i think the western balkans are extremely important for the european union. they really.nd are working toward entering, it is really something they want to achieve and, at the same time, we always have to keepin at the same time, we always have to keep in mind what might happen if after the next elections, all those countries see the dream of the european union is going really far away and they will not have the chance to enter because that may cause something we might regret in the future. the question is, why was, in the case of brexit, and his in many other european nations currently, the overwhelmingly positive working of the european union offered undersold or overlooked? applause .it is applause . it is very easy, it is lousy marketing. the eu has done some great things but it is never been the trade in the correct way. it has ever been shown in the correct way. when it comes to brexit, make them mistake, the brits look at europe as the continent, they are never really pa rt the continent, they are never really part of europe. the brits are people on an island and t

>> what balkan nation... a hungry crocodile.ind of horizontally shaped. croatia and slovenia are right around there, and i don't think it's romania. >> now at $30,000, which you can always walk away with. you're risking $25,000. >> that's a lot of money to go on a... >> but you know what happens when you get to that $50,000. >> i get a swing at $100,000 later. >> exactly. >> oh, man. [sighs] romania is just ahead of the sea. i don't see a v in romania. i don't see some jaws kind of thing going on with romania. i guess that makes it a pretty easy decision if i can't remember how they look. [exhales] chris, i'm gonna walk away with $30,000, and that's my final decision. >> not a bad decision to make. $30,000. congratulations, charlie. what would you have guessed? >> i'm between serbia and croatia. >> it was croatia. >> it was croatia, not confident enough. >> it was "d," croatia, but hey, you're walking out of here with $30,000, charlie. good playing. [dramatic music] ♪ [cheers and applause] charlie played a solid game, walking ou

demonstrations in the balkan country of albania and to rally against government corruption although some western governments have condemned the protests as undemocratic and we speak to a german pensioner being a big hit from the flat he's lived in for a quarter of a century to make room for migrants. but. i cannot believe that seventy four year old pensioner can suffer all these troubles even the one paying my rent. getting it free. welcome you watching r.t. international three pm here in moscow. the political standoff in venezuela is escalating the deadline to let us aid into the country imposed by the self-proclaimed interim leader expires on saturday deliveries have been amassing at the border with colombia but the trucks are being blocked by venice why this elected president nicolas maduro they may contain hidden weapons venezuelan foreign minister says external forces are trying to push his country towards violence. in brief the country is at peace and is calm but there are those directly from the united states who want to force a situation such as the one of the venezuelan border w

greek schools one hundred fifty kilometers south of here but here in scope here he is taught as a balkan freedom fighter from the south macedonian region what is today greek macedonia that is one of many educational issues a joint commission of historians from greece and north macedonia are to resolve before this country's new school textbooks are printed in september the most controversial issue is how schools here will teach about alexander the great need them the disparities i believe that when we teach the era of alexander the great we must go out cosmopolitanism rather than teach in a way that provokes nationalism the main point is not young says to hate each other but to communicate when politicians talk about history i'm not sure anything good will come of it the last time politicians here talked about history they claimed alexander as a macedonian but not a greek hero and spent a billion dollars on statues and public buildings befitting the pedigree they used the name macedonia which is the same as greece's northern region and raised fears of claims on its territory and its histo

, it is 110w republic to the balkan states, it is now down in the 184,000 from the peak.ve no plans to leave, but they think they know why others are leaving. the situation changed massively over the past ten years. there is more opportunity, the economics are stronger back home, unemployment is low, the positions are better paid these days. the countries are in a better position. they are a little bit scared about what will happen with no deal and how that is causing all the prices of the products rising up. many people from the so—called eu eight countries that joined the eu in 2004 have settled lives here with families and homes. but for those who are weighing up staying or leaving, the equation has changed. there is no longer such a gap between living standards here and those in poland by the czech republic. that is why firms like this are giving bigger pay rises to hang onto their staff. consumers are unlikely to go on a spending spree even though their wages are rising ata even though their wages are rising at a faster pace since 2008 as long asa at a faster pace si

everybody has a feeling to understand what's going on in the song even if it's a funny song about our own balkan in mind how it's find every women need a friend or whatever and so. can we get together you and me for a kiss we just don't need you hoss bend so deliver him where he is so with that line you got them point was what's the whole song now we've been talking about the . culture whole this week you actually appeared. in a big opening big opening celebration you know the festival director peter caustic he's leaving there was a song that you sang with. the famous german comedian yeah yeah yeah did you write that song a few years ago and we. did a bit of it a caustic and words for him and lines for him and it was a pleasure to sing it because i'm getting a good answer to it because it's normally i sing it all alone well thank you for the moment but don't go away to the international film festival now and there are a lot of music documentaries being presented a festival we've chosen three in completely different styles starting with the queen of soul aretha franklin listen. to. these images h

