spondon anti cassava in athens and above our visa in brussels good to have both of you on the show i would like to start with you auntie because obviously big day for greece today question is are people there in the mood to celebrate the end of the bailout program well as you said it is a momentous moment here for greece but there is no one here celebrating because there is continued hardship in store for these people. and this is because while the numbers have started to look good while the macro indicators are looking much better for this economy it still remains weak and this is in these and this upbeat in this improvement has yet to trickle down to the really come to me and to the purses of the greek people and this unless the unless investments kick in and jobs are created this misery will continue to linger on don't forget we're dealing here with exhausting years of austerity that shrunk incomes by thirty percent one in three businesses have have gone bankrupt and more than a million people remain unemployed all right so mixed feelings there in brussels mixed feelings or it in

athens residential property fell 46% from its peak in 2008.rten holidaymakers using online services. about nine yea rs using online services. about nine years ago, the property market went down, but then again, the people who visit greece for a cash and have been going steadily up, so like last year we have had a 7 million tourists and now we have around 32. got people coming in and buying up apartments crates issues elsewhere if they rent them out online to shorten holidaymakers. it means that high—definition, there is less supply. that is bad news if you are a native or someone supply. that is bad news if you are a native or someone who lives and works here because if you need a longer term lease, they might be a little bit more expensive. it might mean that you have to move to a different district. one you didn‘t call home. in these apartments blocks, lives criss—cross, he was born and raised in athens and when he wanted buy an apartment with his wife they had to move to a more downmarket area. when we moved here, all six flats were rather

philip hampsheir, bbc news, athens.ess briefing this hour, but before we go, here are the markets. it's been a week dominated as we know by the issues between the us and turkey and the state of the turkish economy. well, as we can see here, nikkei and hang seng falling considerably over the course of the day so far. this is despite what you see from the dow, which was up, because the turkish lira rose yesterday but we've since heard president erdogan saying don't go by us electronics like the iphone. —— don't go buying. anxieties over that relationship and the economy. that probably leads to a sense of insecurity coming from the asian markets. up next, news briefing. we'll take you through ther stories making headlines in the global news. it's a year since the scottish government introduced the baby box scheme. they contain clothes, toys and a mattress so the box can be used as a safe sleeping space and are given free of charge to every new parent. have they made a difference? catriona renton reports. it's time for a re

to their crisis hit country and a big day for greece as it emerges from its final bailout program athens will now be able to tap into money on financial markets for the first time in eight years it follows years of austerity that led to widespread anger as the country tried to cut its debts we'll go live to athens. i'm sara kelly welcome to the program dozens of elderly south koreans are in north korea for a long awaited reunion with family members. and these are just the first of emotional scenes that we are witnessing the first for unions in three years they bring together families who were divided after the korean war in the one nine hundred fifty s. some haven't seen their relatives since the end of that calm. clicked the unions more agreed to by the two korean leaders of a historic summit in april part of a recent thaw in relations between the two countries the south koreans were chosen by lottery the oldest of them is one hundred and one these brief meetings are likely to last. are likely the last rather excuse me and only time that many will see each other. let's cross over now to

philip hampshire, bbc news, athens.m from royal london asset management joins us again to discuss. botox, there has been stories in the papers how high streets in the uk said the likes of superdrug ‘s, they are offering botox for £99, just over $100, so quite cheap. leaving aside whether it is a good idea to engage in casual plastic surgery in your lunch break. people are running shops that needed to be physically present. you have to be physically present. you have to be physically present to have botox so well you might fill your trolley with toothpaste. superdrug are saying the nurses are highly trained and they are making sure people know it isn't are making sure people know it isn't a quick knock offjob. nonetheless, £99 is a big discount in an uncomfortable area for some people. plastic surgery going mass—market, blaming love island and other things. sticking with the theme of looking good, apparently people are taking back clothes, they buy them, ta ke p hotos taking back clothes, they buy them, take photos of th

