the balkans have emphasized ethnicity above all others. people in the balkans like me have multiple identifies. and they need to recognize that and demand that their vofts and their courts that those multiple identifies be respected and the whole person be respected. to tell me i can't be a candidate for president of the osnia herzegovina is outrageous. and yet that's what the constitution did. it also enabled the european court of human rights to strike down that provision. of course the constitution has not been amended to allow others to be candidates for the residency. what we need to expect from the balkans is stop this over emphasize on ethnic identity, recognize we have multiple identities, and individual rights has to be respected. and they are not well respected n the balkans today. chair engel: thank you very much. i call on our ranking member, mr. mccaul. mr. mccaul: thank you, mr. chairman. -- i'm retary and concerned about the growing in the t in serbia, wider balkan region of both the chinese communist party and the ussians.

i was looking at the time of the balkans. fair in the administration at the end of the cold war. the balkans, i remember he said something that we don't have a dog in that fight, and then later that became the place of richard holbrooke said greatest triumph. a place but it may be a way, george, to look at, what was it about the balkans that with itself to richard holbrooke's strengths and weaknesses. >> with that line we don't have a dog in that fight was crucial because it said something about james baker's worldview and his view of american foreign policy and will get interesting when we didn't. he looked at the balkans and just so hopeless, ancient slavic struggle that we could never understand and had no business getting involved in. he made a very cursory effort to try to negotiate with melissa fitch and other balkan leaders at the beginning of the war. he botched it. the war happen anyway. bill clinton inherited it at a terrible stage in bosnia. it's not jim baker signs out and to show something about the limits of his

to negotiate with melissa mitch and other balkan leaders at the beginning of the war.botched it. the war happened anyway and clinton inherited it at a terrible stage. it's not baker's finest hour and it shows something about the limits of his realism. the differences holbrooke had a sense america had to be involved in the bosnia's of the world. if we let the country bleed, eventually it would become our problem, possibly rupture the trans-atlantic consequence but we did have a dog in the fight and once he committed himself to that, and in a way that showed he really did care about other countries and people and places we cannot pronounce are suffering in civil war as refugees and floods and famine he had a passionate humanitarian streak i was aggravated by the suffering and the balkans as was postwar since that america had to lead. with that relentlessness that peter mentioned is exactly what bosnia brought out in him. those same qualities did not work in other places both the strengths came together and he achieved his claim which is sports. host: listening to you loo

to talk to soon come she's regional director for the balkans for the humanitarian aid group care she joins us from surrey yivo misfortune it's been a week since the leaper camp was shut down where are the people from the camp now what kind of conditions are they facing. according to the information latest information i have they are still only publication but they are in buses so yesterday the buses came to basically collect people and take them to other locations but due to the political dispute between politicians that was supposed to that was basically the decision was stopped and people were just left in the process for tonight. we don't have a formation of this morning the latest mission is that they are still in the buses so they're essentially in limbo is it clear yet what's going to become of these migrants and refugees. there is no even kind of a signal what the solution can be here what we see is a lot of finger pointing and nobody's taking responsibility or being accountable for this situation neither to my clients or to to local population what we see is iraq 1000 people

let's get more from our balkans correspondent guy de launey.en the fire up their is called lipo. it's near the city in northwestern bosnia. that city itself is quite close to the border with croatia, so it's a magnet for thousands of people coming up those balkan trails who want to get into the european union, over the borderfrom bosnia into croatia. the problem is at anyone time bosnia has something between seven and 10,000 people who are staying in the country prior to moving on. it doesn't have the means to accommodate them. what's more is you've got places where organisations like the international organisation for migration have set up emergency centers for these people. but the local authorities, local residents don't want that to happen. they don't like having thousands of outsiders in their town. and what we've seen today is a result of that. the iom was going to close libre the national authorities the iom was going to close lipa and the national authorities were meant to renovate it. but the local authorities were blocking people from

