indian players have also been banned from international matches when go clim, carola arrived in his biggest on for the ation women's club championship. they were told they couldn't play. it is very humiliating for the in data for falling for need of india. and this is not the way we should go ahead. the band has prompted concerns about the future of the game in india. obviously, if you're not recognizing the, why would you, would you want to pay this for that phone sense, right? so that is a huge get to, well, we have to north of accidents giving up sports, not picking up sports because they're all this tell you can write and others tell and even india to. so it is meant that for the past 3 years, the mean it's been a problem. your competence will not be here because the vaccine issues, et cetera. so anyway, the sport was needing, the government says it's talking to sci fi to find a solution. players in france a watching closely hoping india will be back in action soon. pardon him at the i'll

just the new daddy. ah, let's take you through some of the headlines here now. 0 now un secretary general. tony could tell she's in ukraine. southern port, city of a desert to review the shipments of grey and abroad. it's part of a turkey and un broken deal. last month between moscow in kiev, it allowed the resumption of ukraine's gray next falls from its 3 port. there are reports of explosions near a russian air base north of sir, vast appalling crimea, that the latest in a series of blasts and fires at military facilities in the russian annexed region. in recent weeks, high temperatures and minimal rainfall are causing transportation problems along one of europe's most important rivers. low water levels and the river ryan are making it difficult to navigate and more costly to move cargo. dominic cane has

more from cologne. the ryan is really much dryer. it has really receded away from the banks, the side of the river that i'm on right now. and there's no question that the ships that are trying to pass along the length of the river really have difficulty. we know that they're having to transport far fewer tonnage than they would want to. we know that that is impacting upon the suppliers of coal, steel, iron, those sorts of things. and we know that there have been problems of other kinds. so some ships have developed, developed mechanical faults causing traffic jams as it were, to build up on the rhine, and as yet still no really appreciable levels of rainfall. to replenish the run. asia as longest river is also shrinking in the face of record breaking heat waves. that have lasted more than 2 months. searing temperatures and very little rainfall around the yangtze river basin,

a withering crops in fields. supporters of iraqi shiite leader, mac the other southern staging. a city in following friday prayers in bagdad green zone. the calling for parliament to be dissolved so trigger fresh elections. hosea headlines. the news continues here and al jazeera after inside story. ah, what's behind the recent tension between serbia and kosovo? the 2 sides have met in brussels to resolve a dispute, sparked by vehicle license plates. but are they likely to find an agreement and can conflict fee avoid it? this is inside sort. ah

hello and welcome to the program i manage a job. the leaders of serbia and kosovo have held rare talks in brussels, that european union mediators hope will de escalate growing tensions. the 2 sides have been at odds ever since kosovo declared independence from serbia in 2008. nato says it's increasing its true numbers along the border with renewed fears of a possible conflict in the region. the alliance is chief, yet sultan bird has met separately with both leaders and called for com. all saying nato troops were ready to intervene if necessary. the latest dispute was sparked last month when kosovo said serbian identity documents and car plate numbers would no longer be valid in its territory. the serve minority in kosovo, reacted angrily to the restrictions on movement prompting ca, civil,

his government to delay the measures until next month. we'll bring in our guests in a moment. first i'll do here. as augment storage has more from brussels, the 1st meeting of the highest officials of serbia and gustavo, after more than a year, is taking place at the time of high and extensions. and the tories that is so strange that the european commission describes it as in the flame about european diplomats emphasize that they are determined that the meeting will continue until a solution to the current crisis is found. latest changes are triggered late in july. i had of course of intention to implement a law making all citizens including serves to use cost of our car plates. also people from selby entering possible will you have to reach tina. you should exit entry documents, which will be used as an id during the day stay. the small triggered local serbs will put up roadblocks and sounded air. raid sirens fully stated that even several

gunshots have been reported. because of all postponed the implementation of the law for one month and serves every move day road blocks. but engines have stayed ahead of september 1st, which is a new date of planned implementation. nato secretary general, yan salter health meetings with vote, president of serbia and cosmo prime minister, which was not unusual practice ahead of your facility dialogue. his message was a loud and clear natal peacekeeping mission, kosovo. k for his 4000 troops and it's ready to intervene if stability between serbia and costa mesa trees, i call on all sides. so to show restraint and to avoid that violence. nato continues to monitor close to the situation on the ground. our cave for peacekeeping mission remains focused on it's you and mandate should stability be jeopardized k for stance, ready to intervene, botello neutral on a small saga. now we do not agree on almost anything,

