and, honestly, idon‘t think that belgrade kind of applies to either of those. start to shake the perception held by some in the international community that belgrade, and serbia as a whole, are intolerant to minorities. we do have this legacy of retrograde attitudes towards minorities but we must all keep in mind that all those things were in the past. in recent years, we have had successful gay prides in belgrade — although with huge support from police security — but comparing to the first years of organising gay pride, when it was almost impossible to imagine that it would be held, the things have changed a lot. and the face of the city is changing, too. 3 billion euros have been pumped into regenerating belgrade‘s waterfront. it's a project that's been controversial with some locals, but it is hoped will bring investment and tourism to the capital. it's clear that whatever the future holds for belgrade, the river will still be at its very heart. and so, my near—1000km voyage down the river sava, through the balkans, is complete. and what a trip it's been. h

and honestly, i don't think the belgrade applies to either of those.na hopes the city can start to shake the perception held by some in the international community that belgrade and serbia as a whole are intolera nt to belgrade and serbia as a whole are intolerant to minorities. we do have this legacy of retrograde attitudes towards minorities that we must all keepin towards minorities that we must all keep in mind that all those things we re keep in mind that all those things were in the past. in recent years, were in the past. in recent years, we have had successful gay pride in belgrade, although with huge support from police security, but comparing to the first years of organising gay pride which when it was almost impossible to imagine that it would be held, things have changed a lot. in the face of the city is changing also. 3 billion euros have been pumped into regenerating a great‘s waterfront. it is a project that has been controversial but some locals but it is hoped will bring investment and tourism to the capital. it's clear that whatever t

and honestly, i don't think the belgrade applies to either of those.y. dina hopes the city can start to shake the perception held by some in the international community that belgrade and serbia as a whole are intolerant to minorities. we do have this legacy of retrograde attitudes towards minorities all keep in mind that all those things were in the past. in recent years, we have had successful gay pride in belgrade, although with huge support from police security, and - face and face ‘ the is too. 3 billion euros have changing, too. 3 billion euros have been pumped into regenerating the waterfront. it is a project that has been controversial with some locals but it is hoped it will bring in investment and tourism to the capital. whatever the future holds for belgrade, the river will i have seen how the river has been a crucial artery, stretching all the way back to roman times, and her more recently it was the backdrop to some of the most brutal fighting of the i990s. for me, it has been truly incredible to see how the river is now helping to heal the

it was thanks to a stunning goal from red star belgrade.unning goalfrom giroud. if you believe their critics, this is where arsenal should struggle, they charged atmosphere —— they charged. nowadays theo walcott has to rely on shuffling the pack, he has not started in a premier league game this season. belgrade could not quite punish arsenal there, and they we re quite punish arsenal there, and they were european champions back in 1991, but they seem content to be noisy spoilers. restricting arsenal to occasional princes of goal. reiss nelson came as close as any. the game went to way of arsenal here. the referee saw this as worthy of a yellow card, and he had all the got one. the quality which had been missing was distilled into one move and one remarkable goalfrom giroud, and one remarkable goalfrom giroud, a striker who doesn't get into their league team, maybe pause for thought, certainly pause a celebration. —— for celebration. as pressure mounts on senior figures at the fa after the performance in front of a board of mps yesterday. to

intention is to follow the river from here, at its very beginning, until it meets the danube, in belgradeear 1,000 kilometre course, flowing through four countries that just over 25 years ago were joined as part of yugoslavia. the emerald waters snake through the cliffs and then widen into one of the sava's main tributaries, which has now become famous for watersports. and i'm getting a face first perspective. this is bellyaking. and, yep, there's a hint in the name. it looks like a kayak, but you lay on top of it and use your hands to peddle. like many slovenian kids, luka grew up in the countryside and the sava was a huge part of his childhood. i spent my whole life in the same house about 50 metres away from the river, so when i wake up, if i had my window open, i can already hear it. here in slovenia, the river isn't just used for watersports — it's an important source of hydropower, and luka thinks the river also has an important role to play in uniting the communities who live throughout its course. we were formerly part of yugoslavia, so we are sort of still connected. while our la

mighty river sava, flowing for nearly 1,000 kilometres from the alps in slovenia, right across to belgradebia. it's the longest river within the balkans. a vital artery that's borne witness to so much history, stretching all the way back to ancient and medieval times and of course the turmoil of recent decades. today, the sava connects four countries that just a generation ago were at war. 0n myjourney i'll be exploring how today this river is healing wounds by boosting trade and tourism and creating a new identity for the region. and finding out why locals call this the ‘vital heart of the balkans'. a nation ofjust two million people, slovenia prides itself on its close relationship with nature. it's one of the most densely forested countries in europe and nearly two thirds of its landscape is green space. this river, the sava, has been a crucial trading route for centuries, dating back to 400 bc, when the celts named it after their river god savus, protector of merchants and travellers. and this is the river's source, the magnificent savica waterfall, bursting from two separate points on