snowy weather the forecast for a couple of parts of here particular particularly down towards the balkans big massive cloud here a little area of low pressure brings a very stormy weather across the southern parts of italy but the other side of the age we are at stake we will see significant snowfall coming into the balkans over the next couple days 20 to 30 centimeters certainly possible over the next 24 to 48 hours we will eventually see some snow to coming in across the british isles at the moment it's all about storm balla tightly packed i suppose damaging winds rattling through gales or even severe gales over the next couple of days and across parts of the u.k. think across southern areas of england and wales eventually that windy weather will sweep across northern france into the low countries rattling a shower is coming back in behind but notice the temperatures starting to fall away london at about 8 celsius on sunday came about 4 degrees on monday and by this stage said to be called enough for some snow showers just coming in across and across many parts of england well scotland

let's get more now from our balkans correspondent.his particular centre which you have seen the fire there, it's called lipa, in north—western bosnia and that city is quite close to the border with croatia, so it's a magnet for thousands of people coming up this so—called balkan trail who want to get into the european union, over the border from bosnia into croatia, and the problem is at any one time bosnia has something between seven and 10,000 people who are staying in the country prior to moving on, and it does not have the means to accommodate them. what's more, you get places like bihatc where the emergency centres have been set up at the local authorities and residents don't want that to happen, they don't want that to happen, they don't like having thousands of outsiders in the town, and what we have seen today, lipa, as a result of that, the iom was going to close lipa, the national authorities are meant to renovate it by the local authorities were blocking people from moving elsewhere and this fire appears to been a protest a

a little strieber this stage for the balkans as we go on so it's a bug area as we go on through friday but to the north of that we have got some showers longer spells of rain which will not stay away further north what's the line more rain and a day more snow to come in here as we go on into wes and stay plenty of eastern side of the met plenty of showers up towards northern parts as well central areas of the mediterranean also saying some of that western weather of course and what's a weather stretching its way across the fall most of africa send more than ours america algeria and libya also turning rather unsettled and cool. ok calm and make sure you're not hyping the situation be part of the debate my main characters are women when no topic is off the table there was in the last allowed child marriage to happen legally these are basically archaic walls that i often legitimize them griego one is pedophilia on ara online jumping to the current section and the team to host the discussion this stream on out is the interim. the you. are again new with al-jazeera has remind you of our top

the sharr mountains national park just to the south is a refuge for balkan lynx.this species of wild cat is critically endangered. there are only a few dozen of them left. shqipe shala has 150 beehives. she is the boss and her husband works for her. that's quite an unusual setup but it works for them. >> we like to do things systematically. i start from one end. my husband starts from the other. we like to compete. it's a kind of game to see who can check more beehives. >> today, it looks like a tie. once the inspections are done, shala takes care to extinguish the coal in her smoker which is used to calm the bees. a forest fire could have disastrous consequences. then she reveals a little trade secret. >> this is our beeswax harvest from this autumn. we use it to create new hives. it's a lot of work, but this is the most natural option for the bees instead of using mass-produced industrial wax. unfortunately, the government doesn't provide any funding for the extra effort involved. but it's the only way to treat our bees well. >> it's worth the effort. she doesn'

these strong winds and heavy snowfall will persist in the alpines italy and the balkans for the nextouple of days. you may see up to 80 centimeters of additional snowfall in parts of austria and rainfall may reach 50 millimeters. there is a possibility of flash flooding. >>> rainfall will increase in rome as we go into tuesday evening and wet weather will persist in lisbon and madrid as another low pressure system approaches. >>> people in the western united states are dealing with dry conditions. critical fire weather will be seen in california. but some relief will arrive in these areas as we go into mid-week. a little moisture from the pacific will push inland and produce showers and much cooler conditions. vancouver and seattle will get some showers on tuesday and dry and mild temperatures will persist in l.a. and denver over the next couple of days. but it will get much cooler and wet conditions as we go into thursday. finally, in northeast asia a big high pressure system will provide calm weather across a good portion of china and the korean peninsula on tuesday. it's going to

