the former yugoslav republic of macedonia only sees flaunts not in danger just of the balkan people. in the news from afghanistan this week hundreds of locals who previously worked in the country for the german army blocked to the entrances to a military base demanding help from berlin they say their work has put their lives in danger but it seems their requests for asylum are falling on deaf ears. we want justice was rewarded just gonna be on take new york on they don't. want justice we thought. i was working at the front line with them i was working on on hold. together german senior mentors with the german generals when i was taught that my duty day told me that we would help you if you felt some problems. now we have this german war in afghanistan in our forehead so we from german officers. look at us to the safe place. we received direct and direct threats. sixty days ago by the militants tortured and. his face smashed on. and on. that showed them that we are really in danger we are not here for picnic we are not here for our time we are here to show them that you are really in

the republic of macedonia a balkan state in southern europe that could be about to go through a small name change it's a vote that's grabbed the attention of europe's powerhouse and even u.s. officials and it's all down to one word north the change would bring an end to a twenty seven year long dispute with greece it's concerned about historical and territorial claims as it has a province called macedonia previously the territory of the macedonian state until the beginning of the twentieth century simple on paper but is it really. referendum ballots pose just one albeit double barreled question whether the macedonian people want to join nato and the e.u. and in turn support an agreement with greece to change the country's name to north macedonia. so it comes down to some in the country's desire to join the alliances after previous attempts have been blocked by greece this time its neighbor seems to have found a bargaining chip for macedonia as a session to nato but there are still hurdles to overcome the first sticking point is that the referendums outcome lacks any legal clout and is

the former yugoslav republic of macedonia only response not in danger of the balkan people. in news from afghanistan in the week hundreds of locals who previously worked in the country for the german army block the entrance to a military base demanding help from they say their works put their lives in danger but it seems their requests for asylum a falling on deaf ears. just not. just. on the you know. just. i was working at the front line with them i was working on a son. together german senior mentors with the german generals when i started my duty they told me. we would help you if you for some problems. in the. knowledge we have this german war in afghanistan in our war here so from german officers. to relook at us to the safe place. to we received direct and direct threats. sixty days ago by the militants tortured and. his face smashed on. the other hand on family. should show them that we are really in danger we are not here for picnic we are not here for our time we are here to show them that you are really in danger we have really a big problem. with your fans. on. t

summit also coming up a grim reality for many migrants stuck in the balkans d.w. follows along in all to see that has turned into a nightmare for thousands trying to find a way into the e.u. . north and south korea appear to scale new heights of cooperation as washington signals its intent to restart talks with cognac but after a heavy so is the korean peninsula any closer to denuclearization. following terry martin thanks for joining us migration is set to dominate talks today as european leaders gather for a key informal summit in the austrian city of salts for. italy austria and several central european countries favor strong external e.u. borders and oppose attempts to redistribute asylum seekers throughout the block other government spirit the issue will help populist parties gain ground in elections next year. and last night was all about bribes at the european council president altos warns that key parts of the u.k.'s breaks of proposals need revising if a deal is to be reached. it's being described as an informal summit. austrian chancellor is a pasty and

two thousand and fifteen there has been an increase in the number of migrants travelling along the balkan route since hungary closed off its warder they are now moving through bosnia in the north west of bosnia the small town of beotch has seen a spike in activity as it hosts ever more people trying to enter a member state croatia one such person is a dollar who is set on making it. adonis already packed tonight the palestinian and fellow migrants will leave their makeshift camp site and be hunch bosnia and cross the border into croatia into the e.u. it's a perilous journey the fields are still littered with landmines from the bosnian war see this is the place but when you make the full quota you see why point that's a sign. such warning signs are posted everywhere keep out landmines. on this map every red dot represents a minefield the area around the which is heavily mined as this strategically important region was hotly contested during the bosnian war recently a doula tried to cross over further north near the town of ellicott lot of that smuggler from vic that was the area that was f

s external borders say the europeans are merely shifting the problem further down the balkan route.i'd like to tell you now about some of the other stories making news around the world. at least twelve people have been killed and around fifty others are missing after a landslide triggered by heavy rain in the philippines it happened on the outskirts of naga city in cebu ridge province rescuers are still searching for dozens buried in earlier landslides caused by typhoon man coote. for the malaysian prime minister and as you cast pleaded not guilty to twenty five new charges of money laundering and abusing his position he appeared in court following allegations that six hundred twenty eight million dollars link to his state investment fund ended up in his personal bank account. authorities in uganda have arrested the opposition politician known as bobby wine it was detained on his return from the us where he received treatment for injuries sustained during alleged torture for his band rallies to welcome one in a fierce critic of the ugandan president. now the world the world anti dop

