respective parliaments to change the name of that independent state to the north from the former yugoslav republic of macedonia to the republic of north macedonia. great opposition on both sides of the border let's just listen in to what the prime ministers have to say. if you. actually mean the. minimum of. up as the man. you become a celebrity special good maybe shift this is good for us because ben ferguson right now dollar is this period for the past twenty five years is that. ladies and gentlemen this is. making here today. at a late press. shared by three. for our own neurons with a history. you are at a point with me. music has been crossed in the course of time and man. strays when there's a new loser's trialling front sense and tragic heroes as secure tears in the passage you think. this is not. a song nullus stories and images handed over to us by the great narrators the great storytellers of human history and here we are here. and now to come face to face to the with the weight of our own historic responsibility to address all peoples first and foremost. and also our address ourselves t

after a 27—year deadlock with greece, the former yugoslav republic will now be known as the republice aims to distinguish the country from the greek province of the same name. caroline rigby reports. it is a dispute that has fuelled protest and divided opinion for decades. what to call this tiny country to the north of greece. but, after almost 30 years of talks, agreement. the balkan state known as the former yugoslav republic of macedonia will now be called the republic of north macedonia. the two balkan countries have been at loggerheads ever since the breakup of yugoslavia in the early 1990s. greece insists the name macedonia belongs to its northern region, rather than its neighbour, shown here on the map. it feared the yugoslav republic could have territorial ambitions, and athens was further angered when it laid claim to ancient greek figures such as alexander the great, naming its airport and motorway after the warrior king, though they were both renamed earlier this year. translation: they've agreed to change their constitutional name for all purposes. in the agreement that w

these two countries have now resolved a dispute that has been blocking the former yugoslav republic fromoining nato and applying for e.u. membership. this evening the macedonian prime minister announced that from now on his country would be known as the republic of north macedonia. his counterpart in athens presented the deal to greece's president. athens had long objecteded to te naname macedonia because it is also t name of a a greek province. greece is now expected t to drop its -- becoming a nato member and beginning the process of joining the eu. we got this reaction from one member who was happy to abandon the cumbersome former yugoslav republic of macedonia. >> i think it is really great that we do not have to use this word, or this name anymore.. and i'm really glad that after years of discussions, they were reasonable enough to find a compromise. sarah: french president emmanuel macron has denounced italy's refusal to take in more than 600 migrants stranded aboard a rescue ship in the mediterranean. president macron accused the italian government of quote, cynicism, and said it

macedonia these two countries have now resolved a dispute that has been blocking the former yugoslav republic from joining nato and applying for a u. membership this evening the macedonian prime minister announced that from now on his country would be known as the republic of north macedonia his counterpart in athens alexis tsipras presented the deal to greece's president athens have long objected to the name macedonia because it is also the name of a greek province greece is now expected to drop its opposition to north macedonia becoming a nato member and beginning the process of joining the e.u. . the french president emmanuel mccrone has denounced italy's refusal to take in more than six hundred migrants stranded aboard a rescue ship in the mediterranean president mccrone accuse the italian government of quote cynicism and said that it had an obligation under international law italy has sent ships to help the transport of migrants to spain which has offered them refuge the french island of corsica has also offered to take the men. after more than two days of the talk at sea the six hundred

the balkan state known as the former yugoslav republic of macedonia will now be called the republic of1990s. greece insists the name macedonia belongs to its northern region, rather than its neighbour, shown here on the map. it feared the yugoslav republic could have territorial ambitions and athens was further angered when it laid claim to ancient greek figures such as alexander the great, naming its airport and motorway after the warrior king, though they were both renamed earlier this year. translation: in the agreement that we reached our northern neighbours have nothing to do with the ancient greek civilisation of macedonia and cannot claim any connection to it in the future. the dispute became so bitter greece vetoed it is neighbour‘s bid tojoin nato and the european union. but that could now change. translation: we truly believe that the european council will make the decision to begin membership talks with macedonia. we believe at the nato summit injuly macedonia will be invited to have full membership as the alliance‘s 30th member. the title does still need to be approved by b

