since he became the head of the russian orthodox church but last year. many protests and lots of controversy ukrainian nationalists believe that his visit here is a threat to the autonomy of ukraine's church and i'd like to remind us that a certain schism in orthodoxy in russia and ukraine exists because the russian orthodox church does not control the church in ukraine ukraine has its own orthodox church and ukrainian nationalists believe that deal is here but they have to be here to seize control over the orthodox church in ukraine something which of course the head of the russian orthodox church has been refuting so far we've seen no rallies of ukrainian nationalists but. the organization of ukrainian nationalists a big rally to be held choose day in downtown kiev to protest against. the international aids conference held in vienna this week has raised heated debate on treatment for hiv and aids and the role of large pharmaceutical companies skeptics challenging conventional thinking on aids gathered ahead of the event to make their views heard which t

ukraine since he became the head of the russian orthodox church but last year. many protests and lots of controversy ukrainian nationalists believe that his visit here is a threat to the autonomy of ukraine and i'd like to remind us that a certain schism in orthodoxy in russia and ukraine exists because the russian orthodox church does not control the church in ukraine ukraine has its own orthodox church and ukrainian nationalists believe that. he is here. to seize control over the orthodox church in ukraine something which of course the head of the russian orthodox church has been refuting organizations run by ukrainian nationalists have been planning protests in the capital so far we've seen no rallies. here we know that. a rival to one of the central cathedrals in kiev they plan to protest which was banned by the authorities but. the organization of ukrainian nationalists is planning a big rally to be held choose day in downtown to protest against. the biggest question is whether these protests will be out. in july last year one was here for the first time ma

head of the russian orthodox church has arrived in ukraine's capital kiev for a three day visit whichwill call his week long tour across ukraine he's already managed to meet with several officials from ukraine. we understand that in the next couple of days he's got busy agenda is concentrating several temples and churches across kiev as well as a holding large meeting a large council of the russian orthodox church in ukraine as well as holding a service dedicated to one thousand and twenty one years since russia adopted christianity now. has been to the cities. as well as to the crimea where he met. and presented him with the highest award of the russian orthodox church now it's the second visit to ukraine since he became the head of the russian orthodox church but last year this visit sparked many protests and lots of controversy ukrainian nationalists believe that his visit here is a threat to the autonomy of ukraine i'd like to remind all of us that a certain schism in orthodoxy in russia and ukraine exists because the russian orthodox church does not control the church in ukraine

several churches monasteries and temples as well as taking part in a large council of the russian orthodox church now before all during the week but they have to deal has been to all over ukraine consecrating churches and temples there as well as meeting with the president viktor yanukovych which in the crimea where they are real presented a victory on the court which with the highest award of the russian orthodox church now it's the second visit. since he became the head of the russian orthodox church to ukraine but last year his visit sparked lots of controversy here in this post soviet country now everywhere he went a year ago in june two thousand and nine he was met with protest organized by ukrainian nationalists who believed that his visit was purely political and had nothing to do with religion itself now this time around his visit so far has been called and see no major protest rallies but we understand that the ukrainian nationalists are going as ations run by ukrainian nationalists are planning to hold protests in the ukrainian capital throughout all three days that deal will be here un

that a certain skill isn't in orthodoxy between russia and ukraine still exists as the russian orthodox church does not entirely control the church in ukraine it has its own autonomous church and nationalist ukrainian nationalists believe that q. deal is threatening the autonomy of its church they even went out protesting in the streets of kiev but unlike last year when his visit attracted thousands of protesters in every city where party out a deal went to this time their protest were staged only in the capital city of kiev and managed to gather only several dozen men but despite what seems to be a still a political issue the fact that the number of protesters has diminished for some some believe that this is a good sign that the relations between moscow and kiev have finally improved up to five years of being very strained under the usual ministration now with victory unequivocal in office they're moving towards each other and the fact that millions of worshippers are greeting party archaeal all across ukraine is as is a good proof to that according to many experts so people are now celebrat

visit to ukraine that church you belong to the moscow patriarchate which is partly running the orthodox church in ukraine whilst the other part belongs to ukraine in a tone of must also looks church authorities have little doubt that this was a handmade handmade incident and they are now looking for for somebody who claimed responsibility for that explosion in the church ends up i was here. and that was. reporting from kiev. a hotline for the elderly has been set up in the czech republic following the disclosure of cases of abuse and neglect charity workers say many seniors are unaware of their rights and full victim to the cruelty of abusive carers and. reports. to roy that this home in suburban prague are no longer able to survive on the. money when the close family almost the entire attention goes on paying medical bills their lives and toil in the hands of the carers. independent charity say that up to twenty percent of elderly checks have been subject to abuse they say that the country has simply failed to acknowledge the problem the abuses both for the call and mental that happens at hom

