let's bring in our guest joining us from cyprus.s the president of the cyprus center for european and international affairs. in rome, we have natalie -- the director of the institute of international affairs and a former advisor to the committee, the european union's foreign affairs chief. and in lodndon, we have a researcher at the university of oxford. welcome to you all. perhaps i can start with andreas, do you think this round of talks will succeed? >> well, i wish i could be optimistic in that sense but if i take into consideration ankara's rhetoric and also the stated positions on various issues involving -- the relations as well as the cyprus question, i would be very hesitant to express optimism. let me say thtat the differences between the two countries -- >> before you do this let me ask this question. the fact that they have started talking, is that a success in itself? is it something of a success, from the turkish perspective which is this needs to be sorted out in bilateral talks? >> it's a positive stuff. i mean, nego

well let's bring in our guest now joining us from nicosia in cyprus we have and ras theophanous he's the president of the cyprus center for european and international affairs in rome we have natalie tajik she's the director of the institute of international affairs and a former advisor to for that he commodity any the european union's foreign affairs chief and in london we have gallup the lie he's a researcher at the university of oxford welcome to you or so perhaps i could start with andreas and ask the question do you think this round of talks will succeed andrea as well we should who'd be optimistic in that sense but even taking into consideration uncle. and also to the stated positions on the u.c. shoes. relations as well as the secretary he would be very hesitant to express optimism let me say that the differences between the 2 countries you know. before you do that let me jump in and ask this question the fact that they have started talking is that a success in itself is it something of a success it is a turkish perspective which is this needs to be sorted out in bilateral talk

whether it's to do with its presence in cyprus which the greeks see as an occupation they should get out of there or whether it's about you know territorial waters just recognize the law of the seas which gives countries the right to go all the way to 12 miles. well i think i mean in in cyprus previous that there was a young process in poland 14 there was also. there was a young resolution on the site and of the turkish side. supported maybe 65 percent and then the group said it rejected by 75 percent so there was a young process on cyprus but when it comes to doing international law perspective on the under under other set of the disputes i think in the end in what way or another will end of you know international arbitration but the question is 'd exactly what we discussed at the beginning what would take that into an issue or because there be this agreement well what should be taken to the insanity court as well do it because what one side does this go is this because they describe it as its sovereignty so death for no good as long as you have these glaring get in the ball says na

antonette and reagan 1st met on cyprus she was working in a hotel there and he was a guest on holiday for 2 years they wrote e-mails and phone one another then antonette plucked up her courage and followed rakin to the pharaoh's a year after they married their daughter was born. on tonight's mother has come all the way from manila to the pharaoh's to meet her 24th grandchild. the whole family is looking forward to the baby's baptism but naturally she'll be wearing the national dress of the feroz. abbasi i feel it's right it's time to say hey. hey hey how are you jim. the baptism has proved a bit of a challenge for antonette there's one fair always custom she still struggles with yes he already had the name but the follow the to the higher while it's the secret we are not allowed to do. so only thing i knew one not less. the only allowed to say is already in the 3rd and we are ready to give her and him being the prince when you get pregnant you already thinking of her name i do the same i was so because i can love you i feel like i can name. but antonette has resigned herself to waitin

better look of people who get european citizenship the practice of the golden passports so-called cyprus has been discontinued for now but a lot of people have got the practices like this as long as something like this is happening in the west putin and the likes of him have the full freedom to claim they're not in the us you know i think there's actually a good develop in the united states is with a law that was passed in december it's now going to ban the ability of shell companies to own real estate and assets to the united states i suspect there's a huge amount of real estate in miami in new york that's owned by russian oligarchs probably ukraine oligarchs and it's all through the shell companies so we don't know who you're going to have to now disclose the beneficial owner and that will be useful in a number of ways been for exam. but if there is a decision and a target individual or were dark we then know who to go after because it without a 2nd idea which i hesitate because it's somewhat un-american and we don't tend to hold families responsible for the act of a father but i do wo

