after 2 nights of protests over a possible weekend lockdown serbia's government backtracks and says it will not happen. spiritual worshippers who normally climb japan's mount fuji this time of year have to make plans because of the coronavirus pandemic. and sporting a silent gesture that major league soccer hopes will act go throughout the world players unite against racial injustice ahead of the competition 3 start in florida . the u.n. special repertory on extra judicial killings has presented her annual report to the human rights council and is raising concerns about the growing use of armed drones photogs and killings i guess kalamata had earlier declared the u.s. drone strike in january that killed top iranian general cost them so you money illegal she said the international community faces the prospect of some countries eliminating military targets outside of what she calls no wooden walls. drawn so becoming stealthier speedier smaller more lethal and can be operated by teams look it is thousands of kilometers away and in my opinion and the opinion of all the experts i have consu

that's despite serbia recording its highest single day of covid—related deaths. paul hawkis reports. chanting. anger outside the serbian parliament in the capital, belgrade. thousands stormed the building, chanting for the president to resign after announcing the reintroduction of lockdown measures this weekend. translation: the situation in belgrade is critical, therefore we will take the following measures. after consulting with dr kon and the whole team, we decided to ban all gatherings of more than five people in public places and to impose a long curfew from friday to monday. then we'll see what to do next. pet owners, mothers with children, and pensioners will be allowed out of their homes at certain times. on tuesday night, serbia announced 13 covid—related deaths in the past 24 hours. its highest daily death toll, bringing the total number of deaths to 330 with over 16,000 cases. it went from having one of europe's strictest lockdowns at the start of the pandemic in easter to a near—complete reopening at the beginning of may. no phased reopenings here

what started as kosovo's bid for independence from serbia escalated into open conflict. and was brought to an end by nato air strikes in 1909. soon after hundreds of thousands of. refugees poort into neighboring countries telling of massacres both sides were accused of war crimes 6 serbian officials were found guilty and last month the course of a president. was indicted on crimes charges. today cause of almost invisible the country declared independence in 2008 but a type of cold war continues with serbia repeatedly blocking kosovo as attempts to join the united nations the european union has spent 9 years trying to normalize relations between the 2 sides with little progress in 2018 talks stalled completely . since then angle merkel and emanuel have led countless efforts to smooth over differences and restart the dialogue recently some success the cost of a removing its 100 percent trade tariffs on serbia but in return pristina wants belgrade to finally recognize its independence if serbia does that it wants membership to the e.u. . i believe that at the end of the man

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anger in serbia over the government's handling of the coronavirus pandemic and curfew is now in downs. why muslims are worried about a demographic shift after thousands of people are granted residency in indian administered kashmir. and turkish troops in libya helped to clear land mines left by forces loyal to the world khalifa. and in sports event is to lose the game and their rivals to lose control lot c.-o. have a player sent off for biting as italy's top 2 teams suffer a surprise defeat. aid workers have called a move by russia and china to restrict a deliveries into syria reprehensible both countries permanent members of the u.n. security council have vetoed a resolution that would have extended cross border humanitarian aid to 3000000 syrians for a year more than 11000000 syrians need emergency aid just to survive which comes from the u.n. the country's economy education sanitation protection services and health care all crumbling under the pressures of conflict u.n. officials have made a plea to countries to help end the crisis by investing money manpower political promises $5.

being with us the accusations against toci as we heard relate to kosovo's independence war against serbia what do you think are the chances that the case will go to trial is there a strong case against. well actually you know the indictment. still remains until the judge decided on whether to open a case is secret so we don't really know in detail what's in the case but i mean this case has been pending for years and even the kates so there is a strong case for assuming that the that the very decision that the prosecutors went with the indictment to the core that they really have a strong case for trying mr touch the allegations being looked at include ones that the possible uber ation army which was fighting for independence committed war crimes just remind us of what happened during the war at and you know what international laws were violated by the kosovo liberation army led by touching. well you will might remember that for a decade in the $99.00 the coast of albany and in the violent ethnic prick up of yugoslavia ver the we come of the militia which regime there was monday kate of a