macedonia these two countries have now resolved a dispute that has been blocking the former use yugoslav republic from joining nato and applying for e.u. membership this evening macedonia's prime minister and downstream that from now on his country would be known as the republic of the north to macedonia his counterpart in athens alexis tsipras that. you'll see shortly presented the deal to greece's president athens have long objected to the name macedonia because it is also the name of a greek province greece is now expected to drop its opposition to the north macedonia becoming a nato member and beginning the process of joining the e.u. . we got this reaction from one member of the european parliament who is happy to abandon the cumbersome former yugoslav republic of macedonia. so i think it's really great that we don't have to use this this word or this name few or anymore and i'm really glad that after years of discussions the kates of discussion. was reasonable enough to find a compromise with not to know. french president emanuel lacan has denounced italy's refusal to take in more than six

receiving one of the lames from the a former yugoslav republic of macedonia as an insult to our own national heritage mysie of an ascii does macedonia have claims on more than just greek heritage or what the greeks say is their heritage you know doesn't have as some greek suspect at least every dentist claims on the greek province of macedonia and you know has the appropriation office like alexander the great. eight reinforced fia's in a region that has been primed to shift in what is. till two thousand and eight. the was no such a clean except some some statement of some nationalist but two thousand and eight till the momentum when greece blocked the. must donia to join nita in the summit there was not such a claim it's true that since two thousand and eight the nationalist go to rebellion the government of mr ski. he started the so-called process of. it means he has. built a lot of monuments of alexander the great. his whole family for me you know very teaching way destroying even if you in architecture or other of the of the capital scope yet and pretending this way that we are a part of

accord with its neighbor greece to change its name to decision opens the door for the former yugoslav republic to join the european union and nato but it is a popular with everyone. what is a decision day for on which nations will host the twenty twenty six soccer world cup as the world prepares for this year's event a joint bid from the united states canada and mexico goes up against an offering from five time bidders morocco. i'm happy and welcome to the program north korea has praised the summit between kim jong un and donald trump as a resoundingly success the north state media framed tuesday's summit as a win for pyongyang as a list of the concessions made by president trump including his pledge to end joint south korean military exercises critics are pointing to the lack of detail in the one page agreement signed by both leaders and that it contains no mention of washington's demand for a complete verifiable and irreversible decon gries ation of the north. nuclear weapons we never even discussed the other in an interview with the a.b.c. news network following the talks in singapore u.s.

our recent macedonia have resolve the dispute that's been blocking the former yugoslav republic from joining nato and applying for a u. membership a problem for greece had been macedonia as official name because it's also the name of a great province macedonia as prime minister has announced that his country will now be known as the republic of north macedonia but not everyone's happy about the name change to embattled neighbors extending their hands in peace greece and macedonia have ended a twenty seven year route over a name. to lift the. they've agreed to change their constitutional name for all uses says they've agreed to rename their country the republic of north macedonia moment the change that will apply in their international and by that are old relations as well as domestically. simply look at the these warriors with you in. greece as the new name removed any connection to the northern greek region of macedonia and the ancient kingdom ruled by alexander the great fearing territorial and cultural claims greece had long blocked macedonia's bid to join nato and the e.u. the ne

most vehemently against the the sharing of the name macedonia between greece and the former yugoslav republic of macedonia and that we expect that that protest will grow as the debate in parliament continues and if mr suppress wins the no confidence vote in parliament the next stage in the process is for the foreign ministers to effectively sign a deal which would just sign that compromise name. to greece's northern neighbor. that's right i think the government wants to use the impetus of the no confidence vote survival to then go to the border between greece and former yugoslav macedonia tomorrow sunday and the two prime ministers would initial at least initial the agreement that they have spent the last six months reaching and i think that all of that positive energy surrounding the agreement generated by the two governments would be in aid of. the northern macedonian prime minister to then go and do the difficult things that he has to do he's got to hold a referendum and he's got to pass constitutional amendments in his parliament all right for now thank you very much for this live in the

