of the best of them and finding out what's happened since 10 years ago kosovo sandwiched between serbia and albania on the balkan peninsula declared itself independent and independence held the promise of a new beginning after a bloody war had ravaged the country at the end of the 1990 s. in the months following the emergence of this new nation al-jazeera correspondent bonamy phillips traveled to the village of barrack of all where ethnic said he and sold fled during the war where returning to make a new life alongside their albanian neighbors from 2008 he has bought of the film about one villages attempt to forge an inclusive and peaceful future kosovo a year of fear and hope. this is western kosovo and behind me you can see the village of but. it's just a small place but what makes it so unusual in kosovo is that in late 2007 a handful of serb families who had run away during the war decided to come back here that makes but one of the very few communities in kosovo where ethnic albanians and ethnic serbs live side by side as neighbors we decided to follow 2 families in one albanian an

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serbia's president toasts his election success bots not all parties recognize the result. the world health organization has reported a record increase in global coronavirus cases with more than 180000 new infections on sunday while some countries around the world are now winding down their fight against the pandemic for many the scale of the battle continues to grow that america has recorded more than 2000000 confirmed cases with more than half of those in brazil protesters marched against president jabil so not his response to the pandemic as deaths across $50000.00 in europe the rate of infection in germany has . jumped sharply partly to the relaxing of restrictions the country has recorded its single largest outbreak in a slaughterhouse with more than 1300 workers testing positive meanwhile spain has reopened its borders to the rest of europe they're hoping an influx of visitors can steady the struggling to resume industry. no reports from the argentine capital want to say it is with numbers still rising across latin america all possible solutions are being tried. as da

steps in the right direction cut short over the weekend a summit between the presidents of serbia and kosovo with schedule that the white house hopes were that a u.s. led push for economic cooperation would help pave a path of normalizing relations between the 2 entities that didn't happen after the cost of a leader found himself in hot water and its plane was ordered to turn around. announced the. vote came as a surprise quite a surprise especially because they came at the moment a couple of days the meeting listen to happen in washington as president and a number of his allies were indicted for war crimes committed during the kosovo war which lasted between 19081909 i hate based court has accused of a range of crimes against humanity and war crimes including nearly $100.00 murders in forced disappearance of persons persecution and torture thought she was a leader in the kalayaan organization which was on the u.s. list of terrorist groups until 1908 at which time bill clinton's administration removed the group even after the president's special envoy to the balkans robert byrd descri

we want the greatest confidence from the people tonight's debate just over in serbia in times when afew believe we can do it this is also a warning from our voters to be even more responsible and much more diligent and to get the best results for our people. donald trump's decision to hold a campaign rally against the advice of medical experts is coming under growing criticism at least 6 members of the u.s. president's campaign staff tested positive for corona virus before the gathering began and ahead of his book release former national security advisor john bolton repeated his allegation that the president is more focused on reelection then public health mike hanna reports. after a federal court ruled his book's publication could go ahead john bolton was once again in the spotlight. the former national security advisers book will be released to the general public on tuesday among the many statements critical of his former boss that obstruction of justice is a way of life in the white house a view he says was shared with others in the president's inner circle look these were things

ballots are being counted in serbia's parliamentary election the 1st major vote since much of europe went into lockdown president alexander of which is that serbian progressive party is expected to win an absolute majority a number of opposition parties boycotted the polls saying it wouldn't be free nor fair because of his control over the media the poll was originally planned for april but was delayed by the pandemic that's. more on the candidates on the boycott from belgrade. the 1st on the least is serbian progressive party the ruling party since 22 while by a president of the state mr alexandre and they do have a huge support among of voters and every research before they showed that the serbian progressive party will easily win these elections we even moved in a 50 percent who votes also after many years in serbia we have part of the opposition. boycotting these elections they are gathered now around alliance of for serbia have to say among them there are very known well known of politicians here in serbia a former representative seen parliament also former ministers and as they

