but on the banks of the million outscore river the lifeline of bosnia herzegovina history has also been carved in the heart of the balkans. this place has given birth to civilizations and peoples and witnessed wars that have shaped europe. but this historic city where races religions and ethnicities have molded together was torn apart in one thousand nine hundred ninety two by a bloody war. it lasted for three and a half years and took the lives of thousands of bosnian muslims serbs and croats. this distinctive yellow building on the front line saw the siege and bloodshed close up but also became a fortress for the world's media. this is the story of sarajevo's infamous war hotel the holiday inn. in one thousand nine hundred two sorry aver was preparing to host the fourteenth winter olympic games two years later. the holiday inn designated for v.i.p.'s and senior olympic committee figures was under construction. before the hotel was built the land was called silica splats because visiting circuses used to set up the. can of morrison is a professor of modern history at lester's de montfo

from here the three and a half year war erupted and spread across all of bosnia herzegovina. for him. in april and may nine hundred ninety two dozens of journalists had arrived in sarajevo among the experienced mountain belts from the b.b.c. would be here tomorrow because shooting for this tell you that he and his crew first stayed here at the hotel bosnia in ilija near the airport. martin bell lives in north london. he left the b.b.c. in one nine hundred ninety seven to become a member of parliament and is now a unicef ambassador but to those who knew him in bosnia always be the man in the white suit. we arrived in a great rush because the war had already broken out and frankly we were a day late we drove in from belgrade and the obvious place topping place reserved. the first major battle of the war took place on the twenty second of april nine hundred ninety two in and around the hotel bosnia between the bosnian serbs and yugoslav army on one side and the emerging bosnian muslim armed groups on the other . it lasted for ten days. one cameraman was wounded and other t.v. cr

and in 2002, became the high representative in bosnia and herzegovina.te, the structures of a modern european democratic state, and then to repatriate the powers that the international community has held here back to the bosnians. but he wasn't done with westminster politics. in 2015, after the lib dems had spent five years in coalition with the conservatives, lord ashdown returned to chair the party's general election campaign... and we are saying the conservatives are the largest party. ..famously disputing the exit poll's prediction of a dire result. if this exit poll is right, andrew, i will publicly eat my hat on your programme. this is a hat. andrew, you are so predictable, aren't you ? ijust knew you'd... i wanted to get a bigger one. hi, guys. he had great enthusiasm and energy, optimism, drive. he was very much mr action man. the style that he acquired in the military, he carried into politics very effectively, and he did great things for our party. he inspired respect for his constant ideas and enthusiasm, and his efforts to build the liberal d

bit more about what you documented because you are also being supported in that sense by bosnia-herzegovina as security minister who is accusing a neighboring a creation of using very handed heavy heavy handed tactics physically abusing the migrants are trying to cross the country's border what have you found in terms of evidence concrete evidence of that we have interviewed my currents and asylum seekers who have told us that their web beaten by the police that were there were driven around in than switch out seats flowers that there were. physically abused by what one young man cold the tunnel of death where people were beaten by several policemen who were standing behind each other and they were forced some were forced to swim through ice cold reverse these kind of abuses plus theft. refugees told us that the policeman have stolen their money and the mobile phones critias is a member of the european union do you do you think the european union has a role to play here to deescalate what's going on on the year on the border there. absolutely the european union now has to demand from its me

and in 2002 he became the high representative in bosnia and herzegovina.ate, to help to create the structures of modern european democratic state and then to repatriate the powers the international community has held here back to the bosnians. but he wasn't done with westminster politics. in 2015 after lib dems had spent five years in coalition with the conservatives, lord ashdown returned to chair the party's general election campaign. and we are saying the conservatives are the largest party. famously, disputing the exit poll prediction of a dire result. if this exit poll is right, andrew, i will publicly eat my hat on your programme. this is a hat! you are so predictable, aren't you? i knew you'd do that. i wanted to get a bigger one! paddy ashdown‘s energy sometimes exhausted his colleagues and he was mocked his action man image, reinforced by a clipped military tones and narrowed eyes staring towards the horizon. but he inspired respect for his constant ideas and enthusiasm, and his efforts to build the liberal democrats into a force in national polit