over its name nationalists on both sides say the agreement to change the name of the former yugoslav republic to northwest is a humiliating defeat. security forces in indian administered kashmir have fog bullets and tear gas at hundreds of stones throwing protesters one demonstrator has been killed and at least a dozen others injured it simply reports. the latest protests against india moon started after press to celebrate the end of ramadan and quickly spread to other towns outside the capital srinagar muslims in indian administered kashmir have been fighting indian rule for almost thirty is tens of thousands of people have been killed every day. about their own valid. and that is. what he said prosperity. separatists want indian administered kashmir to be united with pakistan or gain independence but many kashmiris also say they want the opportunity to live a peaceful life. for the entire world this is a day of happiness but for the people of kashmir there is gloom everywhere there's mourning people are crying they feel helpless we've been left on our own. sentiments echoed by thousands of

going on for twenty eight twenty seven years it's very emotional in what is still the former yugoslav republic of macedonia it is about their sense of nationality their sense of identity in especially north and greece which is also called mustard on the people there also would like to still feel must don't incent use the name must donia right now based on this agreement the idea is that it opens the way for the country still formally called former yugoslav republic must don't assume to be called republic of north must donya to enter nato and prospectively the e.u. and presumably that's going to be very good for the overall security architecture of the balkans and also for deepening nomic relations between the two countries and yet nationalist. on both sides are not interested can they be won over do you think i think it's very difficult for them to be worn over i'm not going to lie to you or even me personally would find it quite difficult to use the term northwest dony or as the agreement stipulates very nationality and citizenship is going to be mustered only i think many greeks will find it

greece tonight as well which is that there should be no use of the word macedonia by the former yugoslav republic of macedonia but that country should choose an entirely different identity and therefore these people reject the basis of the ongoing negotiations which started in january and that basis was that they would be a composite name one that included the good macedonia but also a qualifier such as you will all north and the location of pella is significant because this is where the ancient macedonian kings had their capital this is where the palace is this is where alexander said how from to conquer asia it is here that excavations uncovering a vast four hundred hectares city that represented the glory of the wealth of the engine macedonian kings and the greeks believe that that kingdom is the cultural inheritance their historical right they do not believe that there is any basis any legitimacy for anyone else claiming that heritage or asking to share it with them the people north of here they say are ethnically different they speak a different language they speak a slavic language the anci

government is facing a no confidence vote ever deal to solve a decades old dispute with the former yugoslav republic of macedonia prime minister alexis tsipras cools the agreement an historic victory for greece under the deal greece's neighbor would change its name to the republic of northwest but nationalists on both sides see it as a humiliating defeat government leaders and opposition activists in the colorado have agreed to allow an international investigation into the killing of at least one hundred seventy people during two months of protests the catholic church is mediating and wants president danielle otaiba to call the elections more tools to do on saturday donald trump is describing the decision to daly's former campaign manager as tough and dumb fat a judge over the detention of manifold and until his trial in september prosecutors accuse him of trying to tamper with witnesses in the investigation into russian meddling in trump's election. and the u.s. president is trying to distance himself from attorney michael cohen he's facing an f.b.i. investigation into his business dealings donald

meanwhile in other news greece and macedonia have resolved a dispute that's been blocking the former yugoslav republic from joining nato and applying for membership while that problem was macedonia's name a few moments ago macedonia prime ministers are on ziad announced that his country would henceforth be known as the republic of north macedonia while athens has long objected to the name macedonia because it is also the name of a greek province i want to bring up to speed now with some of the other headlines there from around the world. at least twelve people including two were hundred muslims have been killed in southeast bangladesh after heavy rains triggered landslides international aid agencies are warning there is a risk of waterborne diseases that will break out in the makeshift camps they house nearly a million were hinges who have fled the military crackdown in neighboring me and are. in volgograd russia living people were killed when the boat that they were on crashed into a tugboat please the excursion vessel was not registered with authorities and that it's captain appear to be drug well g