serbia went back five centuries under president vucic. feelings here are still running high, even though the president changed his mind earlier in the day and said there would be no full lockdown this weekend. translation: the crisis staff think that there is room to do something else, and that is why they will probably make a decision tomorrow to tighten the measures, but without imposing a curfew. i want to tell the citizens of serbia that i am against it, and that i believe that the only solution is to impose a ban on movement. i'm asking people to stay at home to stop the spread of the virus, because today is our second—worst day in terms of the number of infected we have had. that brings the total number of infections to 17,000 in serbia, with 330 deaths, in a population of 7 million. the president's critics and the opposition blame him. they say the initial lockdown was lifted too quickly at the start of may, to hold parliamentary elections which were won by his party. translation: irresponsible behaviour of the regime towards hum

in 2008 serbia doesn't recognize it as a country. or smaller speak to do son heard she nikolaevitch live in belgrade so what are the chances of the chances of progress at these talks. well the choice of progress that is the talks in this video conference which i was able to to notice is ended for today well chosen for any progress or small because . those those negotiations or a long term deal they started in 2018 when they were they were then stalled because sort of didn't want to negotiate with the with the corso side after course of all the taxes and serbian high taxes and serbian goodson this is the 1st time the sides met there were supposed to meet a norm the 27th of june in washington. with the president donald trump of the president of course of hushing touchable supposed to meet both. president of the of course it was accused of war crimes and then that was postponed so this is the 1st meeting all through 2018 and everybody even president of france manuel mccrone who is one of the negotiators and the german chancellor angela

anger in serbia over the government's handling of the coronavirus outbreak up plans curfew is now in doubt. and pulling out thousands caught in the flood waters china's war han province back on high alert. the u.n. security council is holding a virtual session to discuss the war in libya as the conflict enters a new phase the head of the session russia's foreign minister says he's in talks with his counterparts in turkey about a possible cease fire this isn't the 1st time that welcome for hof doc has considered a ceasefire it is so last month after his forces began losing their major strongholds the libyan conflicts been fueled by a number of international backers. the u.n. recognized government in tripoli has been backed by turkey will have to report from russia egypt and the u.a.e. let's go live to a diplomatic editor james bays who's at the united nations james going from the list of people that are going to be on this at this meeting we're going to have countries there that are supporting opposing sides in this conflict what is the tone going to be like when we hear the secretary

to 2 nights of protests over a possible weekend lockdown serbia's government backtracked and says it won't happen and in sports atlanta continue their push for champions league qualification . right now the military coalition fighting yemen's hooty rebels have destroyed 2 explosive laden boats in the red sea saudi state television reported the destruction of the vessels which it said happened south of the yemeni port of sunday if the 2 remotely controlled boats were threatening navigation so the coalition says. to libya where the un recognized government says it found the prison used by the warlord khalifa haftar to torture its opponents the government leaders in tripoli are calling on the u.n. to investigate mass graves discovered near the prison and. forces of the government of national called capture the city from afters fighters back in our correspondent in. it he tells us what's believed to have gone on inside that prison. this is one of the prisons that was used by forces loyal to the world have to are in the city of lahore now in these very tiny sil's they used to keep their o

i would think talking today about you know serbia doesn't accept this as a genocide how is the fabric of genocidal politics and policies still present in the area today about how does that affect it. it's a it's a it's a very be no problem and unfortunately believe it or not about the end has to go into da we have survived and mend their experience genocide are we are the only country in the region which does not have the law which prevents general the national defense and your denial of holocaust so we are becoming some sort of you know really a zone or a country in which the extremists can to arash with their statements and the hate speech with these he speech is encouraged by their local politicians especially coming from the some of the so political parties in the in the early the ships and this has not be condemned in any way even by serbia so this is extremely difficult for the survivors and their families not only the in lost loved ones but they're also they're united the truth about the fate of the other ones there were so many theories which were developed by the deniers over

to watch al-jazeera live from london i'm dead and also ahead protesters in serbia defy lockdown again as they try to storm parliament accusing the president of for tarion as a. celebrations in turkey and certain other quarters as istanbul's historic i.s.o. fia has its status as a mosque restored. and al jazeera journalist.