serbia's president takes his election success but not all parties recognize the result. united in the face of oppression demonstrators and law but also the freedom of speech is under threats to stay with us here on al-jazeera. hello there also more severe storms developing 3 will central regions of the united states as we go through the next couple of days you can see hello subplot there are also plenty of yellow flashes indicating again the mall thunderstorms meanwhile out across the west it has been holes it has been dry and it has been extremely windy there are dozens of wildfires burning this is a particularly big one at the big horn fire it is cool to just outside tucson not having any evacuations but is only about 20 percent contained you can see it through all those canyons and so far 37000 acres or 15000 hectares of actually but there's no rain in the full cost hour zona temperatures will remain high and then you can see this line of what will develop into some significant thunderstorms all the way from the great lakes right the way through the central plains rig

kosovo's prime minister says he's committed to strengthening ties with serbia despite tensions over the president's role in the war for independence of the law hoti has defended the conflict but admits that president hushing touches indictment for walk crimes at the international criminal court forced kosovo to postpone talks with serbia that she was a commander fighting against serbs in the conflict between 199-8999 serbia doesn't recognize kosovo as an independent state. by all we do. we should fully acknowledge fully respect the justice principle which is presuming innocence until there is a verdict from a proper court. to use force to respond to changes of the agenda of the last days of concern in the dialogue we as the government remarried committed to the process . some of the world's largest cosmetics companies have been criticised for selling skin whitening products in the wake of the black lives matter movement from space cosmetics brand l'oreal has now decided to move towards promoting whiter skin from its products unit lever decided to rename its fair and lovely line earlier

party lead it by president oleksandr voted to end they do have a huge support among voters in the serbia they did win the last elections with the more than a 40 percent of the votes and every research before this they show that serbian progressive party will easily win this elections with more than a 50 percent of vote after many years in serbia we have part of the opposition who is boycotting these elections they said and as they've been saying for a couple of years now that there is no democracy in serbia and that everything is controlled media and the whole process in the elections our control is controlled by a serbian progressive party and the president himself so they decided not to run today and i have to say there among them they are very well known or politicians in the serbian political scene and we have a former representatives in parliament also former ministers and the called people to day not to vote still ahead on al-jazeera why columbia's government is being criticised for allowing a shopping frenzy to go ahead and at the end of coronavirus clamp down can't come soon enou

secretary general ban ki moon which will allow serbia to retain power over parts of kosovo. but there's a deeper frustration here that independence has not changed their lives in the way that homes that cost of those government has let them down. there have been changes we are now independence with a constitution of we are making new laws to european standards donors have promised us 1200000000 euros that's why people today are more optimistic and hopeful about the future certainly will be difficulties but we will make progress. but like so many costs been albanians lucian his son did not yet see that progress . by the end of the year things are going badly at the peak farm donors have pulled out lose doubts it can survive. back home he looks after his own light stock and wonders how to find paid work optimism has turned so quickly to disillusionment. course. there's so much corruption you can't even imagine the top officials are taking everything for themselves opening up businesses like restaurants and petrol stations and we've been abandoned. and for the 1st time i sensed

serbia's president faces election success but not all parties recognize the results . we go into the heart of all of mexico's last remaining rain forests about the battle to save us from deforestation. ahead of them all of the same across much of the middle east and i mean hot and dry but also fairly dusty the winds will be on the increase in the next couple of days you can see to the north across areas of turkey there's always the chance of wanted to show us a time which is a little bit higher in ankara $28.00 degrees on monday with a chance of those showers but look at these winds you can see the green arrows and they are going to be a little bit stronger on monday those winds coming down from the north but i know it's as hot as a has been this quite a bit of influence coming in from the east and into the mid september is a feeling pretty good indeed 28 in jerusalem 27 across into beirut 41 in doha on monday unfortunately does that to increase as we go into cheese if not by a great deal for today but all the while the winds are increasing so it is a halt dry wind and

