and there are more than 4,000 peacekeeper troops in kosovo right now.oncerned when you hear the likes of president trump threatening to take away the presence there and if this is going to impact kosovo given there's a substantial peacekeeping troop in your country. >> nato peacekeeping troops are a story for every nation that contributed in this mission. they are trusted by population they are seen as sons and daughters. they're seen as our sons and daughters. we want to be -- to contribute today kosovo is ready to offer our small force. we are in time of transition to offer for contributor for peace. if we could add our troops to uk, u.s. or any other nato member troops abroad so we are -- we see this debate of whose country on size on what for nato we would like to be part of it, to contribute for peace. >> prime minister, let's talk about the economy. because you have a lot of major infrastructure projects that are under way in kosovo. six major highways for example movement in terms of the health care sector and interested investing there. what are

in the end we are talking about human beings who have, in the case of kosovo but in other crime sceneshave worked on, human beings who have suffered from the most terrible crimes. from evil, if we can put that way. do you see yourself as restoring something? we have to be careful. when you are out there as a scientist you are expected to be objective. it is not yourjob to be emotional about it, it is not yourjob to be involved. you have no guilt, it is not your responsibility. you have a job to do. do you have anger? you can't, it is not your place. this is aboutjustice and justice will determine who is guilty, who is innocent. myjob is not to judge anybody, myjob is to gather evidence, analyse evidence, present evidence and let someone else decide on guilt. if you allow yourself to become emotionally involved in these situations, you become a less effective objective scientist and you may well be called to court in the hague and you have to stand there with all clear conscience saying i believe this is my opinion, not i desperately want to get him and put away for the rest of his life

kosovo legal proceedings until he leaves office. leading the investigation against president clinton throughout the investigations that is no coincidence there for the president who now appears all of these legal actions would nominate a judge who could shield him from those legal actions. perhaps the gravest concern is that of roe v. wade. they didn't protect just access to the safe and legal procedures for women in our country. it is affirmed the constitutional right to privacy. it recognizes all americans must be able to make their own personal health decisions based on their own beliefs, needs and circumstances. the record on the circuit inspires no confidence that he will protect this fundamental right. he's supported restricting access to contraception and he recently would enforce an undocumented minor in tax is to delay the receiving state and legal termination of a pregnancy despite taking these steps to access the procedure under the texas state law. if confirmed, judge kavanaugh will almost certainly have more opportuniti

kosovo macedonia montenegro and so yeah as well as seventy year nations including germany it's part of a diplomatic initiative that began in twenty fourteen but it's promised to freeze and make plans to increase funding to fight crime drug trafficking and terrorism in the region. one rhino is killed every seven hours in africa an elephant every thirty minutes and what's to blame well the greed for ivory predominantly in asia for example china poor the emergency brakes last year and put a strict ban illegal ivory trade but european regulations are fulfill polls disastrous consequences as our next report shows. these two elephant cubs may soon end up like this was more elephants a killed by purchase every year than on form despite various trade embargoes ivory is in high demand while white. various countries in europe have become hubs of the international i free trade in germany alone thirty's compass created one point two tons of illegal ivory in twenty sixteen the trade embargoes in europe a full of loopholes the resale of ice free that was purchased before one thousand nine hundred ei

the countries include bosnia and herzegovina serbia kosovo and macedonia albania and montenegro by joining the e.u. they hope to generate greater wealth before the western balkans can hope to benefit from europe's economic strength they've got some homework to do. all in all the west balkans are quite a way along the path to membership according to sources in brussels they've made progress on the rule of law and the independence of the judiciary the legislative process is also being brought in line with the european union. but even membership also means integration in the common market business must be competitive and in many cases that's a long way off the most important yardstick for the economic strength of a country is its gross domestic product you know beanie and g.d.p. per capita is only about three thousand eight hundred fifty euros per year in macedonia it's only a little bit around four thousand six hundred by comparison e.u. member states have an average g.d.p. of thirty two thousand seven hundred euros annually about eight times higher. then there's the widespread corruption co

