barbarossa had put the roman pontiff in his place. now the ruler of the holy roman empire asked to submit from now on the motto is the pope is the true emperor. in freedom for the peace of venice in eleven seventy seven and in the emperor's attempt to create direct rule with his own people in office initially in italian after bone he lost the trial of strength with the pope observatory now a scapegoat was needed and that was an opportunity to settle old scores it's a human to begin right here. since henry the lion refused to support her in italy he is now held to account at the imperial diet an effort he tries to assuage the empress through an act of submission. said forgive me my emperor. a lawyer your remorse comes too late my lord. to have it. your staff you're punishing me because i didn't follow you to italy. but at least if you weren't required to join you said so yourself until and yet you're taking me down because of it. it's about the owner of the empire. that's the verdict stands. of course it is a verdict that he has also r

something is missing headband that diadem like that warmed by the roman emperors. the. scholars believe it looked something like this it also symbolizes the fact that the pope was not the sole ruler in rome or coupling of the capital. head of bob ross is a really good way of expressing this new self-confidence by the empire symbolically placed at the same level as the holy mother church case bob or other ones the pope and emperor to be equals right from pabst guys to fight for this aqua librium flares up again eighty years after a previous showdown between empress and pope at can also at this time in business song in burgundy or the understanding that he has arrived is an emissary of the bishop of rome i will put this. there are reports of the meeting between the papal emissary and the emperor that hinted a new showdown the words spoken in the name of the pope sound innocuous and left. god the most. inane of all i mean full time but there's disagreement about the latin word then a feat which means favor but can also be translated to mean feat in the futile sense. h

the ruler of an empire that doesn't need the blessing of the roman pope. the ng and the expression sacrum imperio shows up for the first time in an imperial document of eleven fifty seven a short while later this holy empire becomes the holy roman empire there dition of the german nation only comes three hundred years later and of legal laws a lot of these of this is how an important part of the imperial title was created under frederick barbour also mentions the name holy roman empire emerged and dominated german and european history for more than six hundred years and rapaciousness. it's not just rome that's part of the imperio territory norm of the net and is too but the affluence it is south of the alps ah particularly resistant to the imperial claims barbarossa feels cheated out of his rights and the lucrative tribute. he goes to italy for a second time in eleven fifty eight a chronicler said of his entourage the number of troops was so large that even several roads were barely able to hold them all a horde of young men who confronted the vicissitudes

the romans weren't impressed. now you eternal rome have been taken by the saxon king the saying went. on the spot where michelangelo's basilica of some peaches now stands the pope once pronounced charlemagne the emperor of the christian west. the same was to happen this time it is said that auto was crowned emperor on this round stone made of porfiry emperor of a realm that would one day be known as the holy roman empire of the german nation. a chronicler reports that the romans and italy's princes didn't like the oath that auto swore when the pope made him emperor. in the use of force in the name of christ i swear that i will forever be the protector and defender of this holy roman church and all its territories you might be an infant receive the symbol of glory this is how the allegiance between the german king and the roman pontiff was forged in the name of the father the son and the holy ghost. had achieved his goal of being the successor of charlemagne in europe signal glorify the symbol of glory the imperial

oh those stuck up romans they only like latin they. i despise the languages of the demonic people so much. they went to rome with auto the greatest saxons swades francs and but variance they returned home with the imperial crown and the name the italians gave them they would soon become accustomed to the name and eventually use it themselves deutschen germans. her. order. have. climate change. sustainability. environmental projects. globalization affect biodiversity species conservation exploitation quality. rights displacement. the global and current local action. global three thousand and thirty minutes on d w. you can tell a lot about a society by its garbage. the first six months list for the rich but for many poor people it all first their chance of survival. and i could be done for today just like. our reporters travel to nairobi and park and know the true value of courage. it has created a surprising parallel economy. what does all this mean for economic inequality around the world you guys are starting place walking the respons

roman emperor in the east in constantinople he wanted to resurrect the western roman empire. he wanted to combine the unparalleled luster of ancient rome with his own frankish ram one empire one faith one rule no. man. in seven hundred and seventy four cellos becomes the wrecks from courtroom edge along go bad all the king of the franks and the numbers. in the treasury of the cathedral in months are still holds the over lombard crown for more than a thousand years into the nineteenth century it was worn by the many successes of chalk. it is called the i am crowned but it is made of pure gold and is adorned with twenty two precious gems it's reinforced on the inside by an iron ring hence the name. there was another side to the young and often cruel warrior king who struggled to read and write one that longed for knowledge and education for the beauty of the uk its. kind of course our pleuger charmayne like every frankish noble was trained as a warrior but that's not an education the way we understand it akal hot but because he wanted to rule this empire because he was fascinat

