also into the northern portions of the balkan peninsula and in italy. take a look at this actually. we have a graphic made up here. you see those areas in the red. this is where that threat of severe thunderstorms is. northern france, western germany, netherlands, northern portions of the balkan peninsula and extending towards the mediterranean. if you have any travel plans, just be ready for the possibilities of delays and cancellations. also if you're out there just be looking at the sky for that possibility of some of the stronger storms. temperatures look like tis. sunny weather in the north. i want to show you what's going on in eastern asia, beautiful weather in japan that will be changing by the end of the weekend. coming in from the west we have a storm system that's now developing, bring something rain showers in the southeastern china, northeastern china still dealing with the dust out here and the blowing sand. you have those sandstorms continuing to impact you. actually, beijing very low air quality at this time. but that developing low, that's going to work its way off

i find myself as passionate about this story as i did about genocide in the balkans. >> jane, go ahead >> what i was going to say is, what is hard, one of the things that is difficult from the standpoint of the press, is the way that the national security community defines what is protecting the american public. it is not as if the press is trying to harm the american public. we just defined it as a stronger country when there is a free flow of ideas, when there is consent of the governed, because they understand that the programs are you are implementing in their name. and we feel, even bad news, sometimes strengthens the country because the rest of the world just to see our transparency and accountability system. and so it is a larger framing of what national security is. but because of the way that the executive branch has a monopoly on defining what national security is, you get to put your own parameters around it and define us as outside of it sometimes. we are not trying to harm the country by writing these stories. in fact, i think most reporters feel they are really helping my

he said, then they cannot listen. >> i remember in 1999, when i was covering the balkans, during themilosevic era, cell phones had just entered society there. before any conversation about politics, you would not only take out the battery of your phone, but you would put it on the table, the phone and battery, not just to show that other person that the government was not listening, but that you are not recording their call with your phone. this was 1999. it is not so new in many ways. >> the question you asked a minute ago about what is the solution -- well, the solution is the american people. the american people, through their representatives, have decided that there are some things that are sufficiently important, that they ought not to be discussed in the open press. there are plenty of ways of addressing that. you have the american people agreeing to a shield wall. that is not going to happen. i would be surprised if that ever happened. >> sometimes, the representatives of the people get it wrong. >> of course they do. >> we are on the outside. i do not buy that. the american p

that's when some thunderstorms and even some severe weather which was the balkan peninsula. i will really just wrapping up gathering waster of the sea there and dropping all that over forty four even some large hill to the seattle has also been seen some severe weather buy that for some or most of this is due to. basically solar heating the afternoon thunderstorms a pop up with actions in reporting on the plunder into germany in the backcourt so let's keep the umbrella handy if you're in paris or madrid because we have a front moving through enough to bring some rain showers out there for you. on thursday seventeen ninety four era high moscow unstoppable by the way to cool it was only a five nine or sunny skies sunny skies as well japan but were not conceived of it is in the single digits actually expected it up to the mid twenties in tokyo by friday and saturday to enjoy the warm weather out there also some leeway is wrapped around the western periphery of this makes for some rain showers across southeastern china. that's in the south on old urine or the trolley hope it was

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which she did i implement for two or three years by he repudiated the first bush passivity in the balkans no dog in that fight approach. and the need for a new direction. two examples there with their own instincts imagining himself to be teethirty then september 11 turned his head around. just one further thought, those presidents who do that who were taken by surprise are ones who don't have a lot of foreign policy experience or taken by surprise by a crisis that they have to cope with. that was true of johnson who pointed to put it the economic side. it was a true jimmy carter. he found himself pushed to abandon it retrenchment and almost did. but just to come back to that answer i think the surprising things that uc looking at the alternation from administration to administration is how much president's read with shape how they act after words. >> we will open it up to our experts group. i will ask you because you are next to the microphone then you could go up after birds. >> the next best thing after being said stephen. think you for the engaging discussion. i have two short questio

they're arguing that there is a threat -- ina war like the one we saw the balkans.he breakdown of yugoslavia two decades ago. they point out the obvious thing that this is the largest country between the eu and russia. let's go to the catholic data. lacroix is leading with a title about ukraine escalation. is it a way of moscow being able to set the conditions for diplomatic talks that we will see on thursday in geneva? it says that the people of ukraine counted on europe. they mean the european union. and, of course, they must not disappoint the people of ukraine. >> you looked at the ukrainian press and the russian press. >> the kiev post has an opinion page. they're looking at the guardian in the u.k. this is by james meek. the headline is that most ukrainians are neither loyal russians or loyal fascists. most of the discussion is polarized and that is serving putin well. it is bolstering has ideal . a the one hand, you have ukraine that is a boil vessel to russia or a ukraine that is fascist. the communistta, mouthpiece of years ago. an expression there about fa

