also known as the thomas was officially handed over to the leader of the now independent ukrainian orthodox churches mostly watching from the side petro poroshenko the ukrainian president he's pushed for ukraine's orthodox churches to split from what he and others have described as russian influence and propaganda ukraine's churches have been under pressure to sever ties since the country became independent after the breakup of the soviet union in one thousand nine hundred ninety one. and that pressure has been getting stronger since russia annexed crimea in two thousand and fourteen ukraine imposed martial law in november saying it feared a full scale invasion after russia captured three of its vessels in the current strait the muslim the us says if a fish the ship and the toll most for us is actually another act of proclaiming ukraine's independence it will complete the assertion of independence of the ukrainian state strengthen religious freedom and enter confessional peace it will strengthen the rights and freedoms of citizens. in moscow political analysts say this is as much about politics as i

per se interest ukrainian are to dogs church has been under control of moscow patrick eight and everyone has been ok with it until the fall of the soviet union and ukrainian independence and nine hundred ninety one gradually tensions between the churches ask elaters through the years was more and more voices and signs ukraine demanding churches and dependence sounds like some in a religious dispute so what so important about it. all to us of should effectively give ukrainian orthodox church full autonomy in terms of faith parish financing and lands but in fact how much of it does keith actually get while the documents signed states that ukrainian church actually falls under control of constantinople ukrainian are dogs church can control only territory with then ukraine and as perhaps to create any parishes abroad and all disputes are going to be sas alls by constantinople so basically it is just replacing moscow by constantinople but well present par shango is struggling in the polls they had of marge presidential election and experts say while making this a centerpiece policy of his cam

also it's a big problem obviously a challenge now for the ukrainian church and for the ukrainian state you know how it would go about where all the we're only at the beginning of creating this new church and this church and the ukrainian state will have to deal with a number of challenges so i understand this rhetoric in particular for take account of the geopolitical context but i do hope that behind this rhetoric there is a kind of realisation that we need to take care of the ordinary people ordinary believe us of the political implications of this and that's my hope that might result actually in. this relationship between the ukrainian orthodox church the independent church and the moscow but very kate and all the ramifications for the orthodox church as a whole there would diplomacy that alexander has just used will be key to the situation messy accuracy of of got ukraine's security service at the moment investigating interrogating even priests who are loyal to the russian orthodoxy i know that our other guests are talking about diplomacy but if we look at what's happening on the g

you consider it discussion started around october very quickly it was it became clear that ukrainian orthodox church would receive this decree of independence that would give it independence from moscow then the two unrecognized ukrainian orthodox churches that existed in ukraine they were unrecognized meaning they were seen as schismatic or non-canonical voted to unite their neck to elect a new leader metropolitan epifanio and very soon they received almost and the most being the degree the decree of autocephaly that may not mean a lot to the average person but that is essentially the decree of independence for the church and it's extremely significant for believers of the ukrainian orthodox churches that were not subordinate to moscow because until this moment they were unrecognized there with their church was on recognized by the metropolitan of constantinople but this is also orthodox christians in ukraine has not tell us more about that. well this is a divisive issue because there are there are for first of all political aspects but there's also a very deep religious aspect a person can be very

also it's a big problem obviously it's challenge now for the ukrainian church and for the ukrainian state you know how it would go about where all the we're only at the beginning of creating this new church and this church and the ukrainian state will have to deal with a number of challenges so i understand this rhetoric in particular for take account of the jew political context but i do hope that behind this rhetoric there is a kind of realisation that we need to take care of the ordinary people ordinary believe us of the political implications of this and that's my hope that might result actually in. this relationship between the ukrainian orthodox church the independent church and the moscow but very kate and all the ramifications for the orthodox church as a whole there would diplomacy that alexander has just used will be key to the situation messy accuracy of of got ukraine's security service at the moment investigating interrogation even priests who are loyal to the russian orthodoxy i know that our other guests are talking about diplomacy but if we look at what's happening on the

