. >> 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

yelena is a member of the balkan investigative reporting network together with the organized crime and corruption reporting project they have spent two years tracking the pentagon's secret weapon shipments into syria we have set up a joint investigation this one was produced in serbia it's ok our team a shingle up in the syrian battleground the u.s. government publishes information about federal contracts online. yelena and her colleagues have used this database to calculate the u.s. government's expenditure on soviet style weapons. since two thousand and fifteen until two thousand and twenty two pending the will spend or two point two billion us dollars what do you know about the roots of how weapons from balkan countries go to the middle east they go through turkey jordan. qatar and saudi arabia because so that's all u.s. allies u.s. allies exactly exactly yell and i had been investigating a plane the departed from riyadh airport five days earlier which she believes carried weapons to the middle east. to fight for there are the words that this plane took several times and you can see

yelena is a member of the balkan investigative reporting network together with the organized crime and corruption reporting project they have spent two years tracking the pentagon's secret weapon shipments into syria we have set up a joint investigation this one was produced in serbia it's ok our team a shingle up in the syrian battleground the u.s. government publishes information about federal contracts online. yelena and her colleagues have used this database to calculate the u.s. government's expenditure on soviet style weapons. since two thousand and fifteen until two thousand and twenty two pending will spend or two point two billion us dollars what do you know about the routes how weapons from balkan countries go to the middle east they go through turkey jordan. qatar and saudi arabia so that's all u.s. allies u.s. allies exactly exactly yell and i had been investigating a plane the departed from reactor airport five days earlier she believes carried weapons to the middle east. fight where there are the words that this plane took several times and you can see places such as our.

will spend or two point two billion us dollars what do you know about the roots how weapons from balkan countries go to the middle east they go through turkey jordan co-write qatar and saudi arabia has allowed all u.s. allies u.s. allies exactly exactly yelena had been investigating a plane they departed from reactor airport five days earlier which she believes carried weapons to the middle east you can see the tongue fight her there are the words that this plane took several times and you can see places such as r r ion gotta exactly and also has flights number mark which is very specific for the planes that are actually transporting military goods. this is footage of the plane yelena tracked it has been loaded with crates at least twenty u.s. military flights have left this airport in the past six months. and when we arrive at the airport we to see a plane. break. and this is one of the busiest airports when it comes to players such as this one. is from the same airline yelena had been investigating various really is pretty nuts it's just in the middle of a traffic junction. they are a

almost a hundred deadening to me is just second earthquake in a week tourists on the islands of long balkan by the way to be evacuated. for us we have an eyewitness report for you or to coming up sticks of protests new dawn with demonstrators taking to the streets again soaring inflation and shortages of essential and things could get busted but the u.s. about to be imposed sanctions. involved the families very. exposed election by one of them with. who was shot in the back classic euro g. forces we have a special report from that. at least ninety eight people have died in the quake that struck indonesia on sunday night the whole of the islands of long balkan bondy what the worst affected hundreds of people have also been injured mainly in the north of long and thousands have been made homeless the region has been hit by numerous aftershocks the magnitude of the quake was a powerful seven it struck as many people were having their evening meal. locals and tourists alike were packed into restaurants when suddenly the. gave white like. they give. the power went out almost immediately people r

know when when you have the government code was incredibly corrupt and the government military is balkanized where you have these individual commanders kind of operating autonomously kind of mafioso way so obviously that you know it's going to be difficult to move forward in that country with that system in place so. in terms of trying to come up to a solution find that solution corruptions at the top of the list and also another thing that people have a lot about the congo is also have a huge wealth of minerals and you hear about children going to mine these minerals the base you going to see farms around the world sure i mean congo has i think an estimated twenty four trillion dollars worth of untapped resources and in addition to cobol you have consider right gold diamonds uranium i mean they've they've got it all it's an incredibly mineral resource rich country. terms of children you know want to try and look at what that you know we see it as a certain thing where we often we think of conflict minerals we think of children mining in and this injustice but but i think we also need to loo

what we decided in 2015 was to avoid a humanitarian catastrophe in the balkans.ould be very challenging and we are still working very hard to cope with the situation. not since then we have moved forward. we now have 2018 and the numbers have gone down. we have worked hard on cooperating better with our partner countries in northern africa, in the middle east, and especially the agreement with turkey was crucial to stop so many illegal or irregular migrants coming through greece to northern europe. here we are working ha rd northern europe. here we are working hard on this and we will continue to do so. but you know that the hungarian prime minister, for example, victor auburn, has said the summer, he told a german newspaper, " if summer, he told a german newspaper, "if i made a refugee policy like your chancellor, people would taste the out of office the same date". and ina the out of office the same date". and in a sense, isn't that what is happening in germany, only more slowly? i don't agree. the far right is still a small minority. parties, which are in gene

