greece to this whole renaming saga with macedonia your northern neighbor can you tell us in very brief terms why the people of macedonia fear this renaming of the macedonia to the north well the reasons are various mainly they fear the not muslim he's going to the great history. and the only fear of fertile territory claims because nationalists in macedonia have as an idea that there's a lot of good will be the capital of mr dinosaur these are the two main reasons and also there's a fierce in my personal opinion beginning from the nationalist parties and the opposition in graves which see that the agreement was probably the worst thing that has happened in greece for the past twenty five years help us understand this a little better because of course greece has got a long history hasn't it of of defending militarily it's territorial and it's the integrity of its identity is it is this something that is being used by the nationalists in order to whip up public passions. absolutely the nationalist basically what they are saying is that alexander the great greek was quick most of dung it is great and no one else has the right to claim this name because it b

that time on the basis of five possible names which he put forward novo or new macedonia upper macedonia northern macedonia vadar sco macedonia in other words the macedonia bordering the river which runs through the country north of here and there was the possibility of republic of macedonia scope here these people say all of these are unacceptable. and for the macedonians there is talk that stopping them getting any acceptable i say in the e.u. into nato is having quite an effect on them so one would have thought the macedonians are pushing for the east these talks to succeed. it is a sort of cape of chicken because the issue of acceptance as you say by nato and the european union is thought to be of existential importance for the former yugoslav of macedonia it is thought that without such international sanction. it is possible that that country will not survive because partly because of its ethnic divisions its about its population is about one third. and for the remaining two thirds there is no very specific national identity or cultural identity but since the second world war they've been told that. t

nations have welcomed a move by greece's northern neighbor to rename itself the republic of north macedonia macedonia has had a decades long dispute with greece over its name athens had objected to it because of greece's northern province of the same name. a boat carrying more than nine hundred migrants has docked and a sicilian pour in italy after being rescued by an e.u. naval mission the arrival comes days after italy closed its ports to a separate boat with several hundred migrants rescued by an aid group the move has stirred fresh debate about refugee policies. one month after the iraqi elections a cleric rather mocked that i'll sadar an iranian backed militia miri have agreed to reform a political alliance decision comes after weeks of negotiations and we were first and second in the may vote that was marred by historically low voter turnout and fraud allegations. on sports now are the football world cup in russia starts tomorrow but before this year's edition fifteen members will vote today on who will host the two thousand and twenty six tournament a joint bid from the united states canada an

macedonia have reached an agreement to resolve a decades old dispute over the name of the small balkan nation that this feud between the two neighbors had been an obstacle to macedonia joining both nato and the e.u. and it led to protests in greece and the macedonia of the proposed name is the republic of norse macedonia and pretty good those are the headlines al-jazeera news hour coming up in half an hour. confident donald trump says kim young serious about abandoning his program but. what will the north korean leader get in return is this the beginning. this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program. donald trump has become the first u.s. president to meet and shake hands with a north korean leader months of speculation of the summit was even going to happen the two men met on singapore was set.

signing of a historic agreement between greece and macedonia the deal resolves a decades old dispute by renaming macedonia the republic of north macedonia distinguishing it from the greek province protestors opposed to the geocache we've been east of the border between the two countries well off to a week stranded at sea off to italy a multitude on the boat away more than six hundred rescued migrants have finally been allowed to step onto dry land the aquarius which has been at the center of

macedonia. but greece already has a region called macedonia. the agreement now to rename their neighbour as north macedonia. it might seem a small issue to outsiders, but greeks are fiercly protective of their macedonia region. it's the cradle of alexander the great‘s empire, their legendary ancient warrior king. the agreement reached this week was supposed to satisfy both sides. instead, the issue's proved so sensitive to some have called

macedonia. but greece already has a region called macedonia. the agreement now to rename their neighbour as north macedonia. it might seem a small issue to outsiders, but greeks are fiercly protective of their macedonia region. it's the cradle of alexander the great‘s empire, their legendary ancient warrior king. the agreement reached this week was supposed to satisfy both sides. instead, the issue's proved so sensitive to some have called for the whole greek government to go. prime minister alexis tsipras has argued that the pact will stabilise the region. the deal is due to be signed at the border between the two countries on sunday, although more demonstrations are now planned to take place outside that ceremony. andrew plant, bbc news. there have been extraordinary scenes in the afghan capital kabul where taliban militants have joined eid celebrations — embracing security forces.

