in kosovo as capital to mark ten years of independence from serbia security forces march through pristina as part of a weekend of festivities course mirchi the autonomy in two thousand and eight after years of conflict its sovereignty is recognized by more than one hundred countries including the us and most of the e.u. it has yet to be recognized by serbia russia or china. or causeways confronting increasing lawlessness in a serb dominated region a political leader was killed last month in the town of michel bits are under simmons spoke to journalists and politicians who say they now face constant intimidation. it's a daily ritual lighting candles and paying respect to a politician murdered a month ago in this lawless city all of the event of a leader of a minority cause of our party spoke albanian and have been trying to foster better relations with the government in pristina he was shot dead and no one seems to know who did it organized crime is rampant here and there are suspicions there could have been a political motivation the simple get out in the movie you can see in people how u

kosovo as capital to mark ten years of independence from serbia security forces marched through pristina as part of a weekend the festivities cost of achieved autonomy in two thousand and eight following years of conflict but it's now confronting increasing lawlessness and dominated regional political leader was killed last month in the town of matric al-jazeera sanderson's spoken to journalists and politicians there who say they now face constant intimidation. it's a daily ritual lighting candles and paying respect to a politician murdered a month ago in this lawless city all of the event of a leader of a minority cause of a party spoke albanian and have been trying to foster better relations with the government in pristina he was shot dead and no one seems to know who did it organized crime is rampant here and there are suspicions there could have been a political motivation he pulled out in the movie you can see in people how unsafe they fail and they are if you talk about it but work says me the most is that many of all of his friends and my friends have left me. a more considering a

andrew symonds in pristina. south africa's new president still ramaphosa as promised a new dawn for the country in his first state of the nation address ramaphosa was sworn in on thursday after the resignation of his predecessor jacob zuma eve out to help unite the country and revive the economy rob matheson went to gauge reaction to ramaphosa speech in the president's hometown of sweater. was the reading. quibble has high hopes for south africa's new president is known several rebel positions that were boys two of thousands whose child has been spent on the streets of seoul where to give them a chance. gives the in. this country would tend. to settle and said well you know everybody when you grow everywhere or when you grow up there are those e-cards that those were two things that really do. it right when it came to the real things. that i think so little has been described as the heart of africa it's a mixture of cultural and religious perspective here hundreds also poverty people here say the drama follows a

this was said by the eu special representative in pristina. opportunity here, if the political establishment really takes to heart the european reform agenda. but it is not a very big window. do you think your country is capable of seizing this moment, this opportunity? i think we are to be applauded as a nation. to see the war 20 years ago and where we are today, it proved that we do find a way, even though it is very difficult. our challenges are specific but we find a way to become a member of the eu family, and the united nations. you don't ever doubt that, even after ten difficult yea rs, that, even after ten difficult years, no doubts? no. kosovo will be a member of the eu and nato, and the united nations. we have two end there, but ramush haradinaj, thank you very much for being on hardtalk. thank you. the coldest snap this winter season is likely to continue this week when there is more snow in the forecast. snow has been falling in the form of showers but particularly in north—east england, they have pretty impressive snow depths and

this is landed up on the desk of the prime minister robert shire i didn't i was my guest here in pristina the west has told him that if the courts are stopped he could pretty much forget about joining nato or the e.u. what's he going to do. wish i didn't welcome to come to thank you thank you. in twenty fifteen because of our greed the so-called specialist childers he set up in the hague to try war crimes and occasions of war crimes relating to the conflict in constable now some politicians here want to scrap that court before it's even started is it going to go ahead on the court exist created the vote it's in parliament and it's amendment been voted the idea of pieces related to procedures related to the core but it's not in the level of stopping the court. really there goes forty three needs to sign the petition to stop the call or it's even started the court itself it's eighty votes it's two thirds it's a man men of our constitution have agreed in that it's a law on proceedings proceedings of the court that then please initiate an abrogation in the way the. amendment the law the law t

andrew symonds joins us live now from pristina and so a significant anniversary milestone that for the people of kosovo but any fresh emissions have in terms of recognizing the country. will not really maryam you heard our interview with the prime minister in which he was pressing home the point that there had to be more immediacy to the issue of recognition by serbia or we've heard from alex on the church the serbian president on the eve of this as you describe a landmark event is reference to a frozen conflicts of the dangers of that perhaps this was posturing but he was certainly a wanting more compromise from kosovo in order to get any progress in serbia she recognizing the possibility of recognizing kosovo and that would be a prerequisite to membership is easy you view is that broad which is a may rule the day eventually but no one's putting any timeframe on it aside from the politics that also liberations but that's been tempered by the recollection looking back on the history here the poles of the losses of the losses on both sides but particularly want event in particular in re

