in from china for the project one of a series of construction contracts won by the chinese in the balkans. it's part of china's belgian road initiative or new silk road the global infrastructure project which will transport chinese goods directly to europe chinese investors are also taking over profitable businesses like slovenian kitchen appliance make it go in year which produces mostly in serbia but they're also buying up some of the struggling heavy industries left over from former yugoslavia beijing paid 45000000 euros for this ancient steel plant in cement edible rescuing 5000 jobs in what was a somewhat crisis hit region. china's multi 1000000 offer for the former state owned couple mine are to be in the eastern serbian town of bor also trump the competition copper is now being produced there in line with chinese standards. financial analysts like friedrich book of esther bank in vienna say this is just the beginning of some problematic developments. in for of course china has an advantage it doesn't ask about what the democracy and political conditions are like there it also isn't

the european union has spent several years trying to advance the economies of the western balkans it's got competition on its hands and montenegro china is pumping funds into the e.u. kind of it states that at an increasing rate buying companies and investing in infrastructure. china's road and bridge corporation is building a brand new highway across montenegro from the capital pago richer to neighboring serbia price tag 840000000 euros an entire village of construction workers has moved in from china for the project one of a series of construction contracts won by the chinese in the balkans. is part of china's belgian road initiative or new silk road the global infrastructure project which will transport chinese goods directly to europe chinese investors are also taking over profitable businesses like slovenian kitchen appliance may could go in year which produces mostly in serbia. but they're also buying up some of the struggling heavy industries left over from former yugoslavia beijing paid 45000000 euros for this ancient steel plant it's made out of all rescuing 5000 jobs in what

planning a total of 900000000000 euros for its new silk road and wants to do a great deal in the balkans regardless of the implications. and that's it for me on the business of the limo business news notices back on stores unusual. business staging though d.w. business not business rather than news hour is next. to. where i come from we have to fight for a free press i was born and raised in the meantime the thanks are shipped with just one to the shadow and a few in his face for us one official information as a journalist i have work almost as friends not many can trust and the problems are all the same 14 the social inequality a lack of the freedom of the press. go up should work on the farm to stay silent when it comes to the fans of the humans on seeing the microphones who have decided to put their trust in us. my name is jenny harrison and weren't. this is state of the news africa coming up in the next 15 minutes the ones who won't be silenced a beauty queen who's accused former gambian president of raping to 5 years ago is back in the country where she's encouraging victims of sexu

but their wedding weekend begins at the foot of the troyan balkan mountain in the town of some part. strange bounce at the local church in a ball gary an orthodox wedding ceremony. during a centuries old tradition the bridal couple are crowned the best man or a column borrow exchanges the crowns on their heads 3 times to symbolize jesus his crown of thorns after the crowning the couple drank wine from a common cup to show that from now on they are to share everything in good times and in bad and to sweeten their future life they are struggling it. is. the ceremony takes close to an hour now according to church law the door send off and antonio who bunch of our manager wife. the day after the ball gary an orthodox church wedding guests head for a meadow on the troy and dolphin mountain at an elevation of 1800 meters. then the musicians play the guy into a kind of bagpipes that's been played across the balkans for centuries. victorious send off now has to undergo a shaving ritual. 6 now a victor can go and fetch his bride the flag goes along it's traditional for bachelors to ask the pa

back to international weather forecast with heat has been above average here across parts of the balkans there we're talking into greece where temperatures for the last 8 days have been just above average normally this time of year we would seeing athens at about $32.00 to maybe $32.00 degrees but the last 8 days have been about $3435.00 to even $36.00 degrees now that's not record breaking but it does feel more uncomfortable as to days for grass we're going to be seeing more of that because where this form of boundary is anything to the south that is where the hot air is and we're going to be experience that all across parts of turkey into the balkans as well as into italy as well especially around this area of low pressure and now we do have some clouds here but around this area we are seeing those temperatures really start to perk up well here on that final bound who we are going to be seeing severe weather today has been a big problem in terms of flooding as well as thunderstorms damaging winds as well as hail so that's going to be another problem here on wednesday a lot of rain is g

so many visitors to the balkans the festival is the highlight of their trip. wall street joke and. busy there's a great trumpet scene in france that's why we hear so much about the festival. and it's completely unlike any. difficulty i don't know it all takes place in the streets you can be just standing around and chatting in an orchestra will appear on the corner and stop playing everybody dances sings you give them a bit of money it's spontaneous so lively and 50 evolve. a celebration of music and cross cultural community up to a town was on the road danielle's team is exhausted. the bands taking part in the competition stay in the side. everyone knows everyone here the musicians get a warm welcome there's not a lot of time if before the 1st performance. hold on us you know more all of you feel like we're about to have a street parade in our regional costumes. it's a serbian tradition show other took on the sill. and the parade in the afternoon the orchestras line up on the street every serbian region is represented in the competition. some international bands but here to. bit o