as the balkans route begins to close for refugees it has become a race against time for one syrian family. it's a perilous journey from greece to germany but there's no turning back to the ravages of war left at home. sky ground a witness documentary on al-jazeera. welcome back here's a reminder of the top stories on al-jazeera at least twenty seven revolutionary guards of them tilden several others injured in a suicide bomb attack on a bus in southeastern iraq the fars news agency reports that of sunni group. says it was behind the attack a u.s. sponsored conference has opened in poland on the security situation in the middle east and what's termed the threat posed by iran israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu says the meeting is about what he calls common interest in a war with iran and spain's opposition is urging prime minister pedro sanchez to call an early election after his government's budget was that featured in a parliamentary vote the bill failed after parties at the lumia refused to support . a thai political party that's wanted the king sr to run as its candidate for prim

, not the case in the far east of europe, a lot colder from eastern poland east and down into the balkanses, germany, the uk, basking in sunshine and once again on tuesday those temperatures will be soaring for the time of the year come into the high teens. there is a possibility it could even get up to 20 in a few areas, like today. wednesday might see mist and fog around. especially in the south. so it could be a disappointing start to the day, but eventually the sunshine will come out, the temperatures up once more, but not quite as spectacularly warm on wednesday. from wednesday the weather pattern shifts —— from thursday the weather pattern shifts, low pressure starts to wind up and you can see the first weather front approaching behind me, the first signs of the weather breaking down on thursday with cloud and rain, thursday might not be a great day for some, it would be much colder, but a bit of sunshine thrown in, as well. on friday, the weather might pick up, more sunshine, but from saturday and sunday the wind picks up saturday and sunday the wind picks up and the rain arrives.

as the balkans route begins to close for refugee it has become a race against time for one syrian family. it's a perilous journey from greece to germany but there's no turning back to the ravages of war left at home. sky and grant a witness documentary on al-jazeera. we've seen some severe weather in south america recently it's rare where we've seen some of the worse conditions you can see all the travis being passing over the top of us it within that cloud this means a very violent thunderstorms some places reporting over one hundred kilometer per hour winds and some very very heavy rains as well and those of course problems of flooding and also caused a fair amount of damage from those strong winds as well now looks like he's going to stay wet across the region over the next day or so so there's still the risk of seeing some more very lively thunderstorms here but actually that risk extends all the way up the coast we could see some rain for two laser as well in the northeast impossible to the finale it looks pretty wet for many of us as we head through friday for the south hot now thi

as the balkans route begins to close for refugees it has become a race against time for one syrian family. it's a perilous journey from greece to germany but there's no turning back to the ravages of war left at home. sky ground a witness documentary on al-jazeera. al-jazeera is a very important force of information for many people around the world when all the cameras have gone i'm still here go into areas that nobody else is going talk to people that nobody else is talking to and bringing that story to the forefront. recruited to win a war exploited to on the battlefield the call the new regime placed in different value an effort from the right you know when your peers then abandoned for a lifetime we should be ashamed. for history for for all country all division over three people in power investigates the plight of imperial britons african troops begin tonight the forgotten heroes of empire. era when the news breaks a few minutes ago we were able to get a huge explosion fifty people are still missing when people who need to be heard and the story needs to be told we need to invest in

as the balkans route begins to close for refugee it has become a race against time for one syrian family. it's a perilous journey from greece to germany but there's no turning back to the ravages of war left at home. sky and ground a witness documentary on al-jazeera. and under ported world on the. u.s. and british companies have announced the biggest discovery of natural gas in west africa but what to do with these untapped natural resources is already a source of heated debate nothing much has changed they still spend most of their days looking forward to for the dry river beds like this one five years on the syrians still feel battered or even those who managed to escape their country have been truly unable to escape the war. a team of chinese scientists embarked on a daring deep sea mission searching for rare resources and new species. reveals china's underwater hunt. zero. i'm richelle carey and ohio and these are the top stories on al-jazeera spain's parliament has rejected the socialist government's budget and that could force the prime minister pager sanchez to call early electio