macedonia have signed an historic accord to resolve a dispute over the naming of the former yugoslav republic under the agreement athens now officially recognizes its neighbor as the republic of north and macedonia however many greeks have been protesting the name change. one hundred was thousands of people gathered in the greek capital calling for the deal between the two countries to be counselled of the new name northern that macedonia has caused widespread anger in greece as it sounds too similar to the greek province of macedonia was decided upon as a compromise with things which has for years refused to recognize the name republican macedonia was and the programmer towns in just a moment. i can imagine. i don't know i wasn't there but i can imagine russia defending its national interests in a way that doesn't help the hawks in the united states but couldn't has this image of such hard. and i would blame him for not caring about american public opinion even more because it seems like no matter what he does there's an unfair response number less what i'm saying is it's gotten very persona

are largely on the defensive on account of this treaty with northern macedonia all the former yugoslav republic of macedonia as it is currently in the reasons firstly that it recognizes a macedonian nationality this comes awfully close opponents of the agreement say to recognizing a master in ethnicity which greece is spent the last quarter of a century denying exists that is a fake identity the greeks say there is no separate macedonian race which would imply that it hails from the ancient macedonians the kingdom of alexander the great that they say is a part of greek heritage it belongs to the north of greece and it cannot be used by a neighboring culture which is a slow culture a later arrival into the balkans however that is now embedded in article two of this treaty which says that the nationality. the second party shall be macedonian slash citizen of the republic of north macedonia once that's been given away it's been recognized by the greek state it's a revocable article two also also promises that greece will invite the former yugoslav macedonia to join nato next month for the nato sum

is facing a vote of no confidence over a deal to solve a decades old dispute with the former yugoslav republic of macedonia the foreign ministers are expected to meet on the border region to sign that agreement on sunday under the deal macedonia would change its name to the republic of north macedonia but nationalists on both sides see it as a humiliating defeat for. more than six hundred migrants have been stranded at sea of all the aquarius for over a week after italy and multiple fused to accept them now the aquarius to attorney in brussels are due to sail into the spanish port city of valencia this least an oil of a safe harbor led to an international cry earlier this week following events force in berlin through his car panel our correspondent waiting for the ship to arrive how were the spanish preparing for its arrival call. well there have been a lot of preparations going on as you can imagine both relief organization level and government level and in the last couple of hours we have heard from the spanish government that they've been talking to their french counterparts and that france

everything after more than twenty five years or frankly with greece the prime minister of the former yugoslav republic of macedonia announces a snappier new name for his country stay with us to hear what it is. out of this world after alex gives a news conference from the international space station germany's alexander garish tell deno beginnings how his body remembered all the right moves from his previous visit to the i s s. and as the world prepares for the start of this year's football world cup the hosts for the twenty twenty six tournament are being chosen a joint bid from the. united states canada and mexico goes out the peg and under guard law rocker we have a preview of wednesday's focus. on little iraq it's great to have you along everyone they came they shook hands they made history and now the hard part begins donald trump and kim jong un wrapped up their unprecedented summit in singapore with a joint declaration pledging to denuclearize the korean peninsula but the document doesn't specify a timeline or a deadline for pyongyang to get rid of nuclear weapons north korea's human rights reco

macedonia have signed an historic a court to resolve the dispute over the naming of the former yugoslav republic under the agreement athens now officially recognizes its neighbor as the republic of northern macedonia however many greeks have been protesting the name change thank you was. it was the people gathered in the greek capital calling for the deal between the two countries to be cancelled the new name northern macedonia has caused widespread anger in greece as it sounds too similar to the greek province of macedonia was decided upon as a compromise with athens which has for years refused to recognize the name republic of macedonia was a quarter past here in moscow we're back in just a moment. i think. russia took a real blow to its sense of self during thirty yeltsin years i remember even six years ago when i first came here people kept apologizing to me for help terrible everything was that this wasn't like america and for people to be ashamed of their country was so different and now i don't really see that i see people are more proud of their country and i think putting his years stal

