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

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.

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

to the republic of north macedonia. great opposition on both sides of the border let's just listen in to what the prime ministers have to say. if you. actually mean the. minimum of. up as the man. you become a celebrity special good maybe shift this is good for us because ben ferguson right now dollar is this period for the past twenty five years is that. ladies and gentlemen this is. making here today. at a late press. shared by three. for our own neurons with a history. you are at a point with me. music has been crossed in the course of time and man. strays when there's a new loser's trialling front sense and tragic heroes as secure tears in the passage you think. this is not. a song nullus stories and images handed over to us by the great narrators the great storytellers of human history and here we are here. and now to come face to face to the with the weight of our own historic responsibility to address all peoples first and foremost. and also our address ourselves to everybody. people slag have suffered and a lot

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

is are on zaba have announced that from now on his country would be known as the republic of north macedonia his counterpart in athens alexis tsipras presented the deal to greece's president athens had long objected to the name macedonia because it is also the name of a greek province greece is now expected to drop its opposition to north macedonia becoming a nato member and beginning the process of joining the e.u. . the french president emmanuel mccrone has denounced italy's refusals to take in more than six hundred migrants stranded aboard a rescue ship in the mediterranean president mccrone accuse the italian government of quote cynicism and said that it had an obligation under international law italy has sent ships to help transport to the migrants to spain which has offered them refuge the french island of corsica has also offered to take the men. after more than two days a stop to see the six hundred twenty nine migrants on board of the rescue ship. are finally heading to a safe haven european n.g.o.s u.s. military rescued them off the libyan coast on saturday night among them unaccom

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

north macedonia. new name brings an end to decades of deadlock with greece. an $85 billion media marriage gets the green light. the tie—up between at&t and time warner will shake up the industry for years to come. in business briefing, we will have the latest from new york on the massive media deal that trump didn't want, but a judge has ruled it won't harm competition. a warm welcome to the programme, briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. and you can be part of the conversation. tell us what you think about the stories we are covering, and what do you make of the summit of the century? use the hashtag #bbcthebriefing. just over 2a hours after that historic trump—kim summit, north korea's state—run media is claiming that president trump agreed to lift sanctions during the meeting in singapore. it comes as the us secretary of state, mike pompeo, arrives on the korean peninsula for a round of meetings with leaders to explain the agreement reached yesterday. meanwhile, d

it is also the name of a greek province greece is now expected to drop its opposition to the north macedonia becoming a nato member and beginning the process of joining the e.u. . we got this reaction from one member of the european parliament who is happy to abandon the cumbersome former yugoslav republic of macedonia. so i think it's really great that we don't have to use this this word or this name few or anymore and i'm really glad that after years of discussions the kates of discussion. was reasonable enough to find a compromise with not to know. french president emanuel lacan has denounced italy's refusal to take in more than six hundred migrants stranded aboard a rescue ship in the mediterranean president mccrone accuse the italian government of quote cynicism and said that it had an obligation under international law italy has sent ships to help transport the migrants to spain which has offered them refuge the french island of corsica has also offered to take the men. after more than two days stock at sea the six hundred twenty nine migrants on board to the rescue ship. are finally h

what is happening in macedonia, or should we say the soon—to—be republic of north macedonia?t will be, the reception there is going to be a lot more positive than you would have in greece. the reason is that this has been dragging on for so long and it has really been having an effect on the country's development. it is the cheapest capital city in europe, scott piercy, and there is a reason for that, the people there have average wages of less than 400 euros average wages of less than 400 euros a month and they want that to change. they also want the rule of law to apply, not to have governments with people filling their pockets. and they believe that unblocking this blockage to membership of the european union and of nato, will allow their country to be prosperous bottles at your and for its citizens to enjoy the rule of law. we will find out, of course, whether people agree with that assessment when they get to vote in assessment when they get to vote in a referendum probably in september or october. meanwhile in athens, a different story? yes, we even saw by the lake abou

greece has agreed that it can be called north macedonia. eece has objected to just macedonia becaususe they have a province of the same name. and don't forget you can always get dw news on the go. just download our app from google play or the apple store. it will y aess to all the latest news from around the world as well as push on vacations or breaking news. you can use the app to send us photos and news appropriate videos, and you can watch this program on livestream. and with that you are up-to-date on dw. i am sarah kelly in berlin. thank you so much for watching. have a greatay. ♪ [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible fts caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] . dozens of times online idea. under. france24 headlines on our . you can. us pde

