will have to pay a price for its this is something that happened just macedonia will have to pay not only with higher military spending and operations which are far from macedonia and interest they will also lose the ability to conduct their own genuine sovereign foreign policy. while trying to discuss so let's cross live now roughly a geo political unless the un consulted friend of the program i may good to have you with us what does joining nato mean for must do and why you have sculpey of being so came to join do you think. well i think for macedonia it's a first step also into the extraction process to what you will also be accelerated by this step and it's a clear sign that macedonia within the dispute competition between the west and the east has chosen the side of the west and yeah this doesn't necessarily mean that this is bad for europe nor from macedonia it means keeley that this competition's truckle often a tool against russia and its influence is here is going on. we have of course to see this with a certain amount of preoccupation when we see it in the light of the i.n.

ostriches aren't typically associated with macedonia but the macedonian ostrich farm has been selling itself on its location for a quarter of a century. i wanted to emphasize my reach not because i pioneered my plan was to spread the birds to other parts of greece and become a sort of brand name greece's agreement to recognise its northern neighbor as north macedonia leaves commercial branding in a state of legal limbo a committee is to decide over the next three years which products may continue to use the term macedonian as part of their branding some could lose the rights that means producers like likely these thinking of trademarking their brands so as to have a legal right to the name when they export their goods but the process is expensive but that is. what is it. there was no one to inform me about the pros and cons when the government decided to make this into a state agreement and should have informed us about the rights or it could have gone the cost to trademarking this is not easy for a small business person. greek macedonia make some four thousand product branded as mace

the newly renamed country of north macedonia has signed a deal paving the way for nato membership the head of the transatlantic military alliance yon stolzenberg welcome. today is historic day for your country and a proud day for all nato ambassadors have just signed extension protocol for the future probably of north a mustard mustard on the. i want to congratulate both the scope in athens for showing commitment and courage in reaching an agreement on the name issue. this follows a renaming agreement for the former yugoslav republic of macedonia to end a long running feud with its southern neighbor greece until now the dispute had prevented macedonia from joining nato meanwhile russia has expressed its concern over the move warning that nato membership could force macedonia to adopt policies that are against its own interests some get happy just macedonia will have to pay not only with higher military spending and operations which are far from macedonia in interest they will also lose the ability to conduct their own genuine sovereign foreign policy. geo political analysts are believ

macedonia was to some extent protected. in the former yugoslav base as part of a bigger for the ration when yugoslavia fell apart when we declared our independence we had these issues we are neighbors. so i think it will take time and good faith implementation. but i think people will be convinced even those who oppose the agreement today both from greece and from macedonia that this was the right thing to do. well now u.s. president donald trump has named treasury department official david malpass as his pick to lead the world bank has been a longtime critic of the bank which focuses on global poverty trump said that the world bank should quote defend american values trumps announcement of longtime treasury official david malpass as world bank pick on wednesday was widely expected because america is the largest contributor to the world bank giving it over one billion dollars every year my administration has made it a top priority to ensure that u.s. taxpayers dollars are spent effectively and wisely. serve american interes

and why north macedonia is rewriting its textbooks and we live in a company long minutes. hello welcome to the look at the international forecast the weather remains set there across southern parts of china largely clear skies here further north that's where we have the thick of cloud standing its way and we also have a bit of wintry weather as well still a fair bit of snow here people on the move of course for the and of the lulu new year new year celebrations where some wintry weather will continue then as we go through choose day in shanghai turns a little milder it turns a lot wetter down into the southeast we'll see temperatures around twenty three celsius there for hong kong as a sunshine continues also sunshine to across the good parts of india down to the south a few showers here and some really heavy rain recently into sri lanka hundred millimeters of rain there in twenty four hours the worst of that is in the process of easing away quietly and down more the west sunshine coming through a lot of sunshine further north as i said we have got some sickening cloud jus

teri: this is a very big day, an historic day for macedonia and also for t the alliance.ne thing that stuck with me from what you said is that now macedonia will never walk alone. what do you mean by that? >> we have been lonely. we have been trying to j join fr years. the first declaration of our parliament dates back to 1993. and this is a quarter of a century now, and plus. and withth this step now as s te prprotocol signed today goes through, the 29 parliaments s of the allies, the member states, we will be part of the family. and the journey is here, when you have friends around. so this is what i meant. teri: and do you think t that te sacrifice willll be worth it? i have friends who are pro-nato, pro-europe, and even they have mixed feelings autut what it took to get yoyou here t today. >> we have four major motivations, or results of the agreement, this whole e process. the first two are unlocking, getting out of the waiting room, both on nato and the eu. the third one -- and a all of tm are veryry important -- the thdd one is making a friend with our neigighbors,

