everybody in the balkans knows what a chishma is. it isa balkans knows what a chishma is.e most godforsaken road, in any part of the balkans, this is courtesy of the ottomans. you will find a working roadside water fountain, usually with spring water, crystal—clear spring water, and i think there is a beauty to that, and there is also a story around that. and you are telling the stories in a language that isn't your original one. it seems to be another extraordinary thing. this is a poetic book about poetry and three other languages, written in the fourth language. does that give you a sense. . . fourth language. does that give you a sense... i mean, is not helpful to you ina a sense... i mean, is not helpful to you in a way, that you are telling this through the english language, because you are this 0bserver, you are both part of that world but also slightly distant from it, and your communication kind of settles along similarlines? communication kind of settles along similar lines? absolutely. i think ifi similar lines? absolutely. i think if i were to write in my mothe

everybody in the balkans knows what a cheshma is. working roadside water fountain, usually with spring water, crystal—clear spring water, and i think there‘s a beauty to that, and there‘s also a story around that. and you are telling these stories in a language that isn‘t your original one. it seems to be another extraordinary thing. this is a poetic book about poetry and three other languages, written in the fourth language. does that give you a sense... i mean, is it helpful to you, in a way, that you are telling this through the english language, because you are this observer, you are both part of that world but also slightly distant from it, and your communications kind of settle along similar lines? absolutely. i think if i were to write in my mother tongue, bulgarian, about this border, or about any subject that is very close to my heart, i wouldn‘t be able to do it, or not in the same way. why is that do you think? i think it‘s a matter of not being overwhelmed by the emotional charge of what it is that you‘re tackling in the

but their wedding weekend begins at the foot of the troyan balkan mountain in the town of some part. exchanged vows at a local church in a bug area an orthodox wedding ceremony. neither the bride nor groom are very religious for the biologist and the i t expert the decision to get married here was a compromise. which was to was there but for the church wedding was merely for families not so much for selves. it was in the 1st. thought to be honest the triggered some positive emotions even if my interpretation of things is a bit different than what we heard of the church. during the centuries old tradition the bridal couple are crowned the best man or a column bardot exchanges the crowns on their heads 3 times to symbolize jesus his crown of thorns after the crowning the couple drank wine from a common cup to show that from now on they are to share everything in good times and in bad and to sweeten their future life they are struggling. it's better sport. the ceremony takes close to an hour now according. the church door send off and antonio who bunch of our managed wife but the part t

with the wedding ceremony can often take on a life of its own this time we headed to the ball garion balkan mountains for a hefty dose of folklore it all started off traditionally in a church where a slight mishap took place. problem of what all the villains are tell you put my crown actually fell off. earlier the priest told me several times how important this moment is how sacred. it was uncomfortable. but how dull of me the crown is a symbol of our faith and suddenly it was. gary a stunning natural landscape is the perfect backdrop for antonio and victoria center of dream wedding it's here they feel most at home. but their wedding we can begins at the foot of the troy in bulk in mountain in the town of some part. of the exchange bounce at a local church in a ball gary an orthodox wedding ceremony. neither the bride nor groom are very religious for the biologist and the i.t. expert the decision to get married here was a compromise. with the 2 well i was there but for the church wedding was mainly for families not so much for selves. was in the 1st superman so to be honest the triggered so

plenty of showers scattered across much of europe at the moment heaviest of which is down towards the balkans pushing over towards the black sea a little slots of clear red we got some of the more unsettled weather piling in from the northwest and it really will freshen things up so we go lot of blustery showers are rolling in across sea british isles for cheese day 20 celsius in london a couple days ago going up to 20 i remember this is sunny a little fresher 24 there for paris 29 in zurich is toward me off in madrid around 30 celsius that's where the the best of the sunshine is those showers continue down towards the balkans over towards the black sea and that will be the case as we go on through wettest a quarter a rash of shabby rain $26.00 in moscow warm sunshine in place here but it's down to 17 in london and paris on wednesday wet weather coming in across the good parts of western france and we'll see temperatures falling back to just 23 degrees for madrid so side of things to come meanwhile across northern parts of africa is generally fine and dry little bit of cloud just making its w

