and how our high-tech sector is working. [ applause ] i would like the world to see what those unescoat a lot of people in this crowd saw. our roots and our history and our holy sites on one side and the connectivity to the future and making a better world for the benefit of all people from all over the world. this is something we'd like to showcase and share jerusalem with the world. [ applause ] >> that brings me really to the last question i have to ask you. fairly briefly. you know, the traditional gift for a 50th anniversary is gold. of course, jerusalem is known as jerusalem of gold. so on the golden anniversary of the city's reunification, michael, let's start with you, what wish do you have for the city's future? >> i think jerusalem should be viewed by the people of the middle east and not only by the people of the middle east as an example of what can be done. not what can't be done. you know, whether i'm conducting diplomacy in the prime minister's office or representing my party, i'm reminded of the fact i'm a two-hour drive from isis. i'm four or five-hour drive from the

the lakes and questioned our unesco world heritage sites -- in question are unesco world heritage sitesank you for that. time now for the press review. with the papers are saying today. turkish citizens living abroad have started voting in a controversial referendum on constitutional change. >> it's going to be a really tight race according to pollsters. pollsters say it is the -- and not -- net and neck -- neck and neck. genie: french guiana is an overseas territory in south america calling for a massive general strike. >> we rarely talk about french guiana. let's start with a local paper. they are talking about the power struggle taking place with this strike. interestingery article which sums things up. for weeks now locals have been protesting against a variety of issues. insecurity, a struggling local economy, rising poverty. unemployment is 22%. the population is fed up and that's why they are striking today. genie: many papers are torn over the root causes. >> let's take a look at the communist paper. they say french guiana has become a powder keg because the territory feels comp

but the unesco site of palmyra is now back in syrian government hands and there is less damage to the ruins, the jihadists first took control of the area in 2015 and after being pushed out they came back again late last year. while syrian forces were focused on fighting rebels in the northern city of aleppo. this is the second time the government has cleared palmyra of the militants. speaking today a russian military officers said the effort was being supported by the russian air. translation: over one point five monthly syrian troops ove rca m e point five monthly syrian troops overcame substantial resistance from the terrorists stashed over one and a half months. 0n the 2nd of march they took control of palmyra. a half months. 0n the 2nd of march they took control of palmyram a half months. 0n the 2nd of march they took control of palmyra. it was feared that the ruins had suffered further destruction after drones and satellite imagery seems to show further damage whilst it was under the militants control. but today syria's antiquities chief said there was less damage than archaeolog

i would like the world to see what those unesco ambassadors saw.a lot of the people in this crowd saw. our reach, our history, our holy sites and the connectivity to the future and making a better world for the end of all people from all over the world. this is something we would like to showcase and share with the rest of the world. >> that brings me to the last question i have to ask you. gift for our 50th anniversary is gold. jerusalem is known as jerusalem of gold. anniversary ofn the city's reunification, michael let's start with you. what wish to have for the city's future? michael: i think jerusalem should be viewed by the people of the middle east and not only by the people of the middle east, as an example of what can be done. not what cannot you don't. whether i am conducting prime -- diplomacy and the prime minister's office and representing the london party or knesset, i am always reminded by the fact that i am basically a two-hour drive from isis. a 4 hour drive from the civil war in a half drive from gaza. and yet, here we are in this

the city is still listed as a unesco cultural heritage site and it is still an ivory coast resort. >> only a question of time before the beaches are packed again. >> you have a story of a sports come back. brent: an extraordinary result in the champions league on wednesday. barcelona was trailing for now -- 4-0, but they scored three goals in the last few minutes. no team had overturned a four deficit in the knockout time. >> many had written barcelona off after the second leg of paris esaint german, but not the fans. >> this victory is dedicated to all the barca fans. we have one a lot, but we also show that we know how to lose. especially me. >> barcelona fans were keen to rub it in. neymar inspired a flurry of goals. visitors psg were frustrated. >> the referee had some difficult decisions to make. they could have benefited us. it is clear that the decisions went their way, and not ours. also, we should have played better in key moments of the match. >> as the city of, there may have been some unexpected consequences. >> i advised the hospitals to hire nurses because a lot of light