know where they belong and from where from when they belong north macedonia is a country in search of its past it is surrounded by the strong national identities of the greeks albanians boag ariens and serbs they have already claimed every balkan hero and woven their national narratives what is more important those narratives interlock the north macedonian narrative is still being written some raw material for that's narrative is to be found in the national museum here of koreans with the head of alexander minted in greece but excavated in north macedonia roman byzantine and also men are also here testifying that empires held sway over this land for twenty three centuries until nationalism was violently thrust upon it jumps at all plus al-jazeera scorpio thousands of people have had to leave their homes as strong winds fan wildfires in new zealand soph island the fires started near the city of nelson a week ago and have destroyed more than two thousand hectares a forest at least three thousand people have left their homes and more are likely to get out in the coming hours locals say i

has now officially been renamed the next step is for north macedonia and greek macedonia to agree onwho will use the name for commercial products to answer up us reports. ostriches aren't typically associated with macedonia but the macedonian ostrich farm has been selling itself on its location for a quarter of a century. i wanted to emphasize my reach mike because i pioneered my plan was to spread the birds to other parts of greece and become a sort of brand name greece's agreement to recognise its northern neighbor as north macedonia leaves commercial branding in a state of legal limbo a committee is to decide over the next three years which products may continue to use the term macedonian as part of their branding some could lose the rights that means producers like a slightly this thinking of trademarking their brands so as to have a legal right to the name when they export their goods but the process is expensive but that is. what is it. there was no one to inform me about the pros and cons when the government decided to make this interstate agreement and should have informed us

that is one of many educational issues a joint commission of historians from greece and north macedonia how to resolve the four this country's new school textbooks are printed in september the most controversial issue is how schools here will teach about alexander the great need them the. i believe that when we teach the era of alexander the great we must go out cosmopolitanism rather than teach in a way that provokes nationalism the main point is not city chung says to hate each other but to communicate when politicians talk about history i'm not sure anything good will come of it the last time politicians here talked about history they claimed alexander as a macedonian but not a greek hero and spent a billion dollars on statues and public buildings befitting the pedigree they used the name macedonia which is the same as greece's northern region and raised fears of claims on its territory and its history two years ago that government led by the right wing via morrow party fell from power the social democrats who stepped in made a deal with neighboring greece to rename the country north

ostriches aren't typically associated with macedonia but the macedonian ostrich farm has been selling itself on its location for a quarter of a century. i wanted to emphasize my reach mike because i pioneered my plan was to spread the birds to other parts of greece and become a sort of brand name greece's agreement to recognise its northern neighbor as north macedonia leaves commercial branding in a state of legal limbo a committee is to decide over the next three years which products may continue to use the term macedonian as part of their branding could lose the rights that means producers like a slightly this thinking of trade marking their brands so as to have a legal right to the name when they export their goods but the process is expensive that. there was no one to inform me about the pros and cons when the government decided to make this interstate agreement and should have informed us about the rights or it could have gone the cost to trademarking this is not easy for a small business person. greek macedonia make some four thousand product branded as macedonian but only a han

for north macedonia as it now is and greek macedonia to agree on who will use the name for commercial products less reports. ostriches aren't typically associated with macedonia but the macedonian ostrich farm has been selling itself on its location for a quarter of a century. i wanted to emphasize my reach mike because i pioneered my plan was to spread the birds to other parts of greece and become a sort of brand name greece's agreement to recognise its northern neighbor as north macedonia leaves commercial branding in a state of legal limbo a committee is to decide over the next three years which products may continue to use the term macedonian as part of their branding could lose the rights that means producers like a slightly these are thinking of trademarking their brands so as to have a legal right to the name when they export their goods but the process is expensive but that is. what is it. there was no one to inform me about the pros and cons when the government decided to make this interstate agreement and should have informed us about the rights or it could have gone the cos

