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Serbia has put troops on high alert over rising tensions with kosovo. it comes after weeks of escalating rhetoric. new roadblocks appeared on tuesday, in the majority—serb town of north meetrovitsa. kosovo is a small, landlocked country which many serbs consider the birthplace of their nation. but they are only 6% of 1.8 million people that live in kosovo. the rest, 92%, are ethnic albanians. in 2008, kosovo unilaterally declared independence from serbia. many countries — including russia an...

World cups in a row it is a fantastic feeling for the entire croatian people and across the world, a very special state of good mood today. lets hear from our correspondents in the two countries now — in a moment, well bring you katy watsons thoughts from brazil. but first heres guy delauney in croatia. they are toasting the name of dominic, after the match and quarter—final of the world cup which croatia one on penalty as they ten to do and dominic livakovic did what he did, save those cruc...

To do it again, but we are going to win it. guy delauney in a jubilant croatia. for brazil, this was a devastating defeat, crashing out of a tournament many believed they could win. heres katy watson in sao paolo. you can hear the band has started up, musicians presume blue book to celebrate a win for brazil going to to the semifinals, but now they have been booked they may as well enjoy the party. you see people sitting behind me. an unbelievable result for the brazilians. they were so convince...

And dominik livakovic did what he tends to do, which is save those crucial kicks. croatia on the other hand proving extremely resilient in their own spot kicks. and talking to the fans throughout the course of the day and even during the match, and even when it looked desperate for croatia in the second half of extra time, when they were 1—0 down, they kept saying to me, "look, we will score a goal, we will take it to penalties. "we believe." what is even more, they believe they can go all the...

Kosovo agrees not to impose fines for Serbian licence plates, after fears of violence.

The plane took off from serbia. the countrys defence minister said it was transporting a shipment of arms to bangladesh. he denied there was any connection with the war in ukraine, although he confirmed that the plane was operated by a ukrainian company. guy delauney, bbc news, ljubljana. a videos emerged on social media of a british man, thought to have been taken captive by pro—russian forces in eastern ukraine, appealing for help. john harding is understood to have been captured in may in t...

Thousands of firefighters continue to battle wildfires across europe — many people have died from the intense heat. the five remaining candidates for british prime minister will battle it out in their second tv debate later. investigators in northern greece have warned people living near the site of a plane crash to stay indoors because of fears the aircraft was carrying toxic material. the flight, which came down on saturday, was transporting a cargo of weapons from serbia to bangladesh. 0ur ...

And if he wants you involved in something helping, it is very difficult to say no. so im delighted for him and his family and the work that they have put in over those ten years, and also delighted for every family in this country who now has had their minds put at ease that if something unfortunate happens, like happened to marks son 0liver, in school, fingers crossed they are going to be ok because of the legislation that has gone through. investigators in northern greece have warned people li...

A cargo of weapons from serbia to bangladesh. 0ur balkans correspondent, guy delauney, has more. this is all thats left of the soviet era cargo plane that crashed near kavala in eastern greece. it was going to make an emergency landing at the citys airport, but it didnt make it that far. local people saw the antonov an 12 on fire as it descended. then they heard a series of explosions after it hit the ground. all eight crew on board died and locals felt theyd had a lucky escape. i wonder how it ...

Investigators in northern greece have warned people living near the site of a plane crash to stay indoors because of fears the aircraft was carrying toxic material. the flight, which came down on saturday, was transporting a cargo of weapons from serbia to bangladesh. our balkans correspondent, guy delauney, has more. this is all that is left of the soviet—era cargo plane that crashed near kavala in eastern greece. it was going to make an emergency landing at the citys airport but it didnt mak...