more on this major milestone for greece today let's rope in our correspondent and he can i say in athens and in brussels good to have both of you on the show i would like to start with you anthony because obviously big day for greece today question is are people there in the mood to celebrate the end of the bailout program. well as he said it is a momentous moment here for greece but there's no one here celebrating because there is continued hardship in store for these people. and this is because while the numbers have started to look good while the macro indicators are looking much better for this economy it still remains weak and this in these and this upbeat in this improvement has yet to trickle down to the really come to me and to the purses of the greek people and this unless the unless investments kick in and jobs are created this misery will continue to linger on don't forget we're dealing here with exhausting years of austerity that shrunk incomes by thirty percent one in three businesses have have gone bankrupt and more than a million people remain unemployed all right some mix

weeks ago by deadly quakes and the big day for greece as it emerges from its final bailout program athens will now be able to tap into money on the financial markets for the first time in a year it follows years of austerity that led to widespread anger at the country's top tries to cut its debts we'll go live to athens and brussels. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program brazil has announced that it will send troops an extra policeman to a border town which saw clashes between venezuelan migrants and the local population the incident over the weekend has highlighted the many pressures facing other south american nations struggling to cope with a. influx of venezuelans who are fleeing a growing crisis in their country as a result some countries have now decided to impose border controls to check this flow. it was hoped that drove great saudis to greater to sell her home and leave her children behind in venezuela. hope that she would soon be reunited with her husband in peru and send for her children. but huddled with hundreds of other venezuelans hope is starting to fade. you know today i

collided with pedestrians and cyclists felt acropolis, knocked out of the champions league by adk athensguilty and straight back into the hat squad but will the ecb punish ben stokes board that bristol brawl? also coming up we have the latest news from the european parents swimming —— para swimming championships in dublin. good evening. there'll be no more champions league football for celtic this season the scottish champions fell in the third qualifying round away at a ek athens. it was one all after the first leg in glasgow last week. brendan rogers side lost 2—1 this evening in the greek capital and they have dropped into the playoffs now for the europa league group stage. thick reports. the champions league is about money and prestige. failure to reach the group stage we see celtic miss out on more than £10 million. the funds needed to attract and retain players. manager brendan rodgers would have diedrich in his defence, but the u nsettled diedrich in his defence, but the unsettled belgians that he's not yet 100% operational. neither were his team—mates. caught ball watching as rod

for example the statesman para cli's in the athens city hall. slater and his fellow philosopher socrates in front of the academy of athens. to wear simple lace up sandals which were later adopted by the romans. in the fifteenth and sixteenth century open toed shoes called buskins were all the rage women wore these shoes which featured high corks under the hoop skirts to make them look taller. pantelis many seen also continues to find inspiration in the historical figures who wore greek samples his father always carried a sketch pad with him to draw pictures of footwear on statues. whenever i look at ancient statues that wear these sandals i'm always impressed that people already wore this kind of shoes three thousand years ago. fell in love and they went to war while wearing them. they lived their lives in the and these sandals are still around today. at his store the master shoemaker fits every sandal personally he has many regular customers. my parents brought me here to buy my first pair of sandals later i brought my children every time we're

plus an economic milestone to greece as a democracy from its final bailout program athens will not be able to tap into money on financial markets for the first time in a.t.l. as this follows the years of crushing most penalty that led to widespread anger as the country tried to slash its debts we'll go live to athens. cheema dozens of. south koreans i'm north korea for a long awaited reunion with family members. who own these on the phone screen unions in three years they bring together families who were divided after the korean war in the one nine hundred fifty s. some haven't seen their relatives since the end of that conflict the reunions were agreed to by the two korean leaders at the historic summit in april part of the recent forward relations between the two countries the south koreans were chosen by lottery the oldest of them is one hundred one for some these brief meetings are likely to be the last and only time they'll see each other. joining me now is journalist jane quantify she is in the south korean capital seoul welcome jan how are these reunions progressing give us a s

but now let's find out what the greeks think of you to athens correspondent and. we haven't got much time for you but just tell us briefly a big day for greece in the euro zone people in the mood to celebrate. now definitely not there is no celebration of any type on the streets in fact there is just prolonged misery and speaking to many greeks say just expect their situation their day to day life in fact to grow worse in the coming months because the government has consigned greece to additional reforms to more cuts there will be coming down the road don't forget though they are on the books the figures the macro economics of this crisis and looking bad are unemployment is down still high the deficit is down you know all these figures are very promising growth rates are very high but that has yet to trickle down to the really economy and to the perks. of the greeks and that will take time unless some investments kick in fast and to create jobs and to get the economy rolling because as the professor there as the expert said before most of these fiscal improvements