from here the three and a half year war erupted and spread across all of bosnia herzegovina.for him. in april and may nine hundred ninety two dozens of journalists had arrived in sarajevo among the experienced mountain belts from the b.b.c. would be here tomorrow shooting for this till. he and his crew first stayed here at the hotel business in ilija near the airport. martin bell lives in north london. he left the b.b.c. in one nine hundred ninety seven to become a member of parliament and is now a unicef ambassador but to those who knew him in bosnia always be the man in the white suit. we arrived in a great rush because the war had already broken out and frankly we were a day late we drove in from belgrade and the obvious place topping place reserved. the first major battle of the war took place on the twenty second of april nine hundred ninety two in and around the hotel bosnia between the bosnian serbs and yugoslav army on one side and the emerging bosnian muslim armed groups on the other . it lasted for ten days. one cameraman was wounded and other t.v. crews rooms were

after leaving british politics, he served as the international high representative for bosnia and herzegovina lord ashdown led the lib dems to their best election result in 70 years in 1997. the head of a un observer team has arrived in yemen to monitor a ceasefire in the port city of hudaydah. the retired dutch general, patrick cammaert, —— dutch general, patrick cammaert, arrived in the country just hours after the mission was unanimously approved by the united nations‘ security council. caroline rigby has more. for the first time in years, a glimmer of hope for peace in yemen. the un team deployed to oversee it arrived on saturday. headed by retired dutch general patrick cammaert, the group of observers are tasked with helping to implement and monitor hudaydah‘s ceasefire, a fragile truce which came into force on tuesday following talks in sweden between delegations from the yemeni government and houthi rebels, a precursor to more significant negotiations scheduled for the new year. translation: today we met general patrick, the head of the committee. we welcomed him and informed him of th

and in 2002 he became the high representative in bosnia and herzegovina.uctures of modern european democratic state and then to repatriate the powers the international community has held here back to the bosnians. but he wasn't done with westminster politics. in 2015 after lib dems had spent five years in coalition with the conservatives, lord ashdown returned to chair the party's general election campaign. and we are saying the conservatives are the largest party. famously, disputing the exit poll prediction of a dire result. if this exit poll is right, andrew, i will publicly eat my hat on your programme. this is a hat! you are so predictable, aren't you? i knew you'd do that. i wanted to get a bigger one! paddy ashdown‘s energy sometimes his colleagues and he was mocked his action man image, reinforced by a clipped military tones and narrowed eyes staring towards the horizon. but he inspired respect for his constant ideas and enthusiasm, and his efforts to build the liberal democrats into a force in national politics. lord paddy ashdown who has died at

lord paddy ashdown, former liberal democrat leader and former high representative to bosnia herzegovina77. in november this year, lord ashdown revealed he had been diagnosed with bladder cancer. 0ur chief political correspondent, vicki young, reflects upon his life. this is how most people will remember paddy ashdown — the action man, the party leader with the least affection for westminster. long before he fired his first political salvos, he was a military man. a marine, he saw active service in borneo and malaya, as documented at the time. newsreel: at this post, 20 yards from the border, 23—year—old marine lieutenant ashdown, from somerset, has local forces as well as marines under his command. he excelled as a member of the elite special boat squadron, spoke fluent mandarin chinese. he spent time too in his native northern ireland during the worst of the troubles. after a period as a diplomat, and some time on the dole, paddy ashdown got involved with the liberals, elected mp for yeovil in 1983. later, in 1988, after the painful merger with the sdp that formed the liberal democrats

he also served as international high representative to bosnia herzegovina following the war which sawhe break—up of yugoslavia. from across the political spectrum tributes have been paid to lord ashdown including from former prime ministers sirjohn major and tony blair. police investigating the drones at gatwick search a house in west sussex, following the arrest of a man and a woman from crawley. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are sian griffiths, the education editor at the sunday times, and martin bentham from the evening standard. good evening to you both. many of tomorrow's front pages are already in. the death of lord ashdown features on the front of the sunday times which has paid tribute to him, saying he made the liberal democrats a "formidable force". the sunda express fronts with a picture of the couple who are being questioned in relation to the gatwick airport chaos. that couple also feature in the daily mail with a rather blunt headline: "are these the morons who ruined christmas?" government ministers are

