not been laid out but analysts say serbia could absorb parts of northern kosovo home to a majority serbian population kosovo could receive parts of serbia's for valley which is largely populated by ethnic albanians. the suggestion that land swaps could be part of a final deal between kosovo and serbia has sparked some fierce debate some observers say they could reduce tensions add put both serbia and kosovo on the path towards e.u. membership but for many people than swaps are not the answer in late september thousands of course of us protested against the very idea of changing the borders of the country to discuss this further we're joined by florian bieber he is a professor of political science whose work focuses on south eastern europe he joins us from grosse austria now that i mean is director of the center for euro atlantic studies she joins us from serbia's capital belgrade of the course of our capital pristina we have all gone millet he is an activist and policy analyst it's good to have you here everybody i'm just thinking back to that map that we showed at the beginning of the pro

or back with that xander through church serbian leader as you present you just mobilize serbian army because de coster a leader went to visit the area with the majority. because of the well is that it's it's a few people would say ok those guys wanted to visit one of the new york. they really remained i understand why mobile that's there and yes they were coming there with. machine guns well we're fools and everything else and they don't have a right to come there with that kind of weaponry that was owed. verbal arrangement although there is a statement done by nato plus albania as a serbs after brussels agreement we made also in brussels that there were two preconditions if someone would like to bring let's say machine guns to the north of course or one and the most important precondition was still ease the consent of local sort of community it isn't asking them. any single sort of. about. saying yes to the visit of the tree and it's not about his visit it's about weaponry his people were using. and that was another publication and they wanted you know to show that they were in char

i actually want to hear from some of those people so in september in the serbian town of. we talk to anyone and a serbian about the prospect of them being not in serbia anymore but being in kosovo this is what they told us were you joining kosovo would mean free trade because here there is massive unemployment and there is no future that's why young people are leaving. mali. but what if there's a conflict god forbid a conflict brings the greatest damage to all we should by no means give away what is meant as a gift to me. so what i'm not clear about is what is the actual plan how does that how does this actually happen or will even happen is it just talk at a political level that will never actually happened. i mean i i think that we don't know that and that's part of the problem we have and nobody knows the details of such an idea i mean ya know as one of you know one of the people from think tanks he has been advocating it or has been suggesting these border changes but from the politics we haven't had any clear trigger kind of outline what this would look like and also

you know we're back with alexander from church serbian leader as you present you just mobilize serbian army because dick hosmer leader went to visit the area with the majority and with arabs there so because of that why was it it's it's a view from outside people would say ok those guys wanted to visit one part of kosovo and then they will mobilize your army. they really remained i understand why you mobilized the army yes they were coming there with. machine guns well we have horses and everything else and they don't have right to come there with that kind of weaponry that was a. verbal arrangement although there is a statement done by nato plus of being as a serbs after brussels agreement we made also in brussels that there were two preconditions if someone would like to bring let's say machine guns to the north of course or one and the most important precondition was still these the consent of local sort of community they didn't ask him. any single sort of about saying yes to the visit of the tree and it's not about his visit it's about weaponry his people were using. and that was a

you know we're back with alexander from cheech serbian leader as you present you just mobilize serbian army because de coster a leader went to visit the area with the majority of listeners there some because of that was that it's it's a view from outside people would say ok those guys wanted to visit one part of course so and then you will mobilize your army no. they really remained i understand way mobilized army yes they were coming in there with. machine guns well there are fools and everything else and they don't have the right to come up with that kind of a program that was a. verbal arrangement told there is a statement done by nato plus. serbs after brussels agreement we made also in brussels that there were two preconditions if someone would like to bring let's say machine guns to the north of course all one and the most important precondition was i still use the consent of the local serb community it isn't asking them. and a single serb about saying yes to the visit of russian touchy and it's not about his visit it's a mode weaponry his people were using. and that was another

