i think we're makes it up listen in serbia. about ten years ago or a little bit over the over the when we actually had a democratically the macross tickle your hanted political party in power the members of the ruling coalition kicked physically kicked journalists. the if the so you think is untrue on another john threatened now they're going after the anti corruption council so that media is completely politically influenced i think we have a lot to deal with in serbia and we are dealing with it and i think the situation is improving it's by no means by no means worse than in last night's event last month an official from the security information agency that marco resigned the bridge so the greatest threat to serbia of a foreign agents working in media nongovernmental agencies and opposition parties it's an easy smear isn't it talk about foreign agents in the media when you have no evidence for that what it is absolutely ridiculous to quote one public servant at the conference where the president of serbia talked about threats

is job to be done but i think that serbia and i am absolutely proud with how serbia has handled our issues from the past are you are you proud of the trend in serbia that the points to to see former war criminals as heroes or role models do you subscribe to them no i do not i do not i think that you know we see in other countries in the region that the war criminals actually war or indicted war criminal so actually have official that all says advisors to the president's or in the government you know we have we see some being even the prime ministers but in serbia you do not have those kind of things you have the millers out of it for instance convicted for crimes against ethnic albanians of a quarter of a cause if you're going to lecture at the serbian military academy not he was convicted he served his sentence he was released his in serbia now he was one time a lecture just like. sure at the military academy or nor if i'm not mistaken on what was the call but. during the mid nato bombing campaign over serbia so he's not appointed the lecturer at the military i think our last scene

i proposed to that it says serbia would be. going through not all. proclaimed to be the people who committed the crime of genocide but with us that would not have been unfair that have been unfair. why. very much indeed. to him for that and we shall continue working. to repay that in the future which is pushing. the political relations between our countries are very important we had the opportunity. to deepen and expand the scope of our relations. to go to school you got us to be a political i am not going to be speaking of the. other politicians or to. talk about their love for pushing tolstoy and does so you have scale only. but this is a board that i received today. not just with the media he's a great duty from the machine. to work more to come to helping the russian serbian relations i am proud of serbia proud of my homeland and this is my entire country deserves this award. recently in the last few years serbia has been successful in maintaining its independence and territorial integrity and its military independence the prison year. and gettin

that relations between russia and serbia. have existed for centuries they didn't appear they didn't start yesterday. we have strong roots. russian and serbian people have always been side together with this historic ties and there's a saying. in serbia it's basically go this when we're together what will inevitably achieve victory and this is the idea i would like to. translate basically to the people who are there in the in the streets who gathered. you know you know you've heard our estimation of the situation in kosovo in serbia we know that. there's been violations of international law of international security council resolution twelve forty four and we're going to work with our partners. with the goal of. preserving international law and respecting international law and we see what's happening in the region sometimes it may seem that the decisions taking years ago were taken and you know one of them was to basically divide the serbian people. into two parts. and any decisions taken will not be long term they will not be

russia's president has received an enthusiastic welcome in serbia signing a number of important deals i'll tell you more about that after a short break this is our international. there's a whole cost going on in america for profit and the drug companies are killing millions of americans for profit and if no politician does anything about it i mean i look around the world and i see these relational and the frats protests and i see that as growing growing globally and john locke said in sixteen of the ninety i believe that if the social contract was broken it's up to the people to revolt the social contract has been shattered revolution is in the south. america this is our t. international now president vladimir putin has made an official visit to serbia which has seen a number of new deals closed and seemingly cemented historical ties balkan country is currently at a crossroads with possible u. membership and the issue of kosovo high on the national agenda thousands of serbians marched to show their support for the talks with russia on thursday more on the meeting in belgrade here's ou

this is our two international now president vladimir putin has made an official visit to serbia which has seen a number of new deals closed and seemingly cemented historical ties the balkan country is currently at a crossroads with possible you membership and the issue of kosovo high on the national agenda at thousands of serbians march to show their support for the talks with russia on thursday for more on the meeting in belgrade here is equal just off . i'm in front of thousands of people who marched through central belgrade to greet the russian president in serbia but if it does highlight anything at all that would be the division in the serbian society on wednesday also a thousand strong march swept through the city but it came to a very different tune an opposition rally against the current government so base divided politically to its country that wants to join the european union but also at the same time wants to stay a friend of russia a big geo political and diplomatic challenge but the two leaders still met with the russian president awarded the serbian his serbian counterpa