frank kaufman reporting there from the balkans i want to bring you up to speed now with some of the other stories that where he received treatment for injuries sustained during alleged torture police bound rallies to welcome wine a fierce critic of the ugandan president. several people have been killed in a shooting north of the u.s. city of baltimore several others were wounded the incident took place close to a drug store distribution center authorities say a lone suspect is in critical condition at a local hospital. the leaders of south and north korea have wrapped up their historic summit with a symbolic show of unity back in seoul president moon j.n. said kim jong un it wants a second summit with u.s. president donald trump soon in order to speed up denuclearization. and japan's prime minister shinzo abbay has been reelected as head of his ruling liberal democratic party and in landslide victory he want to around seventy percent of members vote based serves a third term who will become japan's longest serving premier in aug twenty twenty one. the world anti doping agency also known a

merely shifting the problem further down the balkan route. now to some other stories making news around the world today supporters of pakistan's prime minister now a sheriff and his daughter have celebrated their release from prison the country's three time leader was removed from office and jailed for corruption in july but has been freed pending an appeal hearing shari says the charges are politically motivated. colombia is growing record amounts of cocoa the raw material used to produce cocaine last year coca acreage increased by seventeen percent according to the u.n. colombia has long been the world's biggest cocaine producer president even two k. has pledged to implement new measures against drug trafficking. in peru lawmakers of backed president martin is caught or is call for a referendum to combat corruption in the political and judicial system parliament will fine tune the proposals before the vote is held in december it's a rare victory over the conservative opposition party which controls peru's congress. the leaders of north and

but it is undeniable that russia has held international influence in the balkans. russian born businessman, the catholic church and other -- russian news agencies have also a strong presence in balkan media and this region is highly vulnerable to propaganda. a study published this year from the open society institute found that the balkans had the worst level of media literacy of all of europe, with macedonia at the very bottom. so has russia succeeded inbalka? well not really, serve what and montenegro will be the -- why does russia persist with its influence campaign? because it cares less about conquering, as the columnist leonard bernsky points out, it's rare to be sure footed and concrete aims like defeating hillary clinton. but it is in places like the balkans where russian foreign policy becomes unclear, disrupp shaun. have taken a cool look at the wor world and have decided they have nothing to lose. and women in saudi arabia finally became legally able to drive cars. we'll meet one of the women that fought for that change when we come back. your spirit is

has been an impossible feat for this afghan refugee ever since the balkan rued was close to years ago. made it to serbia last year he recently arrived in the small town of the hutch near the border with croatia an e.u. country. barter when it on sunday night try one. border crucial border when it on how burning the preventing a lot there are a few allegations against croatia like those by name a tool of asean unmounting d.w. reporters took photos during many visits to north western policy at sego vino the summer refugees there say these injuries were inflicted by creation border police. an hour north of here is one of the border crossings integration into the. we confront a local border police chief with the allegations but he dismisses them. the croatian police strictly adhered to the law and regulations i emphatically reject every allegation that the creation police are acting unlawfully. called the e.u. border runs right through a former warsaw predominantly muslim be had was heavily contested during the bosnian war and hostages many refugees. in one nine hundred ninety two there w

what was yugoslavia declaring its independence in one nine hundred ninety one during the war in the balkans that broke up that country neighboring greece objected strongly to a new country called macedonia saying it implied a territorial claim on its own region of the same name the un and other international organizations opted to refer to it as the former yugoslav republic of macedonia greece also blocked macedonia's attempts to join nato ten years ago at the e.u. membership bid as the name dispute dragged on so a yes vote in the referendum today would also clear a path to macedonia to join both the european union and nato which asked money is the republic of macedonia as deputy prime minister for european affairs earlier he told us macedonians understand there is no alternative to a yes vote. the decision is between black and white here is not about me answers of more good or or less good it's logical that it's behind this question of e.u. and nato membership because the reason why we have signed this agreement and why do we have made these negotiations are to open and to pave the way for

