this was used against nato air forces serbia. this was used against nato airforces in serbia.e war over kosovan independence in 1999. evidence in the city centre of buildings bombed in the same conflict. the capital is not the war ravaged depressed city some people might expect it to be. belgrade has picked up a reputation for its head nightlife and pa rfait lined boulevards. the centre is a blend of neo— renaissance architecture and the blocks built when this was the capital of yugoslavia. perhaps the most distinctive features are these things, floating jetty switch sit along the banks of the river sava. —— ajeti's which set. deena says how important the jetties are to the city. belgrade is in this amazing geographical place, like on the complement of river sava and the danube. this city basically led by the weather. -- the confluence. tina feels the creative side of the city is often underestimated. in my opinion, i believe that the stereotypes around belgrade moved between two polar stereotypes. the first is belgrade and serbia are all stricken and belgrade is basically thi

next on myjourney, i'm heading east along the sava route to serbia. its grand capital, belgrade. but first, it's the city of sremska mitrovica on the river's northern bank. now, on the face of it, this city centre is much like any other in serbia, but what's intriguing and surprising is that beneath my feet, beneath these streets are the ruins of a former capital of the roman empire. it was called sirmium then. the romans chose this spot because of its location on the sava. the word ‘sirmium' means flowing water. most of the roman city, including a hippodrome, still lies beneath a 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

he follows its route to bosnia and herzegovina, then east into serbia.gh the heart of the balkans, exploring the places that have grown up along the route of the river sava. it's a journey through four countries that just over 25 years ago were at war. my trip started at the source in slovenia and continued through to the wetlands of croatia. watch out! this week, i'll be following the river to bosnia and herzegovina, and then east into serbia. i'm meeting those who live along the river banks who want to move on from the conflicts of the ‘90s and show us what their part of the world is really like. the cascading waterfalls and historic cities of bosnia and herzegovina, now gaining more international attention. and here in gradiska in the north of the country, the river sava is on the tourist agenda too. it's here that the river takes on a new and important role as an internationally recognised border. because over there is croatia, and on this side of the river is bosnia and herzegovina, where i'll be continuing my journey. it's a far cry from the beleag

do you think people are surprised that serbia had such a roman history? 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 so that people can digitally explore what parts of this ancient city might have looked like. these things which connect people, like roman heritage, like these things which are similar and central to all of us, which makes us a part of europe. and this is ourjoint past. and sirmium's incredible history isn'tjust linking present—day sremska mitrovica with the rest of europe, it's bringing the region global attention. beneath this field just outside the city is a roman palace. australian archaeologists from the university of sydney have joined with serbian colleagues to start the mammoth task of excavation. stefan is one of the people coordinating the dig. potentially, we are excavating the palace of roman emperor maximianus h

croatia, bosnia, serbia. and we already started to connect.e 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. next up on my voyage down the longest 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

official and recognized serbian orthodox church with its leader sitting in belgrade in neighboring serbiasense it's a national serbian orthodox church it's to magically a political issue in this year here in montenegro so there's a struggle between. those 2 forces montenegro and parties and those who are preserve me and. further divisions happened after montenegro parliament adopted a controversial law on religious freedom by the end of the last year. could provide . a state could give a state an opportunity to take over control to take control over all the religious societies which were built before 18 when montenegro joined union with serbia so serbian orthodox church believes its main target of the day organize a huge protest almost every day throughout this country they also excommunicated main political leaders in power in montenegro from church and from christianity and they now openly called their believers and their followers. in these elections for main prosser be an oriented opposition and that prosser be an opposition would love to see closer ties montenegro with neighboring se

in the capital his governing party is facing opposition from an alliance seeking closer ties with serbia russia you kind of it has government has to lead the country almost continuously since the end of communism in the 1990 s. that makes him one of europe's longest serving leaders project we expect that montenegrin society will confirm its democratic maturity and responsibility in these elections that the elections will take place in conditions of absolute stability and democratic culture appropriate to modern montenegro i also expect that at the end of the day we stablish what is the free democratic will of our citizens my expectation is that after that montenegro will continue to move on the path of democratic and economic development cheating its european goals. al jazeera has even parts of it as in the capital are very upset he explains why voters are now more divided than ever there's a sharp division within the in this country within the main leaning parties which are now in power which are prominent in england and with the opposition which is pro serbia and the main issue that th

