raped to allegations he denies it sparked a discussion of women's rights across the balkans the issue generates mixed reactions from men it's simple this is the ball can be a different from europeans. affect society and women need to talk about this a lot but you know country no matter how great something seems to be in reality women have less rights than it seems we deserve as americans starting with just among a problem you want to go to each has been writing about women's rights long before the recent discussion began but it's different this time she says there is this little seed or universal female unity and female solidarity among women regardless of ethnicity class we had the hashtag you are not alone because none of those women or none of us is alone because you will hardly find a woman that has never been through some thought or meant or abused for sylvia and her group the current momentum is helping them raise awareness on mall. to prove fronts about being women and being roma in syria but it's not just up to them they want existing laws in subiaco that support women to be b

became a global hash tag but it's been a little couple of months since a public outcry started in the balkans over sexual abuse and harassment of women raising awareness for women's rights in the region has been a challenge our correspondent met up with women in belgrade who are finding new ways to bring their calls for more equality to people's ears. so you see 9 is getting certain to get pretty don't that's the name of the band she joined in 2015 i'm allowed i guess early marriages and i am allowed for women's rights pretty loud is an all roma girl band it wants to give women of the significant minority to be our. messages to equality and justice on behalf of the woman and her community brought me i see our responsibility is that true our songs and through lyrics what we write this woman who don't have support to feel the support from us and to stand up and. to have to have a more self-confidence and to fight for what they want. in roma communities here getting married at 16 or even younger is considered normal not for sylvia and her band though. they are rehearsing new moves and new songs

it sparked a discussion of women's rights across the balkans.he issue generates mixed reactions from men. >> it is simple. we are different from europeans. abuse affects a society and women need to talk about this a lot. in our country, no matter how great something seems to be, women have less rights than it seems. >> she has been writing about women's rights long before the recent discussion began. but it is different this time, she says. >> there is this seed of universal female unity and female solidarity among women regardless of ethnicity, class. we had the #you are not alone. none of those women or none of us as a loan because you will hardly find a woman that has never been through some sort of harassment or abuse. >> for sylvia and her group, the current momentum is helping raise awareness on multiple fronts about being women and being roma in serbia. they want existing laws in serbia that support women to be better enforced. helping make their country a safer place to live. brent: now for the prince, his wife and what they have the rld

this one is about iraq and then i want to come to one about the balkans later. the first one is, this is from charles flynn. i realize you could not detail every assignment and others have written volumes about iraq, but i'm wondering what truth telling gersony did about iraqi reconstruction? >> yes, , there is a whole chapr on iraqi reconstruction in the book. it's not a big chapter, it's a small one. basically after the invasion of iraq, the postinvasion, the time of the iraq war was a failure on many levels. this book goes into the failure on the usaid level which he it doesn't get much attention in many of the books written about iraq but it does in this book. gersony is sent out to baghdad to find out why usaid failed in its mission to immediately be on the ground up and running with aid programs in aftermath of the invasion. and interviews in his typical style hundreds of people, comes back and then is sent back again to come up with ways in which it could be improved. so makes the second trip to iraq. he comes back saying it failed because the chain of co

raped at a gay sions he denies it sparked a discussion of women's rights across the balkans the issue generates mixed reactions from men it's simple this is the ball can be a different from europeans. affect society and women need to talk about this a lot but you know country no matter how great something seems to be in reality women have less rights and it seems to me there's been a custodian lost among a brow if you want to go to each has been writing about women's rights long before the recent discussion began but it's different this time she says there is this little seed of universal female unity and female solidarity among women regardless of ethnicity class we had to hashtag you are not alone because none of those women or none of us is alone because you will hardly find a woman that has never been through some thorpe or are osment or abused for sylvie onto a group the current momentum is helping them raise awareness on mall. to prove fronts about being women and being roma in syria but it's not just up to them they want existing know since to be that support to be better in fo

