to kiev now way ukrainian orthodox leaders have created an independent national church the move marks a historic split from russia and has angered moscow but ukrainian president petro poroshenko hailed the decision as a further declaration of ukrainian independence. the move to create an independent ukrainian church marks a historic split with russia ukraine's president petro poroshenko was the driving force behind the new church critics say poroshenko is using it to drum up support ahead of elections next year. poroshenko hopes it will take you have even further away from russia's influence. for if it's there what kind of church is our church it's a church with the puton. circle church with moscow patriarch kirill under the prayers for the russian state and russian soldiers to these girls until now there have been several branches of the orthodox church in ukraine the largest and oldest was part of the russian orthodox church but now moscow patriarch kirill has banned the ukrainian branch from joining the new church. this is about determining what kind of church should exist in ukrai

and it calmly who's standing by for us in kiev high net relations between keil kiev and moscow have been steadily worsening will ukraine's new national church make things even worse now. good afternoon i knew well it seemed like those relations couldn't get much worse short of a full scale military conflict but this office it doesn't help we've had some furious reactions from moscow talking about schism i think the really interesting thing now will be to see how it plays out how ukraine treats the moscow patriarchy the russian church which still is the biggest single confession here in ukraine present said that they would not in any way. to clamp down on the church's rights to hold its to have its congregations here but that they would support priests who wanted to transfer to the new ukrainian church i think that will be the thing that we very closely watch in moscow any kind of conflict over individual congregations or monasteries being transferred could really risk stoking further tensions as you say russia's been extremely critical it's called a campaign ploy by the ukrainian preside

heading to ukraine to take part in the diamond count and international bodybuilding tournament in kiev all the documents were ready to weeks before my flight and i had an official imitation from the president of the ukrainian federation of bodybuilding and fitness but then the day before my flight ukraine imposed martial law i was told russians were not allowed to cross the border but still there was a small chance i could make it so we decided to try when we got off the plane in kiev we were met on the runway by soldiers with assault rifles inside the airport all the russian passport holders were told to fill in migration cards while everyone else was allowed through and while we were doing this passport control was shut down there was nobody left except russian citizens and one border guard he approached us collect our passports along with all our other papers and invitations and left without any explanation then i was taken into the room where i was questioned by police officers he asked me general questions and then left for four and a half hours we waited without food or water and

have a historic meeting in kiev way all the adults religious leaders have voted to form make united ukrainian all the jobs church and fulfill a centuries old dream but russia is most of the music. i'm christine will welcome to the program we begin in poland way of the u.n. climate conference has now agreed on rules for implementing the twenty fifteen pairs agreement delegates from nearly two hundred countries unanimously adopted the rule book that will govern if it's to cut emissions and curb global warming the summit in the city of because of its own winter went into overtime before his offense being struck on how countries should report projections and greenhouse emissions and how to finance the fight against climate change and for a nation's. critics have already said the deal is not ambitious enough the climate conference this president how if a call the agreement a historic moment the overall impact of this bucket is both accused to do work. it will move one a major step towards realizing. and trying to raise agreement and ambition that will ensure that our children and they have childre

s nick connelly in kiev thank you very much. now to some of the other stories making news around the world georgia has an argument that its first female president french born salim asr of peacefully was elected after nearly sixty percent in a runoff vote that the opposition has said it will recognize international observers say the elections was well managed previously served as for a new minister sri lanka's president has reinstated run. as prime minister seven weeks after sacking him from the post days earlier the country's supreme court ruled his ousting was unconstitutional it's hoped the move will end the major political crisis that has engulfed the country since october. the father of a seven year old guatemalan migrant who died after being detained by u.s. border agents is calling for an independent investigation officials say there was no sign jacqueline column on clean at any medical problems until hours after she was detained u.s. customs service reported that she died of dehydration and exhaustion made. the polish rom