but what's important is that sort of, you'll stick to international law and agreements and everything that was signed, crossovers, institutions, and citizens. the current situation have reason to be vigilant, about destructive approach of our northern neighbor dollars crossover. and the region in general, under russia's detrimental agenda for europe and the balkans, both teach and quality said that they are willing to work on these collation in order to find a mutually agreeable solution for the normalization of relations of serbia. and its former problems that declared its independence in 2008 in brussels. we're inside story news outage. all right, let's get a closer look at this story. cause of declared its independence from serbia in 2008 after years of strained relations between the majority ethnic albanian population and minority serbs. but it has not been recognized by the us or serbia. while the

us in some you countries have welcome to move and serbia has blocked causal from joining various international institutions. but both are now seeking to join the european union. so normalizing relations as seen as crucial for their bids. ah, all right, let's bring our guests in pristina. when a high diary, a reporter for political europe in sarajevo, alexander brands are a western balcony analyst host and producer of the podcast. calling and in belgrade, human rights lawyer, milan on 20th, which a warm welcome to you all. and thanks so much for joining us today on inside story . well, let me start with you today from your perspective, can this meeting yield any concrete results? what we've seen so far is that coastal prime minister i've been, courtney has said that he does not. he's not withdrawing his pledge to apply it. reciprocity measure measures starting on september 1st,

which means that kosovo because of our side isn't going to back down from insisting that serbian citizens who enter kosovo not be able to travel with license plates that are issued in serbia. and the, the need a special entry documents i'm, we're at this moment waiting like precisely this moment waiting for the you to hold a conference that had a foreign policy for the european union to hold a press conference and give some indication of what the agreement is in brussels, but what i am predicting in this point is that they're going to try to find an intermediate solution that i'll try to come over some of the differences that exist between the 2 sides. and in order to like delay the, the intensity or the tensions that we're seeing right now, milan, serbian president alexander, which said that he expected difficult talks with casa, was prime minister. he said, we do not agree, almost on anything. so from your vantage point, how difficult do you think these talks are going to be?

well, i believe that there is an urgent to come to agreement, especially on a free moment. we saw the measures introduced by the end of july. i mean on the august the 1st the produce and they produce insecurity on the north of cost of all knowing that and knowing all the fact related to security. i believe that serbia is ready and willing to negotiate. they showed it also in the us, there was some agreement, not on the highest level, reach the touch of the agreement on edge effect or recently. so i believe that there is potential to be a student on the already signed agreement that service you'd also insist on the, on the future of the dialogue as, as gotcha. and to see how to overcome the difficulty that exist at the moment. so we still are being the, i think, a few months ago we have the very top discussion as society and parts of the society dealing with getting costs or are relations. but i expect that in the,

in the name of security of the population on the whole. busy the agreement, especially on the movement must be on the horizon and that this is a good start. no matter how the the positions are far from each other. alexander, from your perspective, what does brussels hope to achieve both the in the short term and in the, in the long term? yeah, i think this is a really important key question today, especially yeah, the both sides of the conversation or the dialogue installed over the past year or so. now if not longer, we've seen several clara in the meantime. brussels is always attempted for, rather brussels has attempted as always, to be the sort of mediating pacifying 5 to this i

on it. if we're going to be perfectly honest about those, i don't expect much more than just the usual kicking the can down the road. brussel does not necessarily, and the officials in brussels don't, not necessarily have you know, much of a carrots or much of a stick to the care that they have offered to both times. and i do not expect some sort of grand solution to do to the outstanding problems when it comes to this issue or, you know, any, any thing that's going to go beyond what we've usually heard, which is that both sides have a very rigid on, on the problem with the owner. of course there are many who are worried right now that costco and serbia might be headed toward another war. you wrote a piece for political earlier this month where you said that on the ground in cost of people have been downplaying. that possibility and that panic had subsided, at least for now. so what is the mood at the moment?