have announced that the country's new name will be macedonia northern macedonia the country of the former yugoslavia had insisted that the word macedonia should be a part of its name and the greeks had insisted that that should then be qualified so as not to be confused with the greek region of macedonia in the north of the country there will there also other stipulations the people of savannah macedonia have to reject any claim to being the descendants of alexander the great and the ancient macedonians heritage which greece sees as a vital component of its own sense of nationhood instead their language the macedonian language will be clearly described as belonging to the slavic family of languages we are told by the foreign minister here in athens and their nationality on their passports will be macedonian from macedonia even though these aspects of the agreement were part of the original brief the original brief was simply to find a name for the country the greeks felt that identity issues were vital in their process of making this agreement acceptable to the greek population at large and that'll be what is hardest for the people in

and greece and macedonia have signed a deal to rename macedonia of the north the republic of north macedonia the agreement is supposed to end a decades long dispute that still needs to be ratified by both countries parliaments and faces a referendum vote in macedonia. now young children some barely of school age of being paid a dollar a day to make cigarettes in bangladesh that's according to human rights groups have been urging the government to do more to enforce child labor laws but they admit the difficulties as children's families rely on the money they tell stratford reports this is a cigarette manufacturing factory in bangladesh but there are a few if any machines working. al-jazeera secretly filmed these pictures the reason the factory owner refused to spur a mission to film is because of the children working here. the bangladesh government says it's doing all it can to crack down on child labor but there is little evidence of that in this factory. some of the children making these cheap cigarettes non-locally as babies look barely ten years old. but the money they earn helps their f

macedonia," in an attempt to end a dispute between the two neighbours that's lasted for nearly three decades. andrew plant reports. the morning's headlines in macedonia, heralding a new era, and the new name, for the country. the proposal, the republic of north macedoniaa feud between macedonia and greece. many like the idea. translation: what is the difference? others, though, strongly objected. this, a protest in the hours after the announcement between the greek and macedonian prime minister's. now, this historic agreement is in doubt after just one now, this historic agreement is in doubt afterjust one day now, this historic agreement is in doubt after just one day after the macedonian president said he would not support the idea. translation: ourline is to not support the idea. translation: our line is to not change the constitution and the country's name. this detrimental agreement which is unique in the history of humankind is unacceptable. it violates the constitution, our laws, and state institutions. i will not politically legitimise this. when macedonia gained independence from yugoslavia in1991, gained independence from yugoslavia in 1991, greece immediately objected to the new name. it already has a region called macedonia. a territorial

greece and macedonia have signed a deal to rename macedonia north macedonia the agreement is supposed to end a decades long dispute but it still needs to be ratified by both countries' parliaments and faces a referendum in macedonia so go reports from lake press for where the signing ceremony took place. an embrace twenty seven years in the making the prime ministers of greece and macedonia resolving their country's differences not just a name also in deed then on the morning when we are not gathered here today to mourn the defeats of the past we are taking a historic step so that from now on it will only be winners. it was an unprecedented show optimism but both leaders acknowledged the difficulty of their achievement we're going to let me also see the us there is a need for trust courage and hope signing the final agreement for the name is of strategic importance for the two countries and you can move mountains they signed the agreement delegations are over to the other side of the border for a working lunch this is just really the fairy first step of a process that's likely to take

macedonia was one of six republics comprising the former federal republic of yugoslavia problems with athens began when it declared independence in one nine hundred ninety one under the name the republic of macedonia greece immediately opposed it eventually force in skopje to be represented at the un under the title former yugoslav republic of macedonia athens view was that its neighbors choice of name was unveiled challenge to greek sovereignty over its northern province that's also called macedonia. well let's bring in our guests now joining us from sculpture is body and your bernard ski chief editor of nova t.v. in athens panels political analyst and journalist and from chapel hill in the u.s. state of north carolina is dimitar becerra nonresident senior fellow at the atlantic council and a research fellow at the university of north carolina chapel hill a very warm welcome to all of you mr gavin else q let me start with you more than a quarter of a century has passed without athens and skopje settling their differences so why have these two leaders prime minister process and desire have been able to come to an agreement now. well. we hope the message noir side the prime minister ziad i think that after twenty five years being in a deadlock and being kind of course. and not being able to go further within the process of the europea

