orthodox church which remains loyal to russia. moscow in the russian branch of the church have also cut ties with istanbul which is regarded as the center of the eastern orthodox faith. it's unclear how all this will ultimately play out but for many in ukraine the creation of an orthodox church independent from moscow is a momentous step toward ukraine's political independence from russia. moscow well let's take a closer look at the eastern orthodox church now it's one of the oldest religious institutions and second largest after the roman catholic church it has more than two hundred fifty million members around the world most of whom live in eastern europe greece the caucasus and parts of the middle east and africa orthodox church as a self-governed but the medical patriarch of constantinople based as the ball is that spiritual leader. well let's bring in our guests now joining us from kiev as valentini yako schick professor of political science at the national university of kiev mohai the academy in london as their then professor of sociology of religion and department head of theology and religious studies at king's college london and joining us an

orthodox church which remains loyal to russia. moscow in the russian branch of the church have also cut ties with istanbul which is regarded as the center of the eastern orthodox faith it's unclear how all this will ultimately play out but for many in ukraine the creation of an orthodox church independent from moscow is a momentous step toward ukraine's political independence from russia. moscow well let's take a closer look at the eastern orthodox church now it's one of the oldest religious institutions and second largest after the roman catholic church it has more than two hundred fifty million members around the world most of whom live in eastern europe greece the caucasus and parts of the middle east and africa orthodox church as a self-governed but the patriarch of constantinople based as bull is that spiritual leader. well let's bring in our guests now joining us from kiev as valentini jaco shipp professor of political science at the national university of academy in london as there then professor of sociology of religion and department head of theology and religious studies at king's college london and joining us and scott from moscow is alexan

orthodox church which remains loyal to russia. moscow and the russian branch of the church have also cut ties with istanbul which is regarded as the center of the eastern orthodox faith it's unclear how all this will ultimately play out but for many in ukraine the creation of an orthodox church independent from moscow is a momentous step toward ukraine's political independence from russia. moscow. well let's take a closer look at the eastern orthodox church now it's one of the oldest religious institutions and second largest after the roman catholic church it has more than two hundred fifty million members around the world most of whom live in eastern europe greece the caucasus and parts of the middle east and africa orthodox church as a self-governed but the medical patriarch of constantinople based as the ball is that spiritual leader. well let's bring in our guests now joining us from kiev as valentini yako schick professor of political science at the national university of kiev mohai the academy in london as their then professor of sociology of religion and department head of theology and religious studies at king's college london and joining us on

bartholomew the first the leader of the eastern orthodox church and a man at the center of what's beingdescribed 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 the pippin the 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 nobles 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.

ukraine's largest orthodox church which remains loyal to russia oh moscow in the russian branch of the church have also cut ties with istanbul which is regarded as the center of the eastern orthodox faith it's unclear how all this will ultimately play out but for many in ukraine the creation of an orthodox church independent from moscow is a momentous step toward ukraine's political independence from russia. moscow. thousands of people have been displaced and me and maher after violence between a buddhist rebel group and security forces there are an army attacked police post on friday and rakhine state thirteen officers were killed and rest as in the same area where a military crackdown in two thousand and seventeen drove seven hundred thousand are ahead to enter bangladesh charlotte reports. parents pile their children and animals into boats fleeing fighting in rakhine state they cross the yo chung creek and build a makeshift camp away from the bullets there was heavy fighting between a buddhist rebel group and the security forces nearby on friday the u.n. estimates twenty five hundred people fled similar violence in december that number is now expected to be much highe

orthodox church which remains loyal to russia. moscow and the russian branch of the church have also cut ties with istanbul which is regarded as the center of the eastern orthodox faith it's unclear how all this will ultimately play out but for many in ukraine the creation of an orthodox church independent from moscow is a momentous step toward ukraine's political independence from russia. moscow u.s. president donald trump says he hopes a new round of talks with china can bring an end to the trade war between the two countries the talks begin on monday during a ninety day truce on imposing new tariffs which expires in march it all started early last year when the u.s. put levies on a number of chinese products it said the u.s. was getting a bad deal china retaliated and that led to a series of tit for tat tariffs hikes that's helped to spark the volatility on the global markets as uncertainty grows over what will happen next between the world's two largest economies i know tang is a political analyst specializing in china he says even a temporary deal could stop the long term effects of the towers. well they'd like to see some sort of deal be had even