says the festivities the variations are releasing the hassle festival hall the main fact is that the balkan nations doesn't seem to welcome special forces sent it from kiev to gynecology. local dough into loaves on a subject and the woman who knew was what did they become adults stark warnings in coded language russian prime minister to meet tina did get going by his kazakh and adoration cotta pots has weighed into the diplomatic documents in ukraine. his was a gloomy assessment of the future but he appealed to kiev ukraine is on the brink of civil war it is scary. i hope that everyone who was responsible for making decisions of the moment. the current ukrainian authorities have enough brains to avoid driving the country to such a statement. and to prevent the escalation of the conflict the dramatic scenes in a joint used a similar ending a conflict which could spiral that point to russia with a direct appeal to moscow. eye color and luster to the ears and eight. the crisis support back its troops from ukraine's borders to stop the stabilizing the situation taking into cream and make it. an

and it looks like this particular system, the one near the balkan peninsula, the cutoff low will continue to bring rain and precipitation into the area. by the way, romania saw wind gusts up to 70 to 80 kilometers per hour. so this system is still packing quite a punch but it looks like that's going to eventually, eventually rain itself out. it's taking a little bit of time. meanwhile the cold front will continue to push rain southward into the northern portions of italy, as we head into the weekend. and the weekend forecast looking great here, as well. for some portions of the area. london you should see a great start to the weekend but seeing some rain by sunday, and for rome you will see wall-to-wall rain with a high of 19 by monday, and some thunderstorms. and moscow also seeing a mix of sun and clouds but drier, high of 20 coming up by the beginning of the next work week. let's look at the forecast in asia. we do have a stationary front that's affecting the yangtze river basin. it is extending all the way into japan. by the way the western portions of japan saw rain totals of around

troops arrive in lithuania as nato beefs up its presence in the balkan states.nt obama prepares for trade talks with leaders in malaysi malaysia. >> there you have it,

controlling the western half of the continent continually, but we are going to see rain down toward the balkan peninsula. athens, you will still see the stubborn system bringing rain and thunderstorms with a high of 17 degrees. rome topping off at 16. warmer conditions back to the west, madrid topping off at 26 degrees. looks like paris is going to top off at a high of 20 for thursday. hope you have a good day wherever you are. here's a look at your extended forecast. >>> and that concludes this edition of "newsline." i'm keikichi hanada. on behalf of our team, thank you for staying with us. >> you are watching "france 24." thanks for joining us. these are the headlines. crisis talks between russia, ukraine, and the west are underway. this as russian president vladimir putin defends his policies in a well oiled q and a q&aion -- well-oiled session. over 300 missing as rescuers search for survivors in the ferry disaster in south korea. it capsized and sank on wednesday. algerians are going to the polls in the presidential election there. that is widely expected to hand a fourth term to

stabilize part of the continent's those images that indeed we still remember what happened in the balkans. what was currently happening in ukraine. it could have occurred in hungary with hungarian minorities living in the neighboring countries but it didn't happen. we can also see that there's a new kind of leadership emerging from these countries hotel poland which has been very active realm of what's happening in ukraine but unions and my goodness you would like to see our new connotation of europe. we use to think of the continent in terms of an east west that needed but today we see a new north south split enriching partly because most of the eurozone countries come from the north part of the eu that because several new members is now part of the eurozone has been gorgeous so it shows that ten years after the two thousand and four eu enlargement there is a new european pandemic. we can no longer think in terms of all member states on the new member states but rather of the new european lines. if you got to ask a question go to the union's website or visit our social media pages. bath

he said in the balkans and iraq wars was a security minister in the previous labor government we ask him what was wrong in nineteen fourteen. people are willing to cough cold war thinking to be that continue to be quick. that is extremely dangerous wants to go to war politicians and politics the control politicians think they can control you cannot control rules. london's national portrait gallery is currently staging an exhibition called the great war and with it it's also going projects such as natural mainly local stories in which the commemorate the first world war two point one. stupid me how great it might be something. the next and i can still be life or something the story in heaven or maybe when the grandparents. just remember this conversation at the cocktail i picked this up what is happening. we enjoyed in the local stories projects while some of the lease to research their own fabregas treat others with the two local archives. using a range of sources they transformed their discoveries into arts we got all the diaries and when it is a time when the diaries of it is confi

troops arrive in lithuania as nato beefs up its presence in the balkan states. president obama prepares for trade talks with leaders in malaysi malaysia. >> there you have it, festivities continue in vatican city where millions prepare for the canonization of not one but two popes. >>> more american troops are arriving in eastern europe today, and they'll add to the nato operation responding to tensions in ukraine. the u.s. is sends hundreds of soldiers to the balantic states. >> we are here to demonstrate nato's commitment to lithuania with our persistent presence of trained soldiers. let me make this clear. should lithuania need nato, i guarantee you nato will be there. >> the leaders are preparing to hold emergency talks on monday, and the white house and members of the g-7 all promising penalties for russia saying we have committed to act urgently toance fie targeted sanctions due to the cost of russia's actions. they cut short a trip to italy today citing escalating tensions with russia. >> russian military aircraft today crossed and violated ukrainian air

