it's the longest river within the balkans. a vital artery that's borne witness to so much history, stretching all the way back to ancient and mediaeval times and of course the turmoil of recent decades. today, the sava connects four countries that just a generation ago were at war. 0n myjourney i'll be exploring how today this river is healing wounds by boosting trade and tourism and creating a new identity in the region. and finding out why locals call this the ‘vital heart of the balkans'. a nation ofjust 2 million people, slovenia prides itself on its close relationship with nature. it's one of the most densely forested countries in europe and nearly two thirds of its landscape is green space. this river, the sava, has been the crucial trading route for centuries, dating back to 400 bc, when the celts named it after their river god savus, protector of merchants and travellers. and this is the river's source, the magnificent savica waterfall, bursting from two separate points on the cliff face there. and my intention is to

it is the longest river within the balkans. a vital our tree that has borne witness to so much history, stretching all the way back to ancient admen —— mediaeval times and of course the turmoil of recent decades. today, the sava connects for countries that just a decades. today, the sava connects for countries thatjust a generation ago were at war. 0n for countries thatjust a generation ago were at war. on my for countries thatjust a generation ago were at war. 0n myjourney i will explore how today this river is healing wounds by boosting trade and tourism and creating a new identity for the region. and finding out why locals call this the vital heart of the balkans. a nation ofjust 2 million people, lavinia prides itself on its close relationship with nature —— slovenia. it is the most densely forested countries in europe and nearly two thirds of its landscape is green space. this river, the sava, has been a crucial trading route for centuries, dating back to 400 bc, when it was named after the river god, protector of

this is the route overland a lot of people took — called the balkan route. but as the number of people grew, one by one, states shut their borders; and people became stranded in various countries along that route. some are now trying to settle in the countries they were stopped in — and for many children, that means trying to go back to school. virginia langeberg has been looking how this is playing out in one of the countries along that balkan route, serbia. here's her report. on the outskirts of the serbian capital belgrade, refugee and migrant children start the school run. many have escaped war and persecution in iraq and afghanistan and now want to resume their education. this 12—year—old is one of them and the language barrier is his first challenge. translation: every week we have four serbian classes, so we are busy with that. we have lots of friends at school. for him and seven members of his family, for now this asylum centre is home. they say they left kabul two years ago fearing the taliban. 47 schools across serbia are now enrolling childr

a good example comes from the balkans, teache key transit rour foreign fighters were heading to syria or iraq heading back home after having served in the conflict zone. in the past few years 131 people have been convicted under newly passed foreign terrorist fighter lost in the balkans. justice department lawyers funded by the ct bureau have assisted those local prosecutors and evidence organization, analysis, prosecution strategies, in case specific challenges to a case-based mentoring program. there are now about 33 more defendants have been indicted or already on trial, all of them in kosovo. in conclusion, the terrorist threats is constantly evolving, aand along with her friends and partners around the world, we must evolve to meet that challenge. we must remain vigilant against an al qaeda on the rebound, and an ever adapted isis. and we must update our toolkit to ensure that we have the capabilities we need to confront the new scourge of self-directed terrorism. the 9/1 9/11 commission had it exactly right. we must constantly assess our own abilities and anticipate new lines of

taking into account the fact that we've got so much pressure coming up from the balkans as well so we're getting a double whammy and i think that this goes to the very opposite of the struggle that there is within europe which is not just about eastern europe and western europe it's about conservatives. on the eastern front it's nationalist conservative less liberal in the states remaining hungry in czech republic with the more liberal central european states you want to see a more liberal more european policy and it was very interesting to hear dimitri is not listening as the greek minister for migration where he said imposing this policy will bring about unity and solidarity and i think that tells you everything you need to know about the way the commission approached this issue which is a belief that unity and solidarity can be imposed by the. whereas in the eastern states they say and in the second we're not so sure about this we generally speaking will skeptical about unity and solidarity and not taking into account the very unique pressures we have an that is a microcosm of the pro

despite the current absence of conflict, the balkans is another which stillisis faces serious challenges. for this reason, we attach great importance to the integration of balkan countries with the euro atlantic institutions. turkey will continue to do its part for peace, stability and welfare to prevail in this exceptional part of the world. the territorial integrity of azerbaijan, georgia is the key -- azerbaijan and georgia is the key for regional stability in the southern caucasus. we need to work harder for the resolution of conflicts in areas such as south ossetia, noticing it moreh crisis that we today has the potential to spark a regional and even global crisis tomorrow. framework, i would also like to underline that we are against all sorts of nuclear weapons, which have come to increasingly occupy the world agenda in recent weeks. obvious that we could not overcome such problems unless we completely clean the world from the scorch of nuclear weapons. we are saddened by the fact that a comprehensive negotiation process started in 2008 has ended due to the incomprehensible sounds

