sunny some nice warm sunshine however having said that there are a few showers in the fall called albania across areas of the balkans back across into italy but really the heavy rain is coming from this system just sitting in the bay of biscay producing some very heavy rain into western france down tools the southwest also another batch of rain with some fairly strong winds coming across the u.k. that system in the bay of biscay doesn't really move so freida still sits in these open waters but pushing very heavy right now across into eastern areas of france and also into southern regions of the u.k. the russians weather warnings in place the a for that very heavy rain meanwhile eastern europe is fine and dry will see want to see thunderstorms across areas of poland but the touch is all set to come down. friday fine and warm but by sunday well the 2 showers. short films. and inspiration. those stories of young women challenging the world around them. al-jazeera selects. the a. welcome back our top stories on al-jazeera the brother of george floyd us testified at a congressional hearing loo

best of them and finding out what's happened since 10 years ago kosovo sandwiched between serbia and albania on the balkan peninsula declared itself independent and independence held the promise of a new beginning after a bloody war had ravaged the country at the end of the 1990 s. in the months following the emergence of this new nation al-jazeera correspondent bonamy phillips traveled to the village of barrack of all where ethnic said he and sold fled during the war where returning to make a new life alongside their albanian neighbors from 2008 he has bought of the film about one villages attempt to forge an inclusive and peaceful future kosovo a year of fear and hope. this is western kosovo and behind me you can see the village of but. it's just a small place but what makes it so unusual in kosovo is that in late 2007 a handful of serb families who had run away during the war decided to come back here that makes but one of the very few communities in kosovo where ethnic albanians and ethnic serbs live side by side as neighbors we decided to follow 2 families in one albanian and one throug

and in albania they were built over night. in berlin the new bike lanes used to be parking spaces a change that isn't making everyone happy going to the where will my customers park now they come here that. i myself parked in the back but we only have 4 or 5 spaces there. but it's chaos. but this is what biking generally looks like i'm ballin. i'm sure high nation is part of the changing cities initiative which is campaigning for a new traffic policy. ok this is what you mean right yeah that's exactly what i mean that happens a lot until then and it's really dangerous because you have to drive into the cockpit take the driver on the bike play during the coronavirus restrictions traffic was reduced by 30 percent and public transport recorded up to 80 percent fewer passengers only the number of cyclists went up and she hopes the crisis might make the streets more by a pedestrian friendly. i imagine all the time how it would be those less cars like here all the cars parked could be just. you could plant flowers all put the chairs

and in albania they were built over night. in berlin the new bike lanes used to be parking spaces a change that isn't making everyone happy where will my customers park now they come here. on by myself parked in the back but we only have 4 or 5 spaces there. it's chaos. but this is what biking generally looks like palin. and she finally is part of the changing cities and initiative which is how painting for a new traffic policy. ok this is what you mean right yeah that's exactly what i mean coronavirus restrictions car traffic was reduced by 30 percent and public transport recorded up to 80 percent fewer passengers only the number of cyclists went up and she hopes the crisis might make the streets more bike friendly. i imagine all the time howard would be with less cars like here all the 2 cars parked could be just. he could plant flowers with the chairs off the cafe with there could be a playground for everything. it might sound like blue sky thinking but the pandemic is resulting in improvements for cyclists and other german

strongly about our position and our stated message have made a number of announcements to open new bases albania, and we are seeing much coming. many airports are approaching us begging for gross capacity. >> do you see opportunity in germany in particular, around some of lufthansa's landing slots? puts things into perspective the capacity, and the european commission was to create a level playing field. what kind of a level playing field is that? airportng note of the cost in germany, we would only be interested in doing something there is the right scale of opportunity. matt: did you come into this business expecting it to be a level playing field? has the airline industry been a level playing field, and your experience, and do you think european regulators really want to make it that? jozsef: i think we have had better times in that regard. the governments are back in the game again of owning equities in airlines. that is not great because the governments should be the regulators and not the -- i am not sure given the magnitude of the issue and the stake by government -- you are right, it has

