and so for the orthodox christians, at least in her own sort of research, for the orthodox christians here in the united states who are converts race doesn't come up. in terms of broader community, one of the ironies and there's so many ironies here. one of the ironies is that putin himself supports religious and ethnic minorities. and he has to. and so where poout season -- where putin is drawing on this history and heritage and language has something to do with a little more of this political kind of attack against the secular attack on values which intersects with issues related to gender, masculynnity. now at least what i know -- this is in terms of race intersect is ing with the past and as far as i know, i don't -- i don't ever recall being evidence or some kind of white supremacy. what i'm referring to more is in terms of how it works with this broad sense of alt-right phenomenon and how it works within the orthodox community. and the irony of those who are prioritizing this kind of racial purity and this kind of white supremacy, how they are drawing on someone who is not makin

orthodox christians so there is tension separate to everything else this underlying tension and power is using this as a means of breaking as you said in the introduction breaking politically from russia so a pile up of tension all round but a colossal weapon it would seem for pari at par shanker because there are thirty million plus orthodox christians who are going to go into this independence church and really this. is a massive political maneuver for him and along with all the complications along the way that go back centuries and tension on the streets also because a lot of nationalists want to take it out of pro russian clergy and pro russian congregations there have also been moves by the security services to actually interview russian clergy several russian clergy interviewed about exactly what their motivations are and what they're doing and what they're thinking so this is a pretty big new dimension not new perhaps the wrong word but a big extra dimension to the tensions that already exist thank you very much for that and are simmons live for us in care. british m.p.'s have

orthodox church and fulfill a centuries old dream russia is not amused. with. i'm calling aspen 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 how would you describe the days so far. there has been a small but determined president protest is he in paris call authorities are saying around three thousand people. i've been taking to the streets down from the twenty five thousand people who registered to march on the private facebook group but you can definitely see that there was a determined and far larger police presence he on these shows and he's a eight thousand police deploy

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

and the independence ukrainian orthodox church will then pray to god in one joint voice. and i ask him to send peace to our country. and i am not sure. this will be a big blow to russian president vladimir putin and to russian influence the russian orthodox church will lose a third of its congregation in one go it will also probably lose legitimacy as the leader of the global orthodox church putin likes to say that ukrainians and russians are one people united under one church but once ukrainian orthodox independence comes to pass moscow will have to rewrite part of its script. nearly a week after losing in the final of south america's elite soccer club competition the cope of the back to doris boca juniors have parted ways with coach get a mobile skeletal as rain comes to an end after two and a half years during which he twice won the argentinian league but he couldn't win the copa libertadores his side lost five three on aggregates to archrivals river plate in the final. you're watching news from berlin more coming at the.

ukraine's president proclaims the creation of an independent orthodox church. russia denounces it as a political move. and... cheering they're football and golf crazy so they put the two sports together and came up with footgolf. we've been watching the action at the world championships. hello and welcome to bbc news. after two weeks of talks and two years of work, consensus was finally reached late on saturday evening, on international rules to tackle climate change. nearly 200 countries overcame political divisions, to support the implementation of the 2015 paris agreement. that aimed to limit a rise in average global temperatures to well below two degrees celsius, above pre—industrial levels. here's our science editor, david shukman. this is what it's all about. gases released into the air that heat the planet. and after some long, difficult arguments, the world has inched towards a deal for how to reduce them. to try to avoid the risks of dangerous levels of warming in future. the talks at katowice in poland saw delegates from nearly 200 countries haggling

to have now way 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 off key if patrick at the move is shorter and go to russia but ukrainian president petro poroshenko hailed the decision as a historic event and another declaration off ukrainian independence. do you craney and faithful turn out to support an independent ukrainian orthodox church one that doesn't answer to moscow this schism will likely help ukrainian president petro poroshenko is campaigning 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 all through talks 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

and the independence ukrainian orthodox church. to gold in one joint voice and i ask him to send peace to our country. you know. this will be a big blow to russian president vladimir putin and to russian influence the russian orthodox church will lose a third of its congregation in one go who will also probably lose legitimacy as the leader of the global orthodox church putin likes to say that ukrainians and russians are one people united under one church but once ukrainian orthodox independence comes to pass moscow will have to rewrite part of its script. countries across asia are seeing a growing demand for female taxi drivers to combat among female passengers worried for their safety in places like india many women say they don't feel safe enough to travel alone with a male driver in one case the received international attention the young woman was raped by her male driver. reporter a beggar ritter's joins me now with or in the movement to get taxis services to provide a dedicated women only fleet rebecca a big move in india in