arsenal make nine changes for their europa league match against red star belgrade.r in serbia, it is goalless. i'm a rugby player. on a rugby player. i'm a rugby player. and an old boys‘ club no more. we look at a new incentive for rugby union as it tries to appeal to a whole new audience. welcome to sportsday. plenty to come. today, pressure has built on those in power after seniorfigures answered questions in front of mps regarding discrimination claims that were made against the former england boss mark sampson. tonight, the organisation's board is meeting and despite the handling of dissemination claims against the former england women's boss mark samson being described as a sorry saga, we expect the board to back the current leaderboard. let's get oui’ the current leaderboard. let's get our latest —— we will get the latest from our sport editor in a moment but first, richard conway brings us the story so far. accusations of a cover—up, claims of a failure to support a victim of racism, evidence labelled as shambolic. the fa is dealing with another self—made cri

this river goes from belgrade to serbia. it is the longest river within the balkans.rtery that has borne witness to so much history, stretching all the way back to ancient and medieval times and, of course, the turmoil of recent decades. today, it connects four countries that just a decades. today, it connects four countries thatjust a generation ago we re countries thatjust a generation ago were at war. 0n countries thatjust a generation ago were at war. on my countries thatjust a generation ago were at war. 0n myjourney, i will be exploring how, today, this river is helping to kill those wins by boosting trade and tourism and creating a new identity for the region. and finding out why locals call this the fatal heart of the balkans. —— vital heart. a nation ofjust 2 million people, slovenia prides itself on its close relationship with nature. it's one of the most densely forested countries in europe and nearly two thirds of its landscape is green space. this river, the sava, has been a crucial trading route for centuries, dating back to 400 bc, when the celts named

one presidential elections earlier this year opposition parties are hoping to dilute his power in belgrade the philippine president is being accused of trying to cover up allegations of corruption within his family by supporting the impeachment of the chief judge in the supreme court and an ombudsman president rodrigo to tend to says dissenting voices want to impeach him to melinda and has more from manila. my president would be good to thirty is accusing opposition members of plotting to this that belies the government to terror to says orbits month conchita carpio morale is and supreme court chief justice lord are part of a wider coalition that includes the liberal party and the leftist movement both were appointed by former president binney the leader of the opposition liberal party. or ellis office is investigating allegations that the terror to secret bank accounts containing hundreds of millions of dollars he acquired in his decades old stint as mayor of davos city in the southern philippines there to denies the allegations an impeachment complaint filed against supreme court chief j

el arsenal visito al red star belgrade en accion del grupo "h" el conjunto ingles marcha invicto en lo y lo que termino siendo el gol de la jornada llego cortesia del frances oliver giroud. vean el recurso del atacante del arsenal para poder dejar la pelota en el fondo de la red y con esto el arsenal sigue perfecto tres partidos disputados tres victorias. el dia de ayer se disputo una edicion mas del clasico nacional donde el america sigue en ascenso derrotando a un equipo de chivas que ha decepcionado y hoy amanecio como ultimo lugar de la tabla general. a pesar de que los resultados no se le han dado al rebaÑo sagrado matias almeyda seguira frente al club. por lo que resta del torneo y ahora se enfocaran en disputar la copa mx. alymeyda asumio su responsabilidad despues del descalabro de ayer. los espero a las 11 de la noche con lo mejor del sexto juego entre dodgers y cubs ademas los raiders se enfrentan a los chiefs. vamos a una pausa comercial regresamos con mas informacion aqui noticiero telemundo 48 hoy a las once ... este jueves. >> ccara con un racista y manifestantes interrum

the latest came in the hostile arena of red star in belgrade...livier giroud. patrick gearey has more. perhaps he just needed a chance, perhaps that was it. arsene wenger‘s side have been criticised for everything from the metals are marking. the latter at fault here but red star belgrade could not quite punish them. when stalwart european champions in 1991 but seem content european champions in 1991 but seem co nte nt to european champions in 1991 but seem content to be noisy spoilers, restricting arsenal to occasional dancers of all, 17—year—old rhys nelson came as close as any. the game kicked the gunners here. use of the armour seemed worthy as a yellow card. he had already got one, so his evening was over. arsenals was just starting. the quality which had been missing distilled into one move and one remarkable goal from missing distilled into one move and one remarkable goalfrom due rude. afterjust one point from their opening two matches everton are currently taking on french side lyon in their latest group game. ronald koeman left wayne roo

