so the pressure is on but auburn western balkans economically fit to join the e.u. well that's what i asked analyst to reget sht. well i think that most of the countries which previously join the e.u. are actually not fit to join the e.u. it's a process of catching up for the countries of the worst some bold starting point is not that favorable they had a huge wall behind them in the ninety's of the last century so the prime reason for the e.u. to engage with a simple cause is not of economic nature it's about conflict transformation and about ensuring peace in the whole of the continent so this is the reason why the e.u. is highly interested to have the countries on board quite soon you just sit right at the beginning of your arm so that most of the country certainly in the southern europeans you would fit economically to join the e.u. is the us strong enough to make the same mistakes all over again. i don't think that these are mistakes i think that this is a natural way to deal with some historic problems the countries of southern eastern europe are already not d

just a quick update in what is happening, we had a question balkans summit today hosted by the uk.ster and german chancellor angel merkel who are addressing a news conference. (05) long—term prosperity is linked with security and we need to work together to tackle the common challenges such as corruption, organised crime and terrorism that deter investment and undermine confidence in the region. that is why i welcome commitments made today by the western balkans leaders to make sure they are countries work closely together to tackle corruption and organised crime. i also welcomed the continued commitment to resolve outstanding bilateral disputes and i want to extend a special welcome to the greek prime minister and paid tribute to him for reaching an agreement on the name issue showing that progress is possible. history has shown us that a stable and secure question balkans region means a more secure europe and that is why today i have announced an ambitious package of measures to help the region improve its collective security, stability and capability to tackle threats in the fut

they hope to generate greater wealth but before the western balkans can hope to benefit from europe's economic strength they've got to do some homework. all in all the west balkans are quite a long way along the path to membership according to sources in brussels they've made progress on the rule of law and the independence of the judiciary the legislative process is also being brought in line with the european union but e.u. membership also means integration in the common market businesses must be competitive and in many cases that's a long way off the most important yardstick for the economic strength of a country is its gross domestic product you know g.d.p. per capita is only about three thousand eight hundred fifty euros in macedonia it's only a little better by comparison e.u. member states have an average g.d.p. of thirty two thousand seven hundred euro's about eight times higher then there's the widespread corruption coupled with organized crime and money laundering but what are the alternatives for the region russia turkey and china are all trying to build their influence in

rather getting bigger europe's foreign ministers meet in london to discuss western balkan states joining the bloc. welcome to the w business. it's only a week since the latest tit for tat from china and the united states plus multinationals are already scrambling to readjust supply chains so their goods bound for the u.s. don't pass through china the first american carmakers are raising their prices on the chinese market to make up for the higher duties. tesla is the first american company in and think that it's raising prices in china. the move comes in response to beijing's decision to impose tariffs on a range of u.s. products. china is the world's biggest car market tests like cannot afford to be price dollars plans are already underway to build a factory in shanghai which would enable the company to avoid tariffs in the future . germany's b.m.w. is also planning to introduce price hikes in china that's because customers there buy s.u.v.s produced at b.m.w. plants in the united states. the company manufactures its x. series at its plant in north carolina each year a bank one hundred

will for european union representatives have been meeting with foreign ministers of six balkan states in london to discuss their prospects of joining the e.u. the countries include bosnia and herzegovina serbia cause of all mussed cydonia albania and montenegro by joining the e.u. they hope to generate greater wealth but before the western balkans can hope to benefit from europe's economic strengths they've got some homework to do. all in all the west balkans are quite a way along the path to membership according to sources in brussels they've made progress on the rule of law and the independence of the judiciary the legislative process is also being brought in line with the european union. but membership also means integration in the common market business must be competitive and in many cases that's a long way off the most important yardstick for the economic strength of a country is its gross domestic product in albania g.d.p. per capita is only about three thousand eight hundred fifty euros per year in macedonia it's only a little bit around four thousand six hundred by comparison

there are other influences as well that i believe balkans will need to stay out of them >> we have ait coming up next week hadley, you're going to be there. and there are more than 4,000 peacekeeper troops in kosovo right now. are you concerned when you hear the likes of president trump threatening to take away the presence there and if this is going to impact kosovo given there's a substantial peacekeeping troop in your country. >> nato peacekeeping troops are a story for every nation that contributed in this mission. they are trusted by population they are seen as sons and daughters. they're seen as our sons and daughters. we want to be -- to contribute today kosovo is ready to offer our small force. we are in time of transition to offer for contributor for peace. if we could add our troops to uk, u.s. or any other nato member troops abroad so we are -- we see this debate of whose country on size on what for nato we would like to be part of it, to contribute for peace. >> prime minister, let's talk about the economy. because you have a lot of major infrastructure projects that are

