the village of credulity in the foothills of the caucasus mountains is divided by barbed wire fences and well mannered checkpoints making up the demarcation line between central georgia and south of setia now russia is consolidating its military presence there after the collapse of the soviet union the province of south ossetia declared independence from georgia but in two thousand and eight when georgia tried to retake control of the region russia occupied south of setia since then the conflict remains unresolved our reporter visited the demarcation line which cuts through villages and separates families barbed wire cuts across the village of curveball that he in central georgia the town is divided as some places were divided during the cold war only animals can pass through unhindered. since the end of the russian georgian war in two thousand and eight two hundred european union observers have watched over the demarcation line and what they see has them worried the ceasefire is still holding but south a set is isolating itself with negative consequences for the people here. farmer

while talk of georgia as a singapore of the caucasus may still seem premature new railings to china and a new deep sea port mean the country could soon revive history as an important stage on the new silk route and the center of eurasia and trade. thanks for watching and. take off my. house do you consider yourself a pioneer romano definitely a pioneer. and what happens when dortmund and shaka fight song it's done the same no it's small. moments that write history and. international talk show for journalists discuss the topic of the week the question in german politics now is how stable is the country following the dramatic breakdown of coalition soldiers will that be fresh elections and how dangerous is the crisis for. america find our own country. in sixty minutes on. climate change. waste. pollution. isn't it time for good news go at africa people and projects that are changing no unfair meant for the better it's up to us to make a difference. for gun. magazine d w. germany state by state. the most colorful. the liveliest. the most traditional. find it all that any time. check in wit

protein wanted to stop the spread of terror and the growing radicalization in the caucasus on october the first nine hundred ninety nine he gave the order for what he called anti terrorist actions the second chechen war began. after russia's disastrous defeat in the first chechen war this time the republic was quickly brought to its knees. fully you can talk about an absolute russian victory over the separatists because the former rebels are now the government in chechnya. akhmad kadyrov played a crucial role in russia's victory during the first chechen more he fought against russia as the country's highest islamic jurist he called for jihad a holy war. at the station. but in two thousand russia's public enemy number one switched sides. came to the conclusion that it was better to negotiate with russia than to end up in an islamic theocracy he sided with russia and was appointed by putin as the head of the administration. could you off was elected president in october two thousand and three as soon as you came to power he made a deal with moscow what was putin's bait chechnya would re

it's here at the foot of the caucasus mountains just a stone's throw from georgia's border with russia that scientists believe that wine was first produced some eight thousand years ago today one of the country's third biggest export. german unsure when winds now fills about one and a half million bottles year ninety percent of it brick sport western europe used to be the firm's biggest market but that's not changing fast this. example you know if all of the warnings for why china. this goes. on and. china adopting e.u. standards has opened doors and not just in europe other countries are taking notice of georgian wine but what does the country's free trade deal with the e.u. meant in practical terms for day to day business. our board is here and all and. it's march better for to make business for european countries same standard same. documentation and same papers. the fall of the soviet union so living standards in georgia nosedive in recent years tensions with russia traditionally georgia's biggest market and political instability have made for a toxic mix add to that georgia's loca

who accused of his or goal i think use to have control over the south caucasus through deny the syria. to any other international presence and the reason for wanting to control hold caucasus barclays for things like location but important means to control the flow from their dream from the caspian basin to the political world. a number of major oil pipelines run through georgia and they're all important for europe. meanwhile russia continues to build military bases in south has said here which international law still regards as part of georgia here on the highway to tbilisi a handful of people still steadfastly protest russia's land grab almost every day in all kinds of weather. the capital is only an hour's drive away the demonstrators tell us that russia is improving the connections between its military bases. to three basic things. the georgian government raises the alarm every time russia further in trenches itself in south has said here because that blocks georgia's path to europe the southern caucasian country wants to join the european union and nato but the unresolved conflict

while talk of georgia as a singapore of the caucasus may still seem premature new railings to china and a new deep sea port in the country could soon revive history as an important stage on the new silk route and the center of eurasia and trade. that's it your stay with us from the world of business for more head to our web site at the dot com slash business. inseparable. together they push the boundaries of classical music. taking listen. and find out how it all began. next. week about the moments that. it's all about the stories inside. it's all about george chance to discover the world from different perspectives. join us and inspired by distinctive instagram others at g.w. story topics each week on instagram. i am told by tens of thousands of fans for their mega life sets. that lovely it's just a really beautiful moment when you're able to share with people a little. they clog up more air miles than some pilots. like concert everything and with us nearly anyone. three german d.j. superstars can't get anyone bombastic with the music didn't exist we had no idea what we wanted to hear

