the ambitious project was launched by chinese president xi jinping during a visit to kazakhstan in two thousand and thirteen. remission only arc of what you didn't see. me show before it's all going joshing. father and. son jaguar corps well known qayyum trunks in the film was. holcombe fair shot such a whole shitload that trisha fall for you and. the void and meaning that. the new silk road planned by xi jinping runs for ten thousand kilometers on road and on rail it crosses western china kazakhstan russia and will run all the way to europe it's a huge construction site. but what are china's true intentions behind this mega project. the minivan and in my opinion this project will change the development of the economy and society but it will definitely have long term geopolitical implications to judea. and the new silk road crosses central asia the russian sphere of influence. bloody near putin and the xi jinping regularly affirm their geo strategic alliance but this new chinese project could have a massive impact on the relationship between the two countries and in the long term it co

behind the new silk road that leads to kazakhstan's economic capital. behind the trains that run through the steps china is pursuing a strategy. the opening of a new export route to absorb any excess industrial production but the main goal is to intensify china's economic and political influence all across central asia a region that historically has looked towards russia. on a new forward to going if need the logic of the generous roads that. the railway lines. for up with all the new transport options are an advantage to those located on this line in kazakhstan and elsewhere in central asia in this case it should to leave a note some threatening nevertheless it's largely a chinese project that's aiming to solve china's problems that could take ideas the vishay three for china is constantly trying to find new space for its population. to tell us the history of course russia has a lot of empty land but russia is still strong central asia is weaker it's the weakest link in the chain and. as so often china's population figures are a cause for concern the f

these are national ones we don't have them in kazakhstan. gentlemen auntie ada bought seven or eight all for her grandchildren. if it isn't. there. yet. just. as. you do used to live here yes. our fellow countrymen thank you nice to see. specific. don't we should ask are we taking pictures of the house. is doing a good thing and yes we'll walk around everywhere that. will. come in and be our guest. america was not whole we have you come from from germany. but what turn she is from for time for all of us about why you encounter did you live here once we used to live half that. was it. that you thought i fell for and. you cut the suppressant i was a bit worried that locals would be wary of us or that we wouldn't be so well received film from the so called of. the national park no one lives a few cents vecchi far as i know so many people left and then things got bad here things were falling apart in the soviet state many people was suffering badly i was worried we'd be associated with that if a can to make the old we're doing well and here they

these are national ones we don't have them in kazakhstan you want. to tell them auntie a dustball seven or eight all for her grandchildren. there's a chance that if they're. that. good you used to live here yes. our fellow countrymen thank you nice to see. the super. dome who showed us all we taking pictures of the house. is the idea that yes we'll walk around everywhere that. will. come in and be our guest. i'm worth a couple of bucks not hold we have you come from from germany. but what town she's from for time for. so long why you encounter tao if you live here once we used to live here that. was it. that that felt good and that. you have to suppress and i was a bit worried that locals would be wary of all that we wouldn't be so well received film from the so called of. the national park you know when it was a few synthetic a far as i know so many people left and then things got bad here things were falling apart in the soviet state many people were suffering badly i was worried we'd be associated with that for can if with all we're doing well and

happen to reach a settlement over territorial disputes over the caspian sea the leaders of russia kazakhstan iran turkmenistan and. which border the caspian sea are meeting in the port city of act where they're expected to sign an agreement on the legal status of the caspian sea and how it will be divided up. millions are voting in their country's presidential election runoff president abrahim boubacar katter won the first round with forty one percent of the vote but opposition candidate somalia sisi accuses him of for. israel's palestinian minority led a mass protest in tel aviv against a controversial nation state law that officially affirms israel's jewish character but critics believe it turned jewish minorities into second class citizens thousands turned out to show that anger at the bill which was passed last month. and it's been six hundred days since al-jazeera journalist mahmud hussein was arrested and jailed in egypt without charge hussain is accused of broadcasting false news and receiving foreign funds to defame state institutions hussein is among at least thirty two journalists