everybody in europe nobody approved of a regicide and then when serbia gave its ultimatums to serbia and said along with a lot of other things. they must be a part of the judicial panel which was can interrogate and trace back the connections that they have to serbia and so forth. they were aware that germany was the only ally in europe. we are going to make it as they did. the emperors tried various ways to stop the progression of war. i have always seen that not as just a pretext the german general staff had planned for a war against france. as a part of a war against russia. it didn't turn out that way. before we turn to our members i was just agreed with him. the council is known for that. i world is facing similar challenges. others coming from the streets between rising and declining nations such as china and the united states. then you continue. they had chosen to work matters out and preserve the peace this clearly failed. what lessons can we draw. they are rising and power you have nations who have been there. i think it gets tactic management on both sides. i hope the leade

parts go raissa is governing parties facing opposition from an alliance seeking closer ties with serbia and russia it kind of his government has led the country almost continuously since the end of communism in the 1990 s. yvonne pack of h. is following the latest star in the capital parts arisa for as he explains why voters are more divided than ever. turnout is actually very significant almost 15 percent is better in comparison with previous elections 4 years ago now there could be a couple reasons for that for example of where there are expected today so people decided to go at the water earlier as possible but i think that the main reason is political heat in the country where both sides the governing party and main

is doing that his governing party is facing opposition from an alliance seeking closer ties with serbia and russia you can of it as government has led that country almost continuously since the end of communism in the 1990 s. project we expect that montenegrin society will confirm its democratic maturity and responsibility in these elections that the elections will take place in conditions of absolute stability and democratic culture appropriate to modern montenegro i also expect that at the end of the day we stop elise what is the free democratic will of our citizens my expectation is that after that montenegro will continue to move on the path of democratic and economic development choosing its european goals well for more now let's cross lives if that she's in montenegro is capital for us if and i believe you are standing at ruling party headquarters can you talk us through the consequences of the choice that voters are making today i mean if they don't win it does seem like a shift in power could mean a shift in foreign policy to. well it's very unclear actually what to expect now i

to take control over all the religious sites to before 918 when montenegro joined the union with serbia sole serbian orthodox church holds its largest religious organisation in the country believes is the main target of the law they organized a huge protests almost every day in this country they excommunicate main political leaders of the country from church and from christianity and now they openly call people to vote for a person or be an opposition. dozens of margarets who were rescued from the mediterranean sea last week are being brought to the italian island of lampedusa they were among more than 200 picked up by a charity vessel funded by the british street artist banksy chawla ballasts as more . after a radio silence from the italian coast guard on saturday they responded to calls for help transporting 49 migrants from charity luis michel to the island of lampedusa it was 32 women 13 children 4 main and one body and an identified migrant who failed in their dream to start a new life in europe. they had been on the louise michel a search and rescue ship funded by renowned british

closer ties with serbia and with russia and i have to mention that montenegro joined nato alliance 3 years ago and 3 years ago and it was it happened with a strong. resistance from this opposition so it's a very tough political struggle in this country and the voters of the they decided to go on course and to waltz in a larger number so that's why we saw such a large turnout which could be easily the highest turnout to the history of voting in this country. that's even pavlovitch there speaking to us from the montenegran capital thanks so much of. well there is plenty more ahead for you this news hour including. lives destroyed homes abandoned thousands flee after heavy flooding in kenya. and hundreds of migrants are brought to the italian island of lampedusa after being rescued at sea . and force them all walking backs were turned from their social justice protest and reach the n.b.a. playoffs semifinals peace will have all those details coming up. qatar has announced a series of reforms to its labor laws for the 1st time it sets a monthly minimum wage for employees regardless of na

