our reporter charlotte shell some hill she's here with us in our studio she's been looking into this story for us charlotte tell us what's been going on now that wasn't just any old expensive steak it was an extremely expensive steak i think you really have to take a look at the videos that really himself posted on his social media accounts of him eating steak i mean if you just take a look at it is actually see meat covered in a gold leaf right there and it is absolutely enormous i mean how much do you think

it's day by that i'd say around five hundred bucks is actually a little bit more than that is actually twelve hundred years that you can pay for that both state everybody is eating at a restaurant from the famous turkish restaurant has sold even though you know he's got a chain of restaurants where he sells stakes like that and rubbery wanted to show off and post that image online but he found that there was a lot of backlash on twitter for that video not just online on twitter but also from the french press where he's not been very popular in the past it's not just been aimed at him it was aimed at his wife his mother his child he really got quite love so what how is he responded to that criticism or he didn't take it lying down he hit back in in a very big way actually he posted a couple of tweets yesterday laden with profanities expletives he called his critics n.d.s. angry he leveled from explosives that his critics mothers and grandmothers all let

your imagination. tell you what exactly he said that we can't say it also but he really did. really hit back in a very very big way. he's done essentially is turn what was a bit of a twitter storm into something a lot more serious now how people responded to his response well before that twitter out but he did have some support for his videos online his fans were saying hey you know what this guy and an estimated eight million euros a year he can spend his money however he wants and there were people as well who pointed out that the restaurant where he posted the video from is constantly full of celebrities in fact if you look through salt bays the restaurant says twitter account is basically a fear of famous people i mean it was. messy and pol pot but very famous football is david beckham as well that on the left the former england player . in the rinaldo as well has been there is that restaurants that people are you

know why did rebury come and come to say much slack but off of that out but. there's very hard to find anyone who's willing to defend him i have to say and by munich themselves as we said beginning now find him they said it's completely unacceptable one of their players a role model to act like that on social media has not said how much they find him but it's meant to be a huge amount one person who has sort of come out to support him as his teammate. he gave a statement here where he said that he is known for being emotional been emotional throughout his career and called him a team player that's a listen. to be easy to follow in the end 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 the movie does it even though there are some times were things worked out better than this time. but it's true that he does get attacked a lot of things also doesn't feel that the kid with. german media is not quite as

patient though about this whole out they've called him bit sudden for example the german newspapers call for him to be suspended other outlets in editorials have said he shouldn't play for by munich atoll so lot of people very angry about this was our best really interesting stuff there charlotte charles and phil thank you so much for bringing us that story. or we just have one a basketball item for you turkish n.b.a. player and his counter will not travel to london with his team the new york knicks and a fear for his safety the next will play a league game their encounter is a vocal critic of turkish president reza type everyone believes traveling to europe for his team's match against the washington wizards could be dangerous he said he believes turkish security forces are active in the british capital his turkish passport was revoked in two thousand and seventeen which counter claims is due to his political views. thank you for watching d.w.

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