as a jout, he covered conflicts in the middle east, herica and the balkans for "wall street journal." he won the pulitzer in 1995 for a series on income inequality and low-wage jobs, including working at chicken processin plants in the south. a number of horwitz's books are ough the narrative of a first-person account. that's true of hist book, "spying on the south." william brangham recently sat down with him about it. here's that interview. >> brangham: almost 160 years ,go, with america on the brink of civil wa young writeer from connecticut was sent south to file regular dispatches om the so-called "cotton kingdom" of the slave-holding states.

so, south eastern europe, western balkans. stephen, i will get you next. about nine years ago, when the new start treaty was signed, caleb groff and other officials said the next treaty would only be negotiated if china was in the room. now we are beginning to talk to be theance control chinese indicated they will not participate and what we hear from russia is silence. what has changed and why? >> and then the lady in front of me. remarkableu for your , open-ended forms session. with the -- project in iceland and i just came back from china, from the polar belt and road initiative of which there are 600-800 people there. like iceland likes to bridge dimensions, i believe there is room to -- powers on the planet. ising said that, my question -- you mentioned you started with the issue of norms and standards and how that might evolve. we can talk about it in the arctic context. there is an enormous amount of trade going on and will go on further in terms of natural resources, development and infrastructure development financed by china and welcomed by russi

you know it's one of the balkans was volatile ethnic flashpoints tensions in kosovo have flared after course and police pushed into the city's serb dominated north they arrested dozens of people including ethnic serbs in an anti smuggling operation services the move was designed to intimidate and has put its troops on high alert for a challenge reports. in the air and on the ground kosovan police in metro are on edge their raid into parts of the city has prompted serbia's o. me to be put on full combat readiness. this morning at 629 as a commander in chief of the armed forces i ordered full military readiness of our armed units in case of any serious disturbance of water or danger to life of serbs in northern kosovo armed forces will protect our people. serbia's russia has called it a provocation the un says a russian u.n. worker has been released by cost of and police after angry protests from moscow at his detention. the u.n. is demanding the release of another employee also alleged to have been detained and injured. the river and makeshift barricades divide the 2 ethnic harv's of t

pope francis is arrived in bulgaria to begin his three day visit to the balkans he wants to improve ties with the orthodox church and will meet the country's new fit in sofia but the packed area has refused to take part in a joint mass. the church's split nearly one thousand years ago. and we'll have more on that story later in the program but first moving to rwanda the remains of nearly eighty five thousand victims of the country's genocide have been laid to rest in a ceremony in the capital kigali the victims were among more than eight hundred thousand people mainly tutsis who were massacred by hutu extremists and militia forces twenty five years ago. north korean state media says the country's leader kim jong un has overseen a strike drill of multiple rocket launchers and tactical guided weapons the report came a day off to south korea said it detected several short range projectiles launched from the north eastern coast. as i just mentioned before answers of the ride in the bulgarian captain sofia on a two day visit to the european union's poorest country the pope is expected to disc

with the balkan countries or in the military action to close the border of macedonia and other places i've been there that time on the day our was on the must set there on a great border on this in this little village there were 15000 people crossing mostly young men and most of them were pakistani and afghans i mean what do these people come to do when europe understand that there is an issue that is revealed in the polls is that europeans put migration immigration illegal immigration in the top 3. today for europe yeah catherine looks made his point i need to point out that as i said before one percent of austria's population . it's a small percentage having said that why do you think this list is proving to be so counter controversial they're all no pen penalties for noncompliance and it's also not denying refugees the right to practice their own religion so what's the big deal. it's a good question i think the issue here is that it's targeting specifically the muslim community and i think there is a great sense of stigmatisation incrimination of all together in austria i can under

