Erupting almost continuously since 1932. Ah. Main stories. Now youre craning official say it is 13 people have been killed. An overnight Russian Missile strikes in the southeast and city of zap erasure. Dozens of others have been wounded. Rescue workers have been digging through the rumble of residential buildings with fears. More people might be trapped, the city is under ukrainian control, as part of a region that russia says it annex. Last month. The greatest president Vladimir Zalinski is called the shelling, merciless that bridge, or has been repeatedly hit in recent weeks as russia retaliates. After suffering defeats in the south and northeast of the country. Meanwhile, russias president is saying, saturdays blast on the bridge connecting crimea to milan. Russia was a terrorist act by demo putin as blame that Ukraine Special services for the attack which damaged part of the crossing. Hes ordered the countrys federal Security Service to oversee traffic. The coach bridge is a critical route supplying moscows troops in southern ukraine and seen as a symbol of russian power in the region. You, there is no doubt. This is an act of terrorism owners destroying russias critical civilian infrastructure, its authors, perpetrators, and beneficiaries other Security Services of the crime. Just a couple of other stories to bring in police have arrested several people as an Anti Government demonstration and sri lanka. Violence broke out after protest, as were told they could not assemble on a public promenade in the capital. Colombo shanker has been struggling with widespread on rest of the economy and a lack of basic services for his people and have been protest continue in iran today with the under the people can. He continued to join Anti Government demonstrations that were treated by the death of a young woman in Police Custody videos shared on social media show rallies and several cities. On sunday. Demonstrators have been gathering in defiance of a crackdown by Iranian Security forces. Bytes group say at least 185 people including children have been killed. But these have been using, have been accused of using live ammunition to stop the protest. The unrest started last month after the death of 22 year old massa. I mean, those are the hard lines. The sour moon is coming up a bit later on in the evening. Talk charges era is coming up next. Ah ah, buckingham, the governor. Following the breakup of yugoslavia conflict between muslim botany acts orthodox serbs and Catholic Christ began in 1992 the ethnic bloodshed ended 3 years later, after the dayton accords assigned the balkan nation has since been governed by arguably the worlds most complex political system. A cancel of 3 president s abbas neck, a cracked and serve, rotating the government chairmanship to preserve the status quo. Part of the 1995 agreement to promote peace and stability was the establishment of the office of the high representative. But 27 years later, the agreement has been heavily criticized as its proven effective in reducing the ethnic divisions of the past. I said bake in sarajevo, some 3300000 in Bosnia Herzegovina had due to the polls last week. The cheese law makers at a regional and National Level as well as 3 members of the president ial cancel. But on the very light of the election after poles closed, the countries of peace, overseer. Hi, representative Christian Schmidt announced changes to the election law. Schmidt says the changes of create a more effective government working between the country to entities. Republics, edgar of predominantly, bosnian serbs, and the federation of Bosnia Herzegovina, of many, bosnia and bosnian croats. But many of you changed for the better is unlikely. Lets find out what this means for the country. As high representative for Bosnia Herzegovina, Christian Schmidt talks to al jazeera, i representative for Bosnia Herzegovina, Christian Schmidt. Thank you for joining us on talk to al jazeera tkip. You chose the night of the elections to use your powers, also known as the bon powers, to allow you to make changes to the law. You change the number of representatives to the upper house are known as the house of peoples, how they are chosen and gave a deadline for forming a government. Why did you choose the night of the elections to make that announcement . This is very simple. I did not want to interfere in delight to process the decision of the electorate of the people on the one side. And i did not want to give the impression that i would go to cooper. She little tune, knowing the electoral results or the 1st her information about them and to adapt any decision i have made this decision ah, on sunday morning and signed the decision prepared for a lot. And so are desperate to purpose her. It, after the closing of the polling stations, we have members of the European Parliament objecting to announcement saying things like this, overshadowed by the use of your power. The elections have been overshadowed. Several european observer saying it was a slap in the face of voters that it shows great, distract a disrespect for the citizens of this country voted that it caters duke crew, cried at no, nationalists the hasty that hasty dead. And this is the party in croatia. Had you respond to these comments for cha, beth . Well, will we have to see that the federation of Bosnia Herzegovina, lex since of 4 years. I repeat since 4 years, a presidency, a government, and in a few in short time, a court. And i shall do nothing. Went home. I refused very drastically. This her, im acceptable a crusade and to me i would