for this reason, we attach great importance to the integration of balkan countries with the euro atlantic institutions. - turkey will continue to do its part for peace, stability and welfare to prevail in this exceptional part of the world. the territorial integrity of azerbaijan and georgia is the key for regional stability in the southern caucasus. we need to work harder for the resolution of conflicts in areas such as south ossetia, noticing -- not forgetting that each crisis that we ignore today has ae potential to spark regional and even global crisis tomorrow. in this framework, i would also like to underline that we are against all sorts of nuclear weapons, which have come to increasingly occupy the world agenda in recent weeks. it is obvious that we could not overcome such problems unless we completely clean the world from the scorch of nuclear weapons. -- cleanse the world from the scourge of nuclear weapons. we are saddened by the fact that a comprehensive negotiation process started in 2008 has ended due to the incomprehensible sounds of the greek cypriots. we will do our best

sami: in ththe early 2000s,s, te balkan mumusic boom hpepened around the globe. it also hit in my hometowown of new yorork, wherbabands like g gogol bordelo anand balkan beatat box srtededo mix gypsy rhythms with punk, reggae, and world music. originally, my mind was blown to satuurn in the mid-nineties by the gypsy soundtracks of emir kusturica's flicks "black cat, white cat" and "underground." my love for this particular kind of music has brbrought me to serbia.

and some would agree now another story that's going to light up social media in the balkans later euro bosket if you've never heard of it it's the european championships of basketball and the big deal for most of the competing countries particularly subi and so the venia they contesting the final in istanbul in the next few hours that's where we can find our reporter ibrahim morass of it's him or him thank you for joining us this is the first time that two countries from the former yugoslavia have contested the final how big a deal is this. well actually peters slovenia with about to do a million inhabitants has fantastic skiers and the top ski jumpers is expression especially successful in individuals balls like judo outlet excel rowing about this is the circus success of a basketball is absolutely right this sports achievement of slovenia athletes on the other hand serbia which has about the seventy million inhabitants they like to say they are basketball country country old bicycle they are very proper out there on that fact at the last world championships and the last olympics in r

nearly 18 months ago, borders to the north on the so—called balkan migrant route will be closed, leaving many stark. all of them would like to continue their journey. —— stuck. but it is not possible any more because of the border with hungary and croatia. it is hard to cross. they are stuck in serbia for a long period of time. they allow only 15 migrants a week to enterfrom serbia, leaving thousands with no choice but to settle in the balkans and try to lead a normal life, including going to school. sarah corker, bbc news. are the us. still to come. the hugely popular reality a bishop tutu now becomes spiritual leader of 100,000 anglicans here — of the blacks in soweto township, as well as the whites, in their rich suburbs. we say to you today, in a loud and a clear voice, enough of blood and tears — enough! translation: the difficult decision we reached together was one that required great and exceptional courage. it's an exodus of up to 60,000 people, caused by the uneven pace of political change in eastern europe. iam free! this is bbc news. our latest headline: 1,000 british

gulf monarchies their partners israel or the balkanization of or that region this is all part of the plan and everything's going as planned. and harry i experts would definitely agree with you there saying that the syrian army can only focus on one terrorist organization at a time now and a tweet by a former cia operative i haven't mcmullan i want to read you something he said he said my job and if the i.a.e.a. with to go out and convince al-qaeda operatives to instead work with us now does this help explain why al qaeda is so strong in syria right now yeah well i mean it's it's it tells you a lot i mean first of all i mean you know you have to remember that this is the the organizational kind of that we spent sixteen years and six trillion dollars and but this was our you know existential enemy and you know now the cia personnel are saying well you know you are partners so that's that's one good point to remember what helps discombobulated this whole thing is to make a statement like that i read that statement and since remarkable he later tried to say that when a college professor