ready to support a decision which will be acceptable for both parties we stand for not making the balkans another arena for confrontation we should not say that this area is within someone's of power we should not make the people of balkans. stan be front of a choice to choose the side we need to create a shared individual security. framework it is to the needs of everyone including the asia pacific region we welcome the developments over the korean peninsula and says the logic of the russian chinese road map which is important to welcome and promote this process so that the sides can come close and we can do that through the un security council and by implementing major arrangement between would be ongoing and saw will continue working on the launch early launch of a multilateral process directed at creating it lasting mechanisms for peace and security in south east asia. of the korean peninsula is one of the tasks we should lead to national community faces today when it comes to the international security and i mean nonproliferation of weapons of mass destruction unfortunately on this p

in one of the statements to the words in the first days of this month she said the balkans is a territory which belongs to be you so there is no room for anyone else only for the e.u. . and you'll know you should really talk to them and make them listen to reason so that will be a bit more culture too in their behavior. days ago hearing and she asked president the question was granted but that. is me. thank you very much. mr lavrov. up hospital which my question will be in russia because i present the russian media. so. it was back in may that there was a request towards general regarding the russian diplomatic property in order to prepare for the seventy third session of the un general assembly you met with secretary general did you talk about the stopping was there any kind of reaction. on this. in your opinion are there i don't know any opportunity to stay within the league. your framework and solve that problem of the russian diplomatic property thing here which we haven't touched upon this issue because it has already been resolved. the relevant information is part of the final repor

so has russia succeeded in isolating the balkans? three of the western balkan territories have.ember and trade out does trade with russia. why does russia persist with its influence campaign? because it cares less about conquering as the bloomberg c e columnist wants to point it, it wants to divide. it's easy to think of grand and sure footed targeting established democracies like defeating hillary clinton but it is in places like the balkans where the policy becomes clear, chaos and disunity in the west for its own sake. russian leaders as the scholola wrote have taken a clear look at the world and decided they have nothing to lose. next, three months ago women in saudi arabia have become legally able to drive cars. a status report with one of the women that fought for that change when we come back. (vo) this is not a video game. this is not a screensaver. this is the destruction of a cancer cell by the body's own immune system, thanks to medicine that didn't exist until now. and today can save your life. ♪ ♪ you wouldn't accept from any one else. why accept it from your allerg

summit also coming up the grim reality for many refugees stuck in the balkans d.w. follows an odyssey that has turned into a nightmare for thousands trying to find a way into the e.u. . and north and south korea appears to scale new heights of cooperation as washington signals its intent to restart told to pyongyang but it is the korean peninsula any closer to denuclearize ation. call it a warm welcome to you i'm under that shima dealing with refugees and migration are said to dominate talks today as european leaders gather for a key summit in the austrian city absolves bug while some countries are calling for more e.u. solidarity others like italy austria and several central european countries oppose attempts to redistribute asylum seekers across the bloc there's also growing concern that far right and. popular spot is will use the issue to make fun of the political gains. austrian chancellor sebastian could subpoenaed in good spirits on the second day of an informal meeting of e.u. leaders in salzburg. but the day's agenda of migration is one that has been a thorn

become a rallying call for europe's populist parties also coming up a hopeful odyssey through the balkans turns into a nightmare meet some of the thousands of migrants stuck just outside the e.u. in bosnia and see traces of the violence they've met along the way. north and south korea appeared to scale new heights of cooperation as washington signals its intent to restart talks with pyongyang but after a heavy summit is the north is the korean peninsula any closer to denuclearization . hello i'm terry martin good to have you with us migration is set to dominate talks today as european leaders gather for a key summit in the austrian city of book italy austria and several central european countries favor stronger external borders and oppose attempts to redistribute asylum seekers throughout the block other governments fear the issue will help populist parties gain ground in elections next year but last night was all about brags that the european council president oliver thomas warns that key parts of the u.k.'s brags of proposals need revising if a deal is to be reached. it's being describe

europe's a refugee crisis in two thousand and fifteen you may recall the overland passage from the balkanssaw a surge in people seeking refuge and asylum but a key transit country hungry erected a border fence two years ago that effectively blocked that route and that in turn has forced refugees to find alternatives well now the e.u. estimates around four thousand migrants are stuck just outside e.u. boundaries near the bosnian border and many there allege that they have suffered violence on the hands of the border guards our very own frank hofmann reports now from one of those the makeshift camps. getting to the e.u. has been an impossible feat for this afghan refugee ever since a buckin route was closed two years ago. made it to serbia last year he recently arrived in the small boston in town of the hutch near the border with croatia an e.u. country and every. minute on sunday night trying to align with. border police you have order when it on how burning the gravy train a lot of very few allegations against gray shell like those by name a two level zero unmounting d w reporters took pho