but in the serbian capital of daniel lucas. welcomed his own ascension to the stage of international politics by singing a popular love song. in the cold light of day though the realisation was sinking in that a serbian nationalist who wants to break out of bosnia-herzegovina will be the first of the rotating presidents to be in power for the longest time and i really don't know if i can even bear to see the name of dr king but i think haiti's coming to power so that's another four years of misery and poverty without jobs pensioners are abandoned without anything i mean it's a catastrophe. has promised the serbian entity of republika srpska will break away from bosnia herzegovina he's also said on his first day in office he'll write a letter to president donald trump to demand the abolition of the office of the high representative it's a key part of the dayton accords which brought an end to the bosnian war and is meant to protect the country's constitution in a break with tradition miller out the door dick will talk to his fel

has promised the serbian entity of republika srpska will break away from bosnia herzegovina he's also said on his first day in office he'll write a letter to president donald trump to demand the abolition of the office of the high representative it's a key part of the dayton accords which brought an end to the bosnian war and is meant to protect the country's constitution. in a break with tradition the door dick will talk to his fellow members of the presidential council here in the eastern suburb of the so dominated suburb of sarajevo and he'll do it by video link. in sarajevo a scottish artist and photographer opened this exhibition on the eve of the polish it's made up of old election posters he called it disintegration he first came to the city in one thousand nine hundred ninety five as the war was about to end and i think what we've ended up with in the country is this sort of cycle of provocation going on it's not progress of them it's not growing the country from. some political analysts a bit by bit the new serbian president appears intent on demolishing the institutions of t

the serbian beat borna coric 6—3, 6—4, and is now in a race with rafael nadal to end the year as worldber one. stay with us. tops to the eu's chief negotiator michel barnier says key issues remain unresolved after an unscheduled trip to brussels for more talk is. —— talks. now on bbc news, live to singapore for asia business report. with rising oil prices and the trade war infull swing, with rising oil prices and the trade war in full swing, is inflation rising around the world? we have got a slew of economic reports this week in the us to china that will give us some clues. and asia produces 90% of the world's rice. we look at how climate change is disrupting production of this asian food staple. hello and welcome to this monday edition of asia business report, and sharanjit leyl. edition of asia business report, and shara njit leyl. it edition of asia business report, and sharanjit leyl. it is a brand—new week and inflation seems to be the big theme for investors and central bankers all week. —— i am. on tuesday, china post investment and inflation numbers, and we will see whether th

candidate for the presidency has managed to get more voters out in republika srpska the main serbian entity here and we'll have to find out exactly how much those figures differed but if it is the case that there are many more voters appearing in republika srpska it would mean that he's got a much greater chance of being elected to the tripartite presidency where they all swapped their jobs over eight months or cart bosniak and a serb so if he does get in that would be an extraordinary sulk too early to say mariam because we haven't had the real breakdown of the figures the electoral commission did say that the elections were free and fair which of course against everything the monitoring groups were saying they were saying it was a chaotic situation the number of regularities at a critical high that there were many cases of bribe being an intimidation and many other observers have said that in some places it was effectively a threat to to the voters that they would lose their jobs they would lose their pensions unless they voted in the correct way we'll have to wait for analysis on

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when the national politic is not prepared for dialogue we have the problem with serbian and croatian national politics for example the this my companion said that that bosnia politics and muslim politics here is weak to my zing something her out there you say something like that because we have a problem really our mothers are still trying to find the bones of their sons we had genocide and serbs didn't made any catharsis here in bosnia herzegovina and you can say that we are weak team izing anything we're just talking about facts that are facts that are ruled in hag and it's this this our fear but fear is only fear our only fear is that we will have dissolution of bosnia and herzegovina you have this example with very co-conscious that is elected by both their creation member of of the presidency that is elected we'd bussy quote why did this happen because bosniaks are in fear in big fear that their hearts are going out will be disfellowshipped it so what what was the biggest mistake of the organ chair which was the candidate was that he made for years he made wary aggressive rhetor