after twenty two years of negotiations the leaders of russia iran kazakhstan azerbaijan and turkmenistan have signed an agreement on the legal status of the caspian sea this means that the five countries can move ahead with sharing out the resource rich inland body of water which is the largest in the world ari chalons has the details from moscow. with the signature of five leaders more than two decades of troubled waters could be receding into history the disputes over the legal status of the caspian sea has been churning since the collapse of the soviet union. in kazakstan four of the u.s.s.r. successes states and iran took a big step towards resolving it is that because we have passed the security and stability on the caspian sea are determined by the convention which we have signed naturally it opens a wide perspective for the tight cooperation of the caspian states for solving economic and transport issues these questions will improve the living standards of our peoples have cheney and that he has some admonish and we have shown in this convention that we stick to the principles of

after twenty two years of negotiations the leaders of russia iran kazakhstan azerbaijan and turkmenistan have scientific we meant on the legal status of the caspian sea it means the five countries can now move ahead with sharing out the resource rich in land body of water which is the largest in the world or a challenge has this report from moscow. with the signature of five leaders more than two decades of troubled waters could be receding into history the disputes over the legal status of the caspian sea has been churning since the collapse of the soviet union. in kazakstan four of the u.s.s.r. successes states and iran took a big step towards resolving it is that because you have passed the security and stability on the caspian sea are determined by the convention which we have signed naturally it opens a wide perspective for the type cooperation of the caspian states for solving economic and transport issues these questions will improve the living standards of our peoples have cheney and that he has some admonish and we have shown in this convention that we stick to the principles of

in kazakhstan four of the u.s.s.r. successes states and iran took a big step towards resolving it is that because you have passed the security and stability on the caspian sea are determined by the convention which we have signed naturally it opens a wide perspective for the type cooperation of the caspian states for solving economic and transport issues these questions will improve the living standards of our peoples have cheney and that he has some admonish and we have shown in this convention that we stick to the principles of fairness although we did not determine the borderlines we mark that the countries with the coast of particular significance should take a special position that includes iran the dispute is centered on whether the largest inland body of water in the world is a lake or a sea defining it a lake would mean the caspian should be divided equally amongst the five countries but if it's a c. then each state gets a share in proportion to the length of its shoreline the new agreements is that it's not qu

been signed which will settle a territorial dispute over the caspian sea the leaders of russia kazakhstan iran turkmenistan and azerbaijan which border the caspian have met in the cars at port city of a towel on the convention on the legal status of the sea but so far we've yet to hear exactly how that will work it's all about how much of the caspian each country can claim as their as the russian president vladimir putin said an agreement was crucial to regional security and beyond. bizarre brussels to the un security is very important and this is what underpins our agreements in this region has an influence on afghanistan on the middle east so this really affects the basic interests states and we need to pull together to combat the threat of terrorism and trans boundary criminality you know iran's president said support from the caspian sea countries for the iran nuclear deal was a good sign for an agreement on sharing the areas natural resources here for isn't as bad a drum borne of honor the five countries efforts to support the iran nuclear deal is a good step towards expanding region

top of the group with one point ahead of england but england have a match in hand, travelling to kazakhstaniam joined by knowing a draw their will hand them qualification. i am joined by people who know what it is like to play in hand, travelling to kazakhstan on tuesday knowing a draw there will hand them qualification. i enjoyed by people who know what it is like to play these matches. nia, the welsh team have been apt to look at the pitch. a great opportunity. they have earned the right for this spectacle, quietly going about their business, getting fantastic results against russia and bosnia without the media platform they have today and have earned the right to host this match tonight. you say they went about their business quietly but they have said they want the england fans to do some booing to get under their skin. it is going to be feisty. what jess said would have been tongue in cheek. it is supposed to be entertainment and there will be fans who have not seen the wales women's team play and i hope the 4000 to night do everything they can to get under the england girls' skin. the

for england, they know it's in their hands, so they win, it comes out of last game against kazakhstanu would expect england to win. well so progressed so much over the last few yea rs, progressed so much over the last few years, the manager has created a real tea m years, the manager has created a real team spirit, a real togetherness that they fight for every single game. let's have a look at some more of today's headlines. an undercover newspaper investigation that led to the resignation of sam allardyce as the england manager has been justified as being in the public interest. the former west ham, blackburn and everton manager lodged a complaint with the independent press standards organisation. the daily telegraph said allardyce had told reporters posing as businessmen how to get around player transfer rules. germany's head coachjoachim low has rejected mesut ozil's accusations of racism within the german fa. it's the first time low had addressed the issue since the arsenal midfielder retired from international football last month, citing the racist abuse he'd received. however, l