middle djukanovic is governing party is facing an opposition from an ally in seeking closer ties with serbia and russia djukanovic as government has led the country almost continuously since the end of communism in the 1990 s. making him one of europe's longest serving leaders to rancho rain and floods of submerged many parts of sudan's capital khartoum the government says the nile rivers levels are unprecedented at least 88 people have lost their lives and thousands of homes have been destroyed since the start of the monsoon season and one person has been shot and killed in the u.s. city of portland after a dispute between rival protest groups of violence broke out between trump supporters at a vehicle rally and counter protesters on saturday portland has been the site of a nightly demonstrations since the police killing of george floyd in minneapolis. those are the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after inside story. on counterfeit cost how carving up the oil and gas riches of the eastern mediterranean could prove to be a costly to say millions of jobs lost as perutz tries t

nationalist parties called for the future of montenegro that wants to take the country closer to serbia and russia it's also backed by the serbian orthodox church which has been urging voters against the d.p.'s most of montenegro's population of 620000 are members of the church and about a 3rd of the population identify as serbian we expect that montenegrin society will confirm its democratic maturity and responsibility in these elections that the elections will take place in conditions of absolute stability and democratic culture appropriate to modern montenegro i also expect that at the end of the day we stablish what is the free democratic will of our citizens my expectation is that after that montenegro it will continue to move on the path of democratic and economic development cheating its european goals or even public order it shows the latest for us from port great serve the capital city of montenegro. well it's very unclear actually what to expect now i mean the water of the ruling party and they are in power for more than 3 decades and montenegro never actually saw any change i

work on all the security 35 percent of the votes the opposition party which wants closer ties to serbia russia trailed on 32 percent but if it manages to form a coalition with rival blocs it could still remove the ruling party from power which has been in power for nearly 3 decades. india has recorded $78000.00 cases of corona virus in 24 hours that's the biggest single day figure anywhere in the world the health ministry also reported $948.00 deaths that takes the total to 63500 but the government is still easing pandemic restrictions nationwide. hong kong has government says half a 1000000 people have signed up for its free coronavirus testing program due to launch on tuesday but a pro-democracy union of health care workers has called for a boycott because of the program's connections to mainland china so the clock reports from hong kong. in a city still struggling with a 3rd wave of corona virus infection the government says mass testing is the best way to put hong kong on a course for recovery. the universal community testing program is running from september 1st the government is h

presidents will observe and of which is facing opposition from an alliance seeking closer ties with serbia and russia the year kind of vision government has led the country almost continuously since the end of communism in the 1990 s. making him one of europe's longest serving leaders in sudan interventional rain and floods have submerged many parts of the capital the government says the levels of the nile river are unprecedented at least 88 people have died and thousands of homes have been destroyed since the start of the rainy season here morgan reports from hard to this is all that remains of a famine jailings belongings after the river flooded his home and his neighborhood in sudan's capital hutton he says when he 1st saw the river rising 2 days ago he thought he'd be able to save his home but soon realized otherwise. but. we put sandbags around the entrance of the house so it won't collapse then i went to help other homes much closer to the nile and when the water continued rising i ran back to make sure my house wouldn't collapse but it did and we lost so much i took my family to a r

in serbia the seats are empty by design at this jazz festival it's streaming live online. lucian felt like music in the era of code 19. so is this new reality just as entertaining concert halls and reopening for performances and festivals in some countries but not for everyone at once and there are lots of new rules to follow the entertainment industry is desperate to get business going again many musicians aren't covered by government schemes to support freelances and it had no other source of income during lockdown the aid that has trickled down to some performers is for a limited time only and the crisis is open ended their own from abba says expect less 6 traffic and shows in a post coronavirus won't. they say i because it's called pact was cheering fans singing along it's what germany motto artists had been waiting for since the start of the car on the pandemic after germany introduced its love down measures which included a ban on all large scale events my thought is the real name or it's have to find himself stuck in the studio. like it is that he is a clean line fo