how the last of the big thunderstorms rattled through italy and the balkan states in the last 24 hours or so in prompted by very high daytime typically in greece and the variability of moisture and hence the adriatic now this is all moving eastwards through the balkan states and towards turkey that's the picture then for 30 now in athens down to 26 as roughly speaking a 10 degree drop the wind coming down from the north and the next massive by the cooler is also coming down from the north so that cloud will gather and push south through france towards the alps during friday to the west it's pretty hard to madrid's up to 40 underneath the cloud we're talking about twenty's once more and rain coming down from the north and it's all direction for july sun's come out again the balkan states where 28 in athens and then we've got some significant potential for thunderstorms through turkey the black sea and the ukraine moscow's of 40 disappointingly now it has been very hot around the shores particularly tunisia recently they've an onshore breeze we're back under 33 not the 40 mark i think go

the beginning of the refugee crisis in 2015 they've been helping in refugee camps throughout the balkans but even dr schauer affair has never seen a camp quite like this one. become an often a move hideout hi can you put people on a garbage dump it's so disrespectful there's no other way of putting it it's and human than this this but planet says he thinks he knows why the beheaded city government chose a former landfill site for a refugee camp. this site belongs to the city when i asked why does it have to be a garbage dump and they said they don't have to pay rent here that's what i know but i think it's logical that they just want to make it as unpleasant as possible for the refugees here so that they'll leave. again and that's exactly what they're trying to do day off today secretly crossing the border nearby into croatia but many are caught there by creation police and force back to bosnia sometimes violently this is what some of the migrants report once they return to camp believe . me they're to be. here to be. policeman. be do. you like what he be here. everything to get ready fo

balkans.onfirmation today that astronauts were cleared to fly while drunk. the last foot patrol in south armagh. once an everyday part of the soldiers' lot, drudgery and danger, now no more after almost four decades. if one is on one's own, in a private house, not doing any harm to anyone, i don't really see why people should wander in and say, "you're doing something wrong." six rare white lion cubs are on the prowl at worcestershire park and, already, they have been met with a roar of approval from visitors. they're lovely, yeah. really sweet. yeah, they were cute. you're watching the briefing. our headlines: there's been a mass shooting at a food festival in northern california. local reports say at least one person has been killed and several others wounded. britain's prime minister heads to scotland on monday as the country's largest business group says neither the uk nor the rest of the eu is prepared for a no—deal brexit. a bbc investigation has found evidence of police forces in some e

more and rain coming down from the north and it's all direction for july sun's come out again the balkan states where 28 in athens and then we've got some significant potential for thunderstorms through turkey the black sea and the ukraine moscow's of 40 disappointingly now it has been very hot around the shore to cleave to near 0 recently they've been on shore breeze way back under 33 not the 40 mark how they're going to stay around that sort of very next day or so little bit cooler further research but sunshine really from egypt back to morocco still hovering around 24. good to have you with us on al jazeera and these are our top stories the u.k. government says a british warship has intervened off the iranian boats tried to block and oil tanker in the strait of hormuz on wednesday iran has denied any confrontation with . the falklands the seizure of and iranian oil tanker by british marines and. last week. ambassadors from 22 countries have condemned china's treatment of ethnic and religious minorities in an unprecedented they sent a letter to the un human rights council calling for t

it's balkanized this country is completely balkanized backup.dentity politics. >> after the president is a says to the black and brown people go back to the country you came from when they're from here. and kellyanne says this. >> what's your ethnicity? >> he said go home. >> because i'm asking a question. imitator and italy. >> my epgty is not relevant to the question i'm asking. >> no, no. >> that's scary. >> okay. she is having a conversation -- she is trying to make a point to the white guy that your ethnicity matters. okay that's crazy. >> so is that the topic the next three days once this ends? i mean -- >> it's a personal attack, rob. >> republican people on the right talk about we should not be balkanized we don't see color. but every opportunity they find a way to bring color or race or ethnicity or some issue to divide the country. >> no the left does. >> i didn't like george w. bush but he went to a mosque after 9/11. a lot of republicans didn't leicht obama but he tried to bring the country together after the financial crisis. this g