the village of credulity in the foothills of the caucasus mountains is divided by barbed wire fences and well mannered checkpoints making up the demarcation line between central georgia and south a setia now russia is consolidating its military presence there after the collapse of the soviet union the province of south ossetia declared independence from georgia but in two thousand and eight when georgia tried to retake control of the region russia occupied south setia since then the conflict remains unresolved our reporter visited the demarcation line which cuts through villages and separates families. barbed wire cuts across the village of curveball that he in central georgia the town is divided as some places were divided during the cold war only animals can pass through unhindered. since the end of the russian georgian war in two thousand and eight two hundred european union observers have watched over the demarcation line and what they see has them worried the ceasefire is still holding but south a set is isolating itself with negative consequences for the people here. farmer dat

since the dissolution of the soviet union the autonomous republic in the caucasus had been fighting for independence the region was a permanent source of crisis one of many that were destabilizing russia. in what was friday were in no position to control the armed military groups that existed back then in chechnya. wanted to stop the spread of terror and the growing radicalization in the caucasus on october the first nine hundred ninety nine he gave the order for what he called anti terrorist actions the second chechen war began. after russia's disastrous defeat in the first chechen war this time the republic was quickly brought to its knees. fully you can talk about an absolute russian victory i was a separatist because the former rebels and now the government in chechnya. akhmad kadyrov played a crucial role in russia's victory during the first chechen war he fought against russia as the country's highest islamic jurist he called for jihad a holy war. that. replaces him live. at the station. but in two thousand russia's public enemy number one. and switched sides of must that i could

protein wanted to stop the spread of terror and the growing radicalization in the caucasus on october the first nine hundred ninety nine he gave the order for what he called anti terrorist actions the second chechen war began. after russia's disastrous defeat in the first chechen war this time the republic was quickly brought to its knees. fully you can talk about an absolute russian victory. it was a separatist because the former rebels and now the government in chechnya. akhmad kadyrov played a crucial role in russia's victory during the first chechen more he fought against russia as the country's highest islamic jurist he called for jihad a holy war. that. weighs in. at the switch on the right. but in two thousand russia's public enemy number one switched sides of must that. came to the conclusion that it was better to negotiate with russia than to end up in an islamic theocracy he sided with russia and was appointed by putin as the head of the administration. could europe was elected president in october two thousand and three as soon as he came to power he made a deal with moscow

sunshine here with the regular snow proving that something caucasus and i saw usually of course brings temperatures down to one can feel quite cold in some places we're below thirty's a day max in places like u.a.e. western side of the peninsula we're up into the low thirty's that for mecca but yemen disappointing and it's very cold at night as well but it's what you might expect normal average temperatures in southern africa the rain has recently been quite poky in the eastern side of south africa but if you watch for the cloud is going the bright white show you the deepest clouds are told clouds heavy showers mainly it's the north northern mozambique and tanzania and zambia i think we are from the heaviest rain the next not to preclude a few showers for the south. i don't mind over the top stories here and i'm just here at the un security council is meeting to discuss reports of a growing slave trade industry in libya. kenya's president a hurricane yet has been sworn in for a second term is to own position supporters are killed and find with nukes. pope francis has avoided any direct

from the north caucasus. from the russian federation potentially chechnya but that has not been confirmed. although in the pause there have been terrorism related incidents. with security services. for many years. in the past involved often involved. from the north caucasus. they are for house in the russian parliament has approved a bill that would require international media outlets to register as foreign agents the us imposed similar rules on russian state. after allegations of russian influence in the us presidential election will come into effect when signed by president. the philippines chief justice is warning that attempts to impeach him could threaten the country's democracy thousand representatives is preparing to begin impeachment hearings against justice serrano she has been one of the few people willing to criticize president. last month vowed to impeach for alleged corruption dramatic video has been released showing the moment a north korean soldier to south korea across one of the most heavily

russia drew another lesson from its victory in the caucasus if it wanted to throw its weight around it would need a modern army probably on the top teached there were tactical and logistical problems. we invaded georgia with rusty obsolete equipment the georgian artillery caused a lot of casualties and some of our soldiers panicked when they came under fire when. the russian military is first international deployment since the disintegration of the soviet union revealed the cracks beneath the surface. the former pillar of the soviet empire had been neglected for decades after the war in the caucasus president dmitri medvedev announced a long overdue modernization of the russian armed forces. when you more. with the. whole of the us doing the crises good he gets acquitted them but none of this i mean that i see if you get upset when i shoot them and that we don't expect a war like this after twenty twenty five on the assumption that a major world crisis would break out resources would become scarce and people in the most widely differing countries would be starving russia is so vast and