s to organically kind of the obviously the people it's the cold supply corruption the balkanization of the military all the armed groups these prevent. the united nations is not going to help solve humanitarian groups are going to help solve that they're putting band-aids on things so i think to create a lasting peace a lasting solution. it's going to take a reform of the government and building of infrastructure so so education can start flowing into areas that are extremely under-served do you think like you start seeing even now that the colonial powers the sort of he came in they actually benefit from instability in the country. i mean shadow wars they can create sure i mean the colonial legacy has set the stage for this but but right now you're exactly right there's this foggy shadow of war over the country and it certainly benefits those who are profiteering off of it to have conflict yeah there is the war is is not without reason that they have a vested interest in keeping it going. going underground deputy editor sebastian packer reporting that well within the past few days the

most captives that circulated in the mediterranean came from the balkans through the ports of cyprus constantinople and aleppo. back then africans were a minority within the slave trade as caucasian still prevailed. in lisbon these proportions would soon be inverted. the first african captives forced back to portugal to be followed by thousands more. on the street of the negroes well the names of a few alleys are the only reminders when this neighborhood the biodome. the ghetto reserved for africans. to see that leash war is yet specific amendment causes below is in the blue something frequent afa nostrums i'm already at more of the decisions he is due to the ocean effect of events fall five a bit that he is thank you didn't it but it's almost was he a strong will to the command to move but that he again don't look all display at the falcon wheels the i don't was if you can say i don't see that eat it is to call it fickle disease now the physic now through the cob was a fake mc. alas but it's a powerful message that he has given us that if that he could get us that a office will of t

of international currencies can often create nice bargains for savvy travelers and this time the balkan region is benefiting from that well known cycle the wall street journal reports that tiny montenegro for example a nation of nearly six hundred fifty thousand people sorry year over year increase of nearly twenty percent or twenty seventeen and the number of tourists visiting the former yugoslavia and territory travel agents say the strength of the u.s. dollar relative to the euro is inspiring more u.s. travelers to take a look at europe and the balkans specifically while montenegro was second behind iceland in terms of growth and tourist traffic it was notably followed on a list by three countries carved out of the former yugoslavia serbia of slovenia and croatia. the other day we told you about american prisoners in more than a dozen states protesting war labor conditions among other issues and prison labor is a billion dollar a year business and many inmates say it amounts to modern day slavery as the debate goes on some businesses big businesses are making a profit on the circumst

them balkanized is trying to get his pupils to question traditions for him school is just the right place for it's. the war between russia and georgia over the breakaway regions of south ossetia and abkhazia only lasted a few days but even ten years on locals in border areas still live in uncertainty we visited the village of deep sea. land falls on the fault lines of a frozen conflict some maps show the boundary line to the russian backed breakaway region of south a set running straight through his farm. signs in the distance reads state border a line most of the international community doesn't recognize says russian border guards patrol the end of his cornfield better shot the mole. if you cross the line they can seize you find you put you in prison. for around a cross they take them. they walk around here and belongs where they walk around with dogs with weapons and puts you in a certain psychological state all the time. during the war several bombs fell on the land his eighty four year old mother vanessa says she lost one of her three sons. at night i sometimes long sleep because i'm

and we agree it's could do so we have these studies there are also fact based observation since the balkan route was closed no more refugees travelled this way isn't that a valid argument. of course we got very annoyed when the miss you said the refugee problem is have been solved because they put a fence. but we saw pictures of people on the other side accents trying to wash an ice cold water and nobody was helping them to the. border line you're a human rights but no borders when we drove there enough struggling to get food soup because no one else felt responsible kind of anything this is an acceptable government so getting back to sea rescue there was another angle what does the international maritime law say about emergency rescue it says that a captain as a bludgeon to help anyone who is in distress at sea bring him or her to safety that's all there is to it is this new. traffickers exploit this law by using unseaworthy ships with no fuel onboard to trigger a rescue knowing the rescuers are obliged to help. by disease which is on call would see do you feel used by them as a rescuer w