western portion of the content but because he like laos and open another spinning load out for the balkan been a slow couple of low pressure systems apprehensive precipitation for those areas and will take this slow down toy italy and also decrease you'll still see some rain as they go into friday and snow expected for the scandinavian peninsula as the slow blues indices over the area and discord from this point drop through central europe bringing some rain as we head to what the latter part of friday once again rain again for athens temperatures topping up the seventeen degrees well we'll see showers and rain with a high of sixty on friday where saw an awesome girl and rain but then back toward the west high fifteen in paris twenty six for madrid under mostly sunny conditions. let's take a look of the americas we do have the little precious them located off the coast of washington state and oregon and looks like that's when to bring some rain maybe even some snow showers that area another low located over into the great lakes that's when to bring some snow into ontario. we have a develo

eventually over towards the italian peninsula and into the northern portions of the balkan peninsula. right in here you've been dealing with some foul weather into serbia, over towards romania, as well. and there's still the threat of some large hail and excessive rainfall to come out of that. for the most part, afternoon heating really is going to be triggering some storms out here for you. i do want to leave you with this, april 22nd, earth day. a few things, remember to do every day, to help earth out here. i'll leave you with the extended forecast. >>> that's all for this hour on "newsline." i'm shery ahn. thank you for watching. a7guc >> standing by for us in kiev, you have been listening to joe biden. what are the main points you take from his speech? >> he has praise for the ukrainian government for keeping up its end of the bargain in geneva agreement. i don't think we can say the right sector has been fully disarmed, kiev has taken what steps it can in order to get those groups to give up what weapons they have held illegally. there are members

we are seeing a couple of areas of low pressure spinning right now one down for the balkan peninsula another located over italy and this is going to continue to bring some heavy rainfall and maybe even some thunderstorms at times the need to look out for that analysts say that a good portion of the area even into the western portions of the concert will be dealing with the rain here's a look at the forecasts seventeen in paris which is under stars sixteen in london hazy conditions for thirteen well with high of twenty one twenty two in athens. finally here's a look at the united states we have been talking about the severe weather has been pushing through the southern portions of the country. it looks like that we still need to look out for the possibility of some strong to severe storms anywhere in washington d c down to war in jacksonville florida. this is going to look out for damaging winds large hail and has possibly some tornadoes had to go through to wednesday. this is a boy then she pushed with these hopefully clearing the eastern seaboard as we headed to the later part of th

eastern nations but it looks like a low pressure will continue to bring rain for italy and parts of the balkan peninsula. i should be anywhere from ninety in paris madrid were dry for the past few days are expected to bring her purse at the height twenty seven degrees and dots for the keys temperatures are rebounding back into the mid teens but sixteenth tee at the winter rain expected for youthful high in warsaw and tuna species mostly sunny skies with temperatures topping off at fourteen degrees. opm a good day wherever you walk here's a look at your extended forecast. i am noon it is the choose life. thus our genome. this year the top sch the city to any skin world's tv. obviously the selection of bands from this week's lineup carried out with our airspace the town of oak room i was designated as unsuitable for the big hit of radiation levels. but several former local officials have volunteered to look after the affected area. they call themselves the old guys. this is their story. next is the new program on sunday side by side which reports on japanese assistance programs in developing nat

the morning catherine in the sb had been talking about the unsettled conditions over the balkans in southern italy for quite some time now and it is still ongoing. the other port of tornado tyson as well as large hail storm the size of two centimeters in diameter reported in parts of southern italy greece and in the knee and also saw some funnel clouds in this unstable conditions will likely continue due to the stairs at the moisture from the sentiment a new clashing with the really cool air and this low pressure system is quite active making it for yet again hun sen told the weather conditions adding to the tornados this one the slide scale and very strong winds are going to be in forecast forty is due to depletion of the cold air this dominating much of the eastern half of the continent but very one thousand on the west of this history with plenty of sunshine across the british trials spot likely to see some really good snowfall across southern germany southern poland. and some of the six central locations all the era. at a major aged twenty six degrees for your time today with partially c

looking quite similar to what we saw yesterday said the weather is still happening over italy in the balkan peninsula and scattered heavy rain with new plans and across the british isles as well the temperatures are quiet warming many places and has a concealed rainy weather pouring across the west. i recently leaked into the crisp other time when you are staying right at the conductors

