it's done that in protest at the body's backing of the ukrainian orthodox church breaking its longstanding connection to the russian church has 100 million believers. sarah rainsford in moscow has more. after hours of crisis talks a spokesman for the russian church emerge to announce the total rupture relations with constant noble, the spiritual home of orthodoxy —— constantinople. the bishop says there will be no contact with constantinople until the —— as long as the legal decisions, as moscow says, remain in force. after the soviet collapse two churches split from moscow, and now constantinople has granted them official status, inviting the distance to unite in one independent church. —— inviting the dissidents. in kiev people celebrated the ruling, shaking off another tool of russian influence. after yea rs of another tool of russian influence. after years of conflict with moscow the ukrainian president says kiev is regaining its spiritual freedom. the ukrainian president says kiev is regaining its spiritualfreedom. in moscow orthodox believers are starting to worry. the church has increased its power and prese

now one ship as of the orthodox church in ukraine has celebrated mass off their split from the russian orthodox church ukraine. secured approval to establish an independent church on thursday that's being described as the biggest split and christianity for more than five hundred years russia's foreign minister is calling the break a provocation it is linked to russia's annexation of crimea from ukraine four years ago well alexander brought his scheme is a senior foreign policy writer at the russian news website it's. dot in moscow and he says the split could be seen as political revenge. both countries russia and ukraine are united by the christianity by their own mind when the orthodox christianity the marshes main religion as well as main religion in ukraine a little barrels account with georges in ukraine and that you know for many years even then there's complet all started been rushing grain over the crimea and the eastern part of ukraine that george was a unity church despite yeah there are some some people some senior officials within the right of the ukrainian orthodox church w

worshippers of the orthodox church in ukraine of held a celebratory mass after their split from the russian orthodox church ukraine secured approval to establish an independent church on thursday that's been described as the biggest split in christianity for more than five hundred years russia's foreign minister is calling the break a provocation is linked to russia's annexation of crimea from ukraine four years ago alexander ski is a senior foreign policy writer at the russian news website because that or are you in moscow he says the suspect could be seen as political revenge. both countries russia and ukraine are united by the christianity by the by the window for talks christianity the marshes mean religion as well as main religion in ukraine a little barrels of catholic churches in ukraine and that you know for many years even then these complex all started the russian reign over the crimea and the eastern part of ukraine that george was a unity church despite yeah there are some some people some senior officials within the right of the ukrainian orthodox church want to displease over

it comes after a decision by the central leadership of orthodox churches alert ukrainian clergy to form their own branch last week and the russian church is refusing to recognize the decision ukrainian clergy have been under the jurisdiction of the russian orthodox church since the late sixteen hundreds of calls for a split increased after russia's annexation of crimea four years ago let's talk now to clare short clare short is an associate assistant professor should see in the history of modern russia at warwick university she joins us live from coventry clare short for the people who go to church or go to this church what does this mean thanks very much for having me well this is quite a significant schism i think within the eastern orthodox church what it means for ukrainian orthodox and for russian orthodox is very different i think and if you look at the response from the pressure nko the president of ukraine to this decision it seemed very much in terms of liberation so the liberation of the ukrainian orthodox church from the subjugation of moscow and the talking very much in those kind of of nationalist terms for the russ

russian orthodox. since 2011, putin has more expolice fexpl explicitly appropriated the russian orthodox church, russian politics for a new political agenda and especially as a defend er of traditional values antiwesternism and anti-liberalism. it's important to know within orthodoxy, it's had a bit of a self-identification of the proximate other and part of that is an anti-westernism. and part of that is related to that is an anti-secularism. however, that's seemingly defined and related to that is an anti-liberalism. this is a move that has moved into the plit sphere. so there's a kind of new west that's emerged within the o orthodox that has something to do with the with protestant, it has something to do with the broader public sphere having to do with secularism, liberalism and all those kind of buzz words. it's also clear that russia supported alt-right political parties, groups in the west and what might be kasht rised with russia and now et growing throughout eastern europe. so putin riding the horse without his shirt on and he's sort of having a beer with these motorcycle gangs as well. so that