but in the serbian capital of daniel lucas. welcomed his own ascension to the stage of international politics by singing a popular love song. in the cold light of day though the realisation was sinking in that a serbian nationalist who wants to break out of bosnia herzegovina will be the first of the rotating presidents to be in power. for the well this is something i really don't know if i can even bear to see the name of dr but i think haiti's coming to power so that's another four years of misery and poverty without jobs pensioners are abandoned without anything i mean it's a catastrophe. has promised the serbian entity of republika srpska will break away from bosnia herzegovina he's also said on his first day in office he'll write a letter to president donald trump to demand the abolition of the office of the high representative it's a key part of the dayton accords which brought an end to the bosnian war and is meant to protect the country's constitution in a break with tradition the door dick will talk to his fellow membe

as promised the serbian entity of republika srpska will break away from bosnia herzegovina he's also said on his first day in office he'll write a letter to president donald trump to demand the abolition of the office of the high representative it's a key part of the dayton accords which brought an end to the bosnian war and is meant to protect the country's constitution. in a break with tradition miller and the dodik will talk to his fellow members of the presidential council here in the eastern suburb the serb dominated suburb of sarajevo and he'll do it by video link. in sarajevo a scottish artist and photographer opened desexed admission on the eve of the polish it's made up of old election posters he called it disintegration he first came to the city in one thousand nine hundred ninety five as the war was about to end and i think what we've ended up with in the country is the sort of cycle of provocation going on it's not progress of them is not growing with. some political analysts a bit by bit the new serbian president appears intent on demolishing the institutions of the coun

that impressive win gives the serbian player 18 straight victories and he's rapidly catching up withis number one. he's only the third player to win a masters 1000 event without dropping a serve. last three, four months have been terrific for me. you know, not many holes in the game in general, especially this week. everything worked perfectly. ithink especially this week. everything worked perfectly. i think this was definitely one of the best serving weeks i had, i think i only faced two, maybe three break points the entire week, didn't drop the serve the entire week. that hasn't happened too many times, don't know if it's ever happened, so i'm just very pleased with that part of my game and with the overall result. the winning streak continues. more on that win with novak djokovic later this hour in sport today. let's return to our top story. king salman of saudi arabia has spoken by telephone with turkish president recep tayyip erdogan to discuss a joint investigation into the disappearance in istanbul of saudi journalist jamal khashoggi. i spoke to the co—author of politico play

this gives the serbian player 18 straight victories. end the year as world number one. he's only the third player to win a masters 1000 event without dropping a serve. last three, four months have been terrific for me. you know, not many holes in the game in general, especially this week. everything worked perfectly. i think this was definitely one of the best serving weeks i had, i think i only faced two, maybe three break points the entire week, didn't drop the serve the entire week. that hasn't happened too many times, don't know if it's ever happened, so i'm just very pleased with that part of my game and with the overall result. malaysia's new government is expected to put forward amendments to its capital punishment laws when parliament resumes later on monday. on thursday, ministers said they intend to abolish the death penalty and halt all pending executions. this is a rare move against capital punishment in asia, which human rights groups say is a major advance. earlier i spoke to phil robertson from human rights watch, who's i

thirty five percent now this is significant because the point is that the man who's running for the serbian post in the exchanging tripartite presidency is a man called miller a dirty now he has been fighting a particularly strong campaign which is emphasizing the ethnic divides now he's going for the position as one of those three presidents and he actually is a supporter both of the right of and carrots the convicted war criminal and he says that he is essential for independence if you like a session away from the very country that he's supposed to be standing as a president for so this seems to be and this is an important point from these figures that he's getting out the vote much more than they are here in the federation of bosnia-herzegovina and that is not good this is been a very divisive campaign has been marked by corruption marked by bribe being marked by intimidation and blackmail marked by the fact that at least in two cases people have been found carrying large lumps of already filled in ballot cards it's something the monitors here have been calling a chaotic situation but lo