serbia's president alexander who church has declared what he describes as an historic victory for his party in the country's palette parliamentary election but a number of opposition parties boycott of the poll saying it wouldn't be free or fair because of which is just control over the media lower burden mandy reports. and celebration but no surprise with a clear majority of the parliamentary election at. 30 and president alexander who chief says it's an historic victory for his rude person. and. we want the greatest confidence from the people tonight the biggest ever in serbia in times when a few believe we can do it this is also a warning from our voters to be even more responsible and much more diligent and to get the best results for our people. include president isn't up for election he's the leader of the center right slope in progress a party that's been in power since 2012 he's also be the helm with the election campaign. as people don't see it in belgrade many say the president brewed a wave of popularity for his handling of the pandemic a strict lockdown was eased in early

the polls have opened in serbia for europe's 1st parliamentary elections since it went into coronavirus lockdown 3 months ago opinion polls predict a win for president alexander who searches serbian progressive party some opposition parties are boycotting they say the vote is a hoax and the president too much power over the media turnout of the 6 and a half 1000000 eligible voters could suffer over fears of infection and it's not just serbia with coronavirus concerns the number of new infections has been on the rise across the western balkans as restrictions are eased nataly a new search has more from belgrade. number of people infected with corona virus is on the rise through the balkans region northern macedonia and serbia recorded the highest increase of newly infected in the past couple of days with bosnia and herzegovina close behind them because of that croatia that still has a low infection rate compared to its neighbors is tightening borders so serious citizens and citizens of boston who are sick of ina are allowed to enter the country only if they have a valid reason the only c

tomorrow was supposed to see the 1st white house initiated meeting between serbia and kosovo in 1900 months but it's been called off after the course of a prime minister can't. the trip to the custom president was indicted this week on war crimes to the new developments in pristina as a result of the indictment submitted by the special prosecutor's office i have to return to my country to deal with the situation a special prosecutor's office investigating course of his war with serbia in the late ninety's i was indicted president. along with 9 others for alleged war crimes they include murder and they enforced disappearance of people and torture over there's been no official statement from touchy on previous occasions he's angrily denied any accusations of wrongdoing the hague court is yet to decide whether the case will go to trial serbian canadian film director or a small nagorski is skeptical well the hague tribunal was never formed just it's the balkans was formed to justify us foreign policy towards the balkans in the 1990 s. where the serbs were fast as the only culprit in the

the 1st major election since much of europe went into coronavirus lockdown is taking place in serbia more than 6000000 people are eligible to vote for a new parliament the election was originally planned for april opinion polls predicts the serbian progressive party of president alexandrovitch will get about 50 percent of the votes but some opposition parties are boycotting saying the election will not be fair because of media influence the tally live change has more on the candidates and the boycott from belgrade. the 1st on the list is serbian progressive party the ruling party since 22 while by president of the state mr alexandre and they do have a huge support among the voters and every research before they showed that serbian progressive party will easily win these elections we even more than a 50 percent who vote also after many years in serbia we have part of the opposition. boycotting these elections they are gathered now around alliance for serbia have to say among them their very known well known politicians here in serbia a former representative seen parliament also former

bomb to incriminate the head of the state of cause of all at the exact moment when dialogue with serbia could enter a new phase thanks to the direct engagement of the white house. i assure you again i will not face justice from this office if the accusation is confirmed i will immediately resign as your president and think the accusations of course this whole area a complicated picture of kosovo broke away from serbia 12 years ago and she's been in office for the past 4 he's charged with war crimes and crimes against humanity during the armed conflict between serbia and albanian separatists back in the late 1990 s. no touchy denies all the accusations at the time though he led the kosovo liberation army which was allegedly involved in a range of criminal activities. thank . political ticker markovitch joins us now hi morning to you your thoughts then on the cost of them president what he had to say on monday said he's not resigning as of now he's charged with $100.00 murders what you make of that should he go or should he wait until the final decisions made. well i think this is just a

