but bartholomew the first said that ukrainians had desired ecclesiastical independence for centuries and never accepted they were part of the russian church whatever the religious implications the new move could help bolster poroshenko political position with elections coming up in march this statement of independence could play to his advantage. but. pope francis has entered the debate over migrants stranded in the mediterranean sea calling for them to be given a safe in which to dock the pontiff spoke of bracing mass at the vatican he called on european leaders to show solidarity and stop arguing over the fate of the migrants risking it last month by two humanitarian ships they are currently stuck off the coast of miles as e.u. members decide which country should take them. now 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 then their problems are still far from over. it's just a ninety minute flight from istanbul to turkish occupied northern cyprus from there it

tasha bartholomew/caltrain "...this event brings out generations of families to celebrate what dr. king was trying to do....nats (new life fellowship praise team)the new life fellowship praise team set the tone for the ride to san francisco, which commemorates the 54 mile civil rights march, led by dr. king, from selma to montgomery, alabama, in 1965. riders telling me dr. 1965. riders alabama, in in san jose.diridon station starting from pilgrimage... the annual ya145 wont hurt sotbrownfor itself says record speaks but harris's party 56but harris's record speaks for itself says brownsot145 wont hurt ya (grant) another big story tonight... to honor king... the caltrain "celebration train" traveled from san jose to san francisco ....making stops this morning in palo alto... and san mateo. kron4's rob fladeboe caught up with riders making the annual pilgrimage... starting from diridon station in san jose. nats (boarding train)this was the happy scene as hundreds of folks boarded the martin luther king junior celebration train in san jose. the annual event celbrating dr. kings birthda

somehow, said detective bartholomew, their tone just didn't seem right. especially angie's >> i thought that, i guess due to what had just happened, that she would be very emotionally upset. and to me, it was just like a regular interview. it didn't make sense an intruder she saw just a few feet away. >> describe this figure the best you can. >> it was all black. i'd say probably -- i would say pretty tall. >> when you say black, you're talking black as in? >> everything was black. i couldn't - >> shadowy or a black person >> i don't know. i didn't see any color i just saw - >> so you're talking black as in a shadow >> black clothes, yeah >> reporter: did that arouse any suspicion, that maybe she was involved in this somehow >> i thought so. >> reporter: so detective bartholomew pulled angie and marie's 911 calls. >> he's dead i know he is >> somebody came in and shot somebody >> reporter: and >> same thing. i just really -- >> reporter: curiously devoid of emotion? >> very much so. i think there was panic. but listening to it, i just think that there was

i say thank you to metropolitan bartholomew — to his faith.ollowers, has already condemned the decision and severed ties with the ecumenical patriarch. will other countries now refuse to recognise the new ukrainian church? there will be celebrations over the next few days, here in ukraine, to mark this historic moment. what remains unresolved, though, is the fate of the thousands of parishes and religious sites that are still under the control of the russian orthodox church. this could turn out to be a very messy divorce. a bid to smear the youngest woman elected to the us congress has backfired. a video of alexandria ocasio—cortez, dancing while she was a student at boston university, was shared just a day before the 29 year old was officially sworn in to congress. but, instead of discrediting her, many people have instead celebrated her dance moves. laura westbrook reports. this is a video of a girl dancing. but it is who is dancing has got people talking. alexandria ocasio—cortez is the youngest woman ever elected to the us congress. this f

i say thank you to metropolitan bartholomew, to his faith.next. the russian orthodox church, facing the loss of millions of followers, has already condemned the decision, and severed ties with the ecumenical patriarch. will other countries now refuse to recognise the new ukrainian church? there will be celebrations over the next few days, here in ukraine, to mark this historic moment. what remains unresolved, though, is the fate of the thousands of parishes and religious sites that are still under the control of the russian orthodox church. this could turn out to be a very messy divorce. jonah fisher, bbc news, in kiev. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: the winter wonderland that is harbin in china — the world's largest ice festival. the japanese people are in mourning following the death of emperor hirohito. thousands converged on the imperial palace to pay their respects when it was announced he was dead. "good grief." after half a century of delighting fans around the world, charlie brown and the rest of the gang are calling it quit