less spiderman, and we will have a look at roman abramovich. did you see dean mali and climb?edible upper strength! as you pointed out earlier, it is two citizenship stories! but with very different backgrounds. 0bviously, happy news for mamoudou, he will get his french citizenship. and happy news for roman abramovich committee can come to britain on his israeli passport for a short stay without a visa. people who were not welcome a bit more welcome. mamoudou gassama is on the fast track to citizenship, president macron is very impressed but when i looked in the video, i did not understand why the neighbour does not grab the baby. the neighbour that is leaning over? any today hollywood ending. and roman abramovich, a feel—good story for france. this one has real geopolitical implications. we know that roman abramovich has not had his visa renewed for the uk and has taught as part of the wider freeze in russian relations. as israel is rolling out the red carpet for him, it may suggest to britain that israel isn't backing london when it comes to moscow. roman abramovich is jewis

ranking roman catholics, cardinal george pell, is to stand trial in australia over historic allegations of sexual abuse. the 76—year—old has pleaded not guilty to the allegations which stretch back more than a0 years. our correspondent, hywel griffith, is outside melbourne magistrates court, and joins me now. tell us about this case, extremely high profile and controversial? absolutely. cardinal pell arrived with dozens of cameras trained on him as he went into the court, he needed a police escort to make it through the doors. he isn'tjust the most senior catholic in australia but one of the most senior in the whole roman catholic church. returned from rome to australia a year ago saying he would come to clear his name —— he returned. it's taken this long for the courts to decide whether or not he should stand trial. the magistrate listen to four weeks of evidence, some of it very harrowing, very detailed and

roman aberavon mitch may miss more chelsea games as the home office waits on his visa.britain getting tough on russians? should it be tougher? two russians are with us to debate that. and the case for children walking to school oi’ case for children walking to school or more accurately parents not driving. is it time to brand cars at the school gates after that horrible night in june last year killing 72 people there was a desire to investigate. back injune last year, killing 72 people, there was an obvious desire for a proper investigation, and a rapid one at that. an inquiry was officially launched on august 15th, and thejudge leading it, sir martin moore bick, said he hoped to provide an initial report on the cause and spread of the fire by easter this year. well easter came and went two months ago, no report yet but at last, today, the inquiry is properly underway. the stories that came out of the tower in the days after the fire were unbearable to hear. survival or death, it was horrifying — bloodcurdling — to even think about the experiences the residents had to e

the masses are traditionally livestock farmers that's why roman used to feel very differently about lions. tell me yours i've killed three lions the first time i used a spear but i use another one on the other tree in the land to get a hold of. my so i worry is who killed lions are regarded highly in their community. but that's also why they are very helpful to engage in how work. and they know them very well. and. lots of the tracking skills comes from hoping that. they can protect their livestock laugh. the worry as skills when it comes to finding lions but also their social standing because they have great influence on their clans you can call them something. i cannot. money they're the best ones to their other family members and neighbors to take all of. the money roman has done a lot of lobbying on behalf of the lions he's also gone from being a lion hunter to a line protect. there was a time when it felt good to kill a lion but i would not do it again the job i have now is far more satisfying than i am going to say to. people and their herds have greatly altered the african wilderne

natsot/reporter"so how many dogs have you saved, roman?" roman mcconn/project freedom ride"countless jennifer moved to washington, they took the effort a step further. pulling dogs from high- kill shelters in texas....... and transporting them to the northwest. for dogs that did not have adopters waiting... roman places them with rescue groups, while he makes videos to try to find them permanent homes. (ken) it's exactly the day you need... especially on a wednesday. today is world otter day! it was created back in 2009... originally called "otterly mad week." and it's for more than just oohing and ahhing over how darn adorable otters can be... according to otter-dot- org, the day is also a way to raise awareness about threats to otters like habitat loss, hunting, illegal trade for furs and pets. with threats like that... it "otter- be" every day. (pam) that wraps up kron 4 news at 8.(ken) but our primetime coverage is just getting started this wednesday. grant lodes and vicki liviakis are here with kron 4 news at 9. ((grant))thank you pam and ken...next at nine...it has happened aga