is the man who actually said he wants to hold a referendum in republican serbska which is the main serbian entity inside the state food for to get the to get the people to break away from bosnia herzegovina and that means the man elected to this retaining presidency each of the presidents has eight months in office under the dayton accord agreements which ended the war he will actually be working to split the country split the country away from what he has always described as an arranged marriage and a marriage that doesn't work he wants a divorce and that means that a huge shadow is going to be cast over the already unstable country that is mired and many people say the clock is ticking back here where he really wants to send the clock back he actually is an ally of the the russian president his first trip we've heard from his his team is he's going to go to serbia it's very very clear that he's an extreme serbian nationalists and that the very fact that he's in the presidency rotating presidency of the country means that he has the ability in the power to actually start degrading the ins

initial results did show that there were a large votes in the republican subscale which is the main serbian entity and it was higher than the vote turnout in here in the federation of bosnia-herzegovina so this could indicate that the the one man everybody is looking at who is the the serbian leader who wants to stand for the presidency the chopper tripartite presidency could be actually successful in gaining that position now here's a man who has led a highly divisive campaign he's praised the war criminal right of and care to change his heritage and he's also made it very clear he wants republika serbska to actually break away to secede to gain independence and yet he's actually going for the presidency here so that means it's a very difficult situation if that vote is is confirmed we'll know in about four hours' time but i have with me a professor of sociology at the university of sarajevo a professor i want to ask you these results appear to be going along the same lines as before there's no real victor that people are going to win here they're going to be the losers once again do you t

this is what it looked like in the second even as the serbian goal machine added another three to his tally which is the first player to score five in a shirt and as frank puts biggest win in thirty four years it's. quite the state in there from frankfurt and the sort of talking by needed to do on the pitch involves bug after four games without a win in all competitions the bavarians needed more than just a win and after that truly bizarre press conference on friday they were well in the limelight now the players and the coaches the bosses have vowed to protect or put on the even more pressure. in the under fire squad so the top six. carried his usual calm demeanor even if he was feeling pressure to turn things around it didn't show no thomas moore nor frank rebury were starting in this one prior to kickoff will spur who had worse form than their opponents formed a constellation of unity while biron stars roamed the pitch with looks of pure focus their focus paid off late in the first half pummels with the final pass through tiago rubber living dusty was there to put his side ahead th

from a credible source the french side won that game six to one and supposedly an official of the serbian team had bet almost five million euros that red star would lose by a five goal margin both clubs denied the mash fixing allegations. in the nation's league croatia and england battled to a lackluster scoreless draw in an empty stadium that was a consequence of sanctions for a swastika on the pitch before one of creation's euro qualifiers two years ago england had hoped to exact some revenge for their loss to croatia and the semifinals of this year's world cup but that was not to be the result leaves the two teams tied at the bottom of their group. and just a reminder of the top stories that we're following for you right now u.s. pastor andrew bronson is on his way to the united states after turkey freed him from house arrest his release from moves a major cause of friction between the u.s. and turkey but u.s. president donald trump denies that there was any secret deal to secure his freedom . don't forget you can always get news on the go just download our app from google play or from

from a credible source the french side won that game six to one and supposedly an official of the serbian team had bet almost five million euros that red star would do is by exactly five goals both clubs denied the match fixing match fixing allegations. in the nations league of croatia and angle and battled to a lackluster scoreless draw in an empty stadium a consequence of you a for sanctions or a swastika on the pitch before one of courageous euro paul fires two years ago england had hoped to exact some revenge for their loss to croatia and the semifinals of this year's world cup but it was not to be the result leaves the two teams tied at the bottom of their group. now germany's national football team will face the netherlands late on saturday in the u.a.e. for nations leak this week the squad trained in berlin trying to create a positive atmosphere after a disastrous world cup campaign but exclusive interview with the former star player rocked the boat. a real close welcome for the germany squad at the open training session in berlin earlier this week where youth team players were inv

