and that's kazakhstan and belarus. both extremely important for various reasons, paul's chapter is on kazakhstan, one of the chapters, and i asked him to cover belarus briefly. he very kindly agreed. as result, give him a little bit more time. >> try not to take too much of that. first of all thank aei for the ability to participate in this project and conference. found it enjoyable and pushed some of my assumptions about countries around russia's seems strange to lump kazakhstan or belarus with countries that are part of the west or made strides to join the west in list of countries susceptible to russian meddling and intervention. belarus and kazakhstan are military allies of russia, core members of the euro -- union and part of the rusky mir. and kremlin needs them to stay that way. the eurasian union doesn't function very well and seen in both countries uptick of socioeconomic dishonest and disconnect between the government and public. unrest in both countries. in kazakhstan it's taken a nationalist turn, unnerving

kazakhstan defied expectations. everyone thought it was going to be unstable and there would be ethnic tensions. neither has happened because of the president. he's created a multiethnic image for kazakhstan. that border between russia and kazakhst kazakhstan, we talked about the estonia border. it's a large border. and the majority of russians live in the upper north of the country near that border. in 2000s there was a russian stoked separatist movement we have forgotten about. that makes kazakhstan nervous about separatism and they've been looking for and found citizens who have gone fight with the separatists in eastern crane. those people, when they come back, they usually end up in jail in kazakhstan. sort of another aspect of this sort of multiethnic vision of kazakhst kazakhstan. it's been tested inside kazakhstan and in part because of russia's aggression in ukraine and president putin's question of kazakhstan sovereignty, he questions whether there was a nation without president naz nazarbayev nazarbayev.

behind the new silk road that leads to kazakhstan's economic capital. behind the trains that run through the steps china is pursuing a strategy. the opening of a new export route to absorb any excess industrial production but the main goal is to intensify china's economic and political influence all across central asia a region that historically has looked towards russia. in a new form of delegates the generous roads the railway lines yet this for a post all new transport options are an advantage to those located on this line in kazakhstan and elsewhere in central asia in this case it usually with notes and thread nevertheless it's largely a chinese project that's aiming to solve china's problems as they could take and yes the finnish a three for china's constantly trying to find new space for its population. here to tell us the years of course russia has a lot of empty land but russia is still strong central asia is weaker it's the weakest link in the chain that. has so often china's population figures are a cause for concern the fear of the yellow per

now a soyuz rocket has taken off from the baikonur cosmodrome in kazakhstan with a russian and american crew on board r.t.s. doncaster rovers following the launch. four three two one. the soyuz at mass all a spacecraft is just blasted into the space from the baikonur cosmodrome here in kazakhstan it's really hard not to scream or hear a rocket. get going in the space. it's several thousand or melbourne florida. horsepower it sounds sets never remember the whole thing expedition taped to five hundred fifty six to the international space station and this particular mission is headed by a russian cosmonaut only cards and we have and that says and that's also not something light engineers andrew lloyd still adds richard carnel is a few minutes after launch of the space craft script this spacecraft will go into the earth's orbit and a couple of days later it will be it will be arriving at the international space station now after a docking this crew how will be joining their counterparts in the space station and those are also one a russian commander and so on the air all five japanese a fli

all a spacecraft is just blasted in suit this space from the baikonur cosmodrome here in kazakhstan it's really hard not to scream or hear a rocket. space. several thousand formula one. horsepower sunsets the ever remember the expedition to five hundred fifty six to the international space station and this particular mission is headed by a russian cosmonaut only cards and we have and that says and that's also not something light engineers andrew for still and richard arnold's a few minutes after launch the spacecraft script spacecraft will go into the earth's orbit and a couple of days later it will be it will be arriving at the international space station now after a docking this crew how will be joining their counterparts in the space station and those are also one a russian commander and so on the up there all five japanese a flight engineer nourishing it can i add american flight engineer scott tingle and those guys that have been up by the international space station since december from on call sort of artsy baikonur cosmodrome in kazakhstan. to guess was used in the course of an as