how the last of the big thunderstorms rattled through italy and the balkan states in the last 24 hours or so prompted by very high daytime typically in greece and the variability of moisture and hence the adriatic now this is all moving eastwards through the balkan states and towards turkey that's the picture then for 30 now in athens down to 26 as roughly speaking a 10 degree drop the wind coming down from the north in the next massive rather cooler air is also coming down from the north so that cloud will gather and push south through france towards the alps during friday to the west it's pretty hard to madrid's up to 40 underneath the cloud we're talking about twenty's once more and rain coming down from the north all direction for july sun's come out again the balkan states where 28 in athens and then we've got some significant potential for thunderstorms through turkey the black sea and the ukraine moscow's a 40 disappointingly now it has been very hot around the shores particularly to near 0 recently they've an onshore breeze we're back down to 33 not the 40 mark how they're goin

then the musicians play the governator a kind of bagpipes that's been played across the balkans for centuries. victorious send off now has to undergo a shaving ritual. now a victor can go and fetch his bride the flag goes along it's traditional for bachelors to ask the parents of the future bride for her hand in marriage if they agree the flag is hoisted on to their roof. afterwards the maid of honor removes antonio evansdale this symbolizes her transition from innocent made in to mature young bride. the finale of the traditional wedding ritual is the horror show a bulgarian folk dance. we'll find a way we will. get picked or send it off and antonio who can incorporate some of the magic from the party into their daily lives there is certain to have a bright future. and you can catch our whole series europe ties the knot as well as tasty taipei on you tube of you tube dot com slash did w. your own max now this weekend marks the end of the 53rd montoro jazz festival in switzerland and him on twitter they've got a pretty broad definition of jazz this year's headliners included elton john the leg

10th picks hitting record highs again this week jan useful only a war breaking out could stall the balkans and political tensions on tonight. take the past year the value of the iranian currency the reaal is thought to have fallen by around 60 percent the root causes of that likely predate the us withdrawal from the iran's nuclear deal in may 28th but the subsequent reimposition of trade sanctions has driven its value down further. the result into rocketing costs of imports have forced firms to seek local suppliers benefiting companies who sell their goods within iran and benefiting stocks in tehran whether the doomsday scenario of a war ever plays out is up to the country's leaders but for all the traders bullish talk the current gains can't continue forever. for now here i have a story that is about blue sky thinking that's google sister companies luna's sending a lot of balloons in to kenya to supply 40 internet to remote mountain villages the companies partnering with telecom kenya for trial of technology we're clearly seeing the wrong. here i apologize for that. and that's it from me

across the region now in spain the rain has ended but now we're talking about rain across parts of the balkan peninsula with this front and we're going to be seeing across italy as well today the threat is going to be high winds hail as well as even the possibility of tornadoes and you can see the very heavy line of thunderstorms that we do expect to see crossing into the balkan peninsula now as we go towards tomorrow that is going to shift a little bit more to the south and over here towards east istanbul athens are going to be seeing some active weather as well we could even see some problems at the airports but once that front goes through temp is going to cool down about 5 or 6 degrees. the weather sponsored by cattle railways. traditional wrestling and family go have a village festival. now it's a national male and female school board in large arenas from big prize money. to their love the purpose unifying cultural fold. and a way out of poverty. senegal wrestling with reality on al-jazeera. since in the discussions 2018 was the deadliest year the aviation industry has experienced for so

the croatia and serbia and the full cost maintains that so the middle of italy and right across the balkans it towards rumania that green center could well produce some big thunderstorms once again a little bit better of course further west over sudden france and spain it's a sunny looking picture for wednesday and this is rather obvious you shape when the area is a little bit disappointing july 19th 22 likely to be rainy anywhere from poland to western russia and then if i take you into thursday you'll see the big storms disappear eastward so they could well affect the black sea this weather's not quite as we need but still disappointing and spain and portugal still sunny but it has carved up in france now all this is happening cause over land partly generated by the strength of the sun but the wind directions a different effect again through north africa we've seen temperatures in tunisia and southern iraq or scrapper to the low forty's it's much colder now in tunis. participation.