poroshenko hopes it will take kiev even further away from russia's influence. first as it's there what kind of church is our church it's a church with the puton. circle church with the most cruel patriarch kirill undergo prayers for the russian state and russian soldiers. in till now there have been several branches of the orthodox church in ukraine the largest and oldest was part of the russian orthodox church but now moscow patriarch kirill has banned the ukrainian branch from joining the new church. this is about to terminating what kind of church should exist in ukraine or the church of god. created by gold or a fold church that serves the devil. hardly any priests who belong to the russian branch attended the founding ceremony the new ukrainian church leader appealed to them to join. it was the doors of our united ukrainian church will be open to all to see the ceremony ended with the rendition of ukraine's national land them the already bad relations between moscow and kiev are now worse. have a look at some of the other stories making news around the wor

correspondent nick connelly is standing by in kiev hey nick relations between kiev and moscow have been bad to say the least for a while now will you crane's new national church make things even worse. seems like they couldn't get much worse given the standoff we're in with russia here since well basically for years but based on the furious reaction we've had from moscow it does seem there is further to fall real extraordinary emotional statements coming from moscow since this happened yesterday calling all of these meetings illegitimate and calling on ukraine to kind of throw it all in something that's unlikely to happen i think the really important thing to look for here is what will be the approach to the moscow patriarchate so to the russian orthodox church as linked to moscow off to after yesterday's meeting will they lose church as will the ukrainian state promote efforts to get people to join the new ukrainian church there i think we could definitely see the russian government coming under some could have internal pressure to react tell me about the politics behind this move pres

usenet connelly in kiev thank you very much. now to some of the other stories making news around the world in hungary thousands have marched in budapest to protest a new labor law and what they see as a slide toward a fairer tarion rule in the country it's the fourth demonstration in a week unions and opposition parties have dubbed the new labor rules a slave law. more than forty people are injured after an explosion at a restaurant in the japanese cities of the cause of the blast is under investigation most of the injuries were minor though one person is said to be in serious condition. georgia has and its first female president french born zora visually was elected after winning nearly sixty percent in the runoff vote that the opposition has said it won't recognize international observers say the election was well managed service really previously served as foreign minister . the polish romantic drama cold war has scooped the big prizes at the european film awards director pawel pawlikowski accepted the awards for best film be

and european officials visited kiev back then to support the protesters in twenty four to talking just now about u.s. assistant secretary of state victoria nuland when she was handing out cookies. do you think we'll see officials handing out treats in paris this time i bet not the only possibility would be if the russian ambassador or the or the chinese ambassador went on and did it i'm like i said at the end of the day there's no geopolitical play here is there's no reason for them to do it i mean why would the russian ambassador want to destroy a relationship. because eight thousand security first. on the streets of paris such is the degree of the problem that's there you see on the. crews show the pictures back a very heated city shopping spree looting brussels if this is being taken seriously not very much bricks coming up and bear in mind is there a kind of a feeling maybe in france that they want to really kick things up a bit as well as gotten into all this trouble not because of you know the fact they gave the rich a tax roy is not listening to these people is looking this is a

actually want october constantinople overturn a centuries old act of a union to sever ties between kiev and moscow then both the russian and ukrainian churches responded in turn to cut away from constantinople r.t. got the thoughts of a professor of church history. you create him go and is really you know like trying to force i know nicole bishop some canonical church to participation in various quote unquote consul of unification so paul farhi of this procedure for a series of structures here was to threaten with confiscation of churches and monasteries and they started to pull discipline into life with which i. always chose one of the most respected small mysteries in the ukraine we could go on now is the day break their agreement. will not be able to use the premises anymore it's what the second step is trying to give a lot of the caves in kiev which is like the holiest place or more to ukrainian and russian belorussian and also and all. raids had called her. apartment the residence or for metropolitan paul who is the obvious. lawyer on the case in q. is a circumstance of this strate