thousands of people who marched through central belgrade today to greet the russian president in serbia but if it does highlight anything at all that would be the division in the serbian society on wednesday also a thousand strong march swept through the city but it came to a very different tune an opposition rally against the current government so today's event is something of a response to that is divided politically to. a country that wants to join the european union but also at the same time wants to stay a friend of russia a big geo political and diplomatic challenge but the two leaders still met the russian president awarded the serbian his serbian counterpart with a medal the serbian president gifted vladimir putin a puppy but it wasn't just about symbols of friendship serious geopolitical issues were on the table as well like for example kosovo and it creating its own army glad i'm a potent made a comment on that in fact i see. russia as well as serbia is interested in the situation in the balkans to be stable and secure in particular in terms of kosovo russia's position is well

our people people of serbia will never forget.

i said it wasn't put in the idea of independent not sil's serbia as the state i think sort of in its own as much as possible but would mostly have put the accent on those of the situation in republic of srpska. i would say a minority of say. most of the time suppressed by the politics and not leaving the old ways free to to be making straightforward connections to russia and setting it needs to be done to. i'm very much deeply rooted into the russian classical literature and cinema and what i'm trying to do something in china which is going to be really based on the novel or i don't know if it's novel it's not that long but it's called divide clouds. i'm preparing for a long time. you know in a sewer in many. months but it happens today in in the past. in syria and there were and. he is on my agenda every day so there is no day that i don't remember him. you know worst is the consequence of could put it corporate of the world taking over and leaving the france with the capital and the french people are the most comfortable people around the world and they have lost and they're starti

russia's president has received an enthusiastic welcome in serbia finding a number of important deals tell you more about that after a short break you're watching our international stay with us. trial when he was running in twenty sixteen articulated a vision of foreign policy that was clearly at odds with what you would consider the sort of post-war liberal international consensus that that american policy is held and there might be some claim that there are elements of that critique that has the liberty here's the problem though it's not enough to offer a critique you can say that there are problems with the existing foreign policy and then you have to offer something that's better person period. and this is where i think trump is as as feel. that entire collection of countries and regions that have been the main economic. players for decades now over time they're going to become just much more players the world is going to evolve china india middle east africa. under certain scenarios they're going to represent about eighty percent of world g.d.p. at the end of the century and that

partners russia doesn't try to put serbia in front of an artificial choice rochelle or european union of course you expect also it to be one of the major topics today. put it said that she was quite surprised by read the massive reaction of the european union in relation to decision of course of the security forces to transform into a real army especially as he said because it was obvious that slips in costs of all . the serbs in kosovo experienced such a move as a direct threat to their security and alexander which is in his interview to the russian news agency said that the situation in the west the balkans is very difficult and that despite this it be an attempt to maintain peace and stability in the region belgrade and pushed very far from making and the agreement on the cost of an issue and let me just say more than six hundred journalists are in belgrade covering them visit here ok many thanks for joining us that from belgrade. now the international criminal court has blocked the release of former ivory coast president after a new appeal by prosecutors the court at the hague had

russian president vladimir putin has arrived in belgrade for talks with serbia as serbia's leader alexander they're discussing expected to discuss issues around and e.u. brokered settlement between savvy and possible although serbia spies who join the european union it has kept close ties with russia seeks to re-enforce his influence in the ball consists by the opposition from the e.u. . has more from belgrade. this is the fourth guinea think about xander would teach inviting me to put things third in the year although this is the fourth time russian president is in belgrade since two thousand and one will serbian authorities this is the historical visit and alexander which has great expectations of it the most important part of the today's event is organized here in the palace of subiaco where the members of the delegations are signing twenty one agreements. regarding will wimbledon is ation energy potentials but also about innovations scipio and russia are longstanding allies and putin said. that russia has many friends in the balkans but sube is for russia's strategic partner and he said

contacts the talks that we see underway in serbia with. the e.u. talks. tell serbia shamelessly that first it has to recognize cost of his independence and then join. e.u. .