greece and macedonia have signed a deal to rename macedonia as north macedonia the agreement is supposed to end a decades long dispute but the deal still needs to be ratified by both countries' parliaments and faces a referendum vote in macedonia so they gave her reports now from late press where the signing ceremony took place. an embrace twenty seven years in the making the prime ministers of greece and macedonia resolving their country's differences not just a name also in deed then on the morning when we are not gathered here today to mourn the defeats of the past we are taking a historic step so that from now on it will only be winners. it was an unprecedented show optimism but both leaders acknowledged the difficulty of their achievement we're going to let me also see the us there is a need for trust courage and hope signing the final agreement for the name is of strategic importance for the two countries and you can move mountains they signed the agreement now but delegations are over to the other side of the border for a working lunch this is just really the fairy first step of a

greece and macedonia have signed a deal to rename macedonia as north macedonia the agreement is supposed to end a decades long dispute still needs to be ratified by both countries' parliaments and faces a referendum vote in macedonia itself func greece's prime minister is optimistic hailing it as a step forward for the region. talks between the un's new yemen envoy and rebel whose leaders have so far failed to end the fighting in a data saudi led coalition has launched an offensive including as strikes to take the port city prompting fears of a worsening humanitarian crisis nearly five thousand families been forced to leave their homes because of escalating violence martin griffiths arrived in yemen on saturday to broker the talks now hopes to meet the who's the leader. and at least thirty one people have died in twin suicide blasts in northeast nigeria the bombs went off in the town of borno state local officials suspect was behind the attack. the headlines more news coming up from. on counting the cost what economists are saying about warmer relations between the u.s. and north korea a

macedonia in its name at all. as far as they are concerned macedonia is a greek province and the people who live in the republic of macedoniago and they are newcomers and they are slavic people, not hellenic and they have no right to use the name macedonia. but the fact is that this has been greek policy for a long time, they wa nted greek policy for a long time, they wanted a geographic addition to macedonia's name to separate it from their province and that that name should be used internally and internationally. they have not what they wanted from the deal, macedonia has accepted all of their points. so it is not as if this has come as news to the people of greece. people have long memories, don't they? thank you very much. the headlines on bbc news. the prime minister promises a £20 billion a year real—terms increase to the nhs in england by 2023. labour says it's not enough, and would more than match what the government is spending. the hundreds of migrants rescued off the libyan coast have now arrived in spain. their plight has sparked a row between european union member states over who should accept them. there are c

greece and macedonia have signed a deal to rename macedonia the republican north macedonia the agreement is supposed to end a decades long dispute but opposition protests continuing in greece police fired tear gas at some protestors. it's the final weekend of campaigning in the in turkey ahead of next sunday's parliamentary and presidential elections turkish president. and the opposition h d p have been holding separate gravity's in istanbul sin and cos the old has this update from a do on israeli. first attack on the state saying that the stuff of love is every right to show how important the city's response to the career so why the action that is going to take place went to war using tradition for jack's next one spends less than projects that are specially prepared for stumbles such as . knows that this number is only for the elections because what it's meant to live population to fill. stuff is like the heart of the sprawling place it is not only is it more earthy it is also the culture and also find out that the political parties have gained support yes for their support and stuff b

greece and macedonia have signed a historic agreement aimed at ending decades of dispute about macedonia's name. under the deal, greece's neighbour will be known as north macedonias long argued that by using that name, its neighbour was implying it had a claim to the greek region. the agreement still needs to be approved by both parliaments and by a referendum in macedonia. it faces stern opposition from nationalists in both states. let's get more from our balkans correspondent guy delauney. how much does this matter to the greeks? the greek prime minister says "we are here to heal the wounds of time, to open a path to peace and great for our countries, the balkans and europe". it's extremely important for alexis tsipras in greece because he wants this to be a signature of his time in office. he's so far been associated with austerity and grim times. he wants to go down in history. a lot of his compatriots don't agree with what he's done. they say macedonia is a greek province populated by hellenic people whereas macedonia the country to the north is populated by mainly slavic people and shouldn't have any right to the name because they've only been there since