the author talks church in ukraine while the other part belongs to ukraine in a tone of most orthodox church authorities have little doubt that this was a handmade handmade incident and they are now looking for for somebody to claim responsibility for that explosion in the church. and that was. reporting from. the hotline for the elderly has been set up in the czech republic for the disclosure of cases of abuse and neglect charity workers say many seniors are unaware of their rights and fall victim to the cruelty of abusive carrots. as this report moves to relieve the disc in suburban and no longer able to survive and. many have no close family. pension doesn't pay medical bills. their lives are entirely in the hands of the carers independent charity say that up to twenty percent of album and checks have been subject to abuse they say that the country have simply failed perc knowledge the problem the basis for the call and mental that happens at homes and institutions which govern my grandmother was straight to the bed naked and covered in her own excrement she said the nurses dropped the be

special prayers for the country to overcome its political and social rifts the head of the russian orthodox churches in kiev on the last stop of his weeklong trip to ukraine. already visited the city. he concentrated on consecrated several churches and. he also met ukrainian president viktor covert action presented him with the highest order of the russian orthodox church. story in the week was it a was of the play one of five it was me that it was a donkey and it got you very irate as well images of the terrified bees dying from a parachute through the wrath of animal rights activists the world over but. despite accusations of cruelty seems like the man responsible most likely to escape punishment. you may feel maybe even to the fact that between never see thank you. and you probably never would if it wasn't for a seaside p.r. stunt not to be. sitting on the beach boys or parachute go i couldn't quite figure it out myself or legs nor of my own eyes a donkey it was intended to attract only local customers to watersports firm and a russian black sea resort but its effect quickly rippled out across th

an explosion at an orthodox church in the ukraine his city has killed one woman and injured at least eight others worshippers had gathered to celebrate the anniversary of the baptism of russia. has the details. it is really hard to say what exactly happened in the central ukrainian city of the bottles yeah but according to eyewitnesses a certain package exploded at the very doorstep one of the churches in central part of the city during a holy day mass which was celebrating at thousand and twenty two years since russia was baptized since russia adopted christianity authorities are now investigating what exactly caused this loss but few have any had any doubts that this is a terrorist attack this is not an accident because i would this is say that this was a package which exploded so though it is a ruling out the possibility of any accident or a gas leak or anything all that sort this incident happened amid celebrations of thousand and twenty two years since russia adopted orthodox christianity and the head of the russian orthodox church but they have good deal was on his week long vi

center of the muscular good state monitors orthodox church during the soviet era and now we enter the first factory building with intricate and brightly colored decoration. at some three hundred feet long it's an immense structure and at the time of its construction the largest school in russia. a church and banquet hall in one trap as nice as the russians call it it was where important religious figures held their face and receptions and this beautiful colorful rock style building was built in the sixteen eighties and you can see it goes all the way through to this spectacular golden altar which is only used and open today and special occasions one of the best things about visiting the various gardening destinations is that spineless appeal and striking history some scenes and images alike that we much be lifted out of a book. even if you're not a fictional of russian church architecture or a medieval history but it's worth a visit the rest of the city's typical for a russian town i'm a shrewd grand architecture and sadly crumbling buildings but it gives you an idea of what will life

ukrainian border this is now an official state holiday but they are acutely ill of the russian orthodox church is on a weeklong visit now to ukraine which is commentated today with a celebration of the baptism of the key of bruce but despite what seems to be a purely religious visit it has received somewhat a political connotation the relations between moscow and kiev have finally improved up to five years of being very strained under the usually good ministration now with the very unequivocal in office they're moving towards each other and the fact that millions of worshippers are greeting party are to deal all across ukraine is as a good proof to that according to many experts so people are now celebrating and we see services are being held everywhere across ukraine and russia. pakistani officials all the hundred and fifty sheep on board a passenger plane that crashed in hill surrounding of lamb about have died. five survivors have been retracted while the air blue plane was flying from corruption for the capital of escalation is on the way to establish the cause of the crash. at least twent

ukrainian border this is now an official state holiday but they are acutely ill of the russian orthodox church is on a weeklong visit now to ukraine which is commentated today with a celebration of the baptism of the key of bruce but despite what seems to be a purely religious visit it has received somewhat a political connotation the relations between moscow and kiev have finally improved the five years of being very strained under the usual good ministration now with victory unequivocal in office they're moving towards each other and the fact that millions of worshippers are greeting but they are to deal all across ukraine is as a good proof to that according to many experts and that was our. reporting from here in and in the ukrainian city of the celebrations of the anniversary of the baptism of russia being mobbed by a lost in the church nine people reported wounded with the priests wife suffering the worst injuries ukraine security services say the blast was caused by an improvised explosive device and local reports indicate that the bomb was hidden in a poor soul near the church entrance