nearly 18 months ago, borders to the north on the so—called balkan migrant route were closed, leaving many stuck. all of them would like to continue their journey. but it is of course not possible any more because of the border with hungary and croatia, it is very hard to cross. so, they are stuck in serbia for a longer period of time. hungary allow only 50 migrants a week to enter from serbia, leaving thousands with no choice but to settle in the balkans and try to build a normal life, including going to school. sarah corker, bbc news. you are watching bbc news. stay with us. still to come. the hugely popular internet reality show shining a spotlight on chinese hip—hop. freedom itself was attacked this morning, and freedom will be defended. the united states will hunt down and punish those responsible. bishop tutu now becomes spiritual leader of 100,000 anglicans here — of the blacks in soweto township, as well as the whites, in their rich suburbs. we say to you today, in a loud and a clear voice, enough of blood and tears — enough! translation: the difficult decision we reache

sorry balkan that connects to the fanatics pardon has not been widely popular in the german public with polls showing recently that she was the least popular out of school the leaders in the german parliament well let's take a look at the woman it leads to link to. to . thank. you thank. you thank you leader of the social democratic party learned to do so was unable to hide his disappointment at the early exit polls he spoke to his party and supporters a little earlier. thank you thank you today's a difficult day for social democracy we missed out on our electoral go after losing our central region and we lost the federal election martin so that was merkel's main rival here's a quick look at what the former european parliament president is known for among photos. make europe great again i've . i've just tuning in to all this is our special coverage of the big alexion this week. for the bundestag here in germany and arguably the main winner of the day the controversial winner of the day the airfield turned to for germany party which will become the most right wing party to win seats in p

and i and senator cardin, senator rish, we talk about the balkans a lot but not a lot of other people do globally. is where wars have started. it's a place that remains very unstable. the last six months, since this president took office and signaled that we were sort exiting the diplomatic playing field, russia has gone into the balkans with gangbusters. they have started buying up all sorts of media sources. new have started paying off and interesting people. i just wanted to have you reiterate your commitment amongst all of the things you're going to be paying attention to sure to keep make an eye on, for us, increased russian interference in the balkans. it's a very unstable place that more unstablemuch if we don't check that interference. commitment,my senator. example of is an what we have described earlier, don't tolly when you serbia and kosovo. a vacuum behind, things happen. i think this is an example of what has happened in that vacuum. i will watch it. i have taken note of it. it will certainly be part of my discussions. you.ank senator cane? mr. chair and governor. superb

in the balkans over the last century the danger of the impunity after perpetrators of crimes against humanity and crimes of genocide has come dark again to threaten humanity. it has become the rule and not an exception. because the international legitimacy is subjected to political leverage to the interests of the axioms and the dictations of the force on the ground which pretends that the long course may supersede the force of law in our view the major powers should not adopt one of two extreme positions either the direct occupation of countries to impose their will in policy or standing ideally on turning a blind eye to war as a genocide and crimes against humanity perpetrated by a fascist despotic regime or they ignore in the continuous repression of people on their occupation by the occupying state. lately there is a growing standards people on the repression are facing their fate alone as if the international arena is governed by the law of jungle as if that country under threat will have to stand on their own relying on their alliances and relations in the absence of the system

europe we've got a low pressure sent up across the baltic region another one affecting our parts of the balkans and then as we look at the more western areas who got to the low pressure pushing towards the u.k. but we have seen some pretty disturbed weather across parts of romania we've had several fatalities as the straight line winds of comes through and really have caused some severe damage lot of motoring accidents get a hint there of what it's like as these things blow through was we look out the forecast still some storms around southeast and more particularly around the balkans elsewhere temperature not too bad still for bucharest care there still coming twenty degrees further west unsettled across more northwest marriages eighteen for london and paris but fine across the iberian peninsula but well through into thirds that frontal system pushes across the u.k. some heavy rain likely here and still pretty cool for stockholm there with a mix of just fourteen degrees for north africa it's all looking fine indeed for car of the temperatures are on the rise as it head on through into thursday

with say yet more rain coming back in across italy and the balkans northern areas of italy. i without some cold enough of yet over the top temperature just twelve degrees celsius on the other side of the med fine and dry pleasant sunshine continuing warm sunshine there at thirty four degrees maybe a thirty five on tuesday otherwise it's fine and dry into the mid twenty's up across the northwest of the continent so see more lively showers with more weather the west africa. with the and. they're watching out to make up the top stories this hour. top general has blamed the henge a for the violence that sparked the refugee crisis and now playing has accused the minority of trying to build a stronghold rakhine state he says the military is only targeting armed groups. military chiefs of staff from twenty nine countries are meeting and seoul north korea is not officially on the agenda but the south is hoping to use the event to discuss how to calm regional tension. and the wife of pakistan's prime minister nawaz sharif has won his parliamentary seat in the byelection the city of l