dispute with neighboring greece voters have to decide whether to accept an agreement to change the balkan nation's name to the republic of north macedonia greece insists the only it's a province of macedonia can claim that name. earlier we spoke with would ya smiley the deputy prime minister of the government of the republic of macedonia for european affairs he said macedonians understand there's no alternative to a yes vote. the decision is between black and white here is not about me answers of more good or or less good it's a logical that it's behind this question of e.u. and nato membership because the reason why we have signed this agreement and white we have made these negotiations are to open and to pave the way for our nato and e.u. membership so the question is quite logical people today will also whether we want to join nato in e.u. by implementation of the agreement signed greece do you accept this is a huge test for the country and for the voters given that just what two decades ago ethnic albanians in your country took up arms against the government. while a much shorter deal

making its way out to scandinavia down across germany pushing down towards northern parts of the balkans by the reese quite a rash of seattle area of low pressure just spinning away here around the black sea pushing some showers up into ukraine high pressure. fun in to right here warm sunshine as well twenty five celsius as you can see by the showers they will continue further south some of the live besides a big and thunder a downpour so the possibility still a few showers into the balkans for the west is looking lossie dry across a good part of the outback into france clear skies now starting to push in but a fair amount of cloud to the north of that across in the wells right in there into oland and also feeding into scotland the night is a fair bit of cloud into that western side of the mediterranean had some lively showers here over the past few days still looks pretty disturbed over the next few days sunday was pretty wet close at least inside of spain into the valley areas quite a while the making its way back into the united kingdom twenty five celsius or paris a warming up here t

up towards the black sea there you go with swathes of fine weather right the way down across the balkans just pushing up into an old policy of italy twenty eight celsius for some we're looking at highs of around thirty four rome getting up to twenty six in paris on monday off there but at twenty one in london a fair amount of cloud had a fair amount of cloud to just around that western side of the mediterranean still eastern parts asparagus right about we are still seeing some lively showers but it brightens up is fine and dry here as we go want to choose i say more sunshine coming back in and buy shoes day we could touch twenty eight degrees paris so a fair few showers around the black sea towards ukraine but south of that is formed dry sunny thirty celsius there for athens and lots of sunshine to on the other side of the med center the case into egypt into libya and a bit of cloud there just spinning out of the western side of the mediterranean into algeria at all since the northern parts of china here will brighten up here as you go on into cheese or by chief they notice more the way

now a new push has begun to sort out a territorial dispute that's lingered since the wars in the balkans the presidents of serbia and kosovo cold off face to face talks in brussels at the last minute but separately met the use top diplomat high on the agenda was a plan to redraw borders the pressure of a valley in southern serbia where the population is mostly ethnic albanian that would join kosovo in return serbia would take control of the majority serb area of course of a but it's a gamble that could provoke new tension son your guy a report from pressure. oh it's the first week back at school for these young students at the ybor him kelmendi primary school in the town of pressure it's the largest one of its kind in serbia all the pupils are albanian as they settle in the school itself prepares for what could be the last time it teaches the serbian curriculum and what they hope will be a fresh start for the school. in the dorm had an image there's hardly been any investment here since ninety sixty five everything's in poor condition and we have no bread we're holding in textbooks. the

straightforward solution on the surface but has the potential to reopen old wounds in this part of the balkans which has already suffered brutal conflict following the breakdown of yugoslavia. one of the plans that people here fear is being discussed is moving the border to this railway track now while but what put the town of pressure firmly within the borders of kosovo it would mean that these outlying villages would still be in serbia and the thousands of other albanian still stuck there moreover there is still uncertainty as to what serbia would want to return but would likely dominated northern kossovo which it views is non-negotiable yes we would like to be part of republic of course but the we have to be very careful in order for asians in terms of you know for republic of course all to be created a lot of sacrifice has been done by all the albanians including the veins of. we don't want to interfere in this process this also poses another dilemma for the region's leaders if borders are to be redrawn on the basis of ethnicity it could provoke more calls for land swaps from macedonia whi