. >> i would like to go back to the balkan. as you know, recent electoral issues in bosnia have contributed to concerns about stability there. i wonder if you could talk more specifically about what we are doing to work with the international community to try to encourage a fix to allow elections to move forward? >> thank you for the question. i have been very engaged on this issue. when i was in the balkans last week, this was a point of discussion. there are two broad strands to this approach. we are working closely with the european union and other regional allies to use the small window that we have in the lead up to the elections to push for electoral reform. i think cobe which will be the key. we will formulate a way that allows for stability and equal representation. we have supported the british approach in nato with the lead up to the summit. we have lowered some of the conditions with regard to the defense properties so that we can have a clearer path to a discussion about nato prospects. i would like to get back to t

in macedonia that the public is quite divided on this issue and we had previous examples in other balkan countries of people sort of being i wouldn't say pressured the alert as the term i used before but kind of prodded towards. that military alliance and that obviously comes on the back of many other far more fraught issues one of them is the issue of ukraine another one is a show of georgia the third one the major one was there an issue off nader interference and regime change in libya which absolutely appalled not only russia but i think ultimately led to the major immigration crisis in in europe so you know. this is definitely again this is a formal structure and people who belong to nato they they they talk about the peaceful nature of that alliance but when push comes to shove this alliance das act very approach mystically and sometimes i think russia would argue acts against the best interest of humanity as was the case in in libya so is it really such a surprise that russia would feel so apprehensive about this alliance moving ever closer to its borders. well i understand that is

we are balkan in a micro picture.re turkish population, serbs, romas, vlachs, bosniaks. we are multi—ethnical country. in the moment, we built a concept, one society for all. it's a very positive concept to have all the same rights and same obligation for all citizens in front of institutions, but our president doesn't agree with that. president ivanov is opposed to the law in march the government wanted to present making the official use of the albanian language wider. at the moment, it can only be used if there's a part of macedonia which has got around 20% of albanians. you want to make it a national language, for example, it could be used in parliament and so on. he said, "nope, i don't like that, i'm not going to sign this bill." he really is with the right orientation, and i believe his feelings to not recognise that we must guarantee the future of this multi—ethnical society. he loses the chance that he had because by the constitution, what was changed after the conflict of 2001, there is the right also for min

they hope to generate greater wealth but before the western balkans can hope to benefit from europe's economic strength they've got to do some homework first so are the west balkans economically fit to join the e.u. well that's what i asked analyst. well i think that most of the countries which previously join the e.u. are actually not fit to join the e.u. it's a process of catching up and for the countries of the worst some balkan starting point is not that favorable they had a huge wall behind them in the ninety's of the last century so the prime reason for the e.u. to engage with have a simple cause is not of economic nature it's about conflict transformation and about ensuring peace in the whole of the continent so this is the reason why the e.u. is highly interested to have the countries on board quite soon you just sit right at the beginning of your on so that most of the country certainly in the southern europeans would fit economically to join the e.u. is the us strong enough to make the same mistakes all over again i don't think that these are mistakes i think that this is a

in london for a summit aimed at boosting economic and security cooperation the balkan states also hope to join the european union the something brought together at present tense of six past the balkans nations. kosovo macedonia montenegro and so yeah as well as seventy year nations including germany it's part of a diplomatic initiative that began in twenty fourteen but it's promised to freeze and make plans to increase funding to fight crime drug trafficking and terrorism in the region. one rhino is killed every seven hours in africa an elephant every thirty minutes and what's to blame well the greed for ivory predominantly in asia for example china poor the emergency brakes last year and put a strict ban illegal ivory trade but european regulations are fulfill polls disastrous consequences as our next report shows. these two elephant cubs may soon end up like this was more elephants a killed by purchase every year than on form despite various trade embargoes ivory is in high demand while white. various countries in europe have become hubs of the international i free trade in germany a