all a spacecraft is just blasted into the space from the baikonur cosmodrome here in kazakhstan it's really hard not to springboard here right now. to get. space. several thousand formula one cars or the. horsepower itself sets never remember the expedition to five hundred fifty six to the international space station and this particular mission is headed by a russian cosmonaut only cards and we have and that says and that's our offer not something light engineers and drew feustel and richard arnold's a few minutes after launch the spacecraft screw a spacecraft will go into the earth's orbit and a couple of days later it will be it will be arriving at the international space station now after a docking this crew how will be joining their counterparts in the space station and those are also one a russian commander and so on they're all five japanese a flight engineer nora she can i add american flight engineer scott tingle and those guys that have been up by the international space station since december from on call sort of artsy baikonur cosmodrome in kazakhstan. and australian so-ca

iran and turkey have been holding talks in the capital of kazakhstan a stana to try to resolve the conflict in syria the worsening humanitarian situation in rebel held eastern ghouta is likely to be on the agenda to tens of thousands of people who fled eastern ghouta in what's believed to be the largest exodus in one day in syria's civil war most left the town of how maria which has been the center of the heavy fighting between rebels and government forces to. robert mugabe has spoken out for the first time since he was ousted as the president of zimbabwe mr mugabe gave an interview to foreign media from his home in harare he called his removal from office in the member saying he never thought emerson. would turn against him the ninety four year old described his asking us a quote military takeover. marking the fiftieth anniversary of the me line massacre the us soldiers killed more than five hundred civilians mostly women and children in this one raids in the war in vietnam they'd been sent on a mission to confront the national liberation front of yet cong only one american soldier was pro

by the international space station since december from on call sort of artsy baikonur cosmodrome in kazakhstan well done wrong oh we'll be back in just about half an hour with the latest news but for more in the meantime. senators financial survival guide i don't buy any i'm on a teacher's. face almost friday that's the last time i am from the future so krakow was kaiser. the most expensive fish in a will each one selling for tens of thousands of euros it continues to grow its entire life if it was thirty years old you might have a two ton fish out there and yet they don't get that big today because we're way too good at catching. it's only women and set off a much larger mission was one stand that was much more widely distributed we have politicians that are in office for a few years they have to get reelected everything is very very short term our system is not suited and is not geared for long term survival and that's why we have the catastrophes out. of spite for many clubs over the years so i know the gunman saw god's. football isn't only about what happens on the pitch for the final scho

has called for the violence to stop talks have been taking place between turkey iran and russia in kazakhstan in the latest round of negotiations to end the conflict tens of thousands of people have fled eastern ghouta in what's believed to be the largest exodus in one day in the syrian war most left town at the center of the heavy fighting between rebels and government forces. zimbabwe where the former president robert mugabe says he never thought the current leader emerson would turn against him the ninety four year old has been speaking for the first time since being pushed out in november he told foreign journalists at his home in harare that his removal was a coup and assumed the presidency illegally. i. never felt he had. been brought into government. and whose lives were. so i used to think. west very thin with hanging. over climbed when. he would beat the man and. turn against. thousands of resilience have been mourning the death of a city councilor after what the president is calling an assassination mariel franco and her driver was shot dead in a car in rio the thirty eight year old

now i give the floor to the representative of kazakhstan. >> mr. president, kazakhstan is known for its clear position for uncompromising opponent of all types of weapons of mass destruction including chemical weapons. we condemn any use of weapons of mass destruction as immoral, inhumane and contradictory to humanity. we express our condolences to the use of the chemical agent on the united kingdom. it is impermissible to use chemical agents against anyone and anywhere. at the same time, since it is a very political sensitive issue, we should be extremely cautious and careful in drawing hasty conclusions without credible and convincing facts on the ground. the incident should be carefully investigated and any conclusions should be substantiated. we believe that any international response to the incident should be considered only after transparent objective and investigation within the international law, on the provisions of the laws of chemical weapons. hopefully all contradigses will be resolved by diplomatic means. and normalize relations for th