hundreds of ethnic serbs protesting kosovo after police arrest several people in one of the balkans most. for me one stars of today to one of the legends. we got some quotes where the pushing into western parts of your quotes from warmer weather actually the storms that were seated she said they're going to ease their way further eastward just allowing the last sloss of clearer to come a little bit of clout there just across england. scotland it's northern out of her time on thursday but look at the temperatures they start it's not jobs around $21.00 celsius their 4th day showers there is the central parts there pushing their way towards that western side of russia 27 celsius in moscow said temperatures starting to slide away attending increasingly wet in the process then a few light showers into east now if you're on friday so into parts generally dry a fair bit of cloud down towards the balkans no there will still be one or 2 showers here as is the case too close northern parts of potent it to the north of chairman a celebrity wet weather there into northern ireland and also just gotte

that heavy showers will continue across central parts of the med southern areas of italy into the balkans to integrate pushing up towards the black sea into ukraine and some of the wet weather just around that western side of rochelle on the other side of the med a bit of cloud just making its way out of northern parts of libya pushing across to those northern areas of egypt elsewhere it's fine dry sunny and warm. in a two part series. observes the lives of two. twenty years. insights into circumstances that shape lives. in a rapidly changing. twenty years of me starts with blood and land story on how to see you around. the latest news as it breaks. out of the times. payment and then the burnings going to start raining to the press of teach health coverage of protests on fox the cost was obvious but example of those last days from around the world last few days and that is where the water is once more rushing down it's on the welcome to live forever barely begun to live from. the top stories on al-jazeera israeli warplanes have continued to hit targets on the gaza strip off the palestinia

that is never go into ethno territory and station because this was the start of the balkan wars. forth for some you know reasons of getting any deal done before the end of her mandate unfortunate supported by the washington work by washington mr bolton and the trump administration from their position of you know any deal is a good deal that has raised enormous tension in the region there's a term of lands for passage of all you know with the berlin summit in april 2000 in april this year april 29th and it seems like you know that certain provocations we saw you know like yes that they could you know be you have to do something with organized crime but they could also easily be an attempt you know of the 2 a president and burger in pristina that have hit a wall with their policy of 2 years to to create facts on the ground there is something we have seen last year with similar arrests so this is always you know. an area where we have to guess you know whether this is really about fighting organized crime or whether this is really about provoking a crisis so both has done a great jo

ahead ethnic serbs protesting the cost of a after the police arrest several people in $1.00 of the balkans most tense areas. still have a little more severe weather coming in across parts of the u.s. hopefully for no more than around another 24 to 48 hours or so a cloud in the rain that's just pushing its way in cross the northern plains up towards the midwest still some lively storms on this little bit of cloud you notice there into texas we'll see some rain just coming out of that eastern side of texas running up across kentucky through tennessee pushing up towards the ohio valley still some rather lively storms here $31.00 celsius in d.c. haunts add sticky weather here some of colder behind but the temperature contrast is easing temperate around 20 degrees celsius for thursday want to see a shower still in place there for a california up towards pacific northwest these will quieten down and i'm hopeful by friday things starting to quieten down across the plains there's still a chance of some showers in the deep south just pushing into tech support for many it is going to be somewhat dri

who don't recognize kosovo's independence say police were sent to intimidate serbs i did hear as balkans reporter julie no clue such has the details from belgrade. well serbian president alexander who teach confirmed that the syrian forces are ready to react after course of the police made a number of arrests in the course of all voted said that costs of the police have used have used force against an armed service he underlined that the serbia is doing everything to keep peace and stability but it will be fooled are ready to react to to protect its people of course of the police have arrested $23.00 people and they explain their arrested people are involved in corruption and crime and that the police action took place not only in those regions of course to go with the majority of serbian population but into retore of all the course of a but still been authorities claims that the action was organized to skeer serbian people in cos of all. now european leaders are meeting in brussels to talk about the new names they want to fill the union's top jobs monday's election results sure center r

