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Faith in Space, Iraq Child Marriage, Tribute to Timothy Dudley Smith

We hear about the faith of one of the astronauts stuck at the ISS, plans to halve the age for girls to marry in Iraq, and a tribute to a hymn-writing giant who died last week at 97.

President Zelensky takes the counterattack on Russia to another front with a bid to outlaw the Moscow-controlled Ukrainian Orthodox Church next week.

We're asking how your place of worship is tryng to go green? Is it heatpumps or retrofitting? Were there battles on the way? It comes as Emily hears the story of St John's Church in Waterloo which went through court battles and massive bills in the quest to become energy efficient.

There's concern from human rights groups about Iraq's plan to halve the age of marriage for girls to 9, We hear from Iraqi-born campaigner Payzee Mahmod and 麻豆官网首页入口 Middle East Editor Sebastian Usher.

The Right Reverend Timothy Dudley Smith died aged 97 this week, leaving a monumental legacy of more than 400 hymns. We talk to composer and conductor Noel Tredinnick about the talent of TDS.

Astronaut Barry 'Butch' Wilmore is stranded on the International Space Station with his colleague Sunita Williams, until Nasa can work out how to bring them home. In the meantime we've been talking to his Pastor Tommy Dahn from Providence Baptist Church in Texas about Barry's faith, his role as a lay Elder and how Space missions have solidified his belief in God.

And the new Faith Minister was announced this week. Lord Khan takes up the role. What do faith leaders need from him in the wake of the riots this month and division caused by the conflict in Gaza? We talk to Rabbi Jonathan Wittenberg and Shayk Ibrahim Mogra.

PRESENTER: EMILY BUCHANAN
PRODUCERS: CATHERINE MURRAY & LINDA WALKER
STUDIO MANAGERS: SHARON HUGHES AND JONATHAN ESP
EDITOR: TIM PEMBERTON

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