chris mclaughlin, bbc news, athens. for the delay in opening their new stadium, but say it was "unavoidable" because of safety concerns. spurs were expected to play their first game at their new ground on 15th september against liverpool, but that match has been switched to wembley. sara 0rchard has the latest. tottenham's apology today has come amid ongoing speculation about when the stadium is going to open. i have beenin the stadium is going to open. i have been in dialogue with the club for most of the day and we understand that the —— the contract held a meeting with the board yesterday and spoke about critical safety issues which are preventing the current schedule going ahead. it basically means that if they hosted events now, fans and the crowd inside the stadium wouldn't be safe. it means that two more premier league temperatures have been moved to wembley, that's the september fixture against liverpool and the 0ctober fixture against cardiff. season—ticket holders have been told they can get a full refund for

an economic milestone for greece as it emerges from its final bailout program athens will now be able to tap into money on the financial markets for the first time. and critics once again jodi indonesia killing at least a dozen people in the trade most coming just two weeks off the last day of grace. class and the next sixty minutes of the all we all know the video game is a multibillion your industry and we know that kids sometimes play video games when they shouldn't bought in one high school in jakarta the troops in fact e-sports gets past the. plague. of a will welcome to you i'm. dozens of elderly south koreans are in north korea for long awaited reunions with family members they bring together relatives who were divided after the korean war nearly seven decades ago the reunions were approved by the leaders of the two koreas a historic summit in april part of a recent thought and relations. they can finally embrace each other after decades apart. many of them are parents and children brothers and sisters who sometimes struggle to recognise each other after such a long separation.

we go to athens, georgia. good morning. caller: good morning, how are you, sir? host: i am good. how are things in athens when it comes to race relations? caller: honestly, the have not changed. i have three points if you would allow me, bill. first, i love c-span. i love america. i love being a black man in america with the ability to watch c-span and engage in the political sphere. --ondly, the ignorance of the ignorance out there, the lack of intelligence coupled with the volume that social media and mainstream media has given to different opinions that people have about people, and it is not the good, decent people who are saying these things. it is the ignorant people, or the people who have no sympathy or empathy for anyone else. and my third point, bill -- i don't think the president is the problem. the president is a reflection of those same individuals i talked about. those ignorant, and compassionate people with that volume behind them where they can put their ideas out there. is aport trump because he behavior that he has displayed is what negroes are doing being loud

mark lowen, bbc news, athens.fraser hit another major retailer today. shares in mulberry, which makes luxury handbags, plunged after it said it was owed up to £3 million by the department store chain. our business correspondent emma simpson is here. so, the collapse of house of fraser is clearly causing further ripples... yes, that's right. mulberry has concessions in 21 house of fraser stores, so house of fraser is really important and is a big source of sales for mulberry. is one of hundreds of suppliers who were owed money by house of fraser when it went into administration. the amounts are extraordinary. if you add up all the unsecured creditors, including landlords and suppliers, you get to nearly half £1 billion worth of debt. here is the thing, when a company goes into administration and is then bought by someone else, those debts are effectively written off, there is no legal obligation for the new owner to pay those debts. and of course thatis to pay those debts. and of course that is what happened when m

and after a 3—2 aggregate defeat to the greek champions aek athens.t could cost them up to £40 million. think all you spent much of your playing career in the scottish domestic league. tell us what the result will mean to celtic and scottish football. for celtic the past couple of years they have been in the group stages where an elite clu b in the group stages where an elite club will feel is the right place. it isa club will feel is the right place. it is a setback for themselves and scottish football because the coefficient celtic have gathered in the group stages, if they build on that there was a possibility they would have had an automatic place in the group stages in a few years. but four qualifying rounds has made it tough and not only do celtic suffer but all scottish football because the coefficient drops. most of the other teams have relied on celtic to be the flag bearer which is why the result does not help anybody. to explain to some viewers, celtic started the champions league campaign back on the 10th ofjuly against armenian opposition