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. >> and by the way i don't want to think -- the one that shot need most was the president of serbia. gave this speech is saying he was never our friend and it turns out they have come to her aid. who have come to our aid? the chinese. china is our friend. for america and strategic partners around the world, thiss is a very important game that's going on at the moment. to see a country like serbia, a small country 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 inking about. >> yes. i'm going to switch over to questions from our audience. this is a question from maximo colon picky askin do you think the 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 saint although i voted for brexit and advocate for brexit and always believed britain's role in the world was not to remain in the eu, nevertheless, i do think we had said everything went

his governing party is facing opposition from an alliance seeking closer ties with serbia and russia it kind of h.'s government has led the country almost continuously since the end of communism in the 1990 s. making him one of europe's longest serving leaders ivan path of a child the latest from the capital of montenegro now and he explains why voters are more divided than ever. turned out to actually very significant almost 15 percent is better in comparison with previous elections 4 years ago and now there could be a couple reasons for that for example of a there are expected hard day so people decided to go to walter earlier if possible but i think that's the main reason the political heat in the country where both sides of the governing party and of main opposition politicians mark the selections as he started one i want to say curse it depends on who you ask actually for all the party a speakeasy space itself statement a negro and also almost a new ground identity on the other hand for the main opposition a quality sions for a serbian opposition at stake is a serbian orthodox c

everybody in europe, nobody approved i don't know what they would call off the air, but then when serbia gave it been said along with a lot of other things was the austrians must be a part of the judicial panel which was going to interrogate and trace back the connections that it had to serbia and so forth. and kaiser was a variant of the german general staff was aware that it was the only ally in europe, that austria was crumbling and they really needed to do something and they decided we are going to make this and they bombarded belgrade and occupied. they were going to strike france down first six weeks to paris. it didn't turn out that way. they were known for the great thinking. this clearly failed so what lessons can we draw from this kind of a dynamic today is this dangerous moment in international relations where you have those such as germany that are in power but not very tactful in watching their place in the sun and the nations that have been hegemonic powers to do enough to accommodate these powers. i think that the management on both sides and i hope that is something that

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to coal not of the long governing party western party nor a rival alliance seeking closer ties to serbia and russia is tipped to win a majority of seats. israel place of dragged by anti-government protesters from a square in central jerusalem thousands of people across israel demonstrated for the 11th straight weekend against prime minister binyamin netanyahu protesters demanded the resignation of netanyahu other corruption charges and his handling of the corona virus crossed. italy's coast guard has evacuated 49 migrants from a risky vessel sponsored by british street artist banksy the operation came after the crew used twitter to appeal for help saying at least one of the other 200 migrants on board was david and several others injured. a police in portland oregon have opened a homicide investigation after a protester was killed in clashes between rival groups the city is saying often violent demonstrations since the police killing of george floyd in minnesota in may . gun fire on the streets of downtown portland the latest casualty of race related violence in america was shot dead the

found evidence of a toxic substance in his body he was brought here on saturday after falling ill in serbia with the russian doctors saying it was a metabolic disorder ramping up security at the sheraton hospital in berlin alexina valley is being treated here for what his supporters say was a case of poisoning the shower taken from the doctors treating putin's most prominent critics say he probably was poisoned. it's said clinical findings indicate poisoning with a substance from the group of color no store is inhibitors it's not clear exactly what the substance was some call in australia's inhibitors are used as a treatment for alzheimer's disease but chemicals from the group can also be used as a nerve agent chancellor angela merkel and foreign minister heiko mass are demanding an investigation in view of most in the valleys prominent role in the political opposition in russia the authorities there are now urgently called upon to investigate this act fairly and to do so with full transparency alexina valmy is not the 1st russian critic of the kremlin to be poisoned the former spy alexande

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often get to witness not just news this is breaking but also history as it's unfolding crossing from serbia to hungry to read one day i might be covering politics in the next 2 of my covering protests. but what's most important to me is talking to people understanding what they are going through so that i can convey the headlines in the most human way possible. we believe everyone has a story worth hearing. how jews iraq. every ready. the lebanese president told. consultations in appointing a new prime minister the ambassador to germany most of idea has been put forward. by the some of the soldiers who are live from doha also coming up. it's you who have created the heat in the division u.s. president donald trump is accused of inflaming racial tension after a shooting in portland or to supporters faults with rival demonstrators. sudan's transitional got.

to see a country like serbia, more countries are significant countries in europe being plucked off like that by the chinese, never mind what they're doing in italy which is a far more significant country in europe in global terms is something we should be thing about area . >> i'm going to switch to questions now from our audience. this is a question for maxwell: area you think the uk would be the first of many dominoes they eventually bring theeuropean union to an end ? >> this is a very tricky question i should parse it by saying although i voted for briggs it and always believed britain's role in the world was not running in the eu , nevertheless i think that we have said everything we had to say as a country i leaving the eu, by votingto leave and then leaving and that after you've left , it's not for you to say what you think the club should or should not do. but as there's always the risk talking about the eu of sort of winning it to do something it wrong in order to vindicate our decision to brexit and i say that by way of preface because if the eu does fall apart , it's going to