on of reporting from belgrade in serbia oxy. presidential rivals are always a draw for the media cameras however no one quite expected. his counterpart the church to make to. take a look. at the new. news from i'll be back around thirty minutes time with the more updates international it's the kaiser report. join me every thursday on the alex i'm i'm sure and i'll be speaking to guest of the world of politics sports business i'm show business i'll see you then. i'm max keiser this is the kaiser report to show the takes you places that you never thought you'd ever go they say well i have a headline here that i never thought i would ever read because it looks like there's some crack down on this opioid epidemic and the giant.

this into sort of russia as well as serbia is interested in the situation in the balkans to be stableand secure in particular in terms of kosovo russia's position is well known we are in favor of belgrade in pristina coming to a healthy and acceptable agreement on the consular settlement based on the un security council resolutions unfortunately has made a number of provocative steps aggravating the situation and course we made the first steps towards creating its own army russia fully shares and its people's concerns and understands that these irresponsible actions of the casa been a ministration that could lead to the destabilization of the situation in the balkans. also more than twenty documents have been signed here in the serbian capital some of them deals totally moving to one hundred million euros in transport and energy sectors we've got to realize that words we are ready to lengthen the turkish stream to european countries and to european consumers we have more than enough resources for that we are dealing with serbia on this issue this is also true for infrastructure develo

into the water old country so to europe russia's president has received a warm welcome to belgrade serbia leader alexandrovitch. large crowds are expected at the parade for a lot of the putin which will run through the center of the capital although serbia aspires to join the european union it has kept close ties with russia let's go live now to you elaine the pollution in belgrade obviously the russian president has been received warmly but what do we expect to come out of this visit. well this is the point in time that alexander would invite them with putin our meeting this is the third time in the year and this is the fourth time of the new putin is in but good since two thousand and one for serbian authorities this is the historical visit and alexander which has great expectations of it the most important part of the day is organize here in the palace of soup. the members of both of them are signing twenty one agreements several hundred thousand euros about railway modernization and the potentials but also about innovation as. our longstanding allies and putin said russia has many fri

this is the interesting moment because the analyst from serbia center for a free elections and democracy posted all the earlier this protest is the most serious protest in serbia these two thousand and twelve. sparty came to borrow but they're very they won't hold so that protesters must have a clear program and the way to fulfill it also they said that brought this day in belgrade must spread to other cities in serbia and something like that already happened last night protest still plays in six more suit is. rescuers in the southern spanish town of tal and are trying to reach a two year old boy who fell into a well nearly a week ago they say they're working under the assumption the toddler survived and is trapped dozens of meters below ground the reports. a difficult and complex mission. two year old whole unstrapped inside a world that's one hundred meters deep he was playing on a relative's property on sunday when he fell in the hole is just twenty five centimeters wide making it a delicate operation to reach him rescuers having to bring equipment in giant pipes up steep access roads

next few hours they're also likely to sign a deal to increase imports of russian gas to serbia slugger putin you see just gets into the state limousine to go into the center of serbia at the center of excuse me and later on thursday we are aware that the pair will also attend a wreath laying ceremony at the cemetery of the liberators of belgrade so a packed schedule right at throughout the day here in belgrade we will keep you very closely aligned with developments on that meeting between the two leaders of russia and serbia as the meeting progresses. all right plenty more still to come this hour an hour to international right after the break. you know world big partisan movies. and conspiracies it's time to wake up to dig deeper to hit the stories that mainstream media refuses to tell more than ever we need to be smarter we need to stop slamming the door on the bad and shouting past each other it's time for critical thinking it's time to fight for the middle for the truth the time is now we're watching closely watching the hawks. make this manufactured to send to the public well. when