experts suspect political motives underlie the decision iran does not recognize kosovo as a state meaning the serbian government treats iran as a friend abolishing resists one of the instruments or just serbian diplomacy grace to minister to countries which haven't recognized cos once it's proved that the lot of those so-called two wrists instantly become migrants when they let that when their land and belgrade a port then the problem problem started then they are making their problems and to disagree in authority this and to e.u. which is of course haven't you criticizing serbia passon quickly heard of the new refugee route in belgrade his first trip is to the refugee center miss. the thirty two year old is still undecided as to whether he should apply for a visa in serbia or try to flee to the e.u. via bosnia. that's the time when i came here because i didn't need a visa if i can live here normally i'll stay otherwise i guess i'll have to move on . but i'm not i will want. that uncertainty is familiar in refugee centers iranians who have just arrived often do not know what to do althoug

element of kosovo coming in to see if another therefore it's the. same old blood for the. should show. up in the night shift to try to ask god if you've got to run again to be sure. that he or. she gets a lot of good enough to. look at you won't get off i'm on the phone so. if you don't just want to. transition to a geisha. of any church leave the idea that most of us get medical ok gotta go off. say it's just. me and. the conflict is not far away and the the and we don't rule out the possibility that could that be. has been attacked as not as a possibility that we're taking seriously and we have to plan ahead of its. we want to make sure that's actually in the first place would evacuate the patients with a minimum of staff staying in conduct until the last moment and when indeed we visit not enough security guarantees for staff to stay there then will that i care it's also. just a show for you on the day to make it from the phone to me was more than usual but as usual they were going to move. this along to the door with only me and the bucket of soup one of them once agai

we don't own kosovo, but international law, both are problematic. see them talking about syria, because trump wants those troops out. putin wants the american troops out too. it's not like they don't have anything to talk about. let's be clear. whatever trump says with putin, his own advisers in the administration, his own members of congress in the republican party and lord knows the mainstream media are all going to constrain him immensely in improving the substance of the relationship between the u.s. and russia. >> ian, thank you very much. we appreciate it. >>> the president has just tweeted as well. the european union makes it impossible for our farmers and workers and companies to do business in europe f. u.s. has a $151 billion trade deficit, and then they want us to happily defend it in nato and happily pay for it. >> that trade deficit is misleading. trump only focuses on goods, not services. he's loaded for bare. that's bad for europe, good for putin. ian bremmer, snuck in one more question. appreciate it. we'll be right back. it's pretty

children and families and the united states intervened in the former yugoslavia to help people in kosovorgely muslim country where people were being killed and threatened, and i had the chance to spend a few with refugees who talks to me about what it meant to than the united states offered opportunity regardless of religion. host: the piece is available online if you want to talk to our guest about that and immigration related issues. you can tweak us that you can @cspanwj. tweet us we've all heard the news stories. what is the specific policy would like to address, or at least would like the administration to address? guest: keep giver cannot in march about the effects of immigration on young children across the whole united states living in families that have been here for decades. it was about the damage they are experiencing and what we should do about that, which i can come back to. of the last month about the separation, tearing children and young children from ,heir parents at the border what is truly devastating as the consequences of separation on children. really what we have

it has to undertake it alone but let's look at the balkans bosnia and kosovo and in those cases the europeans provided two thirds and three quarters of the forces and of the money so it has been in terms of of some critical security issues it's been a very important institution it has. a continuing role assuming we make it through the next few years and we would have said we will be watching very closely to see what happens at that. nato summit in brussels next week but i'm afraid we have run out of time in this discussion but i want to thank all of our guests peter galbraith in vermont marco mickelson and talent and fabrice sports here and santander and thank you too for watching you can see the program again any time by visiting our website zero dot com and for further discussion to go to our facebook page that's facebook dot com forward slash a.j. inside story you can also join the conversation on twitter handle is at a.j. inside story from elizabeth for on him and the whole team here bye for now. july on al jazeera. in a new series of head to head maddy has been tackled the big issues wit

