ankara poses that. -- opposes that. let's bring in our guest joining us from cyprus.s the president of the cyprus center for european and international affairs. in rome, we have natalie -- the director of the institute of international affairs and a former advisor to the committee, the european union's foreign affairs chief. and in lodndon, we have a researcher at the university of oxford. welcome to you all. perhaps i can start with andreas, do you think this round of talks will succeed? >> well, i wish i could be optimistic in that sense but if i take into consideration ankara's rhetoric and also the stated positions on various issues involving -- the relations as well as the cyprus question, i would be very hesitant to express optimism. let me say thtat the differences between the two countries -- >> before you do this let me ask this question. the fact that they have started talking, is that a success in itself? is it something of a success, from the turkish perspective which is this needs to be sorted out in bilateral talks? >> it's a positive stuff. i mean, nego

disputing their maritime boundaries for decades and last year the 2 nations came close to war when ankara deployed a survey vessel in contested waters now after a 5 year suspension of their direct talks the nato allies are back at the negotiating table discussions to resolve the standoff in the g. and eastern mediterranean kicked off on monday but they were preceded by disagreements over the agenda athan wants to limit them to continental shelf borders and the size of the exclusive economic zone but i'm curious says other issues including differences over aerial zones and some of g. and islands should be tackled so in course all the reports from istanbul. turkey and greece are opposite approaches when it comes to the limitation of the contests of maritime borders and the resumption of these exploratory talks that took place 6 the times before since 2000 to a comes at a time of mutual mistrust an arms race and a very aggressive rhetorical tension sparked especially when president our last said that he will open his country's borders to the e.u. for the thousands of irregular migrants last

germany's foreign minister hike a mass was in the turkish capital ankara on monday he welcomed turkey's announcement that it will seek a diplomatic solution to its dispute with germany's fellow e.u. state greece tensions between turkey and greece almost boiled over in conflicts last year in disagreements over gas exploration and maritime boundaries in the eastern mediterranean sea. european lawmakers said to discuss the fate of migrants stranded along the e.u.'s external border today the situation is especially acute in bosnia with thousands of mostly middle eastern migrants remain in limbo and bosnia is not in a you member bought it borders croatia which is part of the union human rights groups say migrants have frequently reported rough encounters with croatian police including beatings and big fall. yes fully sent back into bosnia question authority tonight and allegations currently nearly 9000 migrants are estimated to be in bosnia many are from afghanistan pakistan or syria the un's migration agency says more than a 3rd of living without any shelter at all many were left homeless w

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and germany's foreign minister heiko moss was in the turkish capital ankara on monday he welcomed turkey's announcement that it will seek a diplomatic solution to its just with germany's fellow e.u. state greece tensions between turkey and greece almost boiled over into conflicts last year disagreements over gas exploration and maritime boundaries in the eastern mediterranean sea. and chancellor angela merkel is due to meet with the germany state premiers to discuss tightening lockdown restrictions going on cheney larry although infection rates have improved slightly they are not declining as quickly as was hoped and that's paired with worries over a new variance of covert 19 that scientists believe to be more transmissible germany hopes that imposing even stricter measures will bring down the stubborn spread of infections. and other bleak and wintry we can believe in the streets a mostly empty the many who do need to go out we are a mosque seems to be helping there's been a slight drop in covert 19 in fiction it's not enough the government is preparing to tighten restrictions on berlin is

making headlines around the world germany's foreign minister heiko moscow was in the turkish capital ankara on monday he welcomed turkey's announcement that it will seek a diplomatic solution to his dispute with germany's fellow e.u. state greece tensions between turkey and greece almost boiled over into conflict last year in disagreements over gas exploration and maritime boundaries in the eastern mediterranean rescuers in china say that 12 miners trapped in a gold mine are still alive but another 10 remain unaccounted for the miners have been stuck underground for more than a week after an explosion on monday footage from state television showed a note being passed through a rescue shaft with the requests don't stop trying to reach us. brazil has kicked off its nationwide mass vaccination program against the corona virus a 54 year old nurse in sao paolo became the 1st person to receive the chinese sin of shocked after it and the astra zeneca vaccine were approved for emergency use brazil's kovan 1000 death toll now stands at more than 209000 people 2nd only to the united states. well the

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stories coming from around the globe germany's foreign minister heiko moss was in the turkish capital ankara on monday he welcomed turkey's announcement that it will seek a diplomatic solution to its dispute with germany's fellow e.u. state greece tensions between greece and turkey almost boiled over into conflict last year in disagreements over gas exploration and maritime boundaries in the eastern mediterranean sea more than 20 sea food trucks have parked on roads of the u.k. parliament to protest problems in getting their produce to the european union many fishermen have been unable to export to the cost of the extra documentation required after breaks it the government has said post breaks it teething problems should be resolved shortly in south korea the billionaire defacto head of samsung j young lee has been jailed for 2 and a half years on corruption charges this comes after the high court in seoul overturned lee's original suspended sentence he was convicted of bribing an associate of the former president back in 27 seen. a south african variant of coke at 19 has been found to be mo

role in this and also does that mean that say cats are is less of a friend to the powers that be in ankarabecause that was a friendship that was reforged in the immediate aftermath of the blockade having kicked off. well as far as qatar is concerned from the very beginning and what was the thing that it had an issue with was that it's wanted to as any country does be responsible for its own foreign policy and it has always told the other g.c.c. member states that each country has its own sovereignty and therefore should have the freedom to establish diplomatic ties with whoever it seems sees fit the contradiction here peter is that in the final communique the secretary general said that all member states will work to have a you know unified and united foreign policy that's just bizarre because even for example if you were to look at the european union although it had a foreign policy chief each country had its own in the room and space to have its own excuse me its own from policy with whom it's wished for having said that and not lost on me that you know we report for our does europe whic