oh oh bartholomew the first the leader of the eastern orthodox church and a man at the center of what's being described as potentially one of the biggest rifts in christianity in recent times. with his signature on saturday he officially split most of ukraine's orthodox churches from centuries of russian jurisdiction. flow horrific emotive on sunday during a service in the turkish city of istanbul to mark the orthodox feast day of the pippen e the document for the separation also known as the thomas was officially handed over to the leader of the now independent ukrainian orthodox churches as most of watching from the side petro poroshenko the ukrainian president he's pushed for ukraine's orthodox churches to split from what he and others have described as russian influence and propaganda ukraine's churches have been under pressure to sever ties since the country became independent after the breakup of the soviet union in one thousand nine hundred ninety one. and that pressure has been getting stronger since russia annexed crimea in two thousand and fourteen ukraine imposed martial law

i say thank you to metropolitan bartholomew, to his face.. the russian 0rthodox what happens next. the russian orthodox church facing the loss of millions of followers, has already condemned the decision and said that ties with the ecumenical patriarch. will other countries now refuse to recognise the new ukrainian church? there will be celebrations over the next few days here in ukraine, to mark this historic moment. what remains also result is the thousands of parishes and religious sites that are still under the control of russian orthodox church. this could turn out to be a very messy divorce. jonah fisher, bbc news in kiev. but get of the sport, over to ben. —— lets get a round—up of the sport. in this famous old competition these two sides have history. this is a united side beginning to remember what they once were. they went ahead thanks to a very modern twist, the ball went in but a video replay here gave them a penalty instead, juan mata keeping his calm. despite their stuttering season in the championship, reading did create enoug

i say thank you to metropolitan bartholomew, to his faith.ns are about what happens next. the russian orthodox church, facing the loss of millions of followers, has already condemned the decision, and severed ties with the ecumenical patriarch. will other countries now refuse to recognise the new ukrainian church? there will be celebrations over the next few days, here in ukraine, to mark this historic moment. what remains unresolved, though, is the fate of the thousands of parishes and religious sites that are still under the control of the russian orthodox church. this could turn out to be a very messy divorce. jonah fisher, bbc news, in kiev. russia's deputy foreign minister has dismissed speculation over a possible prisoner swap involving the former us marine paul whelan. mr whelan, who also has british, canadian and irish nationality, was arrested in russia for alleged spying. sergei ryabkov described the arrest of paul whelan as very serious and said that talk of swapping him for any russian detainee was inappropriate, counterproductive

i say thank you to metropolitan bartholomew — to his faith.hat happens next. the russian orthodox church, facing the loss of millions of followers, has already condemned the decision and severed ties with the ecumenical patriarch. will other countries now refuse to recognise the new ukrainian church? there will be celebrations over the next few days, here in ukraine, to mark this historic moment. what remains unresolved, though, is the fate of the thousands of parishes and religious sites that are still under the control of the russian orthodox church. this could turn out to be a very messy divorce. jonah fisher, bbc news, in here. mountaineering experts say the risks of winter climbing should not be under—estimated following the deaths of two young climbers on ben nevis — britain's highest peak — in recent weeks. a student from germany died on new year's day while another young climber — from britain — died in december. here's our scotland correspondent james shaw. ben nevis, the highest mountain in the british isles and, for that reason, ext

oh oh bartholomew the first the leader of the eastern orthodox church and a man at the center of what's being described as potentially one of the biggest rifts in christianity in recent times. with his signature on saturday he officially split most of ukraine's orthodox churches from centuries of russian jurisdiction. flow forfeit your motive on sunday during a service in the turkish city of istanbul to mark the orthodox feast day of a pick any the document for the separation also known as the thomas was officially handed over to the leader of the now independent ukrainian orthodox churches as most of watching from the side petro poroshenko the ukrainian president he's pushed for ukraine's orthodox churches to split from what he and others have described as russian influence and propaganda ukraine's churches have been under pressure to sever ties since the country became independent after the breakup of the soviet union in one thousand nine hundred ninety one. and that pressure has been getting stronger since russia annexed crimea in two thousand and fourteen ukraine imposed martial law

the honor of retrieving the sacred prize from the murky waters in istanbul of this year patriarch bartholomew did a fake out before flinging it out to his left and caused some grief confusion for the lead swimmers but they found it in the end it's traditional cross throwing is also practiced in other countries including greece and cyprus just. a reminder now of our top stories here on d w a fragile truce in yemen is hanging in the balance the u.n. special envoy is urging russia leaders to respect a cease fire in the key port city of ho data. and riot police have been deployed to crack down on gang violence in brazil the rest is the first test of new president jarboe scenarios hardline law and order policies. thank you for watching to that you will be back at the top of the hour.