point on july second of two thousand and one i thought that what i could expect was maybe a tour of kosovo maybe a little time in bosnia get to go to germany i never expected to serve in a war we hadn't fought very many wars since vietnam at least not long wars the towers came down in september i was in new york or i was certainly emotionally invested in in that attack and i was excited about going to the war quite frankly i was afraid that the war would end like many of us were before i could serve and then i served and then i saw what this was really about and what it appears to be is endless. and yes i served in reconnaissance units mostly calvary scout units in iraq in two thousand and six and seven and then in afghanistan in two thousand and eleven twelve in fact both of the times i served were the surges i was in bush's surge in iraq and then obama's surge in afghanistan which i would argue in my book argues neither of which were effective while at the numbers in another part in your writing is that you sir you said you served in iraq and what you've talked about a little bit your wr

we began to bomb serbia, you may remember kosovo. how did the russians see this? on trying to convince you to sympathize with the russians, but if you need to empathize with your adversary can understand how they see the world in order to see how things could deteriorate after that. nato, come with always emphasid was a purely defensive alliance for own members. kosovo had nothing to do with nato. serbia was a slavic orthodox state like russia. so ordinary russians felt a kinship with serbian. so this to our directions, not just extreme nationalist like vladimir putin, was an act of aggression. and since it can only three days after the first wave of expansion and nato, one thing i think it's a to the russians is as countries used to be our allies, forced allies of course, join nato, they will become locked into american policies that are antithetical to her own interests. just to advance a a closer tod, i've often heard from people that the russians are being disingenuous. of course they know we're not going to invade. i do think they know that, but in 2015, for

the dome is also there to enforce the light because in arab architecture geometry and light always kosovo. now you can find works of art from all over the world in this replica of an arab medina. loans from the head office which is the walking man a sculpture by august called done and works from the abo dobby collection compliment each other. the real cost of all this is anyone's guess a billion euros for the naming rights alone. eight thousand six hundred square metres of exhibition space. fifty five individual buildings. more than a dozen partner museums. works range from li or not or to vinci to i way way. nudity is treated with restraint here out of respect for the country's islamic culture. but the super museum is designed to build bridges to connect the world to impress it. worked really hard to keep the dialogue between these civilizations and to have a presentation of the work in the interesting good news your graphic that's makes the work communicate and speak to each other and really highlight their similarities in the manner that we. divided these artworks based on the time the

her family originates from kosovo. she converted to islam and married a turkish man. at the age of just 19 and without informing her family, she left germany to join i.s., also known as daesh. she says it was very simple. like many others, she travelled to syria via turkey. >> i was listening to the people and they said to me you cannot live your religion here, so there's another way. so they showed me how to get in touch with daesh. with my people. so i get in contact with daesh, with my husband of course, and yes that's it. >> she spent four and a half years living in i.s.-occupied raqqa. during that time, she gave birth to three children. sabila says she was not aware of y atrocities or acts of rrorism. b she certaly did experien the wrathf the religious police. >> i could not hold the hand of my husband, i could not go next to him, it's not good, it's forbidden. i could not go out. or if i go out and i have a problem with my eyes and i have to open my burka, the men, they shout at me, they say if you do this again we will put you into prison. these wom left germy

as you point out, in kosovo and serbia, and throughout the balkans. i think the more we can do to help stabilize the situation, the better. i want to turn finally to turkey. there are a number of issues with turkey that i know the state department is very concerned about. one of those is there continued pursuance of the s 400 air defense system from russia. obviously, it would be in violation of half the law. can you talk about what the administration is doing on that front and if turkey does except delivery of that system, when would we invoke sanctions? >> thank you for that question. i have been very engaged with the turks on this. it is a very serious matter. we have been clear in all of our communications with the turkish government that acquisition of the s 400, which we would assess to have occurred when there is an actual delivery of the technology, we have been clear on multiple occasions with the highest level of the turkish government that there will be consequences. we will abide by the rules and when we determine a transaction has been ma