services his influence went beyond britain becoming the un's high representative for bosnia and herzegovina in two thousand and two where he investigated war crimes including the massacre of more than eight thousand men and boys in the town a separate needs are during the conflict in yugoslavia he was a forceful advocate for international intervention he would later give evidence at the trial of the former serbian leader slobodan milosevic he retired from politics in two thousand and one but remained a prominent voice campaigning vigorously against bracks it it's not my job to be popular he once said i'm goal driven my job is to get results. llopis of the yuan al-jazeera. all right let's speak to. who is an assistant professor of politics and international sorry ever school of science and technology he's joining us now from sarajevo now the ashdown was widely known for his venom and vigor for the energy that he brought to everything that he did and how did that translate into his mission when he was high representative to bosnia herzegovina just after the end of the war or he will certainly

died from cancer at age seventy seven ashdown served as the un's high representative in bosnia and herzegovina between two thousand and two and two thousand and six helping the country to rebuild in the aftermath of the civil war in the one nine hundred ninety s. before that he led the noble democrat party the u.k.'s third largest political force at the time for eleven years he also served in the british army special services where the next still to come the democratic republic of congo prepares for a long delayed elections that have been pushed back by another week. no solution yet to the standoff that's partially shut down the u.s. government again. by the springtime flowers of a mountain lake. to the first snowfall on the wind this day. hello again welcome back to international weather forecasts were here across china we are seeing some spotty showers perfectly down here towards hong kong and those are going to lead to some clouds as we go towards the beginning of the week so here we start on sunday clouds in the forecast rain as well twenty one degrees there up towards shanghai though it i

he also served as the international high representative for bosnia and herzegovina from two thousand and two to two thousand and six words. turning to france and a sixth weekend of yellow vest anti-government protests across the country reports indicate a sharp drop in turnout compared to previous saturday's that's following concessions on tax hikes and wage increases made by president emanuel calls government in paris the scene of fierce clashes police closely monitored the demonstrators taking to the streets police say about to size in jenin fast scouted in the french capital on saturday house as many as last week across fronts numbers of foreign drastically since the peak of the protests in november. but those who remain a vocal. oh very strong. macro resigned they chant the french president has made a number of concessions including scrapping fuel tax hikes boosting the minimum wage and easing tax increases for pension is but for the end of best still on the streets he's not done enough thank you that doesn't just want to say it's not about money it's about justice it's about sto

seven former british politician paddy ashdown served as the un's high representative in bosnia and herzegovina between the years of two thousand and two and two thousand and six he helped the country to rebuild in the aftermath of the one nine hundred ninety s. civil war before that lord ashdown led the liberal democrat party the u.k.'s third largest political force for eleven years he also served in the army is the british army that is in its special forces.

he also served as the international high representative for bosnia and herzegovina from two thousand and two to two thousand and six was. turning to france and a sixth weekend of yellow vest anti-government protests across the country reports indicate a sharp drop in turnout compared to previous saturdays that's following concessions on tax hikes and wage increases made by president emanuel government in paris the scene of fierce clashes police closely monitored the demonstrators.

high representative in bosnia and herzegovina between two thousand and two and two thousand and six helping the country to rebuild in the aftermath of the civil war in the one nine hundred ninety s. before that he led the liberal democrat party the u.k.'s largest political force at the time for eleven years he also served in the british army special services. taking part in the funerals of four palestinians killed on friday by the israeli army thousands of mourners gathered for the burial of the men who were killed during protests against the israeli and egyptian of the territory among the victims was a sixteen year old boy palestinians have demonstrated at the border every friday and . the weather is next then another resignation over downtown its decision to bring american troops home from syria. the democratic republic of congo prepares for years delayed elections that have been pushed back by another week. hello again welcome back to your international weather forecast we're here across europe fast moving systems moving from west to east across much of europe right now that's because th

