since two thousand and nine slovakia has also had the euro. the economy is growing. unemployment is dropping and this is having an effect on slovak cuisine. more meat is appearing on the table. after a good meal it's back out into nature we're going to take a. raft ride into the magnificent world of the mountains. and we're close to the polish border this river is the don't know yet it's. up until the second world war timber from the high touches was transported from here more than nine hundred kilometers to the baltic today the river only carries tourists on raft rides over a distance of eight hundred kilometers the trip takes about an hour and a half. not i they like either boat on each raft there's an arrangement of kind branches but it serves three purposes as decoration for the raft as sealing the to prevent water getting in and thirdly as a joke of course as a wreath should anyone fall in and drown it well then with a thumb of him or. not they're not usually a scholar from the highest cliffs over there you can see over the entire region wonderful i would have i

from slovakia, rob cameron has this report.baltic to the black sea. but they are gradually being phased out by a former warsaw pact countries. and that this open day in central falati, this one at least is something of a tourist attraction. the mig 2093 much a child of the cold war. but today they are well past their prime. some are up to 30 yea rs past their prime. some are up to 30 years old. she incited complain of daily problems with engines and avionics. the only reason they can stay up in the sky at all if the presence here of around a dozen russian military technicians working ata russian military technicians working at a nato airbase. translation: you are right. to some extent, it is a sensitive matter. but in no way are any laws governing classified information being violated, and it should be pound —— pointed out that it is notjust slovakia but many other members that have mig 29. the polls or barbarians we re have mig 29. the polls or barbarians were flying upgraded migs. we want to fulfil obligations to nato's air d

and away says of calm eight hundred meters up a jewel in the heart of central europe in eastern slovakia will call an edge a village in harmony with nature. i've. i've . i've i've i've. the villages only street straight to the cone of mt sid all of which forms a natural protective barrier to the north. until recently there was no real road here until anyone wanting to reach full color image from the valley had to walk several kilometers covered. distance on horseback by donkey. in its seclusion the village was able to develop and preserve its unique architectural character. it's not known when people first settled here but the earliest written record dates back to fourteen sixty one. for centuries has stood as a masterpiece of slovak wooden architecture constructed in block form apart from the foundation the houses were erected without the use of a single brick. lime washed in intense colors the facades are striking the original . they go hand in hand with magnificent colors of nature thus the village buildings act like a large mirror to the splendid mansion floor. a little colony is alm

slovakia. let‘s get more of this from amy cole, who reports from birmingham.p tata motors, says it is moving production of its land rover discovery to its factory in slovakia but it says it remains committed to the uk and will be refitting its plant here in solihull moors so that it can make a new generation of range rover models. it‘ll be pumping in a lot of investment. we‘re not sure of the figure exactly but we know it‘ll run into hundreds of millions of pounds. so, when the factory is up to speed, it‘ll be able to make new range rover and range rover sport cars that are electric and hybrid, as well as the classic petrol and diesel versions. and the company has previously said all its cars would be available in either electric, hybrid or petrol or diesel, from 2020. what this means is there will be somejob losses 2020. what this means is there will be some job losses and it‘ll affect agency staff. they will lose their jobs for the interim period, while production is being moved to slovakia, but once this factory‘s back up and running and can make those elec

jlr which is owned by the indian group tata says it is moving production so its factory in slovakia butwe are not sure of the figure exactly, but we know it will run-in figure exactly, but we know it will run—in to hundreds of millions of pounds. so when the factory is up to speed it will be able to make new range rover and range rover sport ca rs range rover and range rover sport cars that are electric and hybrid, as well as the classic petrol and diesel version, and the company has previously said that all its cars would be available in either electric, hybrid, petrol or diesel from 2020. but what this means is there will be some job losses, and they will affect agency staff. they will lose theirjobs for the interim period, that is why production is being moved to slovakia, but once this factory is back up and running and can make the electric and hybrid ca rs and can make the electric and hybrid cars then they will be taking on staff again. what the company has said is that the potentialjob losses of some agency employed staff in the uk is a tough one, but forms pa rt in the uk is a