one presidential elections earlier this year opposition parties are hoping to dilute his power in belgrade the philippine president is being accused of trying to cover up allegations of corruption within his family by supporting the impeachment of the supreme court's chief judge president regurgitator says dissenting voices want to impeach him saudi arabia's ambassador to the un has rejected accusations that his country has a lax attitude towards child casualties in its war in yemen the united nations says hundreds of children have been killed all in all maimed in attacks on schools and hospitals both a saudi had coalition and who the rebels are being blamed on the american civil liberties union is suing the trumpet ministration after it rolled back measures on birth control and ploys will now be exempt from providing health insurance that covers contraceptives to their employees the measures aimed at protecting religious freedom the lawsuit claims the change would be unconstitutional those are the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after what i want to stage in terms of what

they come from belgrade. that's where their careers began. it was the mid-1990s. together with other students in the group otpor, they had a goal -- to topple then-president slobodan miloevic and set the stage for free elections. their tactic -- nonviolent resistance, much of it based on humor in action. >> people need to have something to -- they need to belong to something. so creating that impression like using humor, making it sexy and this kind of things -- and then people know who you are if you're doing something on the streets. it is important to have symbols and to create a brand because that's the way of life. >> otpor's symbol was a fist. day it's bn adopted a logo by their new organization canvas. canvas trains and advis actists all over the world and offers seminars online. >> we've probably worked with people from 40, 50 different countries. i've lost count completely. and this ranges from small student groups fighting for justice or less rape on their campus to the large organizations that are shaking the autocratic governments across the world. our

intention is to follow the river from here, at its very beginning, until it meets the danube, in belgradeemerald waters snake through the cliffs and then widen into one of the sava's main tributaries, which has now become famous for watersports. and i'm getting a face first perspective. this is bellyaking. and, yep, there's a hint in the name. it looks like a kayak, but you lay on top of it and use your hands to peddle. like many slovenian kids, luka grew up in the countryside and the sava was a huge part of his childhood. i spent my whole life in the same house about 50 metres away from the river, so when i wake up, if i had my window open, i can already hear it. here in slovenia, the river isn't just used for watersports — it's an important source of hydropower, and luka thinks the river also has an important role to play in uniting the communities who live throughout its course. we were formerly part of yugoslavia, so we are sort of still connected. while our languages may not be that similar, they still have the same origin, so we are still sort of one nation and it's sort of nice to

they beat belgrade 1—0 and i just their perfect start.t have to show you this goal. it was sublime. watch the build up play. such, short, snappy the build up play. such, short, snappy passes. it is the arsenal of old, isn't it? and then look at the goal. fantastic. a seated, bicycle kick, i don't know what you would call that. they are playing very well, indeed. three wins from three. they're top of group h and then they 90, they're top of group h and then they go, chloe, you would imagine with a great deal of confidence into the league. they face everton on saturday. a beautiful goal. that's what the fans want to see. and ronnie 0'sullivan's been grabbing attention again at snooker‘s english 0pen. iam i am usually talking about ronnie 0'sullivan. a spectator managed to evade security and interrupted his match just as he was about to seal victory. let's show you what happened. ronnie 0'sullivan assumed she was harmless and this was her big movement. he gave her the cue stick to pot the black and a big moment for her and she failed twice.

up a little studio in her apartment and spread to over fifty kilometers from the serbian capital belgrade. she learnt to draw as a child and taught herself to paint today illusionist videos are her trademark. i live challenges and that's why i choose to do it lucian and it's very funny when you make another not in your stomach or you are. i'm enjoying to do this because every day i'm someone else. could go launched her own video channel in two thousand and sixteen her international breakthrough came with wooden puppet dog a video that won or a top makeup artists award in serbia. she also made an appearance on spanish television. more than one hundred thirty thousand fans have subscribed to her you tube channel and regularly watch your videos she can't believe her luck. i'm so happy i am we'd also be able you know from all over the world and we are talking and when they write he says for rosie o. kisses from wrong i have the feeling that i was there or i am there you know so it's a very special feeling. a mother of two in her mid thirty's she makes a living from her channel posting to new

