like many villages christophe's also left he spent a few years in the capital nicosia then he returned home and he used to come to this place often when he was a child the beach is a restricted military area and has been for years there's a turkish cypriot observation post on the hill christophe's only knows about the events of the 1960 s. and seventy's from his family and from his school textbooks. when we were children we knew that we were growing up in an unusual place and we knew about the other side as well. back then i thought that i'd never be able to meet a turkish cypriot. 1 and i never understood why my friends and i couldn't play on that hill over there there was a revolver. the conflict began in the 1960 s. cyprus had just gained its independence from britain when tensions escalated between ethnic breaks and turks instigated by greek nationalists. the majority of casualties back then were ethnic turks un peacekeeping troops intervened. the island was divided in 1974. greek cypriot military officers staged a coup against president makarios. on july 20th 1974 some 30000 turki

we filmed our interview of what used to be nicosia is international airport the facility was shut down during heavy fighting in 1974 and never reopened the site is now the headquarters of the un peacekeeping troops reunification talks between greek and turkish cypriot leaders broke down 2 years ago but both sides hope that they'll resume soon one of the main sticking points is the presence of turkish troops in northern cyprus. one of the longest and oldest peacekeeping operations. anywhere in the world and i think we share the hope. one day soon there will be a settlement that will facilitate the departure of the peacekeeping operation and see if we unified cyprus for the benefit of all cypriots in 2004 cyprus held a referendum on a u.n. sponsored reunification plan 65 percent of turkish cypriots voted for it many of them believe that it would set the stage 50 you membership at 76 percent of greek cypriots voted against it for a wide variety of reasons. aristos string deedes has committed himself to the reunification process. he says the politicians done nothing to help find a solution

since the border crossing was opened it now takes about an hour to try to nicosia instead of 2 and a half hours the road runs through the northern part of the island that means border crossings and passport checks many cypriots see this as a major inconvenience we aren't allowed to film the actual border crossing. we're now back on the road to make a c.r. knowing greek has left and in turkish has left. home to some 300000 people it's europe's only divided capital. the green line runs right through the middle of the city. there are barricades. fences and walls. the so-called republic of northern cyprus is recognized only by turkey which also provides it with substantial economic support . the un supervised demilitarized zone separates north and south we have 10 special permission to film here a spokesman explains why peacekeeping troops have been in cyprus for more than 5 decades. so the buffer zone is a huge. area of. patrolled by our peacekeepers day and night by thought by bicycle by vehicle and also by helicopter and they play an important. thing with the opposing forces to mainta

overnight appears to have been a russian made missile the weapon hit a mountain north of the capital nicosia the turkish cypriot foreign ministry says the missile could be part of the air defense system that took place during an attack against syria on monday night the missile completed its range and fell in northern cyprus. syrian state media say government air defense systems have intercepted missiles fired by israeli jets military positions in the city of damascus have been targeted killing 4 people homs was also hit state television says the missiles were launched from lebanese airspace where israeli aircraft was said to have been spotted making low altitude flights israel has carried out air strikes in syria against hezbollah and the raney and targets in the past at least 31 people have died in a mini bus crash in india and minister of kashmir the overcrowded very cold plunged off the road 72 were taken to hospital in critical condition police are investigating what caused the accident india has the world's deadliest roads with about 150000 people killed every year. bring in more now on

overnight appears to have been a russian made missile the weapon hit a mountain north of the capital nicosia the turkish cypriot foreign ministry says the missile could be an air defense weapon fired by syrian forces during an israeli attack on monday nights and japanese fishermen have left ports to hunt whales commercially for the 1st time in more than 3 decades tokyo has used a loophole in the international whaling commission rules to hunt in protected antarctic waters for what it calls scientific research purposes the government says it will only allow whale hunting off japan's territorial waters but will end the most controversial in the antarctic you're up to date with the headlines here on al-jazeera marco polo a very modern journey starts next on out as here. let's take a look at china. damage after. the past i was mustered up as the news. china overtaking us america had to live minutes rather than it did if she really thought. she found. limine to. do so you know the. least sure sure show me to do. these salute ya'll shoot out a coolish or joke i believe i meant to you should you had

