, then the process of integration of the western balkans, which is not known when it will end, must beeted first , and then it will be possible to talk about the post-soviet space, and for in order for it to be different, it is necessary that something so... hair, which i don't even want to think about now, because there are no objective prospects for it, and here it is, it, on alas, it happened, this is a war, a war that forced the west to look more seriously towards the post-soviet space and the aspirations of those peoples who would like to be part of the european family, and these are primarily ukraine, georgia and moldova, and i will remind you , that when they were creating... the eastern partnership initiative, and the initiators, by the way, were the then minister of foreign affairs of sweden, karl bilt, and the then minister of foreign affairs of poland, radysław sikorski, who returned to his position in the new government of donald tusk, the idea was just in so that we do not get anywhere, something is being created for us such a club of soviet republics in which we have to s

our european integration, first the balkans, then perhaps the process of integration of the westernhould end, which is not known when it will end. and then it will be possible to talk about the post-soviet space, and that in order for it to be different , something like this needs to happen, which i don't even want to think about now, because there are no objective prospects for it, and that's it, unfortunately, there was a war, a war that forced the west to look more seriously towards the post-soviet space and the aspirations of those peoples who would like to be part of the european family. and this is first of all ukraine, georgia and moldova, and i will remind you that back when the eastern partnership initiative was being created, and the initiators, by the way, were the then minister of foreign affairs of sweden karl bilt and the then minister of foreign affairs of poland radyslaw sikortsky, who returned to his post in the new government of donald tuska, the idea was precisely that we would not get anywhere, something like a club of soviet republics is being created for us, in

and we also confirmed our commitment to the strategic perspective for all western balkans to become eu members. how does ours work in practice? the union is only us inside of the european union can answer this question. we know that we have already put forward quite such powerful, courageous ideas. we are trying to strengthen communication, in particular between the european commission and the european parliament, as well as thanks to the belgian leaders. the council of europe has shown a political desire to be with ukraine as long as it takes, but we must reinforce such decisions with adequate funding. we want to guarantee stable financing of ukraine over the next four years in order for the state to function and be stable economy in order for ukraine to get closer to the european one. union, and that is why we adapted the european budget, and i emphasize that this is only, this is not only about ukraine, it is about competitiveness, about migration, about our support for the western balkans, it is about solidarity when natural disasters, such as floods or fires, occur , these are our

the people of kosovo were the only citizens of the western balkans who still needed a visa to enter the u. and the self proclaimed for public i've no corner car box has ceased to exist as of january 1st, the armenian majority territory was located in azerbaijan, which never recognized the breakaway region, and defeated its military and a one day war last september, about a 100000 people fled and these old style republics liter signed an agreement and dissolved in a corner car box in 2024. and he's recently back tracked on that decision, but as or by john has absorbed the territory. nonetheless, a new era begins for this full, the self styled republic of to decades of conflict. nicole nicola back is now fully under the governance of as a base on the mountainous enclave. and the south caucuses lies within us. that by john, it has long been internationally recognized as belonging to as a bygone but since 1991, much of it was governed by estimate communion set protests. who claimed it was a defacto independent state that they cooled the republic about. so it took less than 24 hours for the

balkans.onth and a half ago you were in skopje and there you were not respected by blinken and the rest of the western foreign ministers. we will call him so that he comes and starts a dialogue between you, thank you very much, thank you very much, not a very flattering offer, of course, about, about kosovo, and president putin, your humble servant, always, when we meet with the leadership of serbia, we say that we support and will support the position that... the serbian people, the serbian people will choose leadership, we see how the serbs are being bullied, i mean , if we take the kosovo problem, in 2013 , through the mediation of the european union , an agreement was reached between pristina and belgrade on the creation of a community of serbian municipalities in kosovo, everything was there it is described what rights they have, how they organize their lives, provide law enforcement functions, language, education, schools, churches, more than 10 years have passed, nothing has changed, a