off was actually responding to a question by a journalist at a meeting about syria an author not in kazakhstan he was asked directly about the expulsion of diplomats and whether russia would be expelling u.k. diplomats and he said of course we will so we don't at the moment know how many people will be expelled and we'll have to wait and see until now it seems as though russia is kind of waiting to see what the full response from the u.k. and its allies will be this morning the deputy foreign minister city of course said that moscow expect expects new joint measures from the u.s. the u.k. and its allies and the kremlin had said before that putin will actually be taking the final decision on what measures to level in response to what the u.k. has has leveled at russia so we'll kind of have to wait and see to find out more details. so we're looking at a number of options here but in terms of measures so far britain has expelled russian diplomats and announced a royal boycott of the soccer world cup which takes place in russia later this year but there is talk of other retaliatory possibilities i

kazakhstan is known for its consistent position and an opponent ofng chemical weapons. we condemn any use of chemical weapons as immoral, inhuman and contrary to the principles of humanity. with thec incident possible use of the warfare agent. it is impermissible to use chemical agents against anyone, anywhere. at the same time, since it is a very political and incentive issue, we should be extremely cautious and careful and drawing hasty conclusions without credible and convincing facts on the ground. the incident should be carefully investigated, and any conclusions should be substantiated. we believe that any national response should be only after the transparent objective and inartial investigation accordance with international law. we hope that they will be able by -- lve it thank you. thank the -- representative of kazakhstan for his statement and give the floor to the representative of bolivia. >> we take note of the information provided today in regards to the events that took place on the fourth of march. olivia expresses -- bolivia expresses condemnation for t

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reporter: the altay mountains -- this is where russia borders mongolia, kazakhstan, and china. it's a destination for generations of pilgrims that come from miles around seeking spiritual guidance. legend has it that this is a place to embark on a path of inner change. yelena: the locals say that if you think out loud then your thoughts come true. it's important to remind yourself of that in spiritual places like these. reporter: visitors here call themselves modern pilgrims. they're drawn to yoga, healing rituals, and self-inquiry. yelena gomayun leads groups of stressed out city dwellers to the altay mountains. >> i was here a year ago, and all my wishes were fulfilled. i came to relax, but also to find miracles. reporter: gomayun leads the visitors to the icons of the village monastery. the confluence of these two rivers is the place to wish for a spouse. yelena: i think we russians in particular were always on a search for meaning. that's the way we are. i remember being a small child in the soviet union, and one of my relatives went to a healer. that kind of thing was norm

they face hungary and they themselves as struggling, recently defeated by kazakhstan and luxembourg. on paper it should be a victory for scotland here in budapest but being scotland it is never that simple. and you can keep up—to—date with the england game on 5 live. scotland game available on 5 live sports extra starting at seven o'clock and 7:30pm tonight. still to come on the programme: anthonyjoshua says the smart money is on him to knock outjoseph parker in their heavyweight unification fight in cardiff this weekend. we'll hearfrom him in the next few minutes. and we're going to tell you how and why the county of yorkshire is now playing international football. we do have a grandfather clause as an option because at one point we had to check out that particular option. let's have a look at some of the other stories around today. defending champion johanna konta is out of the miami open she lost in three sets to venus williams in the fourth round. konta suffered with a muscle spasm in her back during the match and said her body didn't adapt to the conditions. england women's

the two men along with the russian cosmonaut made the 50-hour trip from kazakhstan. they will conduct experiments for the next five months. they will also go on a spacewalk next week. >>> let's go to sports after the break. >>> i'm fallon smith at the xfinity sports desk. man, the warriors can't catch a break. no kevin durant, no draymond green, no klay thompson. at least steph curry was back last night, right? except his return only lasted three quarters. curry was injured after javale magee fell on his leg. what's the status of the point guard? well, monte poole and kelly johnson are here with that. >> the news could have been worse today. it's a grade iimcl sprain. that puts the start of the playoffs back in jeopardy. >> i think the warriors are hoping he is here for the second round of the playoffs. have to get out of the first round. the first round starts on april 14th, three weeks from today. steph curry will not be playing in round one. that much we know. possibly in a later round. as the first round goes on, he will be looking at steph curry for the second r