and macedonia have resolved a dispute that's been blocking the former yugoslav republic from joining nato and applying for membership while that problem was macedonia's name a few moments ago macedonia prime ministers are on ziad announced that his country would henceforth be known as the republic of north macedonia while athens has long objected to the name macedonia because it is also the name of a greek province i want to bring up to speed now with some of the other headlines there from around the world. at least twelve people including two were hundred muslims have been killed in southeast bangladesh after heavy rains triggered landslides international aid agencies are warning there is a risk of waterborne diseases that will break out in the makeshift camps they house nearly a million were hinges who have fled the military crackdown in neighboring me and are. in volgograd russia living people were killed when the boat that they were on crashed into a tugboat please the excursion vessel was not registered with authorities and that it's captain appear to be drug well grounded is a host city for the soccer world cup starting on thursday. french president emanuel michael has denounc

macedonia as an insult to our own national heritage mysie of an ascii does macedonia have claims on more than just greek heritage or what the greeks say is their heritage you know doesn't have as some greek suspect at least every dentist claims on the greek province of macedonia and you know has the appropriation office like alexander the great. eight reinforced fia's in a region that has been primed to shift in what is. till two thousand and eight. the was no such a clean except some some statement of some nationalist but two thousand and eight till the momentum when greece blocked the. must donia to join nita in the summit there was not such a claim it's true that since two thousand and eight the nationalist go to rebellion the government of mr ski. he started the so-called process of. it means he has. built a lot of monuments of alexander the great. his whole family for me you know very teaching way destroying even if you in architecture or other of the of the capital scope yet and pretending this way that we are a part of the hill any history which worth you know we rejected by the big part of the population but it's true that the terrier government of whisky gave many arguments to the greek nationalists to say that we would like a way to steal the greek

macedonia as the two nations signed an agreement to change macedonia is name u.n. and e.u. officials joined prime ministers of the two countries to witness the historic signing the deal of renames macedonia the republic of moral macedonia resolving a decades old dispute. in any group a shootout in a fire bombing in the capital managua have killed eight people including two children the violence came hours off the government and protesters struck an agreement aimed at ending weeks of deadly political unrest both sides are blaming each other for the flare ups that have agreed to continue negotiations. for a taxi driver who injured eight people when he swerved onto a moscow sidewalk is blaming fatigue for the incident the man told police he hadn't slept in twenty hours and only fled the scene out of fifty his up his own life several of the victims have come to the russian capital for the world cup. well match day four of the world cup started with costa rica against serbia in the southern city of samarra and now the goal of the day came in the fifty six minutes of beautiful free kick from alexander color of the a so b. account in placing the ball perfectly able to ruin into the top corner a

macedonia the government won the vote relatively comfortably one hundred fifty three to one hundred twenty seven opposition parties brawled the motion following widespread public criticism of the deal which will see macedonia renamed northern macedonia well earlier police fired tear gas at protesters who had gathered outside the parliament building many greeks are unhappy at the continued use of the word macedonia in the new name greece also has a region called macedonia and sees the name of its northern neighbor as an infringement of its culture and territory but prime minister alexis c. press believes it's time to move on. in this less than a so moments when political time becomes denser there are so moments when someone is right in front of difficult decisions decisions of historic importance and historic events these days a part of those moments bill one could describe as historic jones who was has more now from athens. the governing coalition of the city's a party and the independent greeks has survived a vote of no confidence those two parties mustered their majority in parliament to vote effectively for themselves to stay in power and this government now looks forward after signing the agreement with the former yugoslav of ma

greece and macedonia have signed a historic agreement aimed at ending decades of dispute about macedonia's name. under the deal, greece's neighbour will be known as north macedoniaish it from the greek province of macedonia. athens has long argued that by using that name, its neighbour was implying it had a claim to the greek region, although protests are currently taking place in greece by people unhappy with the deal. earlier i spoke to our balkans correspondent and asked him how much this matters to the greeks. well, the greeks say, the greek prime minister alexis tsipras said at this signing ceremony, "we are here to heal the wounds of time, to open a path for peace, fraternisation and growth for our countries, the balkans and europe". it's very important for prime minister alexis tsipras in greece because he really wants this to be a signature of his time in office. so far, he's been associated in greece with austerity and grim times. he wants to go down in history as the man who solved a 30 year dispute. it has to be said, though, a lot of his compatriots don't agree with what he's done. they say that macedonia is a greek province, populated by hellenic pe