we're talking about heavy rainfall down near italy and also into the balkan peninsula. these are stubborn low pressure systems continually causing problems. serbia reporting a hail, strong lightning and also heavy rainfall. it looks like that will continue to be the case. here's a look at the forecast, rome at 20 degrees with a chance for rain and thunderstorms. athens at 21. kiev will also see some rain and thunderstorms with a high of 20. meanwhile, continued pleasant weather over into the iberian peninsula. madrid, high of 24, with partly cloudy skies. here's a look at japan. japan also seeing some heavy rainfall. we have some video out of tokyo right now. and this is some precipitation that was persistent throughout wednesday. it looks like the rain will continue at least for another day before it starts to depart from the area. just in the past 24 hours, anywhere from 15 to 20 millimeters of rainfall. but a lot more in other areas. let me show you the map here. we saw rain up to 390 millimeters over 48 hours. this will eventually move toward the north and east but

i find myself as passionate about this story as i did about genocide in the balkans.what i was going to say is, what is hard, one of the things that is difficult from the , is thent of the press way that the national security definese -- community what is protecting the american public. it is not as if the press is trying to harm the american public. defined it as a stronger country when there is a free flow of ideas, when there is consent of the government, because they understand that the programs are you are implementing in their name. and we feel, even bad news, sometimes drink in the country because the rest of the world just to see our transparency and accountability system. and so it is a larger framing of what national security is. the way that the executive branch has a monopoly on defining what national security is, you get to put your own parameters around it and define us as outside of it sometimes. we are not trying to harm the country by writing these stories. in fact, i think most reporters feel they are really helping my getting this information out to

of these big severe weather outbreak so we do have some strong thunderstorms in dropping into the balkan peninsula and then back towards the west also parts of spain to really trust him at a training is very un settled right now but this is the storm i wanna watch. look at this evening's across northern portions of the british isles. eventually a witch with a scandinavian pencil with gusty winds and heavy rain for our weekend physics and outlook. i am noon. i do. this is like a star and she knelt on the cats. its. six the city and with nhk world the obvious things like santa has been this big sign that the recovery effort. this time the creative woman features miracle that she is an acclaimed photojournalist the subjects of the heart of photographs include victims of natural disasters and soap awards. on saturday we have a special episode of science here. featuring a selection of segments from science is popular j innovators corner the focus this time is on how japanese artists to closely coordinate the development and production of their creations finally on sunday is a new program surr

heavy rain warnings for italy and also into southern balkan peninsula.e're taking a look at temperatures here. 20 in vienna, 15 in rome. a high of 22 degrees in athens and looks like rain will eventually move into your area throughout the day. madrid you will see fair conditions. a high of 21 degrees. hope you have a good day wherever you are. here's a look at your extended forecast. >>> here's our top story once again. the united states, and the philippines, have reached an agreement on boosting military cooperation with a focus on maritime security. the pact will see a strengthened u.s. military presence in the philippines, and will be in effect for ten years. u.s. ambassador to the philippines, philip goldberg, and philippine defense secretary voltaire gazmin signed the pact at the defense ministry. the ceremony took place during a visit to the pacific island nation by u.s. president barack obama. under the agreement, the u.s. military will regularly send troops to the philippines. the two sides also agreed to build or improve military facilities and

thunderstorms what those gusty winds and heavy rainfall coming on it all down for the south while the balkan peninsula from romania back course the last all week. if you haven't seen this nasty weather the thunderstorms the flooding. unfortunately it does look like there is still that threat here. even some rain showers to soften their over towards rome. he also into the attic you're on your saturday at his accent forecasts. i am to noon. i mean. i do. it is. benson is one of those around you go shopping in tokyo. all those you haven't. thanks for joining us. contests. ah the tests. use. see here and with an eight k world's tv. a selection of programs from this week's lineup. here we go with our prayers the kind of speaker who is the destination on this edition of drinkers. the ride of my range of trees all popular with tourists as we explore the beautiful nature of sin. yes it's kawaii international on sunday. this time is like e characters from cartoon icons charming local mascots. japan is the lead character's watch him learn about the secrets behind their deep appeal last is cool tip and

revelations have led many to question whether america should have this kind of control over the lap of the balkan entered and traffic from your e mails to web searches goes by the united states where you can easily be intercepted it's one of the main things that government including washington's partners in europe iran to change remembered not as warm on the online game changing event i mean the world is surveillance and indiscriminate. the gathering but in his zeal that is what i did. it's about the future of global internet policy six hundred delegates from five countries are himself how well for a two day meeting the focus is on establishing strategic guidelines about the news and developments of cyberspace. the dentist called net moved on organizers say was created in part due to concerns about government sanction surveillance and the impact on privacy in the aftermath of the nsa spy scandal brazil has been pushing for united nations resolution that recognizes on my privacy act the human rights. last year by whistleblower adverts no hitter appeal to the national security agency spying on the

