third of voters cast ballots with ninety percent of them supporting the new name the republic of north macedonia the government wanted the name changed to help and a decades old dispute with greece. tension between macedonia and greece started in one thousand nine hundred ninety one that's when macedonia declared independence after breaking away from yugoslavia during the balkan wars greece objected to the new name saying it represented a claim on its territory because it's got a province called macedonia the un and other international organizations opted to refer to the country as the former yugoslav republic of macedonia greece blocked macedonia's attempt to join nato and the european union and renaming the country north macedonia could help to solve the problem i said only its leaders says the low turnout to doesn't mean he should step down instead he's pledged to parliament vote in the name change. not to take it again i know the opposition knows all the citizens know there is and there can be no better agreement with greece there is and there can be no alternative to macedonia as membership

third of voters cast ballots with ninety percent of them supporting the new name the republic of north macedonia the government wanted the change to help and a decades old dispute with greece tension between macedonia and greece started in one thousand nine hundred one that's when macedonia declared independence after breaking away from yugoslavia during the balkan wars greece objected to the new name saying it represented a claimant a territory because it's got a province called macedonia the un and other international organizations opted to refer to the country as the former yugoslav republic of macedonia greece blocked macedonia's attempt to join nato and the european union renaming the country north macedonia could have helped to resolve this macedonia as leaders says the low turnout doesn't mean he should step down instead he has pledged a parliament vote on the name change. not to take it again i know the opposition knows all the citizens know there is and there can be no better agreement with greece there is and there can be no alternative to macedonia as membership of nato and the e.u. l

union renaming the country north macedonia could have helped to resolve this well macedonia as leaders says the low turnout doesn't mean he should step down instead he has pledged a parliament vote on the name change. not to take it again i know the opposition knows all the citizens know there is and there can be no better agreement with greece there is and there can be no alternative to macedonia as membership of nato and the e.u. let's not play games with our unity and our macedonia my personal message to every member of the macedonian parliament is let's put the national interest the interest of the citizens and the strategic interests of the state above politics and party interests but the main opposition party says it's shameful for the government to push for the name change. the moment global cooling that was for sure if it and this was an unsuccessful referendum the policies of zorro and his governments have been a debacle of the truth when it is macedonia the number of citizens who didn't support this shameful remains citizens who have the votes of those who voted against it is

and in turn support an agreement with greece to change the country's name to north macedonia. so it comes down to some in the country's desire to join the alliances after previous attempts have been blocked by greece this time its neighbor seems to have found a bargaining chip for macedonia secession into nato but there are still hurdles to overcome the first sticking point is that the referendums outcome lacks any legal clout and is subject to approval by the states parliament the country's incumbent president. is not on board either and has been urging the public to boycott the referendum. but it is violence against our historical memory the aim is to limit the use of the name to macedonians to the smallest possible space and there is the space between our two ears. keeping our miles closed the republican macedonia is now asked to commit legal and historical suicide so the legal abolishment of the macedonian people can be interpreted as its own will. even if all this doesn't get in the way there's still one final step joining nato weren't be possible until the next alliance

campaign is against the referendum to rename the country to north macedonia have been celebrating their own victory. there referring to them failed. this illegitimate government. everything so i think they should just quit go out of the parliament and there should be elections. with only around thirty six percent of the electorate voting low turnout month the results of boycotts against the referendum appears to have been a success many were angry at the name change deal reached between the government and greece which has a province also called macedonia back in june the two countries agree that if macedonia changed its name greece would drop its objections to the former yugoslav state joining nato and the e.u. . that many greeks oppose anyone else using the name macedonia on sunday nights they too were celebrating what they see as a referendum sadia. the if in spite of the opposition the macedonian government is pressing ahead with its plans but it still needs to win over a parliament and that's where the real fight begins. syrian musician. was forced to flee her native country in two

and that you'll be changing the constitutional name in republic of north macedonia but if prime minister. don't get support from the opposition the second option is early general election as he said the selection can take place on twenty twenty fifth of november because that's the days when he can. effect so the implementation of the process of the ratification of the agreement we agree is if this sort of the election took place later maybe we will have influence of all roads as of reaching to deal with neighboring greece turnout was thirty four percent why do you think so many people chose not to use their democratic rights. here this referendum was just as advisory it was an obligatory referendum so maybe that was one of the reason reasons this or friend whom wasn't a pirate of the legal part of the agreement with greece but previously and president of the republic said it will boycott better friends i'm an opposition call it supporters to decide by their own it's real or how they will vote on a referendum but the prime minister as i have last night said that this was