balkans. through active u.s. diplomacy with the e.u. we supported the prime minister in achieving a historic breakthrough in the grease name dispute. we helped open up communication channels and are promoting reforms. and all of the areas anchoring the western alliance and stabilizing the south were committed to finding a way forward. the past nine months i've made 29 visits to european countries and given more than 22 speeches. through the outreach i've seen what unites the west is far greater than what divides us. strong u.s. relations may not lead to immediate agreement with allies, but long-term process far outweigh the short-term benefits through the appearance of political unity. my messages the same, we must act. we cannot do for action on things that make the west weaker. a path is of strategic renovation. doing the hard work of strengthening the west now so we don't have to later on terms much more favorable. to preserve is to act. i'm committed to doing that and i'm convinced we will

talk about a huge red box he will have to absorb tonight, he has the balkans summit, he has the natotic uncertainty. let us start with the front page of the financial times. what do you make of the timing of their departures? obviously david davis winfred very late. it seems shambolic. he knew about the chequers deal on friday, you could have resigned then. there is talk about then deciding not to because they would have to walk to get a taxi home. then boris came well over 50 hours later. it makes you think that david davis could easily see he did it because he did not believe he could bring forward brexit in all honesty but boris just looks like he is chasing the leadership bid. she announced his resignation while he was still writing the letter, trying to get the upper hand. what do you make of the david davis resignation, that was the front page this morning. i'm sure it kept you up late. yes, it did. was it expected? people had been expecting david davis to go for a little while because power had been taken out of his hands, you could even say since july last year but certainly

the balkan team fought back from a goal down, to win 2—1 and end english hopes of glory after extra time the first time they've ever reached a world cup final in their fifth appearance at the tournament. they'll now play france who beat belgium in the other semi final on tuesday. olly foster is in moscow with a full round up. the 80,000 people there at the luzhniki stadium were richly entertained, they got value for money. world cup semi—final was a lwa ys money. world cup semi—final was always going to be gripping in its own way, just astonishing from croatia who have now played three lots of extra time in more than a knockout matches. they knocked out the danish on penalties and then the hosts on penalties. this one didn't go to hosts on penalties. this one didn't gotoa hosts on penalties. this one didn't go to a shootout but croatia had to dig deeper because england made a wonderful start, ciaran trippier with a lovely kick over the croatian wall, and croatia were absolutely stunned. harry kane thought he should have kicked a couple but this is where our croatia's experience began to

in macedonia that the public is quite divided on this issue and we had previous examples in other balkan countries of people sort of being i wouldn't say pressured the alert as the term i used before but kind of prodded towards. that military alliance and that obviously comes on the back of many other far more fraught issues one of them is the issue of ukraine and the other one is a show of georgia the fourth one the major one was there an issue off nader interference and regime change in libya which absolutely appalled not only russia but i think ultimately led to the major immigration crisis in. europe so you know. this is definitely again this is a formal structure and people who belong to nato they they they talk about the peaceful nature of that alliance but when push comes to shove this alliance das act very approach mystically and sometimes i think russia would argue acts against the best interest of humanity as was the case in in libya so is it really such a surprise that russia would feel so apprehensive about this alliance moving ever closer to its borders. well i understand th

there's a fine line between national pride and nationalism especially in the balkans it's just twenty three years since croatia's war of independence from the former yugoslavia ended and everyone in the country is acutely aware of the cost of that conflict. not everyone who represents the croatian national team has been able to contain their nationalist leanings especially when it comes to social media. after the defeat of argentina defenders day on love friend and she meant that celko recorded themselves singing. a song glorifying croatian fascism. there were diplomatic incidents too such as a croatian shirt on display in ukraine's parliament. that followed a video of another croatia defender. who after beating russia chanted glory to ukraine. but that did nothing to dampen the celebrations. critias best ever world cup campaign has allowed its citizens to forget their economic woes and scandals affecting its footballers even if their players incredible will to win was not enough in the end. france are world cup champions after defeating croatia four two joining me in studio is a spor

