witness on al-jazeera. hello again everyone from the get here in doha the top stories on al-jazeera iraq has placed its security forces on high alert after anti-government protests spread to the capital baghdad the order was issued by prime minister. who also serves as commander in chief of the armed forces protests began in the southern city of basra of a high unemployment and a lack of basic services mohamad about to see reports. it's nearly fifty degrees celsius in iraq's southern city of basra and people have been feeling the heat. the city's unstable electricity grid and dwindling infrastructure fueled angry protests over the past week. they know more than a german general here a bustling muslim but geez protests of the oppressed people of we are asking for

what is rightfully ours the government should provide clean water. electricity and basic infrastructure these basic needs are the responsibility of the prime minister and the company. demonstrated you burning tires blocking roads as they marched on government installations even attempting to storm a bus or oil facility to protest escalated after thirty year old sajad government was killed when security forces opened fire on crowds. prime minister hyderabadi flew to buster and met with the city's governor as well as security officials to try and ease tensions. bus was iraq's richest oil province but despite the city's wealth and natural resources unemployment rates have skyrocketed and that's mainly due to most of the jobs in the oil industry being filled by foreign workers rising living costs contaminated water supplies and lack of basic services in the city aggravated frustrations with the government. there are presented of grand ayatollah

ali al sistani expressed his support for the demands of the shah majority city. all we can do is show our solidarity with these people in their righteous cause we feel their suffering we are concerned about their difficult living conditions and it's all due to the incompetence of former and current officials the prime minister has vowed to revive the economy which has been ravaged by years of conflict abed is keen to calm frustrations as iraq struggles to build a new government two months after parliamentary elections have been marred by controversy amid the al-jazeera israel is continuing its air campaign in gaza and a further escalation of tension with hamas israeli jet spin same targeting several neighborhoods in the gaza strip it follows dozens of rockets being fired into southern israel by hamas israel's ministry says most of those rockets were intercepted by its system. eritrea's president assayas of work he says that history

is being made during his first visit so they bring ethiopia in more than two decades it's the latest step towards reconciliation and peace between the longtime rivals last weekend the leaders signed a pact to restore diplomatic and trade ties ending a twenty year military standoff. attackers in somalia have detonated two car bombs near the presidential palace in the capital mogadishu witnesses say they heard gunfire blasts and saw a large plume of smoke rising in the area police say the devices were detonated after a gunfight between police and armed men it comes just after a week just over a week rather after an attack on the interior ministry compound in the city killed at least nine people. u.s. president donald trump expected to face more protests in scotland this time where he's on the final leg of his u.k. visit tens of thousands of people turned out in cities across the country on friday to voice their disapproval of him. several students remain trapped at the

university in nicaragua as capital managua with pro-government forces surrounding the area they've been protests calling for president daniel ortega to resign more than two hundred fifty people have been killed in the armrest. at least one hundred twenty people have been killed in southwestern pakistan at a campaign rally just weeks ahead of the country's general election the attacks happened on the same day that former prime minister nawaz sharif was arrested upon his arrival back in the country this is the moment the serif and his daughter maryam were schools it off the runway by the country's military. knows the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after romania people power next. in

a. minute you're. going to let me know. once the most corrupt country in the european union romanian society is engaged in an unprecedented fight against corruption. on the thirty first of january twenty seventh in the biggest protests since the fall of romania's communist dictatorship broke out in the streets of cook arrest. the newly sworn in government had secretly passed of the creek that would grant its members immunity from prosecution on some corruption charges. hundreds of officials including businessmen mayors government ministers and members of parliament have been charged and convicted at the center of it all is an independent judicial body the national anti-corruption directorate for d.n.a. in early twenty sixteen the d.n.a. steve prosecutor announced the sharp spike in corruption charges was the mission as well that got them based on me i thought that using but the court of law knew

berlin not she made. oh. they changed my mind parliament thought they could. be nice to. me mishti sites but. not all. independent collectives like the funky citizens have also joined the fight against corruption they are adopting the quirky beat approach. to. the.

thirty years of dictatorship have given rise to a healthy sense of humor in romania. in this spirit the two are focused on high level corruption has been created in bucharest. this. to. me turned director. back eric a much shorter but so. far just cause of course. a lot of. my

former self was. a young minister of agriculture in two thousand and seven sentenced to three years in prison for accepting bribes in cash and sausages bin laden and jelly beans but. the same time something he fell back. on. no. one. really forced but in. the cash. flow of. who. was the. mayor of poorest from two thousand and eight to twenty fifteen charged with taking bribes . but in general than. any mother.