included children and the elderly ended with rights the government has agreed to allow the former yugoslav republic of macedonia to call itself northern macedonia but that's not what the opposition finds most dangerous our main objections not the about them the name it's about the macedonian language in the dunny a nationality that it's been recognized by this name. and this is not an acceptable from the for the greek people it's something that nobody in the past has been there except that there is no much the language and there is no much the nation the government says the agreement recognizes only a macedonian nationality not an ethnicity haling back her legs under the great but people here feel the finer points of law won't be respected in pathnames can much matter when these macedonians travel abroad are they really going to introduce themselves saying i'm in macedonia and of slavic background and my language is slavic and i really have nothing to do with alexander the great these things a difficulty guarantee why didn't they pick another name like america for example with greece lifting its ve

the dernier have signed a historic accord to resolve disputes over the naming of the former yugoslav republic under the agreement athens now officially recognizes its neighbor as the republic of northern macedonia however many greeks have been protesting the name change. in the. thousands of people gathered in the greek capital calling for the deal between the two countries to be cancelled the new name northern macedonia has caused widespread anger in greece as it sounds too similar to the greek province of macedonia it was decided upon as a compromise with things which are still here is to refuse to recognize the main republic of macedonia. more stories coming up after this short break stay with us. to. join me every thursday on the all like simon show and i'll be speaking to guests of the world of politics sports business i'm show business i'll see you then. for a world cup twenty eight team coverage we've signed one of the greatest goalkeepers of all time but there was one more question by the way it's going to be our coach. guys i know you are nervous he's a huge star among us and the hug

are largely on the defensive on account of this treaty with northern macedonia or the former yugoslav republic of macedonia as it is currently in the reasons firstly that it recognizes a macedonian nationality this comes awfully close opponents of the agreement say to recognizing a master in ethnicity which greece is spent the last quarter of a century denying exists that is a fake identity the greeks say there is no separate macedonian race which would imply that it hails from the ancient macedonians the kingdom of alexander the great that they say is a part of greek heritage it belongs to the north of greece and it cannot be used by a neighboring culture which is a slow culture a later arrival into the balkans however that is now embedded in article two of this treaty which says that the nationality of the second party shall be me. slash citizen of the republic of north macedonia once that's been given the way it's been recognized by the greek state it's a revocable article two also also promises that greece will invite the former yugoslav macedonia to join nato next month for the nato summi

included children and the elderly ended with rights the government has agreed to allow the former yugoslav republic of macedonia to call itself northern macedonia but that's not what the opposition finds most dangerous our main objection is not that about the name it's about the macedonian language and the macedonian nationality that it's been recognized by this name. and this stuff and then acceptable from the flow from the greek people is something that nobody in the past has had there except that there is no muslim language and there's no much them and. nation the government says the agreement recognizes only a macedonian nationality not an ethnicity haling back to xander the great but people here feel the finer points of law won't be respected in pathnames mccanless my views methadone ians travel abroad are they really going to introduce themselves saying i'm in macedonia and a slavic background and my language is topic and i really have nothing to do with alexander the great these things the difficulty guarantee why didn't they pick another name like america for example with greece lifting its

macedonia these two countries have now resolved a dispute that has been blocking the former yugoslav republic from joining nato and applying for a new membership the problem was macedonia's name that the macedonian prime minister announced that from now on his country would be known as the republic of north macedonia his counterpart in athens meanwhile alexis tsipras presented the deal to greece's president athens has long objected to the name macedonia because it also has that name for a greek province greece is now expected to drop its opposition to north macedonia becoming a nato member and beginning the process of joining the e.u. for. more let's bring in journalist anthony. who is standing by in the greek capital athens for us welcome to you we know that these two countries they have spent a quarter of essentially a century essentially wrangling over this what is so special about the name macedonia. well for greeks it is an integral part of their history and they have long believed and claimed that their neighbor states claim or usage of the name harbors territorial aspirations on the no