super urgent that thank you so much for that insight urgent indeed peter vendor our from the western balkans coordinator of the international organization for migration thank you for having me. it's time now for some sports news of a sort of football game in bolivia was interrupted when a pitch invader ran onto the field and took possession of a player's footwear. but it would only save us about beating this dog stole a shoe and the show at a 1st of isn't much outfoxing opponents and interrupting play for about 3 minutes a curious canine took a dive to avoid getting sent off in the end a team member took matters into his own ends hands to sideline the play folk that each area rusty got me from. like it was. this if he didn't use it after the next is sports life in the bundesliga radio show no dogs involved i'm next parser thanks for watching. the story of producer and propaganda. they were called the rhineland bastards born after the 1st world war. their mothers were germans living in the occupied rhineland their fathers were soldiers from the french colonies. food german children had a hard

if i know our western balkans coordinator of the i.o.m. thanks for that update. archaeologists in the italian city of pompei have excavated a strikingly well preserved ancient roman fast food restaurant a even found leftovers from what was on the menu nearly 2000 years ago when he was buried by lava and ash when mt vesuvius erupted in 79 a.d. it's one of italy's most popular tourist attractions. the deadly volcanic eruption completely destroyed the bustling port of pompei among the thousands of victims customers of this fast food restaurant which sold takeaway chicken lamb and goat the pots on the counter contain duck bones and traces of snails a noted delicacy outrun to sign warning diners to be aware of the dog and some graffiti making fun of the. scout it's the 1st time we've managed to excavate a complete term of poli i'm snack bar like this new technology allows us to pinpoint what was in these containers and continue to kick with us who freed up the excavation gives the scientists some important clues about roman eating habits and the unfortunate owner was

and for more insight on this we are joined by peter van there in the western balkans coordinator of the international organization for migration here thanks for speaking to us we've seen the misery these people are ensuring is anyone doing anything to help them. well what we're seeing really is a political did look we have been asking us why women in other international organizations and also the you for d. both the majority steward in the final 3rd location for the people that you just saw in lipa but also for us to end of $1500.00 people that were already sleeping on site in forest cams and in abandoned buildings and unfortunately despite i think of it for it's not a legal agreement has been reached and today i don't expect any progress either and it's really a political issue because unlike you know urgent durian crisis we actually have sufficient resources to immediately help all the people the only 'd thing that we need these for the authorities to identify where these people can be properly housed if you're ready to deploy or be denise half an hour. before going. and you know we'v

i strongly supported the clinton administration's intervention in the balkans in 1999.e stopped genocide from happening again on -- i by doing that. that was nato at its best, that's america at its best, stopping genocide. a million people were being thrown out of kosovo. and we stopped it. that was one of my proudest moments as a member of congress. i remember talking with president clin kohn and saying, we've got to help these people. we've got to help these people. and we did. we know in hindsight that it sthoped genocide. since then i've been a champion for kosovo's sovereignty and independence. that country has made tremendous strides and is recognized by the united states, the u.k., france, germany, japan, and so many other important nations. some people call it kosovo. others pronounce it differently. the people there are very, very pro-american. when you go there as an american you can't help but feel how much they love this country and how much -- how grateful they are that we help them. we help them with their independence. i've been honored by that country. i

particularly on the alps and then it squashes down against what is still going to be rain in the balkans that is take it case in point vienna that a 5 degrees in the cold wind on friday but it will change to a sunny skies think but look at the temperatures minus 5 minus 2 overnight legs it'll be frosty on the ground the reason snow to look at in the mountains snow proper will start to fall i think on saturday throughout the balkans as a slow moving bottom end of this frontal it's been pushing dance for europe and of course being fed by moisture from below that's a potential lot of snow however made to likely in sarajevo still snowing on sunday until the afternoon then the sollie wind chimes to start to rise so sudden europe won't necessarily join in however the course changing further north look at this huge circulation for sunday center just east of scotland as stormy weather that comes in initially on saturday spread down to knowlton's by western france was rain on it something of like. the. stories of abuse in aged care homes in the west to shock the world but there's you know it's no