after leaving british politics, he served as the international high representative for bosnia and herzegovina. a former royal marine, lord ashdown led the lib dems to their best election result in 70 years in 1997. a partial us government shutdown is now set to last until at least thursday. earlier, the us senate ended talks to resolve an impasse over the budget without agreement. democrats are refusing to give in to president trump's demands for $5 billion to build a border wall with mexico. let's look at the main story here in the uk and the death of ex—liberal democrat leader paddy ashdown at the age of 77. well, tributes have been pouring in for lord ashdown from across the political spectrum. former liberal democrat leader tim farron wrote on twitter: home secretary sajid javid wrote: labour leaderjeremy corbyn said: now on bbc news — one of the highlights of 2018 from our documentary series our world. with sweden's reputation as a model society under scrutiny, gabriel gatehouse visited the country on the eve of september's election to find out why. music sweden. for decades, people have

and in 2002, he became the high representative in bosnia and herzegovina.'t done with westminster politics. in 2015, after the lib dems had spent five years in coalition with the conservatives, lord ashdown returned to chair the party's general election campaign... and we are saying the conservatives are the largest party. ..famously disputing the exit poll's prediction of a dire result. if this exit poll is right, andrew, i will publicly eat my hat on your programme. this is a hat. andrew, you are so predictable, aren't you ? ijust knew you'd... i wanted to get a bigger one. he inspired respect for his constant ideas and enthusiasm, and his efforts to build the liberal democrats into a force in national politics. lord ashdown, who has died at the age of 77. let's have a look now at some of the tributes that have been paid to lord ashdown. the prime minister theresa may sent her thoughts to his family and friends, adding that he had "dedicated his life to public service" and would be "sorely missed". the labour leaderjeremy corbyn praised lord ashdown‘s wor

after leaving british politics, he served as the international high representative for bosnia and herzegovinaformer royal marine, lord ashdown led the lib dems to their best election result in 70 years in 1997. a partial us government shutdown is now set to last until at least thursday. earlier, the us senate ended talks to resolve an impasse over the budget without agreement. democrats are refusing to give in to president trump's demands for $5 billion to build a border wall with mexico. now on bbc news, it's time for dateline london, where our panel take a look back at the big global stories of the past 12 months. hello. welcome to dateline. for the last two programmes of the year, we're in a seasonally reflective mood. next weekend, we'll look forward to what 2019 may bring. today, though, a reminder of the things we've loved and loathed about 2018. if there's a theme, it's leadership and why it's been lacking. with me to discuss the year almost gone, the usjournalist stephanie bakerfrom bloomberg news, suzanne lynch — washington correspondent for the irish times, marc roche, belgian—born

after leaving british politics, he served as the international high representative for bosnia and herzegovina. a former royal marine, lord ashdown led the lib dems to their best election result in 70 years in 1997. now it's time for the latest in technology and gadgets — with a festive flavour. it's our clickmas special. this week, it's a festive feast of fun with music, magic and. . . meditation. yes, it's clickmas! it's the 2018 clickmas special, the gang is all here. hello! welcome, welcome. spence, i've got your first christmas present and what a corker it is. this is the world's first flexible phone. look at that! you can have it on this way or around here and itjust flips, it knows which way you are holding it and it's built on android. this is a brand—new operating system on top of it called water and it's built by a small chinese form called royale, you might not have heard of it. it is the first phone they're released. there you go. the idea is you have a tablet you can use or you can fold it into a phone. you can work as on a tablet or fold it back to a phone. when can we get this?

