this is news live from berlin pope francis prepares to celebrate mass of the united arab emirates it is said to be the largest public show of christianity ever seen on the arabian peninsula earlier he calls on christian and muslim leaders to work together to reject war but his trip is not without controversy also coming up venezuelan opposition leader why don't gets to step there dozens of european countries give him their support but nicolas maduro refuses to budge and accuses

the international community of planning a coup and a community divided by religion in ukraine we have an exclusive report on how orthodox christians have been split by a decision to recognize an independent ukrainian church after centuries of rule by the moscow patriarchate. i'm sorry kelly walking to the program it is being billed as the largest show of christian work on the arabian peninsula ever pope francis is about to celebrate a mass in the united arab emirates more than one hundred thirty thousand people are expected to attend the event in the capital. earlier francis met with amorality leaders and called for an end to what he called the miserable crudeness of the.

i hope francis is known for his preference for rather modest forms of transportation he was driven through abu dhabi in a compact car his unassuming vehicle choice was somewhat at odds with the greeting his hosts had prepared a grandiose display including fighter jets flying in formation. and the military gun salutes. the official program got underway with the pope signing the visitor's book then greeting the crown prince mohammed bin as i eat. on the way to the interreligious conference the pope the crown prince and the grand imaam of shareef walked hand in hand history wanted to send a signal of fraternity intolerance and that religion should never be used to justify violence and hate. will. in his address to the conference the pope said that war brings only misery and that weapons

a deadly religious communities he said must work together against the arming of boarders the raising of walls and the gagging of the poor he added that all people are created equal and no one should be master or slave to another. to an observer suggests his comments refer to the united arab emirates participation in yemen's devastating war and the lack of legal rights for foreign workers in the emirates. let's get more on the pope's historic visit we're joined by. religious affairs analyst just mentioned there the war in yemen and the statements that he's made against the united arab emirates involvement in that particular conflict not an easy issue to discuss with the host but i mean he's also not known really for mincing words as he well. you know most certainly not in any c. sure and most certainly not an uncontroversial nonetheless i mean it is true that

this pope that is not known for essentially opening confrontations on the public on the public or on the. generally is about to conduct prefers to blow its diplomatic corps and you know it's essentially it's leadership charge reproaches so conflicts of a and i mean there is you know there is a way to read the trip to the u.n. yes an endorsement. for the u.a.e. and its participation but the question of war has been actually at the forefront of the entire conversation so i think it's quite clear that this is actually one of. a big part of this agenda and that the way the old is approaching it essentially house to do with crying george bush the government injured change of policy in yemen and we're watching now we have to mention live pictures of the pope making his way through. as we mentioned he's about to give this historic event where you have the largest gathering of christians ever there on the arabian peninsula i

mean one of his big goals though martin we know is really to to sort of bridge the gap between muslims and christians in the region to increase understanding. you know is this trip likely to make a difference you think i think in the sense that it does have an impact on sort of the public understanding or the way in which the public itself in the region since it's only their ship and bracing and holding hands and walking along with the pope and in so far as that leadership is actually in some sense representative. by the population then of course yes i mean but this is not a given i mean. many that actually overlap here on the one hand you have the fact that most of the catholic community in the region is actually an immigrant community but many many fold so these are people coming mostly from southeast asia and south asia indians filipinos and cetera working there so the question of human gratian and really. quite

a bit then you also have the question that need of christian community center norms pressure by an entire collection of conflicts which have resulted in deaths i mean in torture have the results and. so i think that are things that are very much sort of part of the conversation the question is how much the leadership can do the vatican believes you know that the leadership we do. can offer both protection and for better integration of what was said last night in the speech during this encounter with the university about giving people full citizenship and full rights and he was obviously talking about minorities which are inside those communities i mean the christian community world but actually in many cases are deprived of basic rights so the idea is really that citizenship it's important to integration into into religious into religious harmony i mean a lot of christians in the region they actually have been quite optimistic about