keepers in particular the wetter the better for keeping the movement of the balkan sisters for life that's very important with the pitch now prep to pre-match perfection the 1st part of peter's i was working day is done. marcus boy is match day shift also starts early last bus driver and kid manager is monk the 1st at the stadium getting all the gear ready. tracksuit warm up with a shirt underwear socks shorts shirts. stands for blades flip flops towel. and the guys who no doubt think of something else they need later . marcus play for glass back him self up to reserve team level alongside a certain stephan efron but. there i was a bit younger and i had to help our few times i know him well from back then. i met a few in tina just before i became kid manager here when he 1st came back that i thought he was like an old or young woman by the don't long ago. today rylan rivals . and very good manager of apostolos has a thoughtful gift for his opposite number. then we should thank you this is for my former youth team coach he might be a sadly suffered a major struggle he's a great deceiver fil

and that was before over 1000000 refugees decided to walk the balkan route into europe. often all this is discussed as forces of nature beyond our control but there's a philosopher look for their old cause what if they can only call ups refugees and terrorism are actually all caused by something more fundamental. i'm going on a journey across europe in search of for the next the crazies tearing our continent apart. to saloniki norton greece if you just visited central square you'd never guess this small charming city is at the epicenter of europe's problems. in 2015 refugees fleeing war and poverty walked into europe sure the nearby village of edo mean. germany said they would accept serious but after more than a 1000000 people came europe panicked and sealed the border trip and also continued to come in for. greece finally cleared the domine camp in may 2015 citing sanitation and safety. but that's not the whole story. we're heading towards a new refugee camp for the refugees from the many who are more and we're going to meet most of their. most to face from aleppo and

indecl golf this is where large sections of the musical were created in addition to composing songs to balkan of range the music for the mass choir. we also recorded much of the music here everything except the large sanctions for orchestra and choir. and certain of course we also use songs from the time of martin luther king there are a few spirituals that icky we shall overcome for instance is it since obviously we had to incorporate that everybody identifies it with him with this is. as a one. night remove the king i think blimey go curse gospel music was essential to martin luther king as an afro-american christian for enforcement or for me to go to merely a jackson was a close family friend and she was one of the most influential gospel singers in the world together with james cleveland in a wreath of franklin and the franklin for them and besides almost every gospel song i can think of reflects what martin luther king himself preached really also the words that jesus spoke for instance if anyone strikes you on the right cheek turn the other also. of the vendor human after. the message o

grilled meat is popular throughout the balkans. but one traditional recipe comes from banja luka it's bosnia-herzegovina 2nd largest city. this relaxed neighborhood draws both locals and tourists along with shops and outdoor chasse it's also home to open likes which started out 40 years ago as a butcher shop. was a little nutty. thomas not shish it is the grandson of the founders he preached cattle and slaughter as the animals himself this way he manages the entire production chain to ensure his beef is the best and that it's a good lesson you know symbols which are it's bunyan look at specific to the region it's different from all other kinds of apache measures 5 centimeters by 2. the recipe is a closely guarded secret. and we use only top quality meat is. richer than is. the flat bread is also placed on the grill so that it takes on the media roma at some salad and sauce and the choppy is ready to serve. the public sells around $500.00 portions a day. a large helping with 200 grams of meat costs the equivalent of 3 year olds 30.

grilled meat is popular throughout the balkans. like one traditional recipe comes from banja luka it's bosnia-herzegovina 2nd largest city. this relax neighborhood draws both locals and tourists along with shops and outdoor chasse it's also home to open likes which started out 40 years ago as a butcher shop. must. be. thomas mucha she is the grandson of the founders he greets cattle and small tourist the animals himself this way he manages the entire production chain to ensure his beef is the best. for the notables future bunyan look at specific to the region it's different from all other kinds. of party measures 5 centimeters by 2. the recipe is a closely guarded secret. and we use only order this is the place to come up with draw a. cover. up with flat bread goes down well with a beer in bosnia-herzegovina choppy is considered something of a national dish. and that's all from global 3000 this week but we love hearing from you write to us at global 3000 and d w dot com. and follow us on facebook d w women see you next time take ca

and that was before over 1000000 refugees decided to walk the balkan route into europe.often all this is discussed as forces of nature beyond our control but there's a philosopher look for their old cause what if they can only call ups refugees and terrorism are actually all caused by something more fundamental. i'm going on a journey across europe in search of what for next the crazies tearing our continent apart. to saloniki norton greece if you just visited central square you'd never guess this small charming city is at the epicenter of europe's problems. in 2015 refugees fleeing war and poverty walked into europe sure the nearby village of evil mean. germany said they would accept syrians but after more than a 1000000 people came europe panicked and sealed the border trip and also continued to come in for. greece finally cleared the domine camp in may 2015 citing sanitation and safety. but that's not the whole story. we're heading towards a new refugee camp for the refugees from the many who are more and we're going to meet most of their. most to face from aleppo and