although the kremlin and the russian orthodox church are organizations with deep links officially the kremlin is keeping some distance from this issue it says that it's monitoring the process closely but can't interfere in dialogue between churches in reality though this is all about politics and russia is concerned about the fraying spiritual bombs that have previously tied to ukrainians to the russian orthodox church and thus to moscow the kremlin is using language similar to that it used after the annexation of crimea perhaps as a warning to ukraine it's saying that just as russia will defend the interests of russians and russian speakers everywhere so it will defend the interests of orthodox christians now the moscow patriarchate says calls constantinople decision a gross violation of the norms of the church system that it cannot recognize as legitimate but will have to wait for monday to find out what steps it will take that's when there will be an announcement at a holy synod meeting in minsk. national still ahead on this news hour from london flattened by the mother of all bomb

why should preserve the orthodox church in ukraine a celebrated mass to mark the split from the russian orthodox church crane secured approval to establish an independent church on thursday that's been described as the biggest split in christianity over five hundred years or his foreign minister is calling the break a provocation tensions have increased between kiev and moscow following russia's annexation of crimea in two thousand and fourteen. well now pope francis has conferred sainthood on mudded salvadorian archbishop oscar ramiro at a ceremony in the vatican an advocate for peace during el salvador's civil war america was shot dead while celebrating mass in one thousand nine hundred eighty until recently roman catholic leaders for accused of blocking his canonization because of his perceived left wing views john heilemann looks back at the life of the priest who stood up for the poor while challenging the right wing military dictatorship. posco romero had just finished his sermon when a gun shot rang out an assassin's bullet struck the sixty two year old but the murder failed to e

is considered to be the cradle of the russian orthodox church so the russian state originated in kiev and for them this is very much cutting them off from their heritage from their religious and their national heritage if we think about a president who he has a very strong and very public relation ship with the russian orthodox church which he has fostered over the last two years. he has a very strong relationship with kerio the patriarch the patriarch has very famously exalted the faithful to vote a person so he gains a lot of cultural power and political power through the church so i would imagine that there probably is going to be some kind of pushback what that pushback is at this stage it's very hard to say i mean as prime minister nicole passion iyam has resigned to trigger a parliamentary elections in december he's enjoying a wave of popularity six months after coming to power in a peaceful revolution been forced to walk reports from the capital you're about. to fashion a card a copy of the armenian stone you need patience and time hamlet says that like a craftsman his country'

independent from russian federation so base means of course that there would be more actually eleven towns and churches now you know answering to the russian or to the russian orthodox church that will be sort of independent so russia will have no say on that so that's that's big didn't invent speak you know events let's do it that's discussed on a political level here because president putin has chaired on the federation of their security council a very high ranking body involving senior officials the military senior police people and diplomats to discuss the situation on the situation is not just you know we've been you know face but also very political question for both of the countries that's like that one of this is one of a few kooks that russia is still hanging on ukraine and that's this who is now being destroyed right is this the type of splits which which anyone can come back from or is this once it's happened it's it's for good it will be very difficult to come back i would also say themselves force makes a very big political victory for president bar shankar who will be now running for re-election and he's unpopular in your brain not because of russian m

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in mass to mark their split from the russian orthodox church equation secured approval to establish an independent church on thursday that's been described as the biggest split in christianity for over five hundred years russia's foreign minister is calling the break a provocation tensions have increased between kiev and moscow following russia's annexation of crimea in two thousand and fourteen. and pope francis is conferred sainthood on mudded salvadorian archbishop oscar america at a ceremony in the vatican an advocate for peace during el salvador's civil war america was shot dead while celebrating mass and nine hundred eighty as the top stories of the more news later on but coming up now on al-jazeera want to waste. china used to take half the world's recyclable rubbish not evil they've got nothing they won't change. the government has now declared war on waste but what do you do with the garbage generated by one point four billion people. from steve chad on this episode of one when he used we've been to live on china's rubbish crisis. we've traveled about an hour outside by james

have drowned rather because they were swept away in the flooding the russian orthodox church is cutting ties with all other branches after a decision by the orthodoxies leader to grant ukrainian clerics and dependents from moscow that decision by the istanbul based leadership and more than three hundred years of control from moscow and the ethics ation of crimea by russian troops four years ago are seen media says the split is one of the darkest days in the church's history tuesday marked world food day now nutrition is a danger in many countries worldwide united nations member states committed three years ago to bring the number of people going hungry down to zero but conflict climate extremes and poor access to food well that tender and progress are on a han with a closer look at the world's hunger crisis. the world produces enough food to feed every single one of us every day and yet one in nine people go hungry that's more than eight hundred twenty million people there we're not talking about missing a meal these are chronic long term shortages of the nutritious food all of us need