ukraine's president proclaims the creation of an independent orthodox church.denounces it as a political move. a newly discovered tomb, dating back around 4,500 years, is found in egypt. hello and welcome to bbc news. after two weeks of talks — and two years of work — consensus was finally reached tonight on an international rulebook to tackle climate change. nearly 200 countries overcame political divisions to support the implementation of the 2015 paris agreement. that deal aimed to limit a rise in average world temperatures to "well below" two degrees celsius compared to pre—industrial times. disagreements over the specifics of the plan caused the announcement to be delayed by more than 30 hours, but the conference president, michal kurtyka, said the common aims of all the parties had ultimately won out. an ambition that will ensure our children and their children look back at our legacy and recognise that their parents and grandparents took the right decisions at important juncture is like took the right decisions at importantjuncture is like the one that w

coming up spiritual independence in ukraine fulfills a centuries old dream of creating a united orthodox church independent from russia to moscow is not amused. i'm karl naslund thanks for joining us talks on climate change and poland finally produced an agreement late last night nearly two hundred countries unanimously unanimously adopted a rulebook allowing the paris climate pact to become operational by twenty twenty the chairman of the conference called it a historic moment but critics say egremont doesn't go far enough. it is so the side . there was visible relief when two weeks of intense negotiations finally came to an end and cattle teacher delegates from almost two hundred countries had to overcome major divisions in their quest to reduce global warming while protecting the economies of rich and poor countries alike we are very satisfied as you may have heard or. really happy they are celebrating a very good successful outcome. that outcome a common set of rules to implement a previously agreed goal limiting global temperature rises to below two decrease celsius rules that gover

orthodox church and fulfill a centuries old dream but russia is also the music. i'm christine with welcome to the program we begin in poland wavy 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 question missions and curb global warming the summit in the city of touch of eight so when it went into overtime for forces 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 saved the deal is not have business enough the climate conference is president oliver kolby agreement a historic moment the overall impact of this bucket is bozak if to do work. it wouldn't move fos one major step towards realizing. and shrine. agreement. and ambition that will ensure that our children and children look back at our legacy and recognize about their parents and grandparents took the right decisions. jun

more national church the ukrainian orthodox church. but you are kate and also you've got there are smaller or the ukrainian orthodox church you've got also ukrainian state with its interest to canadian government on the other hand you've got the russian side moscow part they are kate and the russian state. interests are quite quite different in each side in on the ukrainian side there is quite a near significant drive for independence or all these churches from look probably even so much from moscow orthodoxy but from the influence of russian politics. and by implication from the influence of the russian orthodox church mosque about the arcade on the other hand moscow but there kate has a lot at stake here because about a third of its probably more than a third of its parishes in ukraine and the moscow but there it is quite closely linked to russian politics and its interests in international politics in the russian history let me let me just get in there because if that is the case why is the head you might say of the ukrainian church

orthodox priests in ukraine have established an independent national church the move has angered the russian orthodox church which controlled the ukrainian branch for over three hundred years ukraine's president petro poroshenko hailed the decision saying it was a further declaration of independence from russia relations between the two countries collapsed after moscow's and say sion of the main and twenty four team gives as russian back to churches on its soil. to spread and. earlier i spoke to correspondent nick connelly in kiev i asked him if ukraine's new national church would make relations between kiev and moscow 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

church should be formed totally new it was the russian orthodox church ruled all over the soviet union obviously and this affects something like thirteen million worshippers right the way across the country now some of them are still very much pro russian so this is going to divide communities and cause more tension but it is a major move and on december the fifteenth there will be a unification service in which the church has come together and this new church is formed it causes a schism in orthodox christianity because the russian orthodox church the moscow patriarchate has decided to pull away from the constantinople parts ya kates of therefore you have a divorce divided church a colazal divide down the middle now russian orthodox church practices go back centuries in ukraine but this is like the politics of the country the religion goes alongside the complication is now that with pro russian worshippers and clerics there is tension ultranationalists have already taken his house on fire bombing one church and there are tensions on there also arrest being made and several clerics and

in a move set to anger russia, ukraine's president has proclaimed the creation of an independent orthodox church. and manchester city return to the top of the english premier league — we'll have that story and all the other sports news. hello and welcome to world news today. there have been clashes in paris between police and the yellow vest protestors during a fifth weekend of anti—government demonstrations. in total, 66,000 protesters were on the streets across france. that number is significantly lower than before. earlier this week, president macron announced a series of concessions, to try to defuse the crisis. lucy williamson reports from paris. the tactics were the same as always but the tension here has waned. the number of protesters in paris today less than half of that of last weekend. there were far fewer people gathering here in paris today but there are still a few confrontations between protesters and police, like here on the champs—elysees. the security forces will be hoping this is the last final stand of the hard—core. this was a test of whether president macron‘s conces