the un officially calls it the former yugoslav republic of macedonia.d, though it seems the name—calling between these two european nations is set to continue. robert plant, bbc news. stay with us on the briefing. also on the programme: central asian antelopes have survived since the ice age but now they're facing extinction. we join the scientists trying to save them. the day the british liberated the falklands, and by tonight, british troops had begun the task of disarming the enemy. in the heart of the west german capital, this was gorbymania at its height. the crowd packed to see the man who, for them, has raised great hopes for an end for the division of europe. michaeljackson was not guilty on all charges, the screams of the crowd testament to his popularity and their faith in his innocence. as long as they'll pay to go see me, i'll get out there and kick 'em down the hill. what does it feel like to be the first man to go across the channel by your own power? it's pretty neat. feels marvellous, really. you're watching the briefing. our headlines:

over its name nationalist song both sides say the agreement to change the name of the forward yugoslav republic of macedonia to north macedonia is a humiliating defeat. retaliation of the double trouble the twenty five percent of trade tariffs on fifty billion dollars worth of chinese imports the chinese government leaders accuse the us president of provoking a trade war. government leaders and opposition activists in nicaragua have agreed to allow an international investigation into the killing of at least one hundred seventy people during two months of protests the catholic church is mediating and wants president daniel ortega to call early elections after more than a week stranded at sea six hundred twenty nine my gran's all due to sail into the spanish port of valencia they're on board of the charity ship aquarius and two italian vessels the refusal by italy's government to accept them a few days ago caused an international outcry and egyptians are facing a fifty percent rise in the price of petrol and cooking gas as well as higher taxi fares the oil ministry says the increases are part of

great airport we're also looking at the alexander the great highway that leads from the former yugoslav republic of macedonia towards greece that's going to be called the freedom highway these changes have yet to be made so lots of hurdles really for the macedonian politicians especially for prime minister is there because his president doesn't agree with him on quite a lot of these issues. no he certainly doesn't but the prime minister is the one who holds the power in the country of course the president south of oliver said that he would use his veto to try and block that whether he will be able to have a full success or not but he will have the support of hardliners in that in that respect he will have a lot of support and of course there is this sense that what is really being done his undoing really decades of work of fallout from the cold war and also just from the the situation that has been occurring in the balkans as well so really a loss of of of decades really of work to be rolled back there but of course we'll continue to follow events with you at that press person you're going to ge

will now be known as the republic of north macedonia decision opens the door for the former yugoslav republic to join the e.u. and nato but not everyone is happy about the name change. two embattled neighbors extending their hands in peace greece and macedonia have ended a twenty seven year rout over a name. they've agreed to change their constitutional name for all uses they've agreed to rename their country the republic of north macedonia change that will apply in their international and by relations. domestically. the. greece says the new name removed any connection to the northern greek region of macedonia and the ancient kingdom ruled by alexander the great fearing territorial and cultural claims greece had long blocked macedonia's bid to join nato and the e.u. the new name means that greece should lift that veto on macedonia as prime minister urged voters to support the deal in a referendum later this year. all citizens to seize the future twenty five years of being stuck is enough. many generations have been lost macedonia must go forward with the worst. of the same quality of life. bu

but it declared independence in one nine hundred ninety one and it became known as the former yugoslav republic of macedonia but that angered greeks because there's another macedonia it's a province in northern greece and the capital of that province is the salon a key the greeks were concerned about preserving the legacy of the famous macedonian command alexander the great the dispute escalated aftermath of dania name does airport in the capital scope way and a major highway after alexander and he was actually born in macedonia and a whole generation of macedonian children had been taught that he was their hero and greases responded by vetoing macedonia's attempts to join nato and the e.u. but in an attempt to resolve this problem greece has now offered to name its neighbor northern all slavic macedonia macedonia has chosen a more neutral names for the airport and the highway right let's speak to money on a cattle call up he now he's a journalist she's joining us on skype from thessaloniki america on the thank you for talking to us you're talking to us from the from the center of opposition in

macedonia over its name greek nationalists say the agreement to change the name of the former yugoslav republic to north of macedonia is a humiliating defeat. more than seven hundred palestinian residents of a neighborhood in occupied east jerusalem are awaiting a decision from israel's high court which could determine their right to live in their own homes challenging a ruling that transferred ownership of the land under their homes to a jewish trust more than a decade ago many of them have already been subject to a fiction they've just as harry force it has more. the steep slopes of civil war on an occupied east jerusalem have in recent years become ever more dotted with jewish settler homes now one palestinian community within this neighborhood is coming under further pressure so heroes are these family has lived in but on the however for more than fifty years his father bought this house he has the documents that he says prove his claim but since twenty fifteen he and his family have been living under the threat of eviction. we were shocked we had lived here i was born here grew up here and