neighboring eritrea and has also created a new ministry of peace to tackle ethnic violence the russian orthodox church is cutting ties with all other branches after a decision by the religions head to grant ukrainian clerics and dependents from moscow that ruling by the istanbul base leadership and more than three hundred years of control from moscow as well as the annexation of crimea by russian troops four years ago russian media says the split is one of the darkest days in the church's history palestinian children living under israeli occupation faced many challenges in getting to school for bedouin kids it's even more difficult as part of our series above the rubble the taj again name reports from the occupied west bank. it's a two hour ride on a donkey for some for most it's scaling up and down a dusty rocky mountain or to the sit that going ragged during the winter it's very cold and we don't have time to get home before time the walk is the most difficult thing. these are the students of elman tar school it's in a bedouin and refugee community east of jerusalem thirty eight children are trying

although the kremlin and the russian orthodox church are organizations with deep links officially the kremlin is keeping some distance from this issue it says that it's monitoring the process closely but can't interfere in dialogue between churches in reality though this is all about politics and russia is concerned about the fraying spiritual bombs that have previously tied ukrainians to the russian orthodox church and thus to moscow the kremlin is using language similar to that it used after the annexation of crimea perhaps as a warning to ukraine it's saying that just as russia will defend the interests of russians and russian speakers everywhere so it will defend the interests of orthodox christians now the moscow patriarchate says calls constantinople decision a gross violation of the norms of the church system that it cannot recognize as legitimate but will have to wait for monday to find out what steps it will take that's when there will be an announcement as a holy synod meeting in minsk. a funeral service has been held for the bulgarian journalist victoria marin of a six days

to the orthodox church in ukraine last week the russian church is refusing to recognize the decision a church in ukraine has been under the jurisdiction of the russian orthodox church since the late to sixteen hundreds but calls for independence increased after russia's annexation of crimea four years ago. at least twenty four people have died after contracting the a bowl of virus in the democratic republic of congo in the last week during that time the health ministry has confirmed thirty three cases of the disease more than one hundred thirty people have died from a bowler since an outbreak began in the country in july south or north korea say they'll begin the process of restoring road and railway links after nearly seventy years is the latest step in the warming relationship ceremonies inaugurating the work will be held in late november or early december the deal was reached during talks to follow up on the september summit between south korea's president and north korea's leader the third such meeting this year the perp or a new guinea government's decision to buy a fleet of lux

destroyed and thousands of livestock have drowned after they were swept away by flooding the russian orthodox church is cutting ties with all other branches after a decision by the religions head to grant ukrainian clerics independence from moscow but ruling by the istanbul based leadership ends more than three hundred years of control from moscow and follows the annexation of crimea by russian troops four years ago russian media says a spirit is one of the darkest days in the church's history. a moment of silence has been held on the first anniversary of a bomb explosion which killed a journalist investigating corruption in malta the ceremony at the european commission in brussels also remembered other journalists killed or intimidated because of their job media freedom groups the maltese government open an independent investigation into the unsolved murder of definitely. a caravan of some three thousand honduran migrants is marching through guatemala on its way to the u.s. border president donald trump is threatening to cut aid to guatemala and honduras if the group is not stopped puerto version r

why should preserve the orthodox church in ukraine a celebrated mass to mark the split from the russian orthodox church in crane secured approval to establish an independent church on thursday it's been described as the biggest split in christianity for over five hundred years russia's foreign minister is calling the break a provocation tensions of increase between kiev and moscow following russia's annexation of crimea in two thousand and fourteen when now at least twenty two people including a number of children have been killed when a truck carrying migrants overturned in the turkish province of izmir lorry crashed through a barrier and landed in a canal twenty meters below the nationality of those killed is not yet known but turkey is a main route for migrants trying to reach cheer up. well now pope francis has conferred sainthood on mud at salvadorian archbishop oscar marrow a ceremony at the vatican an advocate for peace during el salvador civil war america was shot dead while celebrating mass in one thousand nine hundred eighty until recently running a catholic ages for accused o

