despite the horrors of the war he was able to prepare for a national piano competition in zagreb. under the care played and i wanted to first prize and it was like huge success and i was. but both so i'm believable and my peter was crying and i always said the flag one of the biggest work through the my life not just because you know i won the competition but because of the whole situation what was right and wrong and not just a vote against that situation continue. later he studied classical piano in zagreb budapest and paris and smarmy but surely made a name for himself as a virtuoso. he once played the flight of the bumblebee by nikolai rimsky-korsakov in just fifty six seconds he became known as one of the fastest pianists in the world his modern interpretation of the piece also appeared on his first crossover album the piano player in two thousand and three it was a career breakthrough to date he has sold more than four million albums in fifty seven countries. a couple of months of my life turned upside down and i signed the here which calls for two of the biggest you know re

later he studied classical piano in zagreb due to. past and paris and smarmy but surely made a name for himself as a virtuoso. he once played the flight of the bumblebee by nikolai rimsky-korsakov in just fifty six seconds he became known as one of the fastest pianists in the world his modern interpretation of the piece also appeared on his first crossover album the piano player in two thousand and three it was a career breakthrough to date he has sold more than four million albums in fifty seven countries. a couple months of my life turned upside down i signed in here which calls for two of the biggest you know record labels in the world it's like a dream come true from one situation to another. interview to has so far released eleven albums he plays concerts worldwide. his greatest success has been in asia in japan and china he plays shows with lots of effects in large concert halls in front of tens of thousands of spectators and to his fans he's a superstar. i. just see that there's so many people who are except are miserable like

benfica needed extra time to see off dinamo zagreb, with villarreal and valencia meaning two spanishinal draw. onto tennis, where belinda bencic has moved through to the semi—finals at indian wells with a three set victory over fifth seed, karolina pliskova. it's a 12th successive win for the 22—year—old swiss, who knocked out former champion naomi osaka in the previous round. she is still on course for a second successive tournament, having won in dubai last month. she will next play venus williams, who just beat angelique kerber. in the men's event, canada's 13th seed milos raonic enjoyed a comfortable 6—3, 6—4 win over lucky loser, miomir kecmanovic of serbia. the world number 130 lost in the final round of qualifying, but was invited back after wimbledon finalist kevin anderson pulled out injured. however, raonic prevailed and will play either gail monfils or dominic thiem in the last four. jockey bryony frost made cheltenham festival history on thursday as she became the first woman to ride a top—level grade one winner overjumps. frodon landed an emotional triumph for her and tr

ok now to croatia where hundreds of journalists took to the streets of the capital zagreb just last weekend to protest against pressures that are facing the media what kind of things are they talking about so they've got a variety of complaints wretched they say they're often abused and threatened and that the government medals in the country's media but what really stands out here is the sheer number of norse suits being filed against croatian journalists more than a thousand and a currently being sued for myriad reasons under a law the croatian journalists association says is being abused the way this law is written makes content deemed shaming or humiliating a criminal offense and it's pretty easy to see how powerful people can just use that to their advantage and while most of these lawsuits are being filed by politicians what's with these news outlets that are suing some of their own employees so this is the bizarre pod croatia's public broadcast t.v. is suing thirty six journalists including some of their own six months ago fired her voice zovko he's also the head of the journalists a

hundreds of croatian journalists have rallied in the capital zagreb demanding more press freedom they say government policies are having a devastating impact on their work croatia's a public broadcaster has filed lawsuits against its own or other journalists who have complained of censorship. still ahead fear the sports news as roger federer claims a historic title win in dubai far away have less details on the marks i. mock on al-jazeera. maggi has son jim bates discusses and dissects the big issues of our times and head to heads five years after the revolution coaches in ukraine will have a chance to offer a verdict on what's come since. in a powerful new film residents of occupied east jerusalem show that to its own its cost present and future. leaders will gather for the thirtieth arab league summit in tunis yet join us for coverage and we examine the development of an unusual alliance between radical buddhist monks and the military in million mom. march on i'll just sierra. al-jazeera. where every. space x. has launched its astronauts capsule into space for the first time this wa

alone convicted ok now to croatia where hundreds of journalists took to the streets of the capital zagreb just last weekend to protest against pressures that are facing the media what kind of things are they talking about so they've got a variety of complaints richard they say they're often abused and threatened and that the government medals in the country's media but what really stands out here is the sheer number of nor suits being filed against croatian journalists more than a thousand and a currently being sued for myriad reasons under a law the croatian journalists association says is being abused the way this law is written makes content deemed shaming or humiliating a criminal offense and it's pretty easy to see how powerful people can just use that to their advantage and while most of these lawsuits are being filed by politicians what's with these news outlets that are suing some of their own employees so this is the bizarre part croatia's public broadcaster h.r.t. is suing thirty six journalists including some of their own six months ago fired her voice zovko he's also the head

ok now to croatia where hundreds of journalists took to the streets of the capital zagreb just last weekend to protest against pressures that are facing the media what kind of things are they talking about so they've got a variety of complaints wretched they say they're often abused and threatened and that the government medals in the country's media but what really stands out here is the sheer number of norse suits being filed against croatian journalists more than a thousand and a currently being sued for myriad reasons under a law the croatian journalists association says is being abused the way this law is written makes content deemed shaming or humiliating a criminal offense and it's pretty easy to see how powerful people can just use that to their advantage and while most of these lawsuits are being filed by politicians what's with these news outlets that are suing some of their own employees so this is the bizarre pot croatia's public broadcast t.v. is suing thirty six journalists including some of their own six months ago fired her voice zovko he's also the head of the journalists a