write to allegations he denies it sparked a discussion of women's rights across the balkans the issue generates mixed reactions from men it's simple this is to be a different from europeans. affects society and women need to talk about this a lot but you know country no matter how great something seems to be in reality women have less rights than it seems we deserve to sort of move just among a problem you want to go to each has been writing about women's rights long before the recent discussion began but it's different this time she says there is this little seed of universal female unity and female solidarity among women regardless of ethnicity class we have the hashtag you are not alone because none of those women or none of us is alone because you will hardly find a woman that has never been through some thorpe or car osment or abuse for sylvia and her group the current momentum is helping them raise awareness on mall. to prove fronts about being women and being roma in syria but it's not just up to them they want existing nuisance to be that support them and to be better in force

and pretty loud is the name of their band and speaking up is what they want more women in the balkans to do when you made this all right in the good old group using music to bring the region it's all going to need to movement. i'm jarid great welcome to the shore a series of powerful explosions in the central african nation of equitorial guinea has killed at least 15 people now the blast tore apart a military base in the country's biggest city basra and surrounding buildings hundreds more have been injured overwhelming hospitals the country's foreign minister is calling for international help to manage what he is calling a healthy. imagine sea. panic confusion and flight and the city of the largest getting residents are in shock over the disaster that struck in their midst. we don't know we don't know what caused this. let me don't know what happened really no there was a fire. according to the government dynamite exploded in the city's military barracks setting off a series of blasts that left few buildings and bata undamaged. for now. the situation in the city of bata is that there

raped at a gay shins he denies it sparked a discussion of women's rights across the balkans the issue generates mixed reactions from men it's simple this is to be a different from europeans. affect society and women need to talk about this a lot but you know country no matter how great something seems to be in reality women have less rights than it seems we deserve to sort of move last among a crowd you want to go to each has been writing about women's rights long before the recent discussion began but it's different this time she says there is this little seed of universal female unity and female solidarity among women regardless of ethnicity class we had the hashtag you are not alone because none of those women or none of us is alone because you will hardly find a woman that has never been through some thorpe or are osment or abused for sylvia and her group the current momentum is helping them raise awareness on mall. to prove fronts about being women and being roma and c.b.s. but it's not just up to them they want existing nuisance to be that super human to be better in forced how

, _ problem for countries in the western balkans, most of them have been hoping _ balkans, most of themhoping to get allegations from the covax _ hoping to get allegations from the covax scheme or from the european union _ covax scheme or from the european union and — covax scheme or from the european union. and when those haven't come through— union. and when those haven't come through in_ union. and when those haven't come through in a — union. and when those haven't come through in a timely fashion, it's put them — through in a timely fashion, it's put them into difficulties, so countries _ put them into difficulties, so countries like bosnia really haven't started _ countries like bosnia really haven't started their vaccination programmes at aii~ _ started their vaccination programmes at all. bosnia has been able to obtain — at all. bosnia has been able to obtain some limited supplies of vaccines— obtain some limited supplies of vaccines from serbia for its essential health care workers, but otherwise. — essential health care workers, but otherwise, the situation is severe in the _

countries in the balkans or in the grip of the latest wave. let's go to slovenia.to vaccines has be the main area for countries in the western balkans. many have been ready to get allocations from the covax scheme or the european union when those have not come in in a timely fashion, it has put them in difficulties. countries like bosnia and kosovo have not started their vaccination programs at. bosnia has gotten limited vaccinations from serbia for health care workers, but it is severe. sarajevo has been in a lockdown. people are warning the situation could get worse. even serbia, a success story on the vaccination fronts, has problems as well. it has been able to source vaccines from china and russia, as well as pfizer and astrazeneca. they have vaccinated more people than anyountry, apart from the united kingdom. the 14 day incident rate is pushing to 900 per 100,000. even if you do have vaccines available, it is not necessarily the end of the story. serbia has entered a semi lockdown until next monday. anchor: italy is holding a national day of remembrance for