second earthquake in a week people are rushing out of their homes as a quick hits the tourists on the balkan bonnie buildings have been evacuated and hundreds of tourists having taken off we have an eyewitness report for you also coming up. days six of protests in uganda demonstrations taking to the streets again soaring inflation and shortages of ascension and things could get must with the u.s. about to reimpose sanctions. and in zimbabwe families bury their dead from last week's post-election violence one of the dead was phil gramm who was shot in the back by security forces we have a special report for you. at least ninety eight people have died in the quake that struck indonesia on sunday night the holiday islands of long walk in bali were the worst affected magnitude of the quake was a powerful seven it struck as many people were having their. time in lombok locals and tourists alike were packed into restaurants when suddenly the floor guy like you might think that. all the power went out almost immediately people brought out into the straits it was just a wake since the last time a tr

it is the main entry point into the continent for cargo that wants to get into the balkans or the easternt the mediterranean but despite all about, not everyone is happy. george gorgos is being a representative and system port did not have the funds required for expansion. it was a lwa ys required for expansion. it was always possible, it was never subsidised by the state. it was a lwa ys subsidised by the state. it was always given to the national budget. all these investments that took place, it was out of work people working here and that of the profits of the organisation. cosco's initial release on piraeus runs at 35 years, not giving them long to make a return all the money they are investing in the port, unless they can getan investing in the port, unless they can get an extension. the markets: concerns in the us about the trade conflict between china and the us and also the turkish financial turmoil having a negative impact on markets across the board. coming up next, the papers. rail unions have clashed with the government, after a call by the transport secretary to change the wa

a strong earthquake has a struck the indonesian island of long balkan fishel say at least three people have died with the death toll expected to rise the seven a point zero magnitude quake struck in the northern part of long walk on sunday evening and earlier a tsunami warning has now been lifted officials say strong trauma is damaged buildings across the island of long walk and in nearby barley last week an earthquake on the block killed at least sixteen people. and a short while ago i spoke to journalist critic of ago in jakarta and i asked her about the situation in my book. well as a student there have been three casualties register so far this comes after seventeen people mostly tourists were killed last week when another huge earthquake hit the same island earthquake only passed about four hours ago so they were better prepared and there's no longer a tsunami warning but the disaster agency has warned everyone who is on long island today kate to higher ground despite the tsunami warning being lifted and aftershocks of the quake of which there were over sixty were felt as far as b

almost a hundred dead in indonesia second earthquake in a week now tourists on the awnings of long balkan body wait to be evacuated in just going from to get the latest on the emergency response. also coming up. day six of protests in iran the demonstrators taking to the streets against soaring inflation and shortages of ascensions and things could get rusty with the u.s. about to reach impose sanctions. doesn't involve big families bury their dead from last week's post election violence one of them was the film awful cell flu shot in the back by security forces we have a special report. that shima at least ninety eight people have died in the earthquake that struck internees on sunday night the holiday islands of lombok and bollywood the worst affected hundreds of people have also been injured mainly in the north of long and thousands made homeless the region's been hit by numerous aftershocks the magnitude of the quake was a powerful seven it struck as many people were having their evening meal. he did time in lombok locals and tourists alike were packed into restaurants when suddenly t

news live from bali fresh earthquakes shake the indonesian island all the long balkan series of trends in schools panic and some damage on the island they come just two weeks after a quake killed nearly five hundred people that also coming up. hundreds of thousands of venezuelans flee their country in search of work but us the numbers grow neighboring countries say no warm welcome. and record floods in southern india displaced more than eight hundred thousand people and the agency work in struggle to rescue the many still trapped with the food and drinking water and now in running short. time humphrey glad you could join me the indonesian island to all the has been rocked by a series of earthquakes one measuring magnitude six point three and another off the ardennes northeast coast measuring six point nine the trim has caused landslides damaged buildings and spread panic just two weeks off to the worst earthquake in the audience history killed four hundred and sixty people. it is a scene that is becoming familiar to residents and holiday makers on the island of lombok the aftermath of

