in terms of parliament traditions some of them have been altered and changed to keep certain people out. of certain functions let's say presiding plenary sessions and this is something we're going to see today again the a of d. will try to get someone into the parliamentary committee that controls the secret service provider vald for us following that debate today in the bundestag thanks very much rupert you know what we have the sports news now and thirty nine russian athletes have successfully overturned a lifetime a limp expands for doping offenses now the court of arbitration for sport an older sanctions originally had it down by the international olympic committee twenty eight russian athletes had their bans completely revoked and have been cleared to compete in the winter games which start next week in south korea eleven others received a deuced ban and will be able to compete after the games in south korea. let's

get your mind now of our top stories at this hour the f.b.i. has condemned white house plans to release a classified memo on the russia election investigation law enforcement agency says it has grave concerns about the accuracy of that document which republicans say reveals surveillance abuses by the f.b.i. and by the justice department. and froze up or have spun forces in yemen have surrounded the presidential palace in the southern port city of eden trapping government members inside. a lot more and these these and other stories at the top of the hour for now though from a brian thomas the entire team thanks for joining us.

on. the. injured the conflict zone after many delays kosovo has a new rule crimes court for the many people want to see it scrapped before it's even up and running full this is lined up on the desk of the prime minister ramu charedi knight who is my guest the west has told him latest of course he stopped he could pretty much forget about joining nato for the you what's he going to do. d.w. . leave afghanistan. because

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germany to learn german and why not learn some simple online on your mobile and free shops d w z e learning course because fish german made it easy. it's ten years since costs about declared independence almost twenty since the end of the war here after many delays cost of oil has a new war crimes courts but many people want to see it scrapped before it's even up and running oh this is landed up on the desk of the prime minister robert shire i didn't i was my guest here in pristina the west has told him that if the courts are stopped he could pretty much forget about joining nato or the e.u. what's he going to do.

wish i didn't welcome to come to thank you thank you. in twenty fifteen because of our greed the so-called specialist childers he set up in the hague to try war crimes and occasions of war crimes relating to the conflict in constable now some politicians here want to scrap that court before it's even started is it going to go ahead on the court exist created the vote it's in parliament and it's amendment been voted the idea of pieces related to procedures related to the core but it's not in the level of stopping the court. really there goes forty three needs to sign the petition to stop the call or it's even started the court itself it's eighty votes it's two thirds it's a man men of our constitution have agreed in that it's

a law on proceedings proceedings of the court that then please initiate an abrogation in the way the. amendment the law the law they list in law but it on trees the level of stopping the court itself so the court will go ahead and courts exist courtis created the. man once and it is not in question you had a joint statement it was a joint statement generally the fourth by germany britain italy france the us the all that any move to stop this court would risk everything that causes the as a cheat anyone who supports this they said would be rejecting the cause of this partnership with other countries including possible integration into the e.u. and later so the stakes here are very high and they are they are the are of a road that score so in fact satisfied in the past its obligation towards international and national role so there is no doubt that kosovo will continue and

will stay committed to such as why it's a big asian towards national and international law well not if you try to amend the way the. peace initiative that they exist in the parliament as i stated it's not a decision it's a measure of m.p.'s i know it's an initiative but the point is whether it goes in it will not it looks now it looks not really it's not going to go in. one of your newspapers called this the most serious and dramatic clash between the highest state institutions of the cause of and the west it describes the attempts against the poor as a signal to make within the realms of the causes of egypt you panicking about the school. personally personally or your colleagues. it is a concern related to the court in number of people here they

consider this as unjust as a as an institution of a low that does only selected are less crimes and not all everything what's happened here in the past but no fear no personal fear no other fear the e.u. representative has said this is not biased toward this is not a call that is restricted to one nationality or the other she's made that quite clear there's no bias this is not an understand what your president said this is historically unfair court i don't really hear you here from different experts more expert nationals and internationals. lost opportunity to treat everything in either way or all their lives crimes and to satisfy the right of all victims unless so as this is source the report of and b. in the past the european m.p. parliamentarian dick marty it's focused mainly on the particular events of the

thought of the process so suppose that it's only clear directed towards the former k.l.a. people well the says it isn't there's not there's no restriction on that.