so the balkans still feel very remote and left behind but even here there seem to be more cars. friends of shah has several members of its team out and about in the area including voice. michael there's still a lot of work to be done and that includes explaining the issues to people and telling them about the rules on how to behave in a national park. it now looks as if the sharp plan in the national park will finally be established next year on paper that is but that is at least a start. back to africa many people travel long distances by bike here it's not only a cheap way of getting a road it is also really environmentally friendly many families are happy when they receive a bike us of thieves are able to leave one like in south africa where small angio is provided by. a child who starts the day with a very long walk to school it takes almost an hour to get there. she lives in kwazulu-natal province in south africa and if the east coast. i have. already. told on the way you are along. there is no public transport around 10 children often a rifle late to school or just don't g

the shire manton's national park just to the self is a refuge for balkan links this species of wildcat is critically endangered there are only a few dozen of them left. sheep or shall or has 150 beehives she's the boss and her husband works for her that's quite an unusual set up but it works for them. doing positive one in the all we like to do things systematically. i start from one and. my husband starts from the other. we like to compete. it's kind of a game to see who can check more beehives. today it looks like a tie once the inspections are done charlotte takes care to extinguish the coal in her smoker which is used to come the bees a forest fire could have disastrous consequences. she doesn't have any trouble finding buyers for her organic honey. it sells for twice the price of the honey sold at street side markets be keeping sheep breeding and she's making are an important part of the economy in kosovo the youngest and smallest nation in the balkans. shallow went abroad to study organic farming methods. nowadays environmental activists come to see her to learn how she applies o

portugal but also in the south of france spain italy and sicily most of the slaves came from the balkans in southeastern europe traded via the ports of cyprus constantinople and. back then africans constituted a minority within the slave trade. in list that these proportions would soon be inverted the 1st african captives deported to portugal would be followed by countless thousands more. on the street of the negroes well one of a few alleys that are the only reminders of when this neighborhood the biodome know campbell included a ghetto reserved for africa. ans. 1453 the holy war between christendom and islam resulted in the latter's victory. constantinople the last remnant of the byzantine empire fell into the hands of the ottoman empire the christian side of the mediterranean was now separated from lands further east with the movement of slaves from the balkans also blocked for christian europe the conquest of the atlantic was now vital. christendom to ash had reached a all made up and the whole area where they'd been acquiring slabs for slaves. was now christianized to islamicize. th

the shar manton's national park just to the self is a refuge for balkan links this species of wild cat is critically endangered there are only a few dozen of them left. sheepish has 150 beehives she's the boss and her husband works for her that's quite an unusual set up but it works for them. the all we like to do things systematically. i start from one and. my husband starts from the other. we like to compete. it's kind of a game to see who can check more beehives. today it looks like a tie once the inspections are done charlotte takes care to extinguish the coal in her smoker which is used to come the bees a forest fire could have disastrous consequences. she doesn't have any trouble finding buyers for her organic honey. it sells for twice the price of the honey sold at street side markets be keeping sheep breeding and she's making are an important part of the economy in kosovo the youngest and smallest nation in the balkans. shallow went abroad to study organic farming methods. nowadays environmental activists come to see her to learn how she applies organic methods to be keeping. t

so the balkans still feel very remote and left behind but even here there seem to be more cars. friends of shah has several members of its team out and about in the area including voice. michael there is still a lot of work to be done and that includes explaining the issues to people and telling them about the rules on how to behave in a national park. and. it now looks as if the sharp plan in the national park will finally be established next year on paper that is but that is at least a start. a valve back to africa many people travel long distances by bike here it's not only a cheap way of getting a road it is also really environmentally friendly many families are happy when they receive a bike us of thieves are able to leave one like in south africa where small angio is provided bikes for children it. is the child who starts the day with a very long walk to school it takes almost an hour to get that. she lives in kwazulu-natal province in south africa and if the east coast. i have to get early. to long the ways are in the wrong. there's no public transport around her children

the shire manton's national park just to the south is a refuge for balkan links this species of wildcat is critically endangered there are only a few dozen of them left. sheep or shall or has 150 beehives she's the boss and her husband works for her that's quite an unusual set up but it works for them. they all we like to do things systematically. i start from one and. my husband starts from the other. control or include we like to compete. it's kind of a game to see who can check more beehives. today it looks like a tie once the inspections are done charlotte takes care to extinguish the coal in her smoker which is used to come the bees a forest fire could have disastrous consequences. she doesn't have any trouble finding buyers for her organic honey. it sells for twice the price of the honey sold at street side markets beekeeping sheep breeding and cheese making are an important part of the economy in kosovo the youngest and smallest nation in the balkans. shallow went abroad to study organic farming methods. nowadays environmental activists come to see her to learn how she applies or