the majority of ukrainian church goer is belong to the canonical church the church of the ukraine was under the paternal gate of moscow and they showed no sign of joining this new structure and in fact a lot of people in ukraine ever go meant talking about forcing their personal them into the new off new structures they are discussing the new law which they would adopt to facilitate so-called to facilitate them to leave mosco for turkey. whatever consumption overall gave to them it's not independence because it's going to be like hands controlled by customs and opal they're. in almost as specifically stated there to all major questions have to be consulted with consent to know paul it's also odd it is also stated so they have to consider noble all have opportunities thirty eight are holy sites parishes and monasteries under its direct control of the ukrainian church it is forbidden to have its own parish it's a broad etc etc etc so it's independent of only in the name but really it is controlled by consent and. see it as a part of all all all it's like war old russian company and a po

creating an orthodox church that you are five one with essentially. right now the ukrainian orthodox orthodox church you are and that is the unified church has been warning of potential problem nations and men to make them you know make it look like believers of the orthodox church of the moscow patriarchate in the once important to moscow in ukraine to make it look like they are in the crust and somewhere or another and so on the whole is obviously a very negative reaction from russia although these days still somewhat muted. and i just coming back to see you crane matthew president poroshenko he really pushed hard for this space and we know that elections are set for the end of march is this a political victory for him. i think it's difficult to see that the other way while the idea of church and commons is not your wonder carter thank you he really pushed forward church independents on this we're almost meaning the concrete of independents this is really one of the buzzwords of the year and you know rush uncle here's a tough election campaign coming up the election is on

the ukrainian orthodox church has been under the moscow patriarchate for centuries the seventy percent of ukrainians say they are also ducks christians some of them have been pushing for more independence from moscow for decades a cause that violence by hostility to russia and the war in ukraine's east as well as a leader aiming to be reelected. crave them ukraine will no longer drink moscow poison from the moscow cup. or church as a church without prayers for russian leaders or russian troops. because they kill ukrainians. but. this is the signature that see as the ukrainian also talks churches independence in istanbul it belongs to buffalo me the fust archbishop of constantinople and spiritual leader of the orthodox weld's. yet to russia's patriarch disputes his authority to do so carol the first his warns that god will judge those who brought about the split but in kiev some say the anger over religion has political influences as they were says russia has come up with this idea of the russian world. it wants to expand this influence across the world unfortunately the most patriarca

was all of us autonomy's and ukrainian church which is in connection with russian but there kate has worn out what ornaments rights did the church which now goes under the auspices of constantinople so this is first issue it's about splitting from russia official policy in all possible spheres in cultural traditional it cannot make and so on and it is also a business issue because churches have of don't have well a lot of estate and know it commendable petrarch wants to get hundreds of churches in ukraine as a gift and definitely this is a very big. event want a lot of big victory for him but we will see how ukrainian even empty russian clardy men how they will react they are already looking at city churches which they lose at something which they should have kept for themselves and then a couple of months time we will see a lot of discontent on the part of ukrainian clarges who now cipel rated from russia fish surely they are not happy with the control from istanbul in the ne different areas so ok churches in one issue others the autonomy real autonomy now mr poroshenko reached the

creating an orthodox church that newly unified one with essentially divided richard. and right now the ukrainian orthodox orthodox church of ukraine that is the unified church has been warning of potential colic ations. meant to make make it look like believers of the orthodox church of the moscow patriarchate in the one some poured in to moscow to make it look like they are in a crust and somewhere or another and so on the whole is obviously a very negative reaction from russia although these days still somewhat muted i just coming back. i think it's difficult to see that any other way while the idea of church and commons is not near want your car thank you he really pushed forward church independence and these were tall most creative independence this is really one of the buzzwords of the year and you know i shan't go here's a tough election campaign coming up elections on march thirty first and in the polling is usually reps third the leader is the former prime minister. who are who has a significant lead followed by a whole human is unless he has a community after only declared his candidacy

eve of our two dogs christmas special decree with officially recognizing an independent ukrainian art adox church and of course ukrainian president's petro poroshenko was there shedding tears of question shoot. thank god it would be impossible without god's blessing. i want to thank the millions of ukrainians across the east has become possible thanks to your. well sems like for once happy but what's all the fuss about church's independence from hope. per se interest ukranian are to dogs church has been under control of moscow patrick kate and everyone has been ok with it until the fall of the soviet union and ukrainian independence and nineteen ninety one gradually tensions between the churches. through the years was more and more voices inside ukraine demanding churches and dependence sounds like some in the religious dispute so what's so important about it. altos of should effectively give ukrainian orthodox church full autonomy in terms of parish financing and lands but in fact how much of it does keith actually get while the documents signed states that ukrainian church actually falls under