he became a diplomat and the balkans turkey and sprouts on the friends to eastern churches muslims and atheists elected pope and seventy six he was dubbed the caretaker of sensation. he summoned the world's bishops to rome for the first time in almost a century. ut to him were considerable friction the church to the work of current period of quick rejection by the church goer since the council jones told the second us dominates catholicism. born on the beach in poland shortly after the first world war he suffered under both fascism and communism. his overarching the most human dignity. that was most clearly expressed support for a spell of cold. combine the communists. critics say his increased densities be the canonization of the nine years after his death is too hasty. yes there was a quick way to sainthood but one of the important element in determining who sustain its popular devotion of people believe he sustained in you could tell when not dump of a second died people voted with their feet. by coming here to rome. others in shooting victims accused john paul a fumbling the cleric

unstable weather bringing in rain precipitation you that bit of snow along with the rain down into the balkan peninsula. so looks like that there's going to be more activity going to the rest of tuesday into wednesday and now it is some rain over this particular area of various spots around the world were looking up to scott for something totally deaf and has a look at some video coming out of los angeles. this was a part of a blend of war. take a lunar eclipses as going to take place called the text reading because the skies are clear over l a. you see the color of the red of the blood noon that was what took place at the full at the peak of the eclipse. and so many people out later tonight to take a look at this perspective pictures or text ay ay ay ay ay ay ay ay ay i know. this seems like this our ageing of the tickets. ah in the shoes the city. nhk world tv. obviously the selection of bands from this week's lineup carried out with diapers. it's part of a local route was designated as unsuitable for the day due to radiation levels. but several former local officials have volunteered to lo

it was simple ecuador are on alert as rumblings from the tone row while balkan you raise fears of a full blown eruption volcano whose name in the indigenous to online which means thread the wire spewed ash and smoke up to ten km in the air on friday the five thousand meter high volcano is one of ecuador's most active and last erupted in february. austria's foreign oil products was once notorious words to etiquette and even today visitors are usually expected to be on their best behavior but on saturday dozens of young people fall to the whole four hours in central canada the bottom. this is a stop light weaponry as part of the pillow fight day. started in two thousand and eight finance large bowl. looks like fun to stay with us here on detail the things one. use everyone knows things. every time we checked the news we've been in the wake forest the crazy one million people suffer hunger. one thing in the past it was about as crazy. what you get right now sticking out of the window and yell i'm not as how i am now. now i'm not going to let one billion people go hungry bleh. april is when

southern portion of the cars that were talking about heavy rainfall for italy also into southern balkan peninsula and also to poland serbia or see heidi wins the poll importing up to sixty kilometers per hour and now we're going to the rain continuing to linger as a going to the later part of monday and tuesday so those of you in rome and also into happens you'll be seeing some rain coming up on high seventeen in paris with precipitation also did the nl high of twenty and twenty two in athens. let's wrap things up with a look at asia we have high pressure control in the northern portions of china's of the senior dealing with high pollution problems that's going to mention moving to the korean peninsula and eventually into japan. we are looking at some cloud cover for her the koreas and also in the western portions of japan lots of rain expected and solo say that the rain will be upon the forecast for soul also that ok with hyde twenty one degrees twenty four in shanghai chongqing you'll see some clouds a high of twenty and a four. japan is a holiday on tuesday but looks like that many o

northern portions of the balkan peninsula some heavy rain showers that possibility pale. i think for the afternoon hours around the pyrenees. that's the severe weather hot spot during the year on year thursday and friday are really in northern spain southern france a very unstable and no theories in the red bass for you to see that risk of those damaging winds and even a lot here at us to hear what weather is forecast. ay ay ay ay ay ay ay ay ay ay ay. two. that's one of the original audience thank you so much for joining us. until when the tests. use see here and it takes a world tp. a selection of programs from this week's lineup. here we go with our prayers the kind of speaker who is the destination on this edition of drinkers the writer wide range of trees all popular with tourists as we explore the beautiful nature of sicko yes it's kawaii international on sunday. this time is like e characters from cartoon icons charming local mascots. japan is the lead of three characters bottom line about the secrets behind their deep appeal. last is cool chip and also on sunday.