prime minister says he'll press ahead with a parliamentary vote on changing the nation's name to north macedonia that's in spite the low turnout in sunday's referendum which was not enough to force the issue so we're going to go as. a result marked by change is macedonians who took the time to vote to change the country's name to north macedonia did so by a landslide enough says prime minister's runs i have to go ahead with a decision yes. i know the opposition and all the citizens know there can be no better agreements with greece there is no alternative to membership to an e.u. let's not play games with no unity and all macedonia despite the applause and the defiance the vote was to all intents and purposes a nonstarter only a third of the country's electorate voted leading the referendum didn't meet the requirement of a fifty percent turnout many stayed away after nationalist campaigners urged people to boycott the vote the prime minister says he'll seek parliamentary approval for the name change even though opinion on the street is divided. the referendum is how the people express their opin

greece rocked macedonia as attempts to join nato and the european union renaming the country north macedonia could lead to nato and e.u. membership or macedonia is lida says that low turnout doesn't mean he should step down instead his pledge a parliament vote on the name change was easier not to take it again i know the opposition knows all the citizens know there is and there can be no better agreement with greece there is and there can be no alternative to macedonia as membership of nato and the e.u. let's not play games with our unity and our macedonia my personal message to every member of the macedonian parliament is let's put the national interest the interest of the citizens and the strategic interests of the state above politics and party interests the main opposition party has criticised the government for pushing for the name change describing it as shameful. the moment global cooling that was for sure if it and this was an unsuccessful referendum the policies of zoran zajac and us governments have been a debacle of the truth when it is macedonia the number of citizens who didn't

third of his cast ballots with ninety percent of them supporting the new name the republic of north macedonia government wanted the name changed to help end the decades long dispute with greece. has the latest from the capital skopje. the outcome is showing that macedonia is very deeply divided society and that the discretion about the name means should about about the name of the republic of macedonia is very emotional. question especially about that ethnic muster going on in the country even the prime minister resort towns i've said that these day was successful and that he is satisfied with the outcome and they did boycott was organized by main political party from the opposition in the country though position actually said that the people defeated agreement with the greece so s. in the campaign now the situation is very similar the people are here strongly divided in the. position for and against agreement with greece chill the end of this year macedonia shrewed who feel its own obligation on its own part of that dream and three degrees but what is happening now can postpone plans for imp

third of voters cast ballots with ninety percent of them supporting the new name the republic of north macedonia the government wanted the name changed to help and the decades old dispute with greece tension between macedonia and greece stop. did in one thousand nine hundred one that's when macedonia declared independence after breaking away from yugoslavia during the balkan wars greece objected to the new name saying it represented a claim on its territory because it's got a province called macedonia the un and other international organizations opted to go to the country as the former yugoslav republic of macedonia greece blocked macedonia's attempt to join nato and the european union renaming the country north nasr donia could have helped to resolve this macedonia as leader says the low turnout doesn't mean he should step down instead he's pledged a parliament vote on the name change. not to take it again i know the opposition knows all the citizens know there is and there can be no better agreement with greece there is and there can be no alternative to macedonia as membership of nato and the

prime minister says he'll press ahead with a parliamentary vote on changing the nation's name to north macedonia that's despite the low turnout in sunday's referendum which was not enough to force the issue so we're going to go as. a result marked by change is macedonians who took the time to vote to change the country's name to north macedonia did so by a landslide enough says prime ministers are as i have to go ahead with a decision yes. i know the opposition and all the citizens know there can be no better agreement with greece there is no alternative to macedonians membership to an e.u. let's not play games with no unity and all macedonia despite the applause and the defiance the vote was to all intents and purposes a nonstarter only a third of the country's electorate voted leading the referendum didn't meet the requirement of a fifty percent turnout many stayed away after nationalist campaigners urged people to boycott the vote the prime minister zire says he'll seek parliamentary approval for the name change even though opinion on the street is divided. the referendum is how the people ex

threshold needed to make it valid the government wanted to change the name to the republic of north macedonia to help and a decades old dispute with greece macedonia's leader is pledging a palm and vote on the name change was easier not to take it again you know the opposition knows all the citizens know there is and there can be no better agreement with greece there is and there can be no alternative to macedonia as membership of nato and the e.u. let's not play games with our unity and our macedonia my personal message to every member of the macedonian parliament is let's put the national interest the interest of the citizens and the strategic interests of the state above politics and party interests the votes are being counted after parliamentary elections in the kurdish region of northern iraq it's the first time kurds have gone to the polls since a failed bid for secession referendum was rejected by the central government in baghdad nearly half a million homes are without power in western japan after typhoon trami made landfall south of a saka fierce winds interventional rain brought tra