in the balkan wars in the early 1990s, serbian militiamen killed his grandmother, his father fought for the croatian army. the family fled the violence with 6-year-old luca, they made their way to a coastal town. luca's family found a home in this town. >> we had a playground number of mortars, when the general alarm went off, we lost our years. >> rob and his childhood found strength in part. they saw the determination that would define him, playing on a team of children of war, he always stood out. >> luca was hyperactive. he immediately stood out in front of this whole generation as a young football player. his father even told me he leapt with his football. >> many of those who played with him have fled violence. he is the ceo of the youth people e team says the fighting didn't ruin the children, it strengthened them. >> luca was always full of joy,

that is why we have a kick in the balkans as being the headline today.hen england lose will be a little bit more temperate precisely because of the relationship... i think when you look at fa and in qatar 2022... as you say, i think people will give him. there were technical things like kyle walker should have been in the back three. let's move on. and they are at saturday's game. hopefully they will. you are laughing! some believe, guys. let's move on. let's change the subject briefly. i wonder what other subject could be about. let's randomly pick one. front page of the ft. theresa may hopes to keep... this could be good news for paris. i think it is called reality time. because you wa nt called reality time. because you want to be the club and you think he would keep all of the same benefits? it ain't going to happen. this is theresa may after the long fudge and maybe a free, liberated... extraordinary in the white paper i have to point this out is being published on the very day the us president is making his first, fancy that, his first official tri

in macedonia that the public is quite divided on this issue and we had previous examples in other balkan countries of people sort of being i wouldn't say pressure the alert as the term i used before but kind of prodded towards. that military alliance and that obviously comes on the back of many other far more fraught issues one of them is the issue of ukraine another one is a show of georgia the fourth one the major one was there an issue of nater interference and regime change in libya which absolutely appalled not only russia but i think ultimately led to the major immigration crisis in in europe so you know. this is definitely again this is a formal structure and people who belong to they they they they they talk about the peaceful nature of that alliance but when push comes to shove this alliance das act very approach mystically and sometimes i think russia would argue acts against the best interest of humanity as was the case in in libya so is it really such a surprise that russia would feel so apprehensive about this alliance moving ever closer to its borders. well i understand tha

well, last month, the two countries signed a historic accord to change the name of this small balkan to the republic of north macedonia, subject to a referendum. the agreement paves the way for macedonia tojoin the european union and nato. this would be a welcome step for a country that is one of the poorest in europe. but challenges from nationalist hardliners, the opposition and the president signal stormy times ahead for the social democratic government. my guest is the prime minister, zoran zaev. does he have what it takes to change hearts and minds, and set his country on a path of greater prosperity? pm zoran zaev, welcome to hardtalk. to do, thank you very much. you have said that you will resign if the name change is not approved in the name change is not approved in the name change is not approved in the name change is not approved in a referendum this autumn. why is it a resigning matterfor referendum this autumn. why is it a resigning matter for you? it is important to encourage our citizens to reach a turnout of 50% for the referendum because it is a historical referendum

temperatures down a little on recent days race we still got quite a rash of showers down around the balkan seizing over towards rumania not just little area of low pressure up towards that western side of russia could see some of the wet weather coming in here over the next to larry of low pressure just sliding out a swathe a little spin its way down across them are towards northern germany over the next day or so there we go with the showers down towards the balkans but whether there moscow twenty two celsius in the cloud in the right someone. set in place across western pasta twenty eight celsius for london and paris looking father dry but the the winds tended to come in from a fresh northerly direction but twenty eight still not too bad really call that fresh at so twenty four but choose day for london and also into paris which we did around thirty five degrees and notice by this stage we have got that wet weather just circulating just around the the low countries the fall northwest of germany showers continued out towards the alps towards the balkans still looking rather wet for most c

you know nations purpose and its activities if it's not you know it's not the cold war anymore the balkans war is on . so has and so is the war in afghanistan but it is still involved there. sure but the cold war is over as is said in a way perhaps yes it is today a different way what we see how russia is. acting towards nato or western countries definitely there are a lot of hybrid elements meddling into the elections or trying to destroy a unity among allies. in europe all across atlantic. so we have to stay vigilant and in the main purpose of one alliance needs to defend members of the alliance and also members of the law and should take seriously and build up their commitments to these i'm not sure of at all well today's more safer than it was early ninety's already zeroes in contrary actually as i said there are a number of very serious perhaps somehow even existential threats an existential threat i call it. really prepared to give up nato. and security architecture which has our cities in so many years as though it was fifty years occupied during the period then nato existed and for