it is one of the balkans most volatile ethnic flashpoints and tensions in kosovo have increased after a cost of $1.00 police operation in a predominantly area dozens of people including ethnic serbs were arrested in the ninety's smuggling operation serbia says the move was caused designed to intimidate and has put its troops on high alert is for a challenge. 6 in the air and on the ground kosovan police in which are on edge there raid into parts of the city has prompted serbia's army to be put on full combat readiness. this morning at 629 as a commander in chief of the armed forces i ordered full military readiness of our armed units in case of any serious disturbance of water or danger to life of serbs in northern kosovo armed forces will protect our people. serbia's ally russia has called it a provocation the un says a russian u.n. worker has been released by cost of and police after angry protests from moscow at his detention. the u.n. is demanding the release of another employee also alleged to have been detained and injured. the river and makeshift barricades divide the 2 ethnic

with its bloody history and complex ethnic and religious divisions the balkans have long been a focus for international tensions anger is rising there once again chalons now to syria. still to come here on al-jazeera saudi arabia is once again accused of targeting a critic based overseas using israeli technology. on the right of their lives the motorbikes providing a vital service to kenya's world communities. we've still got quite a few showers i have a pulse of the middle east at the moment the satellite picture it's picking them out just want to mostly around possibly ran the days until it's turning out to be rather heavy in places and kicking up a fair amount of dust we're expecting more as we head through the next few days a wednesday on thursday should bring us more shower as. it's hot though whether or not you see a shower kabul there all the way up at 29 a matching the temperature we're expecting in tehran on thursday and then force in baghdad even hotter the top temperature here of $43.00 degrees here in doha our temperature is the topping at around $41.00 or $42.00 at the mo

in a region such as the balkans there is always the potential for security issues to escalate . however you know because of legacies of what happened 20 years ago in kosovo of the large scale violence of international intervention and so on these legacies are still alive they often tend to resurface in political debates in the local discussions therefore the potential for escalation is always there however we do not expect that the situation will escalate significantly definitely not to the levels of 1990 and what would have been the situation in the region and within europe is very different today but but serbia has put its military on high alert would would serbia resort to military intervention in kosovo. we believe that's fairy unlikely for the time being president which in serbia did indeed precede the coup but in the army on on combat alert however we see that as more of a symbolic gesture intended mostly for domestic consumption to the domestic audience to indicate the hearts and serbia of being serious about protecting the interests of serbs but not necessarily intending

you would sigh ukraine, western balkans, the u.s. has to be engaged there? >> i would key i supported legislation to arm ukraine with lethal weapons. there's a kinetic war on the eastern front of ukraine against the russians. >>> the quaker lobby in the public interest, and we appreciated your leadership, chairman mccaul on the global fragility act. i think it's a great step towards strengthening capacity. i wonder what other steps you think congress and administration could take on the conflict prevention front? >> thank you. i know the one campaign has been very supportive of this initiative and lindsey and i are pushing -- this is going to pass, and lindsey and i were just over in africa to assess the situation, and it is a -- you know, this is going to be the largest populated continent in the world. you look at climate change, it's going to -- there will be droughts in central africa as well. that there exacerbate the problem i think as well so we need to address this right now. time and time again when we don't, then we have to put our military in, you

live east now if you're on friday so into parts generally dry fair bit of cloud down towards the balkans no there will still be one or 2 shows say this is the case too close northern parts of potent it to the north of chairman a celebrity wet weather there into northern ireland and also just gotten for a time but $26.00 in london so $26.00 in paris $22.00 in london we getting up into the thirty's there for madrid warm sunshine busting through then more sunshine here across northern parts of africa a little bit of cloud just making its way out of choosier pushing across a good part of libya still very warm to the east of that car with the high the 39. a career reporting to the won't do is if you're one journalist documents life beyond the headlines. that certain stories can change us. cleaves use. a unique journey into what it means to be human the things we keep a witness documentary on al-jazeera. welcome back just a quick look at the top stories this hour now special counsel robert muller has made his 1st public comments since his investigation into russian meddling in the 2016 u.s. el

