barnaby phillips, pr al jazeera. >> to to croatia. age are over the government's efforts to put up signs in both the latin script used for croatian, and cyrillic scrip. >> during croatian war for independence over a government making bilingual signs, where more than athird of people belong to an ethnic pr minority. signs put up in cyrillic characters, vucovar was changed to credit exempted from this law. >> commute city so at this moinltd these two completely, procession that was led by the committee locked the way for the official below session with politicians to become one alarge possession and when it hpped the second time the officials decided not to impose themselves, they went on and paid their respect there. >> fully updated with the latest news. let's return to dna and flavia. >> thank you, felicity. sports news: >> we sit down with former indianaian batting star and tell us what his plans are after retirement. stay with us. >> audiences are intelligent and they know that their needs are not being met by american tv news toda

barnaby phillips, al jazeera, athens. >> that's the latest from europe.to darren in doha. >>> thanks, phyllisty. now more on the demonstrations in thailand. demonstrations have also taken over government facilities in in other parts of the country. wayne traveled to a southern town at the heart of the country's opposition movement. ♪ >> reporter: political protests have become part of thailand's culture. this gathering is being held in a southern town and comes complete with traditional dancing, and the usual rallying cries from the stage. the leaders echoing their counterparts in bangkok, calling for the government to go. >> translator: i'm sure the government has no more than three days left. they must return the power to the people. >> reporter: the protesters have set up outside of the headquarters of the local administration. many staff are also protesting, while others are working elsewhere. >> translator: the situation can be controlled by peace talks. i'm working from home because i don't want to confront them. >> reporter: the numbers here are lo

barnaby phillips, al jazeera, madrid. ♪ >>> and i'm dave warren.e're looking at a big change with our weather here from the mid-atlantic south. the radar shows what is happening here. this is a front moving south. there is some snow coming down. it could be fairly heavy briefly before it clears out. it has already done that near in new york and through philadelphia. the sun is battling a cold northwest wind so it won't do much to warm the temperatures up. there is the future weather computer showing the clouds and rain clearing up. but these are lake-effect snow showers. by tomorrow temperatures are even colder. temperatures are trying to climb a bit -- it's 38 in philadelphia, 38 in new york. get a little sunshine that number may go up a few degrees, but then the wind kicks in. it gets even colder tomorrow, but here comes the warmup thursday, friday, and saturday back just barely above 50 degrees, but we are dry. the front pushing south. big contrast in temperatures when you go from san tone -- san antonio to dallas. by tomorrow temperatures could

barnaby phillips reports. >> in a court, anticipation, a complex case, but a very simple question at the root of it for the judge to consider, who was to blame for one of europe's worst environmental disasters, the sinking of the prestige oil tanker. spanish maritime authority said the judge, nor the greek captain nor his crew, although the captain was convicted on a lesser charge of disobeying the spanish authorities. >> justice has moved very slowly in the prestige case, and it still doesn't feel complete. 11 years after the ship sunk, we're not much wiser, even after this trial as to who was ultimately responsible. >> they said shame, they wanted politicians to answer for the disaster. >> i feel really, really sad, because today is a bad day for us, for all the country, and people. >> the prestige floundered for days in heavy seas. spain, portugal and france all tried to keep the sinking ship away from their coasts. when it went down, tens of thousands of tons of oil spilled into the sea and ended up on the shore. most cleanup was done by volunteers who came from all over spain. t

barnaby phillips is in rome, and he tells us what is next for berlusconi. >> reporter: he is on the sidelinesf politics. he lost that directly to political power which he has enjoyed for two decades here in industry italy. i havitaly. he remains a very wealthy man, and that gives him influence. remember he controls a media empire. he has television stations, newspapers to project his point of views. his own section will remain loyal to him. within with the last half hour or so he has been telling supporters that this is a bad day, a leak day for italian democracy as far as he is concerned but he'll carry on fighting. he has been the dominant figure from 1993-on wards. i think the bravado that you heard today. despite the enthusiastic reception which he got from his supporters here in the center of rome, there is a section that we are nearing an end of an era. i know it's dangerous to say that in relation to berlusconi. the loyal power is ebbing away from him. >> new chance in technology. a virtual where a scalpel is never used. >>> we have more on athletes are head concussions. jessica taff w

barnaby phillips, al jazeera, spain. >> three people have been arrested in moscow an after throwing firerackers at the polish embassy. it's believed to be retaliation of the attack on the russian embassy in poland three days ago. >>> the parliament has delayed the vote of a woman who wants to go to germany for medical treatment. she must be released before treatment can be found. >>> those in sicily are angry about the government's budget for next year. transport workers walked off the work and unionists marched to the city center. they say the budget doesn't do enough to lower taxes and reverse years of austerity. . the body of a spy was discovered in his london apartment three years ago. a coroner ruled he had been killed. the police say there is little evidence of foul play. >>> more news layer in the news hour but right now it's back to david. >> felicity thank you very much, indeed. syrian government military are being sent to aleppo to the front lines. >> reporter: cornered in a battle, they have dispatched reinforcements to a strategic city. this video appears to show the first ba

barnaby phillips reports now from madrid. >> reporter: it was a city that prided itself on being clean well maintained. but right now, madrid is a rather depressing place. up setting for locals and tourists. >> we just arrived here about an hour or so ago. and our first impression was the bar gauge on the street actuall actually. >> the condition is deplorable. >> reporter: everyone is paying the price of the failure of trade unions and a group of private companies ability to reach an agreement. the private companies would not speak us to on camera, but off camera they told me they are prepared to be flexible but the unions have to meet them halfway. but the unions are pretty fired up, frightened of losing their jobs, and seeing already modest salaries reduced. >> translator: we are very, very lucky to have work, but we don't want jobs that pay so badly that we can't feed our children. we want to keep our dignity. >> reporter: to rubbish collection centers are at a stand still. the spanish government has opted for privatization to keep the public deficit down and make services profitab

barnaby phillips, aljazeera, madrid. >> spain is proposing the lay offs of one fifth of sanitation workersize how important the job is. >> coming up, a battle of two joints. >> architects are set to decide which building is the tallest in the nation. why a design feature could give one world center the advantage over the willis injure a new crisis emerging in one african nation affecting half of its duties. how the world bank plans to remedy the problem. what happens when social media uncovers unheard, fascinating >> good morning, and hello winter. we saw pictures of a very snowy manhattan. >> it's not even thanksgiving yet, come on! >> winter is here, welcome back to aljazeera america. i'm thomas drayton. >> i'm stephanie sy. half of the adult population is unable to read. we'll find out the possible solution the world bank is proposing to solve that problem. >> that story in a moment. first, the potential for precipitation today. >> hearing people in the northeast talk about the snow, it is november. it's not like we haven't seen snow before, and it is mostly flurries. the northwest, any