what you've been watching there for the past number of minutes turkey's foreign ministers meeting in kazakhstan two main issues brought up first of all what's happening in eastern where thousands of civilians have been able to leave the terrorist held area and go into car door she want to turn in corridors in damascus government controlled areas . asking for international help for the people who leave that area they're going to need food they're going to need shelter and they want the international community to step up and also briefly talking about the situation with surrogates doored of the poisoning of the double agent in the u.k. sergei lavrov speaking at length from an r t a question all not saying not a shred of evidence has been given to the international community by no communication which goes against international law let's know in fact by the way if you want to read more on our watch the rest of the pressure the r.t. website has that but just what we were speaking about there the diplomatic route between britain and russia has deepened over the past twenty four hours with prime minis

of that country authors expect an onslaught however all of them, all of them the ones writing about kazakhstan moldova belarus all of them talk about the issue you mentioned. change of regime is impossible. in the case of latvia maybe to the point where latvia will question nato. and so one of the issues there in terms of domestic vulnerability is the presence of russian state control, russian media which it in some places like moldova four example, i know you're anxious to do not issue. >> very much so and a republican from new york and i are sophomores in congress and we have introduced a bill to make here in the united states and a foreign owned media outlets to disclose their ownership to the fcc and to the american public. i think the american people deserve to know who is funding the media that they hear. it's essentially called the propaganda act because there are outlets out there right now that are essentially using propaganda on the american people and the american people have no idea so this is just a basic transparency piece of legislation that is pretty simple and straightforward.

in kazakhstan this hour. moving on the u.s. central command has admitted it doesn't know how resources it gives to the saudi led coalition are being used in the conflict with yemen does sit com track the purpose of the missions that it is refueling what targets it strikes and the results of the mission sounder we do not ok reuters recently reported on a saudi coalition air strike in late february that killed five civilians is said come able to tell whether the u.s. fuel or u.s. munitions were used as part of that strike. or not i don't believe we are ok well last month a group of u.s. senators introduced a joint resolution on yemen it aims to limit the president's power to wage war without or thrice ation from congress it also wanes the cuts america's support for saudi arabia and disentangle it from saudi involvement in the yemeni civil war the vote on the resolution is to be held soon. well in twenty seventeen the u.s. and saudi arabia signed an arms deal worth almost one hundred ten billion dollars it was described as one of

a russian soyuz rocket carrying the three men blasted off yesterday in kazakhstan. the spacecraft is set to dock at the space station tomorrow. the new crew will spend five months in space. >>> a bill making its way through the louisiana legislature would strengthen criminal penalties for hazing. the bill is named after 18-year-old lsu freshman maxwell gruver. he died last year in hazing incident involving alcohol. his emotional parents testified in front of the state house committee yesterday on behalf of the bill. it makes hazing that kills someone up to five years in prison. the current maximum penalty is 30 days in jail. >>> south dakota has made the top of the list that many aren't too proud of. the cdc says the state is the worst when it comes to students who text and drive. at&t is bringing a virtual reality simulator to schools to teach students the dangers of texting and driving. more than 63% of south dakota teens admit they've sent or received a text or e-mail while behind the wheel. >> and women at a south dakota air force base are breaking new ground up

the area the foreign ministers of iran russia and turkey have been holding talks in the capital of kazakhstan to try to resolve the syrian conflict zain a holder now from a stop. at the end of the day these three players are championing their own peace what is their peace they are not ready to discuss any political transition for example what they want to discuss is about rewriting the constitution some reforms and the opposition is refusing to accept anything that doesn't involve political transition so it's not really clear what they can achieve if they don't have the united states and the west on board at least an illegitimate peace deal more news on the web site it's always there for you of course al jazeera dot com tweet me i'll tweet you back at peter i'm here from ten g. tomorrow between now and the top of the inside story i'll see you soon. britain takes its case against moscow to the u.n. over the poisoning of a former russian spy at a time of friction of a break and an unpredictable white house how will a divided west tackle a resurgent russia which is again defining itself at least

