we'll be taking you to ukraine, poland, latvia, cyprus, and serbia. we are high above the rooftops of russells. europe's top politicians often have their sights set on too. whenever important decisions have to be made about the eu, they call a summit meeting. >> the year was 1990 seven when a climbing party of five countries embarked on their ascent of mount europe. their mission was to conquer the summit in luxembourg. in hindsight, it was an adventure to remember. >> some countries were faster -- slovenia, hungary, czech republic. estonia, i think, as well. but the others -- i think the status of those countries was stimulus for the others to proceed faster. >> for example, cyprus, who caught up as the summit loomed on the horizon. the first task was to meet the economic and political conditions. they needed a solid base camp with stable democracy. their guide, the european commissioner for enlargement at the time knew it was an ambitious climb, and he had to convince the long-term summit dwellers, above all, france. >> the point was not that they r

>> for example, cyprus, who caught up as the summit loomed on the horizon. the first task was to meet the economic and political conditions. they needed a solid base camp with stable democracy. their guide, the european commissioner for enlargement at the time knew it was an ambitious climb, and he had to convince the long-term summit dwellers, above all, france. >> the point was not that they rejected the idea of new members or that they wanted to deny particular countries access to the eu. the concern of the french was rather that eu enlargement would change the balance of power within the european union in favor of germany into their own disadvantage -- and to their own disadvantage. >> yugoslavia changed the mission scope and speed. eastern enlargement suddenly meant bringing in 10 countries as quickly as possible. >> the war in kosovo in 1999 made it clear to everyone that war had not been entirely banned from europe. in fact, we understood that european unity was the only reliable tool to bring peace to europe for good. >> the new map of the eu would n

well we've seen political voting all along and for instance cyprus and greece award each other all twelve points while giving zero to turkey the scandinavians in particular are notorious the swedes in the regions giving denmark twelve divisive and also finland in the stone you help each other so there is no real correlation between voting patterns and the quality of the entries themselves and as i have already said that quality can be quickly because most of the time and even that one global hit that he moved from europe vision song context does a little from one can see on the floor is just a typical example of cheesy europop she is very low you know a pop that some might like and some might not thank you very much that is a city out there it's got his foreign affairs editor of the chronicles magazine showing us his thoughts on at the your vision contest for the. weinmann that in iraq as the government tries to push terrorists out of key cities coming up here on our team to national thousand saw feeding the bloodshed americans and force in the country say the violence is rooted in a soci

countries that are still in the process of becoming members will be taking you take ukraine poland latvia cyprus and said the us. when high above the rooftops of brussels on the triumphal lots of museums and the time. europe's top politicians often enough then cites a tight too. but now that important decisions have to be made in the year. they call this coming week. i knew ratio was nineteen ninety seven when declining cardio five countries embarked on their ascent of mt you. their mission was to conquer the summit and oxen. in hindsight it was an attention to remember. sometimes it is so water water plus the slovenia hungary poland czech republic to use on the icing has led to name but the others seemed to the state of soul although stunt that is was the stimulus the forty odd that the suit to proceed five cents. once all those cyclists who called up as the summit on the horizon the frost costs for the braves six must meet the economic and political conditions to accede to the dizzy heights of eu membership. they needed a solid base camp a stable democracy and respect for the rule small. that

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. >> the chinese missile frigate arrived in cyprus, only 250 kilometers from here to the city of ataxia -- l;atakia. toarge contingent turned out welcome the vessel. many here say they are proud that their country is part of this high-profile, international mission. >> trying to support the efforts of international community to destroy the syrian chemical weapons. we come to cyprus to participate in this international cooperation. >> the chinese warship will protect the scandinavian convoy responsible for carrying the chemical weapons out of syria to the 700-ton toxic cargo will then be transferred to the u.s. ship currently docked in virginia. it is equipped with special treatment units that are capable of neutralizing deadly toxins at high sea. >> you can see our storage tank in the foreground. that is where it is basically held. the unit behind that is the hydraulic. that is where the chemical reaction is started. >> the destruction will take place at an undisclosed location in the mediterranean. it is the first time the neutralizing technology will be used offshore. international cr