until she was a commander of the kosovo liberation army that fought for independence from serbia more than 10000 people died in that war which ended with kosovo declaring independence something serbia still doesn't recognize along with a handful of other countries following the war track she went into politics finally becoming the president and 2016 the u.s. has been kosovo's close allies since nato intervention in the war friendship can be seen in town she's photos with u.s. officials or a smaller gursky game believes that the united states has always known about the control of the sea surrounding touchy. i basically think that the western leaders knew all along about that she says really not only with the publishing of dick morris report namely in this that of the organ arms trafficking ring but back in 1999 as well when she thought she was actually nicknamed the snake that was the actual nickname while he was the military commander of the cave lake so the americans knew who they were going in with because their interest was a control over kosovo and they knew that's their kaley we'

many years in serbia we have part of the opposition. boycotting these elections they are gathered now around alliance for serbia i have to say among them there are very known well known politicians say here in serbia a former representatives in parliament also former ministers and as they said and as they've been saying for past couple of years that everything in countries controlled by a serbian progressive party a and they didn't want to participate today and they called voters to stay home that's the story from belgrade montana thanks very much. time for the weather now rob looks like it's warming up in the united states makes a change not rain doesn't it or you need streams when there's a heat weather watch here but it's not extreme so in california a nice cool breeze coming down the coast keep sand from about 22 but inland in the central valley you see the red represents real high temperatures that there is a weather watcher which means approaching very high temperatures and it gets the record records $44.00 but the average in sacr

sort of get the ball rolling as it were but it was spread over 2 different locations belgrade in serbia and then in croatia and in croatia they had eased lockdown measures you mentioned the night club where players was spotted partying in will hear they were even playing basketball together with a local basketball seems so a real disaster for players in total have tested positive along with a joke of it shuts grigor dimitrov on a college and victor troy and it's a real blemish on own sports return in ghana and we've just been showing pitches where you can see people and interacting nobody's way mosques no social distancing is taking place what was the reaction to all of this well joke of it for instance himself has come out with a long ranging apology and he has also tested positive along with his wife his children have tested negative he said that they had good intentions with this tournament and believed that the conditions for it to take place had been met and that curious the player who didn't attend he said this was a boneheaded decision he's a player who's had his facia of critici

and while the players were not required by law to observe social distancing in serbia and croatia, the "boneheaded decision". "speedy recovery, fellas," he wrote, "but that's what happens when you disregard all protocols. this is not a joke." and he was not alone. it's a poor example to set, i think — even if the guidelines in that country are not two metres, i think we should all... it's not a joke, is it? even if the guidelines were taken away in this country to normal, i still would be trying to keep myself out of the way. the rest of the adria tour events have now been cancelled. tennis continues elsewhere, but in very different conditions. when andy murray plays his first match today since november, it will be behind closed doors in london. the two—time wimbledon champion is taking part in the battle of the brits tournament. his brother, jamie, is fronting it and accepts that after recent events, there will be scrutiny. it's not a good look for tennis, i don't think. and it also means that for our event, there is a whole lot more eyes on that and how this event is run, and how the

today,y, everyone can see what serbia looks like. with such a turn outcome of this government has no legitimacy. we have been seeing this for a year now. from the day we decided to enter the boycotts. >> prosecutors at the international criminal court trying to return last year's acquittal of former iv ricoh's president on charges of crimes against humanity. werehund's right-hand man accused ofof allegations of -- d the west african nation. around 30001 come people died.d. the -- sees the acquittal of formrmer ivorian president bag o and his former youth m minister was s a blow for the prosecutio. >> the prosecutor hahas failed o satisfy the burden of proof to the requisites as foreseen in article 66 of their own statute. -- examined the icc took place right after the 2010 presidential 11 -- presidential election. between supporters quickly turned to post-electoral violence with brutal clashes and attacks that killed a r route 30 people. accused of ordering murders anad -- was charged with crimes against h humanity, their goal to kee