it's here at the force of the caucasus mountains just a stone's throw from georgia's border with russia that scientists believe line was first produced some eight thousand years ago. today wine is the country's third biggest export german owned short man winds now fill about one and a half million bottles a year ninety percent of it for exports western europe used to be the firm's biggest market but that's not changing fast is followed out of six hundred both coasts up here oh it's all of the heart for export and good wines go to china market this goes to kazakhstan and from kazakhstan border both to china. adopting e.u. standards has opened doors and not just in europe other countries are taking notice of georgian wine the winery manager tells us how a free trade deal with the e.u. has affected day to day business our borders are easy and all and. it's march better for to make business for european countries same standout same. documentation and same papers. the fall of the soviet union so living standards in georgia nosedive in recent years tensions with russia traditionally georgia's

have fled me and martin neighboring bangladesh they have been housed in camps such as this one in caucasus bazaar but resource poor bunker there she is struggling to support them fatima heart who knows this all too well. but to return to a country that hundred is for the moment the troubling thought. one of our regional correspondents deja ham on has been giving us more on this story i asked him whether involving the u.n. refugee agency in the repatriation of refugees would be enough to come worries about the move to return them to me and. father refugees no definitely not the streets yesterday on songs which the defacto leader of the country promised that's when and other and you know people were allowed to go into rhythm with the rock and they did today it was a totally different military was preventing them to entering the right kind of state so they're still out so i think you can still check anything so the refugees know they are not happy with the situations and what more do we know. about the security security situation at the moment in rock island state where these refugees of cour

fled from me and to bangladesh since august they live in massive refugee camps like this one in caucasus bazaar but bangladesh is a poor country it doesn't have the results is to care for so many refugees last week it struck a deal with me to return the refugees hard but for many that's on thinkable after the horrors they witnessed in the end this woman acts out how she says the military through their children into fire is. i cannot trust the man maher governments if the international community promises to keep us safe and if there are people there to protect us we will go back but if they send us back without this guarantee will be persecuted again. they're in jail want the same thing is that christian counterparts who are poor into yangon for the pope's visit both minority groups hope for their safety and peace in myanmar. the u.n. warns thousands of civilians will die in yemen unless a saudi led coalition fighting rebels there is a blockade that has choked off aid supplies to the country the coalition shut down yemen's ports ten days ago it's now led aid flights to resume the u.n. say

russians ukrainians armenians and georgians also call azerbaijan home in this country bounded by the caucasus and the caspian sea muslims jews and christians live in relative harmony. when she took their pictures asked her subjects what home means to them. she's incorporated their stories into the pictures that she softened using calligraphy. it's become her trademark. however the home of my eyes is also a very personal quest for the artist i've lost all favor of what is the meaning of home by being nomadic or not homeless but now magic and he was interesting because there the things that they pointed out to were the what was the essence of the meaning of home to them it wasn't anything profound but a certain order certain flowers certain locations certain i food and certain reasons that with never ever allowed them to leave. me questioning them a bad there and their relationships as a concept of home was really my own. looking into the nearing asking those questions to me sound. in her video next that goes a step further. she shows how ruthless she feels in the u.s. where she now lives. she'

event but largely speaking of his sunshine here with the regular snow proving it to the southern caucasus and these are usually of course because temperatures down to one can feel quite cold in some places we're below thirty's day max in places like u.a.e. western side of the even into we're up into the low thirty's that for mecca but yemen disappointing and it's very cold at night as well but it's what you might expect this is normal this is average temperatures in southern africa the rain has recently been quite poky in the eastern side of south africa but if you watch for the cloud is going it's the bright whites show you where the deepest clouds are told clouds heavy showers mainly it's the north northern mozambique and tanzania and zambia i think we will find the heaviest rain in the next hour or so not to preclude a few showers but the south. short films of hope. and inspiration. a series of short personal stories that highlight the human triumph against the odds. al-jazeera selects at this time. it is melting a process that is affecting the entire globe. in a special episode. fifty

actually it's given a bit of rain a few millimeters nothing to significant as it develops it over the caucasus it may well produce some sparkies understands the forecast for thursday still one of potential rain in northern syria northern iraq says that it will not begin twenty nine in baghdad about twenty three in beirut the cloud lobby signatures foster very maybe in some parts of iran even kuwait but i think probably not and you'll notice that the time to get to friday is a much dry picture including in the east and met the bright skies rather than blue skies if you thought of the breeze the arabian peninsula is largely the just time the it should be low humidity reasonably warm was a very hot but the kids we still got this southwest monsoon of india having not disappeared this is the time the year when you can get something quite interesting bring up it's not you know we just got shot of those shells across a cultural make it to the coast of yemen and a man in the next day oh say. southern africa has been showing some pretty poky showers in the last week or two and it's been something activ