the small balkan nation joined nato in 2008.russian operatives were indicted for a coup to kill the prime minister and overthrow the government. moscow, of course, denies any involvement. the u.s. state department said that the kremlin tried to interfere in the free and fair election just last year. a question i asked the white house today and received no answer, there are 28 nato members other than the united states. does president trump believe the u.s. should honor its commitment to defend any of them if attacked? if not, which ones would he not want to defend? again, no answer. cnn's barbara starr picks up the coverage from the pentagon. >> reporter: on the heels of a controversial meeting with nato allies, president trump once again questioning the entire point to one of america's oldest alliances. >> membership in nato obligates the members to defend any other member attacked so let's say montenegro attacked, why should my son go there to defend it? >> i understand. i've asked the same question. a tiny country with very st

all its previous allies in eastern europe have entered the western orbit bellerose ukraine and the balkans of the last bits of europe left up for grabs russia intends to fight for them jumps are open last al-jazeera athens thousands of bosnian muslims have gathered in srebrenica to mark the twenty third anniversary of the massacre there they also buried thirty five victims who were only recently identified all the eight thousand men and boys were killed in july of one nine hundred ninety five by serb forces led by general. nottage has been sentenced to life in prison by un tribunals for overseeing atrocities throughout the war in bosnia you learn i glue shots as the story. these people waited for years for their family members to be found and the second those remains were not found in a one thousand graves so people were killed buried then moved on to another location then the second one that there are so when you can and you see this memorial center. it's hard to find a whole body here in these graves so every year. people here and the families have to deal with the difficult decision whe

its previous allies in eastern europe have entered the western orbit beller loose ukraine and the balkans of the last bits of europe left up for grabs russia intends to fight for them jump several close al-jazeera athens. time. as one hundred years since the birth of nelson mandela and letters written to his family during the many years he spent as a political prisoner twenty seven years to be precise when they've just been published the new book is a glimpse into the south african icons faith in the struggle against apartheid reports i twenty seven years in prison nelson mandela's communications with the outside world consisted mainly of letters written from his prison cell words were his principal means of keeping alive friendships and family ties religious faith and political conviction our cause is just it is a fight for human dignity and for an honorable life often heavily censored or never delivered at all most of the letters appear in a new volume of mandela's prison writings launched in johannesburg this week many published for the first time offer a new insights into one of the w

it had stay under taken alone but let's look at the balkans bosnia and kosovo and in those cases the europeans provided two thirds and three quarters of the forces and of the money so it has been in terms of of some critical security issues it's been a very important institution it has. a continuing role assuming we make it through the next few years and we will have so we will be watching very closely to see what happens at that. nato summit in brussels next week but i'm afraid we have run out of time in this discussion but i want to thank all of our guests peter galbraith in vermont marco mickelson and talent and fabrice sports here and santander and thank you too for watching you can see the program again any time by visiting our website al-jazeera dot com and for further discussion to go to our facebook page that's facebook dot com forward slash a.j. inside story you can also join the conversation on twitter handle is at a.j. inside story from elizabeth for on him and the whole team here bye for now. where were you when this idea popped into it when they're on line it's undoubted

it had stay under taken alone but let's look at the balkans bosnia and kosovo and in those cases the europeans provided two thirds and three quarters of the forces and of the money so it has been in terms of of some critical security issues it's been a very important institution it has. a continuing role assuming we make it through the next few years and we would have said we will be watching very closely to see what happens at the. nato summit in brussels next week but i'm afraid we have run out of time in this discussion but i want to thank all of our guests peter galbraith in vermont marco mickelson and talent and fabrice sports here and santander and thank you too for watching you can see the program again any time by visiting our website al-jazeera dot com and for further discussion to go to our facebook page that's facebook dot com forward slash a.j. inside story you can also join the conversation on twitter handle is at a.j. inside story from elizabeth for on them and the whole team here by fanatics. thank you. south america australia pretty. solid. i imagine folded to me seiz