andrew simmons is following the story now he joins us live from pristina so a significant anniversary milestone for the country any plans or initiatives to you know encourage more recognition of kosovo as a country. well you heard the prime minister speaking to was there he really was showing the level of urgency of this landmark occasion the tenth anniversary of independence has focused political minds in the direction of what next because it is nearly two decades since the war ended in the nato involvement which definitely influenced the situation against serbia here and gave effectively a pathway to independence and now we have this situation whereby there is this block there is a block from serbia in terms of recognition the e.u. have indicated that serbia will get membership possibly if it does go along the international will that is to recognize course of so what is next remains to be seen whether it's months whether it's years but there certainly is some urgency here mary i'm also alongside this celebrations right now across the country particularly here in the capital a pretty

it on the map here really quickly and actually zoom out so you get an idea of where this all is pristina the capital there if i assume that you start to see the borders of course of iraq in the middle there but it sits positioning right in the middle of all these countries serbia to the north montenegro bosnia herzegovina as well you have albania where the ethnic albanians come from macedonia it is right in the middle of this whole very contentious area but kosovo's independence from serbia came at a heavy price yes the war the ethnic cleansing of course but also a very fragile sense of national identity the war itself was fought between the federal republic of yugoslavia which controlled kosovo and the cause of our albanian rebel group backed by nato in one thousand nine hundred ninety nine around thirteen thousand people were killed mostly ethnic albanians today one hundred ten un member states do recognise kosovo as a country but serbia and its russia ally its ally russia still refused to along with china india and crucially five e.u. states as well which means the future requires som

running all this is landed up on the desk of the prime minister ramu shara deny my guest here in pristina the west has told him that if the court is stopped he can pretty much forget about joining nato or the e.u. what's he going to do.

running all this has landed up on the desk of the prime minister rabble shire i deny my guest here in pristina the west has told him that if the courts are stopped he could pretty much forget about joining nato or the e.u. what's he going to do. welcome to. thank you thank you. twenty fifteen because of the greed of the so-called specialist. in the hague to try. relating to the conflict in the course of the now some politicians here want to scrap that before it's even started is it going to go ahead. quarter exist. created the voted soon parliament. amendment been voted the idea pieces today to the procedures related to the court but it's not. stopping the court really. needs to sign the petition to stop the core. but there the court itself it's eighty votes it's two thirds it's a man men of our constitution have agreed in that it's a law on proceedings proceedings of the court that then please initiated an abrogation innovate the. amendment the law the law they list in law what infantry's the level of stop in the court itself so the court will go ahead of course exist court is created to show

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serbia and montenegro cetera i understand it's joins us live now from pristina so andrew what's happening there right now. well right now we're seeing celebrations something very different to the political heat heat you heard in our interviews there are people actually celebrating and dancing bands playing in the start up of these celebrations which will go on for actually two days but there is an underlying sadness that has been a gathering of people whose loved ones are still missing taken they say by serb ethnic fighters soldiers perhaps in the war it's nearly twenty years ago now also we have we've seen over the past few days concern by the serb community also with missing persons right the way across the country that is a major issue. but for these people who want better and better government action on it and so also the focus is on the past particularly atrocities one in particular which directly led to the nato campaign of bombing which is seen as the reason for the liberation as it's known of this country and we saw a man one of only five survivors of an atrocity at rates check vi

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all this is landed up on the desk of the prime minister ramu shara deny who is my guest here in pristina the west has told him that if the coach is stopped he can pretty much forget about joining nato or the e.u. what's he going to do.

in kosovo's capital to mark ten years of independence from serbia security forces marched through pristina as part of a weekend of festivities achieved autonomy in two thousand and eight after years of conflict sovereignty is recognized by more than one hundred countries including the u.s. and most of the e.u. it's yet to be recognized by serbia russia or china. to stay with us inside stories up next on that. thirteen russians have been accused of interfering in the us presidential elections to sway the vote in favor of. these indictments do not mention collusion and moscow says the charges are irrelevant but the broader investigation is far from over so what happens next this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program today with me peter davi russia's alleged interference in the twenty sixteen presidential election in the united states is long plagued donald trump since he took office and now a federal grand jury has concluded the russians did play a role on friday thirteen russian nationals and three russian companies were indicted for meddling in the presidential campaign quotes

kosovo as capital to mount ten years of independence from serbia security forces marched through pristina as part of a weekend festivities and there's the headlines come out here with the news great a little over twenty five minutes right after the listening post next. on counting the cost will talk to i.m.f. chief christine like god about how the economic model is changing here in the middle east can ireland break regs it find out how the emerald isle is caught in the middle of a big round between the u.k. and the us the year of the dog in china counting the cost at this time and. feel to us the piece. i'm. just. talking. point among the most closely watched early on when it doesn't level diplomacy. a lot richard just but if you're at the listening post here are some of the media stories we've been tracking this week five rings two countries one flag if they handed out medals for spinning the story north korea would get the gold july fifteenth two thousand and sixteen the night turkey got a new national narrative or at least that's what the government and the media that have its back wou

