ukrainian president petro poroshenko has welcomed decision that gives his country's christian orthodox church full independence from russia a service to mark the move was held in the capital kiev and follows the decision by the economical patriarch in istanbul a spiritual leader of three hundred million orthodox believers worldwide and who simmons reports from kiev they're all of one faith but there's nothing spiritual about what's going on beyond the silence of prayer and thought leaders of the orthodox churches here are split they're either pro russian or they want to dependence on the break from being answerable to the orthodox patriarchy in moscow we as a church we try to be independent for more school not because we don't like russia or so or something else but we see how a russian empire through centuries use also books church in our land as a tool of imperial polis. in this sacred place for the faithful the archbishop's words sound political that's because they are that's a potent mix in ukraine of religion and power politics you only have to look around the corner here to see t

ukraine's president petro poroshenko stands accused by russia of pushing for orthodox church independence from moscow to boost his chances of winning another term in elections next year in moscow the patriarch eight sees itself as the mother church and it says independence for ukraine will be a catastrophe. it's an artificial establishment and every time politicians meddle in church affairs it leads to pain suffering and often bloodshed because religious conflicts supported by politicians are the most violent and tragic we know that from history and from what is happening in the middle east. here in ukraine not all orthodox church members are in agreement with what's happening. it doesn't matter whether it's a russian or ukrainian church it's hard to see how believe a stat conflicts such as this one either her or the church should report it. as a state ukraine needs faith as a pillar to hold on to said that we understand who we can be in the future. what of the future ukraine's president is declaring a victory while russia warns of religious conflicts and ruth simmons. an american student

ukrainian president petro poroshenko as welcome to decision that gives his country's christian orthodox church full independence from russia a service to mark the historic move was held in the capital kiev it follows the decision by the ecumenical patriarch in istanbul the spiritual leader of a three hundred million orthodox believers world wide. all that is of course on our website the latest on the disappearance of the saudi journalist jamal khashoggi well those were the headlines the news continues here not just iraq after inside story stage and that's the watching. an unexpected crisis that's putting a strain on relations between key allies what will the us to be on an investigation its announced the missing saudi journalist democracy and how will we fend off the widespread outrage about allegations that the saudi critic was killed on its own this is a story. welcome to the program on iran come on u.s. senators have forced the government into joining the investigation into the disappearance of saudi journalist jamal khashoggi it was last seen entering the saudi consulate in istanbul

ukrainian president petro poroshenko is hailing a decision that gives his country's christian orthodox church full independence from russia calling it a victory a service to mark the historic move has been held in the capital kiev it follows that the situation by the many call patriarch in istanbul the spiritual leader of three hundred million orthodox believers worldwide russia's orthodox church is now set to break away from istanbul in the biggest splitting christianity for more than five hundred years andrew symonds reports from. their old faith but there's nothing spiritual about what's going on beyond the silence of prayer and thought leaders of the orthodox churches here all split there are the pro russian all they want to depend on the brakes being on to the orthodox patriarch in moscow. as a true we try to be independent from. because we don't like russia or so or something else but. how russian in part are through some interest you. also books church in our land as a tool of imperial policy in this sacred place to the faithful the archbishop's words sound political that's beca

annexation in twenty fourteen we've heard from president putin what common sense i've been from petro poroshenko. as far as i can see i haven't heard much ukraine has opened an investigation into the incident formally at least i don't think there is much that the ukrainian authorities can do because they don't have access to the scene of the of the crime at the same time that the response here is been muted perhaps because there isn't access to more direct information ukraine does not have control over the territory of apparently the crimean tatar major lease stated or placed the blame for the incident on the russian authorities but this is not a theory beyond that i haven't heard much of what sort of city is cash. this is a smaller city it's it's on this on the sea it's the site to which a bridge goes that was built recently to connect to connect the russian mainland to the annexed crimea. other than that it's it's a maritime city not not enormous not particularly an exciting place in fact some of the comments in social media about the event said things like i can't believe that this would happ

prioritize and that gives us a very clear mandate that we know where to focus it cranium president petro poroshenko has welcomed a decision against this country's christian orthodox church fall and dependence from russia also decision by the ecumenical patriarch in istanbul the spiritual leader of three hundred million orthodox believers worldwide and her seven support some cats they're all of one faith but there's nothing spiritual about what's going on beyond the silence of prayer and thought leaders of the orthodox churches here all splits their either pro russian or they want independence and a break from being on struble to the orthodox patriarch in moscow. as a church we try to be independent from not because we don't like russia or so or samson else but we see how a russian empire through centuries use also books church in our land as a tool of imperial poultice in this sacred place to the faithful the archbishop's words sound political that's because they are there's a potent mix in ukraine of religion and power politics you only have to look around the corner to see the sort of messaging t

speaking in kiev, ukraine's president petro poroshenko called the victims ukrainian citizens and said has started an investigation. earlier, president putin held a moment of silence for those who died. after dark at a hospital near the school, relatives of the injured waited for news. hospital workers say there are four unidentified people in intensive care. the russian—backed head of crimea's administration says the gunman acted alone. they're still trying to establish why he did it. translation: most important is to find out reasons. what pushed this inhuman person to commit this crime? we don't understand that yet. he had all the positive characteristics. the director of the college says he always behaved himself. he was very calm. he never caused any trouble. the murderer has killed himself. i saw his body. there are many more questions being asked about what happened. it's thought the attacker used a hunting weapon. how did he get a license for it? and just how was he able to carry out such a deadly attack on what was his place of learning? lebo diseko, bbc news. a story we're go

speaking in kiev, ukraine's president, petro poroshenko, called the victims ukrainian citizens and saidgedy. russia has started an investigation. earlier, president putin held a moment of silence for those who died. after dark at a hospital near the school, relatives of the injured waited for news. hospital workers say there are four unidentified people in intensive care. the russian—backed head of crimea's administration says the gunman acted alone. they're still trying to establish why he did it. translation: most important is to find out reasons. what pushed this inhuman person to commit this crime? we don't understand that yet. he had all the positive characteristics. the director of the college says he always behaved himself. he was very calm. he never caused any trouble. the murderer has killed himself. i saw his body. there are many more questions being asked about what happened. it's thought the attacker used a hunting weapon. how did he get a license for it? and just how was he able to carry out such a deadly attack on what was his place of learning? lebo diseko, bbc news. let'

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