strong units of police special and there is the curator of police of serbia john their merry regular police cavalry they're all at that size for the last i don't know hour or so they're having sort of small clashes some point the demonstrators would go towards the police then the police would respond to those clashes and that's the situation at this point but most of the demonstrators are now out of the series the police cleared everything everything started this afternoon at 6 pm when people started to gather around for the 2nd day in a row because of the measures that president voters wanted to impose for the following weekend so everything started that at that point for the a while hours everything was calm but then. things started to escalate and there is still a last thing everybody thought for tonight because the police were sort of patient in the 1st hour of the closures that everything will be over of much faster than it was last night because last night the closures where the police did some i don't know about 3 am it looks like that this is also going to be a long night but

there are now more than 18,000 confmed covid-19 infections in serbia and health authorities are warning that hospitals are almost full. the coronavirus pandemic limited mourners marking the 25th anniversary of the srebrenica massacre in bosnia today. after temperature checks and usual group came to the memorial cemetery to honor those killed and to bury the recently identified remains of nine victims. serbian troops executed more than 8,000 muslim men and boys beginning on july 11, 1995 after rounding them up and separatingf thm women and girls over several days. internatiol courts and the united nations have defined the srebrenica massacre as an act of genocide. the massacre came near the end of a war that lasted from 1992 to 1995 when bosnians, croats and serbs fought each other following the break-up of the foer yugoslavia. more than 100,000 people were killed in the conflict. and international news, visit www.pbs.org/newshour. >> sreenivan: in the wake of george floyd's killing and mass protests across the country, president trump tweeted that he wants to designate the ai- fascist m

of the militia which regime there was monday kate of a defacto untile being an apartheid regime of serbia over across the wall that poked for us peaceful resistance that as it became more unsustainable turned into a violent resistance led by a by a that caylee and there are serious indictments that could not or serious indications that were not successful to be tried because of various problems both at the u.n. war crimes trial new tribunals and nothing costs all by the rule of law mission ulick's that the in the context of that war of course the systematic ethnic cleansing had been applied by the serbian side and serbian president milosevic indicted for this in the hague that there have been also crimes committed in kosovo on the albanian sites against costa will serve minority and partly also crimes political crimes killings of political opponents among cost of albanians. still ahead on the news hour one of malaysia's leading independent news outlets faces contempt of court proceedings will tell you why fast a close result following a better campaign 102 does presidential rain in poland

hundreds of protesters of stage the sit in outside serbia's parliament despite a ban on mascot of the rings they're calling for the government to resign serbia has banned groups of more than 10 people in belgrade to try to curb the spread of the coronavirus after 2 nights of violent demonstrations the session comes after president alexander who church canceled a weekend curfew following 2 days of protests that protesters partly blame of will change for a spike and that's after relaxing restrictions in june to hold elections which prevent one. the u.n. is calling for countries to assist latin america financially with the economic fallout of the pandemic chillier was one of the region's fastest growing economies but now 2 and a half 1000000 people are out of work one of the most punished places of how known for its production of traditional pots and dishes but as you see a new man now reports the residents of palmyra no longer make enough to eat. newton good little hasn't opened his shop for months all the handmade played pottery inside is full of dust including the emblematic piggy ban

and serbia's government is set to announce new coronavirus restrictions on after the president said a weekend curfew may not go ahead thousands of people protested across belgrade for a 2nd night against the government's handling of the pandemic. as a whole for scottish independence is higher than it's ever been polling is consistently suggesting well over 50 percent of scots want to be the united kingdom it's been attributed to scotland success in controlling coronavirus compared to england and the overwhelming hostility to break sets of foreign state reports from scotland bert's has been dreaming of scottish independence for as long as he can remember he regards the english establishment as imperialists who stamped all over scotland just as that is the colors the fact of the independence campaign narrowly lost the referendum 6 years ago doesn't matter to him because he believes his day will still come to the us people who are still there there's still a strong as to where the people are marching the people march and march he's in glasgow and edinburgh and all over they're still ther

the 31—year—old serbia international joined from chelsea in 2017 and is in the last year of his contract. he's made 114 appearances for united and says he "still has a lot more to give and achieve in his career". the english rugby football union are cutting a quarter of its workforce to help cope with a potential £100 million financial hole due to the pandemic. chief executive bill sweeney says the union need to "completely remodel their business" and thinks it will take up to five years for the rfu to recover. they will make 139 positions redundant. a decision is expected in the next couple fo weeks about the autumn internationals, with the home unions making contingecy plans for a six nations style tounament if those games can't take place. one of britain's most decorated female divers, alicia blagg, has been forced to retire at the age of 23. the two—time olympian, who specialises on the springboard, struggled with depression and anxiety in recent years following previous wrist problems, but now a shoulder injury means she will have to give up for good and miss the tokyo games next