a formal process has started for the country formally known as macedonia to become north macedonia as agreed with its neighbor greece agreement ended a long running dispute but is causing concern among businesses in greece is own macedonian region they fear that without new legal protection they might no longer be able to sell products with the name macedonia johnson reports from the area around the northern greek city a felony. ostriches aren't typically associated with macedonia but the macedonian ostrich farm has been selling itself on its location for a quarter of a century. i wanted to emphasize my reaching out because i pioneered my plan was to spread the birds to other parts of greece and become a sort of brand name greece's agreement to recognise its northern neighbor as north macedonia leaves commercial branding in a state of legal limbo a committee is to decide over the next three years which products may continue to use the term macedonian as part of their branding some could lose the rights that means producers like likely this thinking of trademarking their brands so as t

know where they belong and from where from when they belong north macedonia is a country in search of its past it is surrounded by the strong national identities of the greeks albanians gary and serbs they have already claimed every balkan hero and woven their national narratives what is more important those narratives into lock the north macedonian narrative is still being written some raw material for that's narrative is to be found in the national museum here a coin is with the head of alexander minted in greece but excavated in north message only a roman byzantine and also men are also here testifying that empires held sway over this land for twenty three centuries until nationalism was violently thrust upon it jumps at all plus al-jazeera scorpio. israel's prime minister has confirmed he intends to introduce a so-called pay to slay law it would deduct the amount of money the palestine liberation organization gives to palestinians convicted of carrying out attacks by israel from the amount israel collects in taxes on behalf of the palestinian authority the figure is thought to be

a macedonia foreign minister nicola dimitri spoke to d.w. correspondent teri schultz today after that signing ceremony. mr foreign minister thank you very much for making time on this very busy day thanks for having me. this is a very big day secretary general says it's a big day a historic day for macedonia and also for the alliance one thing that stuck with me from what you said is that now macedonia will never walk alone what do you mean by that. we've been lonely we've been trying to join in forty years the first the cooperation of our parliament was dates back to ninety three. and this is a quarter of a century now and plus. and with the step now as the accession protocol that was just signed today goes through the twenty nine parliaments of the allies of the member states we will be part of the family. so the journey is easier. when you have friends around so this is what i meant and do you think that the sacrifice will be worth it i have i have friends who are pro nato pro europe and even they have mixed feelings about what it took to

why north macedonia is rewriting its textbooks and relabeling public monuments. and ski legends lindsey vonn has raced for the last time at the well championships in sweden leo will have more on her at that career in sports. while talks to about another government shutdown in the u.s. have stalled just days before a deadline over funding is due to expire there's a dispute between republicans and democrats over the immigrant detentions president on trump agreed last month to end the thirty five day partial shutdown with a three week spending deal the political deadlock is over funding for trump's proposed border wall with mexico the u.s. president has been quick to attack the democrats over the breakdown of talks trump tweeted it was a very bad week for the democrats with the great economic numbers the disaster and the state of the union address now with a terrible office being made to them by the border committee i actually believe they want a shutdown they want a new subjects well evan siegfried is a republican strategist and he joins us now live on skype from n

its name to north macedonia. u.s. prosecutors are investigating an american newspapers handling of amazon boss jeff bezos as extramarital affair bezos has accused the problem of blackmail he alleges that the national enquirer threatened to publish intimate photos of him in his lover if he did not comply with their demands. to thailand now which has seen a rollercoaster twenty four hours the political party that nominated the king's sister for prime minister has suspended her candidacy obeying an order from the king and one route shocks the country on friday when she announced she would be running for a populist party loyal to ousted ex premier taksim cina want one rob had defended her decision to stand saying she had relinquished her royal titles when she married a foreigner in one thousand nine hundred eighty two let's get some more on all of this and for that we're joined on the line by boston heartache who is in the thai capital bangkok hello to bust and so is there now any chance of the princes could still ru

changing its name to north macedonia. that's where the wrong pictures i apologize for that. we're now seeing those pictures of greens. a u.s. envoy for north korea has expressed confidence real progress can be made at a summit later this month between doll trump and kim jong un but special envoy stephen bacon also caution there was still work to be done ahead of the talks trump has said the second meeting between the two leaders will be held in the vietnamese capital annoy. it's the seventy first anniversary of the korean people zomi and something to celebrate for north korea's leader kim jong il and while the u.s. was buzzing with anticipation about the forthcoming summit he was saying nothing which was you know junior untrue what you wanted to do or in washington president trump was convinced the great times lay ahead for north korea if the summit is a success it will become a great economic powerhouse he tweeted it will become a different kind of rockets an economic one. trump believes there are grounds for optimism re