have anything done which would affect her the voters decision. What im doing is not referring the counting of the old, but how to make use out of it. What is her election and the will of the people and members of European Parliament and i have been member for parliament and throughout the year for sort of the year. So i know are valuable about what im talking and i do not need any. There are suggestion about what to do and how to behave and us and that basically democratic and what did i, i did just help and what im doing that the bill of the voter will b paused and put into reality that it but not everybody agrees with you, the European Union seemed to distance itself from your decision, said that the powers should be used as a last resort. And the decision was made by you, i dont, is, was, was this really a last resort for years . No government, and your need no last resort. While the European Union distancing themselves from you, asked that European Union, did you make this decision along versus my decision . I had some Good Corporation consultation, but this is my decision, thats my job. I am appointed here her to look on the her date to an agreement and to make it working. So this is what im doing. Do you think that the decisions that the, the changes that you have brought to that announced . Do you think it will make it work looking at the reaction . I hope so. But this does not depend on the reactions of anyone in the world. This depend, this depend on the people here and on the Decision Makers here. If i would just be here and having and seeing a functioning state, i think i would better go the next day because they need nothing. If there is a situation where the people have no confidence in the watering and in the results, dont forget your how here in a country where corruption and nepotism is not a theoretical issue that we have to give back people confidence and the hag, im a tell you are beyond all political and official statements, and i am prepared to discuss with all my colleagues in European Parliament. I have to hide nothing. But i have to say, i only know if we want to make things better here, like sham on these set. I dont know exactly whether it works better when it changes, but i only know i have to change to make it broken better. Talking about that cooperation, theres also claims, questioning your impartiality that youve handed out of favor to your ers as to your parties. And a Christian Social Union sister party by imposing these changes last year. The cushion prime minister, andrea panko, which attend to the gathering of your party in germany, where he specifically praised you said that you have Great International experience. But he looked all it i think i have great in a sure, but yes, but he also said that he looked forward to cooperating with you to ensure a reform of electoral legislation in bosnia. Do you consider yourself impartial . Absolutely. And how about your relationship to your sister party in croatia . May i tell you and ask you, do you know which sister, pardon, or c, s u has a smile in boston, had to covina sta, which sister paddy tess . He n ah republica, sutka, p and p, which party has a contact in the n, serbia roach party. So that they just did their leaders come to your part is gathering in germany and praise. You know that they want to cooperate with you cause you talk about cooperation. Who did you cooperate with for, to make this decision . With me both myself. So can you explain to International Audience . Did you have any cooperation with frasier, missouri, sorry, i do not understand. Shall i not corporate . Will the people around here in this, in this region, shall i not . I have been asked vow out in budapest, in burke gray in slovenia anywhere because they people, they know one if this here of the territory integrity of this country is put in question. And dont forget that we have sometimes m, mister putin being addressed it in that region, that it would be indeed a challenge. Somebody said to me, your breed can talk about the dissolution. But there is no peace for dissolution and a switch. And so this is about severe issues. And so i have like all the others to talk, but everybody this does not in n. How shall that i would not make my decision on myself. Believe me, i am old enough that im aware that i have to make my decisions. I stand for the decisions and the importance us. What ends in which direction hopefully of us are success. Okay. Can you explain to International Audience . You said that you cooperate, youve spoken to different people that if you coordinated with zach group, if we have officials from zagreb celebrating these changes and saying that they are responsible for them, they are wrong. You know, the way you did, you didnt, you didnt coordinator them. Why . Why, why are they celebrating these changes . Ask themselves i make my decisions. Did you speak with officials in zagreb . Before you made this decision . I thought means before you made that last year. Oh, sorry, i mean we had a shot were total the total weight at about about the decision. And you are not interrogating me aware. Im traveling where i traveling everywhere. Addressing this is about coordination. These are these, these are the allegations that are being made against you, that you have the ition. Yes, but by people within this country are saying that you are not impartial, that this decision favors assert a particular group or croyt at no nationalists. And im asking you, if there was coordination reserve group, i have to say very clearly, my friend, you cannot ask me whether theres a coordination and then comment. This would be an order from this site. I have talked to everybody, to be very clear. This is my decision, you can discuss about my decision, but please, on another level, do you think this decision will, will matter, considering the already deep divisions inside this country or will it need to a crisis because it also the have that fear that yet that but lets come back to the issue door. Dick is, has just been last year to go out of this country. No problem. Its a problem. In the court caucus, theres a tendency of some extremist to talk about a 3rd entity. Totally impossible. We will go against this as well. There are some complaints in the boston jak community. Big children in this country, up to now have different curriculum about history versus the issue. 