the prime minister the former yugoslav republic of macedonia calls on the country to unite behind a plan to change his country's name despite the probable failure of the referendum due to low turnout in the name change would pave the way for the country to join the e.u. and nato. and formula one bowl champion do this hamilton titans he's prepon this title back to a big favor from his misstatements teammate we'll bring you the action from the russian brand pre. i'm christine will welcome to the program the death toll from a major earthquake that triggered a tsunami on the indonesian island of slow way sea has risen to more than eight hundred the country's president has warned the number could soar into the thousands hospitals all struggling to cope with the injured and large parts of the city are in ruins. combing through the rubble for victims the dead and those who are marked have survived. this collapsed hotel in palos city has been one focus of the efforts dozens were reportedly still trapped inside. meanwhile evacuations by plane have been underway for those fortunate to have survive

made this a step and already with montenegro they're pushing it forward with the former yugoslav republic of macedonia launched not in vain of the balkan people. hundreds of locals who have previously worked in afghanistan for the german army block the entrance to a military base demanding help from berlin they say their work has put their lives in danger but it seems they have some issues with the government. just. we were just. on the you know. just. i was working at the front line with them i was working. together german senior mentors with the german generals when i started my duty day told me. we would help you if you for some problems. now we have this german war in afghanistan an hour or so from german officers. to relook at the safe place. we received direct and direct threats. sixty days ago by the militants tortured and. his face smashed on. and on. that show them that we are really in danger we are not here for picnic we are not here for our time we are here to show them that we are really in danger we have really a big problem. with our fans. in a commented to our t. the german defense min

a bid to buy the former yugoslav republic of macedonia to change its name has failed sunday's referendum had strong support but the turnout didn't reach the fifty percent threshold needed to make it valid just over a third of his cast ballots with ninety percent of them supporting the new name the republic of north macedonia government wanted the name changed to help end the decades long dispute with greece. has the latest from the capital skopje. the outcome is showing that macedonia is very deeply divided society and that the discretion about the name means should about about the name of the republic of macedonia is very emotional. question especially about that ethnic muster going on in the country even the prime minister resort towns i've said that these day was successful and that he is satisfied with the outcome and they did boycott was organized by main political party from the opposition in the country though position actually said that the people defeated agreement with the greece so s. in the campaign now the situation is very similar the people are here strongly divided in the

a bid by the former yugoslav republic of macedonia is to change to change its name rather has failed sunday's referendum had strong support but the turnout didn't reach the fifty percent threshold just over a third of cast ballots ninety percent of them supported the new name the new republic of north macedonia the government wanted the name changed to help end the decades old dispute with greeks. still ahead on al-jazeera. brazil's unemployment rate is falling but it hides and i'm comfortable truth about the state of the economy. once again a place to say that a fog a warning has now been issued for a typhoon travel you can see the clouds clearing away behind that system really moved through very quickly see where it is located now just to the east of the process guys coming back in behind still a fair. well brisk weather coming through here breezy shall we say twenty five celsius there for twenty four the soka fun to drive across the korean peninsula should really stay that way as we go on through the next couple of days but by the middle of the way perhaps an increase in cloud comi

un and other international organizations opted to refer to the country as the former yugoslav republic of macedonia greece blocked macedonia's attempt to join nato and the european union renaming the country north macedonia could have helped to resolve this macedonia as leaders says the low turnout doesn't mean he should step down instead he has pledged a parliament vote on the name change. not to take it again i know the opposition knows all the citizens know there is and there can be no better agreement with greece there is and there can be no alternative to macedonia as membership of nato and the e.u. let's not play games with our unity and our macedonia my personal message to every member of the macedonian parliament is let's put the national interest of the interest of the citizens and the strategic interests of the state above politics and party interests but the main opposition party says it's shameful for the government to push for the name change. this was an unsuccessful referendum the policies of. governments have been a debacle the true winner is macedonia the number of citizens who did

the un and other international organizations opted to go to the country as the former yugoslav republic of macedonia greece blocked macedonia's attempt to join nato and the european union renaming the country north nasr donia could have helped to resolve this macedonia as leader says the low turnout doesn't mean he should step down instead he's pledged a parliament vote on the name change. not to take it again i know the opposition knows all the citizens know there is and there can be no better agreement with greece there is and there can be no alternative to macedonia as membership of nato and the e.u. let's not play games with our unity and our macedonia my personal message to every member of the macedonian parliament is let's put the national interest the interest of the citizens and the strategic interests of the state above politics and party interests in the main opposition party says it's shameful for the government to push for the name change. the moment. for sure if this was an unsuccessful referendum the policies of zoran zajac and his governments have been a debacle the true winner is mac