heat of the day cold even for moscow this time if you will some wintry weather then just around the balkans pushing across. into remain yes still a few showers live the showers there rumbling away across greece but clear skies come back in behind this we go on into worth fighting trifles western side of the med stormy alive which was the eastern side of the med and further northeast looking very unsettled as well while snow coming into scandinavia into the baltic states and then heavy rains through much of germany france and northern spain. once city to alice. now posted to remote villages in. algiers follows the personal journeys of women teaches their daily struggles with isolation and battles with physical hardship. sacrificing their lives for the education of future generations. women in the wind on al-jazeera. the room with a. reminder now of the top stories on al-jazeera a jury is being chosen for the trial of derek show ven the former american police officer accused of killing an unarmed black man george school but jury selection has already run into difficulties with people who are

middle east it's followed by the northerly wind no warming here and here's a disappointment over the balkans for example so the forecast for progress. on today crow is an overcast one getting colder again the average is 60 and you have 8 . what should americans be thinking and doing right now it should be a bad idea they don't care about their work is all they care about is making money china is not going to be left out of the calling for the below defense budget to be high the bottom line on us politics and policies and they're affecting the world around. us one day one east returns to christ to find out how those most affected are capering. surviving a massacre on al-jazeera. al-jazeera so much of the main news the brazil's president try a boston auto is going to the supreme court to try to overturn several states restrictions he wants shops and businesses to reopen despite a surgeon with 19 related deaths. at least 2 protesters have been killed overnight in the city of more protesters come to protest rather are continuing despite an increased use of violence by the military joint rights g

heat of the day cold even for moscow this time if you will some wintry weather then just around the balkans pushing across garia into remain yes still a few showers lively showers there rumbling away across greece but clear skies come back in behind this we go on into worth stay fight interac us western side of the med stormy alive it was the eastern side of the med and further northeast looking very unsettled as well while snow coming into scandinavia into the boat stays and then heavy rain through much of germany france and northern spain. an act of youthful defiance can improve the dollar turn looks are also in the school the arrest of notorious for in the morning was electric shock treatment or worse that triggered a revolution. the arrest of those children sparked it all of which became a battle with out and back with very beginning of the armed struggle in syria. the boy who started the syrian war. on al jazeera. the. the you. know again i'm just on the attainder let's remind you about top stories here the south south africa and india are leading a push at the world trade organization

middle and it's followed by the normal the wind no warming here and here's a disappointment over the balkans for example so the forecast for poor greta on today actor is an overcast one getting colder again the average is 60 and you have 8. welcome to down from every one of us. even those working quietly behind the scenes . so you can relax enjoy breaking news. and when you leave with a smile we know our day's work is done cats are always welcome to our home. the you. had in mind are now of the top stories on al-jazeera high level talks between the u.s. and china are set to wrap up after an unusually heated public confrontation both sides hit out on the other's policies and front of the cameras revealing tensions over human rights and economic power the french prime minister has received the astra zeneca vaccine after european regulators the clear that safe but paris and 16 other areas are going back into a months long lockdown just hours from now and brazil's president is taking several of his country states to court in a bit of overturn lock down restrictions that's despite new case number

so the balkans still feel very remote and left behind but even here there seem to be more cars. friends of shah has several members of its team out and about in the area including voice. michael there is still a lot of work to be done and that includes explaining the issues to people and telling them about the rules on how to behave in a national park. it now looks as if the sharp plan in a national park will finally be established next year on paper that is but that is at least a start. and now back to africa many people travel long distances by bike here it's not only a cheap way of getting a road it is also really environmentally friendly many families are happy when they receive a bike us achieve able to leave one like in south africa where small angio is providing bikes for children. and a child who starts the day with a very long walk to school it takes almost an hour to get that. she lives in kwazulu-natal province in south africa and if the east coast. i have to get. ready for school. told long the ways are a long. there's no public transport around her children often a