orthodox church which remains loyal to russia. moscow and the russian branch of the church have also cut ties with istanbul which is regarded as the center of the eastern orthodox faith it's unclear how all this will ultimately play out but for many in ukraine the creation of an orthodox church independent from moscow is a momentous step toward ukraine's political independence from russia. moscow egypt's president says his integrate of the country's largest church and mosque the . mosque and accommodate of a fifteen thousand worshippers and is located in egypt's new administrative capital in the desert east of cairo in the same area is the cathedral off to vittie which the government says is the largest in the middle east sisi formally opened it for the coptic christian community on the eve of that christmas is seen as a symbolic message of tolerance in the predominantly muslim country which has seen a spate of attacks on christians after weeks of speculation malaysia's king has abdicated from the road the first time it's happened in the nation's history king mohammed the fifth came to power in december two thousand and sixteen but took a leave of abse

ukraine's largest orthodox church which remains loyal to russia moscow and the russian branch of the church have also cut ties with istanbul which is regarded as the center of the eastern orthodox faith. for. only a few days into a new year ukraine's orthodox churches begin a newly independent and some feel uncertain future rob matheson odyssey the u.k. prime minister to resign may has admitted the nation will be in uncharted territory if had a deal to leave the european union is rejected by parliament is that we start debating a brecht's it deal next week and of the vote from december parliament in the public remain deeply divided over leaving the e.u. but lawrence lee reports from london one unexpected community is still firmly behind bricks it. this part of south london is home to people from all over the world afghans sell fruits and vegetables to eastern europeans and africans who rub along perfectly happily with british people who have lived here for generations you might assume this multicultural pockets of the capital is entirely against a brick say it's often portrayed as a defense of whites britain but not so for this nigerian restaurant there is a quiet sati

i don't welcome to the program and i'm the eastern orthodox church has over two hundred fifty million members around.

ukraine's largest orthodox church which remains loyal to russia oh moscow in the russian branch of the church have also cut ties with istanbul which is regarded as the center of the eastern orthodox faith. it's unclear how all this will ultimately play out but for many in ukraine the creation of an orthodox church independent from moscow is a momentous step toward ukraine's political independence from russia. moscow. jensen is a resident fellow at the center for transatlantic relations at johns hopkins university says he craney an orthodox church a separation from russia is a significant blow to moscow's foreign policy. the orthodox church compared to say catholicism or western prostitution is very had the church is very close to the state and russia's emergence as a great power has been supported and aided by the russian orthodox church so putin has used the church most recently but not just proven as an arm of russian foreign policy it's for the orthodox bishops for example have praised the war blessed missiles recently you may may have seen that and so by breaking away they are ukrainian branch from the russian church you're essentially frustrating and dividing a majo

ukraine's largest orthodox church which remains loyal to russia oh moscow in the russian branch of the church have also cut ties with istanbul which is regarded as the center of the eastern orthodox faith. it's unclear how all this will ultimately play out but for many in ukraine the creation of an orthodox church independent from moscow is a momentous step toward ukraine's political independence from russia. moscow. don johnson is a resident fellow at the center for transatlantic relations it johns hopkins university he joins us live from washington d.c. we appreciate your time very much so when russia did an expose on absolutely russia annexed crimea was some sort of split or a tension in the church and evitable was something like this it's almost inevitable . you know you hate to say inevitable but i think it made it much more highly more likely and don't forget the invasion of the done by us the russian invasion by putin is essentially been a failure it's galvanized ukraine's maturity as an independent state we've seen now that it's even galvanized the secession of a long time branch of russian orthodoxy into an independent church and this is a major major event not

orthodox church which remains loyal to russia. moscow in the russian branch of the church have also cut ties with istanbul which is regarded as the center of the eastern orthodox faith it's unclear how all this will ultimately play out but for many in ukraine the creation of an orthodox church independent from moscow is a momentous step toward ukraine's political independence from russia. moscow. egypt's president sisi has integrated the country's largest church and the mosque the. mosque can accommodate over fifteen thousand worship as it is located in egypt's new administrative capital in the desert east of kyra in the same area is the cathedral of the seventy which the government says is the largest in the middle east it's easy for me open to the coptic christian community on the eve of christmas it's seen as a symbolic message of tolerance in the predominantly muslim country which has seen a spate of attacks on christians. well now after weeks of speculation malaysia's king has abdicated from the throne the first time it's happened in the nation's history king mohammed the fifth came to power in december twenty sixth but took a leave of absence fo

