seeking rapid eu membership. but could regional instability and outside meddling thwart his ambition? presidentjakov milatovic, welcome to hardtalk. thank you for having me. it s a great pleasure to have you. you have made it quite clear your overriding political ambition and aim is to get montenegro into the eu within the next five years. but it s not going well, is it? exactly. i think that that is why i have entered montenegrin politics a few years ago, to bring the country to the eu, and this is what i am doing on a daily basis, pushing for it. i think that all the good things are not easy. and in that way, we are trying our best. but pushing for it is one thing, promising your people that within a term a five year term you can deliver it is quite another. and surely you have made a promise that you can t keep. no, that s not really true. i think that we can keep the promise and i think that having montenegro into the eu within the next five years is a very realistic
featuring all four members in a week s time. now and then is based on a recording byjohn lennon in the 19705 which was completed by sir paul macartney and ringo starr last year after advances in audio technology made it possible. mccartney said it was quite emotional to hearjohn s voice. when we lostjohn, we knew that it was really over. i was talking to yoko and she said, oh, i think i ve got a tape ofjohn. paul called me up and said he d like to work on now and then. i he put the bass on. i put the drums on. it s the last song that my dad and paul and george and ringo will get to make together. how lucky was i to have those men in my life? i am joined now by eric alper, a canadian music publicist and commentator on the industry. welcome to newsnight. very few people, i d like to make clear, have heard this song yet, hardly anybody. are you counting down the hours to next wednesday? film. are you counting down the hours to next wednesday? are you counting down the hour
but it s not going well, is it? exactly. i think that that is why i have entered montenegrin politics a few years ago, to bring the country to the eu, and this is what i am doing on a daily basis, pushing for it. i think that all the good things are not easy. and in that way, we are trying our best. but pushing for it is one thing, promising your people that within a term a five year term you can deliver it is quite another. and surely you have made a promise that you can t keep. no, that s not really true. i think that we can keep the promise and i think that having montenegro into the eu within the next five years is a very realistic thing to do. i think that montenegro has been negotiating with the eu for the last ten years. we have been, out of all the candidate countries, the frontrunner. montenegro is the only country without any big problems with their neighbours in the western balkans, which is a rare thing in our region. as i understand it, right now, montenegro
but it s not going well, is it? exactly. i think that that is why i have entered montenegrin politics a few years ago, to bring the country to the eu, and this is what i am doing on a daily basis, pushing for it. i think that all the good things are not easy. and in that way, we are trying our best. but pushing for it is one thing, promising your people that within a term a five year term you can deliver it is quite another. and surely you have made a promise that you can t keep. no, that s not really true. i think that we can keep the promise and i think that having montenegro into the eu within the next five years is a very realistic thing to do. i think that montenegro has been negotiating with the eu for the last ten years. we have been, out of all the candidate countries, the frontrunner. montenegro is the only country without any big problems with their neighbours in the western balkans, which is a rare thing in our region. as i understand it, right now, montenegro
jerusalem sent this report, and some of the images are distressing. after the doctors had examined yocheved lifschitz, she came out of the hospital in tel aviv saying she went through hell in gaza, from the moment hamas took her as a hostage. translation: l was laying - on a motorcycle, my body on one side and my legs on the other, and the hamas men beat me on the way. they didn t break my ribs, but hurt me very much. like so many israelis, she s astounded by the failure of her country s army and intelligence to protect them. translation: the army wasn t prepared. - we were the government scapegoats. hamas warned us three weeks ahead. they burned our fields, and the army somehow didn t take it seriously. and hamas s detailed planning extended to hostage taking too. translation: they seemed ready for this. they had prepared for a long time and had everything the hostages needed, even shampoo and conditioner. running this war is getting complicated for the israeli government.