the leaders of russia iran kazakhstan. and turkmenistan have signed an agreement on the legal status of the caspian sea that means they can now share the body of water and its oil and gas resources and vote counting is underway in mali's presidential runoff election the choosing between current president of the home. and opposition leader . now u.s. president donald trump's decision to re-impose sanctions on iran is expected to have an impact on its neighbor of rock a fifteen hundred kilometer border with iran with goods as people crossing daily and going to reports from the border district. in iraq. each day trucks slowly wind around treacherous roads in the. goods from iran to iraq says the u.s. announced it was reimposing sanctions against iran rumors and uncertainty are also traveling back and forth across the border iranian bus driver. is worried soon the border will close and his job of six years will disappear. really i don't know because you can expect anything here the politicians have made any agreements if they

on sunday the caspian is the world's largest body of water and it's a rich in oil and gas kazakhstan azerbaijan iran russia and turkmenistan all of caspian shores a key point of the disagreement was whether the caspian was a sea or a lake which would inform how its wealth could be distributed international treaties govern seas where have no global laws and there's also a lot at stake the seabed holds trillions of dollars worth of hydrocarbons which amounts to about fifty billion barrels of oil and nearly nine trillion cubic meters of natural gas. for more on this i'm joined by and the board who is an associate fellow in the russia and eurasia program at chatham house thank you very much for coming in to speak to us so they've been debating this for two decades what's finally happened to make them come together and actually have some sort of an agreement this takes a ha it's been two decades in the making in more than fifty one working groups and now of the convention that's due to be signed on sunday will clarify the business environment and allow investors to go ahead. the. the buil

injury, while left—back greenwood returns from suspension for the final qualifiers against wales and kazakhstan game more — the winners of that match on the 31st august will qualify automatically for the tournament. danny cipriani faces an rfu hearing tomorrow to determine what action he'll face after being charged with conduct prejudicial to the interests of the game. the rugby players‘ association had called on the rfu to drop its case against the gloucester fly half after being disciplined by his club side and fined byjersey magistrates‘ court having pleaded guilty to assault and resisting arrest following an incident outside a jersey nightclub. 0ver100 and 200 metres he was unbeatable for most of his career. a year after retiring from the track, usain bolt‘s quest to swap spikes for studs continues. the ambition to become a professional footballer has taken him to australia where he is training with the a league side central coast mariners. here's our australia correspondent hywell griffiths . he may be the fastest man in the world, but usain bolt has a lot of catching up to do if he really

the conventions signed by russia by john kazakhstan and turkmenistan ends decades of dispute over the world largest enclosed body of water and its huge oil and gas reserves. dividing of the seabed additional agreements. in the west african nation of voting is underway in the second round of presidential elections incumbent ibrahim. seen here on the left is expected to win security is tight the first round of voting was overshadowed by violence at polling stations the celebrated british author vs nightfall has died at the age of eighty five was born in trinidad in one thousand nine hundred eighty two to parents of indian origin dozens of books many of which dealt with colonialism and its legacy and most prestigious awards including the nobel prize. sports news now the curtain raiser for germany's top flight football season takes place today this year's super cup is a rematch of last season's german cup final between league champions by and munich against cup winners from for france that have seen some major departures over the summer including coach nico call that to their super cup op

have reached a landmark deal on its legal status the convention signed by russia run by a german kazakhstan and turkmenistan decades of dispute over the world's largest enclosed body of water and its huge oil and gas reserves iran says dividing up the seabed will require additional agreements. jordanian security forces have pulled the bodies of three suspected militia militants from the rubble of their collapsed hideout following a deadly shootout for soldiers were also killed in this same as opened fire set off explosions late on saturday the clash west of the capital amman is one of the deadliest in recent years. voters in mali went to the polls on sunday in a presidential runoff by reports of violence security sources say an election official was shot and killed by jihadists in the north of the country incumbent. cast his vote in the capital bamako and he's up against a once more we lost twenty thirteen claims the west african state has become even more secure and the case has extremist killed three polling station workers and seized voting materials in the first round of the election la