so the strands the story to the fifth of the crisis in ukraine and what it means for that number balkan states a promise to pull behind russia's south stream gas autonomous uploaded on the usual huge project under the black sea means of russia comply pockets but the stuff that the chagrin of course it's a poll for the pipes being spent on marine the nub of this course is the kind with kiev already billions in debt and months behind on payments the coolest fritz i get the money gas discusses well but haven't been to ski from the brussels place the report magazine told the russian taxpayers shouldn't have to subsidize ukraine now. that moment ukraine avoid bringing people have chosen to become an independent state. they hopped to accept that they can't argue that can develop a country on the cost of russian taxpayers at risk are citizens of the abbey countries. that's the way in two thousand. so i need not a lot of political confusion now as well because i keep your keys were not just how ukrainians on the top to stick together with russian at the table the negotiations and find out the w

the other candidate meantime was pelted with eggs before being severely weakened body and the balkans seriously. he just joined this good evening or monday above breaking news to adopt internationally cranes manatees taken control of the apple pieces if you've come across a comatose brother elliot ukraine's minute reconfirmed its toll in the city in a bid to curb anti government rallies across the country se but it remains to be gathering in a town on the border between the hawk all come to that sweet tooth in philadelphia is sealed them in the fifth of this out. that's the whole bed of unaddressed mail them into the sea to comatose activists say the city airports been fought out by minute rejects that also reporting injuries to an unconfirmed reports of fatalities one of the bx a bit further north. i was in the headlines for much of the weekend locals say ahmed vehicles of my completely cut off all entrances to that cityy w with a cool spring you'll them a tuesday tells us we get them to watching our team to national more you suffer for a short break i know. i eye the interview you c

have any impact in toronto with a stake in the key factor in the project in the russian far east the balkans big east oil exploration project still has a twenty seven percent stake in the sand shot. still old. the ethanol tank on a sheet with a gasp from the acting in a blue filter plant the area and has been extracting all anyone can find here in front of fifteen vehicle straight now. our guys don't have plenty of country stations in the south where they bought. the index and has demanded even a will as far as adding teams not to confront what it is not sold into two quarters because of the boss and happy that he came to be keen to make it to toronto for the boy if he could make as whitney in the face of gross acts as a bbc article. they have been eager to point out the intentions of milk and tube investments a stick at me and no waste that still have a signed deals with a rucksack to tap into the sunset and friends make it a stellar paint a bit of the huge projects in the north of acetate. the us being amazed by her boss imposing sanctions against russia the biggest us oil company axa migh

the sefer and dusted the respiratory issues out there some imports of the balkan peninsula eastern parts of the league. who wants is to usher in some of that era falls in the atmosphere also thunderstorms in the crockpot romanian much of central europe for them that even within the threat of storms and that'll give this another low starts pushing into the parts of british isles eastern portions of western forces of france spain and reports portugal. the doctors will reflect much to gain the lead to the teens on on wednesday in london and paris on a wrap things up here as well with our remembering that today is earth day april twenty second of the few things he did do everyday i'm not just a green patina save money bring reusable bags limit the use of water and also turn off lights when you interrupt that. i use this forecast. i do. choose life for this direction lists. use. see here and takes it well. tp. a selection of programs from this week's lineup carried out with our ears the speaker who is the destination on this edition of drinkers the writer wide range of treats all thought it w

he said, then they cannot listen. >> i remember in 1999, when i was covering the balkans, during themilosevic era, cell phones had just entered society there. before any conversation about politics, you would not only take out the battery of your phone, but you would put it on the table, the phone and battery, not just to show that other person that the government was not listening, but that you are not recording their call with your phone. this was 1999. it is not so new in many ways. >> the question you asked a minute ago about what is the solution -- well, the solution is the american people. the american people, through their representatives, have decided that there are some things that are sufficiently important, that they ought not to be discussed in the open press. there are plenty of ways of addressing that. you have the american people agreeing to a shield wall. that is not going to happen. i would be surprised if that ever happened. >> sometimes, the representatives of the people get it wrong. >> of course they do. >> we are on the outside. i do not buy that. i think part o

had been a commitment not to go to the top has now grown to nine countries in eastern europe the balkans and three with under the new year to publix so. and very much of the plant in ukraine from the very beginning. why does he use into the space lab and economic de stabilization political pressure to militarily grab hold of the ukraine and the israeli also an african every stands to oust of mush and enable of power and pace from crimea because if the ukraine became becomes a nato member then they would. right along with that agreement would be an end to the russian olive base and the crimea. so this is very much. i've planned out policy by the us and in bonds of sanctions economic stabilization and arming of fascist and right wing groupings that was used in yugoslavia the stasi forces in croatia where two hundred thousand serbs were expelled from kuwait shut up. in the lead up to the wars in the region. so what's happened today and i'm in ukraine that can seem very much. so bono of the right sectors graffiti on belgian organizations being given political recognition. sarah thanks for yo