madrid and it's really hurting up across much of europe they've got a little area over towards the balkans and less fishing one or 2 showers somewhat cooler air here but elsewhere as you can see a lot of the clear skies and that's why we have the heat very much in place across those western parts temperatures and richard could touch 33 celsius in a minute that's the sort of temps you would expect to see in the middle of july be going on into august so it is particularly hot but pretty hot everywhere else we're getting into the mid to high twenty's across a good part of the continent there's a slightly cooler air just around the balkans where we've got some clouds and rain in place and i will grant you know it's a little further east which as we go on through the next 24 hours try whether trying to push back in the showers a little less wise but a little more scattered by this stage come sunday to see the temperatures getting to around 34 celsius in madrid so for those football fans celebrating or dragging their sorrows it's going to be even hotter still so that's certainly something to wat

scope the members of the l g b t q community say they still face discrimination in the conservative balkan nation including minority ones is one of the areas where north macedonia must show progress in its bid for e.u. membership. to the women's world cup now and the netherlands have secured their 1st place in the semifinals following a to no win against italy after a cagey 1st half the netherlands took the lead on 70 minutes to vivian i'm a demon it was a striker's 3rd goal of the turn of the dutch ramped up the pressure and struck again 10 minutes later from another set piece this time stephanie vander goff rising higher seal team victory netherlands will play germany sweden wednesday i in last night's game the united states set up a semifinal with england after beating host france 21 in parents it was a u.s. player who dominated the build up ended up dominating the tight match. her refusal to sing the anthem has irritated u.s. president tunnel trump but the woman who calls herself a walking protest wasted no time letting her football did the talking. make and retain a unleashing this fr

members of the l g b t q communities say they still face discrimination in the conservative balkan nation improving minority rights is one of the areas where north macedonia must show progress in its bid for even membership. at the g 20 summit in. saka japan u.s. president donald trump hailed an agreement to restart trade talks with china the 2 countries nearly a year long trade dispute has disrupted the global economy slowing growth and affecting investment decisions. often reported on the summit from beginning the final communique. this was the handshake the world had been waiting for so much hinged on the bilateral meeting of the 2 presidents that you could almost hear a sigh of relief going through world markets when donald trump said it with this we had a great meeting and we will be continuing to negotiate and i promise that for at least the time being we're not going to be lifting tariffs on china and addition of the focus here of course being on the wording from a disordered lease the time being $50000000000.00 at last year's g 20 summit donald trump said something very similar bu

place to be to sail started here in france on wednesday and so a lot of people based you in shopping balkans but mainly i think for a conditioning and air conditioning i mean are there places where you can go to escape the heat of being in southern france is not known for being a mecca for air conditioning. i mean to be honest i don't have a neither but more and more so i mean transport systems and take into account they have to have a commission just like you know into at last year was the 2nd process somma in southern france since 1900 so we're getting used to how this weather is really changing and last year was not good so for experiencing this it means that we're having to adapt to it and not for tired people who live in retirement homes that they've been forced to have a conditioning installed by the government schools are also having to change those that have been up to change or put in neck an issue and had to close today for example so that kids can go to school because they're just suffer too much exams for students have been put back a few days as well because the conditions of th

young people in the lignite region are unemployed 4 villages were evacuated to make room for the balkans largest mine including his family's. unit polish by the way get to work here is very important to us we feed our families with many people work here and almost all of them there was a family of his but. we did notice other big creamy is nikos 48 c.d.'s village the father of 3 farms the land here and raises live stuff his ancestral fields now belong to the company in 20113 me was supposed to be relocated but the energy company didn't want to pay the villagers feel betrayed. if they took the field from us let them take the village to and we'll go 90 percent of the people here live from the fields of course there are some people in the village who work for the company but what about the other 90 percent. after putting that back up looking like. throughout this plane there are thousands of families who have worked in the coal mines for generations in 2009 lignite coal supplied 50 percent of greece's electricity but the number has dwindled to less than 30. 3 hours we'll need the coal. it f