might be able to do since her first college. but he. has been thought out a little bit to make the mayor of new crist sector three those fifty one million euros in back taxes. it's amazing to me. mayor of the cruelest. sector five from two thousand to twenty sixteen charged with taking ninety million euro bright. meat but. all describe the same pervasive reality in romania gripes. the times are changing local governments schools police stations and hospitals have a long history of taking bribes in exchange for service.

i i i. wasn't there. i know of course what you aspire to push i try to go somewhere what do you look at my list of what are. in romania corruption extends well beyond the envelopes that civil servants receive to supplement their incomes at the highest levels bribes are replaced by briefcases and the misuse of taxpayers' money becomes more creative and the labyrinth of a demo many artists then. she can what does that. sound got us thinking because each year kurdish follow says.

they example. when i got a. list of about this book on. but seen a bunch. of the parliament in my age despair contacted me to ask what about their preference now i'll. just and. then they are forced quite. to. you know with. that part of. him or what i said. in two thousand and two the national anti-corruption directorate or d n a was created as an independent judicial body to enact reforms required for romanians entry into the european union in a few short years the growing number of corruption revelations in romania have

implicated politicians from every party. thousands of scandals and shameless dealings have been brought to light. the d.n.a.'s chief prosecutor is low with. her unrelenting determination has made her the central figure in the fight to eradicate corruption. mr porter's own premier. and. also investing is. only here for a year she got a credit for the morton church of. not just her fourth almost. daughter shall call all exist with

a lot of. change doctors in the. shop . a few floors up but the d.n.a. a special investigations team is helping to solve some of the d.n.a.'s biggest cases. and that's to me is almost. here. it was a few more this feeling lucky you might feel lucky or not that i actually have but that. prosecutor. and police investigator nicole asia earned their stripes in the fight against organized crime both highly skilled investigators they've unearthed evidence leading to the prosecution of romanian political elites

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ship by me so full sits the c.l.r. said listen but that's gotta be let you know that it's the call it show of it looked at it that you know all my thoughts. couldn't buy you it down the side was lost but the good old war party leadership is the salt of scots if you vomit all put that's it will test you stuck in the apple tree like the doctor just lost a lot bundy a. deputy. was plucked use of that show it have already delayed because of the other stuff about their corrupt eligible monk at the progress open to a person. without that divide the money. or their corvette or their. something. we can measure the scheme of the post on how the bottoms of our samina coin jane just inches from our own will be. done across and under some of us i must move in mysterious beaks help it get going

it's new to different yeah. and you're multi-boot. you're going. right to remove the. united opposition noise in the poor nor in the fuck to. be in the party doing so with the party that had the poor woods yet. also on the wall as. my muse thought your. year she also flog. as an independent journalist autobytel has investigated corrupt officials and closely followed some of romania's most notorious corruption cases. but you would believe that. if you pleaded with them you don't look at. anybody she thought was part of the control room but you were paid and. who are going to beat you to because you know but if you want to see you simply got.

up at the start. of the month you. might get they said to. me. i was on a lot of. for a check of the old guard and president of the now defunct conservative party was convicted in twenty fourteen for buying property at sixty times less than its actual value. but. in monaco meant to. me and i. think. you know money. at a nice. enough stops. that it was.

off course. but. then. the model. shifts. as with other eastern bloc regimes the fall of the dictatorship provided an opportunity for party stalwarts to prosper. government funds where miss approach. they did and many from the old guard to fill their pockets the dictatorship had given way to new levels of corruption. but of all nazi or model that you had extended would probably get up only class taught level science that on line. she. done for the other new normals it up watch it at that out test out only got a society and there's a that are partially at our class he makes you stand for them spawn other fuckin way to start the winter politico dela when i type this exist acquired of what i

thought was the simple technique i also stated that i said here couple of the lesser turns what is that look at us all scheme up the momentum carried out on one yard to put. on your noddle bana then tried it out a shot on film you know what a banner pinkel me so openoffice the muscular supporter could have i did see it on my knee my lesson totally versed as an additional satish. when you come up of a was appointed to minister of justice from two thousand and four to two thousand and seven with the support of the european commission she prepared the way for romania's anti-corruption prosecutors many portland calendar that have to do it in a short time i mean haven't they got a closing and got two thousand four. so you have very few times. and you have and that was important for me it was a support to me for me to change. into short years minister michael this