dispute with neighboring greece voters have to decide whether to accept an agreement to change the balkan nations name to the republic of north macedonia greece insists that only its province of macedonia can claim that name if the name change is indorsed it could pave the way for nato and e.u. membership polls are open in iraq's northern semi autonomous kurdish region for parliamentary elections the vote comes a year after a failed bid for independence it was rejected by baghdad plunging the region into economic and political turmoil security forces in the region voted earlier on friday charles stratford has more from out of view. following that failed referendum to world secession last year many people here are blaming the k d p one of the two main parties in this region for that failed referendum which they were punished full by baghdad and indeed by neighbors like turkey and iran and wasn't even indorsed by the americans then of course it was a few weeks later when we saw they forced with rule of kurdish forces from the all rich region of kirkuk that they had controlled since two thou

session of the balkan countries cannot allay the spheres disclosed we don't find discussion about and between kosovo and serbia conducive to reaching the goal we think it will reopen to many old wounds in the population and that is why we are very skeptical. it is a huge gamble with the risk of reigniting ethnic conflict here a political process that will take it had normal amount of delicate negotiation from all parties involved sunny diagonal al-jazeera pressure. this is al-jazeera let's get a roundup of our top stories iraq's prime minister has ordered an investigation into why security forces didn't do more to protect buildings in the southern city of basra that's after protesters stormed and set fire to the iranian consulate there was demonstrators are angry at iranian influence in the region one protester died on friday taking the death toll since monday to twelve. turkey's president in the united nations are warning of a bloodbath if syrian and russian forces push ahead with an offensive to retake the last rebel held province the leaders of turkey iran and russia have been disc

external borders say the europeans are merely shifting the problem further down the balkan route.for common reporting there in just a few weeks time brazilian voters will head to the polls and pick a new president it's been the country's most divisive campaign in recent years one president has already been impeached another jailed and the country seems split into camps in the far left and the far right and it's at this strange juncture that germany's embassy in brazil has stepped into the fray on social media of all places and shared read from video a social media has been tracking this story so take us through this and this curious german connection right. you're right the polls are coming up in the post and leading those polls is this guy his name is also not a or he is a nationalist and he has a huge social media following and he's being cold things like brazil's donald trump because he's managed to tap into the on restore the repeated instances of government corruption he's also a social conservative and he has said things like he's spoken fondly of brazil's former military di

on the surface but has the potential to reopen old wounds in this part of the balkans which has already suffered brutal conflict following the breakdown of yugoslavia. one of the plans that people here fear is being discussed is moving the border to this railway track now while but what put the town of pressure on firmly within the borders of kosovo it would mean that these outlying villages would still be in serbia and thousands of other albanians still stuck there moreover there is still uncertainty as to what serbia would want to return but would likely dominated northern kossovo which it views is non-negotiable yes we would like to think of course the we have to be very careful in order for asians in terms of you know for republic of course. a lot of sacrifice has been done by all the organs including the organs of. we don't want to interfere in this process this also poses another dilemma for the region's leaders if borders are to be redrawn on the basis of ethnicity it could provoke more calls for land swaps from macedonia which has more than half a million albanians living along

the baltic states big area of thunder a shallow as the just around the alps northern parts of the balkans then coming in behind will have a say area of high pressure just nestled over the north sea well that is a blocking features that will keep the weather front set by you can see a little cloud just coming into western nolens pushing across towards cotton but twenty four celsius for london paris not too bad at all to go on into monday does make inroads but the cloud will start to thin and break so the rain band does filter out a little bit so it'll start to weaken twenty four celsius once again a little more clout but plenty of sunshine as well south clay will continue across central park showers a slight there way down towards the balkans as well but for solemn areas if you well he continues thirty three in athens thirty three therefore much rain as well a lot of warm sunshine here across northern parts of africa as per usual thirty celsius there for algiers we're getting up to thirty one inches maybe a touch warmer as we go on through monday and still hot enough in cairo with a top te

the baltic states big area of thunder a showers there just around the alps northern parts of the balkans then coming in behind will go to say area of high pressure just nestled over the north sea well that is a blocking features that will keep the weather front set by you can see a little cloud just coming into western nolens pushing across towards cotton but twenty four celsius for london paris not too bad at old you go on into monday does make inroads but the clouds will start to thin and break so the rain band does filter out a little bit so it'll start to weaken twenty four celsius once again a little more cloud but plenty of sunshine as well south clay will continue across central park showers a slight there way down towards the balkans as well but for solemn areas if you will he continues thirty three in athens thirty three there for much rain as well a lot of warm sunshine here across northern parts of africa as per usual thirty celsius there for algiers we're getting up to thirty one inches maybe a touch warmer as we go on through monday and still hot enough in cairo with a top t

