every week a staggering nineteen new orthodox churches are either built or restored in russian . many welcome this increase including president putin seen here opening a new church with patriarch kirill the primate of moscow and all russia. but not everyone is happy. you have kenny lebedev is part of a group of parents who oppose the churches illegal seizure and why frequent utilization of a mosque a park in order to build a new church. which is. what he says it is not much and it shouldn't surprise you. that he should michaelmas i said you were easy. but you would need a pretty accurate but it's what you. look for you on your. most sundays he and dozens of other locals gather to share their own position. but to openly questions such developments carries a risk as yevgeny discovered in november two thousand and sixteen. his home along with eleven others was stormed by police often. as in much time raids across the capital. is getting to me and. what is done to the us where you are in the breach of being my nation when you are going to go but what if the police would have you all f

already gained plenty of notoriety from politicians and the church critics of the mighty russian orthodox church say the church is trying to act as a moral sense and is further infringing on social life in russia a life in a beach bland theater productions sometimes disappear from the program and entire exhibitions are closed they say it's almost impossible to stage cultural events without cries from people claiming to be insulted and enraged. news from the world of sport and football's world governing body fi far has held its annual awards ceremony in london portuguese star christiana ronaldo was named pair of the year after winning the spanish league the champions league and the club was to come up with madrid dutch striker leka martens received the women's player of the year after leading holland's to victory at the euro two thousand and seventeen and real madrid's as it is didn't the done was chosen as the best coach after a trophy laden and his first full season for the tournament and you ventas a legend jan luigi before one picked up best goalkeeper after an incredible twenty five clean sh

already gained plenty of notoriety from politicians and the church critics of the mighty russian orthodox church say the church is trying to act as a moral sense and is further infringing on social life in russia a life in a beach bland theater productions sometimes disappear from the program and entire exhibitions are closed they say it's almost impossible to stage cultural events without cries from people claiming to be insulted and enraged. state your mind or of our top story this hour germany's parliament has gathered for the first time since national elections were held last month. can expect fierce debate from the new parliament in the form of the far right now the nation's third biggest party these are live images from that gathering set to kick off any moment now. this is the interview it is a live from berlin we're back with more of the top of the. stories that people of the world over in.

already gained plenty of notoriety from politicians and the church critics of the mighty russian orthodox church say the church is trying to act as a moral sense and is further infringing on social life in russia a life in a beach bland theater productions sometimes disappear from the program and entire exhibitions are closed as they say it's almost impossible to stage cultural events without cries from people claiming to be insulted and enraged. that was our moscow bureau chief your show reporting for the day is nearly done but as ever the conversation continues online you'll find us on twitter either at the w. news or you can write directly to me a brick got t.v. don't forget to use the hash tag of the day. for now we want to leave you with some images of the olympic torch being lit in greece today ahead of the winter games that begin next february in south korea every member whatever happens between now and then tomorrow is another day we'll see then everybody. creative. paul paul. paul. inspiring. life style your it. your romance next. push it push his electability. but. as i read things. no

already gained plenty of notoriety from politicians and the church critics of the mighty russian orthodox church say the church is trying to act as a moral sense and is further infringing on social life in russia a life in a beach bland theater productions sometimes disappear from the program and entire exhibitions are closed as they say it's almost impossible to stage cultural events without cries from people claiming to be insulted and enraged. lots of parties in the british capital last night that's where football's world governing body feet held its annual awards ceremony in london the portuguese star rinaldo named player of the year after winning the spanish league the champions league and the club world cup with real madrid does striker league martens receiving women's player of the year after leading holland to victory at euro two thousand and seventeen real madrid's indians of dan chosen his best coach after a trophy laden campaign and event his legend john luigi befall picking up best goalkeeper afternoon credible twenty five clean sheets for club and country last season here's what all

the problem here isn't the laws of the government but the powerful russian orthodox church the church thinks being normal and they reduce everything to sex. no one says love whoever you want everyone just thinks of the physical side of things but. the comments under the video. literally help. people with writing we're going to kill you. the hell are you you should all hang and you'll burn in hell that sort of stuff until. it's obvious the comments like this don't happen in a vacuum they wouldn't be there if asked aside he wasn't a homophobe. well joining us now is yulia at alina from the organization vigil in st petersburg the group helps gay men and women face the challenges of coming out in russia yulia welcome to the day you know the report we just saw there that i think that's the first report we've been able to find some things in this week that we've actually been able to laugh with all this week you know we've heard different stories about being gay and lesbian in russia but but they also seem to have a sense of gloom and doom in them because of what is happening in putin's rus

already gained plenty of notoriety from politicians and the church critics of the mighty russian orthodox church say the church is trying to act as a moral sense and is further infringing on social life in russia a life in a beach bland theater productions some. times disappear from the program and entire exhibitions are closed as they say it's almost impossible to states cultural events without cries from people claiming to be insulted and enraged. this is day w is live from berlin still to come the olympic torch for the eighteenth the winter games has been let's take a look at the traditional ceremony in limpia in greece the birthplace of the of a fix. first though it was all in how's your business update and it's good news if you work in germany definitely if you work for an s.m.b. a small medium sized enterprise that's a definite if your job ends up getting digitized maybe not i'll get to that in a moment but first of all germany's economy and its economic backbone it's always relied on highly specialized small and medium sized enterprises as i mentioned the famed german metals stand now a s