resigned last night, boris johnson could have resigned quite quickly, but then he missed the west balkans meant to be at the meeting as the host and then he was meant to be at a cobra meeting. has number one concern is himself. unfortunate given the foreign office, as we heard from james landale earlier, has had the policy about which boris johnson. .. the fact that boris johnson is policy about which boris johnson. .. the fact that borisjohnson is going to lead britain in the world after brexit, then when the west balkans is looking for leadership there is an empty chair. this is what baffles me, if he is about boris then surely he would give himself the most positive image and the greatest possible opportunity to present this case and for this followers to rally behind him. for a case and for this followers to rally behind him. fora long case and for this followers to rally behind him. for a long time, case and for this followers to rally behind him. fora long time, a case and for this followers to rally behind him. for a long time, a lot of brexit backbenchers have been looking at him,

europe is quote notorious for systematically propagating hatred against neighboring people in the balkans as well as anti gypsy propaganda it's a coalition partner. yes we have correlation and we have different opinions but we have really very clear corniche of agreement that it's not even when it's our with this party another example of this hatred is coming from the deputy prime minister your deputy prime minister simeon of he was found guilty of hate speech against roma he's still deputy minister and you don't say anything is the prime minister not getting in their party prime minister and you don't say anything and i often i was not a great witness opinion where different political parties and the wedding ceremony was of her in germany that they have a different opposition are doing great any burning is the whole thing like that about minorities in the german government another vote let's listen to your deputy prime minister he said in the bulgarian has a name for his opinion i'm not agree with his being wrong our people are we have to try to integrate them but the one thing about rig

during that war and at the end of that war created many of the problems currently present in the balkan peninsula and the middle east. many years ago as an undergraduate history student i , became enamored by the events i will recount tonight. world war i seemed to me to be such a boring and dirty war. trenches and mud. yuck. even the movie "wonder woman" showed it pretty much as such. why would anybody be excited about that? we don't usually as americans talk about the events i will discuss tonight. those events include the greatest cavalry charge ever recorded on film and it included the fastest mounted advance up to that time in history, and really all the way up to 1991. and we also get from this area and this period of the war, i think, the greatest movie ever made about the middle east, "lawrence of arabia." the fastest advance included one of the shocking events of a bengal lancer regiment -- if you know what they were, they were a regimen of indian soldiers on horses with lances, and during this charge, the bengal lancers actually impaled german machine gunners during the attack

he travelled extensively in the balkans to negotiate cease—fires and seek a settlement.nkatha party, which threatened to delay racial elections in south africa. a natural diplomat, it was the last of many services to his country and to peacemaking in a long time. —— in a long lifetime. this is 0utside source live from the bbc newsroom. 0ur lead story. cheering the moment french fans in paris saw their team score the goal, which saw them beat belgium and book their place in the world cup final. they will play croatia or england in the world cup final. the death toll of flooding in western japan has passed 150. another 67 people are still missing. these are the latest pictures we have of the rescue mission. this is a residential area of hiroshima, where teams are trying to dig through the mud to find survivors. this is now japan's worst weather disaster for over 35 years. the 0kayama and hiroshima regions have been born this brunt of this with two million people being displaced in the last week. more than 200,000 people are still without running water. and while this is al

puzzle that's missing when it comes to combat in a legal migration with the countries in the western balkans for example we've found very good the odd regulations declaring them to say countries of origin so that the person applying for asylum can be dealt with much more quickly and decisions made but it's not just about to make a certain deportations necessary or nike a voluntary reply. tradition possible too but we've also said that if you can present you've got a job in the journey when you go you can come to germany illegally so i think this is an important component that all gone and systems and it can be helpful as a prototype with agreements with other countries so for example the skilled workers immigration arachnoid focuses on our own.