percent threshold needed to make it valid the government wanted to change a name to republic of north macedonia to help and a decades old dispute with greece macedonia as leader is pledging upon him and vote on the name change was easier not to take it again i know the opposition knows all the citizens know there is and there can be no better agreement with greece there is and there can be no alternative to macedonia as membership of nato and the e.u. let's not play games with our unity and our macedonia my personal message to every member of the macedonian parliament is let's put the national interest the interest of the citizens and the strategic interests of the state above politics and party interests. saudi arabia's crown prince mohammed bin salman has left co wait after talks with the emir shift. has been mediating since saudi arabia the u.a.e. bahrain and egypt imposed a blockade on qatar last year denies the accusation that it supports terrorism. votes are being counted after parliamentary elections in the kurdish region of northern iraq it's the first time kurds have gone to the polls

percent threshold needed to make it valid the government wanted to change the name to republic of north macedonia to help and a decades old disputes with greece and macedonia as leaders pledged to parliament vote on the name change it was easier not to take it again i know the opposition knows all the citizens know there is and there can be no better agreement with greece there is and there can be no alternative to macedonia as membership of nato and the e.u. let's not play games with our unity and our macedonia my personal message to every member of the macedonian parliament is let's put the national interest of the interest of the citizens and the strategic interests of the state above politics and party interests the white house has denied reports it's trying to limit to the f.b.i. investigation into president trump's candidate for the supreme court's agencies looking into allegations of sexual misconduct against brett kavanaugh but it's not considering accusations from a woman who says she was raped at a party that kavanagh was not those are the headlines next on al-jazeera its circle of pois

threshold needed to make it valid and the government wanted to change the name to republic of north macedonia to end a dispute with the white house has denied reports is trying to limit the f.b.i. investigation into president candidate for the supreme court the agency is looking into allegations of sexual misconduct against brett kavanaugh but it's not considering accusations from a woman who says she was raped at a party the cabin i was out and those are the headlines and now we go back to circle of poison on the scene. when i step back and really think about the scope of what we've done it's been a giant terrible tragic experiment best to sidestep pushed on crumbs that it's a very modern way to do. and we've made poisons the measure of progress. he gave any other half of his even the much of anything you want to get on him. and. he can encompass all. those born in the know about how. not to go here in the lab who do not have a look if they are easy enough get them to me and i'm going to also have. the time i hand them among the naive thought in this way that i mean that i. don't want to be

despite opposition from conservatives the procedure will see the country renamed the republic of north macedonia. and julian assange is to launch legal action against the government of ecuador accusing it's a violation his fundamental rights and freedoms according to his lawyer new terms of asylum in the country's london embassy require him to pay for medical bills phone calls and to clean up after his pet kept. now the bed he colombo spacecraft has lifted off from the european space agency's port in french guyana this is the e.s.a. his new mission to explore the planet curie. one european and one japanese it will release them into orbit around the smallest of the rocky planets that they'll spend at least a year mapping and analyzing the sun's closest planetary neighbor scientists hope it will help them learn more about the conditions in the center of the solar system was in four billion years ago. and. is one of the european space agency's most complex missions the probe will fly by the earth venus and mercury a total of nine times using the gravity of those planets to decelerate and avoid bein

referendum on whether to change the name of the former yugoslav republic of macedonia to republic of north macedonia has seen low voter turnout in early results showed the vast majority of those who did vote backed the change but only about a third of the electorate twinge to the polls the country's pro western government hoped a positive result would help settle a decades long to speed with neighboring greece which itself as a province called message this could pave the way to nato and e.u. membership message anion prime minister has all runs i have said he will last parliament to ratify the bush at a press conference on sunday nights i have described the referendum as a clear success despite the low turnout. glad that we're going to get to this house of the citizens is clear all political parties should join in the process towards this shadow as prime minister of this proud and european macedonia i am calling on all responsible leaders every m.p. to unite and take our country where it belongs in the e.u. and nato. will even out. well this to mates putting turnout at less than forty percent a clear