skokie members of the l g l g b t q communities say they still face discrimination in the conservative balkan nation including minority rights is one of the areas where north macedonia must show progress in its bid for e.u. membership. italian police have arrested the captain of a migrant rescue ship after it entered the port of lampedusa without permission. it was detained for refusing to obey a military vessel a crime for which the captain of the ship could face up to 10 years in prison the migrants on board the sea watch 3 have now been allowed to disbar after the ship spent more than 2 weeks stranded in the mediterranean. it's the end of the mediterranean odyssey. finally migrants from sea watched 3 set foot on italian soil. a few hours earlier. the 31 year old german captain of the rescue ship was arrested supporters had gathered in the harbor but also opponents. are countries being overrun israelis being overrun by them don't let the captain get away otherwise it's the end of the world he must tongue cover now. because. those on board see watch 3 languished for more than 2 weeks. severa

register for publication enclosed notice stating that the national emergency with respect to the western balkans that was declared in executive order 132-19 of june 26, 2001, is to continue in effect beyond june 26, 2019. the threat constituted by the actions of prns engaged in or assisting, sponsoring, or supporting, i, extremist violence in the former republic of macedonia, what is now the republic of north macedonia, and elsewhere in the western baltic region or ii, the accords in bosnia or security council resolution of june 10, 1999 in kosovo has not been resolved. executive order 132-19 was amended by executive order 133-94 of may 28, 2003 to take additional steps with respect to acts of obstructing, implementation of the framework agreement of 2001 relating to the former republic of -- donia for this reason i have determined that it is necessary to continue the national emergency with respect to the western bhal cans. signed sincerely, donnell john trump, the white house, june 8, 2019. -- donald john trump, the white house, june 8, 2019. the speaker pro tempore: referred to the committee

that he preferred to focus on the mediterranean and its steppingstone to the balkans in 1944. , he had prime minister misgivings about russian intentions in europe. thus, unashamedly, against putting all the eggs of the western allies into one basket, d-day. it could be done later, if at all. many historians have followed suit. lauding his political perspicacity. some, like the biographer andrew roberts, whom i admire, even claim that is not true that ,hurchill wanted to postpone still less cancel, operation overlord, the codename of d-day. others, like the director of the churchill archives, alan packwood, who i count as a friend, claim that it is near d-dayght to assume that was the most important military operation in world war ii, upon which the success of the war against hitler's depended -- er depended. i have to say, as a military that is loyalist hogwash. i bow to no one in my admiration for winston churchill, -- winston turned -- winston churchill's lonely standing. harbor, in 1941, the direction of the war against itler is surely fdr's finest hour. all through volume two, , c

rome, roads turkey, the , dardanelles, the black sea, the balkans, vienna -- anyway -- anywhere but d-day and normandy in the spring of 1944. he demands, by the pyramids. how the president of the u.s. deals with churchill's rebellion is the core drama of war and peace, my final volume. in his great volume -- his six volumes of war memoirs. churchill gave his own version, and it helped him win the nobel , ase for literature literature. as a historian and biographer, i cannot match winston churchill's prose. i can only offer fdr's point of view, which is very, very different. fdr saw d-day, as did hitler. -- as did hitler's, as the theding strategy against third reich. thus, inevitably, against japan one sittler was defeated. hitler was defeated. perhaps, no one will ever really explain winston churchill's opposition to d-day. what we can do at last, 75 years after the landing, is to see exactly how the president of the u.s. went about diffusing churchill's time bomb in cairo. and insisting, as the president did, that the d-day operation be carried out, as agreed in quebec. saving d-day, in

our reporter marion hÜtter travelled to bosnia and herzegovina in the balkans.er flows through banja luka in the north of the country. the waterway is typically fairly calm. every now and then, though, it bursts its banks. now there's hope that new flood defenses will protect local people and the environment. nemanja: it was pretty unreal. it was the first time i was afraid of nature like that. reporter: 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. nermanja: we'd been visiting my grandmother in celinac, and were driving back on this road. the water had risen, almost up to the road. i had my mother in the car, and it was like a scene out of a disaster movie. reporter: the town of celinac, as this footage shows, was hardest hit by the flooding. but its impact was felt all across the region. the estimatedamage was equivalento nearly 1 of theng. but its country's gdp.t all tens of thousands of people were forced to flee their homes, inclu