macedonia, heralding a new era, and the new name, for the country. the proposal, the republic of north macedonia, a name change which would and a feud between macedonia and greece. many like the idea. translation: what is the difference? others, though, strongly objected. this, a protest in the hours after the announcement between the greek and macedonian prime minister's. now, this historic agreement is in doubt after just one now, this historic agreement is in doubt afterjust one day now, this historic agreement is in doubt after just one day after the macedonian president said he would not support the idea. translation: ourline is to

macedonia prepares to change its name and many of the country's residents are not happy about it. on tuesday, hundreds of macedonians protested the government's plan to change the name to the "republic of north macedonia" macedoniaor greece, a country that also has a region named macedonia. tuesday the macedonian parliament ratified the plan but a referendum vote is still to come in macedonia greece's parliament will also have to ratify the name-change. (pam) today african- americans around the country are reflecting on a special day in american history. on this day, 153 - years ago, u-s army officer and union general gordon granger .. went to galveston, texas, and announced the abolition of slavery in texas. nearly 200-thousand former enslaved and free african- americans fought for liberty alongside the union army during the civil war. it took 2 -and- a half- years for the full community in texas to find out that president abraham lincoln had freed the slaves .... and to press locals to comply with his directiv juneteenth independence day... highlights particularly june 19th 18-65. and today -- across the country, juneteenth is marked with events and parades. <"i didn't know much about juneteenth until this eve

now a deal to change the name of macedonia has been signed next to the greek border under the agreement macedonia will become the republic of north macedonia that will distinguish it from the province of macedonia or northern greece now the name has been at the center of a twenty seven year dispute between the two countries but it's by no means finalized both parliaments have to ratify the agreement and macedonia is vote on it in a referendum. yes. after our aim is to make sure that this song of joy and happiness will be sung for centuries to come by many generations in both languages in your country in our country from our people to your people and that will be a song celebrating peace for turnitin success prosperity and good neighborly relations between our two peoples after all the previous generations have had enough of moaning now it's high time we once again celebrate birth a new beginning its time we celebrate the birth of our shared future it's time we sing joyful songs in the balkans not a shivering at an opera to shine your toes him out by signing the final agreement for the settlement of the name dispute and for a strategic part

greece and macedonia have signed a deal to rename macedonia north macedonia the agreement is supposed to end a decades long dispute but the day was marred by violence so on you're going to go reports from lake where the signing ceremony took place. an embrace twenty seven years in the making the prime ministers of greece and macedonia resolving their country's differences not just a name also in deed then on the morning when we are not gathered here today to mourn the defeats of the past we are taking a historic step so that from now on it will only be winners. it was an unprecedented show optimism but both leaders acknowledged the difficulty of their achievement we're going to let me also see the us there is a need for trust courage and hope signing the final agreement for the name is of strategic importance for the two countries and you can move mountains they signed the agreement now but delegations are over to the other side of the border for a working lunch this is just really the fairy first step of a process that's likely to take months and months. for nationalists the deal is

greece and macedonia have signed a deal to rename macedonia the republic of north macedonia agreement is supposed to end the decades long dispute but the day has been marked by violence go reports from lake press where the signing ceremony took place. an embrace twenty seven years in the making the prime ministers of greece and macedonia resolving their country's differences not just a name also in deed then on the morning machine we are not gathered here today to mourn the defeats of the past we are taking a historic step so that from now on it will only be winners. it was an unprecedented show optimism but both leaders acknowledged the difficulty of their achievement we're going to let me also see the us there is a need for trust courage and hope signing the final agreement for the name is of strategic importance for the two countries and you can move mountains they signed the agreement now delegations are over to the other side of the border for a working lunch this is just really the fairy first step of a process that's likely to take months and months. for nationalists the deal i

signing of a historic agreement between greece and macedonia the deal resolves a decades old dispute by renaming macedonia the republic of north macedonia distinguishing it from the greek northern province of the same name protesters opposed to the deal clashed with police at the border between the two countries after a week stranded at sea after first italy and then malta turned their ship away more than six hundred rescued migrants have finally set foot on dry land the aquarius has become the center of a political migrant crisis in europe it sailed into the spanish port of violence you today. no ruction of relief after a week long odyssey it's a. very . happy to. the three vessel convoy was carrying six hundred thirty migrants including some one hundred twenty three unaccompanied minors some of the new arrivals had to be taken directly to hospital. volunteers turned out in their hundreds to assist the migrants and called for cooperation among you states. and boy i think the aquarius has become a symbol that something isn't working that we are here confirms that it doesn't and wouldn't be like this if politically things worked in europ