and some in solihull and now they think it will all go to slovakia which looks worrying. workers come in and out as production ramps up and down and it is quite common indycar manufacturing industry also if you are selling a large number of cars —— in the car manufacturing industry. bear in mind that they announced a couple months ago they we re announced a couple months ago they were going to lay off a thousand agency workers so any additionaljob cuts are on top of that. that is the first part which does not look great. having said that, what jaguar land rover are saying is that we should think of it as clearing the way of an older model, the discovery come to retool the solihull plant, in order to make new range rover and range rover sport cars which will have hybrid electric powertrain is also in many ways you could say that these are the vehicles of the future and it represents a big investment in the plant. having said that, their language is saying, the losses of the agency staff is tough but forms part of their long—term manufacturing strategy as they transform the

the number of refugees coming in aside from austria and hungry italy poland the czech republic and slovakia are also demanding changes on the other side of the table many presidents and prime ministers from northwest europe. headed by germany's angela merkel and france's a man your mark on they want the current system to be largely man tamed with rescue boats full of refugees trying to cross the mediterranean every single day finding a resolution is becoming more urgent by the minute and germany's chancellor is addressing m.p.'s just before she joins opposite number in the eve for that summit in brussels let's cross live now to dominic kane in berlin what will she be telling dominic. well jane the point here is that she's briefing m.p.'s about what she intends to do for them as it were at the e.u. summit taking place in brussels also should be talking about the nato summit that comes up in july but specifically regarding the e.u. two really prime issues for the machall today first one as you've been mentioning migration this idea of more border calls on the border controls or not tight immi

member states are bound to be met with contradiction agreed the czech republic slovakia and poland they outright refused to attend today's summit they said it was a power move by merkel to control their domestic political situation and then you have other countries that are refusing to take in migrants outright italy last week refused a migrant vessel that was forced to land in spain while just a couple days ago malta also refused to another migrant vessel and you know these actions they're not going on notice to e.u. leaders like emanuel macron i'm in favor of having mechanisms that. we cannot have gum trees that most of the men who don't even use of the dead and who massively claim their nationals so fiercely but when it comes to the topic. now at the conclusion of the summit merkel said the e.u. needs to focus on their agreement with turkey as a framework for agreements with other migrant origin countries but let's not forget how much this costs the e.u. it was three billion euros this sternly still a lot at stake for merkel because she actually just had a political standoff with her

meanwhile, the moroccans were in action on monday and beat slovakia in their latest pre—world cup friendlya scoring the winner in a match that was played in geneva. italy and netherlands, who both failed to qualify for the world cup, drew 1—1 in turin where simone zaza put the italians in front mid—way through the second half, before nathan ake equalised for the dutch two minutes from time. elsewhere, chile, who'll be another notable absentee from the world cup, beat russia—bound serbia i—o in a friendly played in graz in austria. the south american champions dominated the game and should have won by a bigger margin. and might have done so if angelo henriquez hadn't managed to put this effort wide. the only goal of the game was scored three minutes from time by guillermo maripan. india are through to the final of the intercontinental cup after beating kenya 3—0 in mumbai. after an impassioned plea from captain sunil chhetri, along with the likes of indian cricket captain virat kohli asking for fans to attend the match, almost 9,000 turned up as chetri scored a double to help his side throu

member states are bound to be met with contradiction of the czech republic slovakia and poland they outright refused to attend today's summit they said it was a power move by merkel to control their domestic political situation and then you have other countries that are refusing to take in migrants outright italy last week refused a migrant vessel that was forced to land in spain while just a couple days ago malta also refused to another migrant vessel and you know these actions they're not going on notice to e.u. leaders like emanuel macron i'm in favor of having mechanisms that take this into account we're going to have gum trees that massively benefit from e.u. so the dead sea and who massively claim their national selfishness when it comes to the topic of migration now at the conclusion of the summit merkel said the e.u. needs to focus on their agreement with turkey as a framework for agreements with other migrant origin countries but let's not forget how much this cost the e.u. that was three billion euros this sternly still a lot at stake for merkel because she actually just had a poli