rain here it's like a one two punch is the first punch came from this low pressure system over the balkan peninsula and so does cut off will bring even more aid for greece and into parts of western turkey and the secondary low will be coming in and italy bringing in some more rain is so wrong you always sing a lot of rain coming friday saturday sunday and even into monday with maybe some thunderstorms london you'll be dr friday and saturday but then rain comes in by sunday but a wall to wall sunshine with some cloud cover from moscow for the easter holiday weekend looking bored past easter holiday birthday coming up with people twenty sec and then to take endure something she can keep in mind. bring reusable bags when you're shopping recycling use recycled products also limit the use of water to jesus when you needed. of course chop your lights when you're leaving every room has to go to the day. doesn't look to forecast we take care of the hopi of a good day where you walk your search for text i knew. i did. i am choose life for those around you note the insults the shoes the city. nhk w

sympathies is appointed to make the defense so the candidates have another two months to persuade the balkans. deprived of regions convention was held without media. it was adopted a decision to expel from the ranks of the car seventeen piece in particular that was president and his cottage on the premise to the concept and from the midst of reading and get this nice shot . the main item on the agenda seeking candidates for president on the party of regions are discussed in time to get regional stated their intention to run for elections coming up in duty but the sneaky if i'm going to go after their presentations before the convention to candidates were chosen from an outing and christies beach and cry with them. he promised to improve relations with russia and to get off the ticket to the regions. but alas i was sorry to you. trust me it is every chance. as much as necessary. it was so scared about going to attend to. yes and no stranger to how important it is to have a policy interventions. he is heading and what minnesota and as a law that makes the response he sensed it wishing you were

the balkan burger. one with lots of cheese.d kaskaval and mozzarella cheese, fold it up, pick your condiments. cabbage, tomato, onion, lettuce, hot peppers. up to the roof with a view and eat. spicy. good. i guess i want to talk about nelson mandela, because what i was not aware of at all was the degree to which he was personally responsible for really the nuts and bolts of the transition from white rule to majority rule. now he's very ill. >> yeah, yeah. >> what happens after mandela? do you think? >> we go on. >> i think the foundation is laid and i think through god, we have him as a symbol. i think mandela represents our nation. the test we use to check the way forth. >> all the things that could have gone terribly wrong, it's a remarkable thing how well it went. >> between 1990 and 1994, tough times, you know, intercity fighting. black-on-black violence. black-on-white violence. but we transcended that coming together regardless of the unresolved issues. >> to what extent is it a rainbow nation? what extent are things gett

a number of balkan states from a simple behind russia's south stream gas pipeline of this huge project on the black sea means cos the bus to come by prophet may the heading south to the department's top that sprang up support for the pipes being spurred by the crisis in ukraine right now with kibble ready billions in debt months behind on payments testimony justice causes nonetheless an avid and ski from the brussels based the report magazine to make russian tax patient to subsidize ukraine the moment ukraine boy bringing people have chosen to become an independent state. the top job. except that they can't argue they can develop the country on costs to taxpayers the prayers of your citizens of the abbey countries that's the way to the two dollars so i need not be the tough political confusion now as well because i keep europeans would want to help ukrainians on the top to fit together the russians at the table of the negotiations and find out the way to help them to pay for them because it would be very naive to expect that to taxpayers of the links to art to finance ukrainian our ukr

>> you know, this is very reminiscent of some of the things that went on in the balkans.cessarily have minute-by-minute control. there's no question the russians started this dance. there's no question they have the greatest leverage in bringing it to an end, but i do think there's a question whether they can stop it on a dime. so i think we're quite right to be pushing the russian government on this, with the understanding that things may -- that some of the people in donesk and elsewhere may be kind of feeling their oats and may be doing things on their own. so, we'll have to see in the next couple of days what this really means. i think the russians understood when they signed something, they took on some responsibility for trying to end it. but it may not be that easy for them, and, of course, i think one has to allow for the fact that they've been pretty cynical about this kind of thing in the past and they could be doing that again. >> fair question, because i was going to ask you, is it your sense that moscow is trying to control them and cannot or that moscow is d

we've been urgently stepping up our military presence in air and land of the balkans -- excuse me -- of the baltics and poland and in the waters of the black sea, and we've asked our nato allies to make similar contributions, and many have. and we hope by wales all nato members will have increased their commitments to nato, to nato's reassurance efforts and to their own defense budgets. it puts this back in sharp relief once again, because shared security has to be a shared responsibility, and as the -- excuse me -- as isaf and the mission in afghanistan comes to an end, we need to invest in training and maintaining the expertise that we've collectively built. we need to continue to build on the security capacity of our partners outside of nato. and we have to tackle threats together. economically, people on both sides of the atlantic are hungering for greater economic opportunity. that's why i'm such a strong supporter of the president's initiative of trans-atlantic trade and investment partnership. it will be tough, but it is necessary. it is necessary. it will create growth in job