so the balkans still feel very remote and left behind but even here there seem to be more cars. friends of shar has several members of its team out and about in the area including voice. there's still a lot of work to be done and that includes explaining the issues to people and telling them about the rules on how to behave in a national park. it now looks as if the sharp plan in the national park will finally be established next year on paper that is but that is at least a start. and now back to africa many people trouble long distances by bike here it's not only a cheap way of getting a road it is also really environmentalists friendly many families are happy when they receive a bike us achieve able to leave one like in south africa where small angio is provided bikes for children it. is the child who starts the day with a very long walk to school it takes almost an hour to get that. she lives in kwazulu-natal province in south africa and if the east coast. i have to get. ready for school early told on the ways. there's no public transport around her children often a rifle lat

she's making are an important part of the economy in kosovo the youngest and smallest nation in the balkans. shallow went abroad to study organic farming methods nowadays environmental activists come to see her to learn how she applies organic methods to be keeping. the aim is to raise awareness across kossovo of eco friendly farming practices. i attended a workshop in germany i learned a lot about animal welfare which nobody here knows anything about i'm now giving courses to pass on this knowledge i hope people will come to realise we have to protect. and that includes being as they are so important for the environment. nature conservation can be an uphill battle. in kosovo and neighboring albania hydro power plants are still widely considered an eco friendly way to generate electricity but building more of them alongside illegal timber felling would further shrink the habitats of endangered species such as bears lynx and wolves. sheepish alice says most of the people don't realise what is going on they're just not aware of the issues but she wants to change that. we have to pay more atte

portugal but also in the south of france spain italy and sicily most of the slaves came from the balkans in southeastern europe traded via the ports of cyprus constantinople and aleppo. back then africans constituted a minority within the slave trade. in less than these proportions would soon be inverted the 1st african captives deported to portugal would be followed by countless thousands more. on the street of the negroes well one of the few alleys that are the only reminders of when this neighborhood the biodome a combo included a ghetto reserved for africans. 1453 the only war between christendom and islam resulted in the latter's victory. constantinople the last remnant of the byzantine empire fell into the hands of the ottoman empire the christian side of the mediterranean was now separated from lands further east with the movement of slaves from the balkans also blocked for christian europe the conquest of the atlantic was now vital. christendom to ash had reached their maid and the whole area where they had been acquiring slabs for slaves. it was now christian to islamicize. ther

portugal but also in the south of france spain italy and sicily most of the slaves came from the balkans in southeastern europe traded via the ports of cyprus constantinople and aleppo. back then africans constituted a minority within the slave trade. in list that these proportions would soon be inverted the 1st african captives deported to portugal would be followed by countless thousands more in the street of the negroes well one of a few alleys that are the only reminders of when this neighborhood the biodome a combo included a ghetto reserved for africans. 1453 the holy war between christendom and islam resulted in the latter's victory. constantinople the last remnant of the byzantine empire fell into the hands of the ottoman empire the christian side of the mediterranean was now separated from lands further east with the movement of slaves from the balkans also blocked for christian europe the conquest of the atlantic was now vital. christendom to ash had reached stalemate. and the whole area where they'd been acquiring slabs for slaves. was now christianized to islamicize. there wa

the youngest and smallest nation in the balkans. shallow went abroad to study organic farming methods. nowadays, environmental activists come to see her to learn how she applies organic methods to be keeping. the aim is to raise awareness across kossovo of eco friendly farming practices. are planning. i attended a workshop in germany. i learned a lot about animal welfare, which nobody here knows anything about. i'm now giving courses to pass on this knowledge. i hope people will come to realise we have to protect and that includes being. they are so important for the environment. nature conservation can be an uphill battle in kosovo and neighboring albania. hydro power plants are still widely considered an eco friendly way to generate electricity, but building more of them alongside illegal timber felling would further shrink the habitats of endangered species, such as bears lynx and wolves. sheepish alice says, most of the people don't realise what is going on, they're just not aware of the issues, but she wants to change that we have to pay more attention to our natural environment,