next are the western balkans - more than 97,000 people. eastern mediterranean - 45.00 people., we are talking about hundreds of thousands of illegal migrants; in contrast, let us present statistics on the russian-finnish border, which seem to became, well, literally a collapse of the situation in the migration direction for the european union. according to data from the unhcr and the finnish migration service , slightly more countries crossed the russian border in november. what threatens the security of the european union. over the course of 23 years, 33,000 people from different directions entered the territory of the european union illegally. 800 people crossed the border with finland, from russia in search of asylum, in search of, and i don’t know, opportunities for survival, and so on and so forth. i'm not going to judge now, it was a broadcast briefing by the official representative of the russian foreign ministry maria zakharova. so, the usa and britain launched a series of air strikes on the cities of yemen, attacking more than sixty targets. sixteen targets, mainly ta

balkans, that is, we already have, i don't like to say this is for, but we are at war, we already have the enlargement front, i call it that it is not only the eu that is advancing, and we as the enlargement countries are advancing, and there are agreements on security guarantees, that is, in such conditions it is extremely difficult to show, as it were... political polarization, because in fact there is a nato bloc , there is a block of the organization of the european union and the countries are connected, well, it also affects the development of industry, economy , defense-industrial complex, that is why there is such a strong basis to prevent shaking, i am sure that in the end and in the united in the states, the situation is stabilizing, it will reach a certain absurdity, and then it will begin to unfold in reverse. but what bothers me the most are the attempts of some odious european leaders to lead the right-wing movement, that is, before that we saw such point -like, let's say, victories in certain countries, that is, in the netherlands, a certain radical party came to power, i

kosovo had been the only country in the western balkans whose citizens did not enjoy visa—free accessisas, it's one of the member states that do not recognise kosovo's independence. the united states has called for the peaceful resolution of any election disputes in the democratic republic of congo. the statement was issued after president felix tshisekedi was declared the winner of the election in december. 0pposition parties have called for a re—run, alleging alleged widespread irregularities and fraud. alleging widespread irregularities and fraud. you're live with bbc news. a host of famous films, books, music and characters including mickey and minnie mouse enter the public domain from today. this means disney will no longer enjoy an exclusive copyright over the earliest versions of the characters in the us. our culture reporter noor nanji has more. mickey whistles. it was the animation that launched the house of mouse. 1928's short film steamboat willie featured non—speaking versions of mickey and minnie. these early images are now available to the public in the us to use as they

kosovo had been the only country in the western balkans whose citizens did not enjoy visa—free accessuire visas. it is one of the member states that do not recognise kosovo's independence. the united states has called for the peaceful resolution of any election disputes in the democratic republic of congo. the statement was issued after president felix tshisekedi was declared the winner of the election in december. 0pposition parties have called for a rerun, alleging alleged widespread irregularities and fraud. the start of the new year has brought further hamas rocket attacks and a warning by israel that the war in gaza could continue throughout 2024. air raid sirens were heard in tel aviv and israeli towns close to the gaza strip. there were no reports of any casualties or damage. earlier, the israeli military has begun to withdraw some troops — especially reserve units — from the gaza strip. the israel defense forces said five brigades had been released, but emphasised that the campaign to eradicate hamas would continue throughout 2024. 0ur correspondent shaimaa khalil is injerusal

the partially recognized state was the last of the six western balkan countries to receive visa-freeess from the eu. the new visa regime is intended for tourism and personal travel and does not include a work permit. kosovo began its journey to visa-free travel back in 2012. however, the political decision was repeatedly postponed. the reason was the opposition of france and the netherlands, who feared the possibility of new migration waves, as well as the position of five other eu members. greece, spain, cyprus, romania and slovakia, which do not recognize independence kosovo and serbia. in japan, the new year began with a disaster. a powerful earthquake. dudoy 7.6 was recorded in the morning on the northwestern coast of the island of honshu. in the central prefecture of isakawa, many houses collapsed, more than 30,000 people were left without electricity. currently, six people are known to have died. local authorities announced a tsunami threat and called for evacuation. this applies, in particular, to the coastal areas of the country. according to the data of the japanese meteorol