this that i just like to quickly play a piece that we have here what your reaction there after. many nationalities united in their faith and joseph cathedral abu dhabi not deemed parish clerk from pakistan german priest martin stephen and the many catholic foreign workers living in the united arab emirates all think the pope's visit as a big deal. a momentous occasion and it's really want life to market and for many of us to see him and specially and part of the world. even the pontiff visit is of major importance. it's the first time the head of the church or even a leader of the church has come to the arabian peninsula that's really historic and that's why there's so much discussion about the visit most of the talk centers

around the meetings being held here between christians and muslims in the heart of the islamic world. by his vision for his torch and. the pope's visit also carries a political dimension the emirates a part of a saudi led military alliance deployed in yemen the pope has repeatedly called for peace in the water own country but despite the stormy issue religious dialogue will remain center stage the u.a.e. is keen to show its exemplary when it comes to religious freedom. the united arab emirates is considered the most religiously tolerant country in the gulf region it wants to see as much foreign investment as possible and remain an attractive destination for foreign workers. the best example of religious tolerance in the u.a.e. is the buddhist temple in dubai i. according to buddhists here it's the only one in

the entire middle east. buddhists are not always welcome in the islamic world they're seen as infidels and therefore often can't practice their religion in public. as far as the u.a.e. is concerned it's very what he told them in fact i keep saying all the time that tolerance is a wrong word to use because we are welcomed here in this country we are cherished the u.e.a. leadership looks after us very well can do residents agree the government has approved the construction of an impressive temple and this is what it's expected to look like religion here regardless where it comes from does not have to be practiced in private. many different countries all over the world and i've never come across where you have almost two hundred different nationalities living harmoniously together with defeat him to practice their religion freely and openly the pope is visiting the emirates for three days religious tolerance aside the country's track record on political freedom is the darkest side of the story anyone

who questions the u.e.s. involvement in the human war ones up in prison. and now we have this open air mass from the pope on the web and it's scheduled to take place in just about twenty minutes time martin what should be expect well i think that this is really in some sense the strongest show of force i mean in terms of interreligious dialogue but most important in terms of christians are gracious actually because although in the u.a.e. open worship for other religions is actually allowed by like the muslim world in the region i mean in saudi arabia it's a particularly this will gays other religious denominations are quite simply not allowed to worship in public and as a matter of fact in saudi arabia churches are by and large banned so the fact that the u.a.e. is putting on this play this many christians from the region and from around the world in public is a very strong sign from the government that in fact they are willing to take this step to work. much like the vatican has actually gone there to take the step

towards it is certainly a historic moment here and we're going to be covering it i know you'll be back again at the top of the hour as that that speech by the pope this mass gets under way martin our religious affairs correspondent we appreciate it. and i also get a quick check of some other stories making news around the world authorities in paris say that at least seven people have been killed after a fire ripped through an apartment building in the capital's wealthy sixteenth district around two hundred firefighters are at the scene there looking for other victims says they work to put out the blaze the cause is still unclear. a new study warns that two thirds of the glaciers in the himalayas could melts by the year or twenty one hundred if global emissions are not reduced scientists say that even if global warming were limited to one point five degrees celsius a third of the glaciers would still disappear the region's glaciers surprise

millions of people with water. a spokesman. says that the brazilian president has overcome a fever after a successful operation to remove his loss to me back. in the bag since he was stabbed during a campaign rally in september his spokesman said that also not a would be hospitalized for another week. venezuelan's opposition leader. has thanked major european countries for endorsing him as the country's legitimate president but nicolas maduro has told a military rally that he will never surrender. countries of taking orders from the trump administration who says that he is plotting to overthrow him to steal his country's oil. parents of venezuela. the door of statements were echoed by

protesters as you can hear there at the meeting of the so-called group in canada on monday the coalition of latin american nations and canada called for venezuela's army to back and to let aid into the country representatives of. fledging administration will. travel to washington on feb fourteenth to drum up aid for venezuela's elling economy. venezuela's power struggle deepened on monday off to several european nations officially recognized opposition leader of one quite go as the country's acting president spain was the first to announce the support germany france the u.k. and several other countries quickly followed suit this gets done in this new presidential elections were not called by yesterday. that is why kwan go i don't know is the person we expect to initiate an election process as soon as possible that we will be ignored from the idea of martin and by puts and germany along with