a number of high profile players contracted the virus the 1st leg of the tool which took place in serbia attracted more than $4000.00 fans and ended with pay is dancing together in a nightclub. and joining us for more on the story is next now from sports hey max this is hold a bit bizarre what exactly was this tournament and how was involved djokovic basically was the organizers it was a charity event that have been the a.t.p. no official tennis tournament since february so this was an attempt to sort of get the ball rolling as it were but it was spread of 2 different locations belgrade in serbia and then in croatia and in croatia they had eased lock down measures you mentioned the night club where players was spotted partying in we'll hear they were even playing basketball together with a local boss people seem so real disaster for players in total have tested positive along with djokovic shots grigor dimitrov on a college and victor troy and it's a real blemish on sports returning to i mean we've just been showing pitches where you could see people at. mosques no social distancing is t

and 1909 serbia doesn't recognize kosovo as an independent state. by only.e should fully acknowledge fully respect the justice principle which is presuming innocence until there is a verdict from a proper court. to do so despite the changes of the agenda of the last days of concern in the dialogue we as the government remain committed to the process. demonstrators are filled a park outside police headquarters in the u.s. city of aurora colorado protesting against the death of a line from a plane a black man who died in police custody last year colorado's governor has promised to re-examine the case of things death as one of many being given renewed attention following the death of george floyd last month facebook says it will start flagging up more posts that break its rules ahead of the u.s. election in november critics have accused it of failing to act on hate speech prompted by a bot to boycott by some of the world's biggest advertisers like c o'brien reports . when the us president suggested protesters against racism and police brutality without and said

serbia is holding the 1st parliamentary election in europe since it went into a crowd of iris lock down 3 months ago opinion polls show president alexander his party the serbian progressive party is likely to win but turnout of service 5500000000 eligible voters may suffer over fears of infection and some opposition parties say they will boycott the vote because the president wields too much power over the media and the number of new infections has been on the rise in countries of the western balkans all the restrictions of almost been completely eased the tally literature as an upgrade update from belgrade. number of people infected with corona virus is on the rise through the balkans region northern macedonia and serbia recorded the highest increase of newly infected in the past couple of days with bosnia and herzegovina close behind them because of that croatia that still has a low infection rate compared to its neighbors is tightening borders so serbian citizens and citizens of boston and her sick are allowed to enter the country only if they have a valid reason the only country in

change their earlier this week there are now 31 active cases in a population of just over 620000 serbia heads to the polls this weekend for the 1st election in europe since the corona virus outbreak began that's the spy the announcement of 94 new cases 260 people have died in almost 13000 cases have been recorded and croatia had kept its number of confirmed cases to 2229 but in the last 24 hours it's recorded another 9107 people there have died but that has an update from belgrade. number of people infected with corona virus is on the rise through the balkans region northern macedonia and serbia recorded the highest increase of newly infected in the past couple of days with bosnia and herzegovina close behind them because of that croatia that still has a low infection rate compared to its neighbors is tightening borders so serbian citizens and citizens of boston and her sick are allowed to enter the country only if they have a valid reason the only country in the region that had previously declared itself coronavirus free was montenegro but even there infections are on the rise again ne

that she was a commander of the course of a liberation army which fall through independence from serbia more than $10000.00 people died in that war which ended with cost of a declaring its independence something serbia still does not recognize after the war that she went into politics finally becoming the president in 2016 the u.s. is being called surveys ally since nato intervention in that war that friendship can be seen in fact she's photos with u.s. officials say being canadian film director not a good release the united states has always known about the controversy surrounding the. well the hague tribunal was never formed just as the balkans it was formed to justify u.s. foreign policy towards the balkans in the 1990 s. where the serbs were. the only culprits in the break of yugoslavia and the war costs of 0 and he tribunals verdicts were meant to know simply sort of. verify. this foreign policy decision and prove that the were in the only ones who are committing war crimes and committing atrocities the americans knew who they were going in with because their interest was control o