steps including deciding to set up their own army he said the move had ratcheted up tensions with serbia and it could destabilize the region even a group should says more now from belgrade. as suspected kosovo was one of the major top exuding the meeting of two presidents alexander who told his counterpart about the latest events the cost of a government has decided to raise imports that says only goods from serbia and bosnia and herzegovina and also bound decision of course to the security forces to transform into a real army put in said that these the seized in the boat forming possible army is not in agreement with resolution vote forty four he also reminded that community of syria municipalities hasn't yet been formed so russia is concerned about the stability of balkans region voted said he will ask putin for advice about the problem of communication with christina in the future twenty one agreements resummon between russia at subi are related to railway modernization and the age of potential and gas pipelines serbia and russia are longstanding allies and that message was sent once

resummon between russia and subi are related to railway modernization and to potential and gas pipelines serbia and russia are longstanding allies and that message to the send once again put in underlined that russia online the western partners doesn't try to put in front of artificial choice russia or european union. scientists say we need to double the amount of fruit nuts and vegetables that we eat and harve the amount of meat and sugar help the health of the planet experts from sixteen countries say that if we do this it could also prevent more than eleven million premature deaths a year by twenty fifty as well as reduce the effects of climate. ange but the targets they've said could be tricky for some though they say that the ideal diet limits they really portray consumption to twenty nine grams that's equivalent to one of the have chicken nuggets and reg meat to just seven grams a day now there are reports that was published in the magazine the lancet says fish would need to be limited to twenty eight grams a day which is a quarter of a medium sized fill it the experts say egg consumption

the newly renovated synagogue and super teats are in northern serbia opened its doors to tourists last weekend. the synagogue dates from one thousand nine hundred two and is one of serbia's most impressive art nouveau buildings although it was originally intended for the hungry and capital budapest. the synagogues renovation took forty years it's open to visitors and is also used by the jewish community for events and services. every year berlin host international green week giant artwork cultural convention featuring specialty is from around europe all this year finland is the partner country there the trend towards organic food is growing flexion of the abundance of the country's natural landscapes water and fresh air well at least that is the image the finns are projecting at green week here's a closer look. finland boasts plenty of unspoiled nature so it's hardly surprising that natural foods play a major role in classic british cuisine. most of what lands in the frying pan or on the plate from straight from the great outdoors hidden away in the north of the finnish capital helsink

that russia has many friends in the balkans but serbia is for russia a strategic partner he said russia respects decision of the serbian authorities about the european future of serbia and as he said on why the western partners russia doesn't try to put serbia in front of artificial choice of russia or european union of course cos it was a major theme today put in said she was quite surprised by the rather passive reaction of the european union related to the decision of the security forces to transform into a real army especially it is obvious that serbs in kosovo have experienced such a move as a direct threat to their security and also the serbian president alexander which is in his interview of four russian news agency said the situation in the western balkans is very difficult and despite a sybian attempt to maintain peace and stability belgrade and prishtina are very far from making in the agreement on the kosovo issue some news coming to us from bogota. on the news great at this hour in we're getting reports that at least eight people have been killed in a car bomb explosion at a

russia's president vladimir putin received a lavish welcome to belgrade with serbia as a leader keen to show that toys were strong as a result of a church was all the talk about to shake putin's had always a rival but also full of it's plugged into the great street parade through the capital although serbia aspires to join the european union it remains a place russian ally. your leader through stock has the latest from belgrade. this is the fourth you need think about xander would teach and why they need to fulfill their words in the year although this is the fourth time russian president is in belgrade since two thousand and one for serbian authorities this is the historical visit and alexander which has great expectations of it the most important part of the today's event is organized here with the palace of subiaco where the members of the delegations are signing twenty one agreements. regarding who will wimbledon is ation energy potentials but also about innovation this city out and russia are longstanding allies and putin said. to russia has many friends in the balkans but subia

mostly in service let's not forget how being bill clinton gave the order for nato to stop bombing serbia to free months and mock was talking earlier about how it was referring to the bible well. the beginning of nine hundred ninety nine bill clinton was sitting in the oval office and he also sculls shall i poem serbia and guess what got sense yes yeah i guess so i guess it just like george w. bush was talking to god about it in iraq that's what the other phone in the oval office is for it's a straight line that got into that so in my opinion the democrats and republicans when it comes to foreign policy they are not susana it's all the same kind of health the same when they have no respect for the united nations charter that they have no respect for international law and i think you know the democrats have proven their action it months to all over the last twenty years and ok well i mean you know i want to go back and we came we can take a look our viewers can take a look at the article the root of the point is that polling data shows that the democrats are more pro war then republicans t