will people in pristine, are actually as a said in that article in many others have echoed people overseen, are surprised that there's suddenly such a big global interest in the conflict between coast when serbia or the what where we but i guess we should care. be careful with the terms of use and i see conflict, i mean the intractable tensions that exist between the 2 countries. but that are not armed by any means at this point because they're surprised. they're such an interest in what's happening because the various forms of or similar forms of violence intentions have existed and been rec, recurring over the past couple of years. i think everyone understands that everyone in europe isn't much higher and a much higher level of alert alertness and, and, and sort of anxiety over this because of the ongoing invasion of ukraine. but people don't understand why he bars that interested. on the other hand,

i feel like the tent, the stakes are very high right now because um, primarily serbia is the country that's been pushed in a corner. it's being expected to make a final sort of move with regard to sanctions towards russia. one of the few countries in europe that is not participating in the sanctions packages against other su federation. and everyone in kosovo believes that because serbia is being pressured by brussels to participate in the sanctions that could be more prone to radical moves, especially when it comes to kosovo. milan, i know you touched on this a bit in your previous answer, but you know where to things go from here. what happens next? what are the next steps? well, i fully disagree with the state and there is a can and, and the sweep i created before also during the day during the negotiation. so i wouldn't simplify it as, as, as there are. there is the last question is security especially on the nord that

people feel and these, this agenda and ceiling from, from mr. ben community on the north. there is also the announcement, the president which is really open to serbia community today, coming it down and as you did at the beginning of august when it had the 1st crisis, you may call it like that the so i wouldn't make any bigger parallel with the russian aggression to ukraine. there is no possibility that anything like it happened in our region. as long as the both parties are dedicated to the dialogue, alexander nato secretary general insulted berg, has said that the situation on the ground has improved. where do things stand right now? look that there's something that has to be said about this and it's related to what it's jumped on. the incentive for me when it comes to kicking the can down drought

and baffled. it is important to note that these meetings have recently been all about down the road because gospel does not offer anything to any of the sites. and i'm not just talking about serbia, i'm talking about all of the what to balkan 6 who are attempting trying to be you know, you members at some point down the road. so you know, in terms of serbia that's, that's, that's for further formulas and accessories are moving along for, for cost of what is just getting the, the liberalization, which is in stock per year. so these me in between, between priest and bell grid are convenient way for both sides and on both ends. now you have, you have strong men, especially especially which it's present service. but also mr. court the at the same time, cost side where both sides are flexing muscles and trying to, to, to push the other side and into, into some kind of a corner where they will have to make a mistake. and it's all about this kind of diplomatic flash,

political flash. what do you want to call it to? i'm russell, the taking place to turn to when it comes to things on the ground. and this is, i think this is important that somebody on the sample might not know because i didn't know what the last time he wasn't the north of costs. a lot of in there talk to people. it's my job to do that. the people's concerns might be legitimate, but people's concerns are not being, you know, where we're talking about ethnic serves in the north cross. there might be legitimate, in terms of them feeling a particular way than feeling maybe afraid or scared or, you know, pushed into a corner again in a very, very direction. but belgrade is not helping much either. and belgrade is not helping much either by continuing this cat and mouse game would proceed without actually getting to any kind of a solid result or any kind of practical resolution to any of the problems. regardless of the publications from both facts. and that has to be taken into

account in terms of just the general security situation. i think that it's, it's worth noting just 60 kilometers down the road in the capital conference they're taking place, you know, going on with their lives. if there's, there's no crisis in their thing in belgrade, the capital of serbia and people who have, who have been caught in the cross hairs here, these very ethnic serves me stephanie was just talking about are the ones who are legitimately concerned, but i do not see that you know, their leaders, their representative are actually doing anything to make their lives better. and this is not just about finding a solution with christina. this is a lot to do very practical things on the ground. where belgrade the claims to be responsible for these people basically does nothing. i have done, has done nothing for years except use them political pong. and this, like i said, captain game between, between the 2 in the event that fighting were to actually erupt. if tensions

escalate again, you know, cosmo and survey are bound by an agreement in which nato has the final say, i want to ask you just how entwined nato and the you are in the local peacekeeping efforts. nato is absolutely the final arbiter in any conflict or escalation to corrupt between coastal serbia. when denita bombing of the rump state of yugoslavia happened, or serbia montenegro and always of course, were to happen to $99.00. an agreement was signed that was unprecedented to continue to be impressed. and nato history, which basically means that anytime serbia would want to encroach the territory of coastal militarily or otherwise, it would immediately provoke reaction from something that is that public might be more familiar with in terms of the article high protections. and they don't exist when it comes to kosovo, even though course with

a needle member. this is why people on the ground have to some extent downplayed the possibility of an out all out were happening. but of me that there kathy, incidence and salvage tensions, or even loss of life, but a full out conflict in, you know, similar to anything that's happening in ukraine, is almost entirely precisely because nato's forces on the ground coast was spent the last 20 years, almost exclusively protecting the northern border and making sure in both the kosovo albanians and the coast was her community are protected in those territories . and i said again, it doesn't mean that there can be instances like that, but an actual, a full on conflict is almost entirely unlikely. milan in the aftermath of the latest flare up cost of those interior minister, q, serbia, and russia of triggering and supporting rioting. what has the response that been from serbia? well, linking, linking serbia to russia fully is more of the same dilemma there is