serbia also fought kosovo's membership in unesco. ultimately a self-defeating act because among kosovo's most cherished historical institutions are its 13th century serbian orthodox churches. kosovo did not get into unesco, it failed by three votes, and again the serbian interruption played a major role in preventing them from getting into unesco. the united states fought to have kosovo into unesco but ultimately again lost by three votes. kosovo and serbia have sat down across the fwoshting table in talks facilitated by the european union. those talks showed some progress, they resulted in an agreement calling for normalization. i even nominated at that time the prime ministers of kosovo and serbia, along with the e.u.'s former foreign policy head, bare -- the bare ness, for the noble peace prize. unfortunately today i question these successes. what kind of normalization involves stoking tensions among a neighbor's minority population and standing in the way of international integration? that's what serbia is doing to kosovo. and it

with its anti-israel, anti-semitic agenda most notably at bodies like unesco, unhrc and everywhere. all of these clearly exhibit the double standards. condemning israel based on faulty or illegitimate claims while ignoring the very real problems of other member states. israel is repeatedly and singularly isolated, targeted, and demonized. of course there is no other nation that is subject to the efforts of delegitimatization tore its existence like israel. -- or its existence like israel. what do we need to do? we have to look around what agencies are doing. the efforts at unesco to erase jewish historical and cultural ties to their ancient homeland, jerusalem, have been appalling. the move by the human rights council to establish a blacklist to target individuals and entities that do business with israel. legitimatizing the boycott divestment and sanctions movement, b.d.s. and the efforts to take israel to the international criminal court or to force israel to agree to one-sided peace plan. these all reach the height of delegitimatization. and all of this is taking place at the uni

it's registered a as a unesco world heritage site. the government's fight against the group is complicated by continued resistance from syria's opposition forces. >>> russia's deputy prime minister has indicated his country is ready to go it alone if there are no breakthroughs with talks with japan on joint economic activity on four russian-held islands. the presidential envoy to the far east told local media in a russia won't long because it can develop the northern territories without japan's cooperation. russian president vladimir putin and prime minister shinzo abe agreed to begin negotiations, the talks are to begin on march 18 in tokyo. >>> the envoy revealed that russia may designate the area as a special economic zone. russia intends to call on china and south korea for investment. japan says it will never accept such a plan. earlier he had indicated that russia would postpone the special economic zonee project, in light of the summit meeting. russia controls the four islands, japan claims them. the japanese government maintai

through which they battled to reach the unesco world heritage site.y the syrian government shows heavy shelling across an almost deserted city. i was fighters have now fled. translation: counter terrorism operations will continue until the last of our territory is liberated from the hands of these foreign terror organisations which are wreaking havoc. in switzerland, a decline to congratulate the president in retaking the city. translation: this is the second time we have seen this handover and it is being used for political reasons. it is like watching tom and jerry. the historic city has changed hands several times during the six—year civil war. i held the ruins for ten months after seizing them for the first time in may 2015. it do at temples and destroyed burial towers. the militants were forced out in march 2016, which was celebrated by bringing an orchestra to the site where the militants once staged beheadings. pro—government forces would focus on a battle for aleppo and militants retook control. these we re and militants retook control. these

for weeks they've battled through the desert to reach the unesco world heritage site.ernment shows heavy shelling across an almost deserted city. is fighters have now fled. until the last of our territory is liberated from the hands of these foreign terrorist organisations which are wreaking havoc in our country. but the syrian opposition, in switzerland for peace talks, declined to congratulate president assad on retaking the city. translation: this is the second time that we have seen this handover and this is obviously being used for political reasons. if we want to follow the game of assad and palmyra, it will be like watching tom and jerry. the historic city of palmyra has changed hands several times during syria's six—year civil war. is held the ruins for ten months after seizing them for the first time in may 2015. it blew up temples and destroyed burial towers. the militants were forced out in march 2016 — russia celebrated by bringing an orchestra to the amphitheatre where the militants once staged beheadings. but by december, is had retaken control as pro—gov