we want the greatest confidence from the people tonight the biggest ever in serbia in times when a few believe we can do it this is also a warning from our voters to be even more responsible and much more diligent and to get the best results for our people. biologist son indigenous leaders in mexico are battling to save the last pocket of tropical rain forest in north america 90 percent of the latin donor rain forest is believed to have already been lost to deforestation runner up of the travel into the heart of the jungle in the chest region in southern mexico. the luck and the rain forest in southern mexico it's the region's last great tropical jungle. flying above the forest canopy reveals the scale of this wild expanse dotted by lakes waterfalls and agent ruins. al-jazeera followed a team of scientists with the nonprofit group now to tell me he counted. for the past 40 years conservationists here have been engaged in a dedicated effort to save what remains of the rainforest and. we work on monitoring projects to increase our watch over the forests where we are now is on disability

boycotting these elections there are gathered now around the alliance for serbia i have to say among them their very known well known of politicians here in serbia a former representative seen parliament also former ministers and as they said and as they've been saying for the past couple of years that everything in countries controlled by a serbian progressive party a day and they didn't want to participate today and they called voters to stay home well there's been a spike in corona virus infections in several u.s. states with new daily cases at their highest level there was 2 months for a reported more than 4000 new cases on saturday while in south carolina another 1200 infections were accorded lockdown measures have been eased in both states well new york says he is also getting ready to loosen some restrictions 3 months after the pandemic port life that to a standstill on monday some officers and non-essential businesses are partially reopened but the united nations campus will not be following suit and diplomatic editor james bass explains. life is slowly returning to the neigh

we won the greatest confidence from the people tonight the biggest ever in serbia in times when a few believe we can do it this is also a warning from our voters to be even more responsible and much more diligent and to get the best results for our people. coming up on the al-jazeera news hour as new york city starts easing social distancing measures the u.n. considers whether it can bring the world's diplomats back to work. and bob ways urban wetlands under threat environmentalists blame government officials on developers for an ongoing water shortages. liverpool return to action in the premier league we will be here with sport to tell us how they did. and other cells in very heavy right across all central and in particular eastern areas of year the cloud doesn't look particularly threatening on the satellite but within there there been some really strong thunderstorms have a look at this in moscow right the city center there's been some very very heavy rains and very deep water it has led to flooding out across a system of things right here but it is a nice clear view of those nice

coming into a place where they hadn't have -- they have not had that many infections there in serbia and croatia as well, but clearly they skipped a few steps, don, on their road coming back to professional tennis. i think djokovic was trying to do something positive. he's a huge figure in europe, and especially that part of the world in the balkins. he's a national hero there. you can put a little blame on him certainly for organizing it, having it out there. how about a little blame on the serbian officials and the government that allowed this to happen and allowed that many people to gather in one place. that was just really shocking to see. not shocking to see the result, however. >> well, it's -- it's particularly mind-boggling to us, especially in new york, which was the epicenter for so long, and now we're doing better than most places in the united states. but just to, you know, just to see what happened there and it's just, again, mind-boggling. listen -- >> well, you know, tennis, don, tennis is a perfect sport for social distancing, but your opponent's on the other side. i

the 1st major election since much of europe went into lockdown this taking place in serbia more than 6000000 people are eligible to vote for a new parliament the election was originally planned for april opinion polls predict the serbian progressive party president alexander from church will get around 50 percent of the votes but some opposition parties are boycotting saying the election will not be fair because of the church's influence over the media let's speak now to natalia joins us from belgrade on the telly been some polls was perspiring as i say back in april but they're running now is there any doubt about the outcome. your polling stations are open from 7 o'clock local time this morning and 6500000 people has the right to wall today can choose between 21 electoral slate and the 1st on that list is serbian progressive party ruling party lead by president oleksandr and they do have a huge support among voters in serbia they did well in the last elections with the more than a 40 percent of votes and every research before this they show that serbian progressive party will easil

