it s hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk, i m stephen sackur. the legacy of conflict left behind after the collapse of yugoslavia isn t easily overcome. they know that in kosovo, which declared independent statehood a dozen years ago, but has yet to make a lasting peace with neighbouring serbia. and right now, kosovo is experiencing a major political shift. my guest, the country s acting president, vjosa osmani, is a young, post war politician challenging the old guard of the kosovar independence struggle. she promises clean government, a fresh start, but can she deliver? president vjosa osmani in pristina, kosovo, welcome to hardtalk. thank you very much for this opportunity. a pleasure to be talking to you. it is a pleasure to have you on the show. i ve just described you as a member of a new generation of kosovan politicians. in what way, would you say, are you different from the old guard? in plenty of ways, in fact, and although i ve been part of politics for quite some time,
now on bbc news. hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk, i m stephen sackur. the legacy of conflict left behind after the collapse of yugoslavia isn t easily overcome. they know that in kosovo, which declared independent statehood a dozen years ago, but has yet to make a lasting peace with neighbouring serbia. and right now, kosovo is experiencing a major political shift. my guest, the country s acting president, vjosa osmani, is a young, post war politician challenging the old guard of the kosovar independence struggle. she promises clean government, a fresh start, but can she deliver? president vjosa osmani in pristina, kosovo, welcome to hardtalk. thank you very much for this opportunity. a pleasure to be talking to you. it is a pleasure to have you on the show. i ve just described you as a member of a new generation of kosovan politicians. in what way, would you say, are you different from the old guard? in plenty of ways, in fact, and although i ve been part of politics for quite
Aid trucks have started to move towards besieged towns and villages in syria. There are more than a hundred vehicles loaded with food, water, and medical relief. The humanitarian operation comes after the Syrian Government agreed to allow further aid in to help people who are stranded and starving as the violence intensifies. The truck spent most of wednesday waiting for the go ahead to start moving. The they have trucks heading to the south to four towns. 29 trucks are heading to idlib province, and two other villages encircled by rebel forces. Further aid is to be sent to a town surrounded by isil. Aid has previously only made it there by air drop. Zana hoda joins us live now. Zana what are we hearing about the movement of aid trucks . Reporter well, there they are on their way to these besieged areas like you mentioned following a deal late yesterday, undoubtedly progress, especially for the thousands of people who are trapped in these areas. You mentioned that some of these areas a
Lived for two millennia, but can they survive Climate Change . Hello there. There have been developments in brussels at a meeting between European Union interior ministers over the relocation of refugees in europe. The majority of countries have approved a plan to relocate 120,000 people. The plan has faced fierce opposition from some central and Eastern European nations who arent happy with the proposed quota system. Another emergency meeting is to be held on wednesday. Jacky rowland is following all of the days developments in brussel and joins us live now. Jackie somewhat complicated. Tell us exactly what this decision means. Reporter well the first thing that is significant is the decision was not reached as a consensus, thats really the way in which European Union Decision Making is made. It was clear that they were not going to get a consensus issue on this highly divisive issue, so in the end they decided to go for majority vote. We understand that the countries that voted again
Boat next month. Ill have all your days sport as defending champions new zeeland beat south africa to steal the spot and the financial of the Rugby World Cup. There are a few signs that are being interpreted as diplomatic shifts over the war in syria. Russias foreign minister says they will provide air support to the Free Syrian Army with the fight against i. S. I. L. And referred as those fights assad as terrorist and also in talks with the u. S. About launching a new political process between syrias government and the opposition. Meanwhile the u. S. Secretary of state john kerry is on a visit to saudi arabia, there he will meet the country foreign minister for talks. Inside syria and russias Bombing Campaign continues. Opposition activists say 44 people have been killed by air strikes in 24 hours, six of them children. Jamal reports. Reporter syrians state t. V. Continues its propaganda message to try and convince people that russian air strikes are targeting what the syrian and russ