its name to north macedonia. now u.s. president has announced he'll be meeting north korean leader kim jong un for a second summit in hanoi vietnam the washington special envoy for north korea cautioned there was still work to be done ahead of the talks scheduled for the end of the month this comes just days after a u.n. report found that yanks nuclear program remains intact. it's the seventy first anniversary of the korean people zomi and something to celebrate for north korea's leader kim jong il and while the u.s. was buzzing with anticipation about the forthcoming summit he was saying nothing to go to washington june you're. going to do. in washington president trump was convinced the great times lay ahead from north korea if the summit is a success it will become a great economic powerhouse he tweeted it will become a different kind of rocket an economic one. trump believes there are grounds for optimism returning from pyongyang is envoy doing the groundwork for the summit met south korea's foreign minister

where they belong and from where from when they belong north macedonia is a country in search of its past it is surrounded by the strong national identities of the greeks albanians gary and serbs they have already claimed every balkan hero and woven their national narratives what is more important those narratives interlock the north macedonian narrative is still being written some raw material for that narrative is to be found in the national museum here accordance with the head of alexander minted in greece but excavated in north macedonia roman byzantine and also men are also here testifying that empires held sway over this land for twenty three centuries until nationalism was violently thrust upon it jumps at ople us al-jazeera scorpio. tavistock other top stories here it out as their ears and russia have come up with counterproposals at the un to try to solve the crisis in venezuela washington wants for. she lections while russia warns against using outside force to remove president maduro kurdish led forces backed by the united states are trying to push eisel out of its last po

its name to north macedonia. a canadian man who gunned down six members of a quebec city mosque and twenty seventeen has been sentenced to life in prison the judge said alex song globe as a nets would be eligible for parole after serving forty years behind bars prime minister justin trudeau to announce the shooting as a terrorist attack. a u.s. envoy for north korea has expressed confidence real progress can be made at a summit later this month between donald trump and kim jong un but special envoy stephen bacon also cautioned there was still work to be done ahead of the talks trump has said the second meeting between the two leaders will be held in the vietnamese capital one only. it's the seventy first anniversary of the korean people's army and something to celebrate for north korea's leader kim jong il and while the u.s. was buzzing with anticipation about the forthcoming summit he was saying nothing which was you know you actually untrue would you don't do or in washington president trump was convinced the g

its name to north macedonia. a canadian man who gunned down six members of a québec city mosque and twenty seventeen has been sentenced to life in prison the judge said alexander be so now that it would be eligible for parole after serving forty years behind bars the canadian prime minister justin trudeau denounced the shooting as a terrorist attack last week. in lagos nigeria supporters of the president have gathered for a rally in the run up to next week's elections the all progressives congress party hopes to see president's muhammadu buhari reelected to a second term the president is scheduled to address the crowd this afternoon and next saturday the country will also vote for a new parliament. w correspondent adrienne critias at that election campaign event in lagos and joins us now for the latest so adrienne tell us what's going on where you are. well i mean you can see the little bit of the back right hopefully in fairy loud here it's very on here to thousands of people who came to see president obama who

but just last month parliaments in both countries approved a deal to change macedonia's name to north macedonia wednesday's nato accession particle must now be ratified by other governments in the alliance refugee football or hockey mallory b. is being warned he faces six months longer in a bangkok prison while he fights extradition to behind a bahrain is requested his arrest while he was on his honeymoon in thailand and everybody says he'll be tortured if he sent back to serve a ten year prison sentence behind international footballer fled to australia in twenty fourteen by now plays for a club in melbourne. one i've also stressed is that it's driving people in the type of people who have a wonderful people the people relationship and i've stressed just how strongly as dragons' feel about this and i would i would be very disappointed. if you as a result of how these matters handle that relationship between the time to strike and people were affected i would be very disappointed about that some other people to the prime minister to take that into account but i do have the authority to

north macedonia has not only changed its name it's undergoing a historical overhaul within six months it must rename state institutions rewrite school textbooks and relabel public monuments critics say this will tamper with its identity but the government says it will help discover its reports. these students at lousy state school are learning about and a statue is kind of a hero of the greek war of independence against the ottoman empire at least that's how he is taught in greek schools one hundred fifty kilometers south of here but here in scope here he is taught as a broken freedom fighter from the south macedonian region what is today greek macedonia that is one of many educational issues a joint commission of historians from greece and north macedonia are to resolve before this country's new school textbooks are printed in september the most controversial issue is how schools here will teach about alexander the great need them the disparities i believe that when we teach the era of alexander the great we must go out to cosmopolitanism rather than teach in a way that provokes nati