80 percent of the young people in this country are leaving. What are we doing . Nepotism corruption, thats the issue. And sometimes the sometimes i think some of those are who are just are asking whether i have met mr. Plain coverage on mr. Milan, norwich for mr. Wood. Judge, i didnt bid mr. Nordic to, to be open because he refused to meet, you know, him program versus not the question. The questioners. Brothers country, sir wife. In a good way and come to europe in integration. Yes or no. This is so because i thought i have to correct a little bit the intention of your question. Now my intention on the question had to get to the truth. Oh yeah. You mentioned, you mentioned derrick. You, you, as the high representative have the power to remove him. He has made those comments is just the letter that i should remove. You know, im saying that you have the power to remove my cancer. Just anything. Yeah. You have the power to move him yet. Hes you know, you have the power because of the dayton agreement. Why didnt you, or why dont you . Thats those help you chose not to you chose to make these changes the specific changes. If someone is making kind of a february hung from bosnia and herzegovina, you see that as a problem. Yeah. And i had so all statements and positions and legacy relation to avoid that mr. Duke, a continuous and separation. Maybe what i have seen, we have just got a court assertion which absolutely supports my decision not to see. For example, ah, state property being handed toward the republic herself, sca because this is a state level issue. So a lot of details are to be booked and i prefer that they want us to decide whether they want to have somebody yes or no. The current authorization for the e u, Multinational Stabilization force expires in november. This yet, that previously russia has threatened to withdraw is support. What happens if they do . I dont see that the International Community will give up on the presidency and boss now to call been because people want to see a civilization or they and fear of been forgotten. So i intensely ah, supporting those who want to have which in the nation. Oh ha, presence ever. Ive heard that the american secretary of state some month ago referred to the possibility, if not your for our tier turf nato. I see this could be drawn out of the dayton agreement unexplained a to have nato have. I have not done it. I had at nato has here and done nato cares for this country. As so far this as you are for ill tell you ask me what will happen if a man security counselor there wont be a rito so ah, the question is are there alternatives how they are arranged . Yes. I think there are alternatives and they refer to the secretary of state of the United States of america. The election took place and mister backdrop of russian influence in republic sub hska. Miller, miller, doug, doug dick has visited moscow. He supported the war in ukraine. He, you know, hes met vladimir putin, what you make of the russian influence. And can it be counted because weve spoken to nato official to say that it runs deep in repub, accepts good that russian influence can, can that be counted . There are some, some hints that there is indeed such an influence. I see this not very ah, not very ah, let me say visible her, but ron has to make clear that this is not a place for games. So i think her security should be delivered through frontier and other area is an international ah question. Which should not done, cannot be only on sit here in boston, answer camino back to those changes that youve announced. What happens if a government isnt formed . If they dont manage to have an agreement, you gave a 30 day deadline. What happens . Yeah. Then at the end, her next 30 days of the number necessary to present and candidate and the Different Party court are not party. But the, if the caucuses are, goes down to 7 and then goes strong to 4. So this will be a possibility. If for the majority fails to find, are both fir, the minority. I government. So im pretty, pretty convinced that this was broke out. And what kind of feedback have you had from within inside the country to your announcement from the different parties . I talked to all the key different partners center, or maybe you are surprised her. They all basically agreed no objections at all. Her some i would say if in this country are no objections, you are wrong. But basically her what will you argue against her situation that there is nothing going on . Everything is blocked by the way, plot i, her civil partners especially by one which i go for a hush dip locking and her a. So i think theres a lot of support for this. Theres also questions about why these changes were made specifically for the federation of bosnia. This is a similar