although the kremlin and the russian orthodox church are organizations with deep links officially the kremlin is keeping some distance from this issue it says that it's monitoring the process closely but can't interfere in dialogue between churches in reality though this is all about politics and russia is concerned about the fraying spiritual borns that have previously tied ukrainians to the russian orthodox church and thus to moscow the kremlin is using language similar to that it used after the annexation of crimea perhaps as a warning to ukraine it's saying that just as russia will defend the interests of russians and russian speakers everywhere so too it will defend the interests of orthodox christians now the moscow patriarchate has called constantinople decision a gross violation of the norms of the church system that it cannot recognize as legitimate but will have to wait for monday to find out what steps it will take that's when there will be an announcement at a holy synod meeting in minsk israeli forces have killed at least six palestinian protesters near the gaza israel bo

you know the ukrainian patriarchate is not turning its back on the russian orthodox church because the ukrainian orthodox church of the moscow patriarchate is against the provocations that patriarch bartholomew is orchestrating boards while getting open encourage men and support from washington this provocation is meant to use the two canonical churches in ukraine to excommunicated churches the ukrainian orthodox church of the key of patriarchate and the ukrainian autocephalous church which have never been recognized by any orthodox church in order to advance the plan patriarch bartholomew summoned a highly signed note in constantinople and reinstated the excommunicated churches and their heads as for clerical matters the law both in ukraine and in russia and hopefully in any normal country prohibits the state from interfering but when the us special representative for church relations openly welcomes bartholomew's ruling mr volcker who is supposed to represent the us and help solve the crisis in ukraine using the minsk agreements says what he says about these things then i can only re

worship person of the orthodox church in ukraine have celebrated mass to celebrate their split from the russian orthodox church ukraine secured approval to establish an independent church on thursday as being described the biggest split in christianity in the four hundred five hundred years russia's foreign minister is calling the break a provocation is linked to russia's annexation of crimea from ukraine four years ago a truck carrying migrants is overturned in turkey at least nineteen people have been killed and twenty six others injured a crash in the western turkish province of is mere he is a main route for migrants trying to reach europe the u.s. president says the release of an american pastor by turkey is a tremendous step towards improving relations u.s. doubled tariffs on turkish imports when he's president refused to release andrew bronson. then accuse the u.s. to become a war fare from washington here's mike hammer. andrew bronson arrives back in the united states just a day after he was sentenced to three years imprisonment by a turkish court but then released in recognition of tim

the russian orthodox church says it is severing ties with the leading spiritual authority for orcs orthodox christians the patriarch eight of constantinople. this is a comes after the patriarch granted the ukrainian orthodox church independence from moscow amidst ongoing political tensions between russia and ukraine. united nations has warned that the number of people in yemen at risk of famine could rise to twelve million dollars the country's civil war intensifies some eight and a half million people there are already on the brink of starvation country has been torn apart by more than three years of fighting between the internationally recognized government and who's the rebels backed by saudi arabia. now a summit on world health is taking place here in berlin one of the issues under discussion of hiv aids in africa the picture is very different depending on the country in africa south africa is now seeing improvements after spending millions on fighting the condition however patients in the central african republic are unlikely to receive the help they need. sub-saharan africa alone acco

why should those of the orthodox church in ukraine of celebrated mass after their split from the russian orthodox church ukraine secured approval to establish an independent church on thursday it is being described as the biggest split in christianity for more than five hundred years russia's foreign minister is calling the bright a provocation it is linked to russia's annexation of crimea from ukraine years ago spoke to alexander britto who is the senior foreign policy writer at the russian news website are you he says the split could be seen as political revenge. both countries. are united by the. need the marshes main religion is well as main religion in ukraine a little barrels account with georgia's in ukraine you know for many years even when this complex started being russia the crimea and the eastern part of ukraine there was a unity church. there are some some people some senior officials within the right. to displease all were from russia now it seems to be a very big deal yes there were ukrainian officials and. now actually. of course russian federation which of course was ada