reporter: in 2014 he reach geany overla through t balkan he experienced so much along the way, but didt yet have the mes to recorwhat he sa on here, he arned germ, took preratory claes, and is now studying photojournalism in hanover. he is invoed with a dia collective tre callecameo. ce a week,he team meets to discuss projects. articles. alhalaf hopehe can sooshow his latest works there. lots of the stories on the website are about the concept of identity and the many ways of thinking about it, also with respect to gender and migration. texts are in german, english, and arabic coributors fm all what we believe is that one plus one equals three. when people with different points of view and backgrounds come together, that's when new, surprising, and interesting thingsmerge. reporterfor najem khalaf, meo offers a forum for expling the issues close to his heart,ree of the consaints of aore conventional publication. the latest issue of cameo's magane is devod to the tme of ankommen -- arriving. al khalaf contributed a piece with photos of young refugees o talk abo their liv and hopes. repo

deal with political affairs are aware that it will be near and the western balkans are surrounded by e.u. borders so we are somehow an organ of the body that is dragging. out of the body but is not. simply fading away but is there so the choice is very simple. let this organ bleed and create. troubles to the whole body as it happened in the past. should have been a reason why the 2 world wars started about guns or help this organ to integrate and help the body to get organised so. it's not about enlargement is about accomplishment is about it's about a very important piece of the puzzle because an area as i said within the european union that should not be left as an open space for other actors that may not be very keen to. see the european union progress and prosper now you have a very tense political situation inside the country at the moment i want to ask you about your dispute over the constitution with president ileum at the. article 92 of the constitution clearly states that the president not you sets the date of elections for the assembly and the organs of local power the loca

two balkan states are hoping to become the newest members of the european union with talks in a session later this year. here in berlin, the eu had been in talks earlier this year but eu leaders postpone discussions until november. no official reason was given but the french delegation had voiced opposition to accepting new members at least until brexit is completed. my colleague spoke with the president and asked him what roles he hoped his country could play in the eu. >> we would like to be in the european union. we are a small country and we cannot be the key stakeholder there. that's why we need these so-called external evaluator from brussels in order to have better lives for our citizens. >> there has been a stumbling block, to say the least. some eu member states, have said back off a little bit, because we need more time. in october, we will let you know. do you expect them to give you the green light, or to hold off? >> we expect 100% that we will be given the green light. there is not's any single government of the eu member states -- that is 100% sure. we have clear assuranc

this is a close—up of the storms that were across the balkans and eastern parts of europe, france and the southwest, nasty little area of low pressure bringing high wind at the price of portugal, and eventually drifting into western parts of france and also bringing wet weather to the uk as well, so it's looking very turbulent on the weather front across the airport right now and you're asking where is summer? it's across eastern and northern parts of europe you see a plume of that warm air across western areas of russia and scandinavia, that's going up from south to north and then hear the weather is going from north and south it's like a seesaw, what goes up must come down so we are in a cool unsettled spell of weather at the moment here in the uk. other parts of the wild, extreme heat across the middle east, and very hot time of the year about 45 degrees, but we are watching the heat building across the subcontinent in india, where it's that pre monsoon heat, so temperatures are rising before the monsoon arrives in india, this is the monsoon on the satellite, it's not necessarily a

macedonia should be for settling a name dispute with neighboring greece but chances of membership in the balkan state is considered one of the most corrupt countries in europe drives the construction business for example commonplace as a correspondent max reports from the capital. biggest developers. want to talk about the issue that's crippling his business government corruption. the buildings that lined the streets of tirana. but they have a dark side order to get the building permits officials here often ask for bribes. this rooftop ever belongs to a building where according to fraud financing and licensing were done by the book that's a tough road to take in. in 2006 he became known for publicly accusing the administration of. the officials had wanted to pay off. he changed once i had to get a construction permission for piece of land and multi-story construction is very good someone came to me and asked before the bright and i thought. i would give you 1000000 euro's but let me start the building because you were take this 1000000 and then you will tell me that i would have this permission

to be employed because 70 percent of young people here are jobless this is the largest mine in the balkans for villages had to be demolished to make way for it including his own. you know what it's like if we get this work is very important for us that means we can feed our families that a lot of people are employed here and almost all of them have found us. nikos mauriat see this is a father of 3 who farms and rears livestock here in the village of extreme. but the fields that once belonged to his ancestors are now owned by the state electricity company. in 2011 they were legally obliged to resettle him. but they refused to pay for the resettlement and the reason was because there's no coal underneath their village the residents feel betrayed. i'm a little gumbo when they take off from marsh they might as well take up village to 90 percent of people here off alma's sure some villages work for the electricity company but what about the other 90 percent. after putting back up looking like. my. 8 years ago the company bought his fields 440000 euros. this means he now has to lease agricultura