not be able to use the premises anymore or the second step is trying to get a lot of the caves in kiev which is like the holiest place of both ukrainian and russian belorussian and also and all of. this. raids had called her. apartment the residence of four metropolitan paul who is the obvious. old occasion q. circumstance. intimidation fire with us. after a tragic wave of mass shootings in the us oakland university in michigan has come up with a controversial way of keeping people safe staff and students are being trained to fight potential shooters using whichever everyday objects they can get their hands on. they have enough mass to cause injury small enough to be thrown. in a matter of seconds. no way you can lock a door with this it can't get shot out you can't get around it. it's something that we should think about america about putting guns in the hands of law abiding citizens whether they actually be talented children or. a three year old cannot defend itself from a rifle by throwing a hello kitty pencil case that our founding fathers that i've put an age limit on the second a

and historic meeting in kiev where orthodox religious leaders have voted to form a united ukrainian orthodox church and fulfill a centuries old dream russia is not amused. with. i'm calling osman thanks for joining us police have used tear gas to disperse protesters in the french capital paris as so-called yellow vests demonstrators take to the streets for the fifth weekend in a row scuffles broke out on the sidelines of a largely peaceful demonstration thousands of police have been deployed to contain any outburst of violence demonstrators say that life in france is on affordable and the president emanuel mccrone is not doing enough to respond to their concerns. let's go to paris now and talk with helena humphrey helena when we caught up with you last you were in a cloud of tear gas how are you holding up and. how was the situation developing in the streets no. that's right color you'll see that we're no longer on the shoals and he's a where around twenty meters away we moved from that position because we got caught up in a cloud of tear gas which was fairly unexpected bearing in mind that

been relatively well off and a lot of people in ukraine were very resentful of this kind of elite in kiev who had to say going to car today going to shop are going to gucci to buy their clothes you know and looking in these windows of shops they could never afford to go into and it's quite similar in france and in paris is one of the wealthiest cities in the world and if you're on fourteen thousand euros a year with big utility bills down in the provinces somewhere of course you can be resentful towards paris so the roofs itself is not dissimilar let's look at the political reaction back in twenty four to a year it was almost unanimously calling on the government the end of president on a covert course to show restraint in these protests is to i have to say that the purpose immediately must be to see an end to violence because be very shocked by the amount of violence it's being specially based day to force it will be what is needed is to get back to an a peace situation as soon as possible but the people who are responsible for this cannot go on punished we together with the germans are

jonah fisher, bbc news, kiev.overy, the final resting place of a high priest, untouched for 4,400 years. it's located in the sak—ahra pyramid complex just south of cairo. experts are calling it ‘one of a kind'. nick marsh has more. in a year of landmark discoveries, egyptian archaeologists have one last trick up their sleeve, and it was this private tomb buried beneath the sand, untouched and unlooted for almost 11.5 millennia. we found two levels, like this. the upper level, we found 18 niches with 2a statues. in the lower level, we found 26 niches with 31 statues. excavators say the tomb belonged to a high priest who served during the 5th dynasty rein of king neferirkare. what makes it unique are the tombs excellently preserved statues of pharaohs and these near—flawless coloured hieroglyphics on the walls. the saqqara acropolis, in which the tomb was found, is also home to egypt's famous djoser, or step pyramid, and it was there in november where archaeologists found these mummified bodies dating back 6,000 yea

poroshenko is using it to drum up support ahead of elections next year pushing co hopes it would take kiev even further away from russia's orbit for visits or what kind of church is our church it's a church with a puton. circle church without moscow patriarchial under the prayers for the russian state and russian soldiers benefits davies got. until now they've been several branches of the orthodox church in ukraine the largest and oldest was part of the russian orthodox church moscow patriarchy really has banned the ukrainian branch from joining the new church. this is about determining what kind of church should exist in ukraine was a church of god or created by god or a fold church that serves the devil that he did yeah will hardly any priests who belong to the russian branch attended the founding ceremony the new ukrainian patriarch appealed to them to join. the doors of our united ukrainian church will be open to a whole to see the ceremony ended with a rendition of ukraine's national anthem and they were the bad relations between moscow and kiev and now. egypt has unveiled a spectacul