it isa it is a very normal day here in athens. nothing indicates that today isa athens.espite all the talk about the success of the bailout, many people here don‘t feel they have many reasons to celebrate. the cost of the bailout programme has been too heavy to bear. pensions have been cut. salaries have been slashed. and heavy taxes have been imposed. this has caused the whole industry to shrink by 25%. in the past years many took to this square to protest against the austerity measures. today, things are calm. but the mood is one of resignation, or perhaps despair. there is little convince that the to convince people here that the future is going to be any better. all across the bbc this week, we re looking at global trade. and that s because $16 billion in tariffs on both chinese goods going into the us and american goods being imported into china are due to take effect. butjust how much of an impact could this have on the world economy? last year alone the value of goods and services traded around the globe was worth more than $20 trillion. now of that, $635 billion

long tunnel for greece as it emerges from the last of its three bailout programs that means that athens is no longer dependent on aid from the european union european central bank and the international monetary fund the loans amounted to two hundred sixty billion euro. finally no more aid packages and no funding requirements but the last eight years have been tough for greece and brought dress to cost cutting measures many greeks lost their jobs and their homes on average income has fallen by a third but taxes remain high and now for most people it will be a long time before the situation improves and some are very skeptical about the future like this silversmith gave human the personally for me in the coming years i don't see any hope everything looks bleak to me. you know all of the crisis brought me and thousands of people in my position to a low point in business my company closed but in a dignified way without owing money to the state or pension funds and we could open in this cafeteria and many market. he hopes he'll soon go in a foothold again a lot of people try to fight their w

and his fellow philosopher socrates in front of the academy of athens. two simple they subsamples which were later adopted by the romans. in the fifteenth and sixteenth century open toed shoes called buskins where all the rage women wore these shoes which featured high corks under the hoop skirts to make them look taller. continues to find inspiration in the historical figures who wore greek samples and always carried a sketch pad with him to draw pictures of a foot well on statues. whenever i look at ancient statues that wear these sandals i'm always impressed that people already wore this kind of shoes three thousand years ago. fell in love and they went to war while wearing them. they lived their lives in them and these sundials are still around today. greek sandals the perfect summer footwear since the days of antiquity. often young girls dreams of becoming a hollywood actress remain just that dreams but for the ugandan or german actress for also her speak a reality has not just conquered hollywood she's also landed a major role in germany's longest

mark lowen, bbc news, athens.covered pretty much every twist and turn of the greek financial crisis at. if you visit oui’ financial crisis at. if you visit our website you will see this move away from financial emergency measures. something we will discuss later in the programme as well. we will look at the greek press, what they are saying on this day with regards to how greece is now following the eurozone bailout and also the german press has a very different take on the bailout on greece, as you can imagine. dozens of south koreans have arrived in north korea to be reunited with family members they've not seen for more than sixty years. the eighty—nine south koreans, many of whom are now elderly and frail, were separated from their relatives by the korean war. the brief reunions are the first for three years, reflecting a thaw in diplomatic tensions between the governments of the two koreas, as laura bicker reports from seoul. kim hyun—sook remembers the moment she saw her daughter for the first time in over 6

running battles consumed central athens.reece was collapsing and risked taking the eurozone with it. a huge burst of teargas has just come to this place where i am broadcasting from. i covered the story continuously as the athens correspondent. now, eight years on, as greece finishes its bailout, i have come back. in today's calm and tourist—filled syntagma square, the endless days i spent here amongst the chaos of the protest seem almost like a distant memory. greece is clearly rebuilding but the problems are still here. unemployment is at 20%, down from a high of 28%. austerity has pushed one in five below the poverty line. the economy has shrunk by one quarter. greece may be coming off life—support but it is still far from real recovery. the government says it was forced to accept austerity, or banks would have sunk and greece would have left the euro. now it senses optimism despite the pain of many here. we fully understand what they have and you would over the last eight years of recession, but we strongly believe that