the honor of retrieving the sacred prize from the murky waters in istanbul this year a picture of bartholomew did a fake out before flinging it out to his left it cause some brief confusion for the lead swimmers but they found it in the end traditional cross story is also practiced in other countries including greece and cyprus. a minor in our top story here on ukraine's orthodox church has formally severed ties with moscow a new decree grants autonomy to an independent ukrainian church that i'm told that was been overseen by russia the split has provoked anger in moscow. german state by state. the most colorful. the liveliest. the most traditional. find it all and any time. check you with a web special. take a tour of germany state by state. w. darko.

patriarch bartholomew the first orthodoxies global leader signed a decree to make it official the ukrainian church has severed ties with the moscow affiliated church united some former schisms and could create a few more of ukraine's president petro poroshenko was present at the istanbul ceremony he had pushed for the move seeing it as a further act of ukraine's independence from russia but. it will complete the assertion of the independence of the ukrainian state strengthen religious freedom and into confessional peace it will strengthen the rights and freedoms of citizens. but it pulls us to go on you. but the break has provoked a furious response in moscow where supporters of the russian church see very different motives for the move. what is happening in the church now is because parra shankar and his circle want to divide the wealth of the church it's the only reason and not because of faith. what do you do when you get it. but buffalo meat the first said that ukrainians had desired to keep independence the centuries and never accepted they were part of the russian show whatever the re

tasha bartholomew/caltrain "...this event brings out generations of families to celebrate what dr.ing was trying to do....nats (new life fellowship praise team)the new life fellowship praise team set the tone for the ride to san francisco, which commemorates the 54 mile civil rights march, led by dr. king, from selma to montgomery, alabama, in 1965. riders telling me dr. today as it was back then passengers "...he represented the past, the present and the future..." "...we all have a dream right, and we can never go back..." "...if dr. king had lived a little longer the world would be a much better place..." "...we have a lot more work to do, darkness cannot drive out darkness, only light can do that..."as always, dozens of children were among the 2-thousand or so riders this year, sponsored by the martin luther king junior foundation. a teaching moment for young and old alike. said one long-time rider, "it as if the train itself were powered by king's eternal message of freedom and equality."alfred turner/san jose "...sometimes you look around and it seems like we're going backwar

that the patriarch in constantinople is granting autonomy to ukraine and how much of patriarch bartholomew decision is based on religion and how much of it as political. well it is a political definitely a political step the wrists not much of religion according to canonical traditions or economical pottery ark couldn't have broken the green mint or three hundred and thirty and something else years old or and dispossess russian butter kate of it's legal right to operate in ukraine but it was done it's political step and it's a logical because a communicable butter cape from istanbul was approached many times by ukrainian political leaders who wanted to add to ukrainian political independence also some signs of being separate from russian church with the center in moscow as political step it leads to two or most important results one that that part of ukrainian author of a doctor shortage was split from ukraine in one thousand nine hundred ninety two now becomes canonical so it means that all their read leaders services have value from the really just point of view before when the ukrainian

oh bartholomew the first the leader of the eastern orthodox church and a man at the center of what's being described as potentially one of the biggest rifts in christianity in recent times. with his signature on saturday he officially split most of ukraine's orthodox churches from centuries of russian jurisdiction. float off and what would have on sunday during a service in the turkish city of istanbul to mark the orthodox feast day of a pick any document for the separation also known as the thomas was officially handed over to the leader of the now independent ukrainian orthodox churches as most of watching from the side petro poroshenko the ukrainian president he's pushed for ukraine's orthodox churches to split from what he and others have described as russian influence and propaganda ukraine's churches have been under pressure to sever ties since the country became independent after the breakup of the soviet union in one thousand nine hundred ninety one. and that pressure has been getting stronger since russia annexed crimea in two thousand and fourteen ukraine imposed martial la