all its previous allies in eastern europe have entered the western orbit the loose ukraine and the balkans of the last bits of europe left up for grabs russia intends to fight for them jumpstart ople us al-jazeera athens. divers are helped bring twelve boys and their football coach to safety from a flooded thai cave have called their rescue a miracle the team's under observation now in hospital where expected to stay for a week and reports from china. the boys and the coach are expected to stay in hospital for the next few days this is while three of the boys are being treated for a lung infection while the rest are going through laboratory exams and forty after that they will be said home where they will still be under observation for about thirty days now during a recent press conference the thai government expressed gratitude and basically extended its thanks not just to its own forces but also to countries that extended assistance and sent their expertise over here this was a very complicated mission but it turned out quite successfully and even if it's something that happened a few da

all its previous allies in eastern europe have entered the western orbit béla reuss ukraine and the balkansof the last bits of europe left up for grabs russia intends to fight for them jumps are open last al-jazeera athens divers in thailand who helped bring twelve schoolboys in their football coach to safety from a flooded cave called the rescue a miracle the first pictures of emerge of the boys recovering in hospital and their dramatic rescue from chiang rai step vasant reports. they're looking surprisingly healthy considering the ordeal the rescued boys are being isolated from their parents to reduce the risk of infection in hospital. i do sack wanks jan gave his son a big thumbs up when he saw him he was one of the first to stop looking for his son who when he disappeared almost three weeks ago. i didn't feel confident that my boy can do this even though he knows how to swim but i'm not sure if he's a good swimmer he only got basic swimming lessons at school but i'm very happy and proud he came out safely he can't wait to hold his son but understands it might take a few more days. the f

yesterday'sart that western balkans summit, bringing together the leaders of all western balkans countries in a spirit of cooperation and reconciliation, demonstrates that we have moved a long way in 23 years. the right honorable gentleman is correct. we must never become complacent. we must always be aware of the need for continuing work and effort. >> mr. speaker can i think the minister for his response. he reminds all of us of the dangers of extreme bigotry. tomorrow, the president of the willed states of america have the red carpet rolled out for him by this conservative party. for the public the welcome will be far from warm. plannedent -- protests across the united kingdom against president trump against his policies and his rhetoric, will the minister challenge president trump on his abysmal record on human rights. the minister thinks he will follow the prime minister's lead -- [inaudible] speaker, i disagree with the right honorable gentleman on this. this country's relationship with the united states of america is probably the closest between any two democracies in the west. it h

where he was, they didn't know if he was coming out to the car, he was due at a summit about the balkansown the road and frankly he hadn't turn up for work. i charged to carlton gardens and expected an afternoon of drama. it was an afternoon of drama because at 3pm downing street announced borisjohnson had indeed resigned, but there wasn't a great deal of for us to see at carlton gardens. i arrived just after 2pm, left at around 9pm in the evening, seven hours of waiting, and he still hadn't left. he spent much of the afternoon penning that resignation statement, inviting in a photographer to take that image of him writing or holding that resignation statement. and yet another extraordinary day. there was clearly some frustration... yes, there is soap opera around the characters but there is also fundamentals around the vision and the shape and the flavour around brexit. that's what those resignations were about. they were about two cabinet ministers who looked at the chequers statement and the white paper that was to follow a few days‘ later and frankly didn't think that was a vision of

countries that's been most affected by europe's migration crisis of following the closure of the balkan raise my growth trying to reach europe set their sights on italy risking their lives to cross the mediterranean from north africa however with italy's new government turning them away migrants are now increasingly heading for spain. the coast of southern spain is within sight. it's the end of a treacherous crossing of the strait of gibraltar. what you're seeing is a group of migrants reaching european soil. and they're among the many who arrive on spanish beaches every year. we don't know where they ended up but we do know they're lucky to be alive. so far this year at least fifteen hundred have died in the mediterranean sea their route to europe too has changed with spain now the preferred entry point we can say is that the first indications we're getting from the spanish authorities is that it is the west africa and. migrants that were most prominent crossing into libya in the past couple years who seem to be choosing spain as their route now. the number of undocumented migrants arr

french team contains a multicultural society france beat another team from a small country from the balkans and all the players in this small team of the country of origin so there is no rule to be taken out of that to meet the multiculturalist that doesn't function is what you have communities living next to each other and not mixing it is very easy for example for asians to. melton and become members of society but we have some some part of the population that refuses to want to impose their culture in the public space like islam for example democracy can only be based on respect respect of or there are each other culture respect it comes also from form not to fear from other people culture from the other society we import misery we have a social security system which is based on the contribution of everyone and the problem is that the millions that come to europe never participated they never contributed they come with families look at examples off the continent africa if we have left africa alone would not have seen african migrated to to to europe if we have not it would not have sucke