conscience who hasn't committed any crime worshipers of the orthodox church in ukraine of celebrated mass after their split from the russian orthodox church ukraine secured approval to establish an independent church on thursday that has been described as the biggest split in christianity for more than five hundred years russia's foreign minister is calling the bright a provocation it is linked to russia's annexation of crimea from ukraine four years ago. now a roman catholic archbishop who was assassinated in el salvador thirty eight years ago has been made a saint pope francis will the blood stained belt of romero during his canonization ceremony in st peter's square the pope's also canonized one of his own predecessors paul the sixt who was the roman catholic pontiff in the one nine hundred sixty s. and seventy's john holman looks back now at the life of oscar ramiro a priest who stood up for the poor and challenged a right wing military dictatorship. romero had just finished his sermon when a gun shot rang out an assassin's bullet struck the sixty two year old but the murder failed to extinguish his message of peace an

why should as of the orthodox church in ukraine of celebrated mass to mark the split from the russian orthodox church ukraine secured approval to establish an independent church on thursday that's being described as the biggest space in christianity for over five hundred he is russia's foreign minister is calling the break a provocation tensions have increased between kiev and moscow following russia's annexation of crimea in two thousand and fourteen. now pope francis has conferred say ted on mud at salvadorian archbishop oscar ramiro to ceremony in the vatican an advocate for peace during el salvador's civil war america was shot dead while celebrating mass in one nine hundred eighty until recently roman catholic leaders were accused of blocking his canonization because of his deceived left wing views john homan looks back at the life of the priest who stood up for the poor while challenging the right wing minute tree to take a shit. romero had just finished his sermon when a gun shot rang out an assassin's bullet struck the sixty two year old but the murder failed to extinguish his

they often talks touch and ukraine have held a celebrator mass after the split from the russian orthodox church ukraine security privatization independent tatchell thursday has been described as the biggest betting christianity and more than five hundred is as foreign minister is calling it the break a provocation is linked to russia's annexation of crimea from ukraine for a game. well bankers offered indonesia up to a billion dollars in loans after the recent earthquakes and a tsunami. on two thousand people have died and thousands are still missing following the latest. government says it will take more than two years to. the islands which have been destroyed. the west african coast for one of the world's richest waters for fish yet senegal's government says the country is suffering a shortage of scientists and environmental overfishing from local fisherman and european deep sea trawlers has more. it is a tradition talked to him by his father passed from one generation to the other. rather than said nets in the water and calls out to the ocean for fish chanting what you eat i eat what i eat y

deadly fake medicines caused a major outcry last year and the split within the orthodox church is dramatically wide in the russian orthodox church is not cutting ties with all other branches the announcement in moscow follows leaders in istanbul of the world wide orthodoxy granting independence to the ukrainian church that decision ends more than three hundred years of control from moscow and follows the annexation of crimea by russian troops four years ago. there are your headlines on al-jazeera turkish investigators are about to start searching the saudi consul general's home as they try to find out who's behind this is specter killing of jamal khashoggi. which is syria has learnt forensic experts found evidence of that was he was killed inside another building the consulate itself now the news the u.s. treasury department has just announced it will impose new sanctions against iran economic sanctions which will target iran's mellot bank as well as steel and tractor manufacturing companies the u.s. says it's targeting businesses that provide financial support to a force that allegedly trains child soldiers a mo

because there is a real threat of the russian orthodox churches being taken over either by nationalists or expropriate or is of a different kind. you meet in new guinea. you craig what do you see in russia would loath more at this point you just founded the russian world in ukraine on not to defend it or person putin made a statement on this last saturday after a meeting of the security council and the wording was somewhat analogous to the wording that was used during the korean crisis twenty fourteen so this is unprecedented i don't think they have a plan or much of a strategy at their root they're reacting to events. you know the ukrainians the government person when his people have said repeatedly that they are opposed to. the physical takeover of moscow peter people they were opposed before and there were incidences of there were a look i mentioned there will be but i think they'll be rolled to the low profile and probably mostly in western ukraine. so i think what russia will do at the outset at least is is you know caution moderation and hope for the best maybe in russia described