patriarch bartholomew the first orthodoxies global leader signed a decree to make it official the ukrainian church has severed ties with the moscow affiliated church united some former schisms and could create a few more of ukraine's president petro poroshenko was present at the istanbul ceremony he had pushed for the move seeing it as a further act of ukraine's independence from russia but. it will complete the assertion of the independence of the ukrainian state strengthen religious freedom and into confessional peace it will strengthen the rights and freedoms of citizens. but it pulls us to go on you. but the break has provoked a furious response in moscow where supporters of the russian church see very different motives for the move. what is happening in the church now is because parra shankar and his circle want to divide the wealth of the church it's the only reason and not because of faith. what do you do when you get it. but buffalo meat the first said that ukrainians had desired to keep independence the centuries and never accepted they were part of the russian show whatever the religious

also it's a big problem obviously a challenge now for the ukrainian church and for the ukrainian state you know how it would go about where all the we're only at the beginning of creating this new church and this church and the ukrainian state will have to deal with a number of challenges so i understand this rhetoric in particular for take account of the geopolitical context but i do hope that behind this rhetoric there is a kind of realisation that we need to take care of the ordinary people ordinary believe us of the political implications of this and that's my hope that might result actually in. this relationship between the ukrainian orthodox church the independent church and the moscow but very kate and all the ramifications for the orthodox church as a whole there would diplomacy that alexander has just used will be key to the situation messy accuracy of of got ukraine's security service at the moment investigating interrogation even priests who are loyal to the russian orthodoxy i know that our other guests are talking about diplomacy but if we look at what's happening on the g

and the russian church will stage provocations against the ukrainian now independent church there will be fights over money there will be fights over property there will be fights over over the churches themselves and already the russian media operation the russian media machine there showing a lot of of propagandistic films talking about harassment of russia not orthodox believers showing continuing their narrative of discrimination against ethnic russian speakers very little of that is true but it has a willing audience at home in moscow where people see this as another attempt to hurt russian influence abroad and we really appreciate your expertise on this thank you great greek orthodox christians and palestine are also celebrating christmas but this year's festivities have been marred by demonstrations and some boycotting a visit at the orthodox patriarch insurance along to bethlehem jesters are angry that he's been selling charges land to israelis harry fossett was at the protests in the occupied west bank. this is a familiar pilgrimage for the orthodox patriarch of jerusalem he c

a new decree grants autonomy to an independent ukrainian church that i'm told that was been overseen by russia the split has been felt anger in moscow. germany state by state. the colorful. the liveliest. the most traditional. find it all that any time. check in with a web special. take a tour of germany by state. on t.w. dark come. through joe but i don't. care how we get it. and i'm glad johnny is i the thing again. and so they. think they will. go the way you. know we're going to. go what is the end in there that good. this is. the airport unitas at the bay theo pier six years ago this is where the story began. on the tarmac i see white cargo planes being unloaded food aid coming into the country. and at the same time food being exported out. why is a famine struck country receiving food aid exporting food to the rich world to us. it didn't make sense. returning to find out more i couldn't imagine that it was the beginning of a much bigger story. now if i can just point out across the way yeah. there is a neighbor of ours here he's also a local person. he has no infrastructure and

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orthodox church, the ukrainian orthodox church, being given international recognition as being single pacific blue fin tuna fish. the new record was set at the first tuna auction of 2019 at tokyo's toyosu fish market. from tokyo rupert wingfield hayes reports. many traders were expecting a new record to be set at this year's opening tuna auction and they were not disappointed. the price paid for this 278 kilo prize by kiyoshi kimura was far higher than his own previous record. he is known as japan's tuna king and the price he pays at the annual new year's auction bears only a vague relation to the actual price of tuna. on a normal day a similar sized fish would sell for around £45,000. today's record is in part about status and it creates a lot of publicity for mr kimura and his sushi empire, but it is also a reflection of the scarcity of large blue fin tuna. they are officially listed as an endangered species. last year catches off the coast ofjapan were significantly down and since the middle of last year, prices in tokyo have climbed by more than a0%. dashcam footage sent to

