some influential positions in kosovo well still members of. the. in the at least strongly suspect it of having committed crimes during the minutes of a confrontation if this is the case they should be tight. i am a believer in the in the hate vote but. the problem is that not all people are but all to hey some of whom have been brought in the past with a surprisingly. without being shy other people receive very high and long sentences so that creates enough most fear in which the whole question of a plea cation of justice is being set on into doubts and that is not good for the atmosphere of justice serbia's membership in the e.u.

is resting on serbia's recognition of kosovo but for now i mean the public opinion in serbia want to allow that so serbia will never a joint the e.u. because it will never recognize kosovo independence. i am i was just going to sion and i'm a strong believer in the utopian union and i do believe that both overall and said the should become members of the european union but i do believe they should become members taking the asli at the same time facing same conditions and the same criteria of fulfillment of these conditions. the condition would fall that got in play by the utopian union to the so that they have to recognize the independence of kosovo before they could join the european union. i'm very unhappy about it because it gives the impression of

a teammate of oppression of even a black man if you wish. this is unfair it creates. unfair position for said the in comparison with the position of course of all do it in much hope that sensible politicians in the european union. but he think this condition and look for all a negotiated compromise between the if you call so and said compromise we should be adjudicated and ranged by the european union by the offices of european union and as you know at the moment still a five member countries of do you know putin has no recognised course of all and i do believe that if such a compromise is not the beach you will not have. a union in most acknowledgment of independence and membership of course so and you know if you need him by all member states. all right we're going to take

a short break right now when we're back we'll continue talking to young collins former president of the crew and general assembly and acts foreign minister of the czech republic discussing kosovo's prospects of becoming in your family member states to. the new global economic war is unfolding in the realm of education the right to education is being supplanted by the right to access to education alone it's higher education is becoming just another product that can be bought and sold so there's not just about education anymore it's also about running a business where you could also. follow

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most people think to stand out in this business you need to be the first one on top of the story or the person with the loudest voice of the biggest raid in truth to stand out in the news business you just need to ask the right questions and demand the right answer. questions. the communist era has left i'm assuming a lot of legacy waste as well i'm assuming again. my understanding of the soviet era that there was much more of a culture of. throwing things away that i think the society that i'm out of that tends to reject so it's a matter of moving back. now

way back when young former presidents i'll think un general assembly and acts for a minister of the czech republic discussing close of us aspirations for your membership mr cowen like you said it's in the first part of our program do you recognize kosovo but lots of e.u. members didn't romania didn't graze didn't spain didn't how is brussels supposed to go about. talking about the future for casa well you know in addition to countries you mentioned also cyprus and slovakia. didn't recognize. and it's understandable if you look at those five countries a common denominator between them. sizable minority on that territory and

therefore an obvious fear. that recognition of kosovo under the current conditions may encourage those minorities to follow their example and declare independence and i think spain today facing the problem for that only and maybe in the future also we have box. is full. of these dangerous and may be one of the come. pressurising but i suppose to find a mall i mean a bow and more acceptable way of discussing the future of course so at the moment i do not see. most countries would join the european union fulfilling the conditions put forward by you know puny in.

acknowledging the independence of course or something which i fully understand. is unacceptable to them and i agree with them because i'm not judging the meditates case and the boss than the mutual history of the two countries but the actual declaration of independence in my opinion was a volley of international law and i do not see why member countries will do you know puny and from said be all the way to my best friend slovakia. romania etc why they should accept. that volley of international can take place in one part of europe and would be to let it sit and so it would be condemned in other parts of. example in asia so what do you think made u.k. germany and france so enthusiastic about an independent kosovo what's it for

them. well that's a very good question but i think you should address such a question to the president that they've. frowns but it's and and gemini. in the past of course germany. has been known to support the. but a couple for me because they wanted the independence of slovenia and croatia. maybe they do believe that. such you are not so declarations of independence is an expression of some of the principle of so does and many. which is an important international weapons but if ten don't be. you'll have to justify. other forms of vision of international law

i think that. colonial formal call neo post like united kingdom and france. of difficult negotiations of independence of the former colonies should be. that. simplify. solutions can create problems. for the future major problems as you know see syria and the middle east as that so i would appeal to those gun sees no to go for the easy simple solution which is to support you know through an accreditation of independence of kosovo. the e.u. was look warm to the idea of scottish and cataloging and independence even though they want about it the peaceful democratic way it rustles throws all its support behind closed. why is that why is cause of us independence better than scottish or

castle on. a very good question that goes back to what i said earlier it creates a precedent so you conseco that. something is good in kosovo or bad for barcelona. but for for me. or whatever. i did the principle is good all the principle is bat has to be a apply equally and that is not being done this is what the protests today the number of. members of parliament of the czech the czech republic and another prominent figures. at the moment signing a petition addressed to the czech government asking the czech government to denounce to do. that decision of two thousand and eight to recognize the. declaration of independence of kosovo let's go back