the situation is even worse in the balkans in the. one time most want to move on quickly to the e.u. . is the e.u. keeping out refugees at all costs. and our people i can see you citizens are prepared to look the other way was not occur. just nor are we willing to look away while the dirty work is done for us. your your your your film was very. biased the fact is these things happen and they shouldn't happen that's and yes they do to cover it among other things they don't get the the attention they deserve right that must happen the same time what your film didn't say is that hundreds of thousands make it to europe every year they are processed in a not orderly fashion about 90 percent of them apply for asylum and they don't get it because you know and then they go to a court and 30 percent of the decisions against them by then reversed by the court this is means that things are working in in europe and also talking about frontex basically frontex has saved inception run about 26. hundreds of thousands of people fish them out of the w

the shar manton's national park just to the self is a refuge for balkan links this species of wild cat is critically endangered there are only a few dozen of them left. sheep or shall or has 150 beehives she's the boss and her husband works for her that's quite an unusual set up but it works for them. i'm positive one in the all we like to do things systematically. i start from one and. my husband starts from the other. we like to compete. it's kind of a game to see who can check more beehives. today it looks like a tie once the inspections are done shiner takes care to extinguish the coal in her smoker which is used to come the bees a forest fire could have disastrous consequences. she doesn't have any trouble finding buyers for her organic honey. it sells for twice the price of the honey sold at street side markets be keeping sheep breeding and she's making are an important part of the economy in kosovo the youngest and smallest nation in the balkans. shallow went abroad to study organic farming methods. nowadays environmental activists come to see her to learn how she applies organi

unsettled also across parts of the mediterranean, some snow across the mountains they are in the balkansf europe. here's sunday across the uk, so the high—pressure is right over us at this stage. there will be variable amounts of cloud. the temperatures are not going to change an awful lot, but where you have a breeze off the north sea will be riding down the east coast, only 8 degrees in norwich. as i said, that high pressure is going to persist for quite some time, the week ahead is looking settled. i think things will start to change by the time we get to around thursday. that's it from me, bye—bye. i'm laura trevelyan in new york and this is bbc world news america. france's prime minister takes the astra zeneca vaccine as the troubled eu rollout resumes — amid a third wave of infections here in america, vaccination rates are up and states are reopening — but some are seeing an increase in cases. after a most undiplomatic spat, us/china talks were tough and direct on day two, say american officials —we're in alaska with the latest plus— we take a ride in a classicjaguar e—type - as th

portugal but also in the south of france spain italy and sicily most of the slaves came from the balkans in southeastern europe traded via the ports of cyprus constantinople and. back then africans constituted a minority within the slave trade. in list that these proportions would soon be inverted the 1st african captives deported to portugal would be followed by countless thousands more. on the street of the negros well one of a few alleys that are the only reminders of when this neighborhood the bio don't know campbell included a ghetto reserved for africa. 1453 the holy war between christendom and islam resulted in the latter's victory. constantinople the last remnant of the byzantine empire fell into the hands of the ottoman empire the christian side of the mediterranean was now separated from lands further east with the movement of slaves from the balkans also blocked for christian europe the conquest of the atlantic was now vital. islam. christendom clash had reached stalemate and the whole area where they'd been acquiring slabs for slaves. was now christianized to islamicize. ther

institution quickly out of touch with modern attitudes and a hostile media bent on taking make and down the balkan al-jazeera london. this is al-jazeera and these are the top stories. 7 of. 7 supporters of president's former president louise inacio lula da silva celebrating his conviction on corruption charges has been an elder by a supreme court judge meaning he can now run for next year's election he's one of the most popular left wing politicians there monica you know kids has more from rio you can see the divisions are still on social media there were many that celebrated the decision saying that this proves that i was innocent all along and it was some political persecution under them those criticizing the decision saying that it shows that corruption must still at large and the president also not or should stay in power to fight it because he would run with this slogan in your campaign. so the headlines the senegalese opposition leader this month on clothes calling for large peaceful protests he addressed supporters after being charged with rape and then released on bail some has arrest trig