signing of an historic agreement between greece and macedonia the deal resolves a decades old dispute by renaming macedonia the republic of north macedonia distinguishing it from the greek province protestors opened opposed to the deal clashed with police on the border between the two countries. in nicaragua a shootout on a fire bombing in the capital managua have killed eight people including two children the violence came i was off to the government and protesters struck an agreement aimed at ending weeks of deadly political unrest both sides are blaming each other for the flare up but have agreed to continue negotiations. but it was nice to hear about a happy ending and firefighters in its early have come to the rescue of three distressed kittens the tiny creatures have become trapped in a plastic pipe just centimeters wide in the town of qusayr l'engle in northern italy children playing nearby them meowing at their parents firefighters new string to host the kittens to safety and reunited then with that mother. and just a reminder now the top story we're following for you. german chancellor i'm going out and this reportedly planning

macedonia. we believe at the nato summit in july with macedonia. we believe at the nato summit injuly macedonia still need to be approved by both countries because parliaments and in a referendum by the macedonian people, but it seems just five letters could help end yea rs of just five letters could help end years of name—calling. caroline rigby, bbc news. let's return to our main story — singapore summit: the day itself wasn't short of dramatic images, most notably president trump and kimjong un shaking hands on a red carpet, with the north korean and us flags as a backdrop. but, what did we learn from their body language? trump is clearly making an effort to dial it back. no matter what, we have seen that there are moments of fleeting rapport that the two leaders face. during the 13—second handshake, i could see kim jong—un actually having a very relaxed jaw. his mouth was open, and he was looking at trump from head to toe. you could see his eyes going — it's almost like he couldn't believe that this moment that he's been waiting for, where he gets to meet the leader of the free world, it's

former yugoslav republic of macedonia has announced a snappier new name for the country greece has agreed that it can be called north macedonia greeks has objected to just macedonia because they have a profits of the same name. and don't forget you can know if you give you news on the go just sound are from global player from the apple store it will give you access to all of the latest news from around the world as well as push notifications for any breaking news you can use the app to send us photos and news appropriate videos and you can watch this program on live stream. and with that you are up to date on t.w. i'm sorry kelly in berlin thank you so much for watching have a great day. if the two books of technology. return of the market. the momentum of the morning world. your business magazine in sixty minutes on t.w. . crimes against humanity. civilians become a witness and serve god. their recorded images travel around the globe just social media. what is flowing into fiction and what is fact. digital investigators combing through the flood of images and they combine sources trying to reconstruct what happened and to substantiate claims of crimes. thanks to

greece in macedonia have agreed that the balkan nation should be called the republic of war in macedonia resolving a dispute that's led to protests in both countries issues but an obstacle to macedonia joining nato and the e.u. over the top stories that's it for myself and the team here in london but more news coming up from doha in about half an hour's time. from the hills of northern greece the places in turkey where refugees hideouts before trying to cross easy to see the crossing countries means crossing the intimidating everett's river more and more refugees are attempting this route even though they know how dangerous it is even outside the risk of drowning or dying of cold in these huge empty spaces any number of refugees have told us to be threatened and forcibly turned around by greek police acting in coordination with from texas the european union border agency. this eighteen year old syrian was in the smugglers boats with his younger sister. the police came up to us in the boat they told us you can't cross they made us turn around the police who previously given us access to their fence and border patrols gave us a statement denying that they turn any refugees around thin

macedonia. the agreement now to rename their neighbour as north macedonia. it might seem a small issue to outsiders, but greeks fiercly protective of their macedonia region. mpire, their legendary ancient warrior king. the agreement reached this week was supposed to satisfy both sides. instead, the issues proved so sensitive to some have called for the whole greek government to go. prime minister alexis tsipras has argued that the pact will stabilise the region. the deal is due to be signed at the border between the two countries on sunday, although more demonstrations are now planned to take place outside that ceremony. andrew plant, bbc news. the migrant rescue ship the aquarius, is heading for the spanish port of valencia where it's expected to dock on sunday. it follows italy's refusal to accept the vessel which has 600 people on board. meanwhile, a further 900 people have been rescued by spanish coastguards in the waters off morocco. bill hayton reports. spirits are high for the rescue ship to get aquarius and its people on board. a week ago, they almost drowned off the coast of libya and they have been sourcing italy's political battles. now they are