now for three decades north macedonia and greece have fought over. name greece's neighbor would use but today the two countries are discovering that a close economic relationship could be the basis for a future friendship johnson reports from scorpio. he has travelled two hundred sixty kilometers from her hometown in central greece to fix her teeth over the border in north macedonia she can no longer afford greek dentists who charge two to three times the prices here and the bus that brought her is free operated by the clinic. they have i'm very satisfied the surgery is amazing much better than what we have in greece they do x. rays and cat scans on a one rate increase they send you left and right and infrastructure is not the same order in fact every client is greek victims of the economic crisis that has claimed a third of their living standards many come here to shop by cheaper petrol for their cars according to one study greek consumers spend half a billion dollars a year in north macedonia their business at this clinic alone provides work for a

macedonia today officially renamed itself north macedonia, honoring an agreement to end a decades-old dispute with neighboring greece and secure its entry into nato. macedonia raised the nato flag at its main government building, and members of the alliance continue to ratify the agreement. the name change resolves a dispute with greece dating back to macedonia's desolation of independence from the former yugoslavia in 1991. french officials say almost three months of protests across by the yellow vests demonstrators have led to 1800 commercial convictions. the prime minister says another 1400 are awaiting sentencing. speaking to lawmakers today, he also condemned various anti-semitic acts over the weekend, calling them repugnant. those acts have not been linked to the demonstrators. global news 24 hours a day on air and on tictoc on twitter powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in over 120 countries. i'm mark crumpton. this is bloomberg. ♪ scarlet: from bloomberg world headquarters in a snowy new york, this is "bloomberg markets : the lows." caroline: we are 30 minutes f

increases signed a protocol giving its approval to macedonia's membership after blocking it succession for a decade over a name dispute many greeks see the former yugoslav republic as a threat to its own region which is also called macedonia but just last month parliaments in both countries approved a deal to change macedonia is named to north macedonia wednesday's nato accession protocol must now be ratified by other governments in the alliance a russian court has sentenced a danish man to six years in jail for being a jehovah's witness russia declared the christian sect an extremist organization in twenty seventeen of the many other jehovah's witnesses awaiting in pretrial detention in russia this christensen is the first person to be given a prison sentence critics a concern for religious freedom as were trans reports moscow. dennis christensen who arrived in good spirits to hear the verdict on wednesday thank you for coming by i want to know how do you how do you know. that it was but after cameras and supporters were told to leave the court the judge in the town of oriel sentenced

has put up road signs with this new name on the border with greece macedonia was officially renamed as north macedonia choose state marking the end of a decades long dispute with its self and neighbor rob began when macedonia became a new nation in one thousand nine hundred one adopting the same name as a greek region. afghanistan cricket team is preparing to play in this summer's world cup in england it is the latest stage in a remarkable rice for the sport which is seen afghanistan come from nowhere to the world's top twelve nations in less than two decades many players learn cricket as a direct result of the war as well fiji's across the bull's eye in pakistan just anybody just covered in jalalabad cricket is having a huge pulse if effects on afghan society. no matter whether it's a cold winter or be hot summer in afghanistan is always the season for cricket even with no more than a piece of wood for a bat a rocky piece of ground for a pitch and a stone for the wickets most young boys and many men have been hooked by the phenomenon of cricket which has swept the country. these bo

that is one of many educational issues a joint commission of historians from greece and macedonia to resolve before this country's new school textbooks are printed in september the most controversial issue. is how schools here will teach about alexander the great need them they describe i believe that when we teach the era of alexander the great we must draw out cosmopolitanism rather than teach in a way that provokes nationalism the main point is not city chung says to hate each other but to communicate when politicians talk about history i'm not sure anything good will come of it the last time politicians here talked about history they claimed alexander as a macedonian but not a greek hero and spent a billion dollars on statues and public buildings befitting the pedigree they used the name macedonia which is the same as greece's northern region and raised fears of claims on its territory and its history two years ago that government led by the right wing via morrow party fell from power the social democrats who stepped in made a deal with neighboring greece to rename the country no