across central parts of europe at the moment big massive cloud around the matter around 8 only the balkans nestle nudging its way further north what's big area of low pressure associated with this and it will continue to just drift up little further north it's a nice with this because one through the next couple of days heaviest shower was full monday are going to be across a good part of italy southern parts of france and sell in germany even into southern parts of austria but certainly across a good part of the balkans and there will gradually just not its way further north what's nice was as we go on into cheesed a widespread shower as it really is a case of spring showers sunshine and showers across much of europe by this stage east of there is on the other hand will be largely dry and pretty warm 28 celsius in kiev a 29 there for book caressed the course of woman towards the west got a few showers still in place full london in paris some wet weather coming in here for a time but trust me it will improve as we go on through the week and woman up quite nicely there the showers that we h

i mean i'm from the countryside as a child i grew up with a view on to to mountain ranges of the balkan mountains and the struggle to gore out how god will dole thought of one another i feel at one with nature. i carry it in my heart. through it all the. there are a lot of wealth of 3rd of the 2 mountain ranges and close the valley to the north and south creating cool nights and high humidity ideal conditions to bring out the roses heady scent. well 1st of thought you didn't you can't describe the fragrance it's a unique inspiring scent with its freshness and energy. when i'm out here in the rose fields i feel light and forget about anything negative in my life. through. red capek's the flowers at their base they have to be removed at exactly the right time not too early or late in their bloom. retcon knows exactly which ones she can pick and which ones to leave for another day she's been taking for many years and isn't deterred by the tough conditions from the doctors but i'm a simple hung maker from the village i'm not spoiled or afraid of hard work all of the bull the boys it's got t

the user including ethnic serbs protest in kosovo after police arrest several people in one of the balkans most tense areas plus. it was me presence next prime minister boris johnson's cranes cheering the referendum campaign coming back to haunt him. and in sports the gunners fail to fire as chelsea p. arsenal to claim the europa league title. iran's supreme leader has reiterated that tehran will not sligo seeing over its nuclear missile programs with the us it comes after the us national security adviser blames iran for damaging oil tankers off the coast of the united arab emirates earlier this month john bolton to not provide any evidence to back up his comments he's currently visiting the u.a.e. where he has said america has been successful in deterring what he described as threats from tehran in the region. well the tension between washington and tehran is the focus of a series of meetings taking place in saudi arabia over the next 3 days foreign ministers from the organization of islamic cooperation are meeting in the city of jeddah andrew symonds reports. the 1st of 3 major gathering

the province james pays out as iran at the united nations still ahead on al-jazeera tension in the balkans as serbia puts its forces on alert after police raids in northern cos about. hello there there's still plenty of very heavy downpours eva parts of europe at the moment we've still got the swirling mass of cloud over the central and eastern parts and it's still giving us some very heavy downpours to the east of it it's really quite warm for the west is quite chilly and this is the boundary between the hawks and that cold air is sweeping its way eastwards and as it does so this ambush is a really drunk plain for many of us so warsaw will only have a maximum of around 15 degrees as we head through the day on wednesday ahead of it though kiev will be all the way up at 27 the thunderstorms are rumbling their way towards us there with the temperatures will begin to drop as we head into thursday meanwhile towards the west as some sunshine to be found but in the showers begin to start it gets a bit messy as you head up to the northwest impose severe. so london $21.00 degrees but a good deal o

seeing wallace left the bed, lingering across parts of poland and czech republic and slovakia and the balkansft the bed, lingering across parts of poland and czech republic and slovakia and the balkans as he got to thursday. the has moved out a letter that billy is still seeing wallace left the bed, lingering across parts of poland and czech republic and slovakia and the balkans as he got to thursday. the pressure to be as high pressure to the left, windex meeting along the sounds is putting up the cloud and storm and that could be sent by the best for sound. away from that, things like dry across central europe if you are having and then next three days of sunshine, once the building across spain and portugal but just watch the building across spain and portugal butjust watch it the building across spain and portugal but just watch it towards an north later this day, if you shot is developed and then thursday night we see more significant rain develop in the zone around the pyrenees, sliding to southern france, back across a few issues as he finished the week across other parts of france esp

