baptised by the water of the river sava.gest river within the balkans, croatia's capital, zagreb. croatia was part of the austro—hungarian empire until the end of the first world war. and you can see much of that architectural influence around zagreb. the city has been fought over by competing armies for centuries. in the 15th century, so the story goes, the ottoman army was camped on the other side of the sava river, just over there, preparing to attack the city. to deter them, a cannonball was fired with such pinpoint accuracy, it landed on a chicken intended for the commander's dinner. so freaked out were the turks by this that they scarpered and never returned to the city again — so the legend goes. but ever since 1877, as a nod to this alleged act of defiance, a cannon has been fired every day at noon from this tower. wow! incredible. alem is a trained engineer who used to work on the zagreb trams before he saw an advert for the position of cannon man in 2008, and landed the job. ah, how come — what does it do? laughs.

the romans chose this spot because of its location on the sava.ity, including a hippodrome, still lies beneath the modern metropolis, but some remains, like this huge imperial palace complex, have been excavated. it was 1957 when the workers starting to make an apartment building and then these walls appeared. some historians think as many as 18 roman emperors were born in the territory of modern—day serbia, and that five of those were born here in sirmium itself. it's a heritage this archaeologist thinks is little known outside of the balkans, largely due to the period in the late ‘90s when serbia was seen by some as a political pariah because of the conflict in kosovo. do you think people are surprised that serbia had such a roman history? ah, i think that it is not so much now, and for a long time, we were isolated and we did a lot during that time, according to the protection of archaeological heritage. and the archaeologists want the world to know about the incredible remains they found here. they're using new 3—d reconstruction techniques, s

just outside, on the flood plains of the sava, is the wetlands.een classed as an area of international importance because it supports a range of endangered species. but it is also under threat as some of the lakes have been trained and ploughed over for farmland. it is an issue the collective want to bring worldwide attention to by holding a music festival here. this is one of the djs. what is it about the land here that worries you? and what is happening to it? the thing that worries me is it will all disappear, all the lake, it was 11, now it is only two. la kes ? yeah. what is so special about this area that makes you when your friends want to come here? nature, nature, because it is taking. when you look at the sunrise and everything, it is beautiful. so we wanted to attract attention, so let's do a festival. maybe someone with the money will come and say, stop that. more than 500 people from across the region came to the festival and the eco— collective plan to hold more events here in the future. some have a might say, how is playing music w

sava dolinka two. micro greg ritter. is definitely one of the most exciting finds in the world of european roman archaeology. the plan is to excavate the palace and find out more. but it will take yea rs. and find out more. but it will take years. anything i can help with here? anything i can do? you may in fa ct here? anything i can do? you may in fact hughes this thing. shall i show you? it sprays water that you can clea n you? it sprays water that you can clean the mosaic. stones. incredible. incredible. this is really pleasurable to literally uncover and expose works of building an art that, you know, utterly thousands of years old. —— literally. and thousands of years ago, the romans continued down the river to build the ancient city known today as serbia's capital belgrade. this is belgrade's most famous landmark, its fortress, the scene of many a battle during the last 2000 years and if you look over here, you can see exactly why. it is where our companion for the last 900 kilometres, the sava meets the danube, th

now there is a perception of sava as a connector. connecting with who?ong the river and, most important, connecting also across border regions. croatia, bosnia, serbia. and we already started to connect. baby steps, they are still, but, yes, we are connecting now along the sava river. but before i head across to my next country on the sava, duska tells me i need to be fully initiated into life on the river with this time—honoured tradition. are you going to behead me? no, we don't do that any more! but if you want to be a member, you have to show us if you are able to sharpen that wooden stick. ah, you show me. and just when i thought the wood chopping was bad enough... here you go — on your knees. you have to leave the head down. like this. whoa! baptised by the water of the river sava. now, you are watching bbc news. i will show you some live pictures near saint charles train station in marseille, where a man with a knife attacked two people at about 1:45pm local time. that is the scene now. franz‘s interior ministry local time. that is the scene now.

baptised by the water of the river sava. on the first day of the conservative party conference, the prime minister is also promising to raise the threshold for student loan repayments in england. but she's facing more questions about her future after borisjohnson's latest brexit intervention. good morning, it's sunday, 1st october. also ahead: the spanish government tries to put a stop to catalonia's independence referendum as voters in the region head to the polls. an air france superjumbo makes an emergency landing after its engine fails over the atlantic. in sport, the manchester clubs maintain their dominance at the top of the premier league. wins for both united and city, but it's city who are top of the table, just, on goal difference.

sava: that's a lot.ou have in your body. >> o'donnell: doctors operated to stop the bleeding, then employed imaging technology to find and seal the leaking blood vessels they couldn't get to in normal surgery. at what point did you think, "okay, he's going to make it"? >> dr. sava: i don't know that i ever thought in those terms. i think that there was a point in the first operation, when we got some semblance of control, when i thought, "you know, maybe this guy's got a shot." >> o'donnell: after 20 days in intensive care, and nearly six weeks in the hospital, he was transferred to an in-patient rehabilitation facility. there was plenty of work to do. he'd undergone seven surgeries in total. first to stop the bleeding, then to repair his upper left leg, hip, and pelvis. and finally, to fight infections dr. sava says are common with these kind of bullet wounds. >> steve scalise: it's working well. >> o'donnell: he'd lost 50 pounds, and at 51 years old, needed to learn how to walk again. >> meaghan minzy:

just outside gradiska, on the flood plains of the sava, is the wetland.d. it's an issue the collective want to bring worldwide attention to by holding a music festival here. mirko was one of the djs. what is it about the land here that worries you, and what's happening to it? the thing that worries me is it will all disappear, all the lake — it was 11, now it's only two. la kes ? yeah. so tell me then — what is so special about this area that makes you and your friends want to come here and relax? nature, nature, especially nature because it is breathtaking. when you look at the sunrise and everything, it's beautiful. so we wanted to check, let's do a festival. maybe someone will, with the money, come and say, "stop that." more than 500 people from across the region came to the festival, and the eco—collective plan to hold more events here in the future. some people might say, how is playing music with a dj sound system helping the nature? because that's in right now. the festivals are in. but i suppose what i'm saying is people might comejust for the par

countries that, until the early 1990s, made up yugoslavia, and took an epic journey down the river savar in the balkans. in the first part of his journey, he followed the river to slovenia's capital, ljubljana, to find out why it has been called one of europe's greenest cities. the city centre is made up of vast squares lined with baroque buildings, and the streets are packed with tourists ambling around. but it wasn't all like this. just over a decade ago, ljubljana was clogged with traffic and the city's main piazza was a car park. but in 2006, the city's mayor made the decision to ban cars from the centre. now the only vehicles allowed are these so—called cavaliers, electric cabs that give free lifts to those with luggage or who need extra help getting around. if you had to compare how this city looked ten years ago to now, can you tell me the difference? and the children are still following you. and it's notjust kids that are using the car—free streets as a playground. filip and blaz are ambassadors for the city. they met when one was a juggler and the other a gymnast and then toget

savas have argued protect the property interest of the ruling class so policing all together thinking how they manage conflict so to talk about with the mental called crisis we're not directly calling the police so we're thinking about new and creative ways continuing to do criminalizes historically between the police and others of color that forces us to ask a deeper question those that is in the state house or the senate. to empower those communities to think in radically different ways. >> let's give a huge round of applause to our guests. [applause] stick around for the next book. it is really good. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> of baltimore book festival continues with a history professor spencer on the black part but -- black panther party from california. [inaudible conversations] hello everyone. thanks for