of the majority said area of kosovo but it's a gamble that could provoke further tensions in the balkans sonia gago reports. it's the first week back at school for these young students at the ybor him kelmendi primary school in the town of pressure it's the largest one of its kind in serbia. all the pupils are albanian as they settle in the school itself prepares for what could be the last time it teaches the serbian curriculum and what they hope will be a fresh start for the school. in their twenty's and there's hardly been any investment here since ninety sixty five everything's in full condition and we have no problem being in textbooks. the possibility of a land swap between serbia and kosovo has been uppermost in people's minds here pressured us population is ninety percent ethnic albanian the us and the european union had always discouraged the idea until now and apparently straightforward solution on the surface but has the potential to reopen old wounds in this part of the balkans which has already suffered brutal conflict following the breakdown of yugoslavia. one of the plans t

going off the this side of your screen that cold front was very active and as it went through the balkans and for all of eastern europe it changed the temperature by anything between ten and twenty degrees compared with a couple of weeks ago so we're going to by day a high of twelve in kiev sixteen in bucharest and thirteen in ankara to us all came through as a very active things stormy weather particularly in the balkans but now of course it's quiet gentle northerly breeze through kiev the clouds of course sees warmer weather and you can see for sudden scandinavia and the baltic states this is a mild ish and wet further west with a breeze coming in from the south here to twenty in london twenty in zurich twenty eight in madrid and it's warming up third the still says big contrast west to east in europe a few showers in the western med actually represent what we're quite active storms in tunisia but now the generation of wet weather is in benghazi. the weather sponsored by qatar he's. a city with a drug. trafficking. drugs. and oak. street and its. street. view finder latin america. and i

cost no surprise then that on thursday brussels was keen to prove it had stuck to its side of the balkan you might remember that in the joint statement of two sides of the great increase trade in an area of areas and brother cuts notably so even as and the results published today show that the u.s. is now the main supplier of soybeans to the you with a share of fifty two percent of the market an impressive statistic but economists point out that in june china largely stopped buying u.s. soybeans in retaliation for trade measures trump targeted at beijing prompting european vamose to switch to bind cheaper u.s. oil not to mention that there's never been a huge tariffs on soybeans from the u.s. for now though enough appears to have been done to see both sides back at the negotiating table because you remember well there was a meeting on the tenth of september between commissioner mom's room and united states trade representative and they will meet again next week in new york on the twenty fifth of september to follow up on these discussions an additional meeting is already there if you ple

our balkans correspondent, guy de launey, went to bosnia's rivers to find out more.howcase for the natural beauty of bosnia. a haven for wildlife and a magnet for tourists in search of the spectacular. this man has lived here all his life. he is a river guide taking visitors fishing and on river tours. it is notjust the river, but the people are connected. people with five generations living here. sharing the same love stop this is pa rt sharing the same love stop this is part of life. but if some people get their way, it could become the hyd ropower their way, it could become the hydropower capitol. this is a term which opened earlier this year and it has a ready cause radical changes to the river. this isjust one it has a ready cause radical changes to the river. this is just one of around 300 hydropower projects planned for the rivers and waterways in bosnia. it is a typical example ofa mini in bosnia. it is a typical example of a mini hydro in bosnia. it is a typical example ofa mini hydro plant in bosnia. it is a typical example of a mini hydro plant which produ

they became decisively engaged in the balkans, as a result of the fall of the soviet union. we became engaged in bosnia and later xhosa vo. the soviet union was trying to find its place in the modern world at that time. then, the rise of vladimir putin brought russia back to a strong footing and they become more of a strong adversary in later years. as putin has tried to restore some of the former glory of the soviet union. so, well we didn't pay attention for a long time, now it is back on the forefront of the intelligence agents -- agencies. [ applause ] >>> american history tv is in prime time this week on c- span3. friday on reel america, the world war ii film series, why we fight, about the outbreak of world war ii from pearl harbor and the rise of authoritarianism in germany, italy and japan. watch american history tv this week in prime time on c-span3. >>> c-span's washington journal, live every day with news and policy issues that impact you. coming up friday morning, anita mcbride discusses her work with supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh in the bush white house.