for centuries the ukrainian church has been and the control of religious leaders in the russian capsule. airports and ferry services have reopened in southern thailand after a powerful storm caused power outages and flash by the tropical storm public barreled across the gulf of thailand on friday forcing tens of thousands into emergency shelters and leaving tourists stranded meteorologists say the storm was unusual striking well outside a typical monsoon season. a u.n. special envoy is in yemen to shore up a fragile ceasefire in the fall city awful data loss and grief its arrived in yemen's capital sanaa to meet the rebel leaders he'll travel to saudi arabia for talks with him and government officials loyalists in what danger of calling for a full implementation of the u.n. pacts truce hailed as a breakthrough and if it's to end yemen's before us civil war the conflict has unleashed the volta worst humanitarian crisis the port city of data is the entry point for most of the food aid into the country. now earlier we spoke to or rather we asked machine city key the director of the charity

orthodox church, the ukrainian orthodox church, being given international recognition as beingng the deaths of two young climbers on ben nevis in recent weeks. a student from germany died on new year's day while another young climber — 21 year old patrick boothroyd from west yorkshire — died on the mountain in december. here's our scotland correspondent james shaw. ben nevis, the highest mountain in the british isles, and for that reason extremely popular with walkers and climbers. but the paths across its north face can be dangerous. this is what is known as the ledge route. on new year's day a student from bristol university fell 500 feet down the mountain from this path and was killed. her three companions were rescued by a coastguard helicopter. the helicopter managed to winch them from where they were on the crag, and i was below the crag, where, unfortunately, she had fallen. it was the second death in recent weeks. patrick boothroyd, who was 21, died in december. tens of thousands of people climb ben nevis every year. most use this path to the summit, which is relatively

church the move was announced in october sparking an angry reaction in moscow for centuries the ukrainian church has been under the control of religious leaders in the russian capital. airports and ferry services have reopened in southern thailand after a powerful storm cause power outages and flash flooding tropical storm public barreled across the gulf of thailand on friday forcing tens of thousands of to emergency shelters and leaving tourists stranded meteorologists say the storm was unusual striking well outside the typical monsoon season. to washington now where another round of talks between president donald trump and democratic leaders sail to end the partial shutdown of the federal government after those talks president trump told reporters he's prepared to let the shutdown go on for months or even years unless congress allocates billions to build a mexican border while democrats and congress are refusing to provide the money saying a border wall would not improve security the shutdown is now going into its third week and while d.c. is politicians are still getting paid things are not s

the move was announced in october sparking an angry reaction in moscow and for centuries the ukrainian church has been under the control of religious leaders in the russian capital. and a fish has sold for a record three point one million dollars in the first auction of the new year at tokyo's fish market the nearly three hundred kilogram bluefin tuna was caught off japan's northern coast bluefins are considered a vulnerable species due to decades of overfishing. debt authorities say the swiss shipping company m.s.c. will have to pay for the cost of cleaning up debris and collecting shipping containers that fell off one of its vessels in the north sea the ship lost more than two hundred seventy containers during a storm earlier this week now damaged containers and their contents are washing up on dutch and german beaches. the t.v.'s are easy it's the styrofoam packaging that's harder to clean up just some of the washed up cargo that tumbled off the container ship not all containers sink some bob just beneath the surface creating a nasty hazard for unsuspecting trollers. then all the regular o

church the move was announced in october sparking an angry reaction and moscow for centuries the ukrainian church has been under the control of religious leaders in the russian capital. and a fish has sold for a record three point one million dollars in the first auction of the new year at tokyo's fish market the nearly three hundred kilogram bluefin tuna is caught after pan's northern coast bluefins are considered a vulnerable species due to decades of over fishing. five teenage girls have died after a fire broke out in an escape room game in northern poland typically the games involve locking participants inside a room where they find clues and solve riddles to get out escape rooms have grown in popularity but now people are questioning whether they're safe it was supposed to be a unique birthday party experience for a group of fifteen year old girls but it's unlikely any of the teens locked into the escape room ever thought they might not make it out alive. intermissions we join the families of the victims in their grief the fire broke out at five in the afternoon in one of the escape rooms en