born in london to kosovan albanian parents, dua lipa returned to pristina when she was 13. like there was enough opportunity for me to be able to do this from kosovo. so when i moved back to london at the age of 15, i thought that i'm going to, kind of, use social media to my advantage. and i'm just go to put some covers online. before long, the teenager had a starring role in this x factor advert. but her music career took longer to get going. dua's debut album was delayed several times while she built up a huge live following. are you guys ready to sing with me? # oh baby, come on, let me get to know you # just another chance so that i can show...# i think her record label have, kind of, kept the faith and let us spend a long time making a debut album, and develop her perspective and the kind of pop star she wants to be. and that kind of faith, i think, is in short supply in the music industry at the moment. we're backstage here at the brit awards, where tomorrow night, dua lipa will find out if she can turn herfive nominations into actual prizes. but whatever happens, sh

while correspondent anderson is joining us live from pristina for more on this so what are the prospects and awful recognition of a call so i now. well that is a very big question certainly know that a matter of days or even months more likely years perhaps but the pressure is now at a point of very very high energy in terms of serbia pragmatism could come to the fore because serbia wants membership of the european union and the european union although its words a slightly ambiguous says that if there is recognition all of a course of that membership could take place that could set off a whole chain of events with russia then falling into line going along with the security council china to on full recognition taking place so very much a political focus going on here as you heard in our interviews before you came to me but there's also a look back a look back on the war that all cost the big losses on both sides and also the initiative taken to get nato involved what actually caused that was a chain of events which started with an atrocity in re check a village not a big distance away fro

in kosovo's capital to mark ten years of independence from serbia security forces march through pristina as part of a weekend of festivities cost of achieved autonomy in two thousand and eight after years of conflict its sovereignty is recognized by more than one hundred countries including the us and most of the e.u. . india's government is under pressure over a one point seven billion dollars bank fraud that sent shock waves through the financial sector three employees of the punjab national bank recused of helping the billionaire diamond jeweler and his business partner access millions of dollars in bad loans the bank has lost a fifth of its value since announcing the scam opposition politicians say the government had been warned about it julianne moore of modi and his business partner have now fled the country. thirty five refugees are heading for the u.s. after leaving an australian run prison camp on the pacific island nation of now or it's part of a resettlement deal between australia's government and the previous us administration the refugees are mostly afghan pakistani orang so

independence from serbia security forces march through for seen as part of a weekend of festivities pristina as part of a weekend of festivities kosovo achieved autonomy and two thousand and eight after years of conflict its sovereignty is recognized by more than one hundred countries including the us and most of the e.u. but it is not yet recognized by serbia russia and china. a member of the european central bank's a top policymaking counsel has been detained as part of a proper bribery and money laundering investigation in lafayette omar's from save it is also head of the country's central bank as home and office have been searched as prime minister will chair an emergency cabinet meeting on monday but says the operations of the central bank will not be affected and investigators carried out more raids on sunday over a one point eight billion dollars bank fraud that sent shock waves from the financial system to employees of the national bank are in custody after being accused of helping a billionaire diamond jeweler and his business partner access millions of dollars in secured loans the

serbia and montenegro said our lender simmons has more from pristina. for this landmark event the pressure is certainly mounting for full recognition of kosovo the european union is key in all of this it has made a slightly ambiguous statement suggesting that when serbia finally pushes forward for full membership of the e.u. a condition will be recognition of course of now that would set in train its thought russia or agreeing in the security council for un recognition of membership of the un this country does have all the traits of a state it has membership of organizations from fee for all the way to the i.m.f. but it doesn't have that cherished situation of being a member of the european union which it really does need to see a whole raft of things to take place so the focus politically on those developments but also this tenth anniversary sees people looking back at the cost of independence the lives lost on both sides and great check was where so many developments started to trail towards nato getting involved in the conflict which was a crucial mo

cause of party spoke albanian and have been trying to foster better relations with the government in pristina he was shot dead and no one seems to know who did it organized crime is rampant here and there are suspicions there could have been a political motivation in the darkness he pulled out in the movie you can see in people how unsafe they fail and they are if you talk about it but work says me the most is that many of all of his friends and my friends have left mature pizza and more considering at. this journalist whose office still bears the evidence of intimidation nearly three years ago also believes things are getting worse that they are. i've been a victim of theft and burglary i've been attacked but those are things that happen to people he every day in savannah beaches made up people species have definitely increased it's because he was so well respected. on the south side of me tributes the majority cause of our albanian population has been celebrating ten years of independence it's in contrast to the north where the serbian flag flies kosovo's government ministers accuse their s