granted independence from the russian church just around two hours ago constantinople patriarch bartholomew handed over a document formalizing the split to the head of the new charge and while many politicians in ukraine are elated at the decision some orthodox christians are wired about the moves possible consequences and more details about seeds but in a culture. a long awaited president has finally been delivered to ukraine patriarch of constantinople has granted its ukrainian are to dogs church and autonomy on the eve of our two dogs christmas special decree was signed officially recognizing an independent ukraine in art and ox church and of course ukrainian presidents petro poroshenko was there shedding tears of crashes shoot. saying it would be impossible without god's blessing. i want to think the millions of ukrainians across the this has become possible thanks to your prayers well seems like after one's happy but once all the fuss about churches independence from. whole. per se interest ukrainian are to dogs church has been under control of moscow patrick eight and everyone has bee

between myself and people that i love very deeply and it's directly related the feat of patriarch bartholomew maybe he wasn't thinking about the so-called little people when he made these decisions which of course can be seen on a very brand of geopolitical scale but the fact of the matter is people. who are wonderful dear orthodox believers have lost their faith their priest not just me but father nick charles trevino in manassas virginia and also the priest in florence italy and who knows how many others they lost the stability of their parish life that's how it's affected us here in america. it is that very dangerous because if let's just say a number of the autocephalous churches do not accept the ukrainian new church then we will have a schism a break and then there may be a serious break in communion and we have disunity in the church this is the most serious question we've faced and close to a thousand years. there are many levels to this decision some of them could be because of the traditional and historical rivalry between cause that's a couple of moscow off some of them could be be

tasha bartholomew/caltrain "...this event brings out generations of families to celebrate what dr.ing was trying to do....nats (new life fellowship praise team)the new life fellowship praise team set the tone for the ride to san francisco, which commemorates the 54 mile civil rights march, led to montgomery, alabama, in 1965. riders telling me dr. king's message is as relevant today as it was back then passengers "...he represented the past, the present and the future..." "...we all have a dream right, and we can never go back..." "...if dr. king had lived a little longer the world would be a much better place..." "...we have a lot more work to do, darkness cannot drive out darkness, only light can do that..."as always, dozens of children were among the 2-thousand or so riders this year, sponsored by the martin luther king junior foundation. a teaching moment for young and old alike. said one long-time rider, "it as if the train itself were powered by king's eternal message of freedom and equality."alfred turner/san jose "...sometimes you look around and it seems like we're going b

tasha bartholomew/caltrain "...this event brings out generations of families to celebrate what dr. king was trying to do....nats (new life fellowship praise team)the new life fellowship praise team set the tone for the ride to san francisco, which commemorates the 54 mile civil rights march, led by dr. king, from selma to montgomery, alabama, in 1965. riders telling me dr. king's message is as relevant today as it was back then passengers "...he represented the past, the present and the future..." "...we all have a dream right, and we can never go back..." "...if dr. king had lived a little longer the world would be a much better place..." "...we have a lot more work to do, darkness cannot drive out darkness, only light can do that..."as always, dozens of children were among the 2-thousand or so riders this year, sponsored by the martin luther king junior foundation. a teaching moment for young and old alike. said one long-time rider, "it as if the train itself were powered by king's eternal message of freedom and equality."alfred turner/san jose "...sometimes you look around and i

we have bartholomew, i meant to show this slide missing his head. we don't know what sir george yeardley looked like, but we can do a full reconstruction from the genomic analysis, if we find a match. we found one in england. we are going to be working with him to get his genome, then match it to the findings we have. we have worked with the university of leicester, vcu, penn dental, to do the micro oral biome. we are working with the smithsonian. we have highly sophisticated systemsenetrating radar and fbi quantico have been assisting as well. this is to say that archaeology -- hard work digging, we have still got plenty of holes in the ground, plenty of pits. you have to shovel out the dirt, still have to get in there with your trowel. that is called ground truthing. it is becoming increasingly scientific. these scientific methods we brought to the church and to sir george, or whoever he is, an important person given his location in the church we use , this battery of science to learn more about him. that is the way archaeology is developing. how