might agree nigeria macedonia has officially been renamed north macedonia ending a decades long dispute with greece starting on wednesday north macedonia will be included in road signs starting with once border with greece the dispute between the two countries started after macedonia formally a yugoslav republic became a new nation in one hundred ninety one adopting the same name as the greek region. top stories on arches there the world's most infamous cartel boss has been convicted of drug trafficking in the u.s. chapo guzman could face life in prison after jurors in a brooklyn court found him guilty on all ten counts the sixty one year old shot to infamy after escaping jail for the second time in twenty fourteen only to be recaptured two years later is three months trial was packed with tales of gruesome killings jewel encrusted guns and cocaine hidden in how to pin your cans. as well in opposition to one door has said aid will enter the country on february twenty third next week after thousands of his supporters rallied in caracas their insertions have been demanding they be let int

hometown in central greece to fix her teeth over the border in north macedonia she can no longer afford greek dentists who charge two to three times the prices here and the bus that brought her is free operated by the clinic. i'm very satisfied the surgery is amazing much better than what we have in greece they do x. rays and cat scans on one really increase they send you left and right and the infrastructure is not the same order in fact every client is greek victims of the economic crisis that has claimed a third of their living standards many come here to shop by cheaper petrol for their cars according to one study greek consumers spend half a billion dollars a year in north macedonia it's their business this clinic alone provides work for a staff of fifty after taking a quick thinking is separating that this clinic started ten years ago with the idea that it would serve as patients from greece we started small with four people and we see more than thirty five thousand patients during that time some worry about this capital flight hundreds of greek companies have fled a corporate tax

know where they belong and from where from when they belong north macedonia is a country in search of its past it is surrounded by the strong national identities of the greeks albanians gary and serbs they have already claimed every balkan hero and woven their national narratives what is more important those narratives into lock the north macedonian narrative is still being written some raw material for that's narrative is to be found in the national museum here a coin is with the head of alexander minted in greece but excavated in north macedonia roman byzantine and also men are also here testifying that empires held sway over this land for twenty three centuries until nationalism was violently thrust upon it jumps at all plus al-jazeera scorpio. thousands of people have had to leave their homes as strong winds fan wildfires in new zealand soph island the fire started near the city of nelson a week ago and have destroyed more than two thousand hectares a forest at least three thousand people have left their homes and more are likely to get out in the coming hours locals say it's one

filling a gap why north macedonia is becoming popular with greeks in need of dental treatment. hello this cloud gathering again maybe along the winter front a line that's more or less stretching to shanghai back towards the high ground of you non this produces rain in the south and snow in the north where the cold is met and there's a little green patch inland from shanghai back towards will hand and stretch a little bit beyond but if you're in the south and hong kong is a case in point it's enjoyed glee warm and sunny is not particularly humid and the breeze in this specially strong just right really there we have seen some and usually went weather in iran recently and equally in northern india northern pakistan across tibet because it turned into snows in a fairly active area over the next day or so not so much in india but certainly if you look up towards afghanistan that is the case we've seen occasional row thunderstorms a long way sas recently and still that breeze might bring a few showers and destroy lanka but this is obviously the area of concentration and is still qui

macedonia as a step closer to joining nato. i'm void to present the deal older than the public to sign the system. agree said block macedonia's membership into the military alliance for a decade over a name dispute that was just recently resolved at then sees the former yugoslav republic as a threat to its own region which is also called macedonia greece has signed the nato a session protocol and giving its approval to macedonia as membership after it's been confirmed the country will be known as the north macedonia and the autonomy is region in the southern philippines could be expanded further when an indigenous tribe votes on whether to join it they want to make sure the ruling rulers that is of the muslim majority territory return their ancestral lands to them to mail allan's are going reports. get them in a bush. who didn't invoking the spirits of their ancestors the tedder i say they are grateful the hope peace has come to their land to us more than a hundred thousand of them voted to accept an autonomy discover meant des

and being a decades long dispute with greece starting on wednesday north macedonia will be included in road signs one on its border with greece the nato flag has also been raised as the newly named state prepares to become a member of the military alliance the dispute between the two countries started after macedonia formally a part of yugoslavia became a new nation in one nine hundred ninety one adopting the same name as the adjoining creek region. the region of normandy in northern france relies heavily on cross channel trade with the u.k. there's britain for passage depart the e.u. is concern but also hope and tasha partly reports from the port city of wisdom with his rolling hills and quaint cottages normandy east charm is distinct for more than a thousand years this french regional the english channel has had links to britain when the conqueror was born in this castle in ten sixty six he invaded england and became king. today it's trade that's the main bond the u.k. is an important export market for this cheese factory but with britain set to leave the european union managers a