quieter weather coming into central parts of the mediterranean just around grace southern parts of the balkans we had the violent way in seriously that border when further south some very very a wet weather at a time some wintry weather still cold enough a little bit of snow in parts of greece is because through monday temperatures in athens get up to around eight celsius still quite a keen way and not quite as windy as it has been over the past day or so and those winds easing back to just around the a three at it further north it is generate dry bits of cloud there perhaps some wintry flurries over towards that western side of russia to also support for vienna we're getting into the mid teens once again in london paris will love the sunshine and it warms up further as we go on through choose the gorgeous weather coming through writing celsius there for madrid western parts of the med still find there just some wet weather to the east in parts of the med just sliding across cypress just heading over to warsaw about. that woman weather coming back into athens by this stage thirteen thirteen ce

as the balkans route begins to close for refugees it has become a race against time for one syrian family. it's a perilous journey from greece to germany but there's no turning back to the ravages of war left at home. sky and ground a witness documentary on al-jazeera. we understand the differences and the similarities of cultures across the world. so no matter where you call home al-jazeera will bring in the news and current affairs that matter to you. al-jazeera with the most vocal young people in the world production is under increasing strain communication with a growing global population al-jazeera is environmental solutions program discovers new ways of feeding the world sustainably. any out and just from this bit of liquid that's unbelievable and see is the vegetable of the scene right there. for thought on al jazeera right out of all ma script examining my headline with again with the fractious issue of palestine and israel and the us news and setting the discussions what makes them different as far as sharing personal stories with a global audience yes but he feels i explore an a

as the balkans route begins to close for refugees it has become a race against time for one syrian family. it's a perilous journey from greece to germany but there's no turning back to the ravages of war left at home. sky and ground a witness documentary on al-jazeera. welcome back time now for sport with leah. thank you merriam wall real madrid have moved into a second position in the spanish league standings after a three one win over their local rivals athletico on saturday casimir opened the scoring for santiago salaries men before the home team equalised but sergio ramos and gareth bale one hundred goal from madrid wrapped up a three one when you see him play it as he started going on madrid always plays to win we always come the time to live very end obviously at least to continue fighting for the title because they are a fantastic team with a great coach said now that we are sick and we must maintain our winning streak liverpool have restored their place at the top of the english premier league standings after a three nil win over bournemouth on saturday said the georgian you know

missiles in germany in the station in poland the post would love to have them in the station in the balkans and the baltics the board to love to have them. put them in georgia the georgians would kiss their feet. no one cares what germanyy says in this case andnd i'm sure that -- starting back may say it now completely different so yes let's get the missiles built does get them put in place - are all at least planned to put in place and then we'll see what other people do but again. and this is not i i keep going back wouldn't will not the situation that we were in nineteen eighty three when. when when it was nato versus the russians who is now? nato the russians the indians the chinese and eve and the iranians and this is a completely different kind of chess game it's it's right and and so. this so that does that mean that that second to track that we had back then it essentially putting those weapons in place during the eighties was meant to exert pressure. leading to arms control absolutely you saying that that is now impossible and that we're simply going to have the arms race without t

finding out what's happened since ten 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 one nine hundred ninety 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 sewed fled during the war where returning to make a new life alongside their albanian neighbors from two thousand and eight he is bonobo film about one villages attempt to forge an inclusive and peaceful future course of all 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 two thousand and seven 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

a film about a bitter chapter in the balkan will the mass rape of women and the children who were born of this crime. us yes. yes why. doesn't interact to yasmeen a spanish one to go to bed for help to re just talking of this issue in two thousand and six. with caustic at the home the banana has become an increasingly political film festival which always has its finger on the pulse. the film fire at sea put trey's life on the italian island of lampedusa where african refugees have been landing on shore for years. the state of emergency has long been the norm and the island's inhabitants live their lives amid the refugee tragedy the village life serves as a backdrop for a humanitarian catastrophe. i was. born you know the. north. fire at sea was the first documentary to win a golden bet reality is increasingly finding its way into the festival. that somehow we're talking world cinema that's not delusion very keen you know a shot we show at the berlin wall it is world cinema i live we had almost every film by oscar for harvey from iran. and it's not just a foreigner not you must many peo

a lot colderfrom east poland, eastwards into the balkans.ain, france, the low countries, germany, uk basking in the sunshine. those temperatures will be soaring. into the high teens, the mid to high teens widely. wednesday morning racism mist and fog around the south. quite a slow grey disappointing start. eventually the sun will come out in temperatures mid to high teens once more. i think not quite as spectacularly warm on wednesday. around about thursday, the weather pattern shifts in the atlantic. the jet stream the weather pattern shifts in the atlantic. thejet stream making the weather pattern shifts in the atlantic. the jet stream making a beeline for us. the first weather front approaching. already visible on thursday. thursday may not be a great day to some of us. a lot colder because some of the crowd, outbreaks of rain. i think on friday, once again, the weather might recover little bit. then from saturday and sunday, the wind picks up saturday and sunday, the wind picks 00:02:58,303 --> 4294966103:13:29,430 up in the rain arrives