macedonia. the agreement now to rename their neighbour as north macedonia. it might seem a small issue to outsiders, but greeks fiercly protective of their macedonia region. their legendary ancient warrior king. the agreement reached this week was supposed to satisfy both sides. instead, the issues proved so sensitive to some have called for the whole greek government to go. prime minister alexis tsipras has argued that the pact will stabilise the region. the deal is due to be signed at the border between the two countries on sunday, although more demonstrations are now planned to take place outside that ceremony. andrew plant, bbc news. there are renewed calls to legalise a form of medicinal cannabis oil in the uk after the british home secretary stepped in to allow a boy with severe epilepsy, to be treated with it. billy caldwell‘s mother bought the oil in canada to help control his seizures, but it was confiscated on her arrival at london's heathrow airport. richard lister has the story. charlotte and billy caldwell flew back to britain on monday after taking the law into their own hands. to treat billy's epilepsy, they bought cannabis oil in canada co

in macedonia but as alexis a press have been accused of making too many concessions for the dail which will be signed on sunday macedonia will not change its name to the republic of north macedonia and a twenty seven year dispute with greece john threw up last reports from athens. i think evening ended in acrid smoke and acrimony protesters who tried to enter the parliament compound were met with tear gas that sent hundreds of peaceful demonstrators running for cover some were overwhelmed as what had begun with a crowd which included children and the elderly ended with rights the government has agreed to allow the former yugoslav republic of macedonia to call itself northern macedonia but that's not what the opposition finds most dangerous our main objections not the about them the name it's about the macedonian language in the dunny a nationality that it's been recognized by this name. and this is not an acceptable from the for the greek people it's something that nobody in the past has been there except that there is no much the language and there is no much the nation the government says the agreement recognizes only a macedonian nationality not an ethnicity haling back her l

dispute with neighboring macedonia over its name nationalist song both sides say the agreement to change the name of the forward yugoslav republic of macedonia to north macedonia is a humiliating defeat. retaliation of the double trouble the twenty five percent of trade tariffs on fifty billion dollars worth of chinese imports the chinese government leaders accuse the us president of provoking a trade war. government leaders and opposition activists in nicaragua have agreed to allow an international investigation into the killing of at least one hundred seventy people during two months of protests the catholic church is mediating and wants president daniel ortega to call early elections after more than a week stranded at sea six hundred twenty nine my gran's all due to sail into the spanish port of valencia they're on board of the charity ship aquarius and two italian vessels the refusal by italy's government to accept them a few days ago caused an international outcry and egyptians are facing a fifty percent rise in the price of petrol and cooking gas as well as higher taxi fares the oil ministry says the increases are part of economic reforms to save around

macedonia. the agreement now to rename their neighbour as north macedonia. it might seem a small issue to outsiders, but greeks fiercly protective of their macedonia region.eir legendary ancient warrior king. the agreement reached this week was supposed to satisfy both sides. instead, the issues proved so sensitive to some have called for the whole greek government to go. prime minister alexis tsipras has argued that the pact will stabilise the region. the deal is due to be signed at the border between the two countries on sunday, although more demonstrations are now planned to take place outside that ceremony. andrew plant, bbc news. students from a school in the us state of florida which saw a group of students in the united states has sued harvard university for allegedly discriminating against asian—americans in its admissions policy. the group, students for fair admissions, says the prestigious university preferred applications from whites, blacks and hispanics at the expense of academically more deserving asian students. it also said that harvard itself had come to the same conclusion in its own research in 2013 but had buried the report. the univer

name dispute macedonia has reached a historic accord with its neighbor greece macedonia is also the name of a greek province of the country will now be known as the republic of north macedonia decision opens the door for the former yugoslav republic to join the e.u. and nato but not everyone is happy about the name change to embattled neighbors extending their hands in peace greece and macedonia have ended a twenty seven year rout over a name. they've agreed to change their constitutional name for all uses they've agreed to rename their country the republic of north macedonia change that will apply in their international and by lateral relations. with. greece as the new name removed any connection to the northern greek region of macedonia and the ancient kingdom ruled by alexander the great fearing territorial and cultural claims greece had long blocked macedonia's bid to join nato and the e.u. the new name means that greece could lift that veto in macedonia as prime minister urged voters to support the deal in a referendum later this year. i call on all citizens to seize the future twenty five years of being stuck is enough . many generations have been lost macedonia must