rain across the balkans, extending across the aidry attic. gusty winds. textures better. we were looking at temperatures there, we are looking at 18. fine weather continues across the uk. >> about 100 million people are voting for the first time in indian elections. most are adults that have been able to regs ste. the youth makes uppal powerful block. >> stephanie is about to graduate from university. she's 19, passionate and eager to make a difference. >> i have the potential to influence people and so do my peers and youth in the country. >> according to the election commission 13 million young people like steph academy are expected to vote for the first time. they could play a major role in deciding who is elected in 500 constituencies across india. that's because india's election is too close to call. a few hundred votes could make the dins. the professor says india's political parties courted first-time voters. >> there is a euphoria where the youth are participating and they cap transform the system. one needs to see in what way they need to sustain the ideals. >> f

you've still got the area of cloud and rain across the balkan region. it extends into turkey and greece, that circulation keeping things unsettled. that extends to the other side of the mediterranean across libya, unsettled conditions here, though it should remain largely dry across the region. >> still ahead on the news our, china's most popular blogging site goes public on the nasdaq. >> thousands rally to mark prisoners day. >> the final day of the nba regular season wraps up. we'll have action in sports, also a look ahead to the playoffs. do stay with us. >> russia the u.s. and european union and ukraine's acting foreign minister are meeting in geneva to resolve the cries in eastern ukraine. >> nigeria, conflicting reports over the rescue of school girls kidnapped, the military claiming it rescued most of the girls, but the school principal denies this. >> do not move from where you are now. don't move, because it's more dangerous if you move. >> amateur video footage emerged of passengers onboard the ferry as it began to sink. 14 now confirmed dead

it's disturbed around the balkans pushing across to the south-eastern corner of europe. brighter skies looking good. ukraine fine and dry. warm sunshine. temperatures well up into the teens. as you can see for moscow, getting up to around 17 degrees as we go into the week. the wetter weather continuing to the south-eastern corner of europe, with heavy rain in the west. >>> thank you, everton. >>. >>> a pakistani prison is facing criticism for offering art and other classes to prison mates. they say it has improved prisoner behaviour. we have this report. [ singing ] . >> reporter: it may be a song of sorrow, but the inmates say this is the happiest part of their day. for one hour every afternoon they gather to sing and play. part of a programme to introduce prisoners to the arts. this man has been here for 10 months, awaiting trial for murder. >> you want a way to express yourself. it's like meeting people that are like minded. making everything more bear ail. >> it's not just music. inmates are taught to draw and paint. some had their work displayed in high of end gall

we saw it in the balkans, the president played this very same card.his myth of victimhood, which is what putin is playing right now. unless he is really careful it could actually get out of his control. because they know perfectly well that this victimhood is not happening. that they are genning it up for their own political purposes, pumping up the russian propaganda that everything else is mute and silent. the u.n. just put out an important report on this yesterday. and the russians suddenly decide they don't like this report. what they're doing is playing a very dangerous game, stoking the fires and who knows what? because we still don't really know what putin's aim is. one positive note i heard, the ambassador said for sure we're not going to invade ukraine or anywhere else. >> and they're meeting with the government, the government they didn't even recognize a week ago. so there is some halting hopes for progress, maybe not progress. >> we'll take halting, we'll take any hope. i could talk to you for hours, thank you for joining us. >> thanks, bi

relations and european security which is why we had problems when we got involved in the war in the balkans that first reset ended badly with the coastal war. so towards the end of the clinton administration, i mean, mr. yeltsin was quite sick. then mr. putin came in. the time i was in government was a downward time in their relationship. recognition in the u.s. that it had not been able to achieve what it wanted to do. the recent under president george w. bush was really initiated by vladimir putin. i think at the beginning of his time in the kremlin mr. putin was interested in a better relationship with the united states and the closer integration with the west as he understood it. obviously, after 9/11 he was the first time offer condolences and offer support in helping the added states establish its bases in central asia. i think in president putin point of view the desire was to have, as one of my colleagues colet, an equal partnership of and naples. in other words, to have a strategic partnership with the united states. in the beginning the bush administration was very inclined with t

part of western europe that includes the baltics and, of course, poland and moving down into the balkans. >> what do you think of the way we're handling this so far? do you believe it's sufficient? >> i think that dr. kissinger pointed out the fact that ukraine is sort of a, you know, critical part of the russian historical narrative. i think that for us, what we needed to be doing is working more aggressively to support those forces in ukraine who effectively look to europe and look to the west and not get to this point. now that we're at this point, i think our options are fairly limited within ukraine, per se. we need to keep the pressure on. we need to look for -- if these economic sanctions, particularly if they move into the energy sector, they could boomerang back, as mr. putin said on some of our energy sectors over there. those can really bite. there's a huge portion of the russian economy that depend on energy issues and could have a telling impact >> and important the government in kiev also say they're helpless against the russians. stuart holliday, good to have o. >>> there