roman: there are many, many different reasons. education is -- education, of course, because london, and the u.k. in general, has the best private schools in the world. there are different waves of russian investors. the initial wave was about safeguarding your investment. and that was the whole idea behind london and the u.k., that if you invest, no one can go and take away from you. reporter: russians have invested billions in london in recent decades. but where did they get the cash? anti-money laundering organizations like clampk have been following the money trail for years and found that much of it was simply stolen. so they've launched a kleptocracy tour to show properties used to launder money. the tour includes properties about to be -- >> just to your left here, flat 138a and flat 138b in 4 whitehall court, which are in total worth around 11.4 million . now land registry documents show the properties are owned by sova real estate, which according to official records obtained by alexey navalny, indicate it's owned by shuv

. >> i'm christine romans. may the 4th be with you. trump attorney rudy giuliani seems to have thrown a wrench into the legal strategy. others were angry and confused when rudy giuliani said trump reimbursed michael cohen for a hush payment for the alleged affair with stormy daniels. giuliani said he and the president are on the same page to get this wrapped up with and doesn't take a life of its own. >> the white house is struggling after the president spent months denying he knew about the rush money or reimbursement. >> the president did talk about monthly retainers in the tweet and rudy giuliani said the president only knew about this ten days to two weeks ago. how with you be aware of something ten days ago, but in the same time, paying retainers that cover the reimbursement to michael cohen. >> again, i can't get into the details of the ongoing litigation. i refer to you the president's outside counsel. >> you said on march 7th, there was no knowledge of payments from the president. he denied all of the allegations. were you lyin

natsot/reporter"so how many dogs have you saved, roman?"cconn/project freedom ride"countless." it's actually more than a thousand. and it started when roman was four years old and saw a dog adoption event while living in texas.jennifer mccon/mother"he kept asking why they were there and i would tell him they're looking for homes. and in that 4-year-old mind, he's like we just need to find them homes." natsot/roman"this is my friend ru. she's around 5 to 6 months old, loves treats." roman mcconn/project freedom ride"we make videos for dogs and we get them adopted." and when roman and his mom jennifer moved to washington, they took it a step further. pulling dogs from high-kill shelters in texas and transporting them to the northwest.into the arms of eager adopters.natsot"thank you very much, and thank you for adopting a project freedom ride dog.""you're welcome, it's my pleasure." adopters who fell in love over pictures on facebook, but are meeting them in real life for the first time.this transport has 65 dogs.jennifer mccon/mother "alright

charles the fourth king of bohemia and holy roman emperor a visionary who planned everything in style with him progs golden age began he summoned the best architects. prague castle rock county became his residence the hub of the holy roman empire three courtyards the cathedral the royal palace forty thousand square meters of power and imposing labyrinth to which each succeeding century made its additions saint vitus cathedral the consummate union of the power of church and state and we owe it to charles the fourth for me the cathedral is a holy place the place where our teams were crowned the stone seemed to defy gravity. the. the the. the the. the the. the. the gallery above the choir. architect to carry out his work when he was summoned to prague was just twenty three years old. to take the gothic idiom and develop. the. by his brother. victims in the history of my city. this is no route a street which leads from the broward county down to charles bridge with its renaissance and baroque facades a jewel of urban architecture. the signs are a reminder of the un bureaucratic days befor

roman abramovich faces delays in renewing his uk visa. reports suggest his investor visa expired three weeks ago. on hawaii's big island, more people are being urged to leave their homes as fountains of lava from the kilauea volcano continue to break through the ground in residential areas. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are political correspondent at the financial times, henry mance and the associate editor of the times, anne ashworth. most of the morning papers are once again leading with the royal wedding. the metro carries a picture of prince harry and his new wife meghan heading to their reception last night. the sun says the duke and duchess of sussex had their first dance to whitney houston's " i wanna dance with somebody" at their wedding bash. the mirror claims that meghan gave a moving speech in which she said she "had found her prince". the express features the royal couple heading to the party. it says the event helped to create a triumphant wedding weekend for