relations he is currently traveling on business and he joins us tonight from the serbian capital belgrade francisco's going to have you on the day marianna roy today repeatedly labeled the independence referendum in catalonia and yesterday's independence move both illegal i mean is he right it makes the cattle on parliament sound like a rogue state in waiting. well i mean end of the whole is not only begin as a person though they're going to cause pain but. he's also speaking in a way to kind of they've got an opposition which just a month ago when these so-called disconnection laws were rammed through basically left the parliament so that picture nobody's of catalonia as us in my and t. in the parliament issue that these laws were passed contravening parliamentary rules and at the loneliest instead of autonomy which needs two thirds of of. m.p.'s for beginning it's amendment their rule in looking at the lonia which favors secession of some form of secession doesn't have this number show this is where these specific point of the crisis started now there are a whole east move today was rat

when you sit down in belgrade on saturday, it is the minsk agreement on the table, that is the starting implemented. what is failing as there is a lack of political will to do it, so we are having with greater us engagement with russia we can generate political will and see if we can move forward. it is an important role you are playing, thank you for speaking to us. iraqi forces say they've recaptured hawija from so—called islamic state. the city was the jihadist militant group's last stronghold in the north of the country. i—s now holds only a desert area near the syrian border. the win was aided by us—led coalition air—strikes and shia militias. police here in the uk say that the former british prime minister sir edward heath would have been questioned about allegations of raping an 11—year—old boy and indecently assaulting six other people if he was still alive. officers added it should not be assumed that the politician, who died in 2005, was guilty. and the man once known as the german 'james bond' has been sentenced for tax evasion. keeping a low profile in court, werner mauss, w

arsenal have made nine changes for their europa league match in belgrade tonight.ces from the premier league defeat at watford. there's also a rare start forjack wilshere who's been defending his team's performance at vicarage road after it was criticised for lacking fight and determination. you cannot question our character, you know. people try and put us down and they always have. i don't think the comments were justified. when we look back at the game and look at ourselves and what we did wrong, i don't think we can look back and question how a character. we did certain things wrong, but we certainly did not want to let the lead slip. we will move on. everton's match kicks off at 8 tonight against lyon and their manager has faced similar criticism after a poor start to both domestic and european campaigns. speaking yesterday, he says his situation is simple — only a victory will do against the french side. only one point out of two, and we need to win. a win at home and normally. we need three wins at home and then if we get something out of the away games, it

reference to a friend whom there was you know really there was no equipment from the government in belgrade. and the dialogue no dialogue and the u.s. just forced course it was independence and then recognized corso as an independent state so what what do we see here and compete at least clear double standard where in those countries that the west european union brussels and washington want to destroy the countries they want to weaken they recognize but but in catalonia know it's interesting david you know one man one vote wants ok and this is what's happening within the european union the way i see it i think the european union has handled it very badly but that's what they usually do well i would say that the reaction of the russian government was quite right you know we do not decide the spaniards and they could to warnings have to decide it themselves no one can decide it better than themselves but there is an actor in this game which is important that is the european union and russia is not true to that because the european union is leading an economic war against russia much more than

games no wonder they have lost both their matches but they determined to make a breakthrough in belgrade loose doesn't seem to feel it's our goal to first win a game so that we can get that monkey off our backs and this is what was why shouldn't we pick up points just because we have none in the arab league doesn't name a flood of belarus and get destroyed and if something doesn't give the coach the man that took cologne to the european competition after such a long wait could be on his way out. of cologne or not the only german team struggling in the europa league it's hoffenheim suppressed ever european campaign but they still waiting for their first ever euro win to salvage any hope of making the knockout stage they need a victory after suffering two losses in the group stage both hoffenheim and cologne will be hoping thursday could be a turning point. for. england's football association has apologized to two women's national team players for racial comments made to them by former coach mark sampson an independent investigation concluded sampson had made the discriminatory remarks to

and hundreds of people have held a rally to demand free and fair elections and serbia's capital belgrade opposition leaders accuse the ruling party of tampering with the ball to lists before local elections next year the vote is seen as a test for president alexander church those are the headlines on al-jazeera do stay with us the listening post is coming up next thank you for watching. facing realities your president said that there would be a complete audit a hundred percent audit that audit hasn't happened getting to the heart of the matter so are you saying then the future of the g.c.c. will be in doubt. here the story. on talk to al-jazeera at this time. with the. week. after showdown with always a referendum. on the. way. the armature gives birth and you're at the listening post here are some of the media stories we're covering this week catalonia you know the journalism is problematic when some of the journalists want their own bosses fired vietnam where many bloggers are challenging the state controlled news narrative and are paying the price indian journalists taking on national