seven former british politician paddy ashdown served as the un's high representative in bosnia and herzegovina between two thousand and two and two thousand and six he helped the country to rebuild in the aftermath of the one nine hundred ninety civil war before that down the the nipple democrat party the u.k.'s third largest political force for eleven years he also served in the british army special services where the next but still ahead on al-jazeera the u.s. government shutdown continues as politicians reach an impasse over how to fund transportable project and angry confrontation than paris as civil unrest over social inequality continue. the weather looks quiet but cold across a good posture of north asia now a little area of disturbed weather making its way across the sea of japan bring you some outbreaks of france and snow to woods in the far north of the country but i will clear through as we go on through monday ted which is minus one celsius there for support getting up to about eleven degrees for tokyo and also for a socket generally try as you can see across a good part of japan t

tariffs are against serbia and bosnia herzegovina for us and it was ten percent . but when they sort of their public audience of being in public audience reacted well to that measure they increased those tariffs up to one hundred percent as a matter of fact they killed any kind of trade between central serbia and kosovo. and more than that they put in jeopardy. an entire serb community in costs or. because this is the only way for them to earn the money. to survive to get medications to serve blood hospitals and health care centers. that was that has always been the only way for them to live. and not to mention that they violated a breached all these agreements which even a you refer to. put it all aside but can you imagine someone in twenty first century. that is as a matter of fact banning and forbidding free flow of goods capital and people just because they deal like a political decision from the other side. and even that was not enough. now i have to say something. regarding that world twelve forty four resolution which was adopted by the united nations securi

and in 2002, he became the high representative in bosnia and herzegovina.one with westminster politics. in 2015, after the lib dems had spent five years in coalition with the conservatives, lord ashdown returned to chair the party's general election campaign... and we are saying the conservatives are the largest party. ..famously disputing the exit poll's prediction of a dire result. if this exit poll is right, andrew, i will publicly eat my hat on your programme. this is a hat. andrew, you are so predictable, aren't you ? ijust knew you'd... i wanted to get a bigger one. he inspired respect for his constant ideas and enthusiasm, and his efforts to build the liberal democrats into a force in national politics. someone who worked with paddy ashdown for many years was fellow liberal democrat baroness shiley williams. she has been speaking to the bbc about the man she knew. i knew him quite well as a fellow campaignerand ina i knew him quite well as a fellow campaigner and in a small party like the liberal democrats you are battling all the time. he was brilli

services his influence went beyond britain becoming the un's high representative for bosnia and herzegovina in two thousand and two where he investigated war crimes including the massacre of more than eight thousand men and boys in the town of seventy two during the conflict in yugoslavia he was a forceful advocate for international intervention he would later give evidence at the trial of the former serbian leader slobodan milosevic he retired from politics in two thousand and one but remained a prominent voice campaigning vigorously against bracks it it's not my job to be popular he once said i'm goal driven my job is to get results. llopis of the yuan al-jazeera. the partial u.s. government shutdown except to continue through christmas after no make has failed to break over budget spending the shutdown began midnight on friday after democrats resisted a request from president don't trump the more than five billion dollars towards his mexico border will the senate which must pass a deal has now adjourned until thursday john hendren says the democrats a confident the government will be ful

that he did and how did that translate into his mission when he was high representative to bosnia herzegovina just after the end of the war or he will certainly be remembered as a prominent figure probably the most famous among the high representatives one who was really using his authority and his so-called born powers to impose decisions and remove leaders which are opposed to the implementation of the dayton peace agreement and in. this context i would say that he will always be remembered as a friend of bosnia but i would rather say that he was a friend of the truth i would emphasize that his energy was even more visible during the war when he was defending the case of boss the enter retore gritty and sovereignty when bosnia was attacked by serbia and croatia and he was probably the only voice in british politics who was trying to prove that there was a military aggression going on whereas most of the british diplomats perhaps even the entire ministry of foreign affairs foreign office in britain tried to. actually denied that there was an aggression that there was a civil war in bosnia ma

and in 2002 became the high representative in bosnia and herzegovina.wasn't done with westminster politics. in 2015, after the lib dems had spent five years in coalition with the conservatives, lord ashdown returned to chair the pa rty‘s lord ashdown returned to chair the party's general election campaign. and we are saying the conservatives are the largest party. famously disputing the exit polls prediction ofa disputing the exit polls prediction of a dye result. if this exit poll is right, andhra, i will publicly eat my hat on your programme. this isa eat my hat on your programme. this is a hat. you are so predictable, onto? i wanted to get aid bigger one —— aren't you. onto? i wanted to get aid bigger one -- aren't you. he inspired respect for his constant ideas and enthusiasm and his efforts to build the liberal democrats into a force in national politics. let's have a look now at some of the tributes that have been paid to lord ashdown. the prime minister theresa may sent her thoughts to his family and friends, adding that he had "dedicated his lif