football's biggest festivals preparations have been well underway twelve stadiums across eleven cities from kazakhstan in the east to kaliningrad. in the west and fifo officials have been keeping a close eye on those preparations on those developments so far so good from them it's been a thumbs up this is very important for fee for and for the local organizing committee to make clear to everyone and every fan around the world that the walkup is going to be an inclusive event an open event and welcoming even for everyone respective of their background origin nationality gender sexual orientation or skin color it is an event which is for everyone and this is the year the commitment that we have made in the local authorities in the local organizing committee that are behind this as well together with us people have complete trust in the security preparations and the security concept people looked at by russian authorities to the local organizing committee and we had also a great opportunity to test all the security arrangements and the concepts during the confederations cup last year and everything went

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birth last september, she reached the second round at indian wells with a straight sets victory over kazakhstan's zarina diyas. afterwards, williams said she was ‘a little rusty‘. i was almost going to cry because i missed my daughter. but i pulled myself together and said, "you've got to do this." but i was really happy to be out there, just to be able to play tennis again. not great news for heather watson, though, she is out at indian wells. shejust cannot though, she is out at indian wells. she just cannot beat victoria azarenka, this is the sixth time they have met and the sixth time watson have lost. rory mcilroy‘s masters preparations took a bit of a knock on the opening day of the valspar championship in florida. he started with 10 straight pars, but things then fell apart and he dropped three shots, to finish with a 7k. he's seven shots behind the leader corey conners. before the tournament, mcilroy said he was "totally ready" for the masters — the only major he's yet to win. it starts at augusta national on 5th april. that is all the sport for now, you can find more on the websi

arrived at the international space station after a two day journey from the baikonur cosmodrome in kazakhstan space is cool there is capsule dr with the i access a few hours ago and the new arrivals are russian cosmonaut all they are to me of along with nasa astronauts drew fused to land ricky arnold they're joining the space station's fifty fifth expedition and will remain in orbit for five full months and they are so so lucky. oh to be that does it for me i'll be back with headlines in about thirty one minutes there with. what politicians do. put themselves on the line. to get accepted or rejected. so when you want to be president and you. want to. have two going to be press which is what before three of the more people. i'm interested always in the water out. there should. be reality brand training now fazer people uploading their minds and they're willing to trade their physical body in exchange for the promise of immortality because remember we've shifted from the physical to the spiritual i guess you could call it we've also lost all values associated with the physical plane they all re

months and also had her first child six months ago the 23 time grand slam winnerfaces zarina diyas of kazakhstan in the first round. she's one major singles title short of margaret court's record but is trying to keep expectations toa minimum. yes, it has been hard. there have been many days when i am like, how ami been many days when i am like, how am i going to keep going? it has been very difficult but i keep going andi been very difficult but i keep going and i note that i might not be at my best yet but i am getting there. every day is a day and i should be getting better. as long as i am moving forward, even if it is at the turtle pace, i am ok with that. england wingerjack nowell is a doubt for this weekend's six nations match against france he missed training today. nowell has been used as a replacement so far but scored against italy on the opening weekend and also featured against wales and scotland. he could be replaced in the squad by elliot daly who has recovered from injury. two former champions are to return to play at the aegon championships at queen's club this summer the tradit

well the foreign ministers of iran russia and turkey have been meeting in kazakhstan to try to resolve the syria conflict the three countries are on opposing sides of the seven year war but have been working together for more than a year now to try to reduce the violence they are harder of course from. syria brings them together stakeholders and power brokers in a country now divided into areas of influence turkey unlike iran and russia doesn't support the syrian government but the three countries have enough common interests to continue cooperating through the so-called us to now process the capital has hosted many rounds of talks on syria since the beginning of last year the astronaut process is meant to complement talks in geneva but the message from here was clear a disregard for the un led peace process and any western intervention in a final settlement but. a cease fire in the deescalation zones were important steps to end the war in syria the process is the successful international initiative to decrease tension in syria asama is where the political situation to the crisis will