church that would be free of russian control the move would split the world's biggest eastern orthodox denomination and would reduce the influence of moscow russia is strongly against the move and or simmons has more from the capital kiev. religion is now following the politics of ukraine with an independent ukrainian orthodox church the decision was made back in october by the patriarch of constantinople a decree was issued that led to the breakaway immediately almost of the russian orthodox church splitting causing a major schism in christianity that goes back centuries in terms of its history and what's happening in ukraine will be the formation of a unified with a new pattern who will start to be appointed in this service on december the fifteenth now the president of ukraine. is very much allied to all of this the politics is intertwined in the religion and that's controversial in many quarters but he made the announcement although it's the clerics who will go forward there are complications thirty million people involved in this thirty million people faithful to the orthodox chur

and a historic museum here where a religious leaders have to form a united ukrainian orthodox church and so full a centuries old dream russia is not against. and christine will go welcome to the program we begin with breaking news from poland where the u.n. climate conference has now agreed for roles for implementing the twenty fifteen paris agreement it's funny two hundred countries unanimously adopted the full bill that will govern if it's to cut emissions and curb global warming the summit in the city of president so went when into overtime good crowd. disciplines being stuck on how countries should report reductions in greenhouse emissions and how to finance the fight against climate change in foreign nations. now some critics have already said that the deal is not ambitious enough the climate conference as president however called the agreement a historic moment the overall impact of this package these positive to the worst. move for us one the major step towards realizing the vision and shrine in the paris agreement. and ambition that will ensure that our children and they will

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

believe a new them by name for they appeared in the same order in every orthodox church. st mary our protectors and intercessor the oldest judge of the former principality still standing erected not far from vladimir in eleven fifty six. no way can the form and spatial idea of russian medieval sacred architecture to see more clearly than in this change built in pale limestone its walls today on painted it rises gracefully above it square ground by. perfect symmetry this architectural jewel with its delicate blind arcades an archaic facade ornaments managed to come through the mongol devastations miraculously unscathed. legend maintains that the protective veil of the madonna lay over the church dedicated to her in the meadows on the banks of the river now. past and present pictures from the town of sue's doll today. the intell is deceptive today those who can't grow their own food with some leftover to sell at the market have hardly enough to live on. in the old days it wasn't just some flower seeds and a few hungry vegetables that was sold against this magnificent backdr

ukrainian orthodox church now he's previously also given an award to . over you know the porch and his support provided them there so i think that pretty much sums up what is actually going to be reacting to this well i mean people are dismayed by that they are also they're also tell you fight because you have all their facebook you have photos of these ukrainian priests you know there was even a flash mob for you know priests and their supporters put their inscription i am radio for a surge by ukrainian security service and and talking about the us you know just a few months ago there was a similar to the areas event for a shame for the ukrainian president gave the order. of the wise to general breedlove all the people of the need for supporting ukrainian independence the problem is that the y. started as their brains not good at that which is in russia so if you are a slow divine voice told you no reception from his grave one thousand years later then he is a symbol of ukrainian independence and that he is all that was given to an american general. it'

church it's the ukrainian orthodox church of dawn and most from russia financially you know the boy their own bishops their metropolitan sits on the council of russian orthodox church no russian reporters are seated or they are signing up so this official ukrainian orthodox church protested these conventions they did that them all to bishops or only two were forced to read them even though there were searches by there you're going in security agency you know there was several people were arrested steele they didn't go forward to this convention they said it was not economical about the political event and what's the reaction in the western media i'm called france twenty four you know how did they report about it this morning they said that ukraine is finally coming out of russia although russia's influence although some ukrainians are still loyal to the long. march. i'm going to quote that sums up the import of this you know what is actually happening behind the scenes here this patriarch of this separatist splinter ukrainian church filler and we stop until you know the last few hou

church are motivated by something more than just spiritual goals a chairman for the russian orthodox church has also reacted saying it is the third time constantinople has talked about granting autonomous powers for national churches but there is still no conclusion in sight he also stressed the separation is something orthodox believers do not 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

hatred metropolitan pablo oversees the oldest monastery in kiev this comes after the ukrainian orthodox church was granted independence from the russian church by the patriarchate of constantinople however the plan has been criticized by religious heads in ukraine for not specifying a date for the rule changes to come into effect. state politicians of the highest level who constantly promise cuts and all the safley simply deceive us there is a full understanding of the fact that constant noble leads us on with various promises since most likely it's statements about the ukrainian orthodox church are motivated by something more than just spiritual goals and a chairman for the russian orthodox church has also reacted saying it is the feared time constantinople has talked about granting autonomous powers for national churches but there's still no conclusion in sight he also stressed that the separation is something orthodox believers do not actually want and october constantinople overturned a centuries old activate union to sever ties between kiev and moscow then both of the russians and

the russian orthodox church dismissed the bishops council as illegitimate. now on bbc news, click.