countries and to european consumers we have more than enough resources for that we are dealing with serbia on this issue this is also true for infrastructure development and also if a transitional infrastructure development on serbian territory we are ready to invest in it and these investments will be about one point four billion dollars but speaking of the divisions i should say they're quite visible in the streets like on wednesday for example thousands of people marched through central belgrade in opposition rallies chanting slogans against the incumbent government today something of response again thousands of people marched through the serbian capital this time a pro-government rally also welcoming the russian president in serbia but staying on the positive note we also know that here the vladimir putin has been gifted a copy of a dog a certain type of shepherd we've been told so if my memory serves me right it will be the fourth dog to be home by vladimir putin so he will be probably leaving the country on a positive note. the u.s. has said it's sad to withdraw from a cult or arms c

contacts the talks that we see underway in serbia with. the e.u. talks. tell serbia shamelessly that first it has to recognize cost of his independence and then join. e.u. russian policies hell that's not that's just. shameful. i have often said the e.u. likes to brag about its unity but its consensus is often forged by using the less common least come denominator policy that you have the aggressive minority demanding that other e.u. countries. share their anti russian position their discriminatory position against russia so i would recommend that the e.u. abandons this. logic you see as well let's go back to the times when great european leaders like to go in other politicians in later years. came up with the dreams in this in so having a unified space from the atlantic ocean to the ural mountains first and then to the pacific we have. i always see documents only when russia nato documents equal and indivisible security for all somehow this doesn't work out practically and so we would like to resort to this kind of mentality this kind of philosophy of mu

a still ahead on al-jazeera serbia's winter of discontent and to government protests spread further beyond the camp to. the enormous effort to try to rescue a two year old boy who fell into a well in spain nearly a week. hell are we seeing the van to get really hammered by winter for the next few days and it's going to be election further east this remaining cloud which is wrapped around the low hazy the eastern side of the caspian that's where the action is so you've got snow to fall in afghanistan and beyond that it looks like the snow for too many stan or kazakhstan will dry up as i may get to sunday surprisingly so it's the high ground for the research where you find something happening asanov and fine looking weather seventeen in beirut only fourteen in baghdad and maybe increasing cloud by the time we go from sunday into monday as turkey guess the brunt of all the rain over the flooded areas but i don't think we'll see very much come for the reason lebanon or for syria or iraq that looks like a mostly cloudy picture it'll kick up the dust again but probably no more than that temperat

serbia's winter of discontent to dublin protests spread beyond the couple more in the states. from the waves of the snow. to the contours of the east. hello there we've got quite a bit of unsettled weather across europe at the moment the latest system is making its way across the iberian peninsula at the moment bringing quite a bit of what weather is it does say and it's fairly windy there as well that system still developing as it runs its way eastwards so expect some rather heavy rains across the southern parts of france and of course the body arak islands and the sweets its way eastwards as we head through monday that means more of us in italy will see that rain and so rob a soggy and great day for us further north far more in the way of drawing where the still cold force in berlin a maximum temperature of around minus one and still rather fresh force in london at around six but this is the next system that makes its way across britain and ireland that will make things rather wet some will see fair amount of snow as it works its way across some of the high ground to now tha

troops from serbia but he says the withdrawal must be planned carefully there are fears the u.s. put out to pave the way for a turkish assault against american aligned kurdish fighters in northern syria. the u.n. special envoy for yemen martin griffith is in saudi arabia as part of an effort to convince both sides in yemen's war to comply with a cease fire agreement meanwhile a senior official says a new round of talks between the warring factions may take place soon in jordan. the president of the world bank has resigned three years before his term was due to expire jim yong kim said he'll stand down from the global lending body next month without giving a reason he has had differences with the u.s. president donald trump the climate change and the need for more development resources. those are the headlines on al-jazeera do stay with us what this is coming up next. on counting the cost it was the worst performing stock market of twenty eighteen find out where china is headed in twenty nineteen brazil's new president has an economic challenge plus taxing times for technology gia