have reached a landmark deal on its legal status the convention signed by russia iran azerbaijan kazakhstan and turkmenistan ends decades of dispute over the walls of largest enclosed body of water and its huge oil and gas reserves. dividing up the seabed would require additional agreements. both have closed in mali in west africa in the second round of presidential elections incumbent. is expected to win security was tight after violence overshadowed the first round of voting. the celebrated british also serbia sniper all has died at the age of eighty five ball was born in trinidad in one thousand nine hundred to two parents of indian origin you know dozens of books many of which dealt with colonialism and its legacy and won many of the pictures most prestigious awards including the nobel prize. and also has launched a groundbreaking mission to unlock the secrets of ahsan after twenty four due to a late technical problem in the pocket solar probe finally lifted off from cape canaveral in florida this spacecraft is named after physicist eugene paca who predicted the existence of the solar w

sea have reached a landmark deal on its legal status the convention signed by russia iran as a by kazakhstan a man's son and decades of dispute over the world's largest enclosed body of water and its huge oil and reserves iran says dividing up the seabed will require additional agreements. voters in mali went to the polls on sunday in a presidential runoff maad by reports of violence security sources say an election official was shot and killed by jihadists in the north of the country incumbent ibrahim keita cast his vote in the capital bamako and he's up against some majlis just so wants small loss took eighteen twenty thirteen say claims the west african state has become even more insecure and the case has room extremists killed polling station workers and seized voting materials in the first round of the election last month. so let's now bring in journalist from posthumus who is joining us from capital bamako brown we've had reports of a polling station chief being killed today has there been widespread violence and if so did it affect voting. record including european union observer miss

been signed which could settle a territorial dispute over the caspian sea the leaders of russia kazakhstan and iran turkmenistan and azerbaijan which border the caspian are meeting in the port city of tal they've signed the convention on the legal status of the sea but so far no details on what they decided had been released it's all about how much of the caspian sea each country can claim as there is well the russian president vladimir putin said agreement was crucial to regional security and beyond. bizarre persisted a un security is very important and this is what underpins our agreements and this region has an influence on afghanistan on the middle east so this really affects the basic interests states and we need to pull together to combat the threat of terrorism and trans boundary criminality iran's president said support from the caspian sea countries for the iran nuclear deal was a good sign for an agreement on sharing the area's natural resources here for example as about a drum borne vonage the five countries efforts to support the iran nuclear deal is a good step towards expandi

who won nearly eighteen percent in the first round alleges voting fraud the leaders of russia kazakhstan iran turkmenistan and i was there by john have settled a territorial dispute over the caspian sea of signed the convention on its legal status paving the way for more energy exploration and pipeline projects. taliban fighters have attacked police headquarters and other government buildings in gaza us the battle for the southeastern afghan city and here's the third day u.s. aircraft have conducted at least four airstrikes in support of afghan national forces who insist the city is not under the threat of collapse but lawmakers from gaza you say the taleban in control of much of the city. well those are the headlines stay with us as crude harvest continues. in two thousand and thirteen the mexican state of tabasco suffered the biggest oil disaster in its history. a well exploded in flames and blazed uncontrollably for fifty five days sending clouds of toxic smoke over surrounding villages. mexico's state owned oil company clinics denied there was a problem bachman's almost that was the

steph houghton has been recalled to the england squad ahead of qualifiers against wales and kazakhstanheld in bristol tomorrow despite calls from the rugby players‘ association to drop the charge against him after he was disciplined by his club side gloucester. i will be back around half past with more. pressure is mounting on the chancellor to loosen the purse strings ahead of this autumn‘s budget — after official figures showed the public finances were in better shape than expected. figures released this morning by the office for national statistics showed that the government took in two billion pounds more than it spent last month, the healthiestjuly surplus for 18 years. andy verity is here. on the face of it good news. it a lwa ys on the face of it good news. it always looks quite good injuly because that is when the self—employed send in their second of two self—assessed payments they make on tax on account of a lot of money comes into the treasury and a record £9 billion in this case that was enough with other taxes to give a£2 was enough with other taxes to give a £2 billion su