the russian orthodox church is cutting ties with all other branches after a decision by the international governing body to grant ukrainian clerics independence from moscow without ruling by the istanbul based leadership ends more than three hundred years of control from moscow and follows the annexation of crimea by russian troops four years ago russian media says the spirit is one of the darkest days in the church's history. well a large number of women are hoping to be elected for the first time in next month's u.s. midterm elections thanks to the test of a native american hoping to become a congresswoman robert mills reports from new mexico. debbie holland is running for congress and hoping to make history never having had a native american woman in congress congress has never heard a voice like mine campaigning at new mexico highlands university holland who is a member of the look guna pueblo native nation said her number one issue is protecting the environment should also always be money it should be a. lot of or a way and you know respect for people's souls your. holland is part of

why shippers of the orthodox church and ukraine have held a celebration in mass that from the russian orthodox church ukraine secured approval to establish an independent national thursday has been described as the biggest split in christianity in more than five hundred years russia's foreign minister is calling the break a provocation as russia's annexation of crimea from ukraine four years ago. in crane's foreign minister has condemned the nationalist website for publishing the personal details of more than five hundred people who it claims have obtained how kerry and passports joe says some ship is illegal in ukraine which has expelled diplomats in the standoff with hungary over the hundred seventy has this report it's a long way from ukraine's fighting but this small border town is having an identity crisis it spreads will be on the hillside bearing both hungary and ukrainian flags . many of the people here live with a secret they have citizenship that's illegal in ukraine and a camera smuggled into the hungary and consulate building exposed what's being going on for a minute or s

the russian orthodox church cuts ties with its spiritual authority.

since 2011 putin has more consistently appropriated the russian orthodox church for russian politics,for a new geopolitical agenda, and especially as a defender of traditional values, antiwesternism and anti-liberalism. it's important to note that within contemporary orthodoxy orthodoxy has had a a bit of sf identification vis-À-vis approximate other and part of that is an antiwesternism and part of that is related to that of course is an anti-secularism, however that is defined and, of course, related to that is an anti-liberalism. this got that western is him first busy began some as a theological kind of move and now it is moved into the political sphere so there's a new wes that is emerged within the orthodox here which has something to do with the broader, rather than being simply protestant and catholic theology, it has something to do with a broader public sphere having to do with secularism, liberalism and all those kind of words. it's also very clear and can be charted russia has supported right political parties, groups in the west and, of course, what might be characterized

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 independence and a break from being answerable to the orthodox patriarch in moscow. as a church we try to be independent from it because we don't like russia or so or something else but we see how a russian empire through centuries use orthodox church in our land as a tool of imperial polis 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 here to see the thought of messaging that's going on violence and death more than one hundred protesters were killed in the my down uprising of twenty fourteen the lead to the fall of pro russian president viktor yushchenko of each then came russia's annexation of crimea and the conflict with pro russian separatists in eastern ukraine now in its fifth year. ukraine's president petro poroshenko stands accused by russia of pushing for orthodox church independence from moscow to boost his

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. in there as a state ukraine needs faith as a pillar to hold on to so 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 conflict and drew simmons. a judge and in the united states has dismissed one of the six sexual assault charges against movie producer harvey weinstein weinstein appeared in a new york court for the situation a year and the day after the initial accusations were first publicized he was arrested and bailed in may weinstein is pleaded not guilty on all counts and then as the allegations made by more than seventy women. wall street has continued its the kleine for a sixth day with both the dow jones and the s. and p. five hundred closing down about two percent on thursday their lowest levels since july and that's on top of falls on wednesday which saw stocks t

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 independence and a break from being answerable to the orthodox patriarch in moscow. as a church we try to be independent from it because we don't like russia or so or something else but we see how a russian empire through centuries use also looks 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 because they are there's a potent mix in ukraine of religion and power politics you only have to look around the corner here to see the sort of messaging that's going on violence and death. more than one hundred protesters were killed in the my down uprising of twenty fourteen the lead to the fall of pro russian president viktor yanukovych which then came russia's annexation of crimea and the conflict with pro russian separatists in eastern ukraine now in its fifth year. ukraine's president petro poroshenko stands accused by russia of pushing for orthodox church independence from moscow to boost his c