the entablatures, above the column in the greek or roman architecture. we can go down and see dave making these moldings on a workbench. we are in the lower level of the house. in this restoration process we are using the bench to create moldings. most of them are out of poplar wood. it has been taken from the property. the tools we are using for modern-day woodwork -- we are going back in time and using various different old-style tools. we have a newer tool but it is made in the old way. it is a wanted body plane with body plane with the grooves to hold it in place. this one actually has the doors that were in the house. we have used this for some of the window panel jams. some of the other tools to make these pieces like this where you have -- this is part of the cornice of the and tablature, and you have a lot of concave or convex areas. to do that you cannot use a flat , plane, you have to use one that has either a round bottom -- i hope you can see this. it is the wood body. you have the rounded bottom to create some of the areas. the other -- the

chelsea's russian billionaire owner roman abramovich has put the club's stadium plans on hold, after understands abramovich does not want to invest £1 billion pounds in an infrastructure project in a country where he's not allowed to work. our sports news correspodent richard conway has more. plans for a new stadium are on hold. it was thought that stamford bridge would be preplaced by a new stadium, the same architect that designed the beijing bird's nest stadium. but thatis beijing bird's nest stadium. but that is on hold, because roman abramovich has made a personal decision we understand to halt the plans, because of the delays in renewing his visa. there has been difficulties in that process. it is all in the context of heightened diplomatic tensions between london and moscow after the poisoning of the former russian spy who was poisoned in salisbury. in light of that, roman abramovich, a close ally of vladimir putin the russian president, has had difficulties renewing his visa. he is now an israeli citizen, so he can come to visit, but not to work. in term of chelsea, and the t

in the northeast sector of the site highly schliemann made a breakthrough he discovered roman hellenistic temple foundations in the same place as late bronze age squared stone walls from the time of the legendary king priam shimon was forced by this after all he'd already found such walls at another location he wrote in his diary this stone period confronts me with much that i'm unable to explain. this reason i consider it necessary to present everything in his detail the way it's possible in the hope that one will the other my esteemed colleagues might be able to shed some light on those areas which remain obscure to me. the amount of death lab or nine cities were built one on top of the other. higher and higher at three thousand yet tale of human second the most important city troy one was established five thousand years ago in the early bronze age five hundred years later came troy to the first flourishing metropolis a thousand years on troy six was built known today as home as it was followed by troy seven the last city of importance was troy nine the heaven istic roman town it existe

chelsea football club owner roman abramovich faces delays in renewing his uk visa.lso coming up — the lava flow from hawaii's volcano... the situation for residents is worsening as more people are urged to evacuate. you can hear it even from this distance. people who live nearby say at times their homes have been shaken by the sheer force of the eruptions. and at 11:30 we'll take a look at tomorrow's front pages in the paper review. good evening and welcome to bbc news. the royal family has thanked those who travelled to windsor yesterday for the wedding of prince harry and meghan markle. thousands of people lined the streets to see the couple on their big day and many more were watching on television — over 13 million on bbc one alone. it's estimated there was a global audience of up to a billion. meanwhile, the designer of meghan markle‘s wedding dress has revealed that the two of them worked closely together. clare waight keller — the artistic director of givenchy, says she felt part of a historic moment and that her own family only found out she had made the dre

as home as it was followed by troy seven the last city of importance was troy nine the hellenistic roman town it existed through to the fourth century a.d. . the schliemann trench cuts right across the entire mound in carrying out his excavation work he destroyed a great deal here shimon found troi was one of the oldest fortified sites in asia minor but there was no trace of king priam. it was a great moment for when the broad ramp was exposed wide enough to take chariots horses and riders it had he felt to lead to the residence of the trojan king. time and again home had mentioned the ski and get it surely it had to be here. and when the biggest holder of gold jewelry ever discovered it troy was found hidden in the masonry of the forty cations surely one was convinced that homer's while city was not a myth but reality the german archaeologist smuggled the go to berlin out of the end of the second world war it fell into the hands of the russians the treasure remains a sensitive political issue even today. we know today that shimon got it wrong the residence he discovered dates back to ar