the second party shall be macedonian slash citizen of the republic of north macedonia once that's been given away it's been recognized by the greek state it's a revocable article two also also promises that greece will invite the former yugoslav macedonia to join nato next month for the nato summit even though that invitation is conditional the on the former yugoslav macedonia ratifying everything in parliament or a referendum and passing constitutional amendments when the time comes for final ratification and full access into nato if every other member of nato has abandoned the greeks on this and has gone ahead and done so without the lesser of this agreement being on in the north then the greeks will be isolated within nato and it'll be politically very expensive for them to hold that position for very long they will effectively be surrounded they will be the ones in the minority within nato not the northern macedonians that is the concern that scenario is the concern of the conservative opposition who said that once you've issued this letter of invitation conditional or not you've e

the agreement now to rename their neighbour as north macedonia. but greeks 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 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

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

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 go forward and be equal with the west. have the same quality of life. but the deal has sparked protests in both countries with opponents in athens saying it doesn't go far enough decades long disputes die hard. now going back to our top story the summit between trump and kim appears to pave the way for an economic opening of north korea their heart and opening abby is already happening t

the agreement now to rename their neighbour as north macedonia. eeks 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 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 ta

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

the agreement now to rename their neighbour as macro to. —— north macedonia. eeks are defensive of macedonia. the agreement reached this week was supposed to 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 u

the agreement now to rename their neighbour as north macedonia. 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 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

the proposal, the republic of north macedonia, a name change which would and a feud between macedonia 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 dispute which has caused tension ever since. the un offi

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

slash citizen of the republic of north macedonia once that's been given the way it's been recognized by the greek state it's a revocable article two also also promises that greece will invite the former yugoslav macedonia to join nato next month for the nato summit even though that invitation is conditional. on the former yugoslav macedonia ratifying everything in parliament or a referendum and passing constitutional amendments when the time comes for final ratification and full accession into nato if every other member of nato has abandoned the greeks on this and has gone ahead and done so without the lesser of this agreement being on in the north then the greeks will be isolated within nato and it will be politically very expensive for them to hold that position for very long they will effectively be surrounded they will be the ones in the minority within nato not the northern macedonians that is the concern that's another area is the concern of the conservative opposition who said that once you've issued this letter of invitation conditional or not you've effectively allowed them

you the slab state the republic of north macedonia the decision was meant to end a twenty seven year dispute but it's triggered instead strong criticism in both countries and macedonia's president is refusing to sign the deal. no confidence motion is currently being debated in parliament that's get more now from john psaropoulos who's in athens john who is likely to prevail in this vote. well if you were going to ask me to bet i'd say the government will survive this vote of no confidence handily i don't think the coalition for the independent greeks are in any mood to bring down the government and lose power i don't think government m.p.'s are willing to do it particularly as we're just days away from greece's final review at the euro group which is to take place on thursday in which it will hopefully be given the green light to graduate from its fiscal oversight under the european union and from its dependence on borrowed money from other eurozone members greece will in theory by august to be free to borrow from the markets i think that that is one point that will be made the other

it will be known as the republic of north macedonia to distinguish it from the greek province of macedoniace macedonia became independent more than 25 years ago. the french interior minister gerard collomb says police have arrested a man who took two people hostage in paris. he said the hostages were safe and unharmed. the man had apparently asked to be put in touch with the iranian embassy, prior to his arrest. there was a surprise passenger today in the washington subway. a deer managed to get into the crystal city station through an above—ground entrance nearby. 0ne passenger was too busy looking at his phone to notice, but thankfully the train drivers weren't. the deer, in the end, managed to safely exit through the same tunnel it came in. you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme: our seoul correspondent looks at what the trump—kim summit could mean for north and south korea. the day the british liberated the falklands, and by tonight, british troops had begun the task of disarming the enemy. in the heart of the west german capital, this was gorbymania at its

if they are going to be north macedonia they can start accession negotiations. hink the majority will be favour. we've seen some scenes of people protesting so clearly feelings are running high. the home secretary, sajid javid, has revealed he was the victim of a moped mugging a few years ago. in an interview with the sun on sunday newspaper, mrjavid said he was about to make a call when thieves rode on to the pavement and grabbed his phone. he said the incident left him "angry and upset" and he was hoping to give police more power to pursue moped thieves. campaigners are calling for medicinal cannabis to be made legally available in the uk, after the home secretary intervened to help a 12 year old suffering from epilepsy. sajid javid granted billy caldwell the right to use cannabis oil, after he was admitted to hospital with extreme seizures. billy's mother says he has responded well overnight to treatment, and she is now asking for a meeting with mrjavid to try to help other children. simonjones reports. a family's fight that they hope will benefit notjust bill