low just around a tree at succeeding a fair amount of snow and some very strong winds in across the balkans and then we have storm balla dartboard low here very tightly packed ice about the very strong winds worst of the conditions have now made their way across southern parts of england where winds gusted an excess of 170 kilometers per hour want to expose spots last night as we go through the remainder is sunday that wet that windy a weather will push across northern france central areas to france into the low countries and across the into norway and also into sweden following on behind the winds coming in from a northerly direction it will turn increasingly cold a fair amount of snow to into central parts of europe there pushing down across germany down towards youse want to say spots could see as much as a meter of snow over the next couple of days as we go on into monday there's that snowy weather pushing right out across the alps while wet windy and snowy weather there in syria good parts of the balkans there you go with that cold blast that northerly wind fading in across northern pa

movement from west to east of the system so we'll see some wet weather coming back in across the balkans as we go through the remainder of whedon's day more heavy snow around the else we'll have the snow to into that their accounts i went to weather that so wintry weather as stormy weather that will continue to just push its way further eastward so across the ionian sea and eventually easing across into the aegean into that western side of he will see some cloud of rain coming in across ball garia into rumania still getting blocked off by a high pressure there into that western side of russia moscow will be draw and cold minus 5 the top temperature here where it's meanwhile across the northwest more heavy rain coming into the british isles we have seen some flooding recently into that northwestern corner of england well western parts of europe also seeing some rather wet weather over the next couple of days with the risk of flooding from all the morocco and also algeria. jump into this story and julian on global community. bio diversity is biosecurity it is that essential for our species

we've got some heavy snow pushing across the balkans at the moment some very active weather thundery downpours just around italy and the balkans sees 2 areas of low pressure gradually making the way for the race with the central possibilty bratislava quad little ridge of high pressure just nosing its way in here up towards the northwest this is where the real weather action is this is a storm which will make its way through sas take going on into sunday behind this cold front some very strong winds gales or severe gales rattling across the united kingdom we already have 85 flood warnings in for schools parks all of the u.k. 3 of them severe in will have to share and in bad. flooding will be an ongoing concern damaging winds as well really taught a packed ice about some very very windy weather blasting across oland and scotland initially and eventually pushing down across the southern wilds and southern england sweeping through as we go through the overnight period into was sunday watch weather comes back in behind the quite a rattling of showers just rolling through as we go on throu

i served in the balkans. spent time in the middle east and deployed immediately after 9/11 as parts of a team that planned the first bombing runs into afghanistan. i was taken away from my family in service and my family is with me now and made sacrifices to help me get to this point. my time in this chamber is shorter than i have hoped, i am proud what we established. h.r. 2466, the state opioid authorization act. a bill that might seem like a footnote in the congressional record to some can save countless lives. many priorities is addressing opioid addiction which has devastating consequences for families. i was sitting at my desk in congress about one year ago when my cows ain had overdosed. i talked about this with david trone on the state opioid grant authorization bill. he had lost a nephew ian to the scurge of addiction. we came together in a bipartisan way to accomplish something great and special thanks to representative cheryl and representative armstrong for their incredible support on this legisla

snow will come back into the outs as we go on through saturday a bit of a breast bite there for the balkans at this stage more heavy showers that's that western side of the mediterranean look at the temperatures struggling to get maybe 6 and 7 degrees across western powers cold air will continue to dive its way across the british isles sliding down into france and all the parts of spain and portugal as we go through the next day or 2 and that cold air also affecting parts of africa with one or 2 showers lapping into the shores of the mediterranean will possibly record also seeing some west weather central areas so we'll see somewhat dry weather and you'll see a few showers down towards the gulf of guinea with the usual showers all the way to the if you haven't heightens. 2950 s. the disputed election force believe he is 1st indigenous president into exile as evel morale is considered his future and hope to return his party rallied behind new candidates with a tense new election drawing close in late 2020 people in power went behind the scenes to see if the indigenous movement could pull off