men like roman lady leah are employed to make sure that they don't get killed along the way he's one of several local people who are helping in gala protect the lines. in dallas been living in tanzania since two thousand and six she's fluent in swahili having learnt it over the course of how many years here. they are going to go out of life they were very i think when he was ill. at. eighteen months and now work for england they enter steady salary that's part funded by now blue germany's nature and biodiversity conservation union formally the men made a living selling cattle or doing our jobs and getting my life is definitely changed i can support my family with the money i earn i've got my driving license and i've learned a lot about technology such as g.p.s. and man monitoring out of audio in. the masses are traditionally livestock farmers that's why roman used to feel very differently about lions. tell me yours i've killed three lions the first time i used a spear but i use another one on the other tree in a way that you have to hold a. muzzle i won't use who've killed lions are

i'm christine romans. >> i'm dave briggs. yanny or laurel, let us know what you think. >>> but we start with a stunning reality check for the trump administration delivered by kim jong-un. north korea declaring the not -- it will not be pushed into the corner on abandoning the nukes while threatening to cancel the summit with president trump next month. >> the kim regime suspending talks with south korea scheduled for today. the reason -- u.s./south korean military drills already scheduled. that north korea now considers provocative. let's go live to seoul. i want to bring in ivan watson. and this feels like the north korea of a year ago, right? before all of this progress and all of this goodwill between these two countries. north korea has long seen those drills between the u.s. and south korea as -- you know, preparing for war or practicing for war. and now it's really caught the white house by surprise that they're so upset. >> christine, it feels like the north korea of five or six months ago frankly. we haven't heard th

opposition to the germans and their rulers on tone between the duties of a german king and the claims of a roman emperor barbarossa has made enemies both in german territories and in italy his dream of a unified holy empire as it failed. the ng in the air leaven seventy seven congress of denis marx the biggest peace conference in european history to date

i'm dave briggs. >> i'm christine romans. a lot to get to today.ll get to those stories in a moment. let's start with breaking news. a federal investigation under way after a texas church damaged by a package bomb. the second explosive device to target the city in two weeks. a beaumont police officer called to the st. stevens church on thursday. found to be what looked to be an exploded package. >> the fbi and atf assisting local police. the director of the church saying we are very blessed no one was injured. it has made everyone nervous. two weeks ago, a suspicious package at the starbucks in the city. it was later found to be explosive device. beaumont is 250 miles east of austin as you remember, a serial bomber targeted homes and businesses in march. >>> senator john mccain's opposition to gina haspel becoming cia director met with a despicable response from inside the white house. an official tells cnn that at a meeting, staffer kelly sadler said of mccain, quote he's dying anyway. the arizona senator is battling brain cancer. the official sai

later this region was conquered by the romans during this time the jews were often persecuted and many fled to neighboring states. the zionist movement was founded in the late nineteenth century. jews from around the world moved to palestine which at that time was part of the ottoman empire the zionists talk to create

a new government and a new future not roman catholic cardinal is to stand trial in australia for sexual abuse decades ago cardinal george pell pleaded not guilty to dozens of witnesses gave evidence in a months long committal hearing the former archbishop of melbourne in the one nine hundred ninety s. rose to become vatican treasurer and aide to pope francis thomas reports. cardinal pell arrived at a melbourne course hoping this would be his final appearance. it would be george pell was until recently the catholic church's treasurer arguably the third most important person of the vatican inside here a magistrate told him he will face a criminal trial accused of historic sexual offenses police formed a barrier to help clear his path out a large crowd of media and people who say they were abused by priests in the catholic church was writing. the magistrates had barely finished.

jose roman moraels is the commissioner -- you can tell my spanish -- but the commissioner of energy in puerto rico. welcome you and mr. rodrigo masses is the president of puerto rico manufacturers association. we welcome each of you to the committee here this morning. mr. walker, if you would like to begin, i would like to ask you to limit your comments to about five minutes and your statements will be incorporated as a part of the record once in each of you have completed we will have an opportunity to pose questions. welcome. >> chairman murkowski, senator heinrich and distinguished members of the committee, thank you for the opportunity to discuss the possibilities of the

one of the most senior figures in the roman catholic church will stand trial over multiple historic allegations of sexual abuse. and the collapsing glacier which could raise sea levels by a metre. a warning for the world's low—lying regions. kicking the can down the road. trumps decision on trade tariffs is delayed for another month winning a temporary reprieve for europe, canada and mexico. also in business briefing: the chief executive of whatsapp says he is leaving the company as reports emerge of clashes with its parent company facebook. a warm welcome to the programme, briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. and you can be part of the conversation. we are asking you about the central bankers whose view is the mood music from spotify can tell them how the economy will fair in the future, that's the chief economist at the bank of england. what do you think? just use #bbcthebriefing. let's get started. israel's prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, says he's spoken with the leaders of france and germany about intelligence on alleged iranian nuclear efforts. isra