by the former yugoslav republic of macedonia to change its name has failed sunday's referendum had strong support but the turnout didn't reach the fifty percent threshold just over a third of voters cast ballots with ninety percent of them supporting the new name third public of north macedonia government wanted the name changed to help end a decades old dispute with greece. the country's leader says the low turnout doesn't mean he should step down he's pledging a parliamentary vote on the name change. was easier not to take it again i know the opposition knows all the citizens know there is and there can be no better agreement with greece there is and there can be no alternative to macedonia as membership of nato and the e.u. let's not play games with our unity and our macedonia my personal message to every member of the macedonian parliament is let's put the national interest the interest of the citizens and the strategic interests of the state above politics and party interests. a major party in the kurdish region of northern iraq is giving mixed signals about whether it will accept th

step and already with month and they get all they're pushing it forward with the former yugoslav republic of macedonia only response not contained the test of the balkan people. hundreds of locals who have previously worked in afghanistan for the german army blocking the entrance to a military base there demanding help from berlin and they say their work has put in their lives in danger and they're not being granted asylum. we want justice done we want justice. on top of that you know. just. i was working at the front line with them i was working on a son. together german senior mentors with the german generals when i started my duty there told me. we would help you if you for some problems. you know. knowledge we have this german war in afghanistan in our forehead so we from german officers could clean this. look at us to the safe place. we received direct and direct threats. sixty days ago by the militants he's tortured and. his face is smashed on. the other hand on family. should show them that we are really in danger we are not here for picnic we are not here for our time we are here to show them

about of the further potential step of nato in europe we should be the one of the former yugoslav republic of macedonia the last year montenegro joined and we had big troubles in montenegro huge discussion even the news that concerning the media you can no reach and the potential attempt to the life for me to do cannot be because he was in favor to join nato what does it mean today to join nato to join nato means for some countries this is an insurance policy but on the other side in the be part of nato means to have some benefits. economic benefits financial benefits also the fact that the county can rent some bases to the states that would pay for this the western policy during the cold war was based on the notion of ideological and competitive with the soviet union there was a strong ideological factor there do you think russia ideologically also sees itself at odds with the west no i think that there is a different approach to life that is different culture. what is russian nowadays is russia. a democracy as we may consider any other. western european country probably not to in russia that is a spe

the former yugoslav republic of macedonia. it's not in danger of the balkan people. efforts by the french president among you will like to portray himself as a man of the people have long been ridiculed by critics and the recent photo from a trip to the car a b. and has fired them up once again the president seen posing with someone making an obscene gesture. we can't even find words to express our indignation we can tolerate this it's unforgivably shreds of dignity that got lost in the night of the ball game. the. numbers have been going nuts because you believe little i know that. a small fool for the fifteen year old boy who was told off and humiliated by micron because he didn't respect the presidency by calling him money. by hooking any case that macro call that last for me would have been called man on the one hand don't call me maneuver on the other the presidency is implicitly undermined. this is showing that he did is not a two faced this is the same a quote you just has a difficult season making the difference between the way he was six years ago what he re

the former yugoslav republic of macedonia only it's. not in danger of the balkan people. the british government is facing a challenge in court for not launching an investigation into alleged russian interference in the twenty sixteen breaks that vote well let's cross now to london and get the details from our teaser alycia churkin hi there tell us indeed who's pushing for this legal action is it likely to escalate. well you know comparing the combiners from a group dubbed fair vote u.k. are indeed preparing a legal challenge to be brought to the british government demanding a public inquiry to be had. into the bronx that referendum of twenty sixteen this to the likes of the miller investigation that took place in the us following trump's election and we do know that in the pre action letter sent to the u.k. government they've cited quote irregular and unlawful conduct so they want to know whether or not there was any potential political or any outside interference in the bronx that referendum and amidst the concerns they're citing is potential russian descent from ation d

un and other international organizations opted to refer to the country as the former yugoslav republic of macedonia greece blocked macedonia's attempt to join nato and the european union and renaming the country north macedonia could help to solve the problem i said only its leaders says the low turnout to doesn't mean he should step down instead he's pledged to parliament vote in the name change. not to take it again i know the opposition knows all the citizens know there is and there can be no better agreement with greece there is and there can be no alternative to macedonia as membership of nato and the e.u. let's not play games with our unity and our macedonia my personal message to every member of the macedonian parliament is let's put the national interest the interest of the citizens and the strategic interests of the state above politics and party interests the main opposition party says it's shameful for the government to push for the name change. the moment global cooling that was for sure if it and this was an unsuccessful referendum the policies of zorro and his governments have been a

a bid by the former yugoslav republic of macedonia to change its name has failed sunday's referendum and strong support for the turnout didn't reach the fifty percent threshold needed to make it valid just over a third of voters cast ballots with ninety percent of them supporting the new name the republic of north macedonia the government wanted the name changed to help end a decades old dispute with greece. my blood jeff scott has the latest from the capital skopje. the outcome is showing that macedonia is very deeply divided society and that the disk question about the naming should about about the name of the republic of macedonia is very emotional question especially about the ethnic must've gone on in the country even the prime minister is out on the side of said that these day was successful and that he was satisfied with the outcome and they did boycott was organized by the main political party from the opposition in the country though position actually said that the people defeated agreement with the greece so asked him to complain now the situation is very similar the people