macedonia. the agreement now to rename their neighbour as north macedonia. it might seem a small issue to outsiders, but greeks are fiercly protective of their macedonia regionry ancient warrior king. the agreement reached this week was supposed to satisfy both sides. instead, the issue's proved so sensitive to some have called for the whole greek government to go. prime minister alexis tsipras has argued that the pact will stabilise the region. the deal is due to be signed at the border between the two countries on sunday, although more demonstrations are now planned to take place outside that ceremony. andrew plant, bbc news. there have been extraordinary scenes in the afghan capital kabul where taliban militants have joined eid celebrations — embracing security forces. it's the result of the ceasefire which the government would like to extend. the peace was broken however after an attack by islamic state killed 20 in eastern afghanistan earlier on saturday. here's anbarasan ethirajan. for many afghans, these are extraordinary scenes. taliban militants crossing over front lines to celebrate eid with officials and soldiers. the two sides were fighting each

macedonian nationals are actually from north macedonia not from greek macedonia but that is a big emotional leap for the greeks who've always been used to the word macedonia referring to their own. northern region and they've always referred to the country to the north as scorpio and which is the name of the capital and the people as scorpions and their language as copy and so for the rest of the world it's it's perhaps difficult to understand but for the greeks it's a big admission that we're now going to be sharing the identity of macedonia with these peoples who are not greek. the the question of law also has a reason that you cannot as somebody has pointed out a human rights lawyer has pointed out you cannot in an international treaty allow or disallow the use of an identity or an ethnicity that is a question of conscience not of law you can arguably settle the name of the country in law but you cannot sell the name of the ethnicity and so that is the legal answer to the emotional objection that is emerging in parliament today. ok john psaropoulos in athens thanks for that. the air quality in the indian capital new delhi has plunged to unhealthy level

macedonia. the agreement now to rename their neighbour as macro to. —— north macedonia. it might seem a small issue to outsiders, but greeks are defensive of macedoniao satisfy both sides of. instead, the issues proved so sensitive to some have called for the whole greek government to go. prime minister alexis tsipras has argued that the pack will stabilise the region. the deal is due to be signed at the border between the two countries on sunday, although more demonstrations are now planned to ta ke demonstrations are now planned to take place outside that ceremony. andrew plant, bbc news. the migrant rescue ship — the aquarius is heading for the spanish port of valencia where it's expected to dock tomorrow. it follows italy's refusal to accept the vessel which has six hundred people on board. france has now also offered to help by taking in some of the migrants. jon donnison reports. unwanted, homeless, but at least safe. turned away by italy and malta, more than 600 african migrants aboard the aquarius are now heading to spain. the coast of libya as their boats broke up. —— they are due to arrive in valencia tomorrow, and now france has offered t

macedonia is a sloven nation not a forgotten tribe of the ancient greeks the macedonian language will be described as slavic and passports will state nationality as macedonian from savannah macedonia both governments say they've defended their red lines but the hard work now begins at convincing their peoples to accept the compromises greece will no longer hold a monopoly on the word macedonia and greece's northern neighbors cannot claim to be the descendants of alexander if all goes according to plan greece will recommend that the european union open accession talks with the.

dollars deal would harm competition macedonia's agreed to change its name to resolve a decades old dispute with greece its new name is the republic of northern macedonia issue has been a stumbling block to the country's bid to join the european union and nato the international criminal court has ordered the release of john pier bamber former vice president of democratic republic of congo he was acquitted of war crimes last week judges said he couldn't be held responsible for tri cities committed by his troops in central african republic between two thousand and two and two thousand and three is waiting to be sentenced on separate charges of bribing witnesses during his trial listening post is next. in the school. it's still. in mind to be. with. her for a journalist because a. show. like this i mean. i can see that it was. something that. a lot richard just put in you're at the listening post here are some of the stories we're tracking this week the bizarre spectacle of the reporter who faked his own death and what the story says about journalism in russia ukraine and beyond selective memories the persian language television channels that beam their w