down a nuclear power plant as a precaution let's join tanya novak from our sister channel al jazeera balkans by phone she's in zagreb tunney just tell us what the authorities are saying about the disaster zone. well the 1st part is definitely between you know 15000 population and surrounding counties circle but the earthquake was very very strongly felt in zagreb as well it was very strong it shook the ground for quite a long time for about 20 seconds and it does seem like eternity when it's happening let me just remind you this rocket was hit this spring by an earthquake of 5.5 so this was much. much stronger earthquake and at that time the center of the group was heavily damaged but stronger one almost completely destroyed the little town of 3 and so far we have confirmation by the local authorities of one death but there are a lot of other casualties and a lot of people they are being taken care of all of the services and the urgent and to petrina right away. and in the search and rescue operations clearing out the debris and taking the people out of pennsylvania and removing them to zagr

through the next 24 hours or so and down into the central mediterranean just about italy and the balkans another nasty little low there that's been producing some very heavy snow fall as well snow will become a little more expansive across the out says we go on into monday some parts could see maybe a meter of snow further north the remnants of better that will dig down with cold northerly winds blasting in across many parts all the way down into france just 10 celsius but fours and fives as for london and paris with a little wintry mix there as the cold air really set saile as we go on in super tuesday notice what a rash of snow flurries there across the low countries pushing across into central and southern parts of france wins easing across southern areas of france but certainly nothing particularly pleasant nevertheless more showers there just around corsica pushing across into italy then just more showers too across a good part of the balkans for tuesday. an invitation to bear witness to all that life office. the highs the lows the trials and tribulations the unseen movements and ev

there's an apparent patent setting out that you're not going to like if you're in italy or the balkans this is the 1st storm system the next one's on its way through the bay of biscay dowsett storm after storm this was resolved itself into this frontal system as it goes across the balkans but it gave to us 3 days of fairly heavy rain in northern italy snow up in the developments in the austrian alps as well this is result of a lot of rain a river percy's banks the powder river which means more than a had some minor flooding up the back side it so rescues were of course necessary up in the higher ground to the north so this of course raging rivers or at least the streams becoming rivers cause some damage you have to up to 3 to snow in the dollar might set aside the alps beyond into austria the same system calls vicious weather down the croatian coast and that's a result some minor water damage the strong winds in serbia to the strong winds in serbia currently are easing this is inland obviously as this system moves inland but this is not the end of it ok this is the forecast for monday

and just southern limit how far back cold gets that it is probably going to be somewhere across the balkans so here's a picture the next 2 days and windy weather in northern spain so france more snow forming not huge amounts but snow all the same and look at the temperatures you're probably disappointed as it hit the balkans the lower limit so sorry if you could well see temperatures low enough for a bit of snow in the next 3 days or so takes up the weekend and probably greece is probably on the southern side where tensions start to rise and you get rain not snow here and here is the picture of friday with the colder having reached down through spain snow right in the sciences by noon that is the start to generate some pretty stormy weather in the western med. ok calm and make sure you're not. hyping the situation be part of the debate my main characters are women when no topic is off the table there was in the last allowed child marriage to happen legally these are basically archaic walls ballots often legitimize them grega one is pedophile. online jumping to the quick section and the team

just around corsica pushing across into italy then just more showers too across a good part of the balkans for tuesday. if you look at the history of morphine if you look at the history of our own if you look at the can these stang's do not enter the world as evil underworld drugs they enter the world as medicine. a new 3 part documentary series looks at the history and geopolitics of drug trafficking and its impact on the world today drug trafficking politics and power coming soon on al-jazeera. the arab. we want to go to 0 a reminder of our top stories this hour u.s. president donald trump assigned a coronavirus relief bill after initially refusing to approve it until congress amended sections of pandemic aid and spending delay meant millions of americans temporarily lost unemployment benefits. iran is to begin human trials of a locally produced coronavirus vaccine to iran has struggled to get its hands in other vaccines because of the sanctions on its banking sector. 10 hong kong pro-democracy protesters are in court across the border in mainland china they're part of a group of 12 that