last twenty five years in germany many times in return this time around the country in kazakhstan. we need to mine it back to existence homelands in fifteen minutes on d. w. . smith. with the senses. recognize and experience the inexpressible. the cultural magazine. of arts twenty one. g.w. . every journey begins with the first step and every language but the first word a look a little coaxing germany. why not born with him. to suffer it's simple online on your mobile and free. w z e learning course. german made easy. maybe nine hundred sixty eight and i'm crying and going around the world. young people look up against the current generation and the makeup wasn't on the sleeve and dusty full of stupidity entities. they demanded nothing less than a home to some of the one maelstrom of libya claims the flame goes her remember the law system for the first time i had a feeling of being from somebody in the audience leaves civil rights to the peace movement limited to. ninety six to. the global model to start september first to double. bladed . this is due to the news line from berlin o

twenty one in one nine hundred forty three former soviet states as there by john turkmenistan and kazakhstan consider it a sea and that the seabed should be divided based on the coastline tehran had insisted the caspian be split into five equal parts were jointly develop all its resources none of its neighbors agreed let's bring in our panel joining us in moscow stanislav princeton an analyst at the russia and eurasia program at chatham house in tehran for it is out a professor of world studies at the university of tehran and in london will it give or again a country risk analyst at the firm i.h.s. market welcome to you all sound as well let me start with you the dispute over the caspian sea has been going on for decades what is the political calculus that led to this why is this happening now. i think it was enough time to finally agree the key principles and the mission even for cooperation in the region and especially in circumstances when the nuclear diri iran in the year is under question after the withdrawal of the united states from these of from this agreement it was extremely import

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were outnumbered by thousands of anti racism protesters and other news the leaders of russia iran kazakhstan azerbaijan and turkmenistan have signed an agreement on the legal status of the caspian sea the deal open the way for exploration of its oil and gas resources polls have closed in mali's presidential runoff and vote counting is underway what is the choosing between president cater and opposition leader so major sisi. at least thirty nine people have been killed in an explosion at a weapons in sylvia's province the cause of the blast is unclear but opposition activists suspect a rebel arms death was detonated the syrian government and its allies have been preparing for an offensive to recapture the last remaining opposition on clay. the turkish lira has plunged to another record low but concerns over rising inflation and newly imposed u.s. tariffs there fell to seven point two four against the dollar in early monday morning trading in the asia pacific then the euro lost about forty percent of its value this year turkey's finance minister says he'll start implementing a new economic pla

steph houghton, has been recalled for the decisive 2019 world cup qualifiers against wales and kazakhstanwood also returns after suspension. the winners of the clash between wales and england will qualify for the world cup. west brom's chris brunt has retired from international football. he won 65 caps for northern ireland over the course of 13 years. bru nt‘s last appearance was in the world cup play—off against switzerland last november. it's the second day at the european para—athletics championships in berlin. kate grey is there for us, more british medals kate. hello, kate, more british medals? that's right, it has been another successful night in berlin, great britain have won three gold medals on the second day as well as three bronze medals. we havejust seen richard whitehead win gold in the t 61200 richard whitehead win gold in the t 61 200 metres richard whitehead win gold in the t 61200 metres and there was also a gold medalfor sabrina 61200 metres and there was also a gold medal for sabrina fortune 61200 metres and there was also a gold medalfor sabrina fortune indy f20 shot p

>>or and thisng we're learning about a couple killed in a possible accident in kazakhstan. >> they logged a blog called simply on sunday a car ran them off the road. assailants jumped out and statbed them to deh. imo other tourists were killed. isis c responsibility for this attack. >> lauren graduated from orgetown university. her family will remember her openness for new people and places. jay's previous employer was here in d.c. and said t he left world doing what he loved with the person he loved. >>> and the state department if ng advice for people traveling out of the country. >> i encourage all u.s. citizens to enroll in the steps program. that ables the state department to reach you in case of an emergency. >> although isis claimed responsibility, ckajikistan is trying to attract cyclists and adventure tourists. officials say they see no evidence of specific threats against americans. >>> more drama is expected today in an alexandria courtroom as testimony resumed against paul manafort. during opening statements, prosecutors pais him greedyng hiillions for the ukrainian government