third of voters cast ballots with ninety percent of them supporting the new name the republic of north macedonia the government wanted the name changed to help and a decades old dispute with greece macedonia as leader says a no turnout doesn't mean he should step down and said his major parliament vote on the name change now it was easier not to take it again i know the opposition knows all the citizens know there is and there can be no better agreement with greece there is and there can be no alternative to macedonia as membership of nato and the e.u. let's not play games with our unity and our macedonia my personal message to every member of the macedonian parliament is let's put the national interest the interest of the citizens and the strategic interests of the state above politics and party interests the main opposition party says it's shameful for the government to push for the name change. the moment global cooling that was for sure if it and this was an unsuccessful referendum the policies of zorro and his governments have been a debacle of the truth when it is macedonia the number of c

macedonia changing its name to north macedonia and it looks like it fell short. the vote centers around that country's desire to join nato and the european union and it needs support from greece which has blocked the country from joining because it believes the use of macedonia implies a territorial claim on the greek region of macedonia. the greek government will lift its veto if the country goes through with the name change to north macedonia. over one third of macedonians voted in the referendum but 50% was needed. of those 90% voted in favor of the change. last night they were to convert the will of the majority. >>> authorities in baghdad trying to find a covenant who shot and killed a beauty queen. with more information about what happened to the instagram model who had more than 2 million followers. >>> an undocumented immigrant -- immigrant acquitted of murdering kate steinle and what we can expect today is a new jury trial will begin. >>> cloud cover on the move and we are partly cloudy and it looks like rain tonight and we we will look at how much >>> w

despite opposition from conservatives the procedure will see the country renamed the republic of north macedonia. the kidnapped towns and the end billionaire mohanna do genie has been released and is safely back at home he was seized ten days ago by ident unidentified gunmen in the city of daraa salaam forty three year old dougie is africa's youngest billion with a fortune of one billion dollars it's not yet clear whether a ransom was paid. judy in a song which leaks co-founder is to launch legal action against the government of ecuador accusing it of violating his fundamental rights and freedoms according to his lawyer new terms of asylum in the country's london embassy require him to pay for medical bills phone calls and to clean up after his pet cat. now by in munich have held an extraordinary press conference in which the club's hierarchy slammed journalists for what they see as overly harsh criticism of the players and or talking from data department joins us now for more on this slightly odd situation but tell me about the press conference how how does all that oh. and when that press conf

fierce opposition from conservatives the procedure will save the country renamed the republic of north macedonia. prosecutors in turkey are said to be questioning saudi consulate employees over the disappearance of journalist jamal khashoggi it's not been more than two weeks since the washington post columnist went missing after entering the consulate in istanbul the saudi royal family is struggling to credibly denying reports that mr bush was killed by an assassination squad with close ties to the crown prince on friday turkish investigators talk of their search for a body outside istanbul. belgrade forest near a stumble according to anonymous turkish officials police are searching here for the remains of missing saudi journalist. officials saying a saudi consulate vehicle was tracked here the day. and the consulate on october second a second vehicle was tracked to a nearby city. saudi arabia has denied allegations by turkish officials who said she was killed inside the consulate and his body removed. employees of the saudi arabian consulate were giving testimony on friday at the turkish prosec

fierce opposition from conservatives the procedure will see the country renamed the republic of north macedonia. the kidnapped tanzanian billionaire mohammed do g. has been released and is safely back home it was seized ten days ago by unidentified gunmen in the city of daraa salaam forty three year old d.g. is africa's youngest billionaire with a reported fortune of one and a half billion dollars it's not clear whether a ransom was paid. and julian a songe wiki leaks co-founder is launching a legal action against the ecuadorian government accusing it of violating his fundamental rights and freedoms he's been living in the ecuadorian embassy in london since twenty twelve but new terms of asylum now require him to pay for medical bills phone calls and to clean up after his pet kept. now in taiwan taiwan thousands of people have demonstrated to call for independence from china the rally in taipei is a clear challenge to the island's already embattled government it's the first large scale protest calling for an outright independence vote since taiwan first became a democracy well and twenty years

fierce opposition from conservatives the procedure will see the country renamed the republic of north macedonia and julian assange as the wiki leaks co-founder is to launch legal action against the government of equitable accusing it of violating his fundamental rights and freedoms according to his lawyer new terms of asylum in the country's london embassy require him to pay for medical bills phone calls and to clean up after his pet cat. now by and munich have held an extraordinary press conference in which the club's hierarchy slammed journalists for what they see as overly harsh criticism of their players and lima her talking from david wu sports joins me for more on this and lima tell me just how bizarre and heated was this press conference it was one of the strangest things i have seen i mean it was a it was described as a train wreck it was described as a car crash it started off so in such a bizarre fashion you had the chairman spot by and chairman chairman carl heinz room a nigga who basically came out referencing the german constitution saying that human dignity is untouchable and that