but i shall it's close is go to kosovo still with you has this should q. . on march sixteenth the crimean referendum or so held and the people voted to leave ukraine and enter the russian federation. the situation in crimea is being presented as a russian invasion and again nobody looks at this seriously and looks at the poll numbers and some of the poll numbers done by the u.s. government agencies themselves showing that the people of crimea prefer being part of russia in the u.s. news media is all been presented as the russians invaded they then station sham election with people with guns at their backs somehow they big the ballot boxes to get ninety six percent approval for rejoining russia idea of a referendum in crimea is just quite simply unconstitutional but it does raise questions on whether these folks really is free and fair especially given the heavy military presence in crimea right now errol so that's how it's been sold to the american people the reality is very different the atmosphere has said if you look shake thousands of people have gathere

kosovo now there's cynical media i'm a seen us all up with thought about a. vision of getting. it on what it. this you know i mean in your monotonous incline you know what ink i park is sort of i want to know. what i'm focused on in this you know what i'm like what are like and i said i've got as a term of. this you know i mean in your mind or a single i knew i get it when you cry i don't want i. mean i'm going to and unanimous. the show could go it's as if. i should. quote i've only said that i thought of a number thirty eight funded. by mckinsey it's as if to say i said. former cricket star imran khan has claimed victory in pakistan's parliamentary elections he's promised to end lavish spending on politicians lifestyles con also says he wants to improve ties with china the official result is yet to be announced other parties say the vote was rigged.

now brazil star player neymar has on the operation of supporters around the world of kosovo he's also quite famous for going to the ground during guy now we all some fans in some are if they could imitate some of his facial expressions. in your face like him. but. it's a little. bit. all over our lot. here already i would forgive you but i promise. anybody is going to do this. that's. the. language same hunger. supporters piling into some are the city's brimming with a festive spirit brazilian carnival organized that brought out the fans and locals on the streets celebration jackson head of monday's clash you know neil went to see what else fans can expect in the city.

it had stay under taken alone but let's look at the balkans bosnia and kosovo and in those cases the europeans provided two thirds and three quarters of the forces and of the money so it has been in terms of of some critical security issues it's been a very important institution it has. a continuing role assuming we make it through the next few years and we would have said we will be watching very closely to see what happens at the. nato summit in brussels next week but i'm afraid we have run out of time in this discussion but i want to thank all of our guests peter galbraith in vermont marco mickelson and talent and fabrice sports here and santander and thank you too for watching you can see the program again any time by visiting our website al-jazeera dot com and for further discussion to go to our facebook page that's facebook dot com forward slash a.j. inside story you can also join the conversation on twitter handle is at a.j. inside story from elizabeth for on them and the whole team here by fanatics. thank you. south america australia pretty. solid. i imagine folded to me seiz

it had stay under taken alone but let's look at the balkans bosnia and kosovo and in those cases the europeans provided two thirds and three quarters of the forces and of the money so it has been in terms of of some critical security issues it's been a very important institution it has. a continuing role assuming we make it through the next few years and we will have so we will be watching very closely to see what happens at that. nato summit in brussels next week but i'm afraid we have run out of time in this discussion but i want to thank all of our guests peter galbraith in vermont marco mickelson and talent and fabrice sports here and santander and thank you too for watching you can see the program again any time by visiting our website al-jazeera dot com and for further discussion to go to our facebook page that's facebook dot com forward slash a.j. inside story you can also join the conversation on twitter handle is at a.j. inside story from elizabeth for on him and the whole team here bye for now. where were you when this idea popped into it when they're on line it's undoubted

kosovo now there's cynical media. us all with out about. vision again. but i'm wearing. this you know i mean in your mind noticing quite a wedding party sort of moment out is. what i'm focused on in the studio but i'm with what an organizer i've got is a term of. this you know i mean in your mind not a single you are getting what you guy i don't want and. i mean i'm going to end unanimous. the show could go because as you've read yes it's a. question i. cannot i've only said that i thought of going on what are you finding. point zero point zero conceived because as you say i said. you know. u.s. president donald trump will invite his russian counterpart vladimir putin to washington this autumn the white house has said the invitation comes four days after their meeting in helsinki that led to an opera in the united states of the trumps failure to publicly confront putin for moscow's alleged meddling in the twenty sixteen election. israel's parliament has passed a controversial law explicitly defining the country as the national homeland of the jewish people the measure do