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narrowly won the parliamentary election its worst result since the country won independence from serbia 14 years ago the pro western party of president made out djukanovic secured 35 percent of votes the process of an opposition party could still form a coalition never marry a flip of it is a political analyst from an to neighbor we have our preliminary results stated by the independent n.g.o.s what is very important to mention is that this is the official state electoral commission's didn't. go out with it be the official results 'd we had claims of week to read by the position parties and according. to what general said they are the majority of 41 to 42 out of 81 members of parliament. take already announced their coalition. with the help of the possibly in part with the help of a small per european coalition called united reform action. committee which him up tonight and told the public that they are short of one member of parliament to form a majority so preliminary he announced at the last minute still we have. day in front of us or 2 days until tuesday and that's the legal obligat

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by the way, navalny was not flying from serbia. it was from siberia.ound russia and he was landing in a small russian city in siberia and only 48 hours later there was a permission from kremlin to fly navalny to berlin where he hopefully could get proper treatment and his life, pray, will be saved. make no mistake, putin -- eric: i'm glad you pointed that out of. he was in siberia, he was there supporting opposition forces and people who are getting tired of the putin regime. tell me how important is navalny. he's got 4 million followers on youtube. i urge people to go to youtube to look at his videos. he is a noted opponent of vladimir putin. >> make no mistakes, putin and his cronies hate navalny because they expose the corruption. he found a weak spot in modern dictatorship, exposing rampant looting that is the entire reason putin and his gang are in power and he labeled putin's party accurately, calling it the party of crooks and thieves. there is nothing a dictatorship hates more than the truth and he mentioned 4 million followers, especially with

take control over all the religious sites built before 1918 when montenegro joined the union with serbiasaw the serbian orthodox churchills as the largest religious organization in the country believes is the main target of the. organized huge protests almost every day in this country excommunicate main political leaders of the country from church and from christianity and now they openly call people to vote for a person or be an opposition and that opposition is fighting for closer ties of montenegro and also a closer ties with russia i have to mention that montenegro joined the nato alliance 3 years ago and it was a. huge resistance of this. opposition parties so it's very tough for a political struggle here in montenegro and it's going to be very interesting to see it at the end of the of the day is going to be an actual in their turnout who is going to benefit from that and we'll be keeping an eye on the outcome of that election with you even have coverage joining us live from parts of its. that's a foreign minister is warning greece that its plan to extend territorial waters in the

would love to have and to see more closer ties of montenegro with neighboring serbia as well as with russia however. to be a blocs don't have enough friends in montenegro in parliament to create their own government so they will need help from their partner and that partner is process. called up which stands for progress from of the country for that reason. to expect any kind of dramatic change in the course that this country is heading the problem is that these 3 blocks have some rare things in common except those that wish to change the government so their relations now are going to be best today started on official negotiations on terms on how to create a new government and they claimed last night from all 3 sides that the new government should be a government of experts the new government will face a tough economic situation worsened by these coronavirus pandemic and the worst tourism season that montenegro have seen so far they will also have to work with the current president and that's miller's you kind of which we certainly are not happy that his own party has laws these elec

all aboard for a cruise on the can you can sylvia sweden's queen serbia who was born in heidelberg . it starts out with a view of the council from the water and then moves out into the countryside. the 1st port of call is noise. on a street was founded in the 12th century 11 benedictine monks still lived and today . we've got a lot going on here today so. the women and men of the monastery cannot go well. tours are an important part of the moment strains public relations and. there are facts lots of people who may know about the abbey but are unaware that monks still actually live here. so we in our new abbot are currently trying to expand our presence in the world outside. the monastery brewery now brews organic beer by longstanding craft tradition and markets it regionally. of course visitors get an opportunity to taste the brothers. river the neck on stands to wind across northern bodyboarding book highlight instils for a council fortress built in the 12th century but now overlooks the town of. it takes a bit of climbing to reach the castle so a bite to eat at the top is often wel