ended with a rendition of ukraine's national anthem and the already bad relations between moscow and kiev and now worse. egypt's has unveiled a spectacular grave that's more than four thousand years old the tomb was found in a buried ridge at the acropolis off's a car a fostanes burial ground some twenty economic to south of the west of the west of the capital cairo archaeologists described the find as exceptionally well preserved . everyone wants to look. at the grave that had been closed for more than four thousand years. the man buried here was named of a high priest from the royal court in memphis experts remove the sand and debris to reveal the chamber in its full glory twenty four statues of vashti wall murals depicting commerce fishing hunting even the brewing of beer scenes to accompany vashti into the afterlife. he considered that they have to live like a journey to the afterlife this is the building life till he wanted to do create is the building live to go to is about all there is of that roxy is not alone here his grave is part of the net crapola us of a city of the dead for

jonah fisher, bbc news, kiev. have taken to the streets of rome to protest against racism, and oppose the government's tough new anti—migrant law. the bill, passed last month, makes it easier to expel migrants and limits residency permits. italy has become the main entry—point for migrants crossing the mediterranean to europe. caroline rigby reports. singing. at times, it seemed more like a carnival than a protest. thousands marched through rome to the soundtrack of bob marley, drawing on the singer's lyrics to make their point. they called for unity and an end to racism. translation: we cannot accept indifference. we remind the government that giving dignity and rights to the invisible people means building italy's future. chanting. italy has seen a surge in racist attacks since the far right league and anti—establishment five star movement took office in april. since the election, interior minister matteo salvini's league party has increased in popularity. but some argue his tough stance on immigration has also

in addition russia now stops and searches all vessels heading for ukrainian ports kiev says it amounts to a blockade an attempt to paralyze the region's economy but dmitri you know in kharif uses to be discouraged. when we don't just hope that things will improve we're convinced they will we're preparing to get things back to normal. demeter wants to show us his plans for the future as the ports chief engineer he's proud of these solar panels all part of an effort to go green and save energy but what uses solar panels if the port has no ships then you do i don't believe that will end up with the membership of the bill find a way every work comes there when i was a. huge meal as workday is in full swing she's been a taxi driver for two years now in the russian town of time and right on the us off c. . the fifty four year old used to be a psychologist now she mainly talks to her passengers many of them have relatives in nearby ukraine gave me a list says but she explains hardly anyone in her taxi wants to talk about politics even now. even didn't know how did that would of course it's al

jonah fisher, bbc news, kiev. there‘s to be another change in president trump‘s administration.ing his post. mr zinke has been embroiled in a number of ethics investigations. he‘s also faced criticisms by environmental campaigners for promoting oil drilling and coal mining. dan johnson has more from washington. he isa he is a game hunter who swaggered into washington on horseback. but there were protests as the sort of millions of acres the drilling and miners, rolling back environmental protection and supporting the president‘s energy policy and putting fossil fuels first. time and again he visited areas devastated by fire but never really accepted climate change could be to blame. the temperatures are rising and the season the temperatures are rising and the season getting longer but we have to look at managing the forests. is integrity came under question. his wife was using government cars. was criticised by that of the chartering a plan to get into a hockey game — taxpayers pick up the $12,000 bill. conflict of interest in some of the deals he oversaw and concerns he was to

still ahead on al-jazeera i will have a live report from ukraine on the rising tensions between kiev and moscow. alison a series of regular heavy showers running through malaysia almost directly west woods and turning up into the gulf of thailand we have had significant rain in there are seventy five million beaches which mirrors what's happened on the on the borneo that we did have a couple days ago significant weather there in java flooding in central java but as you can see the good scattering of these showers their long way no no long way size but they certainly are concentrated in peninsula malaysia down in k.l. and probably singapore to some degree but rather less recently insular ways those showers around but they're going to see not everywhere now we house seems rather more active on the coral sea the first tropical cycle which you can no longer see since about nine hundred ninety seven fall apart now but his legacy is a mass of of moisture which gives a potential to be realized a big showers around the coast right up through the tropics of queens dence and tearing off throug