macedonian prime minister announced that from now on his country would be known as the republic of north macedonia his counterpart in athens meanwhile alexis tsipras presented the deal to greece's president athens has long objected to the name macedonia because it also has that name for a greek province greece is now expected to drop its opposition to north macedonia becoming a nato member and beginning the process of joining the e.u. for. more let's bring in journalist anthony. who is standing by in the greek capital athens for us welcome to you we know that these two countries they have spent a quarter of essentially a century essentially wrangling over this what is so special about the name macedonia. well for greeks it is an integral part of their history and they have long believed and claimed that their neighbor states claim or usage of the name harbors territorial aspirations on the northern greek region of macedonia and they were led in dominated for more than a decade by a very nationalistic. leader who inflamed passions on the other side and claimed that they were descendants of greece's

will now be called the republic of north macedoniaavia in the early 1990s. greece insist the name macedonia belongs to its northern region, rather than its neighbour, shown here on the map. it feared the yugoslav republic would have territorial ambitions and athens was further angered when it laid claim to ancient greek figures such as alexander the great, naming its airport and motorway after the warrior king, though they were both renamed earlier this year. translation: in the agreement that we risk our northern neighbours have nothing to do with the ancient greek civilisation of macedonia and cannot claim any connection to it in the future. the dispute became so better greece vetoed it is never‘s bid to join nato and the european union. but that could now change. translation: we truly believe that the european council will make the decision to begin membership talks with macedonia. we believe at the nato summit in july with macedonia. we believe at the nato summit injuly macedonia will be invited to have full membership as the alli

north macedonia. dispute that has fuelled protest and divided opinion for decades. what to call this tiny country to the north of greece. but after almost 30 years of talks, agreement. the balkan state known as the former yugoslav republic of macedonia will now be called the republic of north macedonia. the two balkan countries have been at loggerheads ever since the breakup of yugoslavia in the early 1990s. greece insists the name macedonia belongs to its northern region, rather than its neighbour, shown here on the map. it feared the yugoslav republic could have territorial ambitions and athens was further angered when it laid claim to ancient greek figures such as alexander the great, naming its airport and motorway after the warrior king, though they were both renamed earlier this year. translation: in the agreement that we reached our northern neighbours have nothing to do with the ancient greek civilisation of macedonia and cannot claim any connection to it in the future. the dispute became so bi

to hold a referendum in september to officially change their country's name to the republic of north macedonia that and other challenges still to be faced before this long dispute is finally over. our jazeera side are this northern greece. and for more insight into the greece macedonia name dispute watch this recent edition of inside story elizabeth warren and her guest discuss the decades of diplomatic deadlock and how best to resolve it to watch the show just click on the show's tab at al-jazeera dot com and then click on inside story to colombia now where people are deciding who will be their next president polls open just two hours ago in a runoff vote that pits see conservative candidate even duke a against left wing rival. as the first election since a landmark peace deal that brought an end to more than fifty years of conflicts with the rebels and the right wing candidates even duke a one the initial round of voting has pushed a tough stance on law and order through heavy of policing and has vowed to deliver economic stability he's up against petro the first leftist candidate to make it

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 relations. domestically. the. greece says 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 should lift that veto on macedonia as prime minister urged voters to support the deal in a referendum later this year. all citizens to seize the future twenty five years of being stuck is enough. many generations have been lost macedonia must go forward with the worst. of the same quality of life. but the deal has sparked protests in both countries with opponents in athens saying it doesn't go far enough decades long disputes die hard. look sir germany as germany's parliament could be about to approve a major contract with an israeli company to lease germany's first weapons capable combat drug issues highly controversial for the

under the deal, greece's neighbour will be known as north macedonia — the change is to distinguish itcedonia. 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 people, whereas macedonia, the country

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 belongs to bra

macedonia as prime minister has announced that his country will now be known as the republic of north macedonia but not everyone's happy about the name change to embattled neighbors extending their hands in peace greece and macedonia have ended a twenty seven year route over a name. to lift the. they've agreed to change their constitutional name for all uses says they've agreed to rename their country the republic of north macedonia moment the change that will apply in their international and by that are old relations as well as domestically. simply look at the these warriors with you in. 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 on macedonia prime minister voters to support the deal in a referendum they took this year. before you program i call on all citizens to seize the future twenty five years of being stuck is enough . many generations