let's get more from our balkans correspondent guy de launey.t's near the city in northwestern bosnia. in that city itself is quite close to the border with croatia felt up it's a magnet for thousands of people coming up those balkan trails who want to get into the european union, over the borderfrom bosnia into croatia. the problem is at anyone time bosnia has something between seven and 10,000 people who are staying in the country prior to moving on. it doesn't have the means to accommodate them. once more you've got places where organisations like the international organisation for migration have set up emergency centers for these people. but the local authorities, local residents don't want that to happen. they don't want that to happen. they don't like having thousands of outsiders in their town. and what we've seen today is a result of that. the iom was going to close libre the national authorities were meant to renovate it. but the local authorities were blocking people from moving elsewhere. and this fire appears to have been a protest a

weather in the forecast for a couple of parts of here in particular particularly down towards the balkans big massive cloud a little area of low pressure brings a very stormy weather across the southern parts of italy the other side of the age where we will see significant snow fall coming into the balkans over the next couple days 20 to 30 centimeters certainly possible over the next 24 to 48 hours we will eventually see some snow to coming in across the british isles at the moment it's all about storm balla tightly packed damaging winds rattling through gales or even severe gales over the next couple of days and across parts of the u.k. i think across southern areas of england and wales eventually that. windy weather will sweep across northern france into the low countries rattling a showers coming back in behind but notice the temper just starting to for a while london at around 8 celsius on sunday could be about 4 degrees on monday and by this stays said you know because for some snow showers just coming in across and across many parts of england well scotland as well we will see some

montenegro journalists investigating corruption and organized crime often puts their lives at risk the balkan republic wants to join the e.u. but rights groups criticize frequent violations of reporters rights montenegro's press freedom has deteriorated in the previous years journalists had to fix soft it's from the town of bet and may soon be authorities for failing to protect him from being brutally attacked because of a story he had uncovered. i know this is the day in brown in ne in montenegro as always generous to a few softy each party in front of his house it was dark he didn't see too many lying in wait for him. but beyond their ability they repeatedly hit me in the head hard. i tried to protect my head filled to my knees they broke my hand. in america i have many head wounds. i was bleeding. could have no idea how long it lasted how many minutes. you know so i can't say anymore and i be laid back into it and he his daughter found him he was taken to hospital. those who beat him up to sociate 70 tory is a drug lord he had written about there are many indications of that but public pro

particularly on the alps and then it squashes down against what is still going to be rain in the balkans so that is take a case in point vienna that a 5 degrees in the cold wind on friday but it will change to a sunny sky thing but look at the temperatures minus 5 minus 2 overnight lows it'll be frosty on the ground the reason snow to look at in the mountains snow proper will start to fall i think on saturday throughout the balkans as a slowing leading bottom end of this frontal been pushing dance through europe and of course being fed by moisture from below so that's a potential lot of snow however meta likely in sarajevo still snowing on sunday until the afternoon and then a southerly wind to start to rise so sudden europe won't necessarily join in however the course changing further north there is huge circulation for sunday centered just east of scotland of this stormy weather that comes in initially on saturday spread down to knowlton's by western france was rain on incident like and snow. so it's ago on the news that our size korea implements is toughest ever measures to contain th

over the last years hundreds of thousands of people tried to reach the european union through the balkan route but only a few make it allegedly across on board of holies a brutally pushing the migrants back to the bosnian town of b. hatch preventing them from entering the e.u. they are stranded with little help from the government and no supplies for the approaching winter their only hope lies in bosnian volunteers like blacks and. the bosnian war left him badly wounded but 'd that's not keeping him from reaching out to those in need. slots on kovacevich is getting ready to help people in dire need 1st he has to put on his artificial limb almost 30 years ago he lost his left leg at the age of 14 in a mortar attack during the bosnian war knows that and insists the loss has only made him stronger. thems i don't really see myself as disabled movies on the contrary i was with the misery i've gone through has changed my perspective on the world and life. i can empathize much better with the pain and suffering of other people but. soon after he heads out on an emergency call outside his home t