we're still got some rather lively showers around the balkans they're making their way further race what's across the hungary in plain so we'll see some wet weather making its way into rumania cool weather as well temperatures in bucharest around nineteen degrees a few days ago we were getting up into the thirty's that nineteen actually matches up with the kind of temperatures we're looking at across western parts paris ninety degrees. for london some time and rain coming in across the gulf in the north of england that will push its way further east was fizzling out in the process temps picking up to nineteen in london. they don't see bad at so let right not so far away from auckland another belts of rain coming through and another belt of rain still there across the central and eastern parts of europe over towards the black sea in between high pressure so it's five dry temper just getting up to twenty four celsius in a row with a fine weather the settled weather the sunny weather that's there across northern parts of africa that he wants to thirty five for car a little more cloud i would

the balkans is another potential which still faces serious challenges. we attached great importance to the integration with the atlantic institutions. turkey will continue to do its part to prevail in this exceptional part of the world. of territorial integrity georgia is the key for regional and the southern caucasus. hard.d to work we should never forget each crisis we ignore today has the potential to spark a regional and even global crisis tomorrow. , i would likeork to underline that we are against nuclear weapons, which have come inoccupy the world agenda recent days. nots obvious that we could unless weuch problems free the world of the scourge of nuclear weapons. the comprehensive negotiation 2008, endedted in -- [indiscernible] it will serve the peace, stability and welfare of the region. we need a solution that respects citizens.of turkish while struggling with all of these global and regional ours was shocked by the sad news we received from myanmar. in myanmarcommunity is being subjected to almost an , the villagesng of the area have already

modern olympics started with the overwhelming emotions of the first olympics held in athens on the balkan peninsula, which was once the center of conflict. five months from now, the olympic winter games will be held in the republic of korea. first of the olympics ,o be held in northeast asia tokyo in 2020, and beijing in 2022. i aspire for these three olympics to become an opportunity for promoting peace and economic cooperation in northeast asia where remnants of the cold war and hope for the future as well as confrontation and cooperation coexist. the republic of korea is ready to make every possible effort for that. please imagine for a moment people from all around the world who love peace and a sports will be gathered. it is only 100 kilometers away from the demilitarized zone. half of the states and government from all corners of the world will exchange greetings of friendship and .armony my heart is filled with great joy when i imagine north korean marching into the stadium during the opening ceremony and joint cheering squads and enthusiastic walking alongside with smiling faces o

with say yet more rain coming back in across italy and the balkans northern areas of italy there are some snow there over the alps and cool enough of yet over the top temperature just twelve degrees celsius on the other side of the med this fine and dry pleasant sunshine continuing warm sunshine there for cairo at thirty four degrees celsius maybe a thirty five on shoes day otherwise it's fine inch right into the mid twenty's up across the northwest of the continent so interesting more lively showers with more whether the west africa. with its economy mexico's president implemented drastic and controversial energy reforms mexico's oil owned by the mexican people for seventy five years is being sold to private international companies. and as with the country's agricultural sector it's exposed to exploitation by profit driven multinational corporations crude harvest at this time on al jazeera. welcome back home and of the top story. which has ruled gaza for ten years says it's willing to end its feud with fatah which controls the occupied west bank a major breakthrough in what's been a

more than one million refugees have poured into europe via what was known as the balkan route. today, most migrants arrive via the mediterranean s sea, mostly fromom north africa. this year, some 12020,000 -- consnsiderably fewer than two of years ago -- dare to risk k the treacherous crossing. far from opening the door to them, angela merkel is now saying that migration via the mediterranean must be stopped. not least perhaps because she wants to be reelected in the coming weeks. her reelection campaign -- haunted by the refugee crisis? that's what we want to talk about today with our guests. it is a pleasure to welcome antje bauer, a freelance journalist and islamic scholar, who has been reporting from many parts of the world where refugees are on the move. she says migration can only be prevented by finding its causes. creating refugee migration camps is cynical and simple. , a pleasure tong have you here. he is a journalist who regularly comments on refugee crisis. he says we have to admit that mistakes have been made in our policies regarding refugees. finally, it is a ple