newly sworn in government has lifted all trade sanctions with serbia its new prime minister says e.u. brokered talks to normalize ties could resume he declared independence in 2008 but serbia has been campaigning against its recognition as a state ever since kosovo's independence is recognized by more than $110.00 countries but not by several nations including russia serbia's traditional allies. right time for a quick check of the headlines here on al-jazeera thousands of people have been demonstrating in washington d.c. to make their voices heard of the police brutality in the united states a largely peaceful demonstration is thought to be the city's biggest since rallies began over the death of george floyd in minneapolis nearly 2 weeks ago. people across the world of also gathered to express their anger over floyd's death. in the u.k. demonstrators rallied to denounce institutional racism thousands gathered in london with a small number of protesters clashing with police near downing street where the prime minister lives libya's u.n. recognized government has launched an offensive

serbia's president alexander has declared what he described as a historic victory for his party in the country's parliamentary election a number of opposition parties boycotted the poll saying it wouldn't be free or fair because a few churches control over the media nor about manly as a. celebration but no surprise with a clear majority of the parliamentary election at. 13 president aleksander says it's an historic victory for his ruling process. we want the greatest confidence from the people tonight the biggest ever in serbia in times when a few believe we can do it this is also a warning from our voters to be even more responsible and much more diligent and to get the best results for our people. all the. the president isn't up for election he's a leader of the center right serbian progressive party that's been in power since 2012 he's also been the the helm for its election campaign as people voted in belgrade many say the president brewed a wave of popularity for his handling of the pandemic a strict lockdown was eased in early may the country has suffered only 260 deaths so far i

the rules in serbia have changed swiftly from about a month ago from almost a complete lockdown, wentst absolute freedom. what they were supposed to be doing. >> after the path djokovic putat out a ent saying we organize the tournament when the virus was weakened. unfortunately, the virus is still present and a new realityt we are living thit's sog most had worked out without the help of a tennis torment. early dinner pandemic, he had set, personally, i am opposed to vaccination and went on to say at scientists have improved our emotions to whbeingreact to said. i'm not going to open that can ofords, but it's reasonable to say he is not always with majority of scientists. >> everybody wishes novak djokovic 12. -- well. there has just been the wildermuth during tennis circles ever since the first leg of this tour took place in belgrade the weekend before this last one. whatever the rules might say this part of the world tournament went ahead without any social distancing in place at all. nick here guyot, the australian, was very outspoken yesterday, saying it was boneheaded. tand a of

the prime minister of kosovo says that despite recent setbacks and efforts to normalize ties with serbia he remains committed to the process of dialogue is admitted that kosovo was president hussian touches indictment for war crimes at the international criminal court forced kosovo to postpone talks with serbia so he doesn't recognize kosovo as an independent state and those are the headlines coming up next it's the listening post could buy . in a highly controversial move israel is expected to and accept routine legal settlements in the ok part west bank. is nothing young's government tests the limits of regional diplomacy and security will this mean an end to the 2 state solution. israel a mix a ship on a jersey. and prime minister narendra modi says his country's great i got things i was shocked. that i tried. thank you guys i shouted. basically 1st at the class this question which. hello i'm richard burton you're watching the listening post working from home here are some of the media stories we're covering this week china india and the border dispute that turned deadly what is actua

with serbia apply for eu membership but gave this speech think eu was never our friend, and it turns out they haven't come to eight. who was come to our aid? the chinese. china is our friend. for america and strategic partners around the world, this is a very important game that's going on at the moment. to see country like serbia, a small country with but a significant country in europe being plucked off like that by the chinese, nevermind what they're doing in italy, so far more significant country in global terms, is something we should really be thinking about. >> i'm going to switch over to questions from the 80 audience -- from the audience. do you think uk will be the first of many dominoes that eventually brings the european union to an end? >> this is a very tricky question. i should preface it by saying although i voted for brexit and advocate for brexit and always believed witness role in the world was not to remain in the eu, nevertheless, i do think we have said everything went just as a country by leaving the eu, by voting to leave it and then leaving it. and after you'