balkans in this enlargement process.s obvious that we need to continue this, these difficult conversations, and colleagues, unfortunately, both in romania, and from romania, and with poland are talking about what is... in their opinion, well-founded, such experiences of their, their farmers, their carriers, regarding the impact of the export of ukrainian grain from ukraine, but at the same time, from and from those and those colleagues who represent precisely the factions of the coalition in their own states, and well, they received assurances that in their there is a good will to resolve these problematic issues between... ukraine, european countries, and our neighbors as soon as possible. in fact, it suggests that we need to develop a common, shared approach to how we go about addressing these issues. and in fact, today there was a lot of talk about the fact that it is fundamentally important for us not to have such a doubling of our negotiations between the european union and ukraine, and this issue is not a matter of

balkans in this process of expansion.s that we need to continue this, these difficult conversations, and... colleagues, unfortunately, both in romania, and from romania, and with poland are talking about what, in their opinion, are well-founded, well, such are the experiences of their, their farmers , their carriers, regarding the impact of exports from ukraine , ukrainian grain, but at the same time, from and from those and those colleagues who represent precisely the factions of the coalition in their own states, well , i got... confidence that they have good the will to solve these problematic issues as soon as possible, which are between ukraine and european countries, our neighbors. in fact, it says that we need to... take a general , joint approach to how we 're going to deal with these issues going forward, and actually there was a lot of discussion today that it's fundamentally important that we don't have this kind of doubling down on our negotiations. between the european union and ukraine, and this issue is not

balkans. this is especially true for serbia . the no one knows what will happen if serbia can no longer serve as it stands. good, china use this scenario to demand long term access to serbian territory. the european parliamentarians have long been warning about growing chinese influence and about potential environmental damage by chinese run industrial companies. serbia is often suspected of having low environmental standards, lacks controls and the lack of transparency. a many you parliamentarians are not convinced that serbia is clearly committed to europe. the country has been a membership candidates since 2012. the concern is that if serbia becomes an e, u member states, china could influence european policy through the back door. one demand is that it's certainly a really wants to join the e u. it must become a less dependent on china. good ones, that's what i'll give you. read off the site. if something will cut the under h dot, we cannot to postpone for much longer. the fundamental ques

balkans. this is especially true for serbia . the no one knows what will happen if serbia can no longer serve as it stands. good china use this scenario to demand long term access to serbian territory. the european parliamentarians have long been warning about growing chinese influence and about potential environmental damage by chinese run industrial companies. serbia is often suspected of having low environmental standards, lacks controls and the lack of transparency. a many you parliamentarians are not convinced that serbia is clearly committed to europe. the country has been a membership candidates since 2012. the concern is that if serbia becomes an e, u member states, china could influence european policy through the back door. one demand is that it's certainly a really wants to join the e u. it must become a less dependent on china. good ones, that's what i'll give you a steed off the site if something will cut the on the h dot. we cannot to postpone for much longer. the fundamental que

but in the western part of the empire. riots began.is brother valentinian. power passed from one usurper to another. theodosius had to use force, and he united the entire empire under his scepter, but only for a short time. a few months later he died, and rome was divided up by his sons. he entered history as a christian emperor who fought against paganism and officially approved eris as the only acceptable nicene symbol faith, which stated that god the son is consubstantial with the father, the orthodox church canonized theodosius as a pious ruler. on january 19, 1945, the red army liberated the polish cities of krakow and lodz. the germans erected a powerful fortification with reinforced concrete dugouts and barricades. and ancient krakow was prepared for explosion and flooding. this was part of the nazis' plan to destroy slavic culture. but this barbaric action was thwarted by the soviets. the scouts saved the capital of the polish kings. marshal ivan konev forbade bombing the city using artillery to do not destroy the historical mo

and then also we've got this so that we can trace out through the balkans, pushing into a hungry that eastern side of poland. western side of ukraine are thinking the cell and we're looking at about 5 centimeters of snow and still the north really wind blowing down through the box for it. so 8 degrees for a sample that curls around the gene here. so address 13 for athens and it's pushing some rain into the band. the worst of that rain will be over the root. cool weather has also infiltrated libya and egypt so 20 degrees in cairo and to the south we go there have been some pretty disruptive waves around the western cape providence. not too far away from cape town. still this slug of rain locked over northern that gas car, they could produce some flooding. okay. i think that's it. facing the, the 1st one they saw that we see in real time it's the victims themselves. there's a disconnect between what we are witnessing on social media versus what we're seeing on mainstream. it is always an attempt to frame at the 2 sides of them, but there is no 2 sides to this. the western media does hav