the trip is king migrants from northern and onto serbia and bosniaonia before finally reaching westernope. our chief international correspondent lyse doucet joins us live. you are just a mile from the border with turkey. lyse: yes. you join us on the postcard island of samas in the aegean sea. at some points on the island, it is breowhtaking just close these two countries are. just about a mile away at one int. and it was from tech assures that some hundreds of thousands of migrants headed towards greece in 2015, landing on shes like samas, getting such a warm welcomeek from the g people, who opened their hearts and homes to help the migrants on their way. the migrants made it clear they did not plan on staying here long. further north, up to the north macedonian border, which was regarded as the gateway into europe. many wanted to head towards germany, where, on this day five years ago, anga merkel families -- famously said we can doat it, we want to welcome migrants. five years on, the welcome has gone cold. here and in many parts of europe. even though the arrivals, the numbers arri

election in more countries become interested even today we shared a major announcement by israel serbia militants of brazil who are interested who scores a russian mix you don't work with us on that. dr peter smith professor of tropical epidemiology at the london school of hygiene and tropical medicine believes the coded crisis has meant that vaccine trials have been accelerated abnormally and it's significant in the sense that there are about 150 different back scenes that are being developed none of them to my knowledge as yet in license so in that sense it sets in court announcement it says is that says license vaccine unfortunately what we don't know at the moment is what the data were that actually was the basis for the license sure but it sounds as though relatively small numbers of people have so far received as taxi in which case it's very typical i would say almost impossible to assess whether the bank scene is actually efficacious or. sound reservations about knowing that the safety of the vaccine generally new vaccines are not the least until they been in trials a year or 2 y

stefanovic of serbia has powered out at the start and into the lead. this back, i'm afraid. stefanovic takes the win — 33.97 seconds. taufatofua finishes almost 25 seconds behind. that's a really tough introduction to life in his new sport. talk us through it. i went into the starting blocks and the wind was drifting it. then i almost had a false start. i thought you know what? i just want to finish a race. my performance was not what i wanted it to be, so i apologise to everyone that's watching. that was my debut. the good news is that it can only get better from here. unfortunately for pita it wouldn't and he'd fare even worse after teaming up with fellow tongan malakai for the 200 metre heats. it's all brave or glory, that's what it is. this time it was brave. we've made so many mistakes, so i think we got most of them out of the way. do you still believe tokyo is possible? the same thing that happened with ski. everybody doubted that it could be done. the debut was absolutely terrible. this was probably a bit worse. i have faith that god will help

party of president milosevic and of it is facing opposition from an alliance seeking closer ties with serbia and russia the you can overshoot governments has led the country almost continuously since the end of communism in the 1990 s. the global number of confirmed corona virus infections is now surpassed 25000000 and in cities across europe thousands have been protesting against government restrictions. hundreds gathered in central london they want the government to withdraw safety measures put in place to stop the spread of covert 19 the u.k. is the 2nd worst affected country in europe with more than 334000 cases. and those are the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after talk to all of us here goodbye the deadline it's drawing near ivory coast says rival parties to nominate that presidential candidates. october's election is likely to be a major test for the country's security who will face the people in iran for the highest office i recall presidential candidates on al jazeera we. see. dark side of the moon is one of the best selling albums of all time and pink floyd a rock

and albania, serbia, kosovo and north macedonia are restriction-free. there are another 20 countries you can head to but they come with restrictions. you have to quarantine for 14 days upon arrival. iceland was also expected to reopen to u.s. travelers starting in july but with spiking case numbers in america, that's been put on ice. with it many americans' bucket list vacations. >> my boyfriend and i had booked a trip to iceland the first week of october. unfortunately as things started to progress and things started shutting down in march, we realized that this may not happen. >> reporter: and with some travel restrictions constantly changing, federal aid for airlines expiring soon and a global travel industry bracing for a $2 trillion hit to its revenue. travelers should think twice before booking that winter vacation. >> i would definitely say traveling to continental europe over the holiday season is probably a no go right now, especially if you're going to be planning your travel after october 1st where we don't know what's going to happen with th