the serbian beat borna coric in straight sets — extending his dominance in china as adam wild reportsk djokovic! shanghai put on a show for the final and so did know that djokovic. after defeating alexander berry of on saturday, there was more of that here. —— zverev. borna coric playing in the biggest match of his career showed plenty of fight early on. ultimately, he couldn't compete and some on forced errors didn't help. the croatian couldn't have got off toa the croatian couldn't have got off to a worst start in the second set. it handed the advantage to djokovic. borna coric beat roger federer in the semifinals but couldn't reproduce the same form here as he struggled djokovic was in control of the match. he knew it. in the end, victory was something of an anti—climax. a video review delayed championship point. djokovic will replace roger federer as the world number two on monday. 2018 has been the weird —— the year of exceeding expectations including his own. i couldn't after a better scenario. iam i couldn't after a better scenario. i am closer now to nadal in the rankings and

won a seat in the presidency after sunday's elections the office of the presidency must contain one serbian bosniak and one crow at. brett kavanaugh has been sworn in as a new justice of the us supreme court that paulo's a bitter nomination process and accusations of sexual assault that prompted the f.b.i. investigation and women's rights protests against the appointment. the nobel prize for economics has been awarded to two americans for their work on economic forecasts william nordhaus study the impact of climate change and economic modeling and paul romer looked at how governments can spur growth by investing in research development and people skills as are the headlines keeper on al-jazeera witness is next. the nobel committee has announced the joint with so this year's peace prize dentist mccuaig and nadia move. now to syria has been granted exclusive international rights to interview the winners after the awards ceremony here in oslo in december the nobel interview on al-jazeera. the meanest kind to me for such a visit to the fake. political to the god if you need a positive leader. s

it's the serbians eighteenth win in a row in what's been an amazing season so far now at the iron man world championships in hawaii of the defending men's and women's champions both took home and that the title the two also did so in record fashion but in the case of the men's champion the action didn't stop at the finish line the german tried for another positive result it had little to do with sports and it looks like he beat out the competition there to. the fortieth the iron man world championships also became the fastest ever leading early on in the women's competition was britain's lucy charles who set a new world record in the swimming event. but then switzerland's daniella grief got past her in cycling at the one hundred five mile mark the swiss then held on from there also excelling in the marathon to take first place with charles settling for second and how good germany coming in third. in the men's germany's patrick long it was trailing until the final running stage that's also perhaps because he had been stung by a jellyfish just prior to the competition and wasn't sure if

he was beaten by the serbian qualifier dusan lajovic. jim lumsden rounds up wednesday's action.open, dusan lajovic was given short shrift by who, drove who won in straight sets, but the world number 55 learned a lesson. he took the first set before the middle of rally to win the second. a dazzling rally at 4—1; with the bulgarian eventually looking to run out of steam. dimitrov had served in nine double faults in his demise. lajovic rubbed it in by finishing him off with an acer. he will play british number one kyle edmund in the quarter—finals. he survived a scrap with this italian player. was two points away from the feed but rallied to beat the world number 58. big serving juan martin del potro is aiming fora third big serving juan martin del potro is aiming for a third title of the season aiming for a third title of the season and looks good for it. caption of the latest briefly in his way, departing in straight sets. —— catching of. in the women's draw, world number two caroline wozniacki came up against petra martic, who she played four times and won four times. more of th

it's a serbian eighty three in a row in what's been an amazing season so far. another tough night for german football though the national team lost three nil to rivals the netherlands' in the nation's league the defeat hips pressure on the german coach who was already under scrutiny after a disastrous world cup. virgil van dyke capitalized on port offending to give the netherlands a first half late leroy's sunday was thrown on in the second half but the young winger was unable to change germany's fortunes dragging a shot wide. to light goes from memphis to pie in georgina vine oldham then sealed it deserved three nil victory for the dutch germany have now scored only four times in their last six games leaving coach yohimbe were under increasing pressure this coming yes you should people can certainly be critical especially in the closing stages in the last ten minutes the players must take responsibility and not run around like headless chickens for. despite the dire display of germany's tony cross believes the team can put the defeat behind them members of i d