he's also trying it across the adriatic into albania and greece and doesn't do so well. and the nazis have to bail him out. let me come back to the point you made at the beginning that fits in here, of course, the reputation of italian soldiers is they did not fight to their death for mussolini once italy entered the war, too, in 1940-1941. what is your view about that? i know you write about in the book in the paragraph at the end. what is the performance of the italians given the deep indoctrination of children who have now become the soldiers in the 1930's. why does it work out so badly for mussolini? dr. mclean: that is a complicated question i cannot thoroughly answer either with my training or just because of time constraints. i do think, again, the comparison, certainly italian casualty rates did not reach german or soviet or japanese casualty rates in world war ii, but they still lost 10% of their combat troops in world war ii which, for an american comparison, is about how many casualties the u.s. had in the vietnam war. which was pretty debilitating for the u.s

base i have to say quite to brave with those big storm plans looming and then meanwhile across into albania and coastal areas the weather here is much better bright sunny skies and nice a woman if not much of the southeast europe has been enjoying a fairly fine spell but we have got some showers working the way across the baltics and through central areas of italy as we go through thursday with this area of low pressure out across the west in the bay of biscay this is bringing some very heavy rain over the next couple of days is going to sit in the bay of biscay big of a lot of moisture and very heavy rain that will push into northern spain and in particular as we go through friday eastern areas of france in fact we could see as much as $150.00 millimeters accumulating in this particular region this could also cause some localized flooding but when it comes the temperature and what is actually going to be happening over the next few days you can see the red colors that is where the temperatures are warm and also above the average me one across the west we've got these cooler shading areas a

best of them and finding out what's happened since 10 years ago kosovo sandwiched between serbia and albania on the balkan peninsula declared itself independence and independence held the promise of a new beginning after a bloody war had dried. the country at the end of the 1990 s. in the months following the emergence of this new nation al jazeera correspondent wanna be phillips traveled to the village of barrack of all where ethnic serbians who had fled during the war where returning to make a new life alongside there are binion neighbors from 2008 he is barnaby's film about one villages attempt to forge an inclusive and peaceful future kosovo a year of fear and hope. this is western kosovo and behind me you can see the village of but. it's just a small place but what makes it so unusual in kosovo is that in late 2007 a handful of serb families who had run away during the war decided to come back here that makes but one of the very few communities in kosovo where ethnic albanians and ethnic serbs live side by side as neighbors we decided to follow 2 families in one albanian and one through

braving the elements in the chance that he's stolen but luckily it's a much nicer in coastal areas of albania so some good kids sunny skies and some good temperatures so people out about obviously enjoying the fine weather now there will be a few showers continue through thursday across much of this region across the southeast of europe it is well fair few showers and then really the worse weather is through western france not bad along the south again there is a chance for a few showers but we have this rather big area of low pressure just sitting in the bay of biscay producing some very heavy amounts of rain in through friday that system still sitting there but pushing the rain further across into the south and east of france but also pushing up into southern regions of the u.k. in fact there are some weather warnings in place for that but the rain very heavy particularly in the southeast of france could see as much as 150 millimeters over the next few days that could produce some local flooding but when it comes to temperatures very unsettled in the west temperatures below average where th

a year later philander castillo was shot and killed during a traffic stop on joining us now from albania the capital of the state of new york as one of the original members of the black lives matter movement wrote rosa commenting she was also the vice presidential candidate for the green party in 2008 where as a thank you very much for being with us today when you founded black lives matter einstein it wasn't just about police brutality or violence but more about systemic racism and broad inequality where do you think that conversation is now in the united states. i'm not a founder blackboards about it or i was the chapter in our late black lives about and that's really important because the 3 founders are black women countries colors elisia guards are ready to do them that are queer as well so that's just very poor but. i'm sorry can you repeat the question still sorry i had to correct sure no problem and i just recall that you were very involved right now because i wanted to ask you about systemic racism systemic racism and broad inequality what's where is that conversation now in the

bases inpen new ukraine and albania.y airports have been approaching us, begging for gross capacity, and we are among the very few airlines that actually can deliver that. see opportunity in germany in particular, around some of lufthansa's landing slots? to put things into perspective, lufthansa is getting about 2% of their capacity, and the european commission wants to create a level playing field by having lufthansa owning 98% of slots. what kind of a level playing field is that? we also need to take note of the airport costs. in germany, people don't want to be interested in doing something in germany, given the scale of opportunity. matt: did you come into this business expecting it to be a level playing field? has the airline industry been a level playing field in your experience, and do you think european regulators really want to make it that? jozsef: i think we've had better times in that regard. it looks like the industry is moving backwards. governments are wanting a gain. that is not great. the government sho