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grace and every overdubs believe a new them by name for they appeared in the same order in every orthodox church. her. sent mary our protectors and into assessing the oldest change 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 be see more clearly than in this change built in pailin stone its walls today on painted it rises gracefully above it square ground. perfect symmetry this architectural jewel with its delicate blind arcades and facade 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 no. 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 sunflower seeds and a few hungry and vegetables that was sold against this magnificent backdrop. most o

that was too much for russia's powerful orthodox church which canonized nicholas the second after his murder nine hundred seventeen betraying him this way is an offense to the religious sensibilities of the faithful that's according to russia's parliament the duma. natalya parkland skier a duma lawmaker started the campaign against matilda. what do you have against the film. and his insults saints who embody a healthy family a proper family relationship our family values. news in the order not to cause offense one must be able to strike a balance between artistic freedom and the rights of our citizens to their religious feelings. some of these offended citizens seem to take inspiration from his campaign they torched movie theaters like here in the city of you catherine virg.

already gained plenty of notoriety from politicians and the church critics of the mighty russian orthodox church say the church is trying to act as a moral sense and is further infringing on social life in russia a life in a beach bland theater productions sometimes disappear from the program and entire exhibitions are closed they say it's almost impossible to stage cultural events without cries from people claiming to be insulted and enraged. that was our moscow bureau chief your original reporting for the day is nearly done but as ever the conversation continues online you find us on twitter either at u.w. news or you can write directly to me a brit got t.v. don't forget to use the hash tag of the day. for now we want to leave you with some images of the olympic torch being lit in greece today ahead of the winter games that begin next february in south korea every member whatever happens between now and then tomorrow is another day we'll see that everybody. push and push his electability to them an all. time favorite sport nothing. strikingly. kyra a comeback. to. now. being and facing an unce

but that's too much for russia's powerful orthodox church which canonized sir nicholas the second in two thousand. portraying him this way offends the religious sensibilities of the faithful according to russia's parliament the duma. natalia. the duma lawmaker who started the campaign against matilda. and is insult saints who embody a healthy family a proper family relationship our family values. news in the order not to cause offense one must be able to strike a balance between artistic freedom and the rights of our citizens to their religious feelings. some of the offended citizens have seemed inspired by his campaign here in the city of you can to remember one activist drove a mini bus loaded with. of gasoline into a cinema and two cars outside the offices of the director's lawyers were set on fire in moscow fears of further violence have prompted several cinemas and russia to cancel scheduled screenings of the film regardless of whether mattel that will be a financial success it has prompted a discussion about the limits of art and censorship. football now and in the second round

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the problem he isn't the idols of the government but the powerful the russian orthodox church the church thinks being normal and they reduce everything to sex. no one says love whoever you want everyone just thinks of the physical side of things about. the comments on to the video but literally. people were watching to we're going to kill you. the crew the helo you will hang and you'll burn in hell to know that sort of stuff until it's obvious the comments like this don't happen in a vacuum they wouldn't be there if s. aside he wasn't so homophobic. we have more of the top of the hour don't forget our web site. for now though thanks for joining us. oh my son cheering also tend. to. enter the conflict zone fronting the powerful. one crisis after another of donald trump's of ministration some of his own make you all those like the mass shooting in las vegas out of his control my guest here in washington is the republican congressman don bacon how long is he going to put up with a president who's proved so divisive to so many folks in sixty minutes d.w. . nationalists are on the right why d

the problem here isn't the laws of the government but the powerful the russian orthodox church the church thinks are normal and they reduce everything to sex. no one says love whoever you want everyone just thinks of the physical side of things about. the comments under the video. literally help. people with writing we're going to kill you. the hell you should all hang and you'll burn in hell that sort of stuff. it's obvious that comments like this don't happen in a vacuum they wouldn't be there if he wasn't so homophobic. and joining us now is. from the organization in st petersburg the group helps gay men and women face the challenges of coming out in russia welcome to the day you know the report we just saw there that i think that's the first report we've been able to find some things in this week that we've actually been able to laugh with all this week we've heard different stories about being gay and lesbian in russia but but they all. also seem to have a sense of gloom and doom and them because of what is happening in putin's russia and also because of the rejection that these peop