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percent threshold needed to make it legal the government wanted to change the name to republic of north macedonia to help and a decades old dispute with greece in the united states the white house has denied reports that is trying to limit the f.b.i. investigation into the president's supreme court nominee the agency is looking into two allegations of sexual misconduct by brett kavanaugh a third accusation is being left out as a white house correspondent kimberly hauck explains. on sunday one day before the opening term of the u.s. supreme court justices and government officials like attorney general jeff sessions were spotted heading into a mass designed to invoke god's blessing on those responsible for the administration of justice in the united states. i sit outside the cathedral protesters gather showing the divisions that exist around the white house nomination to fill the vacancy on the bench of america's highest court u.s. president donald trump has ordered the f.b.i. investigate the charges against his supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh following a raucous hearing this past week the fa

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there's been a low turnout in macedonia on a referendum whether to change the country's name to north macedoniat to be valid. macedonia's prime minister says he'll continue to push for a yes vote — which could pave the way to membership of the eu and nato. now on bbc news, hardtalk‘s stephen sackur speaks to yanis varoufakis.

is to press ahead with a parliamentary vote on changing his country's name to the republic of north macedonia that's despite sunday's referendum on the issue failing to get enough votes to pass the government hopes the name change will end a long running dispute with greece which is its own province called macedonia. iran positions in syria linked to a group it suspects was behind last week's attack on a military parade in the city of drones and missiles targeted the region of eastern syria. in a pre-dawn attack six mid range iranian missiles cleared iraqi airspace to hit a target in eastern syria nearly six hundred kilometers away. seven unmanned drones then dropped bombs on the same target iran's revolutionary guard said it was retaliation against those responsible for last week's attack at a military parade. in western iraq gunmen killed at least twenty five people many of them members of the guard the response to the show of such military force it suggested there was a clear target but iran's leaders remain vague about the exact identity of the attackers. if there was supposed to be a pub

he said tighter controls on the border between china and north korea were a key factor. macedonia'siamentary approval to change the country's name to resolve a dispute with greece, despite the low turn—out in a referendum. electoral authorities say little more than a third of macedonians had voted — well short of the 50% needed for it to be valid. the bbc‘s guy de launey says it's a big setback for the government. it was the key to opening up a whole new path for macedonia's development — certainly according to the government, and frankly, for a lot of the population as well. for all these years, 27 years since macedonia declared its independence, greece has wielded a veto over its potential membership of nato and the european union. and that obviously has ramifications for the country's security, economic prosperity, and reforms which would notjust end corruption, but improve the judiciary and education and health services. it was a high—stakes referendum. the government tried to make that argument but it seems they were only preaching to the converted. if we think the turnout woul

rename the country failed voters overwhelmingly voted on sunday in favor of changing the name to north macedonia and back to more than ninety percent of voters supported the change but only thirty seven percent of the electorate voted a number well below the fifty percent needed to make the outcome valid they see now moves parliament where the prime minister has vowed to push ahead now if the name change goes through greece's agree to end its veto macedonia's membership to the e.u. and nato. i know the opposition goes all the citizens no. grievance with greece there is no alternative to membership. let's not play games with no unity and all macedonia. so how much does it matter what you call your country in our studio to discuss this we have. she's the founder and director of joint macedonian n.g.o.s representative office to the united nations in scope a macedonia. chick he's the special advisor of the prime minister of. integration and in athens greece we have this he's a political analysts and journalists good to have you here everybody i'm going to start with a little bit of geography and not

plans to press ahead with a parliamentary vote on changing his country's name to the republic of north macedonia that's despite sunday's referendum on the issue failing to get enough votes to pass the government hopes the name change will end a long running dispute with greece which has its own problems called muscle in the . iran has had positions in syria linked to a group it suspects was behind last week's attack on a military parade in the city of a. region of eastern syria. in a pre-dawn attack six mid range iranian missiles cleared iraqi airspace to hit a target in eastern syria nearly six hundred kilometers away. seven unmanned drones then dropped bombs on the same target iran's revolutionary guard said it was retaliation against those responsible for last week's attack at a military parade. in western iraq gunmen killed at least twenty five people many of them members of the guard the response to the show of such military force it suggested there was a clear target but iran's leaders remain vague about the exact identity of the attackers. if there was supposed to be a public message the