the 1967 champions travel to greece to face aek athens, needing a goal, after drawing the first leg i—ifrom injury although he won't be starting in athens. yes, probably too much to start. he will take his place on the bench, but he looks very fit and strong. and his rehabilitation. he wants to play and to be involved. so too much arrest for him to start, but i'm sure at some point in the game he will play a part. roger federer begins his bid for an eighth cincinatti masters title the world number two is focusing his attention on the us open starting in less than a fortnight‘s time and he'll play german peter goyovchik in the second round after being given a first round bye. in case you missed it usa captainjim furyk has confirmed his eight automatic picks for next month's ryder cup against europe in paris. among them are brooks koepka fresh from winning the us pga championship on sunday, and world number one dustin johnson, although the talk has been about whether tiger woods, who's already a vice captain, will be given a captain's pick after his second placed finish at the weekend. wh

and celtic have been knocked out of the champions league in the third round of qualifying by aek athens. hello and welcome to ther programme, where the england all—rounder ben stokes has been found not guilty of affray at bristol crown court in england. the case related to a fight outside a nightclub in the city in september last year. he's been drafted straight back into the england squad following the verdict but he may still face a sanction from the england and wales cricket board. our sports editor dan roan was in court. it had taken almost a year, but finally ben stokes emerged from court today having cleared his name. one of the world's top cricketers found not guilty of affray. today's verdict represents the end of an 11 month ordealfor ben, during which time he has had to maintain his silence at times when many in social media and certain parts of the press predetermined his guilt long before the trial began. the past 11 months have served to highlight to benjust how highly he values his position as an england representative, both in terms of the privilege that role entails and

they were held to a 1—1 draw at home by aek athens. side held a numerical advantage for over half an hour after konsta ntinos galanopoulos was shown a second yellow card but they now head to greece next tuesday with it all to do. you can get all the latest sports news at our website, that's bbc.com/sport. it is transfer deadline day in the english premier league. england playing the second test against india at lord's. but from me, tulsen tollett, and the rest of the sport today team, goodbye. hello there. things are looking cooler and fresher now for the rest of this week, particularly across northern and western areas, with a mixture of sunshine and showers. some of the showers will continue to be quite heavy as well, maybe with the risk of thunder. the reason for the cooler air, area of low pressure has driven out the heat into the near continent, introducing something cooler and fresher off the atlantic, and we'll maintain a west or south—westerly airflow. early on thursday, we will see further showers returning to western scotland

the mother of all sandals spotted in athens for. the giants of the public well in the street so maybe. the woman in thirteen or. lehman brothers ten years on a story of ambition greed and megalomania. we're so clever the elite. class was called investment bankers called the carousel with never stopped. everybody was wrong or wanted to ignore the reality of the whole thing might blow off in most cases of a system that spun out of control. the more that will. cause. the current investment bank lehman brothers start september thirteenth d.w. . us republican senator john mccain has died after a battle with cancer the eighty one year old was a decorated vietnam war veteran and political maverick who won the republican nomination for president in two thousand and eight became had recently chosen to discontinue treatment for an aggressive form of brain cancer on twitter president trump shared his quote deepest sympathies and respect with mccain's family. pope francis has.

they told us that the ryanair flight to athens that we had booked are being canceled because the. pilots on strike so we just went through a couple different ways of getting to athens and their line rebooked scaling up that's all they need the tonight and then tomorrow in the morning bouncing from that's the only thing to athens so what's behind this industrial action ryanair employs about four hundred pilots here in germany they are members of the pilots union cockpit and for the union issue with ryanair is very clear they want improved terms and conditions and they say ryanair really needs to reform. does. today is not about want to debate ryanair and it wouldn't be possible any way against a transatlantic employee but what it is about is to signal to management that there needs to be an end to them trying to beat their own staff today you want to send a clear message to dublin ryanair must change so far at least the airline appears not to want to but as chief executive has accepted ryanair will take a financial hit it's hard to assess the damage of a new features from the one h

they are in athens tonight, unbeaten in their four european matches under sean dyche. 0lympiakos areecord at home in european qualification. the prestige of any tournament is, when you play against the big names, and they have a history here and an knowledge of different variances in european football, that is in their favour slightly. but we have a freshness, and unionists about it, it isa freshness, and unionists about it, it is a new look for us to come and ta ke it is a new look for us to come and take these challenges on. leeds boxer, natasha gale says exhaustion was behind the "unacceptable conduct" that saw her suspended from boxing after the commomwealth games. she says the ban gave her the break from the sport she needed and she's now aiming for the world championships later this year, followed by the tokyo olympics in 2020. she's been speaking exclusively to our sports reporter, tanya arnold. having time off, i had quite a bit of time off and reflecting on it. you know, it was good for me