event but love to speak a bit of his sunshine here with the regular snow proving it to something caucasus and i saw you usually of course because temperatures down to one can feel quite cold in some places we are below thirty today max in places like the western side of the peninsula we're up into the low thirty's that for mecca but yemen disappointing and it's very cold at night as well but it's what you might expect is normal this is average temperatures in southern africa the rain has recently been quite poky in the eastern side of south africa but if you watch for the cloud is going the bright whites show you the deepest clouds are told clouds heavy showers mainly it's the north northern mozambique and tanzania and zambia i think we have on the heaviest rain the next not to preclude a few showers but the south. no i'm not gonna. sit down on. its own without me. defining my disability on al-jazeera well just. the nature of news as it breaks last time synagogue qualified for the world cup was in two thousand and fifteen years on it hope to do even better in russia next year with detaile

and bipasha went on the offensive against russia he wanted to conquer back lost territories in the caucasus and expand the empire into central asia. winter became a trap typhoid cholera and hunger decimated the poorly equipped ottoman troops at times even before any fighting had occurred. but rather than accept responsibility for this disaster the ottoman high command sort of scapegoat in the armenians. the little too long allegedly the armenians had collaborated with the russians in turkey somewhat to the much exaggerated number of eight and a half thousand damini and who it said had collaborated with the russians i think larry's. cover for taking a tech to cause him given that around thirteen million soldiers on the russian side and several million muslim soldiers on the ottoman side fourteen world war one eight and a half thousand people is a drop in the ocean or six dawdled in douglasville than a sound are made of the n. sign an armenian population was accused of these quote chronons the thought that they were going to be targeted for collective measures by the ottoman state that would

conflicting zones they are using more west the same tactics as the russians used in the northern caucasus and quelling the chichen. opposition and separatist kind of recruiting within the opposition recruiting fighters in the opposition to making them turncoat and integrating them. because but because of the fraction from the very fraction of the situation in syria over the different religious and ethnic groups that's very hard to do the pro a rainy and forces don't want to see the sunni's much around the our rights have their own interests everyone has his own interests and so it's quite frustrating part often for the russian operatives on the ground to persuade the acid regime and other allies that the iranian web militias to begin to kind of integrates with parts of the opposition but that would be basically the russian goal russia has a very clear strategic go and buoys that it has clear tactical ways of achieving it the main problem. and i think i've stated doesn't apparently have any kind of clear view what it really wants to achieve and it's i don't mean that i'm willing russia doe

honest as a matter cloud out stretches from the eastern side of the black sea through the southern caucasus iraq and into iraq on the coast the gulf coast of iran eighty four millimeters in the last twenty four hours a significant amount of rain i would have been repeated through saturday as well but this very obviously something going on it's the winter front it's the winter rains coming in and the forecast for thirty suggests more the same is possible in iran across the gulf the north around two shall around the caspian sea likely the temperature of fifteen still in tehran your tempers have come down with seventeen in baghdad but it's not really cold yet whereas the snow obviously in the forecast probably falling now to the high ground of eastern turkey there that will slowly disappear it might even show itself briefly in the high ground funnels in syria as well in the sun returns and we're up to fifty to thirty oversee the season has changed that will be a permanent change does me right over time but it's far more likely and it's likely in qatar in the middle of saudi and across iran dur

on with the next batch of potential rain or snow it's hard dependent it normally ran around the caucasus during friday and something developing in afghanistan wasn't so much in kabul but just the north and the high ground snow seems likely to come back now by this time the sun is back out in iraq ten degrees only now in tehran then you nineteen in baghdad is bit warmer further west with a breeze coming up from the south even jerusalem is struggling to get sixteen degrees now in the arabian peninsula the remnant cloud must still produce a spot or two more rain it for example back rain. most likely to be a dry picture and that's true for the following days both for the most part risk of us and still possibly in the northwest of saudi but i think not the most active weather in africa is of course coming south of the sun and once more we look at south africa and development just off the coast which could bring substantial rain to the eastern side as south africa. i'm a musician i'm very happy with my work i think with my music i'm more powerful i can deliver a message but in the same times i