so the balkans still feel very remote and left behind but even here there seem to be more cars. friends of shar has several members of its team out and about in the area including voice. there's still a lot of work to be done and that includes explaining the issues to people and telling them about the rules on how to behave in a national park. and. it now looks as if the shop planning a national park will finally be established next year on paper that is but that is at least a start. and now back to africa many people travel long distances by bike here it's not only a cheap way of getting a road it is also really environmentalists friendly many families are happy when they receive a bike us of thieves are able to leave one like in south africa where small n.g.o.s is provided by. a child who starts the day with a very long walk to school it takes almost an hour to get that. she lives in quads you know tell province in south africa and if the east coast. i have to get. ready for school for too long the ways are in the long there's no public transport around 10 children often a rif

the shar mountains national park just to the south is a refuge for balkan links this species of wildcat is critically endangered there are only a few dozen of them left. sheep or shall or has 150 beehives she's the boss and her husband works for her that's quite an unusual set up but it works for them. i'm positive one in the all we like to do things systematically. i start from one and. my husband starts from the other. we like to compete. it's kind of a game to see who can check more beehives. today it looks like a tie. once the inspections are done charlotte takes care to extinguish the coal in her smoker which is used to come the bees a forest fire could have disastrous consequences. she doesn't have any trouble finding buyers for her organic honey. it sells for twice the price of the honey sold at street side markets be keeping sheep breeding and she's making are an important part of the economy in kosovo the youngest and smallest nation in the balkans. shallow went abroad to study organic farming methods. nowadays environmental activists come to see her to learn how she applies or

the nonsensical talk about the sovietization of the balkan countries has some of the foreign press charge. the new constitution center moscow guarantees freedom from unreasonable arrest. unquote. however, enough reasonable charters are found to send hundreds of thousands of latvian men, women and children to slave labor camps in the soviet union. on this list of the names of 78 people arrested by the nkvd, the soviet secret police, the notation at the end of the list explains the quite reasonable charges. not politically reliable, shoot them to death. the example of estonia, also in 1939 with more promises of the soviet union, the little country succeeds. -- exceeds. the red army invades estonia on the pretext that soviet soldiers stationed there have not been assured proper security. less than a month later, a new communist constituent assembly holds its first session. he communists indoctrinated in special schools in moscow except the party as their masters. physically, a vote of confidence for the one party ticket is held. another victory parade for a new moscow approved puppet governm

stormy across central parts of the mediterranean little area clad him moving across italy into the balkans see some lively storms on this front more of that to come over the next couple days as some wet and windy weather coming through here with some large hail and this some rather wild weather all coast pushing up across the northwestern corner pushing across the british isles as we go on through the next 24 hours where to stay that's like a really wet day across much of the british isles a cloud of rain will sweep through gale force winds potential for damaging winds and some heavy rain at times what's the weather will make its way in scandinavia really tends to snow as it hits the cold air also over the top temperature one degree celsius not as cold as moscow mind you temperatures hit a high than minus 10 in the heat of the day cold even for moscow this time if you will some wintry weather then just around the balkans pushing across garia into remain yes still a few showers life showers there rumbling away across greece but clear skies come back in behind this we go on into worth the da

heat of the day cold even for moscow this time if you will some wintry weather then just around the balkanspushing across. into remain you're still a few showers live fish i was there rumbling away across greece but clear skies come back in behind this because one in 2 with the day fog in truck us western side of the med stormy alive it was the eastern side of the med and the northeast looking very unsettled as well while snow coming into scandinavia into the baltic states and then heavy rain through much of germany france and northern spain. frank assessments the world is on the brink of a catastrophic moral failure is that a fair assessment it would be a catastrophic failure to twice as valuable back saying informed opinions should we be buying bit coy ultimately it will be sovereigns and governments who are buying this that is the direction this is all headed in-depth analysis of the day's global headlines inside story on out just 0. when the news breaks supposed to be considered the popular support when people need to be heard. and the story told to struggle for justice they with their