mark lowen, bbc news, athens.r authority was facing a financial crisis. the payments were made by a company owned by northamptonshire county council, but the authority insists all payments were transparent. staurt ratcliffe reports. may 2015, and the b—17 bomber performs a fly—past in northamptonshire. the cost of this flight, nearly £a000, all paid for by a company owned by the county council. that company, northamptonshire enterprise agency properties, which was set up to promote the county as a business destination. the company also paid £2700 for a heritage dinner and £80,000 was spent at northampton saints, including £20,000 for a hospitality box. 0pposition councillors say at a time when the council knew it was facing severe financial problems, these costs are shocking. i think like most councillors, i thought that anything in the service of the company was going back to the council. i did not really believe it or think that there was money being held back and being spent on all sorts of weird and wonderful

mark lowen, bbc news, athens.nd members of the public outside parliament six days ago. salih khater, who's 29 and from birmingham, is accused of driving a car at pedestrians, cyclists and police officers before crashing into a security barrier. our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford reports. it was last tuesday at 7:37am when a ford fiesta ploughed through a group of cyclists on the edge of parliament square before driving up the access road to the house of lords car park and smashing into the security barrier. counter—terrorism detectives led the investigation. this morning, the suspected driver of the car was brought to court to face two charges of attempted murder. in the dock, 29—year—old salih khater wore a grey t—shirt and white trousers. he confirmed his name and address. asked what nationality he was, he said sudanese and then corrected that to british. a refugee from sudan, he only got british citizenship six weeks ago. he is charged with attempting to murder cyclists at the junction of parliament

but that‘s causing tensions with locals, as philip hampsheir reports from athens.ion. residential property fell 46% from its peak in 2008. flats rented a short—term holiday—makers using online services. nine years ago the property market went down but the tourists, people visiting greece for vacation have been going steadily up. people coming in and buying apartments creates issues elsewhere, if they rent them out online to short—term holiday—makers. it means that by definition there is less supply. that‘s bad news if you‘re a native person of athens who lives and works here because if you need a longer term lease, they might be a bit more expensive and you may need to move to a different district, one you didn‘t call home. to move to a different district, one you didn't call home. when we moved here, all six flags were either rented or the owners lived in the flats —— all six flats. in the last two years the renters have left because the lease was over and the owners politely ask them to leave. so they could rent the apartments to whoever they need. staying with h

athens will now be able to borrow money on financial markets for the first time in eight years. it follows years of crushing austerity as the country tried to cut its debts. i'm brent goff. it is good to have you with us. we begin in venezuela, a country in the grip of an economic meltdown. it's citizens try to flee the chaos. venezuela's numbers are rushing to close borders. in the hope of restoring some stability, president nicolas maduro has launched a new currency. five zeros have been knocked off the beleaguered role currency as hyperinflation heads for 1,000,000% a year. what is this doing to the money people have in their pockets? look at this, this pile of old bolivar's. today, this would buy you only one chicken. likewise, this is how much a few tomatoes currently cost. in venezuela, that is changing by the hour. and it costs this much paper money to buy just one role of toilet paper, people say, why bother? venezuelans are fleeing the economic crisis in droves, but neighboring countries -- colombia, ecuador, peru, and chile -- are not opening their doors. a state in br

and a big day for greece as it emerges from its final sale out program athens will now be able to tap into money on financial markets for the first time in eight years it follows years of austerity that led to widespread anger as the country tried to cut its that. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program brazil has announced that it will send troops and extra policemen to a border town which saw clashes between then a swollen migrants and the local population the incident over the weekend has highlighted the growing migration crisis of venezuelans fleeing the economic and political turmoil in their country other south american nations are struggling to. cope with the venezuelan exodus across the continent and our next report starts out in aqua door where migration numbers have increased dramatically pushing authorities to tighten border controls. it was hoped that drove great saudis to quatre to sell her home and leave her children behind in venezuela. hope that she would soon be reunited with her husband in peru and send for her children. but huddled with hundreds of other venezuelans