i will tell you what we can have in the united states is a state-by-state balkanized approach to thiskly, we need countries around the world to come together and to find some standards for how this is going to occur. because, if you don't, if tech companies have to build out capabilities on a country by country basis, smaller countries lose. because you're not going to go there. but, i think in this case companies that have access to massive amounts of data, great data scientist, you need the data to actually do it. that doesn't mean you have to violate people's privacy. you can have lots of data without doing that. i feel very confident and where the u.s. is and our ability to continue to lead, here. maria: that's an important point. it's good to see you. chuck robbins, the chairman and ceo of cisco. don't go anywhere, more wall street after this. boy: this is the story of a boy who was very sensitive to lights and sounds. so he built secret hiding places where nothing could get in. the boy didn't like looking people in the eye. it made him feel uncomfortable. one day, he found out h

as the balkans route begins to close for refugee it has become a race against time for one syrian famine. it's a perilous journey from greece to germany but there's no turning bank to the ravages of war left at home. sky and ground a witness documentary on al-jazeera. a log in a welcome back where cross united states we are watching one went to system folly making its way towards the eastern seaboard we did a blizzard conditions severe weather wind damage as well down here towards the south and as we take a look what's going to be happy here on friday here is the system pushing quite quickly up here towards the northeast so it's really going to come back and the rest of the canadian maritime provinces that are going to be affected as well as maybe. residual rain up here towards parts of maine for new york though the rain is going to be ending here on friday morning by the time we get toward saturday the temp has come from thirteen degrees down to zero so a lot of cold air is coming into play there down towards the south well and it is going to be a cloudy day for you with a temperature o

mass demonstrations in the balkan country albania. government corruption and protest. democratic. who is being a victim from the he's lived in for a quarter century to make room. i cannot believe that. even the one paying my rent. free. morning stories live from moscow from all of us here at the international headquarters welcome to. the political standoff in venezuela is escalating a deadline to let us aid into the country imposed by self-proclaimed interim leader . expires on saturday deliveries have been amassing at the border with colombia but the trucks are being blocked by venezuela's president nicolas maduro who fears they contain hidden weapons of his where the foreign minister says external forces are trying to push his country towards. in brief the country's at peace and his comb but there are those doing it from the united states who want to force a situation such as you know one of the venezuelan nor the with colombia and generate violence in venezuela violating venezuelan sovereignty would anyone assume that the u.s. insists its aid mission is peaceful with the state

now elsewhere to gas has been fired and barbed wire put up in the capital of the small balkan country of albania which is also in the grip of intense anti-government protests people want to get rid of the current cabinet alleging corruption and links to organized crime opposition m.p.'s have resigned on mass demanding new elections because she died of reports. the it was. on fire the small book a nation has been engulfed in a massive anti government protests which literally left a stain on the face of the country's prime minister. those are top of. the country's opposition decided to destroy their parliamentary mandates no kick the system out of order so what is going on well the allegation the authorities face is no joke a lot of people are certain the government is working hand in hand with the drug lords the parliament that is not the product of the vote of the people but is a product that has been exposed by a judicial wire tapes published by the international media. organized crime operating openly with the current government alleged league phone calls of one of the country's mos

the country's president alleges that deliveries could contain weapons of mass demonstrations in the balkan country of albania west thousands are rallying against government corruption protests that some in the west have considered as democratic. also respond to a german pensioner who is being evicted from the flat he's lived in for a quarter of a century to make room for migrant. wood must be stupid i cannot believe that a.

the it was albania is on fire the small balkan nation has been engulfed in a massive anti government protests which literally left a stain on the face of the country's prime minister. start us out of. the country's opposition decided to destroy their parliamentary mandates you know kick the system out of order so what is going on well the allegation the authorities face is no joke a lot of people are certain the government is working hand in hand with the drug lords in parliament that is not the product of the vote of the people but is a product that has been exposed by a judicial wire tapes published by the international media. organized crime cooperating openly with the current government alleged leaked phone calls of one of the country's most notorious cartels revealed dozens of albanian m.p.'s were happy to use the gang's influence and well persuasion skills to buy votes in the general election which the ruling party won by a landslide wiretaps also led to the official investigation into albania's former interior minister he stands accused of passive corruption drug trafficking a