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 that's going on violence and death. more than one hundred protesters were killed in the my down uprising of twenty fourteen the lead to the fall of pro russian president viktor yushchenko which then came russia's annexation of crimea and the conflict with pro russian separatists in eastern ukraine now in its fifth year ukraine's president petro poroshenko stands accused of pushing for orthodox church independence from moscow to boost his chances of winnin

know if i would put it that strongly, but i am very happy about how strong russians have been in coming back to the orthodoxed churchtional family, and i'm very hopeful that a new dawn is coming to russia. >> reporter: but is there more to this relationship? of course, you are aware that russia has in the past tried to infiltrate influential american non-governmental organizations, like yours? >> yeah, russia has in the past done that. >> are you worried that they're doing that with your group in. >> no, i have never been asked once to do anything by any russian that would go against my conscience or betray my country. >> reporter: what do you think there are americans walking in lock step with this russian movement in. >> i this i they are putting their abuse before their country, before the ideals that built this country. and its freely said that they can do that. >> reporter: do you think what is happening in russia could transfer back here? >> i'm very scared that that will happen here and in some sense it kind of is happening. >> reporter: sadly, that appears to be true. according to a report from the anti-viol

know if i would put it that strongly, but i am very happy about how strong russians have been in coming back to the orthodox churchand i'm very hopeful that a new dawn is coming to russia. >> is there more to this relationship? >> of course you're aware that russia has, in the past, tried to influence nongovernmental organizations like yours. >> yeah, russia in the past has done that. >> are you worried they are doing that now? >> i've never once been asked to do anything by any russian going against my conscious or betray my country. >> what do you think that there are americans who are walking in lock step with this russian movement? >> i think they are just putting their views before their country, before the ideals that built this country, and it's really sad that they can do that. >> do you think what's happening in russia could transfer back here? >> i'm very scared that that will happen here, and in some senses, it's kind of happening. >> sadly, that appears to be true. according to reports from the anti-violence project that documents hate crimes, last year was the most dangerous year on record for the lgb

know if i would put it that strongly, but i am very happy about how strong russians have been in coming back to the orthodox churchhopeful that a new dawn is coming to russia. >> is there more to this relationship? >> of course you're aware that russia has, in the past, tried to influence nongovernmental organizations like yours. >> yeah, russia in the past has done that. >> are you worried they are doing that now? >> i've never once been asked to do anything by any russian going against my conscious or betray my country. >> what do you think that there are americans who are walking in lock step with this russian movement? >> i think they are just putting their views before their country, before the ideals that built this country, and it's really sad that they can do that. >> do you think what's happening in russia could transfer back here? >> i'm very scared that that will happen here, and in some senses, it's kind of happening. >> sadly, that appears to be true. according to reports from the anti-violence project that documents hate crimes, last year was the most dangerous year on record for the lgbt community h

russia says it will defend russians in ukraine in case of violence after splits in the orthodox church on thursday ukraine secured approval to establish an independent church the decision was made by the ecumenical patriarch in istanbul the spiritual leader of three hundred million orthodox believers worldwide the move has caused the biggest splits in christianity for more than five hundred years the break is linked to russia's annexation of crimea from ukraine in twenty fourteen a funerals been held for the bulgarian journalist a tory a modern over who was murdered last week the thirty year old was raped and killed in the northern town of rootsy on her last t.v. show she interviewed two journalists investigating suspected corruption involving businessmen politicians and e.u. money a bulgarian man has been arrested in germany in connection with the attack. amnesty international is warning against an offensive over the last rebel held province in syria the human rights organization says there will be widespread civilian casualties if the syrian government goes ahead with it and misty's

the russian foreign minister sergey lavrov is accusing the us of backing a ukrainian split from the orthodox church calling it a provocation it comes less than twenty four hours after ukraine secured approval to establish an independent church. spain has marked its national day with rallies both in support of and against catalan independence thousands marched through the center of the catalan capital boss alona with riot police alongside under the catalan parliament passed emotional first day calling for the abolition of the monarchy. erupted a lot of our top stories all have much more on everything we're covering for you in the news hour that's coming up in twenty five minutes time i'll see that. i. every evening here read the blog the border soldiers from india and pakistan put on a display of showmanship nationalism and hostility. i. seventy years ago the british drew a line on a map dividing their self asian empire into tunisia. it led to the biggest most violent migration in human history a million people. for survivors like joginder seen called forgiveness is the only way for over a million l