any case that they don't have any anything positive to contribute to this meeting anyway poland slovakia hungary and the czech republic have so far blocked any kind of attempt to reform for instance the dublin regulations that now at the moment are sort of regulating the distribution off refugees and the responsibility for refugees in europe they have blocked any attempt as. distribution because they say we don't want anybody we're not going to take any migrants whatsoever refugees whatsoever and so we know that they are that they are not sort of in the boat in the end when it comes down to a europe wide solution the only way to deal with these countries is money. the only way to deal with them is as met him on them a crime has already mentioned is that they could be punished within the next budget if they don't somehow continue to work for the european solution and sort of get into the get into the boat so they are really there absent absent is not really is not really a negative sign so far all right so along with possibly punishing them states who are not pulling their weight in helpi

jaguar land rover has said it's moving production of its discovery model from birmingham to slovakiage rover models, but warned there may be some job losses in the uk. passengers affected by delays and cancellations on northern rail services are to be offered compensation of up to a month's travel. an inquiry has been ordered by the government into what's been described as unacceptable disruption following the introduction of new timetables three weeks ago. a man has been found guilty of kidnapping a 20—year—old british model, chloe ayling, and holding her captive for six days in italy. a polish national, who lives in the uk, was sentenced at a court in milan to 16 years and nine months in prison. the court heard how the 13—year—old had pretended to be a photographer when he approached her. her said the model feels vindicated by the decision. that's a summary of the news, newsday is coming up at midnight. now on bbc news it's time for newsnight. is this how the korean warfinally ends? in a flurry of flash photography? in three and a half hours' time, two of the biggest showmen on ear

we have begun drilling activity in central and eastern europe in hungary, we expect extended to slovakiand we will continue to have a moderate growth profile in the midlands -- and the netherlands. were also taking over operation of the large gas field off ireland, and we will have a modest step up in our ownership interest because of the. -- because of that. there's always the potential for acquisitions. we've had a good record in that historically. i can't predict when they would occur, but we are in a sufficient number of market in europe that i think we can continue to expand that franchise, consolidate the industry and continue this rapid growth we've had over the last couple of decades in europe. alix: that was anthony marino, for millions ceo. next week, sandridge's annual meeting. what winds up happening with activist investment? and we have the latest methane omissions report. they are one of the only environmental groups or companies listen to. and the event you have been waiting for, friday is opec's formal ministerial meeting. what will we know about more supply getting added

we have begun drilling activity in central and eastern europe in hungary, we expect extended to slovakia and we will continue to have a moderate growth profile in the midlands -- and the netherlands. were also taking over operation of the large gas field off ireland, and we will have a modest step up in our ownership interest because of the. -- because of that. there's always the potential for acquisitions. we've had a good record in that historically. i can't predict when they would occur, but we are in a sufficient number of market in europe that i think we can continue to expand that franchise, consolidate the industry and continue this rapid growth we've had over the last couple of decades in europe. alix: that was anthony marino, for millions ceo. next week, sandridge's annual meeting. what winds up happening with activist investment? and we have the latest methane omissions report. they are one of the only environmental groups or companies listen to. and the event you have been waiting for, friday is opec's formal ministerial meeting. what will we know about more supply getting add

we expect to extend that to slovakia and croatia, and we will continue to have a moderate growth profileerlands. these are be our sources of growth. we're also taking over operation of the large gas field off ireland, and we will have a modest step up in our ownership interest in that field as well. there's a lot of sources for growth for us in europe. these are the ones i am speaking for organically. there's always the potential for acquisitions. we've had a good record in that historically. can't predict when they would occur, but we are in a sufficient number of markets in europe that i think we can continue to expand that franchise, consolidate the industry, and continue this very rapid growth we've had over the last couple of decades in europe. alix: that was antny marino, vermilion ceo. here is what is on my commodity radar next week. sandridge's annual meeting. carl icahn owns 13% of shares, the largest shareholder. what winds up happening with his activist investment? later in the week, we have edf coming out with its latest methane omissions report. they are one of the only envi