not true for the eastern med or turkey although on monday the sun comes out in this town bowl in ankara there is more rain gathering to the south and rushing towards the event it was fun she spread as far south as gaza as proper rain showers on monday then proper rain in the evening on tuesday with thunderstorms left behind the whole lot folks is a bit more lebanon will be covered in snow i suspect that's what all the trees the northern part of iraq and syria are higher ground we'll see yet more stay around there's more for eastern turkey but it does not affect whether further south bit of an increase in the breeze maybe coming down towards cutter. the active weather in southern africa has changed its orientation left most of south africa bone dry actually now and in the forecast in johannesburg going to go one day thunderstorms but anyways a recently named storm is showing the activity where it is in the indian ocean and this is heading towards madagascar take a while to get there i'm not sure what structure live once it gets there we'll watch that for you but over the main land masses

just starting to notch up so we'll get up there around 9 celsius in athens more in the stew there in ankara bits and pieces of snow around the black sea and to the north there of that particular colin powell and temperatures on monday night fulling as low as minus $28.00 want to spoil still a fair old covering a snow fall many wetter weather coming into the northwest will bring some stronger winds but also some mild temperatures getting up to around 11 celsius in london that rain that we have across northern parts of england southern areas of scotland 3 wells could well cause flooding as we go on through the next couple of days flood warnings in force across a good part of the u.k. as a result of the heavy and persistent rain which will continue to make its way in from the west but as you can see temperatures do get up into double figures and then just some wet weather also coming into spain and portugal with the risk of flooding coming in here. qatar airways ok calm and make sure you're not hyping the situation be part of the debate my main characters are women when no topic is off the tab

cooperation council members but more importantly with other regional capital such as teheran and ankara and that relationship plays a very pivotal role in the way that arab countries have to deal with each other and more importantly the way that gulf countries now have to talk to each other. indeed and this explains why the what we're watching right now in airports is quite a remarkable moment that people will remember for years and years to come the emir of qatar just i mean been hammered and he was going to come out of the plane and talk to the crown prince of saudi arabia mohamed pencilled bat and this is where the expectations in this part of the world are he usually sees something that could finally put an end to the blockade to the worst political twice in the region in many decades i was in saudi arabia in may when the emir of qatar was there during the 1st visit of trump to overseas visit of president donald trump and him met with the g.c.c. leaders and the general sentiment at that particular moment that this could that's stance of the unity will pave the way for many developme

in addition the one in ankara is copied in greek so between all those different copies historians can teach piece together the entire text. and the section of the text i want to focus on todayis this . it's the eighth of some 35.points that list the achievements of caesar augustus and that's what makes up the resident. here's what this point says in latin and because i can't speak latin here's the english translation. i'm not going to read the whole thing but this is the relevant bit . in my sixth consulship with mark marcus agrippa i made a census of the people. i performed the rostrum of 41 years. in this prostration 4,063,000 roman citizens were entered on the census role. so there's a word there rostrum and that refers to an animal sacrifice that took place after the completion of the roman census . to the romans the census was imbued with a kind of ceremonial quality and end the animal sacrifice and over time the rostrum that word came to refer to the census itself and to a period of five years which is how often the romans took it. as the text goes on augustus continues and desc

making headlines around the world to germany's foreign minister who moss was in the turkish capital ankara on monday he welcomed turkey's announcement that it will seek a diplomatic solution to its dispute with germany's fellow european union member greece tensions between turkey and greece almost boiled over into conflict last year in disagreements over gas exploration and maritime boundaries in the eastern mediterranean italian prime minister josep pick on day has won a confidence vote in italy's lower house of parliament he'll likely remain in power should he win another such vote in the senate on tuesday it contains government was plunged into crisis last week after losing the support of a junior coalition partner. more than 20 c. for drugs have parked on roads near the u.k. parliament to protest problems in getting their produce to the european union many fishermen have been unable to be exported to the e.u. because of the extra documentation now required after brecht's it the government has said post breaks it t.v. problems should be resolved shortly. on the other side of the atlanti

not true for the eastern med or turkey although on monday the sun comes out in this town bowl in ankara there is more rain gathering to the south and rushing towards the event it was fun she spread as far south as geysers proper rain showers on monday then proper rain in the evening on tuesday with thunderstorms left behind not whole lot folks is a bit more lebanon will be covered in snow i suspect as with all the trees the northern part of iraq and syria the higher ground will see yet more standards more for eastern turkey but it does not affect weather further south bit of an increase in the breeze maybe coming down towards cutter the active weather in southern africa has changed its orientation left most of south africa bone dry actually now and in the forecast in johannesburg going to go one day thunderstorms but earlier we are recently named storm is showing the activity where it is in the indian ocean and this is heading towards madagascar take a while to get there i'm not sure what structural have once it gets there we'll watch that for you but over the main land masses of rain s

earlier, president erdogan received his first dose at ankara city hospital in the turkish capital.lation: as the government we will do everything we can. - we are using every means available. hopefully following the initial 3 million doses and additional 25 to 30 million doses will arrive subsequently. we will complete all of the vaccines that come from china. 50 million. but new questions have been raised over the efficacy of the jab, after clinical trials in brazil showed it was onlyjust over 50% effective. so let's take a closer look. these new clinical trial results in brazil found the vaccine was 50.4% effective. last week researchers announced, the vaccine had a 78% efficacy against mild—to—severe cases of the coronavirus. but on tuesday, they revealed — calculations for that figure did not include data from a group of "very mild infections". several countries have placed orders with china — including indonesia which has a reported budget of almost one and a half billion dollars for the vaccine. turkey — has already got three million doses of sin—ovac — is expecting to receiv