a bit but the former yugoslav republic of macedonia to change its name has failed the referendum on sunday had strong support but the turnout didn't reach the fifty percent required just over one third of voters cast ballots the majority supporting the new name the republic of north macedonia. a major party in the kurdish region of northern iraq is giving mixed signals about whether it will accept the results of parliamentary elections the p u k shares power there and one member has suggested his party will reject the results still being counted in the first poll since last year's failed bid force a session independence referendum was rejected by the central government in baghdad plunging the region into economic and political turmoil has been a big explosion in somalia it happened near a military base in the capital city mogadishu both african union peacekeepers i mean song and somali troops use the road close to the facility. the u.k. minister responsible for making sure that happens his government is preparing for a no deal divorce from europe dominic rob was addressing the annual gover

july it gives the right of self-determination to jewish people only a bit by the former yugoslav republic of macedonia is to change to change its name rather has failed sunday's referendum had strong support but the turnout didn't reach the fifty percent threshold just over a third of cast ballots.

want to move closer to serbia i think i'll be in eons in the former macedonia former yugoslav republic of macedonia will want to join with kosovo now the person who has your point of view as this is janet serbia who says the pandora's box was opened with the recognition of kosovo a serbian province why because it was a unilateral decision against the serbian constitution international law and the un resolution and unlike that the land slop land swap would be a deal between sites involved but not with those parties so florian i want to go to you with this argument here in this idea of a pandora's box being opened for future conflict. i mean i would be skeptical in the sense that you know we're not going to see if a you know tremendous change overnight if the border you know if we would have the border changes between serbia and kosovo first of all there would have to be bilaterally agreed and that's quite different from a unilateral claim to change borders so i would not be the one who says you know pandora's box we exported changes tomorrow but it certainly the message is we want ethnic borders and

a bit by the former yugoslav republic of macedonia to change its name has failed the referendum on sunday had strong support but the turnout didn't reach the fifty percent threshold required to make it valid just over one third of voters cast ballots with ninety percent of them supporting the new name the republic of north macedonia the government wanted the name changed to help and a long dispute with neighboring greece or the country's leader says the low turnout doesn't mean he should step down he's pledged a parliamentary vote no name change was easier not to figure out again i know the opposition knows all the citizens know there is and there can be no better agreement with greece there is and there can be no alternative to macedonia as membership of nato and the e.u. let's not play games with our unity and our macedonia my personal message to every member of the macedonian parliament is let's put the national interest of the interest of the citizens and the strategic interests of the state above politics and party interests al-jazeera scott joins us live now from sculpey what do you

supreme court approved the demolition to make way for more settlements a bid by the former yugoslav republic of macedonia to change its name has failed the referendum on sunday and strong support but the turnout didn't reach the fifty percent threshold just over a third of voters cast ballots with ninety percent of them supporting the new name the republic of north macedonia the u.k. minister responsible for making sure brics it happened says his government is preparing for a new deal divorced from europe dominic roberts addressing the annual governing conservative party conference in birmingham there are less than six months to go before britain is due to leave the european union. the nobel prize for medicine has been awarded to two immunologists for their work on cancer therapies james allison and to sue cuando separately discovered and developed cancer treatments which improve the human immune system so the body better attack comes or so it's those are your headlines back to life lines i'm back in thirty minutes with the news sixty minutes of news and comment hopefully see about. each year rabies kill

but by the former yugoslav republic of macedonia to change its name has failed the referendum on sunday had strong support but the turnout didn't reach the fifty percent threshold required to make it valid just over one third of voters did cast a ballot with ninety percent of them supporting the new name the republic of more macedonia the government wanted the name changed to help end a decades old dispute with greece. a member of one of the main groups the p u k running in parliamentary elections in the kurdish region of northern iraq says his party will reject the results of the vote it's the first time kurds have gone to the polls since last year's fails to session bit that referendum was rejected by the central government in baghdad plunging the region into economic turmoil and leaving its leaders deeply divided. israeli forces have ordered palestinians in. to destroy their own village and leave by midnight on monday see if the deadline isn't met will go in and demolish the village themselves last month the israeli supreme court approved the demolition to make way for more settlemen

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macedonia. the dispute has blocked the former yugoslav republic from joining both the european union and nato. the price ofmillions of customers today. steph's here to give us all the info. this is an announcement that came out from british ass in august that kicks in from today. it is a standard variable rate tariff that is going off. —— going up. —— british gas. they are going up 3.8% which adds to the bill. centrica have said, the owner of british gas, it is because wholesale energy prices have gone up. this is the prices have gone up. this is the price they are paying for gas and electricity and they say it has gone up electricity and they say it has gone up by electricity and they say it has gone up by 20%. that is why they are putting up prices. it is so tough at this time of year because this is the time when of course you are going to be putting your heating back on, you are going to be using lots of fuel and this is the second rise we have seen this year from british gas. in fact, if you look at all of the energy companies, we have seen all of the energy companies, we have seen and this is the fig