serbia is pushing ahead with join the european union but brussels is so far unimpressed with its reforms my guest this week visiting but is the prime minister i'm all for. why so little progress oh so many key issues. conflicts of. good shape are you seeing me like this. or are you see me like that. cataracts and macular degeneration could be the reason. problems among older people we'll talk to an expert about symptoms and treatment. is quality of life. good shooting in sixty minutes on. earth. home to millions of species a home worth saving. and those are big changes and most start with small. steps like. this tell stories of creative people and innovative projects around the world like cut it loose to. reforestation. create interactive content teaching the next generation about environmental protection and we're determined to build something here for the next generation. the multimedia environment series w. subir is pushing ahead with moves to join the european union but brussels is unimpressed with its reforms my guest this week visiting ballin is the subby and prime minister i'm not

for the united kingdom but also for turkey which is part right now of to customs union but also for serbia and in the very long term for the ukraine and even for russia. very briefly martin if you can how likely do you think a switzerland solution is for britain to get accepted to britain. well it depends on the willingness of european negotiators to to offer this solution to the united kingdom a think british politicians would be very keen on undiscovered of solution but it depends them especially on brussels but involvement from the evil economic things i can unify thank you. in zimbabwe soldiers are patrolling the streets to deter a growing protests over shock rising fuel prices itself response to fuel shortages and the latest sign of the country's deteriorating economy things in zimbabwe were supposed to improve with the end of robert mugabe and grip on the country and did two years ago rain marked by stockpiling debt and soaring inflation. gasoline in zimbabwe takes days to get and it's now the most expensive in the world costing three dollars and thirty three cents per liter this for

now to some the other stories making news around the world in serbia several thousand people have turned out for a sixth week of street protests against the country's president alexander whistleblowing crowns marched through central belgrade despite freezing temperatures to banning its preservation the protesters accuse him of restricting media freedom and intimidating the opposition. heavy snow is paralyzed parts of central europe for yet another day in austria fresh avalanche warnings have been issued and in germany the weather service also warned of more heavy snowfall to come on sunday in all of these twenty one weather related deaths have been reported across europe in the last ten days. the new york times says the f.b.i. opened an investigation in twenty seventeen into whether donald trump had been working for russia during his presidential campaign the paper said the probe began after he fired the agency's director james coney trim trump tweeted that the f.b.i. acted for no reason and with no proof. in the u.s. the partial government shutdown is now the longest in the country's hi

troops from serbia tragic everyone says the withdrawal must be planned carefully there are fears that the u.s. pullout will pave the way for turkish assaults against american ally and kurdish fighters in northern syria and the former chairman of car company is appearing in court in tokyo where he's declared his innocence saying he's been unfairly detained and is accused of financial misconduct what she did not. the balls government says it's retained control after an attempt to overthrow the president ali bongo was undergoing medical treatment in morocco soldiers took over the state radio station in a dawn raid but security forces stormed the building and killed two of them arresting the coup leader and four other alleged plotters. lieutenant owned obiang kelly from the presidential guards erst into the national radio and television center calling for a popular uprising against yvonne's president ali bungalows to. the eagerly awaited day has arrived when the army has decided to put itself on the side of the people in order to save on from chaos if you're eating stop if you're having a

this weekend was the 8th consecutivive weekf large-scale anti-government protests in serbia. in venezuela, , the govevernmenf presidident nicolas mamaduro sad monday it suppressed a military revolt, arresting a group of officers who stolele weapons and kidnapped fofour officials. the attack at a national guard outpost in the capital caracas cameme shortly a after a social media video circulated showing a sergeant calling for venezuelans to support the removal of president maduro. maduro was inaugurated earlier this month to a second six-year term. while some, including the united states, have called last year's election illegitimate, maduro has accused the united states -- along with canada and 12 latin american allies -- of plotting a coup against his socialist government. to see our recent interview with venezuelan foreign minister jorge arreaza, go to our website at democracynow.org. in colombia, the national liberation army, known as the eln, claimed responsibility for a suicide bomb attack that killed at least 21 people and left at least 68 injured in the capital bogota,