the problem here isn't the idols of the government but the powerful russian orthodox church the church thinks being normal and they reduce everything to sex. no one says love whoever you want everyone just thinks of the physical side of things about. the comments under the video. literally help. people were watching t.v. we're going to kill you. the hell you should all hang and you'll burn in hell that sort of stuff. it's obvious the comments like this don't happen in a vacuum they wouldn't be there if he wasn't so homophobic. and you can find out more about these and other stories on our website dot com for now though thanks so much for being with us. entered the conflict zone confronting the powerful. one crisis after another for donald trump's of ministration some of his own making all those like a mass shooting in las vegas out of his control my guest here in washington is the republican congressman don bacon how long is he going to put up with a president whose proved so divisive to so many. folks next on. the traditions says they belong in the home. bed dreams say they need to be

already gained plenty of notoriety from politicians and the church critics of the mighty russian orthodox church say the church is trying to act as a moral sense and is further infringing on social life in russia a life in a beach planned theater productions sometimes disappear from the program and entire exhibitions are closed they say it's almost impossible to stage cultural events without cries from people claiming to be insulted and enraged. sounds like an interesting but controversial film turning now to sport and football and the portuguese forward christiana ronaldo has been named free first best made clear in the world for the second year in a row now fever's their best awards take fan voting into account as well as votes from coaches players and the media. it was supposed to be hollywood on the thames for the likes of ronaldo neymar. and the n.l. messi all in their finery and hoping to be named the best in their business it's not the fabled ballon d'or awards but the fire has spent the money to make sure it's a close second. and they were in names it is the end of the no there was no cl

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actor loss idea and polish prima ballerina matilda action skier the film has angered the russian orthodox church i'm nationalists with its depiction of russia's last emperor a man they consider a saint. for the first time in the history of the palace of versailles a woman will assume the responsibility for the gardens fountains daniella mountain will head a team of experts who look after the fifty five fountains and their thirty five kilometers of water pipes. since they were you know created by louis the fourteenth in sixty eight sixty six responsibility for these masterpieces of engineering has lain solely in the hands of men. an exhibition of works by french impressionist painted killed monet has opened in russia they were originally housed at the artist's residence in shivani in northern france until his death. the words ranged from impressionist renderings of rule and urban united states. to caricature is dating from the mid nineteenth century. the exhibition tracks monet's artistic development and diversity the show at the complex. runs until february. now let's take a trip to the clue tou

that is too much for russia's powerful orthodox church, which canonized him.ch him in this way offends the religious sensibilities of the faithful, according to russia's parliament. a lawmaker started the campaign against matilda. >> it insults saints who embody a healthy family, a proper family relationship, our family values. in order not to cause offense, one must be able to strike a balance between artistic freedom and the rights of our citizens to their religious feelings. reporter: some of the offended citizens have seemed inspire by the can -- inspired by the campaign. when activist drove a minibus filled with cans of gasoline into a cinema. and two cars outside the offices of the director's lawyer were set on fire. several cinemas have canceled several screenings of the film. regardless whether the film will become a financial success, it has prompted a discussion about the limits of art and censorship. brent: you're watching "dw news ." still to come, the olympic torch for the 18th winter games has been lit. increase, -- in greece, the birthplace of t

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in the north of the country, the wind caused a wooden orthodox church to topple over.d alert levels. germany has also been affected. railway operator deutsche bahn is citing what it called significant damage on main routes in the north, forcing it to suspend services until monday. the storm has caused flooding in hamburg, where waters rose up around the city's historic fish market, and in several districts. a 63—year—old man drowned at a campsite in lower saxony. in poland, almost 300,000 households are without electricity. continuous rains have been the cause of heavy flooding there. a warning issued by weather forecasters says poles must stand by for more gales overnight and into monday. hundreds of philippine families have returned to the southern city of marawi, after five months of fighting. tens of thousands of people fled when islamist militants linked to the islamic state group tried to take the city in may. more from our asia pacific editor celia hatton. returning to marawi to discover what five months of violence has done to this city. the owner of this store

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she, and president vladimir putin and allies in the russian orthodox church, say they wanted to limit state meddling in family life. >> ( translated ): we think it was causing serious damage to the traditional family. and destruction of the family is the destruction of the country. there is a policy of forcing western values and western techniques. these are mostly being repelled by traditional russian values because the western values are perceived as strange, wild and irritating. we want to stay russian. >> reporter: but shelter administrator feshenko says the new law has already given men permission to abuse. >> ( translated ): we have a lot more people in our center than before. this is already evidence that the freedom to beat up has begun. before, if he was punished seriously, he would think twice about whether to hit her again. now, he will hit her again calmly. it unties hands. >> reporter: 900 miles east of moscow, in the city of ufa, yevgeniya zakhar is trying to help women who are beaten by those untied hands. she's replacing taboos with tattoos. she's a tattoo artist who c

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