several other european countries recognizes him as the legitimate interim president to oversee this task to the president. because if you know. venezuela's foreign minister is firmly on the duros side. europeans and the americans are making a mistake but it doesn't bother us it doesn't distract us because we know who's making the decisions here. and there are four girls our time and our strength are geared to stopping imperialism. stopping donald trump's government from setting foot on sacred but as wayland soil. maduro insists he will never bow to his opponents he also refuses to let foreign humanitarian aid into the country for fear that aid could be coupled with

a military intervention. as the standoff intensifies life remains desperate for many venezuelans amid the country's bitter economic crisis many forced to rely on food donations to survive and millions of others have fled the country. and for more now let's bring in jennifer communal gonzalez a venezuelan journalist from news welcome to you jennifer we know that military support will really be crucial in deciding the power struggle there and benefits well and where things stand right now with the army and with regard to its resolve to stick by doro. well the needle has not moved yet the top brass are standing by they are sticking with another oh and you know the lower ranks we're not sure this is the thing the army is not a bloc there are two sides here they're the the top brass that has been basically loyal to his government because it is a part of this government and the lower ranks the barracks who are reportedly not

doing so well they're not benefiting as much as that as a top brass and friend reportedly not totally in support of mother or but right now we haven't seen any signs unfortunately of any change in that regard meantime you know madore very defiant teens he's lashed out against the west accusing the e.u. of taking orders from washington and it using washington of wanting to carry out a coup. you know what happens if he does not bow now to international pressure because i mean the words that he's using are quite strong. yes and these words are historical language that the government has used this this idea that had that the government be an attack that the intervention anything that is that is a. negative assessment of his government is seen as intervention is seen as as as an imperialistic attempt to overthrow him but in this case he is worried he's

worried definitely and so he's going to ratchet up this language to try to get his supporters to back him and the riled up just as the opposition is riling up its supporters as well but it's difficult because the mother could just not do anything and then what and then what happens well that is what will be tough for the opposition and for its international partners to decide what is the next move when nothing happens with jennifer camino gonzales thank you. well he once was known in india as the king of good times famous for his lavish lifestyle and now billionaire business tycoon v.j. malia looks set to return home to face charges of money laundering and fraud this after monday's decision by the u.k.'s home secretary to approve an order for his extradition. but this is the man the indian government has been trying to get its hands on for two years v.j.

malya shown here on his way to course in december moved to the u.k. in twenty sixteen he left behind him in india over a billion dollars in unpaid debts among the lenders to come ashore see india station owned i.d.b. i bank. monday's ruling which malya can appeal means he can be extradited to his home country to face charges of money laundering and for all its. responding to the decision india's finance minister our own jackley tweeted modi government clear is one more step to get extradited going on to accuse the opposition of supporting scam stories in an unrelated matter. the case has become the focal point of indian prime minister never enter a modis pledge to crack down on what he calls crony capitalism. d.j. malya initially made his fortune from kingfisher beer after inheriting the company that makes it from his father he later branched out into formula one racing staying

in control of the force india formula one team until as recently as june of last year. but it was aviation that was his damn full charges against him relate to the collapse of kingfisher airlines in twenty twelve. india's government accuses the tycoon of conspiring with banking executives to obtain large loans he had no intention of repaying malya maintains the airline's demise was a legitimate business failure driven largely by high oil prices. now french media is reporting that president among you could call the nation's first referendum in fourteen years in response to the yellow vest protest movement the french would be asked if they want to reduce the number of national lawmakers in line with one of micron's campaign pledges the yellow vests and taking to the streets last year to demonstrate against what they see as policies that favor the

rich but one of their founding members says that the movement has been taken over by radicals and has now decided to set their own political party. who no longer takes out the yellow vests to protest she was one of the founders of the yellow vests movement but now she's moving on at age fifty one she's founding a political party. the emerging ones the goal is to fight for greater social justice and equality. this week i'll continue to do my part we have to develop a network across the region. it will be a lot of work think. for now the party headquarters are in her kitchen don't cook that mustard is over two so there's no time for lunch goes the afternoon coordinating with supporters and dealing with legal questions she's