included children and the elderly ended with rights the government has agreed to allow the former yugoslav republic of macedonia to call itself northern macedonia but that's not what the opposition finds most dangerous our main objections not the about them the name it's about the macedonian language and the macedonian nationality that it's been recognized by this name. and this is not an acceptable from the from the greek people it's something that nobody in the past has had there except that there is no muslim language and there's no match than any nation the government says the agreement recognizes only a macedonian nationality not an ethnicity hailing back her legs under the great but people here feel the finer points of law won't be respected in pathnames my grandmother when these macedonians travel abroad are they really going to introduce themselves saying i'm a macedonian of slavic background and my language is slavic and i really have nothing to do with alexander the great these things a difficulty guarantee why didn't they pick another name like america for example with greece lifting its

included children and the elderly ended with riots the government has agreed to allow the former yugoslav republic of macedonia to call itself northern macedonia but that's not what the opposition finds most dangerous our main objection is not about them the name it's about the macedonian language in the mission only a nationality that it's been recognized by this name. and that this is not an acceptable from the from the greek people it's something that nobody in the past has had there except that there is no muslim language and there is no match than any nation the government says the agreement recognizes only a macedonian nationality not an ethnicity hailing back her legs under the great but people here feel the finer points of law won't be respected pathnames mccants mother when these methadone ians travel abroad are they really going to introduce themselves saying i'm in macedonia and a flop at background and my language is slavic and i really have nothing to do with alexander the great these things the difficulty guarantee why didn't they pick another name like america for example with greec

long running disputes of a name over the name of its northern neighbor in macedonia the former yugoslav republic has been called macedonia since independence in one thousand nine hundred one which angus greek some say the historical region of macedonia isn't holding grace johnson is a type protest in the great city of so in a week we saw earlier this year huge protests john i just as passionate now. even though they are smaller and they were designed that way there are twenty four separate protests happening in smaller towns across greece and alternately this one behind me and poland is almost running at two hours now and as you can see the crowd is still here there is enormous enthusiasm people are listening to the speaker people are cheering the speaker they're applauding and the position here i think very much like the position everywhere else across certainly northern greece but really across the whole country is that there should be no compromise over the use of the term macedonia that is and should be an exclusively greek word there should be no composite name as as the diplomatic term now

the men have agreed that a former yugoslav republic it should named north macedonia after all that. and that stephen hawking's' ashes were buried in westminster abbey today between the graves of fellow british scientist charles darwin and isaac newton. he died in march after decades of living with motor neuron disease. after that his words were beamed into space. just some of the other stories beyond our borders tonight. we will be right back. yo! we got married! honk if you like joint assets. now you're so busy soaking up all this attention, you don't see the car in front of you. and if i can crash your "perfect day", imagine what i can do to the rest of 'em. so get allstate, and be better protected from mayhem. like me. proven to protect street skaters and freestylers. stops up to 97% uv. lasts through heat. through sweat. coppertone. proven to protect. billions of problems. dry mouth? parched mouth? cotton mouth? there's a therabreath for you. therabreath oral rinse and lozenges. help relieve dry mouth using natural enzymes to soothe and moisturize. so you can... breathe easy, th

included children and the elderly ended with grunts the government has agreed to allow the former yugoslav republic of macedonia to call itself northern macedonia but that's not what the opposition finds most dangerous our main objection is not about their name it's about the macedonian language and the macedonian nationality that it's been recognized by this new. and that this is not an acceptable from the from the greek people it's something that nobody in the past has had there except that there is no motion on the language and there is no must only nation the government says the agreement recognizes only a macedonian nationality not an ethnicity haling back to xander the great but people here feel the finer points of law won't be respected pathnames mechanics my views methadone ians travel abroad are they really going to introduce themselves saying i'm in macedonia and a slavic background and my language is slavic and i really have nothing to do with alexander the great these things the difficulty guarantee why didn't they pick another name like america for example with greece lifting its veto

