Ukrainian parliament to vote on controversial law restricting Ukrainian Orthodox Church

Ukraine's parliament is likely to approve a law that some say could limit the Ukrainian Orthodox Church because of its supposed connections to the Russian Orthodox Church.

Also in the programme: Fifty thousand participants are expected at the London Marathon today. Organisers are anticipating a record-breaking time in the elite women's race featuring world record-holder, Tigst Assefa from Ethiopia, while also paying tribute to the late Kelvin Kiptum, last year's fastest-ever male winner. And Taylor Swift's latest album 'The Tortured Poets Department', has set a new record for Spotify's highest single-day streams.

Joining presenter Julian Worricker are Hannah Ajala Rahman, a journalist, speaker and award-winning podcast host and Dr Manu Lekunze, a lecturer in international relations at the University of Aberdeen who studies the security of states.

(Picture: Ukrainian parliament backs law on banning religious organizations associated with Russia. Credit: Petrasyuk / EPA)