that was their opening match of the group stage, but they went on to lose against wales and slovakia.ia side faced the ideal opponents to make a good start to the tournament tomorrow. as we have seen down the years that the world cup, you can never underestimate the power of home advantage. we will see russia are looking to make history over the next few weeks here on home soil. in 2026, the whole circus is going to mexico, canada and the us. they have won the right to host the tournament in eight years' time. morocco missed out yet again. here is our sports news respondent richard conway. the member associations of canada, mexico and usa have been selected. united in victory. mexico, the united states and canada can now prepare to host the 2026 world cup, a prize they insist will turbo—charge football in north america and deliver huge reve nu es to north america and deliver huge revenues to invest in the worldwide growth of the game. very emotional day for all of us. it's been a long and hard campaign. congratulations to morocco, who fought to the end. but we are gratified by the res

and slavomir shared this rainbow sunset from slovakia.ideos clocking up the views this month. lebanon marks 75 years of independence this year. the country has seen its fair share of conflict over the years and travel warnings remain in place for several areas. we spoke to two filmmakers about their experiences. i was born and raised in lebanon. so to express this special relationship with my country i wanted to shoot and show intimate moments, for example when my grandma is cooking. if you would like to visit the country, first of all, don't forget to try all the lebanese food, because lebanese cuisine is extremely fabulous. second of all, don't be scared to interact with lebanese people, because lebanese people are really friendly. my videos are dynamic, first, i like to use my camera like a third hand, almost. when i'm shooting. i move a lot. i look for people, faces, architecture. and don't forget, if you have a favourite travel moment you want to share with us and the rest of the world, and don't forget, if you have a favourite trave

to the slovakia was supposed to supply egypt with two hundred aircraft. carrying six.thousand calories it was something fabulous. in november one thousand nine hundred fifty five angry and began a second term as israel's prime minister. at the top of his agenda was how to respond to the growing strength of egypt now armed to the teeth. eight months later the opportunity came. when nasa announced the nationalisation of the suez canal. a decision that outraged the british and french the owners of the international canal company. this is a matter of life and death to us all. our quarrel is not with it still less with the out of work. it is with colonel not. that he's not trusted. under green. britain and france were convinced that military intervention would be needed to recapture the canal. and bring down the upstart. but to pretext was needed. fun to say i lease a beano was it a credit a thought a high end to a sort of eighty to call my own car i mean more sad i thought home with very up. the whole other s.s. enormous cloak room in a plane and what i mean by the how to

we expect to extend that to slovakia and croatia, and we will continue to have a moderate growth profilethe netherlands. these are be our sources of growth. we're also taking over operation of the large gas field off ireland, and we will have a modest step up in our ownership interest in that field as well. there's a lot of sources for growth for us in europe. these are the ones i am speaking for organically. there's always the potential for acquisitions. we've had a good record in that historically. can't predict when they would occur, but we are in a sufficient number of markets in europe that i think we can continue to expand that franchise, consolidate the industry, and continue this very rapid growth we've had over the last couple of decades in europe. alix: that was anthony marino, vermilion ceo. here is what is on my commodity radar next week. sandridge's annual meeting. carl icahn owns 13% of shares, the largest shareholder. what winds up happening with his activist investment? later in the week, we have edf coming out with its latest methane omissions report. they are one of the

heart of an emerging and newly influential hardline bloc in the european union the leaders of poland slovakia the czech republic come from a similar political viewpoint while it's lee's new government is also right wing crucially in germany chancellor angela merkel is under pressure from elements within her own coalition to agree to strict to e.u. wide policies on migration is raising questions about whether they could be a split within the union between those who want to maintain the current system and those calling for borders to be closed domini cain has more from berlin. friday's a day in which president donald tusk of the european council is going to try to put his message across regarding the e.u. summit that will take place in brussels at the end of next week speaking to the chancellor of stress of us and courts but also to the prime minister of hungary viktor autobahn both these people both these men are people who don't share the point of view that the larger e.u. countries certainly germany and france have regarding a solution to the immigration crisis certainly in hungary the view