jonah fisher, bbc news, kiev. there's to be another change in president trump's administration.his post. mr zinke has been embroiled in a number of ethics investigations. he's also faced criticisms by environmental campaigners for promoting oil drilling and coal mining. danjohnson has more from washington. he is a game hunter who swaggered into washington on horseback to take control of government land and forests. (chanting) shame on you! but there were protests as he sold off millions of acres fordrilling and mining, rolling back environmental protection and supporting the president's energy policy, putting fossil fuels first. (chanting) not your beaches... time and again, he visited areas devastated by wildfires, but never really accepted climate change could've been to blame. the temperatures are rising, the seasons getting longer, but we had to look at managing the forests. and he's integrity came under question. the woman holding the bible, his wife, lola, was using government cars. he was criticised for that and for chartering a plane to get him to a hockey game — taxpaye

away last year they moved to the comparatively close city of kharkiv but now they must face leone in kiev the recent naval spat with russia prompted an imposition of martial law in ukraine's eastern regions which is behind the switch of match venue to the ukrainian capital. fans at the recent domestic away game the moment all the travelling and dream of a day they can play in donetsk again. i would like chucked out a play now dumbass the rain or internet. playing at the dumbass arena we would all probably cry down and great the team with open. the fact still in the running for the champions league last sixteen is down to an owner and good player recruitment following an exodus of big names there's also a huge pride in the jersey a win against leon will see them through but the players would much rather the game was in hockey have put in the stuff to get the most i think they would have been a full stadium in hockey. i know that a lot of fans bought tickets. this is a big problem. so we hope the fans will have the chance to come to kiev to support the team you know it's very important for

to kiev now where ukrainian orthodox leaders have voted to break from moscow and create an independent ukrainian church the new church is to be led by the bishop of that the patriarchate the movie's shirts to anger russia but ukrainian president petro poroshenko hailed the decision as a historic event and another declaration of ukrainian independence. do you cranium faithful turn out to support an independent ukrainian orthodox church one that doesn't answer to moscow this isn't will likely help ukrainian president petro poroshenko campaign to be reelected next year in fact he's been a driving force on saturday he said that the creation of a new church is another declaration of ukraine's independence. three different ukrainian church organizations met saturday and elected metropolitan epiphanny of kiev as the new church leader. this is a great historical event our own independent church is being created in ukraine we've been waiting for this wonderful historical event for hundreds of years we're happy and joyful because we have our own independent church in an independent state . ukrai

all right now correspondent connie is on the story for us in kiev is this likely to further strained relations between kid and moscow well just as we thought of those relations couldn't get any worse off of the tensions we've seen in the sea of as over the ukrainian sailors being taken hostage they would say in kiev by moscow they have got worse this really has provoked furious reactions in moscow not only from church figures but also from politicians and they're saying they're going to be paying very close attention to what happens how this plays out on the ground whether or not this new ukrainian church will attempt to get people of priests and whole communities who are involved with the moscow church patriarchy to come over to the new ukrainian church some of the most important holy sites in ukraine is still controlled by the moscow patriarchy so whether or not there is pressure on those to move to new church that is something that most will be paying a lot of attention to and has said they will respond to with sanctions as needed nic we know that part will be facing a difficult r

paris and the popular uprising in ukraine five years ago following a violent crackdown by police in kiev the protests there snowballed and eventually culminated in the toppling of the government parties kevin owen was joined in the studio earlier by journalist brian macdonald to discuss some of the perceived similarities. there are a few similarities in the sense that i mean my dan mushroomed into a much different name but in the beginning it was more or less a grassroots movement in the beginning before it got manipulated by external forces and became something completely different so this is i mean the roots of it are quite similar and the roots are basically down to a lack of money now it might seem a bit strange to say that ukrainians and french people could have something in common in terms of lack of money but you have to look at purchasing power and you have to understand that even though ukraine is relatively poor country things are are cheap in ukraine we think france is a very wealthy country but it's not for everyone a lot of french people and very low incomes and i believe th