can coolant room, cold enough, fiber tools, west impact some really wet weather gathering across the western areas of the mediterranean over the next day or 2, and that was slide his way across easily into the balkans, significant snow on the leading edge of the lit spaces, snow just pushing across southern pulse. a problem is that quote to weather up towards the northwest crossing off into west by and a post school, over the next dials, say something like where the weather will slip its way across northern areas of morocco and push it out. the area. the unique perspective of africans are willing to change in the streets because of the sense of urgency that people don't know more and more lives of voices. you don't often hear horrible nations do stand with paula spine. it's the same struggle share of displacement. connect with our community and talking to conversations you find elsewhere, you see where the political establishment is in terms of justifying genocide, brand new episodes of the stream on which is your, of the watching out. as a reminder, if i told stories this hour as rainy aste

. ♪ john: the balkan nation of serbia is a flashpoint in the european struggle between democracy andc leaders. russia's war in ukraine heightens serbia's importance it resists western pressure to join sanctions on russia. now the nation is being torn apart by protests accusing the government of authoritarian president aleksander vucic -- who's a strong putin ally -- of widespread voter fraud in last month's elections. ali rogin has more. al in central belgrade, chants of "vucic, you are a thief!" more than two weeks after what protesters say was a stolen election. vucic declared a sweeping mandate for his serbian progressive party, following wins in parliamentary and local elections that he called ahead of schedule. but international observers say vucic's ruling party dominates serbian media coverage and intimidates independent journalists, giving him an unfair advantage. on election day, there were reports of violence, ballot stuffing, and allegations of people getting bussed into different cities to vote. since the vote, protesters have amassed in belgrade, demanding the results be

according to media reports, such events include the liberation of the balkan state from the ottoman yokethe end of the 19th century and from the nazis in 1944. the minister noted that during the great patriotic war, moscow and sofia. allegedly advocated for different sides of the conflict, that is, then bulgaria supported nazi germany. however, not everyone in the republic shared this proposal. a number of politicians accused the head of the ministry of defense of trying to rewrite history. vladimir putin congratulated the employees and veterans of the investigative committee on the day of the establishment of the department. the telegram was published on the kremlin website. the president emphasized that the investigative committee is one of. key links in the country's law enforcement system, service employees fight crime and corruption, firmly defend the interests of the state, and protect the rights and freedoms of citizens. separately, vladimir putin noted the work of investigators in new regions of russia. specialists investigate crimes of neo-nazis against civilians and ensure law

and is that snow across the balkans? pushing over to us, have them passed all but ukraine as we go on through friday and see what sat say, our wet weather stops to push its way in monterey coming from the south west then. so it was the type of just getting up to 6 celsius in london make up to 8 degrees in edinburgh, but it's going to be very windy. it's not gonna feel particularly pleasant. meanwhile, the coal southern policy, if you have a slope or something, positive bulk and say easing across to ki, i as the war with rush of wages on an internal thought is escalating clean. there will be more p t s d. there will be flashbacks, many civilians will find it's difficult to understand. and one of the biggest mental health crises and living memory mindset meets the therapist helping ukraine . soldiers, families, what is your desired outcome for the patients that come through the store to make a pass and want to live? the park of san counties out strikes inside as long as lombard says it's in retaliation to attacks by paid o

and that was slide is way across easily into the balkans, significant snow on the leading edge of that. let's be safe snow just pushing across southern paths. a problem that's not quite the weather up towards the north west quasi off, into west by, in a public school. over the next dials, say some of the west, the weather will slip its way across northern areas of morocco and push it out the area. the marion shane, and i've been making films about since 2006 when i moved there in 2005, thousands, we recovering from the 38. your occupation by israel. people were hopeful that their lives would improve their dreams have been destroyed. and all that remains on account of the last casa chester dreams. on l g 0. the the, again, you're watching, i'll just there as remind to of all told stories at this hour is where the strikes have killed thousands of palestinians in central and southern, gaza. and connie, in this, in the south, there was an attack in the vicinity of the out amount of hospital facilities repeatedly being targeted in recent weeks. funerals are being held in iran for the victim