they beat red star belgrade i—0 europa league. they beat red star belgrade 1—0 last night.ta ke lewis hamilton says he has no plans to take in need during the american national anthem before the united states grand prix. he said that he thought the movement, protesting against racial injustice, was awesome. i will be back with more london stories and 15 minutes. a major study has concluded that pollution contributed to the deaths of 50,000 people in the uk in 2015. the findings, which are published in the medicaljournal the lancet, looked at the effect of man—made chemicals on people with illnesses such as heart disease and stroke. the government says it has a £3 billion plan to improve air quality. here's our health correspondent rob sissons. pollution is well recognised in countries like mexico and this latest study links air pollution to two—thirds of the nine million deaths from pollution around the world. contaminated water accounts for many of the others, while there are also hazards for people at work. during 2015 in the uk, 8% of deaths, that's 50,000, have been lin

leadership he entered office earlier this year opposition parties are hoping to weaken his power and belgrade so don has welcomed the u.s. decision to lift some economic sanctions they were imposed and nine hundred ninety seven other allegations of support groups the u.s. says there's been improved human rights and progress on counterterrorism efforts and saddam the decision for sanctions relief began under the obama administration. the body of a missing u.s. soldier has been found two days after an ambush of a military patrol in the soldiers' one of four u.s. troops killed in an attack by suspected isolated fighters that happened two hundred kilometers north of the capital niamey u.s. and. leaving a meeting with tribal elders when they were fired on. campaigning ends on sunday ahead of elections in liberia to find a successor to president ellen johnson sirleaf and prize winner who's standing down after two terms the elections on tuesday will be the third since. there are twenty candidates including vice president. johnson sirleaf was africa's first female president when elected in two thousa

and hundreds of people have held a rally to demand free and fair elections and serbia's capital belgrade opposition leaders accuse the ruling party of tampering with the ball to lists before local elections next year the vote is seen as a test for president alexander church those are the headlines on al-jazeera do stay with the listening post of coming up next thank you for watching . facing realities your president said that there would be a complete audit a hundred percent audit that audit hasn't happened getting to the heart of the matter so are you saying then that the future of the. story. on talk to al-jazeera at this time. we. were always told we're going to.

his spectacular strike gives the gunners a 1—0 win at red star belgrade.ing. 0utcast and is desperate and facing appalling of the un children's agency unicef as it described the living conditions being endured by hundreds of thousands of rohingya muslims, in particular the 12,000 children now fleeing myanmar for neighbouring bangladesh every week. more than half a million refugees have left their homes in myanmar where they faced a military offensive and have been burned out offensive and have been burned out of their homes following long—standing tensions and violence in the area. clive myrie reports from the refugee camp just over the border in bangladesh, you may find some of the images distressing. every breath is a struggle for mohammad ibrahim. six months old and fighting pneumonia, he is terribly weak and malnourished. he has just a 50—50 chance of seeing out another day. a sense of sorrow hangs heavy in the air at this clinic in bangladesh. 80% of the patients are rohingya muslim refugees, and many are malnourished children, the weakest of the weak

rule one presidential elections earlier this year opposition parties hoping to dilute his power in belgrade. the philippine president is being accused of trying to cover up allegations of corruption within his family by supporting the impeachment of the chief judge in the supreme court and then. president rodrigo detector says dissenting voices want to impeach him john allen dogan has more now from manila. president of the good that is accusing opposition members of plotting to this that belies the government detectives says. and supreme court chief justice. are part of a wider coalition that includes the liberal party and the leftist movement both were appointed by former president bill. the leader of the opposition liberal party . for alice's office is investigating allegations that the secret bank accounts containing hundreds of millions of dollars he acquired in his decades old stint as mayor of devil city in the southern philippines denies the allegations and impeachment complaint filed against supreme court chief justice has been deemed sufficient by congress the majority are allies o

spending visa services after the arrest of an american consulate worker at a one was speaking in belgrade where he's holding talks with the serbian president on the economy and infrastructure projects. we didn't start this the united states is responsible for the fact that the high level administrator is didn't have any discussions with our foreign minister is a topic that i find strange what's made it complicated is that an ambassador in ankara made that kind of decision and said i made it in the name of my country. the united states should ask him how dare you harm turkish u.s. relations if my ambassador did such a thing we wouldn't keep him in the post not for one minute more. united nations says eleven thousand people cross from in mind to bangladesh on monday as numbers of refugees continue to grow the u.n. high commission for refugees says it's on full alert over the influx of revenge into bangladesh becomes a major car immunization campaign gets underway near cox's bizarre claim to protecting newly arrived refugees more than half a million people of fed miramar in the past six week