dynamo kiev on route to an eight nil aggregate victory a benefit needed extra time to get past dynamo zagreb while frankfurt scraped past interim along with a solitary goal that means they are the only german side left in european competition. and taken action after their humiliating seven no loss to manchester city tuesday coach to monaco did asco has been fired today is going to go over. in july or twenty seventeen and the club finished runners up in the bundesliga in his first year in charge but. are struggling this season sitting fourteenth in the league hopes the vns has been hired as interim manager it's his third time in charge of dutchman took them to a for a cup lawrie twenty two years. and football's world governing body fifa meets in a special session later today to vote on sweeping changes to world football top of the agenda is a plan to extend the next world cup and qatar to forty eight teams if a president giani inventin no wants to increase revenue afy further changes include an expansion of the club world cup and a new global nations league. is planning big changes first qual

economist for the out and co-author of the biography of former israeli president shimon peres from zagreb professor in international relations at regents university in london and associate fellow in the middle east and north africa program at chatham house and from western islamists will baraka c.e.o. of keeping global research and a speechwriter for former israeli prime minister ariel sharon and former israeli president shimon peres a very warm welcome to all of you mitchell how much damage is this intent to indict by the attorney general it's caused benjamin netanyahu. well it really depends who you ask because for the faithful of netanyahu this is going to embolden a lot of them to get out to the polls the prime minister and this was not so much of a surprise i mean i think he would have liked to get off on one or two of those cases but it's not so much he's prepared everyone that this is going to happen and what he successfully done over the last few weeks is he's actually made this into a political issue not a legal one that the elections they're trying to steal the elections even be

a full podium sweep russian pairs won gold silver and bronze of the event in the creation capital zagreb an assassin machina and alexander. a month were in third place before this final performance but after a spectacular display they want to nothing to take gold this was the fourth podium sweep by russian errors at the junior world's. beluga whales are some of the most intelligent and social brain animals so for conservationists it's a travesty that so many are kept in captivity to perform tricks and aquariums around the world now a project has been launched that aims to change that with the help of a jumbo jet. meet little white and little gray. two female blue whales. they've been in captivity for a decade now and this is their daily routine. performing tricks to shanghai aquarium. but now their lives are about to change. this jumbo jet is being readed to take them to the other side of the world whales on a plane suspended in mats in a container in the hold with a team of fence specialists. travel some ten thousand kilometers. the goal is a brighter future for a little white in the fi

hundreds of croatian journalists have rallied in the capital zagreb demanding more press freedom they say government policies are having a devastating impact on their work croatia's a public broadcaster has filed lawsuits against its own or other journalists who have complained of censorship. still ahead fear sports news as roger federer claims a historic title win in dubai pharo will have less details and. magic bates discusses and dissects the big issues of our times and head to head.

the out for a monitor and co-author of the biography of former israeli president shimon peres from zagreb professor in international relations at regents university in london and associate fellow in the middle east and north africa program at chatham house and from western islamists will baraka c.e.o. of keeping global research and a speechwriter for former israeli prime minister ariel sharon and former israeli president shimon peres a very warm welcome to all of you mitchell how much damage is this intent to indict by the attorney general it's caused benjamin netanyahu. well it really depends who you ask because for the faithful of netanyahu this is going to embolden a lot of them to get out to the polls the prime minister and this was not so much of a surprise i mean i think he would have liked to get off on one or two of those cases but it's not so much he's prepared everyone that this is going to happen and what he successfully done over the last few weeks is he's actually made this into a political issue not a legal one that the elections they're trying to steal the elections even be

politician was attacked last november hundreds of croatian journalists have rallied in the capital zagreb demanding more press freedom in recent months more than a thousand lawsuits have been filed against journalists who say their cases are being used to censor them croatians public broadcaster has filed complaints against its own and other reporters estonians are heading to the polls in a parliamentary election that is seen as a test of the far right center left prime minister says the front runner in sunday's poll but he could have a tough time forming a majority a parliamentary majority the nationalists estonian conservatives people's party has been making gains since the migration crisis in two thousand and fifteen conservationists in kenya say poaching is putting a turtle species at risk they are working with local fishermen to try to stop the endangered reptile being caught on purpose or in their nets but the turtles are also losing their breeding grounds to erosion and construction catherine sawyer reports from our time on the eastern coast. a green tart all carefully covers eggs

alone convicted ok now to croatia where hundreds of journalists took to the streets of the capital zagreb just last weekend to protest against pressures that are facing the media what kind of things are they talking about so they've got a variety of complaints richard they say they're often abused and threatened and that the government medals and the country's media but what really stands out here is the sheer number of lawsuits being filed against croatian journalists more than a thousand and a currently being sued for myriad reasons under a law the croatian journalists association says is being abused the way this law is written makes content deemed shaming or humiliating a criminal offense and it's pretty easy to see how powerful people can just use that to their advantage and while most of these lawsuits are being filed by politicians what's with these news outlets that are suing some of their own employees so this is the bizarre part croatia's public broadcaster h.r.t. is suing thirty six journalists including some of their own six months ago fired her voice zovko he's also the head