so that cold air will start to digging across central europe in the balkans. so a big change in temperature is coming here over the next 24 to 36 hours. really went through greece and turkey, especially the western side of the turkey through the south as well. and for the other side of the mediterranean, were talking about when not too far away from barcelona, looking at the square of a 100 kilometers per hour. and it is also wendy through the mediterranean coast of africa, around elders, and to easy a for example. and in the south, there had been some flooding in johannesburg and it looks like there could be more rain here on sunday bye for now. the hard hitting into meetings as a un ambassador position given to you bible does have both. you've described that is better than that and any thoughts provided? hang on my question to you. all that good cooks, i think is the most difficult press than our part to answer facing realities. usb to in the security council. this is something they just don't think look is different on the x or to hear the story on told to

so that cold air will start to digging across central europe in the balkans. so a big change in temperature is coming here over the next 24 to 36 hours. really went through greece and turkey, especially that western side of the turkey through the south as well. and for the other side of the mediterranean, we're talking about when not too far away from barcelona. looking at gus here of a 100 kilometers per hour. and it is also windy through the mediterranean coast of africa, around elders, and to easy, for example. and in the south, there had been some flooding in johannesburg, and it looks like there could be more rain here on sunday bye for now. the examining the impact of today's headlines. this year of the destruction of your everything. international filmmakers and wealth class john, unless you're saying that these laws actually encourage more violence, 7 has to know stories for a global audience. this is my, you house. this is the way what these are for you to try to describe us from our culture. open your eyes to an alternative view of the world today on

so that cold air will start to dig in across central europe in the balkans . so a big change in temperature is coming here over the next 24 to 36 hours. really went through greece and turkey, especially that western side of the turkey through the south as well. and for the other side of the mediterranean, we're talking about when not too far away from barcelona. looking at gus here of a 100 kilometers per hour. and it is also windy through the mediterranean coast of africa, around elders, and to easy, for example. and in the south, there had been some flooding in johannesburg and it looks like there could be more rain here on sunday bye for now. on the, if we cannot agree on how to coordinate space traffic management, we risk those to safety and the sustainability of space and worryingly, the breach of peace and security. in outer space, people empowered investigates the proliferation of commercial satellites. and the far reaching influence of those who funded it's at a tipping point. and we have a small window of opportunity to curtail catastrophic event figh

and is that snow across the balkans? pushing gave it to us. have them passed all but you crate as we go on through friday and see what sat say. our wet weather starts to push this way in monterey coming from the south west then. so it was the type of just getting up to 6 celsius in london. make up to 8 degrees in edinburgh, but it's going to be very windy. it's going to feel particularly pleasant. meanwhile, the close of the policy, if you have a slope or something positive, all can say easing across it, it took a of what's out of their existence, its lordship as a principle present as a correspondence with any breaking the story we want to hear from those people who was normally not get that voices heard on the international news channels. one moment i'll be very proud all was when we covered the fullness quake of 2015 at the terrible match, all the facts. and the story that needed to be told from the hall of the affected area to be then to tell the people story was very important at the time. the latest news as it breaks the word one over a

so in the balkans we've got whether rolling through here. so putting a bit of a damper on the 1st day of 2024 by pay at least we've got the warrant. western side of the circuit continues to be sucked into cloud cover. here a few showers around is sample that are bit the will be for southern searcy around until we have for example, on monday other side of the mediterranean, fairly quiet across siberia. so let's go to africa where it has been hot across the gulf of guinea. temperature is coming down somewhat weather for the atlas mountains . and then we've got this tropical system in the moves and beat channel that's feeding a lot of rain into western madagascar on monday. bye for now. the, the latest news as it breaks, time movies has been under the rubber for more than 10 hours. this is not the only area targeted by the is there enforcement with detailed coverage the wolf is keeping source away palestinian business owners here say they have seen nothing like this ever before. exclusive reports many here say they refuse to give up on hope. in