Say the number of people known to have died in devastating floods in Kwazulu Natal province has risen to Three Hundred and ninety eight with 27 people still reported as missing. Rescue operations have been taking place but further flooding is possible as rain falls on saturated ground. Now on bbc news Dateline London. Hello, im shaun ley. Welcome to the programme which brings together leading uk columnists and the Foreign Correspondents who write, blog and broadcast to audiences in their own countries from the Dateline London. In the studio today are Agnes Poirier of the french News Magazine and website marianne, michael goldfarb, former Foreign Correspondent with us public radio, now host of the frdh podcast thats the first rough draft of history Catherine Pepinster is a former editor of the catholic newspaper the tablet, and writes in british newspapers on politics, religion and ethics. A Fratricidal War is how a group of dissenting priests from the Russian Orthodox church describe t
In the studio today are Agnes Poirier of the french News Magazine and website marianne, michael goldfarb, former Foreign Correspondent with us public radio, now host of the frdh podcast thats the first rough draft of history Catherine Pepinster is a former editor of the catholic newspaper the tablet, and writes in british newspapers on politics, religion and ethics. A Fratricidal War is how a group of dissenting priests from the Russian Orthodox church describe their countrys invasion of ukraine. It could wreck the spiritual ambition of kirill, patriarch of moscow and all russia, to reunite the church in the two countries, just as it could wreck the political ambition of his sponsor, vladimir putin. On the other side of the continent in france, a country which used the blade of a guillotine to eviscerate the Divine Right Of Kings along with the religion that sustained it, Political Parties broad churches during the 20th century lack believers. And what faith should the british place in
A Fratricidal War is how a group of dissenting priests from the Russian Orthodox church describe their countrys invasion of ukraine. It could wreck the spiritual ambition of kirill, patriarch of moscow and all russia, to reunite the church in the two countries, just as it could wreck the political ambition of his sponsor, vladimir putin. On the other side of the continent in france, a country which used the blade of a guillotine to eviscerate the Divine Right Of Kings along with the religion that sustained it, Political Parties broad churches during the 20th century lack believers. And what faith should the british place in a Prime Minister determined by the police to have broken his own covid law . Catherine, lets start with what is happening in ukraine. How big a strain is this putting on the Orthodox Church in particular, and those 90 odd million Orthodox Christians . It those 90 odd million Orthodox Christians . Christians . It is a big strain. It is particularly christians . It is
we begin in syria where a huge car bomb has hit a convoy of buses carrying evacuees from two government held towns. the passengers had been waiting at a transit point travelling from fuua and kafraya to the west of aleppo. the delay was caused by rebel groups raising concerns about the status of people leaving rebel held territory near the capital damascus in a reciprocal evacuation. it isn t yet clear who carried out the attack though a syrian government mp has accused terrorists linked to al qaeda. the emergency response group, the syria white helmets, say they have recovered more than 100 bodies. richard galpin reports. in the immediate aftermath, a man runs towards the site of the huge explosion, filming the horrifying scenes around him. it is believed a suicide bomber carried out this attack, reportedly driving a van carrying aid supplies. translation: i can t describe it, i am speechless. there are dead people everywhere. you can see dozens of burnt out cars, bo
start in syria, where a massive suicide car bomb has hit a convoy of buses carrying thousands of people from two besieged gunmen told villagers, waiting to be taken to safety. government held villages. the passengers had been waiting at a transit point travelling from fuua and kafraya to the west of aleppo. the delay was caused by rebel groups voicing concerns about the status of people leaving rebel held territory near the capital damascus in an exchange evacuation. it isn t yet clear who carried out the attack though a syrian government mp has accused terrorists linked to al qaeda. the emergency response group, the syria white helmets, say they have recovered more than a hundred bodies. richard galpin reports. in the immediate aftermath, a man runs towards the site of the huge explosion, filming the horrifying scenes around him. it is believed a suicide bomber carried out this attack, reportedly driving a van carrying aid supplies. translation: i can t describe i