in june country ‘s name to the republic of north macedonia.nato and european nations. the fourth edition of the invictus games starts in sydney today and will see 500 competitors from 18 nations taking part. the duke and duchess of sussex are on a 16—day tour of australia and will attend the opening ceremony at the sydney opera house, the seven day event was set up by prince harry to give recovering armed forces personnel a new way of dealing with the traumas of combat. those are the main stories. it was interesting this morning, following the advancing sydney. is that point in the buildup were they start to talk about sport. the back stories are so fascinating. it comes to a point where they are competing like any other sport. it is like watching the paralympics are any other sport. the back story gets forgotten and it isa the back story gets forgotten and it is a competition. i think it kicked off yesterday. there was launch programme yesterday evening and now i think the actual ceremony begins with prince harry there. i think the actual cer

third of voters cast ballots with ninety percent of them supporting the new name the republic of north macedonia the government wanted the name changed to help end a decades old dispute with greece. my blood jeff scott has the latest from the capital skopje. the outcome is showing that macedonia is very deeply divided society and that the disk question about the naming should about about the name of the republic of macedonia is very emotional question especially about the ethnic must've gone on in the country even the prime minister is out on the side of said that these day was successful and that he was satisfied with the outcome and they did boycott was organized by the main political party from the opposition in the country though position actually said that the people defeated agreement with the greece so asked him to complain now the situation is very similar the people are here strongly divided seemed. for and against agreement with greece chill the end of this year macedonia shrewed full feel its own obligation on its own part of the agreement three degrees but what is happening now can p

there's been a low turnout in macedonia on a referendum whether to change the country's name to north macedonia. electoral authorities say little more than a third of macedonians voted — well short of the 50% needed for it to be valid. macedonia's prime minister says he'll continue to push for a yes vote — which could pave the way to membership of the eu and nato. now on bbc news, hardtalk‘s stephen sackur speaks to yanis varoufakis. welcome to hardtalk. i'm stephen sackur. the old certainties in european politics are crumbling. voters seem fed up with a long—established supremacy of the parties of centre—right and centre—left. the politics of identity and raw emotion have fuelled populist insurgencies from italy to sweden, to eastern europe. mostly it is the right, not the left, in the ascendant. well, my guest is yanis varoufakis, greece's radical leftist finance minister at the height of the economic crisis, and an advocate of a new global progressive politics. but is he losing the argument in europe? yanis va roufakis, welcome to hardtalk. you still play a political role. you have a new pol

just over one third of voters cast ballots the majority supporting the new name the republic of north macedonia. a major party in the kurdish region of northern iraq is giving mixed signals about whether it will accept the results of parliamentary elections the p u k shares power there and one member has suggested his party will reject the results still being counted in the first poll since last year's failed bid force a session independence referendum was rejected by the central government in baghdad plunging the region into economic and political turmoil has been a big explosion in somalia it happened near a military base in the capital city mogadishu both african union peacekeepers i mean song and somali troops use the road close to the facility. the u.k. minister responsible for making sure that happens his government is preparing for a no deal divorce from europe dominic rob was addressing the annual governing conservative party conference in birmingham there are less than six months to go before britain is due to leave the rest of the e.u. . china is marking sixty nine years since the fou

there‘s been a low turnout in macedonia on a referendum whether to change the country‘s name to north macedonia

there's been a low turnout in macedonia on a referendum whether to change the country's name to north macedonia. electoral authorities say little more than a third of macedonians had voted — well short of the 50% needed for it to be valid. now on bbc news — dateline london. hello and a very warm welcome to dateline london. i'm jane hill. it is party conference season here in britain. we are going to look at labour's week and forward to the conservatives'. we will also turn state—side to see the bitter divisions around the nominee for the supreme court in the us. stephanie baker, senior writer at bloomberg news. marc roche, correspondent for france's le point magazine and many years at le monde as well. alex deane is with us and eunice goes. a warm welcome to all of you. jeremy corbyn told the labour faithful, meeting in liverpool, that he was ready to rebuild a divided country put up e—commerce to renationalise the railways and create 400,000 jobs in the green economy. delegates also voted to keep options open when it comes to brexit. political watchers spoke with more confidence compared to th