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has embittered of the cyprus health massacre? okay, excellent. this is exactly what i thought i was going to be spending some time at that event because this is a notorious but obscure 18th 73 slaughter in which a group of untenable trappers slipped across the border between the u.s. and canada and killed some two dozen indians. i thought i would use this event, this is why i going to montana in the first place, use this event to explain the hardening of the u.s.-canada border ever after the so-called wild west of the united states and the mild west of western canada, north of the 49th parallel. this is what i was in montana that summer. the problem was i became very bored with this story which is a bad sign in the early going of a new project. adding to my displeasure i guess is that of living a pretty unglamorous life, which is a typical life of an academic. i was eating tv dinners, eating peanut butter and joyce images for lunch everyday, allowing myself all of one diet coke. this is an effort to stretch my grant from the historical side as fa

if we look back to 2013 there were a number of flash points, including the bailout of cyprus. the institutional changes meant that on the whole the euro zone road out those storms, and the likelihood is it will do the same thing again in 2014. the new crisis seems to be more of a political crisis than an economic crisis. >> for a lot of countries, now, the eu is hugely unpopular, and they still see the eu has lacking popularity. >> yes, i think that's true. and what we're seeing is the potential rise of populous parties across even here in the uk. even kind of popular uprising of those sorts of parties, could put real political pressure on this project. >> steven barber, thank you so much for joining us. >> yes. >>> and that is it for me and the rest of the team in london, now back to steven in doha. >> barbara thank you very much. >>> every household in the indian state of deli is set to receive water every day. but not everyone is convinced it will solve deli's water supply problems. >> reporter: the state is trying to regulate how much water people like this can consume. he

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meanwhile the jobless rate in cyprus inched up 0.2 percentage points to 17.5%. for greece the latest available number was for october, and at that time it was 27.8%. up 0.1 percentage point from the previous month. euro stat officials have also released the annual inflation rate for january. it stood at 0.7%, crawling down 0.1 percentage point from december. that was far below the european central bank's inflation target of 2%. let's move on to the markets now. the latest inflation figure out of europe was lower than market consensus of 0.9%. following the release of the data the euro dropped to its lowest level in more than a week against the dollar. right now, in fact, it's at right around 1.3534. analysts say the data is fuelling expectations that the european central bank may hammer out more stimulus measures. the bank's policymakers are scheduled to meet next week. meanwhile, the yen is firmer against the dollar. now being quoted at right around 102.35. analysts say that the pair may lack clear direction in the near term. investors a bit cautious due to per

they will be transferred to before they destroy it following that tonight the ships were returned to cyprus or four days ago i expect it to sing the mission site the cost of destroying the weapons is still on track the delay comes as the death toll of the syrian supports the houses hundred and thirty thousand people according to the syrian of seven treat the human rights. the and mm several thousand rebels in the southeastern mexico had gathered to mark the twentieth anniversary of the pt stuff friday supporters wearing trademark ski masks shifted on the slogan and played mexican folk music at the event which attracted people from the us spain and italy. and jenna were in first nineteen ninety four without the cheese the national liberation army to emerge from the mountains with weapons to protest against discrimination against the indigenous people all over the preceding two weeks. dozens died as government forces and rebels clashed although it came to korea was signed in nineteen ninety six occasional confrontation still occur. i know and i now intend to reinforce and globalized of resist