that is never go into ethno territory and station because this was the start of the balkan wars.forth for some you know reasons of getting any deal done before the end of her mandate unfortunate supported by the washington work by washington mr bolton and the trump administration from their position of you know any deal is a good deal that has raised enormous tension in the region there's a term of lands for passage of all you know with the berlin summit in april 2000 in april this year april 29th and it seems like you know that certain provocations we saw you know like yes that they could you know be you have to do something with organized crime but they could also easily be an attempt you know of the 2 a president and burger in pristina that have hit a wall with their policy of 2 years to to create facts on the ground there is something we have seen last year with similar arrests so this is always you know. an area where we have to guess you know whether this is really about fighting organized crime or whether this is really about provoking a crisis so both has done a great job

the vatican saying he's planning to bring a message of peace, unity and diverse the to the small balkanion, this is the first time that a pope has ever visited the country and we will continue to monitor that in north macedonia. back at home 2020 contender pete abca11 turning heads after making these comments about america. >> our current president targeted with a message saying we could find greatness by just stopping the clock and turning it back. that passed he is promising to return us to was never as great as advertised especially for marginalized americans. >> carly shimkus with serious xm 115 year with the online reaction. a lot of folks had something to say. >> mayor pete taking on donald trump's make america great against logan and his point was the president is living in the past and wants to make the future a better place. by criticizing the slogan some say are criticizing the history of the country which is why we see reaction like this, john says, greatest country in the world even better now, what country is better? we will wait. the statement automatically disqualifies hi

time in my life who i'm of the accusations that i was a traitor made my life a living hell from the balkans who will make them the threats began against my family and i had to leave albania to protect my children and their lives were endangered by the mafia. mafia which still has the full support of the government mafia. using a drone our ten hard judge shows us where marijuana is still grown. here at the edge of the forest it's hard to spot. albania is making efforts to fight the drug trade. but until the link between politicians and the mafia is broken it's a battle the country is unlikely to win. for animal lovers pets are a source of unconditional love and companionship life just wouldn't be the same without their four legged friends but for some people the cost of caring for their pets has become too high it's a problem that a group in antwerp belgium has found an answer to. in antwerp seville reich district of flemish couple has founded a pet food bank in a garage called who's a who it hands out food for animals to people who often go hungry themselves. majorly and also go on with the

pope francis has arrived in vogue area to begin his three day visit to the balkans he wants to improve ties with the orthodox church and will meet the country's patriarch near fit in severe but in his address opening address francis urged vogue area to take in more migrants. south africa's governing african national congress has held its final campaign rally ahead of a general election on wednesday president cyril run oppose it told the tens of thousands of a.n.c. supporters that victory was certain despite high levels of corruption and unemployment he said his government was entering a new era of accountability and he'd be stepping up if it's to fight corruption and graft he also promised new jobs and economic growth. christine milne who has been at that rally she sent us this update. the official figures are not yet out but the n.c. was expecting a crowd of about one hundred thousand people to come out today to listen to saddam opposed to give his final address before wednesday's election as expected and i'm up also addressed the issues that south africans are facing he talked about

weather still continue across central parts of your lots of clouds showing up here just around the balkans over towards the black sea and a little further north areas of low pressure so very much in charge here so we've seen some big downpours in places in boston for example there has been widespread flooding some of water sitting around about a meter high in places for you some very very heavy downpours state of emergency not surprisingly has been declared across a good part of the country so go on through the coming days things will gradually improve still a few showers there just around italy on the other side of the adriatic some showers still very much in place will be surprised to say the further north look at the temperatures just 8 celsius and the other thing cold enough for some snow albeit over the alps as we go on through the next couple of days is that things will slowly but surely start to improve but there is of low pressure still circulating away more showers the most southern parts of the balkans pushing over towards greece to looking a little on the lifestyle further west

