world s poorest countries. riot police crackdown on gang violence in brazil the on grass is the first test of new president charcoals an arms hardline law and order policies. i m soo nice to have you with us the newly founded ukrainian orthodox church is holding its first christmas mass in the capital of the service comes just hours after church leaders formally received a decree of independence at a ceremony in istanbul ending more than three centuries of russian influence and ukraine s president petro poroshenko had campaigned for the split which as a provoked anger in moscow. let s bring in matthew cook for a journalist with the kiev post he joins us from the ukrainian capital for more on the story matthew thank you very much for joining us now this is a pretty significant day of the first mass of an independent ukrainian orthodox