he also served as international high representative to bosnia herzegovina, following the war which sawhe break—up of yugoslavia. police investigating the drones at gatwick search a house in west sussex following the arrest of a man and a woman from crawley. meanwhile, the airport has so far run a full service today — but passengers continue to suffer delays and cancellations. now on bbc news, it's the year the social media giants came under fire, the printed press got smaller, and blockbuster tv got even bigger. the bbc‘s amol rajan gives his take on the last 12 months in review 2018: the media year. hello, and welcome to the media year 2018. in the next half an hour, we are going to look at the intersection between technology and the media over the past 12 months, a golden age of tv and audio and the increasing impact of data on all our lives. this has been the year of the techlash, a global backlash against silicon valley's biggest companies prompted by controversies over privacy, misinformation, foreign interference and much else besides. and one company has been in the spotlight an

after leaving british politics, he served as the international high representative for bosnia and herzegovina. a former royal marine, lord ashdown led the lib dems to their best election result in 70 years in 1997. now on bbc news, westminster in review. hello and welcome to westminster in review, as we take a look back at an extraordinary and tumultuous four months. on this programme — brexit divisions deepen and theresa may faces a vote of no confidence in her leadership. the number of votes cast in favour of having confidence in theresa may was 200, and against was 117. mps react furiously when the prime minister presents her brexit deal. it is the political equivalent of being asked to jump out of a plane without knowing if your parachute is there and attached. and that's not all. the government comes under fire over its new benefits system. the chancellor unveils his budget. and mps are forced to take a long, hard look at themselves after a damning report on harassment and bullying. the report is clear that there needs to be a complete change in leadership at the most senior level, inclu

he also served as international high representative to bosnia herzegovina following the war which saw the break—up of yugoslavia. police investigating the drones at gatwick search a house in west sussex, following the arrest of a man and a woman from crawley. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are sian griffiths, the education editor at the sunday times, and martin bentham from the evening standard. many of tomorrow's front pages are already in. the death of lord ashdown features on the front of the sunday times. the paper has paid tribute to him, saying he made the liberal democrats a formidable force. the sunday express leads with the chaos at gatwick, with the front page featuring a photo of the couple being questioned by police. that couple also feature in the mail on sunday with a rather more blunt headline — "are these the morons who ruined christmas? " ministers are reportedly scrambling to initiate measures to protect the uk against similar drone attacks in the future. that is in the sunday telegraph. the independent le

services his influence went beyond britain becoming the un's high representative for bosnia and herzegovina in two thousand and two where he investigated war crimes including the massacre of more than eight thousand men and boys in the town of seventy two during the conflict in yugoslavia he was a forceful advocate for international intervention he would later give evidence at the trial of the former serbian leader slobodan milosevic he retired from politics in two thousand and one but remained a prominent voice campaigning vigorously against bracks it it's not my job to be popular he once said i'm goal driven my job is to get results. a little piece of a on al-jazeera mexico's new president is facing a backlash over a decision to cut the salaries and perks of the country's top earners including himself and his manner of his obrador has also lifted the country's minimum salary by sixteen percent the biggest single increase in more than twenty years john holdren has more from mexico city. it all started with this from exclaims new president. we can't have a rich government and poor people th

services his influence went beyond britain becoming the un's high representative for bosnia and herzegovina in two thousand and two where he investigated war crimes including the massacre of more than eight thousand men and boys in the town a sober needs or during the conflict in yugoslavia he was a forceful advocate for international intervention he would later give evidence at the trial of the former serbian leader slobodan milosevic he retired from politics in two thousand and one but remained a prominent voice campaigning vigorously against bracks it it's not my job to be popular he once said i'm goal driven my job is to get results a little piece of a on al-jazeera. still ahead on al-jazeera a bad run to the mob breaks gets worse as one of the stop ailes is sent flying into the stands assisting haven't since the film decides. they want to focus three billion dollars worth of weaponry that was six billion pounds in commission. there is no hope of any more because there's always a small cobbles to call for really really good business. in essence we in the united states have privatized th