doggedness in the face of intense opposition allowed her to launch a process of judicial reform. then a relatively unknown entity that d.n.a. came to prominence as michael vick pushed for its right to prosecute white collar crime. but d.n.a. is first cases went relatively unnoticed by the press. but i think if we had our way for your daughter i have. on one other woman. she yes the cop and told him about a new study out on when you get those in parliament that governmental pre-modern he stood out on when he. formed here at this question is that was he should the senate . or even a prime minister indicted in two thousand and five i began as a descendant from the communist dictatorship have become one of the most powerful

men in romania just because you did it is. charged with embezzling one and a half million euros for his electoral campaign and taking a six hundred thirty thousand year old right wing company to look at us about a woman who does that analysis and all of outside analysis. but she seemed almost her step. dad. i think all normal. so to my one hour less i recall norm. so explain the chair a focal point when. it. just before i begin to. get it. i just talked this over to

you with. what is a few years after these comments in twenty twelve the prime minister was sentenced to four years in prison for passive corruption and blackmail again the stuff his conviction that was a lightning bolt for society since then the corruption investigations have accelerated and the d.n.a. has achieved celebrity status in romania. it didn't take long for the media to catch on and to begin reporting on an unrelenting stream of revelations each day this is the scene outside the offices of the d.n.a. certain not to leave empty handed the media gathered to catch the drama in real time it's the most closely watched media event in the country. russia. program for now is creating the unique series of documentary portraits that capture the expressions of in battle delete what about. piece of footage that i. look like.

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she transgress. decision before my. son. my. view. is about that actually extend a moment then into many more into. was more mental got it but i think i've improved would go up just because someone said when i shop their progeny the way over the limit on the prison doesn't mean. you wanted one of the richest men in romania sentenced to two and a half years in prison for being a one million year old right released halfway through his sentence they acted with no system or without the. they could with or without and if the fourteenth lavender

right she was my my. school my image she. with him would be about me doubt that the women all know who are just there in the me that this is their. stuff a little bit more guns other shit on them at the moment they killed as well for. on july fourteenth. two thousand and sixteen. an attack on christianity in nice would change people's lives that. has killed at least sixty people. two years on al-jazeera world meets the french muslim families who lost their loved ones. truck attack a nice an al-jazeera. in a very short time to be

a trusted news source wherever you are in the world he really want to know what's going on there and find out very quickly when i look at the news some nations prison. we are probably international everybody will learn something watching our coverage. we share in that we can be the best international news and most trusted source of stories that people actually can't find elsewhere and that's going to continue. i had a briefing today from a man named steele who has been out there working with the security forces a veteran of al salvatore's dati board sent to iraq you seem to be without portfolio doing whatever it is that he wanted to take interest and it's about him counterinsurgency while this interview was going on with jim steele there were these terrible screams about pain and terror but what was his mission and what legacy did he leave. on mount is iraq.

hello again everyone forget here in doha the top stories on al-jazeera israel's military says that it's conducting its largest attack against hamas since the twenty fourteen gaza war is ready jets were seen targeting several neighborhoods it follows dozens of rockets being fired into southern israel by hamas israel's military says that some of the rockets were intercepted. iraq has placed its security forces on high alert after anti-government protests spread to the capital baghdad the order was issued by prime minister. who's also who also serves as the commander in chief of the armed forces protests began in the southern city of basra a high unemployment and a lack of basic services eritrea's president signs of quirky says that history is being made during his first visit to neighboring ethiopia in more than two decades

it's the latest step towards reconciliation and peace between longtime rivals last weekend the leaders signed a pact to restore diplomatic and trade ties ending a twenty year military standoff. attackers in somalia detonated two car bombs near the presidential palace in the capital mogadishu witnesses say they heard gunfire blasts and saw a large plume of smoke rising in the area police said the devices were detonated after a gunfight between police and armed men it comes a week after an attack on the interior ministry compound in the city killed at least nine people u.s. president total trump is expected to face more protests in scotland where he's on the final leg of his u.k. visit tens of thousands of people turned out in cities across the country on friday to voice their disapproval of him. several students remain trapped at the university in nicaragua's capital managua with pro-government forces surrounding the area they've been part of protests calling for president daniel ortega to

