i think straight back to like press pass were both the greek and former yugoslav republic of macedonia prime minister are about to speak they're taking a standing ovation for signing the beginning of what will be a very long process in both 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

hundred ninety one under the name the republic of macedonia greece immediately opposed it eventually false in skopje to be represented at the un under the title former yugoslav republic of macedonia athens view was that its neighbors choice of name was unveiled challenge to greek sovereignty of its northern province that's also called macedonia. well let's bring in our guests now joining us from sculpture is body and your bernard ski chief editor of nova t.v. in athens panels political analyst and journalist and from chapel hill in the u.s. state of north carolina is dimitar becerra nonresident senior fellow at the atlantic council and a research fellow at the university of north carolina chapel hill a very warm welcome to all of you mr gavin else q let me start with you more than a quarter of a century has passed without athens and skopje settling their differences so why have these two leaders prime minister process and desire have been able to come to an agreement now. well. behold the mammas noir side the prime minister zion i think that after twenty five years being in a deadlock and being kind of course. and not being able to go further within the proc

the prime minister of the former yugoslav republic of macedonia has announced a snappier new name forhe country. greece has agreed that it can be called north macedonia. greece has objected to just macedonia becaususe they have a province of the same name. and don't forget you can always get dw news on the go. just download our app from google play or the apple store. it will y aess to all the latest news from around the world as well as push on vacations or breaking news. you can use the app to send us photos and news appropriate videos, and you can watch this program on livestream. and with that you are up-to-date on dw. i am sarah kelly in berlin. thank you so much for watching. have a greatay. ♪ [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible fts caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] . dozens of times online idea. under. france24 headlines on our . you can. us pde

the prime minister of the former yugoslav republic of macedonia has announced a snappier new name for the country greece has agreed that it can be called north macedonia greeks has objected to just macedonia because they have a profits of the same name. and don't forget you can know if you give you news on the go just sound are from global player from the apple store it will give you access to all of the latest news from around the world as well as push notifications for any breaking news you can use the app to send us photos and news appropriate videos and you can watch this program on live stream. and with that you are up to date on t.w. i'm sorry kelly in berlin thank you so much for watching have a great day. if the two books of technology. return of the market. the momentum of the morning world. your business magazine in sixty minutes on t.w. . crimes against humanity. civilians become a witness and serve god. their recorded images travel around the globe just social media. what is flowing into fiction and what is fact. digital investigators combing through the flood of images an

facing a new confidence fate over a deal to solve a decades old dispute with the former yugoslav republic of macedonia prime minister alexis tsipras cosi agreement and historic victory for greece under the deal greece's neighbor would change its name to the republic of north macedonia but nationalists on both sides see this as a human humiliating defeat to go live now to the greek capital athens and talk to our correspondent there listen john so clearly not everybody is as enthusiastic about this deal which is not yet been signed up to everyone's happy with it as the prime minister himself. know and i'm standing outside the greek parliament for the third day there is an extremely acrimonious debate going on inside we expect a vote about eight or nine hours from now which i think if it goes as expected will fall along party lines the government voting for itself and surviving the vote of confidence and the opposition unanimously against it in the meantime there is a protest here outside and if the camera swings to my right you can see that small numbers of people still gathering with lots of greek flag

facing a no confidence vote over a deal to solve a decades old dispute but the former yugoslav republic of macedonia under the deal greece's neighbor would change its name to the republic of north macedonia but nationalists see it as a humiliating defeat. that student activists in the us are travelling from coast to coast several ng support for more comprehensive gun control measures following a series of deadly school shootings they hope to persuade people to vote for politicians who back gun control in november midterm elections reports. oh. cool months after seventeen of their classmates and teachers were gunned down the activists students of marjorie stoneman douglas school are on the road. she came to support for gun control measures and showing solidarity with other young people victimized by gun violence. to be. your voice. and in this movement every single voice in. chicago was the first stop on the park when florida students nationwide bus trip to the city is one of the highest homicide rates in the. us and many children and teenagers have felt the trauma of gun violence firsthand. attendin