of istanbul they were all greek orthodox christians have been celebrating christmas at the church of the nativity in bethlehem in the occupied west bank platinum eastern orthodox pilgrims hold their christmas midnight mass at that church place of worship is said to be built over a crowd where christians believe jesus was born. and so the headlines keep it on al-jazeera much more news to come and cited story as that next. deadlock in the u.s. says the president threatens years of government shutdown a few doesn't get money for its border war but is the face off about the war or the presidency and how's it changing american politics this is inside story. hello and welcome to the show i'm sammy's a than that wall was a regular slogan from u.s. president donald trump jury and after his campaign now he's demanding over five billion dollars from democratic controlled house of representatives to keep his promise the democrats have refused to give in which is led to a partial government shutdown that began on december the twenty second it's affecting their eight hundred thousand government employees the president has threatened to prolong the shutdown for mon

now greek orthodox christians have been celebrating christmas the church of the nativity in bethlehem and the occupied west bank both the latin and eastern orthodox pogroms held their christmas midnight masses of the church a place of worship is over a grotto where christians believe jesus was born the and on sunday egypt's president of the fatah has sisi open the country's largest church in largest mosque on the eve of coptic christmas celebrations it's being seen as a gesture of tolerance in the majority muslim country which has suffered a string of attacks on christians the fattah one lean mosque in cairo can accommodate over fifteen thousand worshippers. a saudi teenager has barricaded herself in a hotel room in thailand to avoid deportation saying she fears for her life or half was detained while in transit on her way to australia as she wants to claim asylum on line she expressed fear of being killed the she was sent back to saudi arabia this is not the first time saudi women have been detained for deportation one trying to request asylum and she posted this message on her twitter account i'm not leaving my own until i see you an e

country's armed forces the greek orthodox christians are celebrating christmas at the church of the nativity in bethlehem in the occupied west bank both latin and eastern orthodox pilgrims hold their christmas midnight masses at the church the place of worship is over a grotto where christians believe jesus was born. demonstrations maad christmas celebrations by christians in palestine some people boycotted the visit of the orthodox patriarch of jerusalem to bethlehem protesters are angry that he's been selling church land how a force it was at the protests in iraq and piled west bank. this is a familiar pilgrimage for the orthodox patriarch of jerusalem he comes here to bethlehem every year for the orthodox christmas to mark christ's birth at the church of the holy. and usually he would come here on foot proceeded by marching bands or scouts he would be met by officials from the bethlehem and surrounding governments. manger square would usually be thronged with people to welcome him but this year it's very different there is a group within the orthodox community who want this visit boycotted on political grounds because of his policy of selling church

orthodox church. a sense that has changed. people ready to have a separate church. we are seeing in easternch being given international recognition as being separate from russia. international recognition as being separate from russialj international recognition as being separate from russia. i will let you go inside and walmart. —— and warm up. the headlines on bbc news... male suspect arrested after the stabbing on the train yesterday. multiple victims in california, a shooting at a bowling alley. and reducing demand and the health service with help to quit smoking. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here'sjohn watson. fa cup third—round weekend. 32 ties played across the next couple of days. under way last night, played across the next couple of days. underway last night, league played across the next couple of days. under way last night, league 2 tranmere eden 7—0 by high—flying —— beaten 7—0 by high—flying tottenham. fans were up for this one. they haven't won the fa cup for some time... three goals in nine minutes saw spurs go 4—0 up, son in irresistible forum a

diffuse a bomb near a church in cairo called to the eastern suburb of nasr city when the suspicious package was found on a rooftop to other police were injured and that last. orthodox church of ukraine has officially split from its religious leadership and russia ecumenical patriarch in istanbul who is they worldwide head of the church as sign a document granting independence right marks a deepening religious divide stemming from political hostilities between the neighboring countries and reports. ukraine's orthodox churches gained their independence for. a move likely to infuriate two russian religious leaders. global split in the church days before the ceremony in istanbul the leader of the church. has been given to all for this operation he admitted to a group of children being given chocolates. by ukrainian president petro poroshenko . president poroshenko also has a chocolate factory even if the russian church is accusing me of being bribed with money to do this autocephaly in reality i didn't receive money because i got a lot of the sweets and chocolate from the factory apportioning go. according to an agreement made a centuries ago ukraine's orthodox churche