because part of the rollout we don't want -- western balkans,, laxity which is increasingly an issuewe want to talk about, about black sea, and ukraine. i was over in ukraine. we had a comedian entertainer as president now. that's the latest i heard, right, jay? >> he's a politician now. >> a lot of entertainers are wanting presidency. we are looking at them closely to see, i think he had some type two russian oligarchy we want to make sure that he's not tied to any cup that he has no russian influence. what happened in crimea, the balkans, what happened, what's happening in ukraine is absolutely devastating. the cyber attacks that they perpetrate everyday, heating ukrainians is massive. it's like a planning grant for the russians. they touch -- test the weapons to see how effective they are. i don't want to digress but there was a bank in ukraine hit by a non-petro virus that that brush at the bank. the bank had an account at the bank the industry 20 years of data at the shipping at checkout for los angeles port. just to give you some magnitude of what cyber operations can do. so we

then our friend mathilde so when he came and closed the borders are closed he stopped migration the balkan routes all stopped i think. otherwise merkel wouldn't be chancellor anymore if he didn't stop the migration and two thousand and fifteen economically we are really a giant bigger market than the verge but i have like i do think that we fall off and indeed we have to really improve in our political. outlook towards life to see christian europe christian europe as a faith as a little as a culture i'd like to see the europe which was built on the christian values this is who you are this is what i said previously that christianity is our d.n.a. . and you can see that special edition. there's an extended version on. the duchess of sussex have named the new born son. the couple's first child was born on monday morning it's still not known exactly where. the british throne is queen elizabeth great. for the first time. i mean for the countries. in africa just. action packed life.

pope francis is a arrived in bulgaria to begin his three day visit to the balkans he will soon prove ties with the orthodox church and will meet the country's patriotic fit in sofia but the patry arc has refused to take part in a joint mass the two churches split nearly one thousand years ago. in rwanda the remains of nearly eighty five thousand victims of the country's genocide have been laid to rest in a set of many in the capital kigali the victims were among more than eight hundred thousand people many took the seas were massacred by hutu extremists and militia forces twenty five years ago. in the u.k. fans of the royal family of preparing for a celebration prince harry and his wife meggan mocking expecting their first born any day now to the disappointment of royal watchers the couple has been tight lipped about when the date is in public but prince harry has now canceled a planned trip to the netherlands fueling speculation that the big moment is imminent. baby hats and romper suits are at the ready. ukase next royal also won't be short on congratulations now the baby just has

pope francis is a rajan bulgaria to begin his three day visit to the balkans he wants to improve ties with the orthodox church and will meet the country's fit in sofia but the battery arc is refused to take part in a joint mass the two churches split nearly a thousand years ago. in rwanda the remains of nearly eighty five thousand victims of the country's genocide have been laid to rest in a ceremony in the capital kigali the victims were among the more than eight hundred thousand people mean the tutsis who were massacred by hutu extremists and militia forces twenty five years ago. north korean state media say the country's leader kim jong un has overseen a strike drill of multiple rocket launches and tactical guided weapons the report came a day off to south korea said it had detected several short range project tiles launched from the north eastern coast. in the united kingdom fans of the royal family are preparing for a celebration as well prince harry and his wife meghan mock expecting their first born any day to now to the disappointment of royal watchers the couple has been tigh

