elections in two weeks time so they wanted this distraction out of the way. the other thing is, while many conservatives might agree with dominic raab on things like brexit and civil servants, he is not massively popular. i spoke to a seniorfigure who is massively popular. i spoke to a senior figure who is a big fan of his and said he is not easy, he is difficult. there have been examples of dominic raab putting the phone down on colleagues in the conservative party. one person said to me, bit of a stuffed shirt, doesn t move around the tea room, and people are not amused by his letter, a legal letter, self justifying, and maybe he could have been more gracious towards the prime minister is the feeling. in terms of the reshuffle, what do we learn about rishi sunak? we terms of the reshuffle, what do we learn about rishi sunak? learn about rishi sunak? we are caettin a learn about rishi sunak? we are getting a good learn about rishi sunak? we are getting a good idea learn about ri
war, but in particular since then there s a couple of branches of the ukrainian orthodox church. there s the originally moscow affiliated branch, which is called the ukrainian orthodox church, which officially split from the moscow patriarchy in may of last year. of course, the moscow patriarchy very pro war. patriarch kirill, a very close ally of vladimir putin has called this holy war, so the ukrainian branch split with that. but the authorities in ukraine still believed that they have ties, and they have now accused the metropolitan pavlo, who runs the key of picturesque monastery in the center of cave that famous golden domed building. they ve accused him of inciting religious hatred, justifying and denying russia s armed aggression. you can see him in a hearing and hear the wind, which he appeared on saturdays now being fitted. with an ankle bracelet, very politically charged because it s coming at the same time, michael is he and his allies are refusing to leave that monastery in
, the vicar of historic church in keith was placed under house arrest on saturday. officials say he s being investigated for inciting religious hatred and for justifying and denying russia s aggression. pavlo belongs to the ukrainian orthodox church, which was loyal to the russian orthodox leader until it went independent last year. meanwhile, on the front lines, russia s wagner mercenaries appeared to be making some progress in mahmoud black flag you see on the bottom of your screen is wagner s. the group posted this video that seems to show the flag on a building near the city center. cnn has geolocation the footage , wagner has been making incremental gains in mahmoud, but at the expense of heavy casualties, according to western officials. meanwhile, ukraine is expressing outrage as russia takes over the presidency of the u. n security council. moscow began the month long rotating
let s go back now to that breaking news the organisers of the wimbledon tennis championship have announced russian and belarusian athletes will be allowed to compete as neutral competitors this summer. the all england club and the lawn tennis association said the move will be to avoid any endorsement of the war in ukraine and any athlete receiving state funding will not be eligible to apply. i m joined now by our reporter russel fuller, who s at wimbledon this morning. first of all, what exactly has been said? how are they justifying first of all, what exactly has been said? how are theyjustifying this change? i said? how are they ustifying this chance? ~ ., , ., change? i think that is the one cuestion change? i think that is the one question many change? i think that is the one question many people - change? i think that is the one question many people will - change? i think that is the one question many people will be l change? i think that is the one - question many people wil