and there's a surprise line—up in the men's final — slovakia's lukas lacko, who's ranked 94th in thewill face germany mischa zverev — lacko beating italy's marco cecchinato in straight sets in the semis. british golfer bronte law is four shots off the pace at the half—way stage of the women's pga championship in illinois — she's in a pack on two—under—par, chasing the co—leaders ryu so—yeon, park sung—hyun and brooke henderson. in that group with law is the american angel yin, who pulled off the shot of the day. she had to take off her shoes and socks. she played it from the bank and hope to get it near. but that was for birdie. now time for this week's edition of click. can artificial intelligence out diagnose a doctor? can a phone bring a giraffe to life? and can this robot make thisjump? britain's national health service turns 70 this week, and it is struggling to keep up with the modern world. an increasing population who are living longer and who have evolving health—care needs has led to not enough hospital beds, not enough access to specialised treatment, not enough nurses, an

emerging and newly influential hardline right wing bloc in the european union leaders of poland slovakia and the czech republic come from a similar political viewpoint as lee's new government is also right wing crucially in germany chancellor angela merkel is under pressure from elements within her own coalition to agree to stricter eview wide policies on migration and that's raising questions about whether there could be a split within the union between those who want to maintain the current system and those calling for borders to be closed dominant cain is in berlin with more. the meetings of donald tusk with leaders of austria and hungary are an attempt by the european union institutions and their leadership to get a sense of the view from what some people might consider on the immigration crisis side anyway to be the e.u. countries or quit squad the ones who don't fit in with the plans that i'm going to merkel of germany and emmanuel mccann of france have to resolve the immigration situation across as in a pan e.u. sort of way let's be clear here mr tosk is speaking to people who hav

best solution but then let's look at these ones in other colors italy the czech republic poland slovakia hungary they want measures put in place to deter migration at the transit countries down on the other side of the mediterranean in libya and now obviously these are just some of the countries in europe but you can see there is a definite geographic split there so let's talk more about this with julia in brussels a senior analyst on e.u. migration and asylum policies at the open society european policy institute it is nice to have you with us julia this is trying to find any sort of consensus in europe at the best of times is difficult to spot the name of european union would you hold out any hope for this meeting on thursday to actually come up with something remotely concrete. well i think both the divisions and the crisis migration refugee crisis are overblown on the one hand if you look at the actual numbers of people reaching europe i mean we've had forty five thousand irregular arrivals across the mediterranean this year that's the total for the whole of europe at forty five thou

right now you appear to be backing the visegrad countries, that is, of course, the czech republic, slovakiause burden sharing, the european commission says they're violating the norms of the european union, and you appear to be backing them. if i ma elaborate here a little further, because it is what we have said and what chancellor sebastian kurz has pointed out, when you want to tackle the issue of illegal migration, and i really would like to highlight illegal, because you are simply speaking about migration. we have various ways of legal migration coming to austria. we have taken up a high number of political asylum seekers, not only over the last years, but it's a tradition in austria ever since 1956, we do it in 1968 during the prague spring, etcetera, but we are saying we do not believe that a simple distribution of people who have come from which ever parts can be redistributed according to a quota system and this is the magic bullet, the silver bullet solution, that, we say... chancellor kurz. .. ..that you have to think in a border way. yeah. chancellor kurz is, of course, very aw

member states are bound to be met with contradiction agree the czech republic slovakia and poland they outright refused to attend today's summit they said it was a power move by merkel to control their domestic political situation and then you have other countries that are refusing to take in migrants outright italy last week refused a migrant vessel that was forced to land in spain while just a couple days ago malta also refused another migrant vessel and you know these actions they're not going on notice to e.u. leaders like emanuel macron i'm in favor of having mechanisms that take this into account we cannot have gum trees that massively benefit from e.u. so the dead and who massively claim their national selfishness when it comes to the topic of migration now at the conclusion of the summit merkel said the e.u. needs to focus on their agreement with turkey as a framework for agreements with other migrant origin countries but let's not forget how much this cost the e.u. that was three billion euros this sternly still a lot at stake for merkel because she actually just had a politic