a good example comes from balkans. a key transit route for foreign fighters heading to syria or iraq or heading back home after having served in the conflict zone. in past few years 131 people have been convict under newly passed foreign terrorist fight ore laws. justice department lawyers have asused local prosecutors, a an evidence organization, analysis, prosecution strat jis, and case specific challenges through a case-based mentoring program. there are now about 30 more defendants who have been indicted or on trial, all of them in kosovo. in conclusion, the terrorist let is constantly improving and we must evolve to meet that challenge. wy must remain vigilant against al qaeda and is is and update our tool kit to ensure we have the capabilities we need to confront new scourge of self-directed terrorism. the 9/11 commission had it exactly right. we must constantly sasz oassess our vulnerabilities. thank you and your colleagues for that charge and thank you for the inspiration to continue your indispensable work of

more than one million refugees have poured into europe via what was known as the balkan route. today, most migrants arrive via the medititerranean s sea, mosty from n north africa. this year, some 120,0,000 -- consididerably fewer than two of years ago -- dare to risk the treacherous crossing. far from opening the door to them, angela merkel is now saying that migration via the mediterranean must be stopped. not least perhaps because she wants to be reelected in the coming weeks. her reelection campaign -- haunted by the refugee crisis? that's what we want to talk about today with our guests. it is a pleasure to welcome antje bauer, a freelance journalist and islamic scholar, who has been reporting from many parts of the world where refugees are on the move. she says migration can only be prevented by finding its causes. creating refugee migration camps is cynical and simple. , a pleasure tong have you here. he is a journalist who regularly comments on refugee crisis. he says we have to admit that mistakes have been made in our policies regarding refugees. finally, it is a plea

more than one million refugees have poured into europe via what was known as the balkan route. today, most migrants arrive via the mediterranean seaea, mostly from n north africa. this year, some 120,0,000 -- consididerably fewer than two of years ago -- dare to risk ththe treacherous crossing. far from opening the door to them, angela merkel is now saying that migration via the mediterranean must be stopped. not least perhaps because she wants to be reelected in the coming weeks. her reelection campaign -- haunted by the refugee crisis? that's what we want to talk about today with our guests. it is a pleasure to welcome antje bauer, a freelance journalist and islamic scholar, who has been reporting from many parts of the world where refugees are on the move. she says migration can only be prevented by finding its causes. creating refugee migration camps is cynical and simple. , a pleasure tong have you here. he is a journalist who regularly comments on refugee crisis. he says we have to admit that mistakes have been made in our policies regarding refugees. finally, it is a ple

i recently had the chance to travel with some of our colleagues to the balkans and met with their leaders who expressed their concern over the russian growing influence and the destabilizing of the refugee crisis in europe. these countries look to the west for leadership, security, and trade. and i can't think of a better place for them to look rather than to fall into the tender mercies of vladimir putin and the russian federation. wess has created one of the largest nato brain trusts in the united states and i think is the kind of person we need to send to europe to reassert u.s. leadership following years of neglect. that's why i whole-heartedly support his nomination and encourage the committee to do the same. i look forward to working with him and the rest of the administration as we work to reestabli reestablish u.s. global leadership in the rest of the union. thank you for having me here today, and i commend this nominee for your support. thank you. >> thank you. thank you very much. is it going to be senator manchin? >> i have one month's seniority. what a pleasure it is to be bef

rajan starts his epic voyage down the longest river within the balkans, the sava. he will be exploring the river headfirst in slovenia and travelling along its course to croatia to meet the man whose incredible tale of animal rescue has become internationally famous. incredible sight. three baby storks. i am literally six inches away from them. mother, possibly a bit nervous. 0n the edge there. but, the fact i can get so close, incredible. join us for that if you can and don't forget, if you want to see our adventures on the road, you can follow us on social media but in the meantime, from all of us here, it's goodbye. hi there. whether front today that will try to push eastwards and as does it will build into high pressure across scandinavia and europe. it will make little overall progress and often the front will be weakened puny. beginning the day with damp weather and western scotland and western parts of england and wales, possibly across northern ireland. this is the zone will continue to seek the rain on offer through the day. central and eastern england, ce