resulting protests brought hundreds of thousands into my down square in the center of kiev as well as other cities across the country. the russian media called all the protesters neo nazis and pro-government militia supported by snipers were ordered to put down these protests with brute force. one hundred twenty one demonstrators were killed hundreds more wounded. the carnage quickly turned the tide against unocal the church and he was forced to flee eventually turning up in moscow. on february twenty sixth two thousand and fourteen crimean tatars clashed with their russian neighbors outside the parliament in the regional capital simferopol convinced the trust it was planned to grow crimea. and that it had to take it just as it is like if it was up to but the village are not built but you know the school system was attacked. just like you got the worst of it just like if you don't get it but look at that video to. see if. in the early hours of the following morning c.c.t.v. footage captured armed men without insignia on their uniforms the parliament building. next they took over the a

now ukraine's orthodox priests are meeting in kiev to create a church circle be independent of russian influence tensions have been building since the fall of the soviet union in one nine hundred ninety one and intensified four years ago when russia and its the ukrainian peninsula of crimea charlotte ballasts explains. i a place to worship god or russia the cathedral of nativity is it the same to over theological rift in ukraine the orthodox faith is split into factions russian laid and ukrainian laid priest and a tall east church is one of more than twelve thousand that aligns itself with russia on saturday he must pick sides orthodox priests will meet in q. to civil same trees on ties with russia and creates a new independent church. we will not recognize its legitimacy this is not a council this is a gang of bandits who have gathered to take over the temples and destroy the church what kind of counsel is a. leading up to the meeting ukraine's religious rapture has had consequences the cathedral of nativity and other pro russian churches were accused of whipping up religious hatred a

east ukraine front lines from a few dozens to more than one hundred there shoulder to shoulder with kiev's army but technically aren't part of it they're absolutely frank and open about their background saying we've been to syria and iraq we've been taught to kill by jihad it's there here's an extract from the times some of the potential ians gunman admit to having home the combat skills and islamic state training camps in iraq and syria this horrific background does get a mention what the times journalists don't mention is other elements of the commander's biography like being part of an underground movement behind past terrorist attacks in russia which took hundreds of lives earlier another british newspaper reported that the very same commander was against murdering civilians however he said those bloodbaths were understandable and were the only way to make moscow hear something as to why he and his fighters are in donbass now here's what it says in the times report the bichon had a simple explanation for fighting for ukraine against kremlin backed separatists putin is our enemy he said

some are just useful idiots when i asked russian diplomats about ice a linked fighters siding with kiev's forces i was told after years of various external attempts to radicalize ukraine there isn't really much of a surprise complete long military conflict especially supported by arms and money from outside have always attracted people different groovy it is the same happen in syria reveal who support religious fundamentalism is coming from far away and who ows will they find in ukraine these jihadi fighters how pure crain realize its agenda of suppressing dissent think it's intentional try to whitewash the connection of the ukrainian government to these groups while knowing that they are their core cooperating with the ukrainian government supposedly the jihad as are the biggest threat to the western world for the last how many a couple decades now but the government of britain and for that matter the deep state in the united states they surely don't look at it that way they look at these groups as useful i don't know how many readers when they see a story like this really know what the

some are just useful idiots when i asked russian diplomats about i saw linked fighters siding with kiev's forces i was told after years of various external attempts to radicalize ukraine there isn't really much of a surprise come through you could prolong military conflicts especially supported by arms and money from outside have always attracted people different views the same happened in syria we've all the support religious fundamentalism is coming from far away and who ows will do fine in ukraine these jihadi fighters help ukraine realise its agenda of suppressing dissent all parts of quite a familiar story with a couple of new twists. and we have asked the ukrainian government and military to comment on the times reports about them working with terracing chechen fighters we'll let you know the response from when we receive it. tensions going in the northern syrian city of mumbai which held by u.s. backed kurdish rebels the syrian army is gathering that according to latest reports while turkey also sends forces to the area the man big bird that comes amid alleged israeli air strikes o