florian clough buys a lot of his ingredients at the balkan wholesale market which boasts local products and farm products like sweet potatoes to as always quality flash inside the freshness of the products is important to florian when he shopping. it's always i need to herbs i think as. you have come to the right place. the mix is key to florence menu he combines local fruits and veggies with foods from faraway lands. did this open to the skin every for investable has its own nutritional composition that's why it's so nice to combine the local with the exotic because many diverse nutrients vitamins and minerals come together and they form a very complex meal so and that's great for the body but in cup i suppose. but healthy doesn't necessarily mean sustainable the super food served up in germany come from countries thousands of kilometers away. again why is a good example among the major produces is bolivia the variety that sells best in germany right now is harvested in salt flats. the indigenous peoples of the south american and his highlands were already farming cane was 6000 years a

and for more insight on this we are joined by peter there in the western balkans coordinator of the international organization for migration here thanks for speaking to us we've seen the misery these people are ensuring is anyone doing anything to help them. well what we're seeing really is a political did look we have been asking as i women other international organizations and also that you for the majority still identify not 3rd location for the people that you just so in lipa but also for us to end of $1500.00 people that were already sleeping outside in the forest cams and in abandoned buildings and unfortunately despite i think our base it for it's not a legal agreement has been released and today i don't expect any progress eater and it's really a political issue because unlike you know there's a military and crisis we actually have sufficient resources to immediately help all the people the only thing that we need these for the authorities to identify where these people can be properly housed if you're ready to deploy but in the next half an hour. before. and you know we've seen this in o

brutal crimes are commonplace in the west balkan countries. the network of drug lords a biased legal system and corrupt politicians are responsible for the move a new government trying things around. us and goose arms. and 30 minutes on the. let's talk about drugs this is a huge business worldwide. we need one of the 1st legal cannabis farmers in china. and pioneers in growing medical marijuana in denmark plus we want to find out is the eastland high for a lot of hot air. made. in 2 minutes on w. am fairy tale. legend. has the solution for an instant trick monarch. fiendish fantasy. up. to see a loyal treasure. secrets the curse starts december 25th. this is news and these are our top stories a u.s. government advisory panel has endorsed widespread use of the bio and take pfizer coronavirus vaccine putting the country just one step away from launching a mass vaccination campaign the food and drug administration is expected to follow the recommendation and approve the vaccine meaning the rollout could begin within days. a year leaders have agre

you can see from the pressure systems developed in the uk and balkans and much of the mediterranean.t's where i want to put a lot of focus there. rainfall has hit that region. let's look at this video in italy where heavy rain and strong winds on tuesday caused flooding in venice and italy and caught them off guard and count implement the change in time and it brought it in a short period. people should still expect another increase by thursday. that increase could go as high as 130 centimeters there, which could lead to even more flooding. if you look at what is coming, more rainfall coming up across the mediterranean affecting many places in southern europe, slovenia, croatia, could see a lot of excess rainfall as well as snowfall in certain places looking at snowfall building up to 90 centimeters and rainfall up to 110 millimeters possible. please be careful and take care at all times. that's all for your weather. have a great day. >>> that's nhk "newsline" for this hour. i'm yamamoto miki in tokyo. thank you for staying with us on "nhk world" japan. ♪ >>> welcome to "newsline" in

we need something in france or the balkans this year that will distract the germany, 30 or 40 germandditions from the eastern front. churchill doesn't have that many divisions in the whole version army. for him to do that is unlikely to say the least. and stalin's messages get more and more angry to the point where churchill is furious at one of them and tells the soviet ambassador in london to this very directly. and the ambassador makes it clear to stalin that he -- some kind of apology, some kind of backing off is needed, stalin is not a man who does apologies. what he does instead probably from suggestions is he sends churchill a birthday card. again, i'm slightly exaggerating. a birthday telegram, warmly congratulate you on your birthday. from the bottom of my heart wish you strength and health which are so necessary for the victory over the enemy of mankind, hitlerism, accept my best wishes, stalin. that complete change of mood is one that stalin discovered and got better at over time. he was a man who could just change the weather quite sharply. and what is striking, in fact,

i strongly supported the clinton administration's intervention in the balkans in 1999. we stopped genocide from happening again on -- i by doing that. that was nato at its best, that's america at its best, stopping genocide. a million people were being thrown out of kosovo. and we stopped it. that was one of my proudest moments as a member of congress. i remember talking with president clin kohn and saying, we've got to help these people. we've got to help these people. and we did. we know in hindsight that it sthoped genocide. since then i've been a champion for kosovo's sovereignty and independence. that country has made tremendous strides and is recognized by the united states, the u.k., france, germany, japan, and so many other important nations. some people call it kosovo. others pronounce it differently. the people there are very, very pro-american. when you go there as an american you can't help but feel how much they love this country and how much -- how grateful they are that we help them. we help them with their independence. i've been honored by that country.