sea have signed an historic agreement after more than two decades of talks russia by john iran kazakhstan and turkmenistan reached a breakthrough on where to draw territorial lines the caspian sea bed is rich in oil and gas or. they also agreed to prevent outside countries from having a military presence in the caspian at the end of the summit the leaders released baby sturgeon into the water as a mark of friendship and solidarity. and it doesn't for me more weekly coming up at the top the hour stay with us. a.j. is national camera. roughly once the show and some will leave for them. to. shoot your own cool videos and so on with the roughly string of apps. down more on string i don't roughly don't t.v. join me every thursday on the alex salmond show and i'll be speaking to guest of the world of politics sports business i'm showbusiness i'll see that. previously on the great american folk image so much has changed since that first. i noticed a longer funnel imam link and a blanket futurama go oh i think they're dumb guns in their wake up and i looked him in the head with a. loaf of bread y

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been signed which could settle a territorial dispute over the caspian sea the leaders of russia kazakhstan iran turkmenistan and azerbaijan which border the caspian are meeting in the port city of a towel they've signed the convention on the legal status of the sea but so far no details on what they decided have been released it's it's all about how much of the caspian sea each country can claim as theirs well the russian president vladimir putin said an agreement was crucial to regional security and beyond. bizarre persisted a u.n. security is very important and this is what underpins our agreements in this region has an influence on afghanistan on the middle east so this really affects the basic interests states and we need to pull together to combat the threat of terrorism and trans boundary criminality meanwhile iran's president said support from the caspian sea countries for the iran nuclear deal was a good sign for an agreement on sharing the air as natural resources here for isn't as bad a drum borne vonage the five countries efforts to support the iran nuclear deal is a good step t

in kazakhstan four of the u.s.s.r. successor states and iran took a big step towards resolving it is that because we have passed the security and stability on the caspian sea are determined by the convention which we have signed naturally it opens a wide perspective for the type cooperation of the caspian states for solving economic and transport issues these questions will improve the living standards of our peoples have cheney and that means some admonish and we have shown in this convention that we stick to the principles of fairness although we did not determine the borderlines we mark that the countries with the coast of particular significance should take a special position that includes iran the dispute is centered on whether the largest inland body of water in the world is a lake or a sea defining it a lake would mean the caspian should be divided equally amongst the five countries but if it's a c. then each state gets a share in proportion to the length of its shoreline the new agreements is that it's not quit

after twenty five years in germany and in the times in return from home country kazakhstan. women the mining tax sewage systems homeland in forty five minutes on d w. they make a commitment. they find solutions. they inspire. africa on the moon. stories of both people in a different shaping their nation. and their continent africa on the move stories about motivational change makers taking their destinies into their own hands. d.w. multimedia series from africa. d.w. dot com africa on the move. alone a very warm welcome indeed to quadriga coming to you from the heart of berlin of the focus this week is on turkey's financial crisis that many observers feel could spiral out of control the turkish lira has lost close to forty percent of its value against the dollar since the start of.

today that's not going to help their economy again politics and economics clashing with one another kazakhstan has got a big presidential election coming up in twenty nineteen that instability and the fact that that the country has a lot of dollar denominated debt as does turkey of course these are the risk factors i think investors should be paying attention to going forward because i do think that turkey is probably just a sign of what is to come in the coming years yeah and we you know turkey surpassed for the viewers that don't know surpassed the worst performing economy i guess what lower than the worst performing currency rather and and that was the venezuelan ball of our news out today is that they've made a payment to a mining company using a government bonds i guess you know rather than cash in this appears to be sort of the first instance that that's been done since last year when the u.s. place those economic sanctions on the nation which prohibited those sorts of transactions and i noticed danielle that u.s. court last week said that creditors could actually go after cit that's the