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antonette and the reagan 1st met on cyprus she was working in a hotel there and he was a guest on holiday for 2 years they wrote e-mails and phone one another then antonette plucked up her courage and followed reagan to the pharaoh's a year after they married their daughter was born. on tonight's mother has come all the way from manila to the pharaoh's to meet her 24th grandchild. the whole family is looking forward to the baby's baptism but naturally she'll be wearing the national dress of the pharaohs. if it's right it's time to. say hello. how are you jim. the baptism has proved a bit of a challenge for antonette there's one fair always custom she still struggles with yes she already had the name but the follow the through the fire while it's the secret we are not allowed to do. the only thing anyone. you're only allowed to say is already in the thirds and we are ready to give her and him being the prince when you get pregnant you already thinking of her name i do the same i was so annoyed because i can let you i feel like i can hear her name . but antonette has resigned herself to wai

you already know need gene in the eastern med snow for turkey wind rain and thunderstorms to levant cyprus and xandra. sponsored by qatar airways when all that seems to matter is the headline when narratives and counter narratives obscure reality the listing. trips away the less bad i've done covers the uncomfortable truths the listening posts on. the american people have finally spoken around here as i see it is all balanced all become more dangerous the world is looking for the next year of sanusi. with the election behind us the republican party dumptruck your weekly take on us politics and society at the bottom of. the pool. welcome back a recap of our top stories on al-jazeera india has begun its coronavirus vaccination campaign one of the largest and most challenging in the world. 300000000 people by august that's nearly the size of the entire u.s. population u.s. president elect joe biden meanwhile has outlined his plan to provide 100000000 vaccine shots within his 1st 100 days now face he says it invoke a cold war law to help those facts in production. and uganda's electoral commis

like many countries cyprus has been hit hard economically by the pandemic forcing ex-pats to leave the island and seek their fortune elsewhere many of them didn't seem to have enough room to take their feline friends with them. by. a shop reckon they don't know how to survive the food salts previously that would have been that show the whole towels in the restaurants isn't all that any mall. that's our wrap up of the day's top news for now but don't forget you can always find us on many of your favorite social media platforms like twitter and instagram for up to the minute reports. was a pandemic no certainly no borders and just blocking 2 nationalities. as a mud hut we don't look like she. gets to. judge us coming close asleep listening to. we can't do better we should be. everyone is contributing it's your own way but we also know that this crisis will not go on forever the challenges craig has to respond has been much so many good people are helping us. it makes us feel very proud that we're in it together. nuclear become a battleground in the u.s. . and people are demanding the shu

lack of production capacity it isn't just germany that's being accused of looking out for itself cyprus is courting israel for vaccine delivery saying that the european union isn't forthcoming with a new doses to provide a mass switch to roll out the initial indications were very encouraging but at some point there was a setback in its effectiveness 2 companies came up with the vaccine 1st phase a buy into can be done but the number of vaccines is not enough for rapid mass vaccination e.u. commission president has live on the line is telling member states to cut it out and to adhere to the plan that the. we all agreed on we have all agreed legally binding that there will be no parallel negotiations no parallel contracts so the framework we are all working in is a framework of $27.00 together we are negotiating together we are procuring and together we are bringing forward this vaccination process the commission aren't doing themselves any favors demanding transparency from member states when it comes to vaccine procurement when they are being all that clear on who will get what when the

to reach a greek island it would only be a matter of time before they'd be in hamburg or united at cyprus and i would have mentioned that as of india and packing the last bill so if we just take a few kids out of lesbos then some european governments think that each single child could be the incentive for another 1000000 people to come on. that's ridiculous. the only thing you're a pig rezone is that rejected asylum seekers should be deported. the up to those who have been rejected must leave that's the vast majority of people arriving at our accidental borders. then the citizens of europe will be happy to welcome those in need mention in that way we can stand up to right wing populism secondly if we can assure citizens that the people coming in are true refugee community 50 years. but many attempts at repatriation fail because the countries of origin not willing to take these people back. to the past years have taught us that europe can only manage to deport those obliged to leave the country in large numbers when the countries we depend on for cooperation are made an attractive offer wa

