sharks and rays are falling sick of the adriatic coast. but why?nimal rights activists want dolphinariums banned - and they're outlawed in many countries. but not in spain. whaling is banned worldwide. but only for larger species. we go to russia, where belugas are still being hunted. ♪ >> belugas, or white whales, are extremely sociable marine mammals that live together in pods. they communicate using a wide range of different sounds. that's earned them the nickname "canaries of the ocean". but, their habitat is under threat. plastic trash and other toxins in the oceans are making the mammals sick. underwater noise levels are increasing, due to heavy ship traffic and drilling for oil and gas. all this together with rising water temperatures is making life tough for the whales. belugas live in the arctic waters, including those off russia. there though they are still at the mercy of hunters. ♪ in the black sea, two russian film journalists are documenting the fate of dolphins and white whales, or belugas -- known for their unusual singing. these fi

century many romans fled to the know away from the invading homes they were driven as far as the adriatic islands where they finally found shelter in the good then. the venetians were quick to use their position on the coast donors and larger boats were built a merchant navy developed and soon the venetians were boat enough to say as far as the orient their trade routes later extended further to the north and west with expeditions reaching the canary islands and senegal the most famous explorer was marco polo who set off in the thirteenth century on his journey to china. new markets opened up and venice increasingly became the center of european trade deals were struck on the reality show in front of the church of santiago soon the fruit and vegetable sellers were joined by many other traders sold from venice is only goon with the sale along with pepper from india first from russia and silks from the orient. the money changers and the goldsmith's had their shops in the arcades the nation artifacts found their way around the world. in the thirteenth century a small group of artists and beg

thanks for that victor and for showing us around your favorite holiday destination dubrovnik on the adriatic. she was just. too. good. for me. to shoot. this. it's. the smallest. it's not even three metres wide it was built in seventy nine for a family of ten. the last. very special hobby. and there's the daleks edition we've got three hundred fifty dollars here some of them herself she was a dressmaker she also sold some of. it how come this family built such a tiny house. for you. to build according to your finances and when the house was finished. they were happy to be able to build within the city walls. and they had burglars back then too it was safer here on the inside. i'm still got a little time to buy a souvenir of my visit the store carries all sorts of delicacies from the region. like venice and salami for instance. not bad. for a liquor made by. maybe we're related. all kinds of. and. which is of course. my last stop for the day is bendigo what a castle once a mediæval fortress it was converted into a romantic baroque palace in the eighteenth century. wow i feel like i'm in a fai

in the evenings sandro drives the hundred kilometers from here to the adriatic coast where the majority of the villagers have been put up in hotels. he visits them often as mayor he seeks to encourage and console his people. he wants to keep the community together even if they have been dispersed and displaced . go astray. that most unnoticed got them into the life in a hotel is not much of a holiday. sometimes the mood is good sometimes not so good it goes up and down a lot longer we're here the harder it gets. and. bureaucracy moves slowly and that means large scale reconstruction can't get underway in many communities affected by the quake. putting survivors up in hotels was meant to be a temporary emergency measure. but some might have to stay for years. as a goal before the thirty second earthquake destroyed everything but we won't let this get us down. if we. will carry on or be brave we may be down but we're definitely not out. elderly people fear they will never return to their homes or even see them again yes. good night. good see you soon. oh. yeah and. living out the rest of

a very popular travel destination, especially zagreb, dubrovnik, and the rest of its spectacular adriaticthe capital down the sava and you come across a lesser—known city. sisak lies on the confluence of three rivers and it's home to croatia's biggest river port. the town of sisak is where the river sava actually becomes wide enough for cargo ships like these to sail downstream to belgrade and serbia, and that's what has made the town such an industrial centre. now, sisak actually has a rich and colourful history but in recent times, it's been characterised as dull and dreary. in fact, most guidebooks don't even mention it. but that is now changing. i am actually the fourth generation born here. and i lived with this town, i grew up with this town, and ijust, you know, when you're reading something about your town, you're reading the bad news and you're thinking "what are you talking about? this is not how it is here." so, last year, dahna and her team set about creating rezthink sisak — an art festival that uses the town's buildings as a canvas for murals. this one, by croatian artist lo

however we still have that heat across the mediterranean adriatic feeding the thunderstorms around greecerisk. dry across siberia and the heat is building again, as we‘ll see in california, temperatures up to 8 degrees above average, exacerbating the risk of wildfire. thomas will have more of the uk weather in half an hour. hello, i‘m nuala mcgovern, this is outside source. it‘s unanimous, the communist party votes to enshrine president xi‘s name and ideology in the constitution, it‘s being hailed as a new era for china. and on the other side of the atlantic, president trump is heckled by a protester , and comes under renewed attack from a senior member of his own party. it isa it is a sad place for our nation, and the worst is going to be just the whole debasing of our nation.|j have children and grandchildren to answer to, have children and grandchildren to answerto, and so, mr president, i will not be complicit or silent.