warheads that can be used on the battlefield have caused many particularly indian military officials to balkan horror the only fact there a substantial part of forces is engaged in counterterrorism operations on the western borders so that has created a kind of a liberty which indians seem to be willing to exploit so pakistan had to look for those who showed through there and plugs out this point so this was done in by the way over the introduction of short range battlefield nuclear weapons so we're loading our nuclear threshold pakistan has also delegated the command of tactical nukes to battlefield commanders which some analysts believe leaves their arsenal worryingly open to attack and even passed by extremist organizations in the region for his part pakistani peace activist and physicist expects things will only get worse in the years to come the race is also taking it bad shape in south asia because the south asian situation is not just india pakistan situation because india has concerns of china as well so india builds up again against china and india wants to have for example a trial wh

rajan starts his epic voyage down the longest river within the balkans, the sava. he will be exploring the river head first in slovenia and travelling along its course to croatia to meet the man whose incredible tale of animal rescue has become internationally famous. incredible sight. three baby storks. i am literally six inches away from them. mother, possibly a bit nervous. on the edge there. but, the fact i can get so close, incredible. join us for that if you can and don't forget, if you want to see our adventures on the road, you can follow us on social media but in the meantime, from all of us here, it's goodbye. it has been amada degen yesterday. across central and eastern england, sunshine and bright enough at times in northern ireland but even without the sunshine, temperatures were mild. a number of spots got up to 22 degrees, four celsius above normal for the time of year. overnight, a band of rain will push eastwards across scotland, england and wales. the rain patchy at times. across the west of the british isles, with clearer skies particularly to no

warheads that can be used on the battlefield have caused many particularly indian military officials to balkan horror the only fact there is a substantial part of forces is engaged in conduct there is a more pressures on the western borders so that has created a kind of a liberty which indians seem to be willing to exploit so pakistan had to look for those who should to their and pogs thousand sponsor this was done in by the way over the introduction of short range battlefield nuclear weapons so we're loading our nuclear threshold pakistan has also delegated the command of tactical nukes to battlefield commanders with some analysts believe lives their arsenal worryingly open to attack and even passed by extremist organizations in the region for his part pakistani peace activist and physicist expects things will only get worse in the years to come the release is also taking it bad shape in south asia because in south asian situation is not just india pakistan situation because india has concerns of china as well so india builds up again against china and india wants to have for example a trial

rajan starts his epic voyage down the longest river within the balkans, the sava. he will be exploring the river headfirst in slovenia and travelling along its course to croatia to meet the man whose incredible tale of animal rescue has become internationally famous. incredible sight. three baby stalks. i am literally six inches away from them. mother, possibly a bit nervous. 0n the edge there. but, the fact i can get so close, incredible. join us for that if you can and don't forget, if you want to see our adventures on the road, you can follow us on social media but in the meantime, from all of us here, it's goodbye. hello. the week started on a fairly quiet note across many parts of the british isles. we had a weak weather front close by which really pepped up the cloud across some central and eastern areas. 0ut west, different story. some sunshine to be had but first thing on monday and again late on in the day, some areas were quite badly affected by fog. there's the weather front gradually fizzling all the while as the pressure builds in from the continent. b

warheads that can be used on the battlefield have caused many particularly indian military officials to balkan horror beyond the fact that a substantial part of pakistan forces is engaged in counterterrorism operations on the western borders so that has created a kind of a liberty which indians seem to be willing to exploit so pakistan had to look for those who showed through there and parties thousands sponsor this was done in by the way over the introduction of short range battlefield nuclear weapons so we're loading our nuclear threshold pakistan has also delegated the command of tactical nukes to battlefield commanders with some analysts believe lives their arsenal wateringly open to attack and even passed by extremist organizations in the region for his part pakistani peace activist and physicist expects things will only get worse in the years to come the race is also taking it bad shape in south asia because in south asian situation is not just india pakistan situation because india has concerns of china as well so india builds up again against china and india wants to have for example a

but the balkan route is shut down, and austria has joined hungary in enforcing tough border controls. and that means many of the refugees trying to make it across the alps are risking their lives in thehe process. reporter: rosenheim station in southern germany.