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changing over the next few days and the reason being is we have a frontal boundary coming in from the balkan peninsula brings a very heavy rain potentially severe weather through istanbul as well as uncorrupt so expect to see very gusty winds as well possibly some hail and once that front goes through from thursday to friday the temperatures will also be dropping there for a level though it is going to remain quite hot at $38.00 degrees and for baghdad attempt a few of $45.00 well here across the gulf the winds have finally subsided there were quite gusty at times bring the visibility down as well we do expect to see here in doha on thursday about $45.00 and that will continue as we go towards friday down on the coast though for slow it is going to be quite a nice day with attempted there of about 28 degrees and then very quickly as we make a way down here across parts of southern africa things are not looking too bad in terms of clouds you notice in the interior those that gray that you see right there that is the overnight cooler air across much of the area so overnight we get down into th

they could be some damaging hail, the risk of a tornado as it heads into the balkans and into greecey going on across parts of scandinavia. further west, high pressure is here for the time being but the weather fronts are stacking out to the west. more on that in about half an hour. a. as their extraordinary victory is celebrated in downing street. lifting the trophy — the prime minister hosts a reception for the england men's team that made history by winning the world cup for the first time. celebrations have been going on all day, starting at the oval, where fans flocked to see the team after the most dramatic of wins. when you see everybody‘s reaction, and you know how much support and following we had, that's when we really start to understand what we did. eight million people watched the match on television. will it be enough to inspire the next generation? also tonight: president trump is accused of being racist after telling four democratic congresswomen to go back to the "crime—infested countries" they came from. if you're not happy here, you can leave.

with a massive humanitarian emergency not only in the mediterranean but also on the nearly forgotten balkan roots. is ready carty they have begun demolishing palestinian homes they claim to close to the barrier that separates israeli and palestinian territory on the outskirts of jerusalem heavy equipment was brought in after finest investments were forced to leave the buildings found that the city some of the homes were still under construction palestinian civil society is spot of an area drawn by the palestinian authority and that israel is using security as a pretext to expand its own settlements in the area. only our correspondent tanya crema in jerusalem to know how palestinians are reacting to their buildings being demolished by the israelis. well i mean for the residents and i mean. not all of the buildings have been occupied yet there have been some apartments families have been moved in the past i mean it's a very difficult day i mean they lost investment lost their partners but there's also concern that this might be maybe also to other buildings and. along the barrier they say the

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and that was before over 1000000 refugees decided to walk the balkan ruled into your. often all this is discussed as forces of nature beyond our control. but there's a philosopher look for their old cause what if they can only call ups refugees and terrorism are actually all caused by something more fundamental. i'm going on a journey across europe in search of what for next the crazies tearing our continent apart. to saloniki norton greece if you just visited central square you'd never guess this small charming city is at the epicenter of europe's problems. in 2015 refugees fleeing war and poverty walked into europe to the nearby village of edo mean. germany said they would accept syrians but after more than a 1000000 people came europe panicked and sealed the border trip and also continued to come in for. greece finally cleared the domine camp in may 2015 citing sanitation and safety. but that's not the whole story. we're heading towards a new refugee camp for the refugees from the many who are moved and we are going to meet most of their. most to face from aleppo an

straits of hormuz the company which owns the ship has also issued a statement it's called stunna balkan or the memory management saying that 1500 g.m.t. the vessel the stern in paris was approached by a number of on identify crafts and a helicopter during travels through the straits of hormuz they have now lost contact with them crucially they say the ship was operating in international waters clearly tonight there will be very concerns about the fate of the 23 people on board all right emma thank you very much we can go live to tell ron we have to sign by 1st in the iranian capital now and also it is very difficult to isolate this development from events around the grace one tank whose detention in job also has now been extended tell us more about reaction very. well we have not received any official reaction from the reigning government about the extension of detention of the grace one tanker but what we have heard to this evening is the statement by the revolutionary guard that this british vessel has been seized because it violated 3 different codes in the strait of hormuz the 1st o

exactly happened on friday for the moment we'll leave it thank you correspondent into road well leave balkanhas more reaction from london. british authorities of some of the iranian charged affair the iranian envoy to answer questions on the seizure of the imperence earlier on of the day jeremy hunt britain's foreign secretary had said that britain's response would be considered but also rebuffed but he also warned that if the ship wasn't released any time soon that they would be serious consequences indeed what those serious consequences could be well nobody is prepared to say right now but the british authorities are saying that they want to put diplomacy 1st although nimble diplomacy we imagine is what is needed 1st and foremost as jeremy hunt mentioned in a tweet earlier on saturday the grace one of the iranian vessel being held off the coast of gibraltar remains very much are at the heart of this dispute the iranian vessel was impounded by british authorities accused of busting e.u. sanctions by trying to ship oil to syria that is being seen as the underlying reason for why the iranians