well there we're talking about ultra orthodox jews known here as a higher rate of jews or hasidic jews these are the religious jews who after they just eighteen they continue in study in the us and then there are military service is the for every half a year and the supreme court has ruled that this is not constitutional because it doesn't give equality between different israelis and therefore the minister and history of defense has compared special interests lation according to which these ultra orthodox jews will have to go and serve in the military in growing in numbers though this doesn't mean that all of them will be serving but more will have to be serving and those schools those of us where kids will not be serving they will be fined by the state so this is the law and what happened today is that there was a knock was dition party that was supposed to support this law and they said that they won't support this law and in a face the situation where he didn't have this make joran and he decided to call on early election so sammy can you give us some more context to this story as s

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 spectacular grave that is more than four thousand years old the tomb was found in a buried rage of a necropolis of sakara a vast ancient burial ground some twenty kilometers southwest of the egyptian capital cairo archaeologists have described the find as exceptionally well preserved. everyone wants to look. at a grave that had been closed for mo

none of them are counted this economist says fish you got two kids now way 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 petra the move is short and to russia but ukrainian president picture of poroshenko hailed the decision as a historic event and another declaration off ukrainian independence. the move to found an independent ukrainian church marks a historic split with moscow ukraine's president petro poroshenko was a driving force behind the new church critics say poroshenko is using it to drum up support ahead of elections next year pershing co hopes it would take kiev even further away from russia's orbit. for visit there what kind of church is our church it's a church with a puton. circle church with moscow patriarch kirill under the prayers for the russian state and russian soldiers to these guys 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 ukraini

coming out spiritual independence in ukraine kiev fulfills a centuries old dream of creating a united orthodox church independent from russia moscow is not immune. to it and then those of a small church in the netherlands have been holding round the clock press for more than six weeks to prevent full sorry teens from deporting a local immigrant family that she told the bids arrests while a religious service is on the way. i'm on you tube as mckinnon thanks so much for joining us. talks on climate change in poland finally produced an agreement late on saturday nearly two hundred countries unanimously adopted a rule book allowing the paris climate pact to become operational by the year twenty twenty and chairman of the conference called it a historic moment but critics say the purely voluntary agreement just does not go far enough it is sold outside. there was visible relief when two weeks of intense negotiations finally came to an end and cut to the chair delegates from almost two hundred countries had to overcome major divisions in their quest to reduce global warming while protecting the econ

church that would be free of russian control the move would split the world's largest eastern orthodox denomination and would reduce moscow's influence russia is strongly against the move andrew simmons has more now from the capital city kiev. religion is now following the politics of ukraine with an independent ukrainian orthodox church the decision was made back in october by the patriarch of constantinople a decree was issued that led to the breakaway immediately almost of the russian orthodox church splitting causing a major schism in christianity that goes back centuries in terms of its history and what's happening in ukraine will be the formation of a unified with a new pattern yok who will start to be appointed in this service on december the fifteenth now the president of ukraine. is very much allied to all of this the politics is intertwined in the religion and that's controversial in many quarters but he made the announcement although it's the clerics who will go forward there are complications thirty million people involved in this thirty million people faithful to the ortho

or echoes off the three hundred year old st andrews church in kenya the pro ukrainian orthodox church survived an arson attack last month but it's not clear if regional politics will be as resilient very well you know we still we shall a ballasts. still ahead on al-jazeera all the scores a norwegian a veteran scare is going as well as a ban on the stripes of. troops back. in the darkest of times brave men and women stood up. when oppressed they rose. together they fought for greater justice respect and compassion. they had a dream for a better future. today we are at a turning. the stakes are high climate change inequality. hate speech you may feel overwhelmed but there is hope for. you. we together can create the change we want. by speaking out by standing up by taking action. be the leader you are looking for stand up for human rights. argentina has created two new marine parks moving it a place it's amazing the un commitment to protect its national water is this week congress approved the pox in the country's southernmost sea covering a combined area of ninety eight thousand square