experts suspect political motives underlie the decision iran does not recognize kosovo as a state meaning the serbian government treats iran as a friend abolishing reeses is one of the instruments of the serbian diplomacy great through minister to countries which haven't recognized because once it's true that a lot of those so called to resist instantly become migrants when they let that when their land and belgrade a port then the problem problem started then they are making their problems and to disagree with her at this and to e.u. which is of course having you criticizing serbia pass and quickly heard of the new refugee route in belgrade his first trip is to the refugee center. the thirty two year old is still undecided as to whether he should apply for a visa in serbia or try to flee to the e.u. the abbas india. must have been when i came here because i didn't need a visa if i can live here normally i'll stay otherwise i guess i'll have to move on . but i'm not i will want. that and. certainty is familiar in refugee centers iranians who have just arrived often do not know what to do

watching this game is in the way shape or form was he like to be in the midst of the fun of the road kosovo i'd like. to sit at the start of a city rush out a mountain to climb a roll top right minutes when they go about incredible i mean go and i was at least thinking the getting the full and the atmosphere in that he put it in fight like what's going on our shots and think it was even better for some reason make you sit in that place made it so intense and the thing i loved about it summed up for me when i was running back i had a russian found saying where are you what a beautiful game it was that's exactly what it is. they went out in style right from the right from the start the crowd behind them and even when you try to wear on top with a large chunks like them i fell in the crack whistling there doing that and then right at the end they were still working the scene and even when i found this dog that they were still trying to attack me and to watch it it was a pretty face it was filling and you should feel what it was like to be and. has been an incredible evening full of action and

our house they raped me and beat me i still have the scars from my that's why i came here he did in kosovo who was and they would have a piece is one of around fifteen hundred refugees evacuated by the united nations from libyan camps last autumn they have endured war and many of them sexual violence every one of these women was deemed especially vulnerable by u.n. staff who arranged for them to be flown out there now recovering in the shelter for women and children in need air before being flown to europe. funding for the shelter comes from the e.u. it's a prime example of legal migration without the pitfalls of a perilous mediterranean crossing once there refugees are right here from detention in libya we provide them with the media's assistance with protection we have a team of psychologists working with them so we have what we call a philosophy of care basically we provide them with recreational activities with counseling with their we provide them with language classes to prepare them for resettlement shares a former french colony and one of the poorest countries in the world it also

point on july second of two thousand and one i thought that what i could expect was maybe a tour of kosovo maybe a little time in bosnia get to go to germany i never expected to say. in a war we haven't fought very many wars since vietnam at least not long wars the towers came down in september i was in new york or i was certainly emotionally invested in in that attack and i was excited about going to the war quite frankly i was afraid that the war would end like many of us were before i could serve and then i served and then i saw what this was really about and what it appears to be is endless. and yes i served in reconnaissance units mostly calvary scout units in iraq in two thousand and six and seven and then in afghanistan in two thousand and eleven twelve in fact both of the times i served were the surges i was in bush's surge in iraq and then obama's surge in afghanistan which i would argue in my book argues neither of which were effective while at the numbers in another part in your writing is that you sir you said you served in iraq and what you've talked about a little bit your wr

who's watching this game is in the way she because what was it like to be in the front of the road kosovo i'd like. to say that the stuff i said to rush on a mountain to climb and they were on top right minutes when they go by incredible i mean go and i was at least thinking they're getting the full on the atmosphere in that he put it on fire like what's going on our shots and think it was even better for some reason the acoustics in that place made it so intense and the thing i loved about it summed up for me when i was running back i hear the russian fans saying where are you what a beautiful game it was that's exactly what it was they went out in style right from the right from the start the crowd behind them and even when prices were on top with the large chunks i got myself and the crowd whistling their doing their part and then right at the end they were still winning the team and even when i found this go ahead and they were still trying to. watch it it was a pretty useless feeling and it gives you feel what it was like to be in. been an incredible evening. action and trauma it's o