question and a simple answer because this kind of blockade did not take place and a global pick us up sca ah, there is a government. There isnt quite another structure. Yes. And then the federation. Ah, it has been on the state level. Ah, we have seen this strange blockade or do given by mister dor dick. Its a member of the state presidency. He will no longer be a member of the state presidency. So i think at this as in your journal, dora, i expect that the corporation on improve. But the new member elected is a member of his party. Hes put her forward. I havent bought it for it. But her, but she is indeed youre absolutely right on to those problems and still persist in the potential problem persists him to answer the question, would you not have posed, why do you not have changed . Simply because this is the date and constitution. And im here to protect the data constitution, but that would change the date and constitution. This has to be done at the parliament, like all the other human rights issues, which i support fully. Ah, its impossible that a jewish or a person which does not are referred to be as quiet or boston york or sir cannot run for the presidency of this country. This impossible then strove years if a court ruling of the European Court of human rights and it has not yet been implemented. That term i feel and see that theres a lot of the people you asking how is the direction they wanna go on do more and have to say, i can not do this because i think this is talk to the parliament and somehow i think we have to give it more to other people. When you say this is to the parliament do, theres also been some people say that this, the decisions that you have taken when need to over representation of certain groups like the croats. Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. I havent changed anything. Ah, nor in the only thing ive increased a proportionally to everybody. It was every by the every 3 or caucasus burnt. 17. Now its 23. 00. The only thing is i have done more for the so called others. They are now 11. They have been 7, so thats it. Im really guarantee representation for the others. Yes. The problem is that we are not allowed to to implement heard the understanding that this country consists out of more than 3 constituent people, especially the are the so called this richer ha, minority edison, others because Court Constitutional court, which i respect. And the us has decided that fours sadist fin see, has to implemented on state level. And we are again since 14 years then they was fusion and this country facilitated by here a p and you and yeah, and United States and so on. And their assault is serial point 0. 0. So i think would have to mike feeling us, if we would not succeed in getting the state level changed, who have somehow to give it to the people to give it to the people. What does this mean . Ah some are asking for having dayton chill your cannot go on the u. S. Air force base sit ah, for 3 weeks and create a new constitution for this country. This country has to make the constitution itself. And you said that because i have a date and to you should not have my should not have a date in 2, but isnt Something Like that required to make fundamental change in this country was in dayton supposed to be temporary. They absolutely. Dayton was so politically constitution i qualified ceasefire, and it worked for now 30 years 27 years that turned in all our understanding of european integration and of human rights. The people themselves have to decide tell me which country gets em. Her conference hold of the country with people from other countries including for example, serbia, krasier and others deciding about this i think will have definitely to give it to the people. How could this work . Or if we just are taking her caretakers for this country, theyre sir ed educated, adult people. Ah, but unfortunately a situation where the political class. Yes. Beyond some very reasonable politicians, i have to say this is not, there are to everybody, but theres, theres unfortunately a problem. And they kept in the preparedness to act on behalf of the people are her, some are only acting on behalf of their entity house. There are people, people who constituent people of their or ethnic group or, and or well nat king a little of the be overlooking the composition of the child interest. And though youre coming to the key problem here, youre there said this living trade, the percent. Why they are both killed, they should have up chance and they have some of them how up chance. But they are feeling that in this country. Corruption is so strong are clear until assume that if they are, do are just want to get the independent chop, merit based the see a problem. So worth to change those. And we have to come to a joint historical understanding of the past here, unfortunately, or the country yes or the political scene, or in this country estimated by an actual historical relation ah, which is not have for the idea that we are the better ones. And we will dominate the other ones, has led to at this hosta in this country versus the message. Not the question on whether my ip blocking instruments are saving the country. They will help. Im pretty convinced that they will not answer the basic questions. Time will tell. Thank you. Hi, representative. Kristen smith for talking talk to that. I get a with here are some of the media stories a critical look at the global news media got spread on al jazeera government shut off access to social media. Ah
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