warheads that can be used on the battlefield have caused many particularly indian military officials to balkan horror the only fact a substantial part of forces is engaged in counterterrorism operations on the western borders so that has created a kind of a liberty which indians seem to be willing to exploit so pakistan had to look for those who showed to their and partners thousands sponsor this was done in by the way over the introduction of short range battlefield nuclear weapons so we're lowering our nuclear threshold pakistan has also delegated the command of tactical nukes to battlefield commanders with some analysts believe leaves their arsenal warningly open to attack and even passed by extremist organizations in the region for his part pakistani peace activist and physicist expects things will only get worse in the years to come the race is also taking it bad shape in south asia because the south asian situation is not just india pakistan situation because india has concerns of china as well so india builds up again against china and india wants to have for example a trial which was n

europe where refugees once i welcome hungary soon erected a border fence to limit the influx of various balkan states fast tracked the new arrival straight through to austria and germany. so much for the solidarity between european nations the brief summer of exuberant welcome came to a sudden and in the meanwhile merkel found herself accused of positively inviting refugees to come. to. the charge that in some way caused or promoted the influx of refugees is absurd. for such a long time we ignored the thousands of people arriving on lampedusa. the thousands drowning in the mediterranean. the thousands living under terrible conditions in cali waiting to somehow make it to britain. soon a mood of fear and hostility had erupted in germany as well extremists set fire to refugee hostels and attacked german police officers and journalists the anti immigrant anti muslim picket a movement enjoyed a resurgence of support especially in its birthplace dresden where thousands took to the streets. spoke out against the rise of the far right. don't follow those who call these demonstrations all too often th

warheads that can be used on the battlefield have caused many particularly indian military officials to balkan horror the only fact there is a substantial part of forces is engaged in counterterrorism operations on the western borders so that has created a kind of a liberty which indians seem to be willing to exploit so pakistan had to look for those who should to their and pogs thousand sponsor this was done in by the way over the introduction of short range battlefield nuclear weapons so we're loading our nuclear threshold pakistan has also delegated the command of tactical nukes to battlefield commanders with some analysts believe leaves their arsenal warningly open to attack and even taft by extremist organizations in the region for his part pakistani peace activist and physicist expects things will only get worse in the years to come the race is also taking it bad shape in south asia because the south asian situation is not just india pakistan situation because india has concerns of the china as well so india builds up again against china and india wants to have for example a trial which

rajan starts his epic voyage down the longest river within the balkans, the sava. he will be exploring the river headfirst in slovenia and travelling along its course to croatia to meet the man whose incredible tale of animal rescue has become internationally famous. incredible sight. three baby stalks. i am literally six inches away from them. mother, possibly a bit nervous. 0n the edge there. but, the fact i can get so close, incredible. join us for that if you can and don't forget, if you want to see our adventures on the road, you can follow us on social media but in the meantime, from all of us here, it's goodbye. hi there. over the last few days, we've been carefully tracking the progress of hurricane maria, which wrecked dominica and puerto rico. lots of weather in the atlantic. a big area of low pressure and a powerfuljetstream over that, a big swell of cloud that looks like a massive ear pushing a band of rain eastwards over the uk over the next 12 hours or so. we will see some rain as we start friday, our main weather front across west scotland and wester

rajan starts his epic voyage down the longest river within the balkans, the sava. he will be exploring the river headfirst in slovenia and travelling along its course to croatia to meet the man whose incredible tale of animal rescue has become internationally famous. incredible sight. three baby storks. i am literally six inches away from them. mother, possibly a bit nervous. 0n the edge there. but, the fact i can get so close, incredible. join us for that if you can and don't forget, if you want to see our adventures on the road, you can follow us on social media but in the meantime, from all of us here, it's goodbye. hello there. last weekend we had that cold northerly wind blowing, this weekend it's a warm southerly. there will still be some very usable weather around for the rest of today, and indeed tomorrow, although for western areas we will have some rain around at some point during the day. we've had a little bit of drizzle around this morning as well. this was the report in carmarthenshire earlier on, the low cloud around here. this in hampshire dictating

it provides access to the balkans. it is hugely important. privatization has been a key part of the bailout deals even to greece since the beginning of the crisis. in its selling stakes ports, airports, hotels, and other vital infrastructure, the country has only managed to raise 3.4 billion euros so far, a far cry from the initial 50 billion target. >> the state isn't capitalizing on its public assets. it is selling them for cheap to people who don't have good projects are the future of greece. reporter: on a visit to greece, emmanuel macron renewed calls for tighter scrutiny of foreign investment in the eu. the french president has encouraged more european investors to support the greek recovery and decided to lead by example, bringing almost 40 executives from major french companies with him. here inerstand back france we have some positive new data. country'scompany -- production increased by 0.5% in the month. the year on year growth rate is 3.1%, the highest level since november, 2015. european shares are trading down this friday on wor