to the negotiating table. let's drop all do preconditions and. find an acceptable compromise but it is. although me of course i've always in the region of other atheist independents but there's certain concessions to serbia. and so on it's very important not only focus of all but in my opinion also for the future of gazza lonia. i listened to the leaders of the the general government of qatar onya i fully see the argument and i think the first response so despite his government by sending. it brutally suppressed peaceful demonstrations peaceful. expression of will over

they got their own means to. vote. could be the hope that those who declare the preference for independence as a result of the brutal police action the support for the independence only increased this is not the way to fund a solution this is a way to create conflicts problems and tensions and that's bad not only for space it's bad for the balkans and it's bad for you know so the recent you western balkans strategy includes kosovo as a potential member but the cost of our president toci says terry's no clear path written out for his country this do you really want kosovo as a member. that's a very good question event much depends how you define the e.u. . the e.u. as a entity of twenty eight countries they don't have a consensual view on this question because as you know five member states have

consistently their fuel to recognize the independence of kosovo and therefore they would hold if a membership of course or in the european union under the got it going to shouldn't and as you know at the moment only a hundred and sixteen countries member states of the united nations have agreed to the independence of kosovo and even that took almost ten years for many years it was less than one and less than fifty percent of the membership of the un . so this is a major problem for course away and a future but it's also a problem for the utopian union european union should be honest and consistent and follow its own good idea. ranging from some rhythm in nation all the way to respect for international law respect for. united nations security

council decoration both for the fall and the respect for the final act of us thinking. had of a year rule of law mission and cost of them outcome simmons recently resigned saying he doesn't want to take part in a farce now the mission has been there for ears but without much success in establishing the rule of law but care a foreign party really do that in any country no. foreign entity couldn't do that unless it's a foreign entity. representing some kind of buying power some kind of power which is stronger than the poem is sort of the government of that of that country. if the country is independent if it's truly so it and then a foreign entity cannot impose its own perception of rule of law on the other hand

foreign entities. to help to establish rule of law. and should play a positive role in such procedure but only in cooperation with the government of the country but the parliament of the country in my own opinion also with major n.g.o.s another board is that at present in the public opinion i just wanted to tell you it strikes me like caso is being treated by the west as a little baby i mean their attitude is a little arrogant and they're like on a civilizing mission for us they made all saw the war for it but it stayed to make sure cos the worst and misbehaved un mission ruled it then in back of the independence is still doing the legal words economic worth the security work for ca so i mean how long is caso going to be as toddler it's also teaching kosovo as a country of it should be. automatically loyal to those supported because of forces

which helped to. declare you know its own independence i reach help them to. be divided from from serbia. but as i believe that those are all. just let it be for no this was a time at the time of us minister of foreign affairs. what was called check the peace initiative which was aiming not only at the end to end the bombardment of former yugoslavia including kosovo but it wanted to create conditions for negotiated peace we should ensure stability in kosovo and the former yugoslavia and these let in fact will help to let there be not only to the ceasefire and declaration of peace it also led to the united nations security council twelve forty four and i think we should return back to the conditions expressed in that

resolution which is still being violated and that means. being treated differently from from serbia and that i think is wrong all right mr khan thank you for this interview we're talking to young former president of the un general assembly and the foreign minister of the czech republic discussing whether kosovo has become a self-reliant states ten years after that clearing independence that's it for this edition of see you next time. it's a global trade war if donald trump follows through on increasing tariffs and ending

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international first this hour reports of just come in that an armed man has taken three hostages at a veterans home in napa county in california it is being described as an active shooter. in that news justin will bring you details every surely as they come through to us. in other news president stunnel trumper signed an order that imposes tariffs on steel and aluminum imported to the us today i'm defending america's national security by placing tariffs on foreign imports of steel and aluminum the american steel minimum destry has been ravaged by aggressive foreign trade practices it's really an assault on our country. when unveiling the tariffs at the white house the president seemed to forget one rather important detail would you like to take a picture in the oval office i assume you've all been many times into the oval

office come on let's go and do that let's go on to the side yes i'm going to do we'll go into the oval office we're going to sign this we're going to the oval office we have a picture of ok thank you treasury secretary steve chin was the denton you saw there reminding trampy actually needed to sign the order first before saying cheese the tariff plans receive broad support from steel and aluminum firms in the u.s. and you tariffs will come into play in fifteen days' time they'll oblige exporters to pay an extra twenty five percent of steel and ten percent for the mini and that's being shipped to the u.s. in a concession that america's neighbors the tax won't apply to canada or mexico as a trade pact negotiations continue the move been widely criticized though around the world on these peter all of a picks up the story the steel in our many an industry all around the world very unhappy a by donald trump signing what they see is well what really years his protectionist policies when it comes to the imports of steel and alimony and what