resign more than two hundred fifty people at been killed in the unrest and at least one hundred twenty people have been killed in southwestern pakistan as a campaign rally just weeks before the country's general election the attack happened on the same day that former private as the number sharif was arrested upon his arrival back in the country this is the moment that sharif and his daughter malia were discourses off the runway by the country's military sharif is facing a ten year prison sentence which he says is part of a conspiracy to deny his party a second. i'll be back with you here on al-jazeera in a little over twenty five but it's but the let's get you back to what romania people power. jeannette morales was just ten years old when a devastating earthquake struck mexico city in one thousand nine hundred five the quake damaged her family's apartment and the government moved them to distant shack around seventy families who lost their homes in that earthquake still live in this

camp say i'm going to be up at a gallop the government raised our hopes and then abandon us politicians have promised that they won't allow a repeat of what happened after the earthquake in one thousand and five but the cost and complexity of housing hundreds of people living in camps is a major task and one that many people here think the government will fail. with. since joining the european union in romania has been engaged in an unprecedented judicial overhaul special prosecutors have joined with journalists activists and romanians growing civil society to uncover and prosecute corruption at the highest levels. independent media groups like the rise project are playing an important role in exposing corrupt practices. rise is an information site that provides a platform for journalists activists and investigative hackers. here

activists journalists can sometimes uncover in a day what prosecutors would require years to obtain. is co-founder of the rise project. he's taken part in many international investigations and was a key player in helping analyze the panama papers leak. or to keep things to got successful actually investing got to go she must needs to look i know where to go to support this voice and go. with them. chips or something and then paint them all for me when i was. going to let said. you know what i have or honestly think i did ask them to look at me. for months. so it. has been a city

a little budget. but isn't that a doctor likely to put up a large loop in the lives of those men with this broken by nearly start than i was alluding to that they will need that watch for this was a day for monday night with dangerous are i don't go down that that is because bonnie could if i can watch a little money for that english exam. next become force of. the fall of the michael jeffery that technology policy like us are investing on. commodities at the. last. in recent years romanian society has begun to feel the impact of a growing wave of corruption convictions. emboldened by judicial reform people are increasingly demanding that the law apply equally to all i am the thing i i the ongoing judicial battle has energized protesters in nov twenty fifteen tens

of thousands flooded the streets of bucharest to protest the deadly fire at the collective nightclub despite unsafe conditions the club of tainted operating license in exchange for a bright. guy. i. sixty four people mostly teenagers died in the blaze i just persis prime minister viktor was forced to resign. mass protests are a growing trend in romania where forty years of state rule all but destroyed a citizen action thirty years earlier and big gatherings in romania looked like this. shows of mass solidarity orchestrated by the state hope for justice gave way to resignation poverty and despair in recent years the pioneers of progressive change have claimed their place in society. is a historian and specialist in communist crimes he's also

a famous activist in bucharest i know you're going to say i. don't think either one of you not one million but yet. we should just give up we got to work because we will see more of our people to shop to go no more as you but that's just what they do there are movies affordable to all the world all momentum will turn out just like that so yeah it was one called comic offical fishes for sure. no matter what joke i'm sure for the it's a simple thing that it's going to say you can watch them and you want to look at. what it's going to look at mustn't take one thing i say one hundred you'll say ok what is it you speak to defeat that i'm going to talk about what you look at it but i mean it just almost like a soft job. as with spain's in the us or the occupy wall street movement in the u.s. romania's protest movement is led by activists like me hate. all it takes is

a few activists like him to ignite social action for one day but this day. will kind of get a more gentle darker black on more of my problem i want to get out of her she was just in prison such as mine is go for the. extra muscle it's your nose down dizziness the condition of resources. so this is. you know you're not really that you want to go i want to get me in and i was ok. social activism on this level would have been unimaginable a few years ago. today targeted actions can take only

a few hours to germinate and spread. across our choices of a whole three percent of. our more money back into the earth year but what we did there was a daughter to pull me out of the show on to the set of most of our school uniforms truth which i said of our part it was meant to just hold the cards which is sure to show that you committed to. building the activist capacity of an entire generation is a bold project. the funky citizens aim to defy boundaries and to forge a path for civil society in romania. give this to the girls it's not meant to complete the cubs in this quarter it is for the jon benet and she hosted should benefit cheat and the thing to watch just get the most. part. in twenty twelve created the funky citizens to confront government corruption she

hired a hyperactive young graduates out of law political science and communications courses . a coalition of creative activists the funky citizens are advocating for the growth of civil society in romania we want to visit with that that you know he's not come up with also to that that you're going to want to me was a part of the indoor me days to draw from all of. the food to push off that focus on some more of the day i wasn't cool or you know to some block to ok i think i did you know this was a lot of rage as you know in the simplest legal that but this sounds an awful lot and warm and cold we exist a lot when he talks about the. ngos and civil society activists have steadily been gaining momentum the funky citizens have been working in a vibrant off beat style one of the of their name. on the citizens. and