the world number one men's player h organized a regional tournament in serbia and croatia, where socialg was not followed for yourse ral coaches and players who took part have also now contracted the disease. djokovic says he is extremely i reporter has more. announcement that through the tennis world into turmoil, invak djokoviche tested positive for the virus, becoming a fourth player in the adr tour to testositive. he said, "i am extremely sorry forl each individse of infection. i hope it will not complicate anyone situation. " but djokovic has been accused of hugs, handshakes, and even a pretouament basketball game. the players were pictured partyingogether, but the consequences are serious. grigor dimitrov was theirst to announce he tested positive for covid-19, and while the players were not required by law to adhere to social distancing in croatia and serbia, they were criticized. nick kyrgios called it not a joke, and he was not alone. >> to set an example to be a, you know, even if theuidelines in that country are not -- it i not a joke, is it? even if the guidelines were taken

. >> the one that shocked me most was the president of serbia in this crisis, serbia has been applying for new membership but gave a speech thing the eu was never our friend and it turns out i haven't come to our aid, who has come to our aid, china is our friend and for america and her strategic partners around the world, this is a very important game that's going on at the moment. to see the country like serbia, all countries or significant countries in europe being blocked off like that by the chinese, never mind what they're doing in italy which is a far more significant country in global terms. it's something we should be thinking about . >> i'm going to switch over and out to questions from our audience. this is a question from maxwell: he asks do you think the uk will be the first of many dominoes that brings the european union to an end? >> this is a very tricky question. i could approach it by saying i advocated for brexit and believed britain's role in the world was not to remain in the eu but nevertheless i we had said everything we had to say as a country by leaving the eu,

he had been playing at a tournament he organised in serbia and croatia, which was scrapped after threecial distancing rules, and the tournament saw stands packed with spectators. novak djokovic is opposed to vaccinations and has said he would refuse a coronavirus vaccine if one became available. katie gornall reports. it was an announcement that turned tennis into turmoil — the world number one novak djokovic revealed that he tested positive for coronavirus, becoming the fourth player involved in his adria tour event to be affected by the disease. infected by the disease. in a statement, djokovic said... but djokovic has been accused of complacency for organising a tournament that wasn't just tennis in front of crowds — there were hugs, handshakes, and even a pretournament basketball game. the players were pictured partying together, but the consequences have been serious. grigor dimitrov was the first to announce he'd tested positive for covid—19. and while the players were not required by law to observe social distancing in serbia and croatia, the lack of precautions drew forceful cr

says even brokered tall so normalized ties could resume it declared independence in 2008 by serbia has been campaigning against its recognition as a state of his since they're up to date with the headlines on al-jazeera coming up next inside story. how does days numb but the libyan warlord loses his last stronghold in the west and it turkey's military intervention in the time this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program i'm bernard. in libya are unraveling quickly warlord launched an offensive 14 months ago to capture the capital tripoli from the un recognized government of national accord or g.m.a. its forces say they regain full control of tripoli. pushed half dollars fighters from the town of tal the last stronghold in western libya follows weeks of similar defeats on the losses of territory along the coast but half the remains in control of large parts of eastern and southern libya where the oil fields are a correspondent mahmud up to what he has more from talk tonight. the government forces are out and now it will come. out of. the defeat of happiness forces and this is.

huffed or the 1st major election since much of year it went into coronavirus lockdown is happening in serbia more than $6000000.00 people at least will to vote for a new parliament election was originally planned for a new polls predicts the serbian progressive party president on its own to reach we're going to about 50 percent of the vote but some opposition parties are boycotting saying the election will not be fair because of his media influence. is more on the vote from belgrade. polling stations are open from 7 o'clock local time this morning and 6500000 people has the right to wall today can choose between 21 electoral slate and the 1st on that lease the serbian progressive party ruling party lead by president oleksandr and they do have a huge support among voters said. they did win the last elections with more than a 40 percent of votes and every research before this they showed that to be a progressive party will easily win this elections with more than 50 percent of vote after many years in therapy or we have part of the opposition boycotting these elections they said and as they've