iran and the three other ex—soviet countries that border the caspian sea have signed a deal in kazakhstangal status. the deal is expected to open up further exploitation of the caspian‘s rich oil and gas reserves, and pave the way for more pipeline projects. turkey's finance minister says his country has drafted an action plan to deal with the sharp fall in the national currency, the lira. in a newspaper interview berat albayrak — who is the son—in—law of president recep tayyip erdogan — said the plan would ease the currency‘s volatility. the lira's value sank to a record low on sunday japan's princess ayako has officially become engaged in a ceremony in tokyo on sunday. the 27—year—old princess will marry 32—year—old kei moriya, who works for a major shipping firm in tokyo. princess ayako is the third and youngest daughter of the late prince takamodo, who is the cousin of emperor akihito. their wedding ceremony will be held on october 29th. take a look at these amazing pictures from las vegas where the weather has been performing a dazzling show in the so—called city of lights. it may lo

about to be reached to settle a territorial dispute over the caspian sea now the leaders of russia kazakhstan iran turkmenistan and azerbaijan which border the caspian sea are meeting in the catholic port city of act now they're expected to sign an agreement on the legal status of the caspian sea and how it will be divided up now the caspian sea is landlocked which raises the question whether it is indeed a sea or a lake five countries share its coastline and that's led to the dispute over which the country lays claim over to the caspian and how much of it if an agreement is reached to legally designate because spain and lake it would be divided up equally between the five nations so twenty percent each. if it remains to see the territory would be split between those countries according to how much coastline they share their fault would receive the smallest. that's been the major sticking point in negotiations because the caspian lies above one of the world's largest collections of oil and gas some forty eight billion barrels of oil alone really challenge is following the story from moscow. w

the caspian sea the leaders of russia kazakhstan iran turkmenistan and azerbaijan which border the caspian sea are meeting in the cousin port city of act how they've signed a convention on the legal status of the sea but so far no details on what they decided have been released it's all over now much of the caspian sea country can claim as their. russian president vladimir putin said an agreement was crucial to regional security and beyond. bizarre brussels to the un security is very important and this is what underpins our agreement which is this region has an influence on afghanistan on the middle east so this really affects the basic interests states and we need to pull together to combat the threat of terrorism and trans boundary criminality. iran's president said support from the caspian sea countries for the iran nuclear deal was a good sign for an agreement on sharing the areas natural resources here for isn't as bad a drum borne of honor the five countries efforts to support the iran nuclear deal is a good step towards expanding regional cooperation and the betterment of relations

sea have signed a historic agreement after more than two decades of talks russia azerbaijan iran kazakhstan and turkmenistan the five countries surrounding the world's largest body of landlocked water have reached a diplomatic breakthrough on trade security and environmental issues president putin called the summit a milestone event adding that the accord limits military presence in the caspian sea to zones close to the shore at the end of the summit the leaders released baby sturgeon into the water as a mark of friendship and solidarity. that's a recap of just some of the stories that shaped this past week and that's all for me as well but if you're not my colleague you know neil will be here at the top the hour. when lawmakers manufactured them sentenced to public wealth. when the ruling classes protect themselves. with the famous merry go round. the one percent. we can all middle of the roots to. the real news is really. just financial survival get. customers go buy your stuff. then else well reduce some lower. that's undercutting but what's good for markets it's not good for the global

after twenty five years in germany and in the time unseemly turn this time home country kazakhstan the. mining tax systems have been forty five minutes following w's. european stars to her was a performance of. play live concerts every weekend the talent european concert. you. surely lose food for the world join us on facebook t w africa. i want to welcome to another fun filled show from dancing in the streets to singing sad songs we've got a packed program in store here's a look at what's coming up.

been signed which could settle a territorial dispute over the caspian sea the leaders of russia kazakhstan iran turkmenistan and azerbaijan which ordered the caspian sea met in the kazakh port city of act how they signed a convention on the legal status of the sea paving the way for more energy exploration and fight crime projects how to divide the area between the countries which has been the biggest cause of the dispute will require additional agreements . tamale now if people are voting in a presidential runoff likely to return the incumbent abraham boubacar catered to power despite criticism over his handling of security and corruption the first round of voting in july was marred by violence with three election workers killed in voting materials destroyed opposition leaders somalia's to say who won nearly eighteen percent in the first round alleges voting fraud some six thousand additional troops have been deployed mohamed vall has more the government is not taking any chances according to their own statements and ultimately said that they are you kreis the number of security personnel

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