thousand and six splitting away from the larger serbia after a referendum but there's still a sizeable serbian minority in montenegro many of whom think that the two countries shouldn't have gone their separate ways so critics of the legislation and many serbs believe that the proposed fine could stir up ethnic tension. many montenegrins feel compelled to stand when they hear the national anthem bright dawn of my but soon if the government has its way people who don't rise when it's performed in public could face a fine of up to two thousand euros. but. those who do not want to stand up during our anthem will have to pay a fine we will not force anyone to stand up but every time he or she does not stand up they will pay a penalty. the proposed changes are to an existing law on state symbols that would also require public institutions funded by the state to keep the country flag permanently displayed on their buildings or pay a fine of up to twenty thousand euros. the plans approving popular with many on the streets of the country's capital because it's so. desirable disrespecting the state and

number one tennis player kyle edmund is through to the semi finals of the china open after beating the serbianc in straight sets. edmund won the first set 6—3, but was taken to a tie break in the second, which he won 7—4. it‘s his third semi—final of the year and he‘s guaranteed a new career—high ranking on monday. england‘s cricketers have won their first warm—up match in sri lanka. they beat a select eleven by 43 runs on the duckworth lewis method after the match was abandoned because of rain. henry moeran was watching in columbo. so often in these fixtures, warm—up matches ahead of tors, and glenn have spoken about not facing strong enough opposition. 0n have spoken about not facing strong enough opposition. on this occasion, the sri lankan cricket board 11 included 94 to nationals, including the captain of the one day international and test site. he talked scored with 77. he was putting on 287 — nine. —— the host putting on 287 — nine. —— the host putting on. bowling alley the standup figure four event. —— moeen ali. eoin morgan finishing 90 not out. the 0di captain. the bad light stopping

luminary results of voting in bosnia and herzegovina show that serbian nationalist dodik has won with fifty six percent in sunday's presidential election he will fill the serb seat in the current tree's three member presidency when opponent received forty four percent the kids considered pro russian and opposes membership in nato well then three million people were eligible to vote in just a few hours before the polls closed turnout turnout was almost forty percent the vote has widely been see as a test of whether the country will move towards more integration with europe or remain entrenched in war ethnic rivalries. let's go live in the small nation of bosnia herzegovina young unemployed and hope for change. may khalilzad is on a visit to the middle east in a bid to quote to bring the taliban to the negotiating table however they don't seem especially willing to accept the offer asked he was granted access to a taliban commander and asked him about the proposal. was that if you americans never want to cooperate with the taliban and the taliban has never asked the americans again to c

going with red star to anfield has been too much for some serbian supporters to resist.o see their tea m they few hundred came to see their team here for the first time since the 70s when they were 2—1winners. liverpool hope this becomes a routine night at anfield but for the opposition, it is anything but. the other premier league team involved today have already kicked off. spurs are in holland to play psv. david ornstein is keeping an eye on it. david, spurs need a win in this one. realistically, they are going to be out of the champions league if they don't win tonight. especially this double—header against psv eindhoven, wembley after this. tottenham have made the worst possible start with loza no made the worst possible start with lozano the mexican striker giving them the lead with a deflected strike. within the last few minutes, lucas moura has equalised. it had been coming. they had another disallowed for offside. later in the group, the glamour tie of the evening is barcelona against inter milan. how will barcelona fare without lionel messi. monaco leading alre

moscow this year and the talks come amid tensions on the border between serbia and kosovo a former serbian region which declared independence in two thousand and eight sophie shevardnadze spoke of which you can watch the full interview later today. i felt very comfortable. on further support for be as tauriel intended to which is not. only an issue of serbia which became an issue of minnesota states that were put in jeopardy because of unilateral actions or. some other you know territories or people there are nations we need to find a compromising solution between serbs and albanians which means that it cannot be the case and it will be in years get everything serbs got nothing again is again absolutely everything. that i have ever dreamed of the serbs got absolutely nothing . that was why that was over that was serbia's frost and the only position that we have never left is my impression right when i say that you probably first president in a long time who is actually open to mending ties with kosovo and you speak about it but you don't get much response from the cosas side you're you're