news live from the francis kicks off his visit to the balkan states in lithuania this morning francis held a mass for tens of thousands of catholic faithful encounters place it will pay tribute to holocaust victims of the vilnius get a memorial will get more from our correspondent also coming up. a smoldering wildfire in northwestern germany could threaten life and property for weeks to come now the german military is helping battle a blaze it started weeks ago but it's a fun rocket tests. kind in the bonus league get the away fans were in a party mood in girls and cash and they may have been miles away from the various the dynamic celebrating the start of a total fest with a comfortable win clothing shelter we'll take a look at the best of the action. i'm rebecca races welcome to the program. pope francis has paid tribute to lithuanians who suffered during soviet a nazi occupations this in a mass viewed by tens of thousands in the south central part of the country it's the first stop on a four day tour of the baltic states the pope visiting residents of all three nations to draw on t

around the world pope francis says touchdown in lithuania as he makes the first papal visit to the balkan states in twenty five years he was greeted upon arrival by the country's president. there he'll celebrate mass and then visit a former soviet k.g.b. prison where many were murdered or sentenced to hard labor. u.s. deputy attorney general rod rosenstein has denied a new york times report he discussed invoking a constitutional clause to oust u.s. president donald trump the allegations against against rosenstein could add fuel to trump's longstanding claims that his lord for some agencies are biased against him . in mexico at least three people have died in severe flooding in the country's north west several more missing federal officials have declared a state of emergency if a large parts of the state of sinaloa. but i made history of this year as the first kid in film to be shown at the khan film festival now kenya's high court has overturned a ban on refeed keep a film that explores lesbian ism the decision came after the film's directors serve the government not just to allow it to b

next to the republic of macedonia is the greek province of macedonia athens is said that means the balkan country could potentially claim greek territory as its own. for more let's cross over to d.w. corresponded boris georgette ski he's outside the parliament in the country's capital scope or is this a dispute that is dog to macedonia senses independence from yugoslavia what's the feeling now as people finally go to the polls. well it's still tour through early to say actually because the polls opened like three hours ago but there are two key issues there that might decide the vote today and that is first president even office of only one president even of the side to boycott the referendum and maybe even more importantly will be the attitude of the main opposition party promoter up on monday and their attitude might. but from the turnout we are still waiting to see if the opposition leader his meets prosecutor will turn out to vote today if he does that but that might be seen as a strong signal to his supporters to come out and vote regardless if they support or reject the name deal wi

the first world war had begun in the balkans. the beginning of the end came here, too. scotland.n him in his old age. instead, i read his name on the local war memorial. from this unremembered front. allan little, bbc news, northern greece. jefferson airplane has died aged 76. as white rabbit and somebody to love. under the name jefferson starship. the cause of his death has not yet been made public. giant panda cubs get together, then take a look at this. at the chengdu centre, in sichuan province. in all, 13 pandas have been born there this year. the other one is currently at a zoo injapan. you can reach me on twitter. i'm @martinstanford. hello, good morning. here in hampshire. still 19 degrees, pretty good. for the most part it will be dry with sunshine at times. but it will probably turn cooler as the weekend goes on. pressure with the clearer skies. and a weak weather front as well. that's where the we have this band of cloud and patchy rain. ireland. more cloud and quite a strong westerly wind, too. as you head further south. there will be a lot of sunshine. should feel qu

so obvious president says his country no longer wants to wage war in the balkans alexander who church has been visiting serve on claims in knavery neighboring kosovo the former foes of considering a land swap a nd at normalizing ties the plan would return serve majority northern kosovo to serbia and give the mostly ethnic albanian press a valley to kosovo. environmentalists are deploying a huge boom in an attempt to clean up the world's largest rubbish and the pacific ocean the six hundred metre long structure will be towed to the great pacific garbage patch that's an island of plastic waste twice the size of texas organizers hope to remove off the garbage over the next two years. north korea has been marking the seventieth anniversary of the country's founding with a parade full of pageantry in the capital pyongyang with north korea increasingly showing signs of opening up the pheasant festival festivities excuse me were closely watched for signs of the regime's future direction and observers took note of what was not on display in this year's extravaganza. north korea's dentistry of