the chinese of taking over markets on the fringes of the european union for example and some of the balkan states that are not yet part of the european union also with the chinese new silk road project that is something that is threatening and challenging the european union which is looking more or less in words because it's operating with old rules and not really being able to do anything about that so yes european union is aware of that but it has a set of rules that is anchored in the world that really no longer exists maxiell funny and duffy thank you very much having us up to date with that story. a young nigerian boy has impressed the art world in lagos with his unusual talent twelve years old a vitus karim has been drawing since he was tree but it was after you sketched a portrait of french president in one of the mccraw that he shot to local fame since then his life has been transformed as did obvious florist a trip without reports he now has big plans for the future. every detail matters why risk karim's aim is to make this joint look like a high definition photograph at just twel

towards the european union getting ever closer for example they're operating in many countries on the balkans serbia that is not part of the european union and where the chinese are taking over a large part of the business they've also started the initiative i'm sure you're familiar with which is called the new silk road that will also affect the european union and they have been acquiring technology also technological stew skills and knowledge from the western world some say they've been stealing. that knowledge without the european union really be able to do anything about it so what some are calling for here is a common industrial policy to defend the interests of the european union and that so far has not happened max of money in brussels thank you very much british prime minister's emmy's meeting northern ireland's five main political parties as she seeks to break the deadlock over the thames of britain's exit from the european union. focused on arrangements for the irish the issue remains the biggest obstacle to the british bottom and ratifying. but even as those talks grind on the euro

the disputed balkan territory of kosovo has been snubbed by the us into rao over terrorists washington has pulled the plug on high profile visits by one of its army generals after pristina flapped one hundred percent levy on goods from neighboring ethiopia. the american side is making the lifting of the exorbitant tax a precondition of the visit but the cost of been prime minister says the tariff will remain in place until recognizes cost of areas independence. pristina declared its independence from belgrade in two thousand and eight and tensions the still high. the parliament of the republic. common capital and professor of political science it is told us the u.s. will keep pressuring costs of. those in both past trying to be declaring a one hundred percent tariff on serbian. goods coming from the house of opinion if this is to further conflict between the two states this is up to us primarily because we live frying to control its creations is trying to get both of them into the e.u. as member states by twenty twenty five where they can't have two cimbali in rivalries going on they c

was albania is on fire the small balkan nation has been engulfed in a massive anti government protests which literally left a stain on the face of the country's prime minister. and. the others are top of. the country's opposition decided to destroy their parliamentary mandates no kick the system out of order so what is going on well the allegation the authorities face is no joke a lot of people are certain think government is working hand in hand with the drug lords. parliament that is not the product of the vote of the people but is a product has been exposed by a judicial wire tapes published by the international media. organized crime operating openly. during the government alleged leaked phone calls of one of the country's most notorious cartels revealed dozens of albanian m.p.'s were happy to use the gang's influence and well persuasion skills to buy votes in the general election which the ruling party won by a landslide wiretaps also led to the official investigation into albania as former interior minister he stands accused of passive corruption drug trafficking and of being an

the speeches balkan territory of kosovo has been snubbed by the u.s. amid a rout over terrorists washington has pulled the plug on a high profile visits by one of its song the generals after pressure now slapped a one hundred percent levy on goods from neighboring sabeer washington says lifting the tax as a precondition of the visit but the cost of and prime minister says the tariff will remain in place until say a recognizes cause of his independence christian ethic ladis independence from belgrade in two thousand and eight and tensions are still high. oh. the parliament of the republic. well professor of political science says cullen capital believes the u.s. will keep pressuring kosovo posable by far the declaring a one hundred zero zero zero zero billion all goods coming from both ends of the union if there. is virtually conflict between the two states this is going to. be. controlled its creation is trying to give both of them to the e.u. as member states but i want to twenty five where they can have to simply enroll higher or we're going to leave

towards the european union getting ever closer for example to operating in many countries on the balkans serbia that is not part of the european union and where the chinese are taking over a large part of the business they've also started the initiative i'm sure you're familiar with which is called the new silk road that will also affect the european union and they have been acquiring technology also technological still skills and knowledge from the western world some say they've been stealing. that knowledge without the european union really be able to do anything about it so what some are calling for here is a common industrial policy to defend the interests of the european union and that so far has not happened max of money in brussels thank you very much. ukraine's christian orthodox leaders created a new independent of russia that's after they receive the blessings of orthodox christianity spiritual head actually. based in istanbul and many feet of a gad to embrace a phony ukraine inches but not ordered already took up to three hundred ties with the russian. correspondent economy se