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

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

vote in parliament over the deal to change the name of neighboring macedonia to the republic of north macedonia nationalists on both sides see it as a humiliating defeat. france has agreed to take in some of the migrants on board the aquarius rescue ship which is now on route to spray the vessel which is carrying six hundred twenty nine people has been at the center of a major migration route between european union member states france accused italy of being irresponsible after its new populist government refused to allow the vessel to dock at any of its ports of call pennell reports from the spanish port city of valencia. this will be their safe haven end of an odyssey. a key side of the activists are already preparing to greet the six hundred twenty nine migrants due to dock this weekend. arraignments to give a warm welcome to these people who have been passed around like a football europe is trying to turn a blind eye but we want to respect their rights and offer them a home our land is their land. red cross teams offloaded food rations and hygiene kits the migrants will get a health check a

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 denounced in lee's refusal to take in more than six hundred migrants stranded aboard a rescue ship in the mediterranean pre

to hold a referendum in september to officially change their country's name to the republic of north macedonia that and other challenges still to be faced before this long dispute is finally over. our jazeera side are this northern greece. so i had. six members of one family a killed after the house is fire bombed the latest victims of the on western violence in nicaragua. the bangladesh factory west cigarettes alone by children by experts want action but family say they need the money. i'm the richardson of the world cup in the russian city of volgograd what england supporters are enjoying local hospitality rather than facing hostility that if their opening game. had i was fifty each of the weather in southeastern europe the last few days to have slow moving but pretty heavy thunderstorms there's still that pretty obvious they quote there are quite a few around the black sea the moon but tops near athens and in messina which is in sicily down here have produced some pretty sharp downpours and a flash flooding we'll see more of the same sort of thing anywhere from ukraine through austrian down

sign that agreement on sunday under the deal macedonia would change its name to the republic of north macedonia but nationalists on both sides see it as a humiliating defeat for. more than six hundred migrants have been stranded at sea of all the aquarius for over a week after italy and multiple fused to accept them now the aquarius to attorney in brussels are due to sail into the spanish port city of valencia this least an oil of a safe harbor led to an international cry earlier this week following events force in berlin through his car panel our correspondent waiting for the ship to arrive how were the spanish preparing for its arrival call. well there have been a lot of preparations going on as you can imagine both relief organization level and government level and in the last couple of hours we have heard from the spanish government that they've been talking to their french counterparts and that france is ready to take some of the migrants due to come ashore on the aquarius now the spanish authorities say they will simply go through this procedure of asking the migrants where they wish to s

public designation to the new republic of north macedonia. tempers and feelings are running high though on both sides of the border among people who bitterly disagree jones or office thanks for that hope you're feeling better in a while perhaps we'll come back to you in the next hour. you're watching al-jazeera live from london still to come. egypt raises the price of petrol and cooking gas by more than fifty percent just the latest in a long line of austerity measures. and on the eve of colombia's presidential runoff we look at. the candidate many fear could undo the fock the steel. however the last burst the heaviest rain has been off shore from charlie you see a tear in the flowers a tropical psycho on his way to japan which leaves temporarily.

grievance being signed on the border between greece and macedonia it will become the republic of north macedonia both parts of my approve the deal which is fiercely opposed by nationalists. saudi and the eco strikes have targeted yemen's or data international airport in their campaign to seize control from heathy rebels five days of fighting near yemen's main seaport has cut off an important date to delivery routes and forced thousands to escape. colombians will choose their next president in a runoff election on sunday the choice is between conservative candidate ivan to decay and his left wing rival gustavo petro petro has to tackle inequality but some fear the guerrilla turned politician could turn colombia into another venezuela and the galahad reports from bogota. petro has captured the imagination of colombia's young voters his stance on tackling inequality reducing reliance on carbon fuels and ending the status quo of right wing politics appeals to a new generation eager for change it's sort of all got to get it's time to end two hundred years of the same families governing us this is the

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the accord which will be signed on sunday macedonia will now change its name to the republic of north macedonia ending a twenty seven year long dispute with greece. at least eight people have been killed in the capital managua the violence breaks a truce between president daniel ortega government and protesters more than one hundred seventy eight people have been killed during two months of unrest and independent investigation into the deaths has been given the go ahead but the opposing sides remain unable to find a solution to a political divisions and have on hand has more. mediators from the catholic church were brought in to try and break the deadlock and there's been some progress nicaragua's government and opposition activists agreed to allow an international investigation into months of political violence. the government will invite international organs the un the e.u. the general secretary of the organization of american states to accompany a scene the strengthening of the peace talks it's been welcomed by the opposition the government of using paramilitaries against protesters. we know