kosovo as capital to mark ten years of independence from serbia security forces marched through pristina as part of a weekend of festivities kosovo achieved autonomy in two thousand and eight after years of conflict i'll have more on all those stories in the news hour and twenty five minutes time join me then. the league of nations mandate for palestine came into effect in september one thousand nine hundred eighty three. it stated that the allied powers had agreed that the mandate to be responsible for establishing quote a national home for the jewish people. briefed on join us. to see all your dirty. men as you will do for you and your climate there will be a local what them your would be for as the. for men had enough to learn the skill regalia would be. just some them feely lilian would be for us the i've been going to a little beautiful as the men. men or rope minerals your mother called. i think that sign is diplomacy it was brilliant and in a way manipulating. british feel and enticing to take. feelings at the same time because this fantasy of presenting the jews in america as the

but still there's quite a lot to celebrate for the people here this evening from pristina under seven thank you very much. the body of a filipino maid which was found in a freezer in kuwait has been returned to manila a desk trained relations between the philippines and quite with president roger go to territory ordering the repatriation of thousands of filipino workers and banning further deployment sami's a dam has the reaction from quite a city. praying for closure church service isn't quite spare a prayer for joining the demo fellas maria can a two spares a thought for the domestic worker whose body was found in a freezer authorities are still looking for the suspect a lebanese national i'm afraid me. these. cannon knows all about the life of a domestic worker she's worked as one for more than eighty years she says some face abuse but it's not typical. of the me i knew were like my sister the philippine government reacted strongly to joanna's death banning it citizens from coming to kuwait for work it later issued a clarification exempting those who already have jobs here about th

in kosovo's capital to mark ten years of independence from serbia security forces march through pristina as part of a weekend of festivities kosovo achieved autonomy in two thousand and eight after years of conflict at seventy's recognized by more than one hundred countries including the u.s. and most of the e.u. but it's yet to be recognized by serbia russia and china bug areas foreign ministries condemned and i knew all march by far right supporters to honor a pro nazi world war two general but only want to have despite calls from the government the us embassy and jewish organizations to scrap it the foreign ministry says anything glorifying the nazi way of thinking is absolutely unacceptable five women have been killed when a gunman opened fire at a church in the russian republic of dagestan five other people were injured in the town of chris lee are police say a twenty two year old local man was behind the attack and he was shot dead by security services dagestan is a muslim majority region. church services have been held in zimbabwe for morgan tsvangirai the former office leader who

serb party spoke albanian and have been trying to force to better relations with the government in pristina he was shot dead and no one seems to know who did it organized crime is rampant here and there are suspicions there could have been a political motivation. in the movie you can see in people how unsafe they feel and they are if you talk about it but what concerns me the most is that many of all of his friends and my friends have left micha pizza a more considering it. this journalist whose office still bears the evidence of intimidation nearly three years ago also believes things are getting worse that they have the process i've been a victim of theft and burglary i've been attacked but those are things that happen to people he every day is in savannah beach is made up people species have definitely increased it's because he was so well respected. on the south side of me tributes the majority culture of our albanian population has been celebrating ten years of independence it's in contrast to the north where the serbian flag flies kosovo's government ministers accuse their serbian cou

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serbia came after years of conflict it came fountains of lives under simmons reports with capital pristina this is a landmark event and it certainly concentrated political minds on the vexed question of if and when serbia will fully recognize kosovo paving its way to membership of the european union and also opening the door eventually to kosovo joining the e.u. with the celebrations for this event there has been underlying sadness particularly over atrocities from the past and warm in particular in this village. it's a war he's grown used to over the years. still can't comprehend why he lived and his brother died no other men had been fighters they were kosovar albanian and that was a death sentence for those buried here young and old. this happened within the reach of unarmed european observers but the serbs blocked their access roma shabani and others had been rounded up in this yard. to stop or to talk to him or her as you can see first of all they threw grenades and opened fire on the house people were screaming especially the kids i was laid out and beaten just here then we were orde

you know guaranteed only by pristina presidential. welcome back to the kaiser report i'm max has or time now to turn to four time mayor of pittsburgh and he also led the north carolina democratic party hey it's randy voller ready welcome back to the kaiser report it's great to be here max ok so we're coming up on twenty eighteen is the way the president you know he has a big downward movie gets crushed you know after being in office a bit there's a reversal but this president has caught the eye of some interesting folks you know it his tax cuts have led to praise even from democratic leaning california corporations like apple or celebrities like bill murray you know normally in midterm elections the party in power is kicked in the teeth but these tax cuts seems to have you know really grab people's attention even in the democratic party where you think well money is always going to grab people's attention you know we all knew that apple was offshoring all their profits and now when they've lowered the rates from thirty five to twenty