but just last month parliaments in both countries approved a deal to change macedonia is named to north macedonia the membership must now be ratified by the other nato governments a russian court has sentenced a danish man to six years in jail for being a jehovah's witness russia declared the christian sect an extremist organization in twenty seventeen though many other jehovah's witnesses are waiting in pretrial detention dennis christensen is the first to be given a prison sentence which owns reports from moscow. dennis christensen who arrived in good spirits to hear the verdict on wednesday thank you everybody i wanted to do you know. that it was but after cameras and supporters were told to leave the court a judge in the town of oriel sentenced the dane to six years for extremism is a conviction he intends to appeal to the state i thank you everybody for coming i'm very happy that you're here thank you. dennis christensen may be the first jehovah's witness to be given jail time in russia but he's certainly not the only one in trouble we filmed worship at their main moscow meeting ha

agreed to change its name to north macedonia ending a decades long dispute with its southern neighborwhich had previously vetoed its nato membership. she said as prime minister of bangladesh for three terms and now opposition leader is also one year behind bars and supporters say she was jailed on charges to prevent her from standing in elections and they were sentence overturned and spoke to some of them in dhaka. it is exactly one year since the opposition leader and former prime minister has been jailed after the election this is one of the main protest rally organized by the main opposition bangladesh nationalist party inside the engineering institute thousands of people are gathered here to protest and demand the release off its leader i spoke to one of the siniora leader of the opposition party this is what he have to say. for big. government should resign and this for bigger fish election is the only option. released. from the jail there is a major challenge for the opposition ahead of time despite facing a termination and limited ground force great talking to some of the peopl

its name to north macedonia ending a dispute with that southern neighbor on wednesday in brussels natohas signed the accord to let north macedonia join the military alliance but it first has to be ratified by all member countries two days of heavy snow have caused avalanches in the himalayan region of indian administered kashmir killing at least nine people rescuers are trying to reach ten people trapped in a fire station or about a nanny has more. police and fire crew would usually carry out rescue missions in these mountains but they've become the victims of an avalanche twenty people were sheltering in this tunnel and colgan district of india administered kashmir when it was buried by snow ten thousand life now rescue workers are digging through the snow with spades and even the hands to find the rest morning at six o'clock we have started the operation and people have been able to get and one person. unfortunately died and we are searching for the mortar. with some still being pulled out injured but alive all the bodies retrieved lay covered on the snow two days of heavy snow has c

greece has signed a protocol giving its approval to macedonia as membership after blocking its accession for a decade over a name dispute many greeks see the former yugoslav republic as a threat to its own region which is also called macedonia but just last month parliaments in both countries approved a deal to change macedonia is named to north macedonia wednesday's nato accession protocol must now be ratified by other governments in the alliance teachers striking over pay in zimbabwe say they're being intimidated by security forces a strike comes after a violent crackdown on protests last month in a country where inflation is at its highest in a decade union leaders say around two thirds of teachers have stayed at home but security agents are monitoring them which us are reports from harare. blessing my parts i didn't go to work today. neither did some of the primary school teachers colleagues because they aren't strike public school teachers one bit to working conditions and to be paid in u.s. dollars instead of local bonds knots which constantly leisurely is so painful you know i am

let me down big you're up to date with some other stories making news around the world macedonia has signed an access intro to call with nato allies bringing the country a major step towards joining the military alliance macedonia's foreign minister and major secretary general at the document signing ceremony the move comes after the resolution of a name dispute with greek. authorities in thailand have said that a refugee footballer fighting extradition to beheading could remain in jail until august while his case is decided. he was arrested in thailand in november while visiting from australia he has refugee status he could face a long jail term if he's extradited to behind. a service is under way in the eastern german city of advice to mark one hundred years since the draft of the country's first democratic constitution german chancellor is amongst the hundreds of guests the weimar constitution was drafted in nineteen nineteen a year before germany's first parliament was elected. the european commission has blocked a planned tire between german engineering giant siemens and france'