after more than twenty five years of wrangling with the prime minister of the former yugoslav republic of macedonia and ounces a snappier new name for the country stay with us here when it ends and flaring tensions in french president some annual pop song denounces italy over a rescue ship left to drift in the mediterranean the more than six hundred stranded migrants now heading to spain after it stepped in and offered to help. kelly welcome to the program they came they shook hands they made history and melba hard part against donald trump and kim jong un rocked up their own president and summit in singapore with a joint declaration pledging to denuclearize. the korean peninsula but the document does not specify a timeline or a deadline for p.r. to get rid of its nuclear weapons north korea's human rights record also didn't feature in the final statement with the impact of the summit still to be determined both leaders seem to keen to put the past behind them. it's the moment many doubted would happen u.s. president donald trump and north korean leader kim jong un signed a joint declaration which

the un officially calls it the former yugoslav republic of macedonia. , 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: t

the balkan state known as the former yugoslav republic of macedonia will now be called the republic ofan 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 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 its 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 be

the balkan state known as the former yugoslav republic of macedonia will now be called the republic ofreakup of yugoslavia in the early 1990s. greece insist the name macedonia belongs to its northern region, rather than its neighbour, shown here on the map. it feared the yugoslav republic would 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 risk 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 better greece vetoed it is never‘s bid to join 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 in july with macedonia. we believe at the nato summit injuly macedonia will be invited to have full member

the greeks 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

the greeks 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

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 is ready to

confidence because of a deal to end a decades old dispute with neighboring macedonia 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

greece against plans to compromise in a long running dispute over the name of its northern neighbor macedonia the former yugoslav republic has been called macedonia since independence in one thousand nine hundred ninety one which are always greeks who say the historical region of the macedonia is in northern greece john psaropoulos was at one of the demonstrations the protest here in pella has run for two hours there's been enormous enthusiasm from the crowd even though it's been a fairly small one of one thousand also people but they are all entirely agreed in the basic message here the message that's being conveyed in twenty three other rallies across 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 t

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 veto on nato's

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 get there our c

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 veto on nato

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 difficult to

than two thousand years ago macedonia was part of yugoslavia 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

rallies across 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 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 and it is here that excavations are covering a vast four hundred hectare city that represented the glory and the wealth 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 language

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 veto on nato

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 greece lifting its

the greeks 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

rallies across 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

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 on nato's inv

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 record also didn'

beginning of a road 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

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 its veto on

of the deal to end. a decade's old dispute with a neighbor 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

assimilated by all one hundred forty countries that have already recognized the former yugoslav macedonia as republic of macedonia and that this name will apply for all of its international relations but also for its internal official uses on travel documents and the like. the important thing for the greeks was for the northern neighbor to any claim to ancient greek heritage or language or territory and that mr c. but as the prime minister said we'll be embodied in the agreement but will also have to be embodied in constitutional changes to happen towards the end of this year now the timetable is as we understand the moment will be that in a couple of weeks time when the european union's foreign ministers meet in brussels at the general first council greece will support opening acts talks with the former yugoslav macedonia and that move is expected to be seconded by all the other members. at the nato summit on july eleventh and twelve greece will do the same the former yugoslav macedonia also version of macedonia will then have two outstanding invitations to join those two bodies to do so it will have t

of moscow to stay tuned for auspex will world cup coverage. greece and 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

the e ministers of greece and macedonia have agreed on a new name for the former yugoslav state. it will be known ashe republic of north macedonia. the country's have been in dispute since macedonia became ndindet more than 25 years ago. surprise in the washington metro -- a deer managed to get into the crystal city station from a tunnel nearby. one passenger was too busy to notice, but thankfully the train driversth weren't. spotted the deer, wholyas able to sa exit the system to the same channel it came in. dear deer. you are watching "bbc world news america." still to come on tight's program, not everyone was focused on the summit. tens of thousands of hockey fans celebrated the caps' success. six a meared in court in the u.k. today accused of being members of t far right extremist group national action. one of them pleaded guilty to plotti to murder and a p. daniel sandford reports. , a man 23 years old accused of being and neo-nazi who today dramatically admitted planning to kill a bour mp and threatening to kill a police officer. the prosecution said he already bought the machete, the kind redescribed de

just on a quarter past here in moscow greece and 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