ukrainian border this is now an official state holiday but they are acutely ill of the russian orthodox church is on a weeklong visit now to ukraine which is commentated today with a celebration of the baptism of the key of bruce but despite what seems to be a purely religious visit it has received somewhat a political connotation the relations between moscow and kiev have finally improved the five years of being very strained under the you should ministration now with victory unequivocal in office they're moving towards each other and the fact that millions of worshippers are greeting party archaeal all across ukraine is as is a good proof to that according to many experts so people are now celebrating and we see services are being held everywhere across ukraine and russia. and places in this. area a mistake of seeing really as one of the coldest halls point towards boiling a few minutes time. claims to being to the castle became the wilderness of the great and. it's a form of. the phlegm now while he goes to central russia where the car industry is rapidly developing. history finds life and

ukrainian border this is now an official state holiday but they are acutely ill of the russian orthodox church is on a weeklong visit now to ukraine which is commentated today with a celebration of the baptism of the key of bruce but despite what seems to be a purely religious visit it has received somewhat a political connotation the relations between moscow and kiev have finally improved the five years of being very strained under the usual good ministration now with victory on a government office they're moving towards each other and the fact that millions of worshippers are greeting but they are to deal all across ukraine is as a good proof to that according to many experts and that was on the next you know just keep reporting from kiev well meanwhile celebrations in the ukrainian city. when a bomb blast in a local church killed an elderly woman and eight other people were injured in the explosion ukrainian officials say the blast was called homemade device equal to. local reports say it was concealed in a pulse hole near the church's entrance. the whole life of the elderly has been set up

russian ukrainian border this is now official state holiday but they are acutely ill of the russian orthodox church is on a weeklong visit now to ukraine which is common a did today with the celebration of the baptism of the key of bruce but despite what seems to be a purely religious visit it has received somewhat a political connotation the relations between moscow and kiev have finally improved the five years of being very strained under the usually good ministration now with victory on a government office they're moving towards each other and the fact that millions of worshippers are greeting but they are to deal all across ukraine is a good proof to that according to many experts so people are now celebrating and we see services are being held everywhere across ukraine and russia and the u.s. congress has been to give the green light to israel. and he won't quote a powerful republican expressed support from minute she strike against the islamic republic iran expert posting from the woodrow wilson center for scholars who send the signal. we are reaching silly season in washington with the elect

turkish military is eradicating he had lenic and christian heritage with all of the 500 greek orthodox churches there having been looted, desecrated or destroyed. on this the 36th anniversary of the invasion and occupation of cyprus, the united states should demand an immediate withdrawal of the 45,000 turkish soldiers now occupying northern cyprus and should continue to press this issue in every interaction with turkish officials. this should promote a values-based alliance with turkey that will strengthen nato and reinforce collective western security. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman from virginia rise? >> mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. mr. cantor: thank you, mr. speaker. a bitter feud erupted in washington and it wasn't your typical partisan spat between liberals and conservatives or republicans and democrats. the fight was between the white house and american businesses. since when, america, has it been acceptable for american employers in the white house to be on opposing

church. i have long said and will continue to say that there are some issues, frankly, that i am not in lockstep with the orthodox part of the catholic church. that is an issue between myself and my god. someday we will meet, i hope, and discuss is. in the meantime, i will continue to follow my conscience on those issues. >> do you agree with that? you will not be in opposition to the church, but you think politicians who are should be allowed to take communion? >> yes, i do. i do not believe that those differences should have been aired in a public forum. i believe that elected officials should be able to receive communion. been a few became a democrat in may of this year. -- >> you became a democrat in may of this year. you have been the work -- a contributor to republican. those were looking to make the decision, how do you reconcile your record? >> i reconcile it like this. like overset -- like over 60% of the population i and disconnected. -- we are disconnected and unaffiliated. i would say that -- >> be specific with the governor. >> i did donate to that governor. i did donate to seven democrats at the sam

church. i have long said and will continue to say that there are some issues, frankly, that i am not in lockstep with the orthodox part of the catholic church. that is an issue between myself and my god. someday we will meet, i hope, and discuss is. in the meantime, i will continue to follow my conscience on those issues. >> do you agree wh tha you will not be in opposition to the church, but you think politicians who are should be allowed to take communion? >> yes, i do. i do not believe that those differences should have been aired in a public forum. i believe that elected offials should be able to receive communion. been a few became a democrat in may of this year. -- >> you became a democrat in may of this year. you have been the work -- a contributor to republican. those were looking to make the decision, how do you reconcile your record? >> i reconcile it like this. like overset -- like over 60% of the population i and disconnected. -- we are disconnected and unaffiliated. i would say that -- >> be specific with the governor. >> i did donate to that governor. i did donate to seven democrats at the same time