been preparing to transport serious chemical weapons away from the war torn country have returned to cyprus. forty shaken by the norwegian armed forces shows the one ship carrying out training exercises in preparation for transporting a toxic material spills her conduct involving scenarios such as the rescue in peak condition that injured members. we are fully mission capable and we are ready to commence operations awesome when the euro and the obc to be get this they got to go ahead to proceed in this area the two cargo ships will transfer one thousand tonnes of chemical agents. the ships are to call it an italian courts where they will remove the toxins out to a dealership which is equipped with the hydraulics a system which is intended to process the poisonous chemicals that will be destroyed in the open sea as the operations looked after by a russian warship escorts the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons in the un recently announced that the deadline for december thirty first will not be met. i have i twenty two team is coming too close we went to tok to settle the lea

stored on board a specially equipped american vessel the chinese missile frigate gang gang arrived in cyprus. from here it's only two hundred fifty km to the syrian port city of love talking with the chemical weapons will be shipped from. a large contingent from the local chinese community turned out in the port of the missile to welcome the vet so many years say they're proud that their country as part of this high profile international mission behold the best result of the snow. we did. he's forty the year. heeding the chemical weapons. then the week comes into subgroups that what they did in the state that still breech the chinese warship will protect the scandinavian convoy responsible for tearing the chemical weapons out of syria. the seven hundred tonne toxic cargo will then be transferred to the us ski break which is currently docked in virginia it's equipped with special treatment units that are capable of neutralizing deadly toxins that i see the agency offers or day trading is that it beats the not that he be on and on hydraulics this is it. that's where the chemical reaction start

following the exit not of greece but of any of the eurozone member states with the exception perhaps of cyprus which is too small to want to worry about now yawn as i think it's fair to say that you haven't been super optimistic and have you here is there and you're out this interview i'm going to ask you in conclusion do you see any silver lining to anything that goes on in the eurozone. let me say that i go to bed every night and i wake up in the morning every morning hoping that i can find reasons to be optimistic. over the last three years. i kept my hopes up. opinion leaders have been doing everything in their power to suffer such hopes look at the banking union that they decided upon last december if you look at it very carefully it effectively does precisely the opposite of what it promised to do it does not establish a banking union so i shall be optimistic when i see signs real empirical evidence of the change in the. forces that are leading towards the disintegration of europe i'm a european it's if i sound negative it is because you or our leadership to be more precise has been doin

turkey invaded cyprus, and that is very much an open wound still.he situation is a lot writer, turkey has a vibrant economy, it seems to be an area of growth where a lot of europe was stagnating, that is no longer so much the case. and of course, there are very big questions about democracy, the rule of law, the independent of the judiciary. and so at the moment, the turkish candidacy is anything is lookingless attractive than it did when turkey was last enganged in talked after the e.u. about joining. >> and the e.u. has also started formal membership talks with serbia. belgrade can't join for at least six years giving time to implement reforms. joining the block will be monumental for the country. >> this is the most important event, since the end of world war ii. this is strategically allying serbia. this is formulating the values we wish too implement. this defines the society we want to have. >> let's take a closer look at those attempts to join the e.u. those negotiations are expected to take at least six years. the country had to agree to nor

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following the exit not of greece but of any of the eurozone member states with the exception perhaps of cyprus which is too small to want to worry about now yawn as i think it's fair to say that you haven't been super optimistic and rather here is our anchor out this interview i'm going to ask you in conclusion do you see any silver lining to anything that go on in the eurozone. let me say that i go to bed every night and i wake up in the morning every morning hoping that i can find reasons to be optimistic. over the last three years. i kept my hopes up. and leaders have been doing everything in their power to suffer such hopes look at the banking union that they decided upon last december if you look at it very carefully it effectively does precisely the opposite of what it promised to do it does not establish a banking union so i shall be optimistic when i see signs real empirical evidence of the change in the. forces that are leading towards the disintegration of europe i'm a european it's if i sound negative it is because you or our leadership to be more precise has been doing their dumbes

it's in greece or cyprus russia's foreign minister turned up at one of the and the e.u. rallies and addressed the people urging them to do something we believe it's not right and considering relations between russia and ukraine it is totally unacceptable now putin also said that creating divisive lies won't be in the interest of both parties and he even suggested creating a zone of free trade zone between the e.u. and eurasia basically just suggesting strategies on how the two really can move forward the next summit between russia and the e.u. will take place in sochi on june the third. as a city there and professor mark almond from oxford university thinks they can be no healthy and promising relations between russia and the e.u. if the blog keeps rubbing the kremlin the wrong way basic problem is that there are two issues being discussed here which in some ways are contradictory one is the huge amount of economic contact and cooperation between russia and the countries particularly from certain e.u. countries like germany. and then the political dynamics where the e.u.