i'm sure that they're going to important that up to the issue but i'm certain they become something that's all stop will be gone she funkier for last month at a fortune my surely my old film because. that is to awaken citizen awareness the funky citizens are addressing corruption with a sense of irony. is the creator of an unusual sight the bribe market which allows users to know the average bribe in a specific hospital town hall or police station exist. she chip this site yes to. start the course the chines age because someone because. their. perspective of. what they got she.

meant they. in many future the town lean. to vici a lot of. the. many young graduates with specialized skills have chosen to work in these novel structures. here they can discuss the performance of the courts fact check political statements or analyze the latest reforms. at the time for the surfing part. of the example. for us a few thought they were. solid day or yet are here. i

but corruption lives on even when high and mid-level officials are jailed public service budgets are also first though for corruption to address this elenor also has a countrywide program to train advocates how to decipher public financing. i thought that was what it was. a. job and they feared that if it was just a few for one that. was ok so that's just as cool but a part of the just getting the support get a count second to spot one digit that's in the call to forty hour is the fucking force. at this cell so this is one of the most aquatic at the time and most cats of them in this past half hour and my age you mean from watching since you have to be done shooting the chief or members coming

up to be so i called my chair and i pointed out for trash i was going to move to. despite this flurry of activism the fight against corruption is far from won. the government visits pains to recover stolen funds. the accused to decry stalinist trials and anger against the judicial system has reached a boiling point. the political climate has become so tense that's the chief prosecutor broached the issue on primetime radio. of volatility known throughout the team to not included the last of the now there's one of the got a knowledge of to this but arctic fox dark wood in fear god is the. ofi a cow disease the best one of the garden i legit at the dog to see if you thought the engine. upset of all mine also feed him a shot and then to go to cedar entering to need another ma activity denies that

indoor meat raised british of it it's you know it's you know you're going to need one moment law possibility that they're pretty muddy don't i was the easy chair long and. yoda. but what are the limits of the rich and powerful when cornered by justice. politicians have been looking to pass laws that would diminish the d.n.a.'s powers . or we don't anybody did it but did. you read into this they might be. just a really good sort it was has been very big. problem and it's funny that you all got it sussed came the little dog on his auto someone if you took all that and celebrated so not so long and i mean there's a couple of thoughts and i think this thing got

a subtle such i thought that you feel that saying your doubts are eligible for the first vision next on the important chick or the bill are just things to forty but of those are better than if they're cool don't seem to question your thoughts any part of the. law just the thought of the court of fortune. on the thirty first of january twenty seventh teen romania's newly sworn in government issued a late night executive order that would pardon politicians of some corruption offenses. the media quickly informed to the public by midnight twenty five thousand protesters flooded the streets of the capital that number swelled to three hundred thousand in the next days with hundreds of thousands more gathered in cities across romania. the government was forced to rescind its decree a few days later. as a check to the powers of governance the funky citizens count on an important ally the european commission. on your offer to meet them on the budget for the use

of ground. zero for all your case. since joining the e.u. romania has been closely monitored by the european commission twice a year the commission issues reports that. measure its progress in the fight against corruption. no one no ordinary supply dick cheney looked a lot. called on me because if you didn't get one emmy keeping them on it or use out of the law books that. we are smith and all our lawnmower not what you could google for more than what a poke at the parliament shot the new out they could just send. me she was broken free and guarded but. she. will not call the knowledge. a government trying to push the limits

n.g.o.s and citizens mobilizing in the vigilant european commission this framework stands as the most efficient safeguard in attempts to weaken the fight against corruption. monitoring by the commission should end by twenty twenty but that's romania have been institutionalized and political maturity to progress on its own ninety days such utter t.v. so seen i'm quoting here a foot artist mckinney's ago but other issue that he thought it would. have been if you chaired the scene that i need to solder but twelve just a shrug to be that she could read them and karmic on his. butt out of park their car at goshen i took that same haven't are difficult she cried going at us not to send them an artist on quality let you know. it's early summer twenty sixteen and romania is about to elect new mayors. romanian seem happy about the push for transparency but will they vote for change. many hope the election will reveal the

impact that prosecutors and civil society groups are having on the romanian public . is that the way you. should have done has created the save book arrest union or the u s b. it's a campaign born of civil society founded on hope in the democratic rejuvenation of romania. for this former mathematician the fight against corruption is a clear path towards the renewal of romania's political class. you almost. thought that quite law. where the. few. when. there were.