some locations might see gusts up to 100 miles an hour into the balkan peninsula and spain.e on the lookout for that. have the umbrella handy in paris and rome as we go through friday. have a good day wherever you are. ♪ ♪ >>> that concludes this edition of nhk "newsline." i'm radical ja prja pradhan in . ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> this is "newsline" biz. ntt docomo is set to launch a new service with relatively low fees. it also expects to cut charges for existing plans as the government calls on telecom firms to ssh prices. starting in march, the new plan will cost around $30 a month. users will get 20 gigabytes of data and aess to a 5g network. domestic calls under five minutes will be free. young people are the main target. >> translar: our company has been very weak at attracting young customers. we won't get them unless we offerervices that are more competitive than other carriers. >> theeo says the firm will announce details of the price cuts for current services by year end. >>> nhk has learned that japan's government plans to phase outs sales of new gasoline vehicles by the mid 2030

as the winter storm moves east, snowshowers and showers will spread into the balkans as we go into thekend. snow may reach up to 40 centimeters. and heavy rainfall will increase on the western side of the country, as much as 100 millimeters. another low pressure storm system will also produce widespread showers and snow in western europe. gusts may exceed 100 kilometers per hour. windy conditions in london, paris and down to madrid on friday. rome and athens will continue to see unstable conditions on friday. people in the southwestern u.s. have been dealing with drought conditions for the last few months. they finally had some rainfall on thursday and more rainfall is expected on friday, as the next storm system moves in. the storm system will also produce widespread snowshowers across the rocky mountains. a high pressure system will go to the western side of the country on friday. but the conditions will change to wet and windy as we go into the weekend. some showers will spread into new york and washington, d.c. on saturday. then, we'll see some heavy mountain snow as we go into fri

it if i now or western balkans coordinator of the i.o.m.thanks for that update thank you archaeologists in the italian city of pompei have excavated a strikingly well preserved ancient roman fast food restaurant a even found leftovers what was on the menu nearly 2000 years ago on pay was buried in lava and ash on mount vesuvius erupted in 79 a d. it's one of italy's most popular tourist attractions. the deadly volcanic eruption completely destroyed the bustling port of pompei among the thousands of victims customers of this fast food restaurant which sold takeaway chicken lamb and goat the pots on the counter contain duck bones and traces of snails a noted delicacy outfront assigned morning diners to be aware of the dog and some graffiti making fun of the. scout it's the 1st time we've managed to excavate a complete term of poli i'm snack bar like this new technology allows us to pinpoint what was in these containers and we continue to take it with us you frieda . the excavation gives the scientists some important clues about roman eating h

we'll see stormy conditions in italy and the balkan peninsula. watch out for rain and strong winds.t's it for me. stay safe. ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> and that wraps up this edition of nhk "newsline." i'm raja pradhan in tokyo. coming up next is "newsline biz" with gene otani, so don't go away. ♪ >>> this is "newsline biz." i'm gene otani. south korea's president says his country will consider joining the transpacific partnership free trade pact. moon jae-in was speaking in seoul on tuesday in an annual trade day ceremony. >> translator: as the global economy recovers from coronavirus, countries will compete with each other to seize market share. we'll continue to consider joining the tpp. >> south korean media say this is the first time the president has spoken in a positive way about participating in the 11-country free trade deal. the asian nation is among the members that signed the regional comprehensive economic partnership last month. the deal includes 15 countries on the western side of the pacific, including japan and china. seoul is apparently taking another look at international free tra