and perfectly sponsored the mcgarry and decree against the trade port magara between athens and sparta the people of our work accused of planting crops on land that was consecrated to the god. this dammit or the ancient greek goddess of farming they were accused of sheltering escapes slaves from athens but the sanction were against merchants not farmers because just like modern sanctions they didn't make magara that did me it actually helped trigger a low little bitty test known as the peloponnesian war the united states sanctioning russia's nothing new either in fact the united states has been imposing economic sanctions against russia almost continually since one thousand nine hundred eighteen and for a century a century it has been next to impossible to see the value in it the latest sanctions are again for russia's alleged attack on democracy but as stephen cohen professor and americas of russian studies and politics and n.y.u. and prince says that in the nation in reality there was no attack no pearl harbor no nine eleven no russian parachuters the spending on washington only the

the economic milestone from greece as it emerges from its final build out program athens will now be able to tap into money on financial markets for the first time an e.t.s. it follows years of crushing a city that led to widespread anger as the country tried to cut its debts. man. in a well welcome to you on the touchy ma dozens of elderly south koreans i north korea for a long awaited reunion with family members they bring together relatives who were divided off the korean war nearly seven decades ago the reunions were approved by the two koreas leaders. at the historic summit in april part of a recent poll and relations. taken finally embrace each other after decades apart. many of them are parents and children brothers and sisters who sometimes struggle to recognise each other after such a long separation. sister sister my sister you've gone through so much. it's a bittersweet moment despite being able to meet these family members who only have eleven hours to spend together. and for these eighty nine elderly south koreans this may be the very last time they can travel to north k

athens when they'll be able to borrow money on financial markets for the first time in eight years it follows years of crushing all staring as the country tried to cut its debt. by brink off it's good to have you with us we begin tonight in venezuela a country in the grip of an economic meltdown as its citizens try to flee the chaos venezuela's neighbors are rushing to close their borders in the hope of resorting some stability. president nicolas maduro has launched a new currency five zero been knocked off the beleaguered bowl of our currency as hyperinflation heads for one million percent a year and what is this doing to the money that people have in their pockets will take a look at this this pile of old bowl of ours that you see here today will buy you only one chicken likewise this is how much a few tomatoes currently cost in venezuela of course that's changing by the hour and when it cost this much paper money to buy just one roll of toilet paper a lot of people are saying why bother to buy the roll of all but it's are fleeing the economic crisis in droves but neighboring countr

celtic are 1—1 against ae came athens. —— aek athens. leg to be paid in greece next week, and they must score in order to qualify. england drew one all against brazil, in their second group game in france. georgia sta nway group game in france. georgia stanway put group game in france. georgia sta nway put england group game in france. georgia stanway put england ahead in just the 11th minute, after a foul, but a substitute struck in injury time to snatch a point for the south americans. england's top of group b, vinniejust a point americans. england's top of group b, vinnie just a point on sunday to reach the good of finals. after the drama of the first test, which injured one, what a time to make a debut. ollie pope comes into the second test of the series, it is a game that has got a lot of people talking. test cricket may have been dropping off the radar slightly, but england captain, joe root, things the match at edgbaston has caught the match at edgbaston has caught the attention once again. there has been a lot of those negativity

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we have the chance to go to istanbul and athens and compete over there.ort. it was tremendous from start to finish the number of chances we created and goals we could have had, ten, 12 clear—cut chances. it would not go in the net. the second half of the first leg was the crucial blow. the referee played his part in that which was difficult to ta ke his part in that which was difficult to take because we were in the game at 1-1 to take because we were in the game at 1—1 going to take because we were in the game at1—1 going in to take because we were in the game at 1—1 going in at half—time. ifeel the referee might have been affected in the tunnel area. that is the way it goes in european football. those are the experiences you see and learn. i‘m disappointed because i thought last night we were tremendous and it is back to what we are known as, a team hard to play against a difficult for the opposition. with energy. but could not find the end product. it meant there were four british clubs in the draw for this years group stages, arsenal will play sportin