battle with cancer he was seventy seven ashdown served as the un's eye representative in bosnia and herzegovina between two thousand and two and two thousand and six at the in the country rebuild in the aftermath of the civil war in the ninety's before that he led the liberal democrat party in the u.k. . large crowds have taken part in the funerals of four palestinians killed on friday by the israeli army mourners gathered in gaza for the burial of the men were killed during weekly protests against the israeli and egyptian blockade of the territory among the victims were sixteen year old mohammed joshua palestinians have demonstrated at the border every friday since march. palestinians living in the occupied west bank say they are increasingly frustrated and helpless a greater israeli military presence criticism of their own political leaders is adding to the gloom stephanie decker reports from ramallah. it's been especially tense few weeks in the occupied west bank palestinian shootings in israeli incursions have killed people on both sides palestinians tell us they had not seen this amount of

seven former british politician paddy ashdown served as the un's high representative in bosnia and herzegovina between the years of two thousand and two and two thousand and six he helped the country to rebuild in the aftermath of the one nine hundred ninety s. civil war before that lord ashdown led the liberal democrat party the u.k.'s third largest political force for eleven years he also served in the army is the british army that is in its special forces. we've got a lot more to come on this al-jazeera news hour including why faces in the democratic republic of congo are preparing for another hold up to their long delayed elections examine the reasons behind the jailing of al jazeera journalist mahmoud two saying he's being held in egypt without trial. and rail madrid when a record four clubs world cup journey will have the best of the action coming up in sport. where the turkish army is sending soldiers to its border with syria the move comes just days after u.s. president donald trump announced that he was withdrawing american troops the turkish president. has threatened to strike why p.

seven former british politician paddy ashdown served as the un's high representative involved and herzegovina between two thousand and two and two thousand and six he helped the country to rebuild in the aftermath of the one thousand nine hundred seventy war before that ashtown led the liberal democrat party the u.k.'s third largest political force for eleven years ballot papers for the democratic republic of congo's the long awaited presidential election have just arrived in the capital up to four million papers were said joe to arrive on saturday to replace those despite destroyed by fire last week the blaze in kinshasa left eight thousand voting machines also damaged those are the headlines the news continues here after inside story. he's ruled for thirty years but he's facing unprecedented street protests public anger is growing in sudan all the rise in food prices so the president omar al bashir survived what is the out to offer and this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program i'm richelle carey sudan lost most of its oil reserves when the south seceded in two thousand and elev

high representative in bosnia and herzegovina between two thousand and two and two thousand and six helpingthe country to rebuild in the aftermath of the civil war in the one nine hundred ninety s. before that he led the liberal democrat party the u.k.'s largest political force at the time for eleven is he also served in the british army special services. large crowds have taken part in the funerals of four palestinians killed on friday by the israeli army thousands of mourners gathered in gaza for the burial of the men who were killed during the week the protest against the israeli and egyptian blockade of the territory among the victims was a sixteen year old boy palestinians have demonstrated at the border every friday since march. the weather is next then another resignation.

services his influence went beyond britain becoming the un's high representative for bosnia and herzegovina in two thousand and two where he investigated war crimes including the massacre of more than eight thousand men and boys in the town of seventy two during the conflict in yugoslavia he was a forceful advocate for international intervention he would later give evidence at the trial of the former serbian leader slobodan milosevic he retired from politics in two thousand and one but remained a prominent voice campaigning vigorously against bracks it it's not my job to be popular he once said i'm goal driven my job is to get results. llopis of the yuan al-jazeera. the white house is warning the partial u.s. government shutdown could stretch into the new year after lawmakers failed to break the amp us over budget spending the shutdown began at midnight on friday after democrats resisted a request from president donald trump for more than five billion dollars towards his mexico border war. cuba's national assembly has agreed the wording of a new draft constitution and a referendum will be h