however, all of them, all of them, the one writing about kadz kazakhstan, latvia, moldova, belarus and ukraine, they all pointed precisely to the issue that you mentioned. the constant effort to delegitimize governments, change regimes, if possible. in the case of, say, latvia, maybe to the point where latvia will question its belonging to nato. and so one of the issues there, in terms of domestic vulnerability, is the russian media. is the presence of russian state control, russian media, which in some places like moldova, for example, is totally dominant. i know you're interested in that issue. >> very much so. mol -- like moldova, it's totally dominant. i know you are interested in that. >> we have introduced a bill to make here in united states, any foreign-owned media outlets to disclose their ownership to the fcc and the american public. i think the american public deserve to know who is funding the media that they hear. and it's essentially, it's called the countering foreign propaganda act, because there are media outlets out there right now that are essentially using propagand

that has just been launched from the baikonur cosmodrome in kazakhstan expedition fifty five is now making its way towards the international space station on the journey that we expect to take fifty hours since carrying two americans on one russian nasa flight engineer ricky arnold and two for still as well as soyuz command to me of the third flight for drew sloan on one previous shuttle mission. ready how they long stay on the. and you sexual consent bill in sweden is proposing to increase the punishment for writing the plans had to parliament on tuesday revise the list of sexual crimes. that's different from current legislation were has to be shown that there was violence a throat force or the plaintiff was in a particularly vulnerable situation we have not however change the basic principle that it's willingness which decides if it's an act of abuse or not. there will no longer be a need to prove intent in rape for example meanwhile sexual consent must now be verbal or via clear actions as mentioned punishment for perpetrators is also being increased however no changes to evidence stand

pushing across the east of the region giving some snow a higher elevations obviously from marty there in kazakhstan and tashkent as becky stan just when you see some patchy rain with those sort of temperatures is fine around the caspian sea and it's not looking pretty warm for bank that than iraq at thirty three also plenty of sunshine around the eastern side of the mediterranean the general flow still from the south but more in the way of cloud developing as we head on into wednesday as low pressure begins to push in towards the eastern side of the mediterranean but for much of the day it should be drawing fine in beirut that if the right be in peninsula and temperatures continue to rise here as we head toward some a thirty five in doha as a minus one and with light winds of nice few days those or temperatures are likely to continue on the other side of the potential temperatures rise into the winds coming up from the south so might be a little bit the dust around but temperatures in mecca medina getting very close to the forty degree mark so let's head down into southern portions of africa where

lied about the fact that mr putin would have sat that he wanted to have a greater russia including kazakhstan even bella who. yes and ukraine and the baltic states and he had to step down because it was all lies it was all russophobia fake news and that's not how it will work if we need russia and america as an ally we should engage in a responsible adult conversation you mentioned donald trump angela dhimmitude in the list don't trump because the media is very dangerous to believe what you read and hear in the media often but they regularly compare you with donald trump do you see any similarities to see big differences how do you ideologies can know maybe some of them speak about the hair i don't know whether it's true or another but now i'm not to be compared with donald trump or anybody else not because it would be an insult or maybe a compliment but i'm my own man i'm in politics much longer than mr trump is in politics and with all respect to mr trump i don't need to look like him or anything else landis' liberation isn't it that's the thing that people and if you look at the policy he

has called for the violence to stop talks have been taking place between turkey iran and russia and kazakhstan in the latest round of negotiations to end the conflict has more now from a start at the end of the day these three players are championing their own peace what is their peace and they are not ready to discuss any political transition for example what they want to discuss there is about rewriting the constitution some reforms and the opposition is refusing to accept anything that doesn't involve political transition so it's not really clear what they can achieve if they don't have the united states and the west on board at least illegitimate peace deal elsewhere in syria at least thirteen people have been killed in the turkish forces trying to take the town from kurdish fighters turkey launched an offensive in january to remove the syrian why p.g. and establish a buffer zone along its border turkey considers the wipe e.g. terrorists the assault has forced tens of thousands to flee the area as we've just heard the zimbabwean former president robert mugabe says he never thought the curr