enough to open up. the years that. should have done to present his party as the only recourse to a decadent political class a class that continues running candidates embattled by corruption scandals. on election day locked up has decided to follow a candidate he knows well one of the headliners of book arrests corruption to work . the mayor of bucharest sector five charged with taking a bribe of ninety million euros. apart and some with a little bit isn't good to put you know me so that if you don't shut up when you put out this month they go yes yes i mean it's god's going to get his cup of coffee shop across. the table but he made what he could have been yes i'll probably make that. but i'm going with the voting to go against you know that i've been out with an awful cynical putting could see. that the for the model that.

i think. of the five of us are going to begin to. look look look look look look look. for them a little more. visible the steps that you wish but. what do you. think you know. that really kind of. if you're going to be taken this is not a test of. time and i. think.

people. don't want you to do that for too much of. what you. could. do with was pretty good. because you don't think. that this new. things i think might. really push the funky citizens have banded with other n.g.o.s to spots plus . bulstrode they've set up a call center and sent observers to polling stations i don't see how much. the must have thought of something like this or so so i thought. of him but what i think of it the less frequently than before electoral fraud can be just as flagrant i think that's what. it. was the first floor being able. to look. through

play over the hotel just to know rest of it should i be as much of the she did the six yet she wanted me out of the way our friends that say you take one copy didn't get what the one you got what that little nasties discarded like whizzing down the bottom number last. night you. come off fast and that's a feeling that i thought it was fun to be not going to give it to someone here to talk over one hundred of the six years i've been a man who fucked up in just a moment or two much of what i wanted out of it i think. the day is coming to an end and me push out of dunns us meeting mates are awaiting the results. in a surprise done cus the party has won thirty percent of the vote. it is the first time that the new political party has done so well in local elections. take the fight to profit. off. but if you.

do i think you know i. think that it was. the funky citizens are taking stock of a day of mixed results even if mayor mike young van gurley whom photographed hasn't been reelected candidates with corruption cases have done well. i was going to learn all that was even. thought about it over the phone thing did you figure. it. out or not was it. yes. yes.

some ellis' fair the candidates judicial troubles haven't stopped many from voting for them the romanians have real acted nearly fifty mayors convicted of or charged with corruption in. wasilla mayor of cry over charged with taking a bribe and money laundering reelected with fifty eight percent of the votes. the court rejected the d.n.a. charges and then generally twenty seventeen. became minister of labor and social justice. judges get. charged with taking a bribe reelected with fifty two percent of the vote. but the link mayor of miami charged with taking a bribe reelected with seventy percent of the vote while behind bars.

as romania confronts the ghosts of its past but the sentence of a bygone era for clinging to money and power. in the legislative elections of late twenty sixteen the majority of seats went to the social democratic party who are fiercely despite them earlier conviction of its president for electoral fraud. but people are beginning to support the new parties on the promise of change. following electoral success a few my. earlier than see us changed its name to a new union for us winning nine percent of seats in parliament. romania continues its push to become an example amongst its eastern european neighbors at least for now. is the country's transformation to democracy a revolution a long distance race a real age in which the baton is handed over to the next generation teenagers after the fall of communism. the citizens are supporting the civic education of this

youth. in romania today civil society engages age groups but in a culture of corruption the country's greatest hope may well lie with. me. but influence. thanks. and it's. in. the weather sponsored.

hello and welcome back time to take a look at weather conditions across the americas northern parts of south america are looking too bad in terms of share right to vittie looking fairly quiet at the moment further towards the south this is a little area of rain across southern parts of prune although in parts of bolivia now there was fine conditions certainly for buenos aires it's warmed up gradually over the last few days as the wind switched directions to the north but a change to the foot once again because as you head on through into sunday over suddenly coming so temperatures begin to fall back and it even got a frontal system developing give you some heavy rain across parts of europe meanwhile across from rio de janeiro should be fine highs of twenty eight degrees let's head up into the caribbean things here looking grocery quiet at the moment some heavy showers for the bahamas but otherwise mostly on into jerry not fairing too badly and then moving up through the isthmus we have some heavy showers upon of course reconnects ryker but further north korea's not looking too bad at the moment or we will see some rain pushing further north towards guatemala during the course

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