sandbags those three countries that could be thrown away could it come to that hungary czech republic slovakia and poland the. countries are members of the european union and the view of the members of the european union even more and this central europe in the region is currently the growth and of the european union are a growth rate is much higher than the european average everybody speaks about the german french cooperation when it comes to the issue of european competitiveness and bob if you look at the figures you will see that the trade between germany and division growth countries is fifty five percent higher than the trade annually between germany and france which shows that the economy cooperation between germany and sense europe is extremely strong and central europe became kind of a backyard for the german industry which has all these been and which will always be i guess the bone of the european economy so actually the strong central europe is the interest of the european union because a strong central europe can contribute to european union being stronger as well that's why we we.

seven eastern european countries bossed yeah bulgaria the czech republic hungary poland serbia and slovakia in western europe there are less prominent and part of the government of only two countries as a junior coalition partner in austria and. part of the swiss federal council in switzerland in scandinavia they have one increasing shares of the vote in denmark and sweden and they're represented in the governments of finland and norway populists parties in southern europe tend to be more leftist dissent he singled out greece where the series the party is in power daniel i know you've written extensively about this europe's sloppiness parties and white wing as a chairing the the new italian government. you know can the e.u. so vive this rise of populism well that is the big question and i think it will survive in the end but to be a tough crowd by the way it is a curious part of the example of having both right wing and let it be populism within one country which actually is natural in that the north part of it is quite where it all industrialized that it's more like north and europe where

number onejohanna konta is into the semi—finals of the nottingham open — she beat dalila jakupovic of slovakiaause katie boulter was beaten in the quarter finals — she won only two games against top seed ashleigh barty of australia. it was boulters first ever wta quarter final. will andy murray be fit for wimbledon? well he‘s going to make a decision on whether he plays in queen‘s this evening — he‘s been at the club playing a few practice sets with fellow brits kyle edmund and cameron norrie this afternoon. australia‘s sarah roy sprinted to victory on stage three of the women‘s tour in leamington spa. the race finishes in colwyn bay on sunday, american coryn rivera has the overall lead. and afghanistan have been thrashed by india in their first ever test match. they were bowled out for 109 and 103 on day two to slip to defeat by an innings and 262 runs. it‘s only the fourth time in test history a team has been bowled out twice in a day. the holy moscow. anas aremayaw anas thank you very much, cat. —— thank you very much. just remarking on all the these vans or congre getting in the these vans

these thought roid hormones were paid for by bank transfer to an account in slovakia and dispatched from poland. even do need to feel used for rapid weight loss and fatal at four times the recommended dose ordered from a website based in panama it was dispatched from the u.k. . even more amazing is this molecule sent from china known as f g four five one two pharmaceutical abar trees are still testing its effectiveness against certain forms of anemia so does around four hundred euros a gram one month course of treatment for elite athletes would cost almost three thousand euro news. these products a proof of worldwide trafficking a parallel market with the barra trees websites and deal is spread out all over the world a global market which athletes willingly use. anybody knew the priest or your mom but you don't go all of it an admitted you nestle now to keep up with. the birds that. you know that on a computer or so you would do best with when you don't show me all species on to my new computer or was it is almost sophisticated yet because of the pull you must go . on to be me some you k

greatest freeze lie to the east poland hungary the czech republic and slovakia. group.they refused to accept migrants. and refugee camps outside the e.u. . read least all agree on securing the european union's perry and strengthening the border protection agency for one takes. continues but time is running out. making headlines around the world in the united states supreme court justice anthony kennedy says that he plans to retire after three decades on the court the eighty one year old is a conservative but he's often sided with liberal justices on issues such as abortion rights the move gives president trump of chance to cement conservative control of the high court when he nominates a new justice deadly. the region and its main city. say that dozens of civilians have been killed since the offensive began a week ago with up to fifty thousand people uprooted by the. the government in south sudan has agreed to a permanent ceasefire with the country's president salva kiir signed the peace agreement days of talks in. the capital of neighboring sudan it could bring an end