are largely on the defensive on account of this treaty with northern macedonia all the former yugoslav republic of macedonia as it is currently in the reasons firstly that it recognizes a macedonian nationality this comes awfully close opponents of the agreement say to recognizing a master ethnicity which greece is spent the last quarter of a century denying exists that is a fake identity the greeks say there is no separate macedonian race which would imply that it hails from the ancient macedonians the kingdom of alexander the great that they say is a part of greek heritage it belongs to the north of greece and it cannot be used by a neighboring culture which is a slow culture a later arrival into the balkans however that is now embedded in article two of this treaty which says that the nationality of the second party shall be macedonian slash citizen of the republic of north macedonia once that's been given away it's been recognized by the greek state it's a revocable. well there are geographical political and historical elements to this long running feud and they date back to the ancient kin

included children and the elderly ended with riots the government has agreed to allow the former yugoslav republic of macedonia to call itself northern macedonia but that's not what the opposition finds most dangerous our main objections not the about them the name it's about the macedonian language in the dunny a nationality that it's been recognized by this name. and this is stunning and acceptable from the from the greek people it's something that nobody in the past has had there except that there is no much the language and there is no much the nation the government says the agreement recognizes only a macedonian nationality not an ethnicity hailing back her legs under the great but people here feel the finer points of law won't be respected pathnames can ask mother when these macedonians travel abroad are they really going to introduce themselves saying i'm a macedonian of slavic background and my language is slavic and i really have nothing to do with alexander the great these things the difficulty guarantee why didn't they pick another name like america for example mixed with greece lifting

northern macedonia but in the slovik language native to the former yugoslav republic that of course remains to be ratified by both sides in the case of greece it has to go through parliament the government in skopje has said it favors a referendum that government also has an added burden it has to be the main points agreed with greece in that constitutional amendments because the constitution that was voted back in nineteen ninety one is incompatible with many of the things that have been agreed today if all goes well then two weeks from now the greeks will recommend to a meeting of foreign ministers of the european union that they open accession talks with the republic and on the eleventh and twelfth of july it will make the same recommendation to a meeting of nato representatives after that it will be up to the government in scope to make sure that it's referendum is successful and then to carry out its constitutional amendments greek parliament will then ratify and some point next year perhaps in the first six months of next year we might have the membership of certain amount in both the

greece tonight as well which is that there should be no use of the word macedonia by the former yugoslav republic of macedonia that that country should choose an entirely different identity and therefore these people reject the basis of the ongoing negotiations which started in january and that basis was that they would be a composite name one that included the word macedonia but also a qualifier such as you will all north and the location of pella is significant because this is where the ancient macedonian kings had their capital this is where the palace is this is where alexander said how from to conquer asia and it is here that excavations are uncovering a vast four hundred hectares city that represented the glory of the world of the engine macedonian kings and the greeks believe that that kingdom is their cultural inheritance their historical right they do not believe that there is any basis any legitimacy for anyone else claiming that heritage or asking to share it with them the people north of here they say are ethnically different they speak a different language they speak a slavic languag

to changing the name of a northern province the northern part of macedonia itself the former yugoslav republic of macedonia will change its name it's all now been agreed in the greek parliament the process begins and we'll be dipping back in when the prime minister speak later in the morning. hundreds of refugees and migrants have started arriving in spain a week after italy and malta turned them away the first of three boats docked in the spanish port city of bell and see the other two including the aquarius which rescued them off the coast of libya is due to arrive later carl panel joins me now from valencia of course the first ship has docked we wondering what sort of state those on board would be in but most probably karl they're just glad to be on land. only after being more than a we can see they are very glad to be arriving here on land the as to be said however that the process of disembarking of getting onto shore is going a lot slower than was originally planned two hundred seventy four people arriving on this first italian coast guard cutter and only about half of the come off so fa