energy we appreciate greek contributions to european energy security through its support of thetrans-adriatic pipeline, greece bulgaria interconnect or and liquefied natural gas facilities that are capable of transporting diverse sources of energy to europe including potential liquefied natural gas exports from the united states of which that particular route and businesses getting bigger and bigger and bigger as you know. these make both are people safer and create good jobs for hard-working citizens. finally i am also very proud that the united states will be the honored country at next fair innternational greece. this historic business and trade exhibition will showcase american technology, enterprise, and innovation on the world stage. we look very much forward to sending a high-level delegation to attend this wonderful event. mr. prime minister, thank you again for being here today and for your partnership in addressing critical issues facing our countries. i look forward to have many productive discussions with you and to having a very close and warm cooperation on a wide range of share

twenty but even that will change because this will push to some degree down right into the northern adriatic knocking vienna back to fifteen degree three in cloud across the whole area and some right now is not made much as a way for entrance into the front as northerly breeze so parses down to fifty but the rain avoided mess of france and in madrid used to look at it twenty nine degrees. now we have seen for the last week really showers developing in algeria and to new zealand western libya and there's still woman heading towards the ionian sea sitting over sicily and malta typical falls of thirty to sixty minute beach is a worthwhile show us i think the go carry all in the next not so much over the african part of this chart but towards greece and maybe creatures even substantial some storms are still possible. the weather sponsored by qatar and place. by provocative or is it when they're on line me what in hurricane. almost like thirty six hours these are the things that has to address or if you join us on saturday i'm a member of a complex one but. a relationship this is a dialogue tweet

monday's forecast now by which time rain probably stormy rain were gone down through the igi in the adriatic and probably will just start to edge into western greece that's of course suggest potential for the south of this certainly has been over the gulf is it the libyan coast we saw three twisters that one three waterspouts now that's already happened in the cloud has moved on but it's quite possible given what's coming your way that the same thing could be repeats the next day or so so dragging frost the coast of libya that old frontal system probably sparking some thunderstorms temp has come down to the low twenty's now as a result ahead it is still twenty eight in caribou high end it's all settled down again temperature in rebounds on its way up your forecast on monday of twenty seven . the weather sponsored by qatar and face. value that is a gem of africa nairobi has gone through many changes over the past decades. to al-jazeera travels to the kenyan capital to hear from those. witness the city's progress to becoming a metropolis and discusses where it's heading now at this time on al-

, we appreciate greek contributions to european energy security through its support of the trans-adriatic greece bulgaria inner connector and liquefied natural gas facilities that are capable of transporting diverse sources of energy to europe, including potential liquefied natural gas exports from the united states, of which that particular route and businesses getting bigger and bigger, as you know. these initiatives make both our people safer and create good jobs for hard-working citizens. finally, i'm also very proud of the united states will be the honored country at next years international fair in greece. this historic business and trade exhibition will showcase american technology, enterprise integration -- enterprise and innovation. we look forward to sending a high-level delegation to attend this wonderful event. minister, thank you again for being here today and for your partnership in addressing critical issues facing our countries. i look forward to having many productive discussions with you, and to having a very close and warm cooperation on a wide range of shared objective

and spread its influence a long way south in fact wind warnings for today down in croatia on the adriatic coast but following on the still some pretty cold and windy weather for germany the cold front itself a long way science for all this is colder air is more ominous and maybe early winter in fact if you look at the over life forecast down the out in the higher ground in the balkans the significant amount of snow yet to come. the weather sponsored by the time race. optimism has faded. khans elected leaders are divided. attention grows as fear is that a crackdown is imminent the targets the activists who flew it for democracy dividing com caught part five of the six part series filmed of a five years. on china's democracy experiment at this time on al-jazeera. al-jazeera. you wherever you are. welcome back you're watching al-jazeera news arpita dobby in doha with a program today our top stories the nobel peace prize has been awarded to the international campaign to abolish nuclear weapons the panel in oslo praised the group for working to prohibit use of the weapons it comes amid rising

sharks and rays s are falling sk of the adriatic coast.t. but w?mimal rights activists want dolphinariums banned - and they're outlawawed in many countries. but not in spain. whaling is banned worldwide. but only for larger species. we go to russia, where belugas are still being hunted. ♪ >> belugas, or white whales, are extremely sociable marine

chopper6 was overhead as crews worked to cap the ruptured line at the intersection of tennessee and adriatic avenues. there are reports the line was punctured. residents in the area and students and staff from the new york avenue school were all evacuated for about an hour. they returned once south jersey gas got the leak under control. >> another stunner of a day out there today. it's been remarkably consistent weather-wise. >> cannot complain. >> yeah. >> not today at least. we'll go outside to meteorologist melissa magee in for adam joseph. we love it for a friday. >> that's right, alicia and brian. really comfortable conditions all across much of the delaware and lehigh valleys and it stays that way as we head into the weekend. we'll show you the stretch of 70's on wednesday, a high temperature of 72 thursday 72 and today so far in philadelphia coming in at 74 degrees, well above the normal high of 65 this time of year. it is really warm all across much of the eastern half of the u.s. check out chicago right now. 78 degrees. 75 in saint louis. out to the west in wichita, kansas coming in

you can do engine searches for those and there's a big line of storms down through parts of the adriatic down in the ionian sea and it's here really i think at least twenty four hours we're going to get some really big storms developing the same time because some very cold air digging down some early snowfall across the alps and that's good news for the ski resorts but jaring see this area of low pressure across the balkans we've had some big rainfall totals coming in from astar and bosnia herzegovina for instance my whole system it continues to move a bit further towards the south and then becomes more of an issue for parts of turkey but stage you see some really quite cold air pushing in across parts of russia more subtle conditions across here in potential in fact looks i mean nice day in lisbon but still more frontal systems pushing in towards the far northwest of europe. that had to portugal if i were you richard many thanks for the news hour from al jazeera still to come out in team as president strengthens his hand in midterm elections but it's also a good time for one of his riva

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