they're saying though is that this won't just directly affect those companies that export to the u.s. it also have a knock on effect across the whole of the steel in business all around the world as competition to offload that product increases as you can imagine and as i said some very unhappy people all around the globe right now you should treat your choosing a trued war is surely the wrong prescription china will certainly make an appropriate and necessary response trade rules are bad and easy to lose i'm convinced the increased terrorists will hurt us all in the long run as the wrong way to go about it protectionism tariffs never really work at it but will defend our interests if need come. what we have heard though from here in europe from the e.u. was that if you do this to our steel around a million well we'll put a levy on peanut butter on board and whiskey on harley davidsons on levi jeans however following the announcement that both canada and mexico would be exempt now

the words coming out of brussels that we're hearing is what about our exemption defense we are allies we work together we cannot possibly be a threat to national security in the u.s. so we are counting on being excluded the e.u. has said though that should they not get this exemption well they'll be taking it to the world trade organization and they're really not going to be happy and they're going to see quite no outcry i would imagine coming from here in europe from steel produces an aluminum produces an all of that coming together could well cause quite a bit of tension between some nato allies as well we heard from finance expert who says that the e.u. is sending signals it's now ready to discuss trump's move but the. signal in that is willing to discuss where. a counter party is over possible exceptions or what these terms are going to be about so a lot of the narrative and then the rates are from the end of last week following this quite shocking news was that of

a quantum ease and major global players could retaliate so one week later we seem to switch from that stance it was a little bob to this and that could be room for negotiation of course if there's a negotiation this means the repercussions should be less severe and as soon as a more positive thing for the global economy. will senate there's a ridge in washington to engage in dialogue with moscow to minimize the risk of conflicts that have written a letter to the sec to stay to listen. a u.s. russia's strategic dialogue is following president putin's public address on march the first when he referred to several new nuclear weapons russia was reportedly developing including a cruise missile and a nuclear underwater drone which north county limited by the new start treaty and would be destabilizing if deployed well it really does feel like putin's addressed earlier this month did prompt this and really hit its target of getting the west attention and while this letter is directed at the secretary of state rex tillerson

it urges him to begin strategic talks with russia without delay and within that there's also contain warnings and accusations towards russia the allegation that russia is in violation of the i.n.f. treaty is repeated it within there which of course russia has repeatedly denied and they're also calls to extend existing arms treaties with moscow to cover the new weapons that putin's referenced in his address at the beginning of march so clearly the u.s. is worried but the fact is russia has been alarmed by certain actions being taken by the west and by america in particular for quite some time now not least of which being you know washington's expanding deployment of missile defense systems they have them in alaska they have them in california there's of course also nato is continuous expansion into eastern europe they have that in romania and poland as well with future plans in other parts of the world and what have may have been the straw to break the camel's back here in the situation was an early february we saw

the u.s. release their nuclear posture review and within that it widened the gamut of scenarios where a nuclear response could be considered and that includes in response to a non-nuclear attack so rather frightening idea there and all that has been concerning russia for some time the balance of power in the world or the lack thereof maybe i should say and putin himself said on march first that maybe the world. listen to those concerns now and i mean. russia is a major nuclear power basically nobody wanted to talk to us nobody listened to us so listen to us now so listen to us now says the russian president and apparently there are a lot of things now to be listening to yes what he announced i mean these weapons are nothing to shake a stick at there's the super heavy i.c.b.m. that's a massive missile that putin says is capable of defeating any defense system in the

world there's a cruise missile with an unlimited range and that's among laser weapons and an underwater nucular drone so quite a bit there and the senators say that due to putin's announcement of these weapons it's more important than ever to come to the table and talk with russia in order to avoid conflict even at the height of cold war tensions the united states and the soviet union were able to engage on matters of strategic stability leaders from both countries believed as we should today that the incredible destructive force of nuclear weapons is reason enough to make any and efforts to lessen the chance that they can never be used again and that idea of strategic stability really seems to be on the same page with putin's thinking because after his speech on march the first there was a lot of uproar that this is a threat to the world security and whatnot but the russian president himself said that was not the goal that russia has no plans of attacking anyone it's purely defensive and that it's in fact to try and preserve peace in the world so right now

we have course have seen that u.s. russia relations have really hit an all time low and moscow has already responded this responded to this letter saying that before anything can be discussed any new treaties can be discussed and whatnot that really does need to get fixed so that's of the first forefront right now. russia has indicated it's open to the idea of dialogue with the u.s. we discussed the issue with several experts the americans started it first and then trying to confirm it would look at their nuclear arsenal and modernize it so you shouldn't be astonished at the present putin on first of march also produce the serious of the new developments that are not in the start treaty it's very hopeful that america will start talking seriously with russia and stop stopping the russians for the last months and years russia and president putin in specific has laid out the declaration that if any russian ally is attacked

that there is going to be a response from russia so if this gambit succeeds the world is looking forward to a period of unparalleled peace peace because there is no alternative . around one hundred ninety military troops have been deployed to the southern u.k. town of souls we hope the probe into an attack on a former russian spy and his daughter according to the u.k. so circuitry so all of these doors a yearly remain in critical condition of his police the details all the focus of the investigation appears to have shifted over to the cemetery where there are their remains of surrogates cripples wife and son who both die and over the past few years and police have denied that they have touched or eggs you.