at 70m high and 60m wide, buzludzha look out across the balkan mountains. was built as an iconic national monument to glorify the communist party. it's here because this was the birthplace of the bulgarian socialist movement. this is powerful. powerful architecture. following the collapse of the regime, the building was abandoned and later shut off to the public as it fell into disrepair. da—da—daaaa! oh, wow. here it is. me first? welcome. it's seen better days, hasn't it? definitely. it cost the equivalent of $35 million in today's money to build buzludzha. since it was abandoned, the years, they haven't been kind. dora, it's... ..it�*s incredible. there's some work to do, obviously, but it's still very impressive. look at this. 50 square metres of mosaics right on top. there is the symbol of communism, actually — the hammer and sickle — and you can read in cyrillic around it "workers from the world, unite". so there is a mosaic on the ceiling, but the entire perimeter is also covered in mosaic. we have actually more than 1,000 square metres of mosaic ins

middle east it's followed by the northerly wind no warming here and here's a disappointment over the balkans for example so the forecast for progress. on today crow is an overcast one getting colder again the average is 60 and you have 8 . on counting the cost murray draggy save the euro but can he turn around italy's struggling economy plus can the oil rich libya's unified government unite the war told east and west including the country to central banks in chile rethinks china's investment counting the cost on al-jazeera it's the u.k.'s biggest hospital with the eventual capacity for 4000 covert 19 patients built inside a london conference center it took just 9 days to construct with the help of army engineers dramatically expanding the critical care bed count and other similar sites on the way the actual london numbers could be much higher than advertised researchers say that huge gaps in testing capacity that the government is now trying to close extrapolate that across the country under spread of coronavirus appears far wider than anyone thought. up and back is a reminder of the top sto

states mid limits followed by the northerly wind no warming here and here's a disappointment over the balkans for example so the forecast for poor greta on today crow is an overcast one getting colder again the average is 60 and you have 8 . al-jazeera as investigative unit take she won 4 months on the cover of course will be if you had actually victims who had survived torture in detention and saying this was the cause of my arrest. revealing the illegal dealings of the surveillance industry get. all your data these are the nuclear weapons of the 21st century al-jazeera investigations. the latest news judge need to see there will be no closure 100 justice is served as the identities of those behind the list of bombings are revealed with detailed coverage there's something else in the gained about this plot it represents and visible dividing line between the wealthier and the poor from around the world the man who knelt on his neck in his friend the week in a minneapolis court room with a quarter selecting jurors to decide if he should be convicted of murder. what about the al-jazeera do you

so there were a lot of reasons for the redline that i chose and the balkan redlines are interesting.i think i hope several of them had been fairly permanently and i know i could see skepticism. i'm to a degree skeptical about that as well but anyway ithink it's certainly is an interesting moment . the redline that we talked about, there were peacekeepers, not people who were establishing the boundaries so i think that's important to understand. i think that is a critical part of it. when yugoslavia was founded and you'll see that in my previous book shattered piece dealing with the end of world war i, the treaty of riverside when yugoslavia was founded and they put together all these disparate people into one country that should have had boundaries and redlines but at the time they never did. that was also critical than so anyway i had to make a choice and it was an editorial decision and you will were right to point that out. who's going to be next, my next interlocutor? anybody want to raise their hand ? we have some very interesting -- one interesting person who was my editor at c

we'll go from egypt to europe north macedonia in the balkans to be precise this is a location where theiron curtain used to the east from west these days there is a green belt running along the form of the vision this corridor is supposed to be on later reserve but as our report from the sharm mountains shows this iteration it's not that simple. shop lives near what was once the iron curtain of the ribbon of land in some areas nearby have been designated the european green belt by an association of the same name its mission is to protect the natural landscapes there which have been shielded for decades from major developments such as farming and construction. the association promotes eco tourism renovating mountain huts and building new ones should entice more hikers to come and explore. the association also seeks to counter illegal logging which is a serious problem here the timber mafia has carved this track through the forest without permission it extends for several kilometers and s.u.v. blocks the path behind it heavy equipment they're often armed and it would not be y. steal any f