macedonia will be included in road signs starting with one on its border with greece disputes between the two countries began not to macedonia formally a yugoslav republic became a new nation in one hundred ninety one adopting the same name as the greek region unfinished houses empty highrises and row upon row of homes fit for royalty and these will become symbols of turkey's struggling economy construction has been the turbine behind the country's growth but hunt vacation and a devalued currency are threatening to make the industry go from boom to bust stephanie decker reports. and little fantasy some gothic a bit of disney and a touch of turkish history that's how this rather unique spire housing development has been described to us by its creator but this mountain castle kingdom has been less fairy tale and more nightmare for its developers they filed for bankruptcy protection because they couldn't afford their payments to the bank in essence gaining time the project will go ahead they tell us the economy is struggling largely because of the devalued turkish lira and high inflation

let me have been some other stories making news around the world macedonia has taken a major step towards joining the military alliance nato after signing an access and protocol didn't need to analyze macedonia as foreign minister says nato secretary general led the document finding ceremony the move comes after the resolution of name dispute with greece. a leading u.k. newspaper says government says it has secret talks on delaying britain's been drawn from the e.u. the telegraph's ace ministers discussed postponing brags that until the twenty fourth of may that's eight weeks later than planned britain and the e.u. remain deadlocked over the terms of britain's exit from the bloc. tire parties have said that a refugee footballer fighting extradition to bahrain could remain in jail until august while his case is decided. he was arrested in thailand in november while visiting from history of costa rica oscar arias has had a criminal complaint of sexual assault filed against him has been deported by the new york times the paper reports that is a q. the doctor said arias afforded her in his ow

macedonia has signed an access and protocol with nato as being the country a major step towards joining the military alliance macedonia as foreign minister and nato secretary general of the document signing ceremony the move comes after the resolution of the name dispute with greece. a russian quarter sentence a danish jehovah's witness to six years in jail dennis christiansen it was found guilty of organizing the activities of a banned extremist group after the religion was banned in russia he denies the allegations the danish government escort on russia to respect freedom of religion. tire parties have said that a refugee footballer fighting extradition to the could remain in jail until august while his case is decided. was arrested in thailand in november by visiting from australia where he has refugee status he could face a long jail term if extradited to behaving. the catholic church has been hit by yet another abuse scandal for the first time pope francis has the knowledge the thai ranking members of the clergy have sexually abused and raped nuns francis admitted suspending priest

yes let's take a look at some other stories making news around the world macedonia has signed an access protocol with nato allies bringing the country a major step towards joining the military alliance macedonia's foreign minister and nato secretary general led the document signing ceremony the move comes after the resolution of a name dispute with. british prime minster to resume his meeting with northern ireland's five main political parties as she seeks to break the deadlock over the terms of britain's exit from the european union talks are focused on future arrangements for the irish border the issue remains the biggest obstacle to ratifying the deal. tired thought is have said that a refugee foot fighting extradition to bahrain could remain in jail until august while his case is decided. he was arrested in thailand in november while visiting from the street where he has refugee status he could face a long. if extradited to. a russian court a sentence a danish victims to six years in jail dennis christiansen was found guilty of organizing the activities of a banned extremist group a

officially changed its name to the republic of north macedonia under a new deal with greece from wednesday the new name will be included in road signs starting with on the country's border with greece the nato flag has also been raised as the state prepares to join the military alliance there's the headlines the news continues analysis here up after the stream which is next. africa's largest democracy goes to the polls to elect a president parliament and governors corruption insecurity and economic uncertainty that dominate nigerian politics remain widespread al-jazeera brings you coverage of the issues the candidates and voters nigeria voters. ok i really could be here in the stream ridicule threats of bodily harm and scorn this is what is really after is simply right i know it's weitzman endured for participating in art and activism focused on israeli palestinian politics today where we explore how actors and artists like using fear to as a tool to break down barriers in israel i mean palestinian territories have questions be sure to leave them in the chat and we will do our best to get

macedonia will take the final steps to complete its name change in the coming days.een killed after a fire swept through one of brazil's largest football clubs, flamengo, engulfing one of the player dormitories. the blaze happened at the club's youth team training centre in rio de janeiro. julia carneiro reports. a fire that put an end to young athletes‘s dreams while they slept. firefighters were summoned to the flamengo training ground in riera just after five am. —— riera. translation: the place was com pletely overta ken by fla mes, translation: the place was completely overtaken by flames, we tried as much as possible to locate victims but will be found were dead waddies. this is what is left of the dormitory. corrugated iron roofs we re dormitory. corrugated iron roofs were twisted by the blaze that charred walls and even nearby trees. this was a home from members of the youth team that had come from faraway states or neighbourhoods. families prayed outside the training ground around the black and red flamengo flag, fans left flowers and m essa 9 es flamengo fl