between the catholic church and the get an orthodox church which is the dominant religion in the balkans country but it is opening address he took up an issue that is close to his hot the plight of refugees the pontiff urged big area which has taken a hardline stance against mass migration to open their hearts to quote those who knock at your idol. and from what i'm joined in the studio by martin religious affairs analyst a welcome mat in the book has begun his visit in bulgaria by the beginning of the vague touchy subject of bulgaria its hardline stance on refugees tell us more about what the pontiff said and why well indeed i mean it is it is not only a controversial issue as sort of as actually projecting himself to the very center of the political debate right now in bulgarian to be quite honest i mean beyond sort of the european the european discussion immigration journal bulgaria has a coalition government which brought in to bring two government to central extreme right wing or right wing parties both of them with very strong untamed gratian positions. and the government has gone

pope francis is arrived in bulgaria to begin his three day visit to the balkans he wants to improve ties with the orthodox church and will meet the country's new fits in sofia but the factory aka's refused to take part in a joint mass the two churches split nearly one thousand years ago. in rwanda the remains of nearly eighty five thousand victims of the country's genocide have been laid to rest in a ceremony in the capital kigali the victims were among more than eight hundred thousand people mainly tutsis who were massacred by hutu extremists and militia forces twenty five years ago north korean state media says the country's leader kim jong un has overseen a surgical drill of multiple rocket launchers and tactical guided weapons on the report comes a day off to south korea said it had detected several short range projectiles launched from north korea's east coast. now to thailand thousands of gathered in the thai capital of bangkok to witness king long kong greet the public for the first time since being crowned on saturday but due to a long gone ascended the throne two and a half year

pope francis has arrived in vogue area to begin his three day visit to the balkans he wants to improve ties with the orthodox church and will meet the country's patriarch fit in severe but the patriarch has refused to take part in a joint mass the two churches splits nearly a thousand years ago in rwanda the remains of nearly eighty five thousand victims of the country's genocide have been laid to rest in a ceremony in the capital kigali the victims were among more than eight hundred thousand people mainly to teens who were massacred by hutu extremists and militia forces twenty five years ago. south africa's governing african national congress is holding its final campaign rally ahead of a general election supporters poured into the johannesburg stadium for the event it's time to boosting support for the party as it faces the strongest challenge challenge yet to its twenty five years in power president cyril ramaphosa is propose promising new jobs and economic growth yancey has governed south africa since the racist apartheid system ended but has been shaken by several corruption scand

only on berlin's famous travelling support were in full voice to spur their team on against a balkan side with nothing to play for. meanwhile part of own coach stephan baum got took his charges to a hostile to dresden and they started well philip clement slicing through the dresden defense to make it one nil. now it was another set of away fans making all the noise. but part of owens advantage was short lived dresden equalized through a goal that will give keeper layer polled signal a nightmare as bearish arctic shot came back off the post and single it was in the perfect place to deflect the ball across the line. a chance for one young to take the advantage but they immediately threw that away poor defending allowed anthony low see it's a put ball from a head when young completely failed to track and he made them pay coach was fisher could hardly believe his eyes. but part of bones performance was equally disastrous they were caught on the break with arctic finishing the move problems for baumgartner as the half time whistle went while the union fans were notably less raucous their

regardless of their ethnicity and with its bloody history and complex ethnic and religious divisions the balkans have long been a focus for international tensions anger is rising there once again. now to syria. plenty more still to come for you here on al-jazeera including saudi arabia once again accused of targeting a critic based on using israeli technology. divisions among the new leaders as they need to discuss who should. it's the top job. the weather sponsored by the time. hello there we're still got quite a few showers over parts of the middle east at the moment the satellite picture is picking them out just want to mostly around policy of iran but these are 2 all turning out to be rather heavy in places and kicking up a fair amount of dust we're expecting more as we head through the next few days say wednesday and thursday should bring us more shower as it's hot there whether or not you see a shower kabul there all the way up at 29 a matching the temperature we're expecting in teheran on thursday and then force in baghdad even hasa a temperature here of 43 degrees here in doha our temper