services his influence went beyond britain becoming the un's high representative for bosnia and herzegovina in two thousand and two where he investigated war crimes including the massacre of more than eight thousand men and boys in the town of separate needs during the conflict in yugoslavia he was a forceful advocate for international intervention he would later give evidence at the trial of the former serbian leader slobodan milosevic he retired from politics in two thousand and one but remained a prominent voice campaigning vigorously against bracks it it's not my job to be popular he once said i'm goal driven my job is to get results can't see a little piece of the yawn al-jazeera where mexico's new president president was running for office his promise to cut government salaries including his own was unsurprisingly rather popular but now he's in power he's finding it a bit more difficult to deliver as john holdren explains from mexico city. it all started with this from exclaims new president that we can't have a rich government and poor people that's why the government stopped salarie

services his influence went beyond britain becoming the un's high representative for bosnia and herzegovina in two thousand and two where he investigated war crimes including the massacre of more than eight thousand men and boys in the town. during the conflict in yugoslavia he was a forceful advocate for international intervention he would later give evidence at the trial of the former serbian leader slobodan milosevic. he retired from politics in two thousand and one but remained a prominent voice campaigning vigorously against bracks it it's not my job to be popular he once said i'm goal driven my job is to get results. on al-jazeera. and these are the top stories indonesia's president has been visiting the survivors of saturday's tsunami disaster joker widodo has promised to update tsunami detection systems after two hundred eighty one people were killed and more than a thousand were injured in indonesia's second such disaster this year. that i've ordered a check of all the tsunami detection equipment and the replacement of broken ones i think in the new budget year of twenty nineteen e

services his influence went beyond britain becoming the un's high representative for bosnia and herzegovina in two thousand and two where he investigated war crimes including the massacre of more than eight thousand men and boys in the town a separate meter during the conflict in yugoslavia he was a forceful advocate for international intervention he would later give evidence at the trial of the former serbian leader slobodan milosevic he retired from politics in two thousand and one but remained a prominent voice campaigning vigorously against bracks it it's not my job to be popular he once said i'm goal driven my job is to get results llopis of a on al-jazeera. i am watching the news great coming up after this short break all the sports and a basketball legend meets one of the biasing stars of world football and even though they don't speak the same language they have lots in common as we'll find out with joe in just a moment but first a check of the world. development . progress for some the end of a way of life. a clash between corporate interests and the people who must prepare a long

services his influence went beyond britain becoming the un's high representative for bosnia and herzegovina in two thousand and two where he investigated war crimes including the massacre of more than eight thousand men and boys in the town a separate. during the conflict in yugoslavia he was a forceful advocate for international intervention he would later give evidence at the trial of the former serbian leader slobodan milosevic. he retired from politics in two thousand and one but remained a prominent voice campaigning vigorously against bracks it it's not my job to be popular he once said i'm goal driven my job is to get results can't see a little piece of the yawn al-jazeera. hello again the headlines on al-jazeera rescue workers are struggling to reach many areas devastated by saturday's tsunami in indonesia at least two hundred twenty two people are dead and more than eight hundred injured in the country's second such disaster this year roads have been cut off by destruction hampering recovery efforts well there was no warning of the approaching tsunami in indonesia as president says

he also served as international high representative to bosnia herzegovina following the war which saw the break—up of yugoslavia. from across the political spectrum, tributes have been paid to lord ashdown, including from former prime ministers sirjohn major and tony blair. police investigating the drones at gatwick search a house in west sussex following the arrest of a man and a woman from crawley. now on bbc news, one of the highlights of 2018 from our documentary series, our world. earlier this year, katie razzle travelled from france to reunion island, with two women searching for the families they were taken from as children more than 50 years ago. they were taken from their island home as children and moved thousands of kilometres to france. now, france is facing up to a scandal that rocked more than 2000 children of everything they knew. 0ur story starts in central france, just outside the city of limoges. marlene moved to the area more than 50 years ago as an orphan from the tiny island of reunion in the indian ocean, after french social services sold her a lie. did you ever