well the key folks in kiev and in moscow for that matter should be very aware of what's going on with the respective far right movement but i also do i also think that the amount a far right movement you're seeing in ukraine is so minuscule that it's not going to necessarily create problems today but the problem with that is there's no such thing as a little bit of cancer a little bit of cancer if it's ignored it gets to be a bigger piece of cancer and we saw that back in nazi germany and this is the beginning of what can potentially be another history repeating itself story all right very interesting to hear your thoughts i'm sure that you and i could discuss this for hours upon end because it is such a big deal right now happening in europe and the vendor still president of the media company your voice america thanks for being with us. right now the e.u. foreign policy chief says a plan to maintain trade with iran despite u.s. sanctions could be ready in the coming weeks federica mo green who gave a statement in brussels. from it i think we have to make sure that iranians benefit th

time for christmas so thank the models are designed and manufactured here in the ukrainian capital kiev. but next spend a tenth of production remains in the country. thank you thank us. overseas customers have long since discovered the full mistah to. facebook and instagram spread the would even without expensive advertising you get sales its models in around eighty countries and even big companies are interested in cooperation but what comes next. the goal is not to build bigger and bigger models or become even more complex there are already clear limits after which would be so difficult that most people couldn't assemble them anymore words were more concerned with aesthetics and originality and learn to do really. like this innovative fortune say thank you. thank you thank you incidentally you gave is stands for ukrainian gives a name that describes the halt of these modern day mechanical toys thanks . and finally good. this is the traditional christmas meal for most families here in germany and one place where you can enjoy it is at the hester bag estate in brandenburg just outside b

we hope the fans will have a chance to come to kiev to support ththe team.t is very important for us. reporter: the team hopes to be flyingng their flalag in the chchampions league come februar. brent: not to the story about on australia-based refugee soccer player who has been critical of his home country, bahrain, and is powerful royal family. he could soon be extradited back to bahrain. his name, hakeem al-arabi, a former star defender. he sought on asylum in australia after claiming to have been persecuted and tortured in his home country. reporter: he is in political limbo. he was arrested in thailand on a november 27 while on vacation with his wife at the request of the bahrain government. now, a thailand court has extended his detention by 60 days so that an extradition order from bahrain can be processed. enough fears for his life if he is sent back to bahrain. he is desperate for help, as his reason demonstrate. >> i don't know, i don't want to go back to bahrain. i want to go back to australia. i am ausustralian, not f from bahrain. i did not do an

media in south east your friend if not this with content there any appetite for that in kiev. here's a journalist do you think. i thing openside think by his policies put an alienated forty million your prince in this is not what i asked you you said that we need to go back to this existence when it means the rivers are signed and then with. all of the nation i do not think it is a big up it side however this march to criticize on domestic affairs and ukraine as it is and russia useless on there is similar and you are experts from quarrelling and you quote a well mile however it is a situation that this unpredictable and that is why it's dangerous i think both russia and ukraine need to understand that they need assistance now in order to reestablish a dialogue done a lot of things to talk about and others why i reminded you that at the peak of the cold war. ronald reagan and go but you'll see. i got a bunch of he even said the first some of the strike reconstruction. we continue to live like this i repeat his words today we know it continued to live like this while mr said fe

some of just useful idiots what i asked russian diplomats about ice a linked fighters siding with kiev forces i was told after years of various external attempts to radicalize ukraine there isn't really much of a surprise that you could prolong military conflicts especially supported by arms and money from outside have always attracted people different views the same happened in syria we've people who support religious fundamentalism are coming from far away and who wows will they find in ukraine these jihadi fighters help ukraine realise its agenda of suppressing dissent all parts of quite a familiar story with a couple of new twists. we have asked the ukrainian government a military to comment on times reports about them working with terror link just in fighters we'll let you know of any kind of response. our fears are growing of an armed confrontation in northern syria around the kurdish led held city of mann bridge the syrian government has reportedly sent troops there off the threats of a turkish offensive against the kurds would use correspondent paula slayer as more details this