rajan starts his epic voyage down the longest river within the balkans, the sava. he will be exploring the river headfirst in slovenia and travelling along its course to croatia to meet the man whose incredible tale of animal rescue has become internationally famous. incredible sight. three baby storks. i am literally six inches away from them. mother, possibly a bit nervous. on the edge there. but, the fact i can get so close, incredible. join us for that if you can and don't forget, if you want to see our adventures on the road, you can follow us on social media but in the meantime, from all of us here, it's goodbye. good afternoon. some lovely spells of sunshine for some of us out there this afternoon. just take a look at this afternoon. just take a look at this picture. blue sky, plenty of fun. there is a little bit of cloud around unfortunately. with the south—easterly breeze it is mild out there. we could see highs of 23 degrees. this cloud and weather front is bringing some rain, albeit light and patchy. the heaviest bursts will be through scotland this ev

appear to be fading the western balkans places like kosovo croatia for example creations already in serbia montenegro for example there or they are certainly moving closer particularly serbia. all right paul many thanks indeed paul brennan there live in paris here with the news from al jazeera still to come on the program preparing for the worst south korea's own missile test send a powerful message to pyongyang plus. there's nothing. gone the caribbean assesses the full extent of damage from hurricane. ike the group stages of the champions league get underway for another season as barcelona exact revenge over you venters the details in sports a little later. it has been one hundred days since four arab states cut ties with qatar sparking the worst diplomatic crisis to hit the region in decades on june fifth egypt bahrain the u.a.e. and saudi arabia imposed a land sea and air blockade accusing cata of sponsoring terrorism a charge that doha strongly denies. there were strong words at the summit of the arab league in cairo on tuesday when council raised the blockade it accused quote some re

with say yet more rain coming back in across italy and the balkans northern areas of italy there are some snow there over the alps and cool enough of yet over the top temperature just twelve degrees celsius on the other side of the med this fine and dry pleasant sunshine continuing warm sunshine there for cairo at thirty four degrees celsius maybe a thirty five on tuesday otherwise it's fine inch right into the mid twenty's up across the northwest of the continent central areas see more lively showers with whether the west africa. with. documentaries that open your eyes at this time on al-jazeera. north korea's nuclear program. humanitarian crises around the world. wars in yemen iraq and syria issues global leaders will grapple with in new york. leaders get ready to meet some new faces will be joining this year's biggest u.n. event. join l.g. zero for extensive coverage of the u.n. general assembly. welcome back a reminder of the top stories here on al-jazeera how mass which israel gaza for ten years says it's willing to end its feud with fatah which controls the occupied west bank a

cautious optimism as palestinian president mahmoud abbas balkans a reconciliation off by the rival group hamas. that. this is not a zero.

rajan starts his epic voyage down the longest river within the balkans. he will be exploring the river headfirst in slovenia and travelling along its course to croatia to meet the man whose incredible tale of animal rescue has become internationally famous. incredible sight. three baby stalks. i am literally six inches away from them. mother, possibly a bit nervous. on the edge there. but, the fact i can get so close, incredible. join us for that if you can and don't forget, if you want to see our can and don't forget, if you want to see oui’ adventures on can and don't forget, if you want to see our adventures on the road, you can see our adventures on the road, you ca n follow see our adventures on the road, you can follow us on social media but in the meantime, from all of us here, it's goodbye. the autumn equinox may be behind us now but the weather is feeling reasonably summery for some of us over the weekend. this was the scene on friday afternoon. as we head through the course of the weekend, many of us will have largely dry conditions, particula

what it is about now is keeping those succession talks going, keeping the western balkans in perspective because it is in stable region. given this perspective, inciting reforms in the region has worked before and it is the thinking behind that. sarah: something that was also interesting was something that he did not talk about. barely a mention of brexit. why ignore the elephant in the room? guest: because it is not necessarily the elephant in the room anymore. the people here really think the european union is over that. especially in the commission, a lot of people now think it has become an opportunity because the u.k. blocked decisions about the eurozone, closer integration and all that. people have now realized the other countries come except the u.k., that brexit will not necessarily be a good thing, the trump is not a good thing, that the european union maybe is not a bad place to be. at least that is what we're getting from the polls. there is a wind in the sales of the european union also because of brexit. the commission understands his now as a window of opportunity that was

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