east and met so strong winds thunderstorms misuse right with some hail will likely be on syria in cyprus and the levant with a high ground of turkey cold enough to see yet more snow keeping temperatures lower than about 2 degrees the max in istanbul beirut hangs on to 15 don't think you'll find it and there will be snow on the high ground inland quite easily then through the quite a bit down to the more active weather but the opposite season the summer rains really have been quite spectacular in some parts of africa namibia is the case in point because in botswana in zimbabwe look at the size cape town down to 24 degrees is the showers replace the warm or hot sunshine all the really active weather of trying to form over the water but over land there will see are going to be daily thunderstorms and yes just in the maybe tis the wet season a moment but they're also focusing further east in zimbabwe and a lot. she was a society hostess in beirut in the 1940 s. she was in touch with a lot of people from the lebanese bureaucracy to make this work her code name was the path and she spied for m

the mediterranean across a good part of the increasing winds some very lively storms moving across cyprus into the levant so syria lebanon jordan israel palestinian territories all say some wet weather with the risk of some flooding as we go through thursday that cloud of rain will make its way across iraq eventually pushing into iran and you can see how that rain just trowsers way across q 8 down into central parts of saudi arabia to the south of that is fine and dry and i think we'll see the wet weather here and temps getting up to around 23 celsius in doha that weather that mase right across the gulf of aden as well puffs a fair weather clout there into a theo pier but nothing much to speak of the main showers will remain around the rift valley pushing across lake victoria down towards southern parts of africa where the seasonal storms are doing really quite nicely and they are widespread those showers extending their way across eastern parts of angola pushing down across as zambia zimbabwe sayings and heavy rain all the parts of mozambique also looking rather disturbed and there is a

make the most of that $24.00 that we have in beirut increasing wind and rain will set in through cyprus through turkey pushing further ace with some really heavy downpours could lead to some localized flooding some stormy weather coming in here than just the maintains for beirut for damascus as well that rain sleet and snow will push its way across syria lebanon jordan down into israel into the palestinian territories iraq sinks in what's the weather to and again northern parts of saudi right to south of that is generally fine and dry as is the case to across much of east africa just around somalia a good parts of ethiopia plenty of showers into the rift valley as per usual some heavy downpours coming through here and you can follow those heavy showers into central parts of southern africa and all the way down towards the south actually increasing cloud still much in evidence there across that eastern side of namibia some very wet weather coming in through a good part of south africa this week. sponsored by qatar airways. the hillbilly a harmless caricature or a malicious label denying

like many countries cyprus has been hit hard economically by the pandemic forcing ex-pats to leave the island and seek their fortune elsewhere but many of them didn't seem to have enough room to take their feline friends with them. to shop reckon they don't have to buy the food stalls previously that would have been there through the hotels and restaurants is no doubt any mall. as are global news update for this hour but don't forget you can always have to our website r.t. dot com for the details on all those stories and many more. world is driven by a dream shaped by. the day or thinks. we dare to ask. someone who is the centers of. search is going to be memphis mccomb you may. know. them and those who just came up with a bigot in your field that oh. antarctica is a very international community i. mean it used to trick me you don't need to tell. me this joke you guys who keep it is the slow slow slow slow that you believe in jesus. as the push them at the will to use them look at the results for their nuclear cooperation in antarctica is everything produced polluted with it at one tim

and as the east medical cyprus into the levant that is cold enough over turkey to produce an awful lot more snow high temperature in istanbul only about 4 degrees and that drops and this is all going to be rain of course except in the bekaa valley for example risto seems likely. the 2nd episode of the series explores the rise of the major drug cartels and their reign of terror 1917 s mexican government told the traffickers you have to produce the body there's a 1000000 ways there. america's public enemy number one is drug abuse and the launch of the international war on drugs drug trafficking politics and our . drug lords on al jazeera. are not of the top stories. top u.n. officials are urging the u.s. government to reverse its decision to designate yemen's hoofy rebels a terrorist group warning it could tip the country into a large scale famine the u.n. says it will prevent aid from getting to those who need it most and peace efforts. donald trump now faces an unprecedented 2nd trial in the senate after he was impeached by the house of representatives on wednesday trump has not yet re