. >> he was shot, the balkan, the warriors when 109 to 104 and this season was at 1. this guy is flanked by seagulls, a's and astros. tied in the 12th inning, and houston's michael brantley drove in the go-ahead run and astros beat the a's 6-4 and swept the series, oakland down 10 1/2 back in the al west. >> the bruise fauci farewell tour continues in baltimore, the giants bats get right in charm city, brandon crawford had a two homer game for only the second time in his career. the giants win 8-1 and took two out of three in the series. that is sports at this hour. everyone have a great day. i will be back to entertain and inform later on. we will see you. >> that's what we love about vern. entertaining and informing. >> the time now is 4 to 57. >> some union city teachers are back on the picket lines recovering, three of the new haven teachers strike coming up. >> after multiple 911 calls from this walnut creek neighborhood, police and up shooting and killing a man that was very threatening to people who live around here. we will give you the details next. >>> live

build and that is the german publication german newspaper so take a look at my screen here this is balkan insight who the latest news on this is the albanian prime minister is vowing to sue over leaked tapes that he calls a blackmailing this is in reference to the german journalist who claims or released a report that were intercepted conversations alleging corruption now the prime minister. is saying that that is blackmail he's pushing back against that so we got a video comment from someone who explains why this led to what we're seeing today this is evie and he's a member of the general council your party the democratic party here's what he told the stream german media built published where. local election 2016 and the general elections in 2017 were manipulated by the organized crime. but you may view it can be only one solution to the crisis. in order to create space for a free and fair elections with the hands of criminals. the opposition requests the implementation of those degree for as long as there is no constitutional court to prove the opposite it's amazing. so if you say you'r

albania have stormed polling stations across the country ahead of an upcoming municipal election the balkan state was thrown into turmoil earlier this year after a mass resignation of opposition politicians. now dozens of people have been injured in the georgian capital tbilisi after a night of class. as in front of the country's parliament building protesters trying to storm that building when they heard a russian lawmaker who was addressing the assembly georgia severed relations with its neighbor after russia backed separatist movements in parts of georgia. it started off peacefully enough and then canisters of tear gas rained down on protesters. i. call this because a russian politician visited the parliament in tbilisi and gave a speech the lawmaker supports the independence of 2 breakaway regions in georgia in response protesters swarmed the parliament demanding the government's resignation. russia and georgia have a testy relationship and they have not had diplomatic ties in over 10 years and. he's a recent history because collins has invited russian m.p. in the sick days of georgia t

some of the issues being tackled by performers at this year's class and bring music festival you've balkan looks out the influences behind some of the acts. this is how the world's biggest crime artists took to one of the world's most famous stages in a stop vest in blazoned with the british blank the work of artists and activists banksy. storms east the 1st black british performer to headline the glass to be music festival his lyrics are searing look at the darker side of london life gangs drugs violence is the sound of britain city's resistance to one of storms these biggest inspirations is the celebrated poet benjamin. he was among the 1st black british writers to challenge social and racial inequality i mean when you think of the injustice done to people from the bank and politicians who all kinds of people in power people in authority and institutions i'm surprised that we don't rise up more often actually so when we do free music that's a good thing but. i have to tell you talking to revolution around i think we've got to start all over again music and protests have been linked for g

mission in costs of all said the balkan republic's authorities are failing to cooperate properly with an investigation into recent raids by cos of a special police during the operation which officials in the disputed territory say was designed to brick gulp a smuggling ring a un employee was arrested and beaten before being released was cross live now to kill of melbourne for more all this killer this was a situation which was threatening to boil over tell us more about this latest development. well the u.n. security council is holding a session to discuss the fact that u.n. personnel were attacked during kosovo police raids in serbia populated regions now essentially it's being discussed how kosovo authorities are not really cooperating with the united nations as they try to establish facts about what happened the u.n. mission had in kosovo here to mean he stressed that kosovo authorities have basically violated the mission immunity this is what he said that it had been immunity over staff members or is independent. to be. united the instance. was old school property. and. have been