. —— balkans of.h rate now, the second—largest port in the mediterranean. but despite all of that, not everyone is happy. george is general secretary of the pireas dock workers union. he said the port didn't need to be privatised to generate the funds required for investment and expansion. generate the funds required for investment and expansionm generate the funds required for investment and expansion. it was a lwa ys investment and expansion. it was always profitable. the last 80 years it was all is profitable, it was never subsidised by the state, it was always given and not taking a penny. so all of these investments that place in the authority was out of the work of people working here and down of the profits of the organisation. cosco's initial lease on pireas only runs for 35 years, that doesn't have a very long to make a return on all the money they are investing in the port, unless they can get an extension. philip hampshire, abc news, pireas. chinese customers have gained a discerning palate

home village from syria he fled to turkey and from there he went by boat to greece then along the balkan route. in september twenty fifteen here in germany he has called his wife every day since they parted and every day she has sent him a picture of their daughter. he wants his wife and daughter to join him in germany but in march of twenty sixteen the german government stopped allowing refugees to bring their families into the country. it's hell. to describe that your daughter is growing up without you. it's pretty painful. only those who've been through it themselves know how bad it is people's families. allow or has long been waiting for the rules to change again he hopes his wife will be given an appointment at the german embassy in lebanon this month a lot more thinks it might help that he's attended all his german classes and integrated well. i have a great wife and my daughter can come. on but my complaint. moved during the long waiting period i mean a great integrated. one year security. i believe that my family and i can become well integrated. these are our longs to see his fa

a hundred dead in the second earthquake in a week tourists on the islands of long balkan. evacuated. we have an eyewitness reports reveal. districts of protests new dawn with demonstrators taking to the streets against soaring inflation and shortages of ascensions and things could get pushed but the u.s. about to impose sanctions. in.

evidence on our chart for thursday temperatures well into the thirty's all the way up through the balkans down through austria and towards germany really easterners all looking dry and fine but it's change taking place further towards the west we've got some severe storms we've got much cooler weather pushing across the u.k. down through france the low countries still pretty warm across parts of the iberian peninsula but not as hot as it has been now to move the forecast through into friday that cold air really wins out across many parts of western europe those still with a southerly flow we're getting temps of twenty seven degrees in stockholm which is quite impressive and further towards the southeast looking pretty warm across southeastern areas thirty one is a high enough in for instance it's fine on the other side of the mediterranean and winds relatively light temperatures there in the upper thirty's for kyra and pushing the forty degree mark for central parts of africa we have some quite heavy showers likely be occurring across parts of chad's moving further towards the west and ma

separated the christian mediterranean bank from the indies blocking the movement of slaves from the balkans. for christian europe and pursuing the conquest of the atlantic was now more necessary than ever. islam. christendom to ash had reached their maid and the whole area where they'd been acquiring slabs for slaves. was now christianized to islamicized there was only one region to head for africa becomes associated with slavery as a result of these developments. officially islam in the catholic church condemned the enslavement of free men. but in practice the demand for slaves did not run dry and justify continued raids. when he was he did who were also moved below what you should get because if and if he can execute explicit or get through the hundred million with this knowledge is it that you can kill this bus and islam they'll do kitchen it's what's come up all the apes could i get uppity like you that pierre licks posses for the two young course it all did the wad couldn't easy. to take revenge on the muslims pope nicholas the fifth gave the portuguese his moral endorsement. thanks to

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air force but i think his own personal story about his family with the ritz in the balkans and our family moved to the united states i believe was in 1964, 62, that story about how his family came here come he grew up in wisconsin, he has a brother that served in the air force and that he was come when the brother was at the u.s. air force academy in colorado springs, rank went to visit him and he was inspired from that day forward to want to serve in the u.s. air force. i think the great story about his family and rising through the ranks is a great it's typical of american immigrant families that come to the united states and succeed, today one of analysts was here today and originally from leningrad and he was commenting how much an inspiration that is to him and to others. when i was preparing for my presentation to introduce general gorenc, i was introduced to them to our good friend, mutual friend general breedlove. and when i was trying to ask about some things to describe general gorenc, general breedlove corrected me and west talk about being a pilot, he said one thing you need e

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along a line from the baltic to balkans, a clampdown n. place of the comradeship of victory, barbed wire, suspicion and distrust. years of disillusionment. meanwhile there flowed refugees east to west. soon it became clear that most were moving westwards because they could not tolerate life in the east. again, an ominous sign. in the eastern sector of berlin, communist power was fully established. party buses, party youth, party rallies permeated with all the hysteria previously associated with the nazis. by organizing special police and paramilitary units the soviets were illegally rearming east germany. in the world consult of the united nations with war weary were endeavoring to establish a lasting peace. but these were the days of stallinist extension so by repeated refusals to cooperate except on their own terms the soviet delegates sabotaged any progress towards real stability. on the 23rd of june, 1948, west berlin introduced monetary reform without which economic recovery would have been impossible. new noted for old. the currency