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palace to another roman palace and have talks and so far nothing really has emerged it seems to come down to the point that the president said he will decide tonight before dinner which might mean anything around eight or nine o'clock whether he will call for new elections all whether he will accept it another try by the league and by the chin cristela the five star movement to form a government without of course the finance minister who made the last attempt explode so that is the point we're at now everybody is holding talks with everybody all the time going in circles here in the center of rome in and out of buildings and we don't know the result yet how divided is the country barbara because it seems like you have these parties that embroiled between euro skeptics and pro you establish mainstream politicians. it seems that it is the at the moment that the populist really have the upper hand they had a majority in this election and they somehow couldn't get it together because the establishment in the person off to rather the president worked against them because he thought this w

an 8th battalion open for this roman emperor and the big one next.d just before we go. thousands of football fans will be descending on kiev this week for the champions league final between liverpool and real madrid. as you can imagine, tickets are highly sought after for saturday's final. as is accomodation in the ukranian capital. 0ur correspondentjonah fisher has more on that. this is where the champions league final will take place on saturday night. 63,000 fans will be packed inside the liberty stadium. i'm the mayor of kiev, former heavyweight shipping of the world, for all sports fans welcome to key avenue. this will be amazing. there are certainly amazing sights, but the twist of kiev has also proved a somewhat controversial. the moment real madrid and liverpool were confirmed as the two teams in the final hotel prices really went through the roof. most places are full, others are trying to make huge profits. take this hotel. it's charging £1500 for the night. it's 12 km from here to the stadium. and a standard room at this place cost a whopp

cosby roman polanski, have been expelled from the organisation. bill cosby is better known for his television work, although he has had a relationship with the motion picture academy, appearing in a number of films over the years. he was convicted last week and is awaiting sentencing. roman polanski, now 40 years ago since he admitted unlawful sex with a teenage girl. he then fled the country and went to europe before he could be sentenced. he insisted to the state considered a fugitive from justice in the united states. best still to this day. he continued to make movies. in 2003, he won an oscar for directing the pianist, the world war ii film. his career in film continued. bolasie was a hugely controversial figure, call for him to be excel sooner but the standards of conduct have been very much changed, no doubt the me to movement behind this is an design. -- adding the sun. this all started when harvey weinstein in the that the producer at the centre of many of allegations last year and shortly after the first allegation against him that he to

is there a cemetery in roman, france or some other place? of these soldiers who died in that war. there were troops in the indian subcontinent who fought in world war i and fought largely under british command and fought in the middle east and also many of them fought in france. i have to be honest with you, i'm not entirely sure whether sikhs fought on the western front. of course, they fought and were very important in world war ii. whether the british used them on the western front in world war i i don't know, but they would not be buried in roman. they would be memorialized in other ways on the british front. >> there are numbers on military deaths in world war i, i'll show them again it you. germany losing 2.1 million soldier, military deaths during the war. russia again for you, germany losing 2.1 million soldiers, military deaths throughout the war. russia 1.8 million, rangreat britain, the british empire, with several hundred thousand deaths, 885,000. the united states of america, with 117,000 military deaths over the course of their

lampard's former cloud chelsea are facing an uncertain future after their russian billionaire owner romanamovich put plans to redevelop stamford bridge on hold after delays to the renewal of his uk visa. the bbc understands abramovich does not want to invest one billion pounds in an infrastructure project in a country where he's not allowed to work. our sports news correspodent richard conway has more. plans for a new stadium here at chelsea are on hold. it was that it would be replaced by new stadium, 6 million bricks, same architect that designed the beijing birds nest stadium, but that is now on hold and the reason is because roman abramovich has made a personal decision we understand, to halt the plans because of the delays in renewing his visa. there's been difficulties in that process, it's all in the context of heightened diplomatic tensions between london and moscow following the poisoning of surrogate screwball, the former russians —— in light of that, he is a close ally of liber putin, the russian president has had difficulties renewing the visa, he's a israeli citizen but he ca