but the unesco site of palmyra is now back in syrian government hands and there's less damage to its cover government forces drove out is militants from the ancient ruins. the jihadist first took control of palmyra in late 2015 and after being pushed out they came back again late last year while syrian forces were focused on fighting rebels in the northern city of aleppo. this is the second time the government has cleared palmyra of the militants. speaking today, a russian military officer said that the effort was being supported by the russian air force. translation: over 1.5 months the syrian government troops in self—defence units overcame substantial resistance from the terrorists and pushed ahead. on the second of march they took full control over palmyra. it was feared that the ancient ruins had suffered further destruction after drones and satellite imagery seemed to show further damage while it was under the militants' further damage while it was under the milita nts' control. further damage while it was under the militants' control. but today syria's antiquities chief told r

for weeks they've battled through the desert to reach the unesco world heritage site.leased by the syrian government shows heavy shelling across an almost deserted city. is fighters have now fled. translation: counter-terrorism operations will continue until the last of our territory is liberated from the hands of these foreign terrorist organisations which are wreaking havoc in our country. but the syrian opposition, in switzerland for peace talks, declined to congratulate president assad on retaking the city. translation: this is the second time that we have seen this handover and this is obviously being used for political reasons. if we want to follow the game of assad and palmyra, it will be like watching tom and jerry. the historic city of palmyra has changed hands several times during syria's six—year civil war. is held the ruins for ten months after seizing them for the first time in may 2015. it blew up temples and destroyed burial towers. the militants were forced out in march 2016 — russia celebrated by bringing an orchestra to the amphitheatre where the mili

the syrian army and allied militias drove the group out of the unesco world heritage site on thursdayicials said that he had seen serious damage to the tetra part low,. 0nly that he had seen serious damage to the tetra part low,. only four of the tetra part low,. only four of the 16 columns are still standing there and it is the second time that there and it is the second time that the city had been recaptured from the city had been recaptured from the militants in the course of the six years syrian war. plenty more on all our main stories on our website with analysis correspondence around the world. —— from our correspondents around the world. good morning. saturday was a day of mixed fortunes. sunny for some, wet for others. let's have a look at some of the weather watcher pictures that we have to illustrate the point. a pretty miserable day across parts of aberdeenshire. the rain relentless all day. further south, some lovely spring sunshine and warmth to go with it. highs of 13 degrees close to london. yes, it was beautiful here, but the rain continued with over an inch across par

treaty call td the unesco international is convention ghent doping in sport. this treaty was ratified in record time by 183 states out of 195. we've established lasting relationships with world customs organizations and our relationships with the pharmaceutical companies such as pfizer, roach, smith and cline. the past with two years have placed the agency dm unchartered waters. the doping conspiracy in russia has -- forced a global -- they have listened to a series of proposals made by stake holders in the wake of the russian doping conspiracy. the board as you know is comprised of representatives from the sport movement and from governments. our board in its november meeting took action on a set of recommendations that we believe both enhanced the role an capacity to help foster clean sport and to help protect the rights of clean athletes worldwide. we're moving forward in three main priorities. one, to enhance investigations and intelligence gathering capacity. this work has already begun with the rival of our new chief investigative officer, whose team wil

treaty called the unesco international convention against doping in sport. this treaty was ratified in record time by 183 states of 195. relationships are also crucial as a small organization. for example, we've established lasting relationships with world customs organizations and our relationships with the pharmaceutical companies such as pfizer, roche, glaxosmithkline are very helpful in terms of our research initiatives. while wada has come a long way in its inception, the past two years have placed the agency in unchartered waters. the agency and the broader anti-doping community. the widespread anti-doping or doping conspiracy in russia as described in the panel report and subsequent mclaren report funded and sponsored by wada forced a global period of reflection on how better to fight doping in sport. wada has listened to a series of proposals made by a stake holders in the wake of the russian doping conspiracy. wada's board, as you know, is compromised of representatives from the sport movement, and from governments. our board in its november meeting