rare echoes of the three hundred year old homes at st andrew's church in q the pro ukrainian orthodox church survived an arson attack last month but it's not clear if regional politics will be as resilient very well your response we shall a ballast zero. well still ahead here on al-jazeera pittsburgh back up goaltender a lot of love from the man he's replaced after a crucial save against boston paul will be here with that story in sports. i thought this conviction that everyone has a deep reservoir of tonic billeted and if you can give them the opportunity wonderful things start to happen sometimes the simplest seditions author missed impact from. the main things that sets out zero apart from other news organizations is that a lot of our reporting is about real people not about ideas or politicians or what they may want to do but how policy and how events affect real people is something something something. a little more complicated operations happen if this is not an act of creation i mean i remember walking. down like my family's status and wealth has benefited from their choice to

to break away from the control of the russian orthodox church and, 27 years after independence, giveppen the two branches of ukrainian orthodoxy had to unite. and with the faithful waiting outside in the cold they did just that. electing a new leader for a new unified church. this is him — metropolitan epifaniy. accompanied, of course, by a jubilant president poroshenko. translation: what is this new church? it is a church without putin. what is this church? it is a church without kirill. what is this church? it is a church without a prayer for the russian authorities and the russian troops. because russian authorities and russian troops are killing ukrainians. but this church is with god and with ukraine. one of the most thorny issues lying ahead will be the fate of the many parishes and monasteries that the russian orthodox church still controls in ukraine. there are plenty of people who think they should now be handed over to the new ukrainian church. russia has already made its displeasure clear and has cut its ties with the ecumenical patriarch, the head of the global orthodox c

orthodox priest will be too cute to save us 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 making ukraine's religious rapture has had consequences the cathedral of nativity and other production churches were accused of whipping up religious hatred and raided by ukrainian security services years years ago thought i told them you serve the devil and i serve god let's see who is stronger and who's going to win. russian clergy are outraged labeling it the biggest split in christianity in a thousand years. they say it's a ploy by ukrainian president petro poroshenko to shore up support ahead of elections next year pushing coded champion the split he signed a cooperation agreement with the head of the church intervened. there's rabbitohs the state and the russian church some in clergy robes some in military uniforms or not afraid to commit sin in an effort to disrupt the decision

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the pro ukrainian orthodox church survived an arson attack last month but it's not clear if regional politics will be as resilient very. shallow ballasts zero. delegates the cop twenty four quo ball climate change conference in poland will be staying on for at least another day because no final agreements yet been reached the u.n. events are spilling over into least saturday as representatives from nearly two hundred nations discuss how to implement the paris agreement will steffen as a climate change expert and counsellor a climate council of australia he says that while nations argue about who's to blame time is running out. it's really clear from the special report on the one point five target that we don't have much time left in other words we only have ten or fifteen years' worth of emissions left before will breach that one point five to retarget so this sense of urgency the sense that the science is saying we have basically squandered two decades of inaction the time is now here for absolutely decisive vigorous action i think that sits right behind the problems countries that

the pro ukrainian orthodox church survived an arson attack last month but it's not clear if regional politics will be as resilient very. shallow ballasts zero zero zero. the presidential palace in mexico is usually off limits but that's changing with the new president on this manual lopez obrador is opening the residence to the public down home enjoying the tour in mexico city. the presidential residence los pinos has always been shrouded in secrecy sealed off towards. larry mexicans last week that suddenly changed new president under his money the door opened the gates since then crowds have been swarming in to take a look at the imposing buildings and to even roam around the president's private office. it's excellent a privilege for all mexicans to go in here enjoying the wonders we were all missing out on because it was always close palatial tiles these cabins and look tree conference hall with all the fittings of the ground of alaska's was taking full advantage for a fifty birthday photo session the all important can see on us the way. this is ours really we built this with our o

there were -- no, the jews -- no, the jews at the founding were not necessarily more orthodox. they may have been observant in their ways but they were also products of the same environment. it wasn't more old world jews. jews also wanted to come to america. i'm not describing this as every single one in the united states but they wanted to come to america and be part of the american society and assimilate. not to the degree that they are today but in their own time they were modern. there are definitely resources out there that one can find on jewish influences on the founding. a rabbi in new york city has a series of lectures on this sort of thing. as far as the -- as far as the jewish republic, i would only have to assume that imagining the hebrew republic as the first or only perfect republic was one of those in theory but not in practice. all the bible is, the jewish bible, is just a story of the jews messing up. it's one wayward generation after the next, right? and god regretting over and over and never giving up, but regretting over and over. so it would be hard to find