overnight appears to have been a russian made missile the weapon hit a mountain north of the capital nicosia the turkish cypriot foreign ministry says the missile could be an air defense weapon fired by syrian forces during an israeli attack on monday night. at least 10 people were killed busy in sudan during protests since sunday demanding a civilian led government with a gun firing tear gas writer mohammed has more. the message remains the same as it has for months demanding sudan's military rulers hand over power to a civilian that government. tens of thousands of protesters marched towards the presidential palace in khartoum opposition leaders called for similar mass demonstrations nationwide dubbed the 1000000 strong march but we don't feel like we stopped we want people to feel like we will continue continue no matter what everyone is out so we encourage each other. in some cases police fired tear gas at protesters the rapid support forces patrolled the streets with machine guns they were accused of the crackdown at a sit in at army headquarters in khartoum on june 3rd around 100 prote

overnight appears to have been a russian made missile weapon hit a mountain north of the council nicosia the turkish cypriot foreign ministry says the missile could be an air defense weapon fired by syrian forces during an israeli attack on monday night those are the headlines the news continues here on our just after inside story. fueling the fighting in libya the united arab emirates is accused of supplying fights is trying to seize tripoli with antitank missiles made in the united states so how did u.s. weapons end up in the hands of the lord. who's trying to overthrow the u.n. recognized government this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program it's a question being asked by libya's internationally recognized government in tripoli and in washington how did u.s. made antitank missiles sold to the united arab emirates and up on the battlefield in libya the libyan army supporting the u.n. recognize government says boxes of the weapons stamped with you a logos were found in got a young troops recapture the city on weapons day 3 months after the warlord after took control they're

overnight appears to have been a russian made missile weapons struck a mountain north of the capital nicosia the turkish cypriot foreign ministry says the missile could be an ad offense weapon fired by syrian forces on monday night. a court in moscow has jailed russian opposition leader alexei navalny for 10 days for taking part in a street demonstration of our neighbors among hundreds of protesters detained in moscow last month of the coding for police involved in the alleged framing of a journalist to be punished the man is russia's most prominent opposition figure and has been jailed several times. and wouldn't skyscrapers and self driving vehicles are among some of the technologies on display at a new exhibition in london for all society's summer science exhibition is to display the works of hundreds of scientists but to make their cutting edge research and technology accessible to the public new park has more from central london. isaac newton charles darwin stephen hawking they've all come through these doors and for more than 160 years this eminent institution's been open to a curious

overnight appears to have been a russian made missile the weapon hit a mountain north of the capital nicosia turkish cypriot foreign ministry says the missile could be an air defense weapon fired by syrian forces during an israeli attack which happened on monday nights. once again you're up to date with the headlines on al-jazeera the news hour in 25 minutes time now it's back to marco polo a very modern journey. professor is in venice on the trail of marco polo. why did marco polo travel east. was he a peace envoy for the pope. a spy. or simply much. he remains something of a mystery. marco polo has heard about the brutal force of the mongols and the terror they had inflicted on baghdad. so he navigates carefully away from the battlefields of the middle east. but as his journey takes him to modern day around he enters a territory already controlled by the mongol empire. travels through 2 bridges yanks and car among. the road is hard to. miss the piano but seem good or not that. far as to put. it on people teach if. it is in the heat and dust of southern iran that we find real roads traveled

but as nicosia, it has been a day when those protesters,, they stormed the legislative committee to councilnutes. you are watching bbc news. nick, carrie lam, the ball is in her court. what will she say after this day which was effectively after this day which was effectively a huge challenge to the authorities of hong kong, the police of hong kong and also the authorities in beijing? it is hard to believe that the day started yesterday as it is here, on the 1st ofjuly, with applause for carrie lam. as she made her way into the ceremony at eight o'clock in the morning. where she stood and sang the chinese national anthem. this was supposed to be a celebration marking the 22nd anniversary of the handover from british rule to chinese rule. but look at the weights panned out. deeply embarrassing for the powers that be. deeply embarrassing for beijing because they have backed carrie lam all the way. now what is she going to see? —— say? she has faced calls for resignation four weeks. she has remained tough, this is two years in her position as chief executive. she has rejected pressure to stand

in north of the capital nicosia the turkish cypriot foreign ministry says the missile could be an ad offense weapon fired by syrian forces on monday night. a court in moscow has jailed russian opposition leader alexei navalny for 10 days and taking part in a street demonstration of our neighbor is among hundreds of protesters detained in moscow last month after calling for police involved in the alleged framing of a journalist to be punished in iran is russia's most prominent opposition figure and has been jailed several times. and wouldn't skyscrapers and self driving vehicles are among some of the technologies on display at a new exhibition in london for all society's summer science exhibition is to display the works of hundreds of scientists that to make their cutting edge research in technology accessible to the public new park has more from central london. isaac newton charles darwin stephen hawking they've all come through these doors for more than 160 years this evident institution's been open to a curious public. call us franks a superstar in the field of cosmology he believe