western parts of asia first of all all looking pretty good for this time of year are marty there in kazakhstan and nine degrees tashkent was back stan my sort of twelve is fine around the caspian sea but we've got this area of low pressure moving through turkey into the caucasus and that's giving some heavy rain and these some snow higher elevations but without southwesterly flow behind it we're actually getting some very warm air coming up from parts of north africa so twenty four as a high in beirut we're looking very good twenty nine in bangkok you'll notice here the arabian prince has a pretty static the moment all looking fine twenty eight degrees. fine weather conditions light winds excellent news move the forecast on twenty four hours but more the way of cloud across the potential jury monday but again also sunshine i'm looking at highs of thirty four degrees in mecca into southern portions of africa we have tropical cycle threatening the east coast of madagascar so some large rainfall totals but the really strong winds should remain out in the southern indian ocean otherwise you're loo

already forty one option is that after twenty twenty four he changes the constitution as they did in kazakhstan and china and he stays on as long as he is capable. in the next two or three years he will pass power on to someone acceptable unless he decides to stay on forever putin will have to use this last term to cement a legacy from the look of it it will lead heavily towards militarism and even greater hostility to the west it is after all what putin does best horsley al-jazeera moscow. celtic on the program. confound us china's leaders i sound as a major promotion for a close ally of the president and the faces of the desperate afghanistan grapples with a rising drug problem as opium production sergius. hello there are cyclonic clipping the northern parts of australia are the moment you take a look at what it did to darwin we can see the very strong winds that have with it did bring down a fair few trees power lines as well this is all water one hundred twenty two kilometer an hour gusts can do as another tree going down there very heavy rain associated with that too and that system is sti

could i knew what option is that after twenty twenty four he changes the constitution as they did in kazakhstan and china and he stays on as long as he is capable or in the next two or three years he will pass power on to someone acceptable unless he decides to stay on forever putin will have to use this last term to cement a legacy from the look of it it will lean heavily towards militarism and even greater hostility to the west it is after all what putin does best horsley al-jazeera moscow but we also have two other correspondents in russia following the election very chalons in sebastopol in the south of the country but first let's cross over to jonah hill who is also in moscow jonah is it a stampede to the ballot boxes the polling stations have been opened just over what two hours now. yeah well i mean the central moscow polling station here it's hardly inundated so hell but they're doing pretty brisk business and have been for the last couple of hours and of course if that continues and if that's replicated that polling stations across the country that will be good news for the kremlin bec

largely dry conditions across the eastern areas temperatures looking pretty good there for marty and in kazakhstan tashkent then is back you stand around the caspian sea is also looking pretty good turn around at nineteen degrees now we've got some rain and some snow around the caucuses and unsettled weather conditions here generally but certainly looking quite warm for lebanon now beirut twenty three rising to twenty four as we head through into monday with the winds having come up from more southern parts of africa now as we move down into arabian peninsula's also looking good here dry conditions fine conditions maker thirty four here in doha is warming up temperatures of twenty eight degrees in fact and in very close to thirty as we head through monday despite an increase in cloud let's head down into southern portions of africa we've got a tropical cyclone which is just running towards the east coast a mother going to be bringing more heavy rain here but otherwise for much of south africa weather conditions are fine same goes for much of botswana once you get up into parts feingold or through

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looking at more eastern areas quite here we've got little bit of snow higher elevations but for the in kazakhstan tashkent in especially stan is looking fine twenty two in touch can't now across more western areas we have got a pretty unsettled picture the east is saw the mediterranean has got a circulation of low pressure which is moving up towards turkey as well and this is going to result in some heavy rains some really strong winds and certainly the higher elevations in turkey to be some significant flooding system sort of clear service he had through into friday but i think generally the quite disturbed weather pattern is going to extend into the arabian peninsula the main problem likely to be with fairly strong winds developing dust quite a lot of dust across the arabia i think that could be some serious facility problems during the course of thursday and through into the weekend you see the cloud there's a front comes down and the indication of some strong wind arrows so i think the really good bit careful in the could be some flight issues as well possibly the late because of the high dus