being bulleted, fully independent from any russian implants and the security of the pollution on the north is their, their own steak. and the great plate with that as far as i can see i've been took also just a month ago digital for a were natal care k for these are protecting the marjorie. they're also working on the, in all of the plays and they're also very agile in avoiding getting on the publication from either side. but the thing that i know, speaking with the community on the north, is that the special forces also while entering the north, there are open incidents, small incidents. however, if the fashions are rising, i believe the incident can be seen as the publication. and i hope that the

specially in pristina will not try to, to do to make any, any reason for the community that's frightened at the moment to, to react. so the responsibility is shared. i believe that both sides are now meeting in brussels in front of the community there and old boy and braille. they. they are aware of these facts and everything that both serbia and cough so we'll get there. we'll get it on the negotiating table. i believe that this notion is well placed in belgrade. i hope and i, i, i the, this is the message, every track for those who driving the when he spoke with him in june, negotiate the table should be the only table for solving any of the issue. there is no, luckily there is no zaleski in the region. there is no cooking in the region either

. so there is, there is no possibility for any larger conflict to involve and also return fulton bank messages to the security and employment of the person is also giving a strong signal that not none of the possibilities for greater conflict is knocking on the west and walk up and if everybody is aware just following the situation and trying to solve every issue that exists, especially issues related to freedom, a more meant and any other freedom that should be guaranteed to every while. and also i'm a booth also positive, no to serbia, supporting the liberalization of where costs are citizens related to the you. and these are the gestures that should be as positive because they will. and they have to the possibility to open many of the person that we're on, on still in, in brussels. alexander, the

e u has said that both serbia and constable need to normalize their relations if they wish to ultimately join the block. if you were to eventually accept serbia and castillo as member states, is that something that would diffuse these tensions at all? that is it, that is a really good question. here's the thing for her. for serbia to enter the u, it has to recognize independence of cost of the 35th chapter of the current negotiation deals. with exactly that, it is absolutely clear and has become absolutely clear over the years that the only way for serbia to enter the when become a full fledged member state is to recognize costs are now what that recognition actually will look like in practice. it's a different thing. obviously there might be a little bit of room to maneuver there, but i don't know. i do not see serbia entering the without actually resolving

this in a way. but that's positive for everyone, not just one side on but as far as cost is concerned. i think there are several things that play when it comes to it's the membership id. as you know it's, it's bundled together with bothered and has it as a potential quote unquote potential candidate country. what i like to call a cardboard metal. that is, that was just given out to the, to 2 countries because for young based at least number of people in brussels or the officials and brought them to do not feel certain requirements to be full fledged candidate. countries like launch narrow serbia north. blackstone in obelia. on the other hand, if you look at all the, you know, all the actual practicalities of what life is like, console, what the politics are like, what the political life like cost. we're talking about the youngest democracy in the world, western style democracy in the world. we're talking about the youngest country.

most recently, the most country that has most recently declared independence has been partially recognized in europe. the 2nd youngest and the world. it's a very vibrant society, it's a very vibrant all environments. no, it's much more. you could even say that it's much more the metallic than some other candidate countries from the region. and of spite this, i mean, the state or the position that it has found itself in is in my opinion, very sad when it comes in about 2000000 people who live there regardless of there at the back. alexander on eye center. sorry, i'm sorry to interrupt a we're, we're starting run at a time or we only have about a min and a half left. i also want to ask you, um, if nato were to intervene or, or step up its presence even further, is that something that that would really be a deescalate tory measure? would it ultimately help or, or could that actually inflame things as well?

there are certain rules and regulations you know, determine how much involvement nature can have both costs and as you know, so in wasn't going to wear it through to the formation. obviously something would have 2 things that have to escalate between 2 and serbia. first for nita to intervene, can it be more physically presence on the ground can can there be more, you know, actual boots in the ground that there were people yeah. that's, that's a really interesting question. and what about would lead to any thing? i don't think there's a need for that at the moment. i personally don't see it and i don't see that that would play into this whole thing as sort of a doctor that would, that would make things work. i think nato's pregnancy cancer or this is a positive thing. i think it makes everyone feel much safer. both the ethnic are being community, ethnic serve community and all other communities live in calls. all right, well we have run out of time, so we're going to have to leave the conversation there today. thanks so much to all

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