shatter flowing out of greece but of any of the eurozone member states with the exception perhaps of cyprus which is too small to want to worry about now yawn as i think it's fair to say that you haven't been super optimistic and have you here is there and you're out this interview i'm going to ask you in conclusion do you see any silver lining to anything that go on in the euro zone. let me say that i go to bed every night and i wake up in the morning every morning hoping that i can find reasons to be optimistic. over the last three years. i kept my hopes up. and european leaders have been doing everything in their power to shout that if such hopes look at the banking union that they decided upon last december if you look at it very carefully it effectively does precisely the opposite of what it promised to do it does not establish a banking union so i shall be optimistic when i see signs real empirical evidence of the change in the. forces that are leading towards the disintegration of europe i'm a european it's if i sound negative it is because you look or our leadership to be more preci

john: by the cyprus played strip poker to raise money.stion to raise money for the children's charity? kennedy got a right. we made that up. it sounded so real. since president obama islam ising gets 8 miles per gall ed begley, jr. started a petition to trade in the limousine for the electric version? >> a great idea. you are wrong. mary tyler moore tried to pay a restaurant $1,000 to free one of the lobsters. yes. a really happened. a lobster name despite. >> he was delicious by the way. john: and actor who has a and web site about environmentally, costabile tennis shoes. you are rightto. the sneakers have seeds imbedded in their tom suggests buried them to watch the flowers bloom. what is wrong with that? >> it is a great ideas. >> everyetty on the show entourage is known for their intellect. john: alyssa made a sexual tape for the conflict of syria. >> absolutely true. we can play some of it here. >> nobody cares. [laughter] >> our nation is on the brink of another conflict. [laughter] john: and we're thinking of syria for it is time t

the clarks that day and pretty quickly i fell down by a family of radical and ever after inside the cyprus massacre. i might quickly fell put in a plug for the wonder is novel about the cypress hills massacre called the englishman's boy written by a novelist so if you are interested in that event, he is the way to go. however, the clarks were not quite what i expected perhaps because of my familiarity with the george bent. does that name rang a bell? i see a couple of nods. so, george was sort of tied up in colorado history in some painful ways. he was the mixed blood sign of an english man and her husband named william dent and george grew up in eastern colorado and in northern new mexico during the 19th century and was somebody that walked in both white and native wiltz but after the massacre which his family was incidently involved in victims' i'm not sure that its 100 or so miles on the eastern colorado plains he was particularly alienated and split again between the two worlds, the wide world of his father and in the world of his mother and he had the deep antipathy towards many white

with all the money that's being grabbed out of people's bank account through bail lens starting in cyprus soon to come to the u.k. to to come to america because bale ends. well here you mentioned that they're the drug running and all the crime and the the breaking. law repeatedly by the likes of j.p. morgan h.s.b.c. and barclays in r.b.s. and deutsche bank in. general all of them right well benefits street birmingham documentary criticized so there's been this channel four documentary here where they look at it and in particular in the first episode the street in birmingham well these people are on benefits and the most shocking bit and people of the tabloid sort that would be outraged they noticed that it featured interviews with people who admitted cultivating drugs and stealing just like all are banks admitted to libel or raiding which is delaying because stealing because stealing. look if david cameron is going to point to the big four bags in this country as say that they perform a vital function that they're beyond the law that they provide liquidity that their market makers that th