men were not georgian citizens one theory is that they may have been a cell from the rest of north caucasus. within the framework of international antiterrorism cooperation the relevant measures are underway to identify the criminal lengths in order to fully identify the members of the group that heavy gunfire those loud blasts that were repeatedly heard throughout the day have ceased and now we have seen security services leaving the scene. that this operation is over. georgia's capital tbilisi has never experienced a counterterrorism operation like this the task now is to find out who these men were and what they were planning. for a steelworker al-jazeera tbilisi. the russian parliament's upper house has approved a bill that would require international media outlets to register as foreign agents the u.s. imposed similar rules on the russian state broadcaster r t after allegations of russian influence in the u.s. presidential election law will come into effect when it's signed by president vladimir putin. dramatic video has been really showing the moments a north korean soldier escaped to

as the victorious power russia claimed territories in the caucasus it's a chief the formation of a new christian state garia. it was officially part of the ottoman empire but in reality russia had to say that remaining in montenegro and serbia finally achieved independence. bosnia-herzegovina was austria-hungary is counterweight to the russian influence in the balkans abdulhamid empire lost more than two hundred thousand square kilometers in europe. the real story of the whole epoch it's not only the story of the loss of ottoman territory but is therefore the story of the loss of homes of autumn and muslims and it's the story of the displacement of millions of people and often very very violent displacement and when to people start thinking about refugees as an international problem and what we can see is that the crisis of eight hundred seventy six to seventy eight maybe together with the early expansion of the russian empire around the black sea which it also created hundreds of thousands of muslim refugees this is the beginning of the modern age of the refugee. after the war in the

the skies will be clear so the picture of all time we get to a fairly clear sky one except for the caucasus temperatures actually on the recovery to some degree twenty one in baghdad fifty in tehran and thirty in kabul about about twenty mark on the coast of the mediterranean for lebanon the nets slowly warming there's a chance of showers showing up in once again the other side of the mountains in the southern caspian sea not tehran but this part of northern iraq as the breeze comes down as a northerly a cold normally across the caspian temperatures twenty three in kuwait by this time the still a breeze blowing down the gulf it's winter conditions at about twenty the max in there are warmer all the other side of the peninsula and there's a suggestion of a shower or two possibly in the northern side this is come friday it might be through kuwait and qatar as well the showers in southern africa have temporarily taken a back seat they were concentrating in malawi tanzania and zambia and i think that's where to look. maggie with al-jazeera let's take you through the top stories u.s. president d

helos no drugs served just across the top of the caucasus and the still fairly active weather in the area we've seen cloud and rain through lebanon syria more especially turkey and that's dying out now the temp is very recovering the breeze is dropping to about eighty eight in aleppo not in ankara still and it's still higher on the low twenty's in terror and there's the breeze is hinting at being a southerly up through iraq so if anything it keeps the temperatures quantize thirty three in kuwait city the next day or so in around about the thirty mark for baghdad showers are still possible on the caspian sea coast of iran but they're rather an unlikely affair for the cyrus largely it's a cloud free picture not much of a breeze but again got that breezes coming out of saudi and moving northward switch will be dusty looks quiet and middle thirty's around. an increasing cloud seems likely around the around the coast once again is don't worry if it's just the increase in the clouds and slight increase in humidity as well of course all the rain is heading science with the sun through tropi

regional conflicts flared up and russia intervened in nearly all of them in chechnya georgia and the caucasus. they were micro states where almost the entire male population was under arms and decades and sometimes centuries old conflict flared up again. in chechnya for instance the chechens could live with being soviets but after the soviet union's demise they suddenly belong to russia and the chechens had never wanted to be russian. in the first few years following the disintegration of the soviet union more than thirty thousand people were killed in violent civil wars. this conflict the will of those that there were many conflicts that we inherited from the soviet union. i mean the conflicts and to take a stand a. south ossetia and a groan a car about. and we had internal fighting in chechnya. there was a transit history a conflict. everywhere russia intervened as a peacemaker with the aim of resolving these conflicts to go to the should we have new good you'll do the work of what you propose it was as if a battered giant like gulliver gave one side a weapon then provide the other and gave

amount to something might bring a few spots of rain across the levant towards iraq in the southern caucasus but i'm sure why is it still hovering about middle twenty's here that means actually a bit of a drop in iraq just a big surprise if you get a big paula cloud across the area so mostly it's a dry picture but a few spots of rain in was normally a desert area of course is the introduction to winter the arabian peninsula suggests maybe a spouse or two of rain in the south of amman or yemen but not much to speak about it thirty or maybe a little bit below in cats on bahrain thirty five still in mecca on this until the cloud comes across and then there's a hint maybe it's faster to write in qatar this is come sunday probably no further south than that but i wouldn't guarantee it in the u.a.e. it might be spotting here as well in southern africa most active weather has been in south africa itself because in a town the city in the last two days in the forecast it dissipated middle of mozambique and zimbabwe has seen some pretty big shout they're still there but they're also declining a little