to resolving their differences but in a town where ethnic divisions are deep and memories of the balkans war still fresh few people here want a new conflict natasha butler al-jazeera. kossovo al-jazeera has spoken to a saudi dissident living in the u.k. has launched a legal case against saudi arabia. so the kingdom practice phone and still personal data is were a challenge. can a milder sorry's mobile phone is new but he's still numb to confidence that it's secure if someone wants to hack it still find a way says the saudi satirist after all he's convinced they've done it before to get after all my life is in the phone ghanim is bringing a legal case against saudi arabia in the u.k. courts investigators believe saudi operators sent him text messages with malicious links to pegasus spyware developed by the israeli company and so i think attempted by a. friend. and he told me this is dead to me disadvantage has been hacked into should get my phone checked and surprise surprise i was infected that's why both my phones their water compass and i one citizen lab with the investigators hyde par

game that puts the player in the shoes of a refugee trying to cross the border along the salt called balkan route now the reason we did that was because it's been 3 years since slovenia put up a razor wire fence on of southern border which did nothing to curb the flow of migrations it only made it and we think more dangerous for everyone and at the same time it prevented some more human friendly policies to be implemented in slovenia as well we wanted to remind people that the fence is still there we wanted to at least open up the conversation but india and we failed to succeed because our government is currently considering putting up even more of the fence so philip runs a company called today as new day and the game that i'm showing you on my screen now you can see it here is called the razor wire but rami there are a lot of hurdles to getting a game like this on the market and then making a difference because there are things like government standing in the way of people's progress here according to what he said in that video what do you make of his comment. i mean when you think about

friend mathilde so when he came and closed the borders and closed the ports he stopped migration the balkan routes all stopped but. i don't know why it's merkel wouldn't be chancellor anymore if he didn't stop the migration and two thousand and fifteen that means or man and salvini did the job what do you know tell us is a great success of the european union. let me let you answer mine seems let me speak i actually like to think the u.p.a. in union would have taken. troll over to hungary and borders and the chilean ports we would not have stopped immigration at all that means our side solves the problem since you created by by take the migrants to europe because syria is not our neighbor ok look some. things i agree with parts what you said i disagree with one thing as long as we know that there are thirty five thousand people dead in the mediterranean we cannot talk about a success if we see mr orbit starving migrants to death and locking them up in containers i do not consider that it's relies on officers from ai to finish that command then i think the new things that have been are as fak

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central parts of europe at the moment lots of cloud showing up in just around greece italy and the balkans deep area of low pressure swirling away so we got some foundry downpours coming through here further north this weather system as the boundary between the we say the warmer and the rather cold air we've got cold northerly winds blasting in across the mall say a scattering of snow showers in fact into parts of scotland recently and what some snow there coming down across the alps as this cold air digs right in six celsius that his ear it was just about getting up his double figures for london and paris on sundays putting holiday back in the u.k. for monday twelve celsius the cold ones that it doesn't compare to last year we're getting up into the mid twenty's is the mid twenty's there for madrid fine and dry his and i problems that heavy showers will continue across central parts of the med southern areas of italy into the balkans into grace pushing up towards the black sea into ukraine and some of the wet weather just around that western side of rochelle on the other side of the med a

storms and flooding more common reporter money on which to travel to boston and texas governor in the balkans the verb us river flows straight back in the north of the country the waterway is typically fairly calm every now and then that it bursts its banks now there's hope that new flood defenses will protect local people and the environment. it was pretty unreal. it was the 1st time i was afraid of nature like that because. the biggest river in the country had burst its banks claiming the lives of 20 people everyone in bosnia-herzegovina knows where they were in that fateful week in may 2014. such as we've been visiting my grandmother and. were driving. back on this road where the water is risen almost up to the road. i had my mother in the car and it was like a scene out of a disaster movie so it's a news office outside. the town of chile not just this footage shows was hardest hit by the flooding but its impact was felt all across the region the estimated damage was equivalent to nearly 15 percent of the country's g.d.p. . but with tens of thousands of people were forced to flee their hom