Andrey kordochkin, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you. Its a great Honour And Privilege to be here. Well, its great to have you in the studio. Let me take you back to February 2022. Putin orders an all out invasion of ukraine. Within days, you, a priest in the russian Orthodox Church, choose to speak out against the invasion. When you did that, did you feel that this would be the end of your career in the russian Orthodox Church . I think that when the war has begun, very few of us could actually give a prediction of what is going to come through. So i think that many people would suggest that the war would be over in a very short period of time. So i dont think that any of us was acting out of any kind of prediction. And i think when i spoke out against the war, i dont think that i really felt any choice. I thought that it was a moral imperative on behalf of any christian or any sensible and reasonable person, to try to stop it, or at least not to be a part of what one may call a moraljus
We start this hour with the tensions in the Middle East following the escalating fighting between israel and lebanons iranian backed hezbollah group. Egypt has warned it risks igniting a regional war and damaging the chance of Ceasefire Deal In Gaza. Arriving back at the white House President biden addressed the tensions. Lets take a listen to what he told reporters. Are you worried about rising tensions in the Middle East . Yes, i am, tensions in the Middle East . Yes, iam, but we tensions in the Middle East . Yes, i am, but we are going to do everything we can to keep a wider war Breaking Out and we are still pushing hard. The united Nations Chief has said he fears the escalating Cross Border Conflict between Israel And Hezbollah could Risk Lebanon becoming another gaza. Antonio guterres also voiced his pessimism about the chances of a Ceasefire Deal in the gaza strip. His comments came as the funeral took place for a senior Hezbollah Commander killed in fridays israeli airstrike on
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And Table Football is finally Coming Home this Weekend ive been to the birthplace of subbuteo in kent, as it stages the World Cup. And good morning. Today we will see some Sunny Spells developing across many parts of the uk, but like yesterday there will be the risk of some heavy and thundery showers. Where you catch them they will really be intense. Bring you all the details very shortly. Its saturday 21 september. A former manager of fulhams womens Football Team has told the bbc that extra precautions were put in place to protect female players from Mohamed Al fayed when he owned The Club. Mr Al Fayed, who died last year, was also the owner of harrods until 2010, and has been accused of rape and Sexual Assault by dozens of Women Who worked for the Department Store. Harrods says its utterly appalled by the allegations and has condemned his actions. Our reporter simonjones has More. How widespread was Mohamed Al fayeds alleged offending . Dozens of women have come forward to say that t
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