a composer but her face is known across france as one of the leaders of the yellow vests need keys but what's the money for. hi you tube video against president emanuel am a cornfield tax hikes went viral and stirred up the yellow vests protests but now she says it's time to move on. the movement has reached rock bottom it's becoming nonsense. they've radicalized and ninety's people think the oh and the whole yellow vests may have meant. to no one can own me or hold me hostage in the street. move who isn't alone and denouncing the yellow vests to. the more than ten thousand people took to the streets of paris that message to the yellow vests that's enough they feel increasingly alienated from the movement it's the first rally in months that's for

the government. twenty one million people voted for the president. that if i let me i'm defending freedom and democracy. structure and trade also hurts people as it looks for second between. back in move towards village and brittany many people support her rejection of violence and also back a party that's critical of the government. which. i think it's a moderate and constructive way to propose ideas. but they don't want to get rid of the president is enough we believe it's better to deal with the current government and try to improve things rather than to kick them i hate brutal could reveal their. names to stand in upcoming local elections she wants to play a different political tune than mcconnell.

well now a decision by distant religious leaders has split a tiny ukrainian town in. you late last year ukraine's christian orthodox leaders created a new church independent of russia they've received the blessing of orthodox christianity spiritual head patriarch bartholomew based in istanbul now many villagers were glad to embrace a full day ukrainian church but not all are ready to cut their three hundred year old ties with the russian patriarchy u.w. correspondent nick connelly sent us this report about the schism in aren't just. praying in the cold. it's not their usual church but these mosco patriarchy supporters say they don't have the choice the decision by the leader of the world to do x. christians in faraway istanbul to recognize the independent ukraine a church soon he turns into this isolated village. community weeks supporters of

the two rival confessions were locked in a standoff suddenly the village of burnet to head to priest father said he is the most patriarchy and father only of the ukrainian church. supporters of the ukrainian church collected signatures soon they had a two thirds majority within the congregation in favor of joining the new body and within a matter of days they had the keys to the church. father said he of the moscow patriarchy insists the whole procedure was raked villages he says were tricked into signing the petition but that was just the beginning. this is ripping the community apart people have stopped speaking to one another we even have a husband who's threatening to throw his wife out for her religious beliefs they called us anti christ. a little bit about a fifth of the old congregation have decided to stick with father said he and the

moscow patriarchate they've made their way to this rundown cottage on the edge of the village for the first service and what they hope is just a temporary home for their parish feelings are running high. for we had a funeral the other day the people that was split into each side kept to itself so i could never has an agenda and i'd end up going to play in a shack. the other end of the village the new york prince of the church of st john are also preparing for their first service. inside the new increase of father or legs leading prayers and ukraine rather than old slavonic cake church language used by the moscow patriarchate was. once a year for war he proudly shows the congregation a copy of the official charter by patriarch bartholomew in istanbul recognizing the

independence of the ukrainian church it's something many here have been waiting for since ukraine gained independence three decades ago some put up a lot of this is all about the congregation they have decided which church they want to belong to the majority has made its choice i think the others will be back with us very soon. met the one hundred by you we want to talk to god in ukrainian not in any other language we want to ukrainian priest the ukrainian church the russians are sending tanks against us killing our children and grandchildren here we don't want the russians here no way. we have a ukrainian church a church that's truly independent of russia a country that's attacking us we're not praying for their soldiers anymore father said he refuses to accept that these changes are permanent and is fighting to bring his parishioners back in from the cold. i hope the people will eventually understand what they've done repent and return to the fold of the true church. for

the moment at least that seems unlikely what began as an argument about bricks and mortar now threatens to turn into a long lasting division in this community. you're watching t.v. news up next it is g.w. business so stick around for that and don't forget you can always get the latest on our web site that's at the dot com i'm sorry kelly thanks for watching. the.

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