that seems to be true because even as the list lunches, it has been —— serbia has been taken off the list because ofa has been taken off the list because of a rise of infections. portugal did not come in at the start because the government was concerned by the infection rate there and a couple of outbreaks, although it is relatively small. i would expect, outbreaks, although it is relatively small. iwould expect, i outbreaks, although it is relatively small. i would expect, i would hope that portugal will be back on that list and you will be able to take that holiday to portugal in the short term, in the next couple of weeks, but unfortunately it is impossible to give a date just yet. another one that is evolving and could change. a question for felicity from matthew. concerning insurance. iam felicity from matthew. concerning insurance. i am due to go on a family holiday to spain in late august. all of the holiday insurance i have looked at is currently not covering coronavirus unless the policy was taken in advance of the pandemic. is that right? yes, so this is a real problem. lot

we are talking about serbia and kosovo. health officials in kosovo are warning hospitals are already overwhelmed. it is a bleak situation. we know about north—eastern spain already and the impact that is having on british tourists. i guess the thing we take from all of these is that it is clearly a very difficult time in all of the countries we are talking about, but if you are trying to take about, but if you are trying to take a holiday this year, if your plans we re a holiday this year, if your plans were already postponed, it's looking like 2020 is the year were nothing can be planned with any certainty. nick beake reporting. the uk's biggest tour operator, tui, is closing more than 160 high st stores. it is responding to changes in customer behaviour. ben thompson explained how the move followed a changing consumer behaviour. further evidence today, if we needed it, that as we change the way we shop, business has to change the way that it operates. therefore, in the case of chile, 70% of all the bookings they take ar

now, in the balkans, serbia, kosovo and romania are experiencing worrying outbreaks. here's nick beake again. if you listen to that health care officials can kodovo, they say the hospitals are already overwhelmed, they are dealing with us now and struggling. that is an area of real concern. if you look at places like italy, extremely badly hit in the early wave back a few months ago. everyone saw what happen in italy was a sort of a pre—runner to what other people experience. they made great strides in rome and bringing down the number of cases across the country, particularly in the very badly affected north. butjust yesterday, they've extended the state of emergency because there is a feeling among the government and other european governments that you really can't be complacent with this, can't take your eye off the ball or the consequences will be devastating. iceland claimed major success against covid—19, but there are concerns the virus is once again spreading through the community. ten new infections were recorded in the past 24 hours, taking the number of

case that the worst affected part of europe is the southeast balkan region, so we are talking about serbia and kosovo, and health missions in kosovo are warning that hospitals are already overwhelmed so it's a pretty bleak situation —— health officials in kosovo. we know about northeast spain on the impact that's having on british tourists andi that's having on british tourists and i guess the thing we take from all of this is that it's clearly a very difficult time in all of the countries we are talking about but if you were trying to take a holiday this year, if your plans have already been postponed, it's looking like 2020 is the year when nothing can be planned with any certainty. our correspondent in brussels, nick beake, thank you. the uk's biggest tour operator, tui, is closing more than 160 high street stores. it says it's responding to changes in customer behaviour. let's talk to our business correspondent, ben thompson. is this about consumer behaviour rather than because of the pandemic? yeah, ithink rather than because of the pandemic? yeah, i think today further evidence,

but ms sturgeon said spain and serbia would not be exempt from the quarantine measures, at this time, because of the prevalence of the coronavirus there. now i hope we will be able to add spain and serbia to the list, hopefully in part at the next review points on the 20th ofjuly. to that end, will be liaising closely with the relevant authorities as well as airports and airlines to gather more information on control of outbreaks in prevalence and other mitigations, such as testing. that we could possibly put in place as an alternative. manyjudge many judge and are manyjudge and are being left behind because of lack of access the internet. this company is helping to that of the this family from swindon, such cherries and showing mum‘s phone to home—school. but six weeks ago, if donated a tablet. what difference has it made, having another device in the house? we have been able to do loads of homework and we have been sharing, showing better, so it has made a big difference because now i can produce better work. because it was just a phone, it was they were already is arguing, whos