the prime ministers of greece and macedonia have agreed on a new name for the former yugoslav state. it will be known as the republiche greek province of macedonia. the two countries have been in dispute since macedonia became independent more than 25 years ago. the french interior minister gerard collomb says police have arrested a man who took two people hostage in paris. he said the hostages were safe and unharmed. the man had apparently asked to be put in touch with the iranian embassy, prior to his arrest. there was a surprise passenger today in the washington subway. a deer managed to get into the crystal city station through an above—ground entrance nearby. 0ne passenger was too busy looking at his phone to notice, but thankfully the train drivers weren't. the deer, in the end, managed to safely exit through the same tunnel it came in. you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme: our seoul correspondent looks at what the trump—kim summit could mean for north and south korea. the day the british liberated the falklands, and by tonight, british troops had begun the task of disarming the e

and block a named deal with macedonia it's a process and macedonian prime ministers or reached a historic agreement on tuesday to rename the ex yugoslav state the republic of north macedonia hoping it would end the twenty seven year dispute but it's triggered strong criticism in both countries and macedonia's president is refusing to sign the deal. the u.k. is marking the first anniversary of the grenfell tower tragedy when seventy two people died in a fire at a social housing block overnight grenfell tower the prime minister's residence and other landmarks were all lit up in greene a moment of silence also held across the country lasting seventy two seconds in recognition of the seventy two victims of the file the disaster occurred in one of london's richest borrowers activists say it highlighted the levels of social inequality within britain well let's cross over to doha now where andrew chappell has more on that story. thanks jenna it's a year has gone by and people are now using social media to remember the victims including a number of artists who lived in the tower and members of the community who have called for justice afterwards and many people to

plans to compromise the 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

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 huge amount of pressure you have to the center of the beach but probably with you and do so with all the gr

confidence because of the deal to end a decades old dispute with neighboring macedonia 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

its neighbor greece macedonia is also the name of a greek province of the country 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 to 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 lateral relations. with. 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 new name means that greece could lift that veto in macedonia as prime minister urged voters to support the deal in a referendum later this year. i call on all citizens to seize the future twenty five years of being stuck is enough . many generations have been lost macedonia must go forward and be equal with the west. have the

of peace and cooperation we bear together with north korea along the way. 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 reaches a historic of ford with its neighbor greece to change its name to the decision opens the door for the former yugoslav republic to join the e.u. and nato but the mood in the popular with everyone. but decision day for the bond which nations will host the twenty twenty six software world cop out of the world prepares for this year's event a joint bid for the united states canada and mexico goes up against an offering from five time bidders morocco. to call out and welcome to the program u.s. president trump has been praising yesterday's summit with north korean leader kim jong un as a resoundingly success but the meeting that concluded with a one page agreement that's light on detail is prompting questions about the concessions trump made to kim his announcement that u.s. war games in south korea will be canceled seemed to have caught seoul and the pentagon by surprise the nuclear. but we never even discussed the other in an interview with the a.b.c. news network following the talks in singapore u.s. president donald trump said it was a big day for the world he also announced that he will freeze military war ga

the name of a greek province the country 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

minister's of greece and macedonia are facing political storms at home after reaching an historic deal to settle a decades-old dispute over macedonia's name. 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 sooth

of today's council. that is to give a perspective to macedonia and albania. had we not had all the patience and perseverance to achieve results, with the contract between bulgaria and the former yugoslav republicr friendses bulgaria and the former yugoslav republic macedonia. ourfriendses in greece and macedonia did the same, which resulted in a change of macedonia's name, which gives prospects to the country for the eu and for nato and makes the western balkans a more successful region. the topic of connectivity in the western balkan now has over 11 projects for connectivity for erasmus and so on. and just over half an hour ago, with my colleague, we signed the contract between bulgaria and greece for an interconnector for liquid gas, bulgaria and greece for an interconnectorfor liquid gas, with the support of the commission, both for this project and for the balkan hub. we tried to be pragmatic. we had objectives that were feasible and on most of them, we either have progress or completed them. we had a strong start on the 2020 budget. we worked on strengthening democracy in the eu and the whole of the legislation for the ep elections in 2019 was complete. we had a lot of debates on the bank

yugoslav republic from joining nato and applying for a u. membership this evening the macedonian prime minister is are on zaba have 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 had 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 refusals 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 transport to the 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 a stop to see the six hundred twenty nine migrants on board of the rescue ship. are finally heading to a safe haven european n.g.o.s u.s. military rescued them off the libyan coast on saturday night among them unaccom