>> you're with us for the al jazeera news hour live from london. hundreds of migrants are feared dead in the mediterranean since the number rescued since friday approaches 10,000. houthi targets under attack in southern yemen. saudi arabia and egypt discuss large-scale military exercises. don't be evil, europe

charges google for abuseing its dominance. and why dark matter may not be so dark after all. the inter galactic study that has put scientists in a spin. and one of europe's top football manager announces his resignation. >> no luck, i'm afraid, the italian coast guard unable to find any more survivors from a migrant boat, which capsized on its way from libya to italy. 145 people were rescued when the boat went down, but the charity "save the children" said that survivors told them that at least 400 did drown. that number is just a tiny fraction. the 10,000 people who have

arrived in europe from north africa since friday. we go out to catania, a southern island of sicily. it's growing by the week, is it possibly because of the change of policy? >> yes, there are a number of complex factors contributing to this. certainly humanitarian groups are pointing the finger at the difference between last year and this year regarding the operations. last year we had an operation that ran to the tune of $10 million a month. it would go out to the libyan coast seeking to pluck refugees from the water saving their lives, essentially. this year it has been replaced with a scheme called tritan, more of a border guard system

where they'll parole quite close to territorial waters guarding against illegal immigrants as they see it. it's not a proactive search operation, and that means many people trying to cross that dangerous stretch of sea are simply not making it because their boys are--the boats are not seaworthy enough. already this quarter we've seen a ten-fold increase in the estimate of those who have not made it. the fact is that the figures do not body well for the weeks and the months ahead. >> it's not even peak season for migrants yet but the reception center on the island of lampedusa is already heaving. 400 refugees are crammed into an unit intended for 250. it will be another long night. boats are bringing in hundreds

of rescue refugees. at latest count 10,000 have been plucked from the water since last friday alone. but the risks are high. on monday 400 people are believed to have drown before rescue could arrive. survivors spoke of panic and then of tragedy. >> we met them yesterday. we spoke to them, a group of people mentioned they departed from libya on the same boat. there were 550 people approximately, and only 145 were rescued while the others are believed to, unfortunately died in the mediterranean. >> the traffickers are becoming bolder and more ruthless. boats are no longer being abandoned. they're too valuable to lose. >> last monday one of the boats

witnessed warning shots fired by the smugglers threatening to take the migrants back to libya. this is a clear sign that the smugglers in libya are running out of boats. therefore, they're determined to do anything, including shooting their guns in order to do that, in order to keep their boats and possibly be able to reuse them for further smuggling operations. >> it's estimateed that all right 500 migrants have died trying to make the crossing from north arc. humanitarian groups say it is a direct result of the scaling back of search and rescue operations. >> the ability to rescue in the mediterranean is inefficient and there is a need very urgently to

do something about that, and there needs to be legal alternatives to be able to come to europe, and i think it's totally irresponsible what i hear around all of these comments of nationalistic and sometimes populist movements to try to stop any attempt to improve reception capacities in countries of a rival. >> the police will not tell us where these families now boarding the buses behind me are going to be taken. but the fact is that these rescued migrant are the lucky ones of those trying to make the most dangerous sea crossing in the world as others follow in their steps. >> the italian navy saved 150,000 migrants in the one year

it was operational. as it was explained it was costing $10 million a month. and the e.u. felt that it was encouraging more migrants to make the journal. they've gone through that to some extent. let's go to the international organization for migration. >> last year at the end of april

we're seeing 26,000 people arriving in the first four months of the year. now as of the 15th of april so the numbers of arrival still hasn't changed but the numbers of dead yes. with the shipwreck which occurred, 900. last year in the same period, 96. so we're talking about 10 times more. it is clearer proof that something has changed in the terms of life-saving operations. >> let me butt it to you. --let me put it to you that yes something has changed. they claire less about the people they're putting out to

water as they travel the sea and the waters they're sailing are more dangerous and they're using rubber dinghies rather than sturdy boats. >> this is true. and something that we've seen during the summertime we've started to see that we're using increasingly unsafe vessels and unsafe fishing boats and we've seen a few shipwrecks, last year in september 500 people died at sea. so this is not something new. the smugglers are really vie atlanta. they're suffering abuses and violences. >> what should they do? we're talking $10 million a year in you're opinion is that a drop in the ocean sorry for the use

of language, but is that tiny compared to the over all european budget? >> well, you know, the top priority it has proved it is not enough. so we think life-saving mechanisms should be put in place as soon as possible. possiblecally after at the european level. they're carrying out an exceptional job because it is actually carrying out all the life saving operation. because even if the tritan is active the majority of calls of distress are often in international waters close to the liberian area. so we think that-- >> i'm sorry i should let you finish.

i was just going to say simply, when you have a coast line like that in north africa, and most of these people we under are coming from libya is there anything that could be done on the africa theon the african continental side? >> well there, is a short-time solution and a long-time solution. long-time solution is offering alternatives to people who are fleeing from war of persecution. it means that in cooperation some solution must be found to open and enter channels in europe. the point is that most of the time they don't have the

possibility of crossing the desert and arriving in libya. once they arrive in libya the situation becomes terrible for everyone. i was told when you arrive in libya you're between the devil and the deep blue sea and it's true. libya at this moment is a country very dangerous for migrants. they're targets of abuses and violence. it is very important to continue find solutions and offer legal entry channels to migrants. >> thank you for talking with us on the al jazeera news hour. >> now saudi arabia said that the defensive it is leading in yemen has military capabilities.

another line to this story what have we been hearing about ali abdullah saleh. >> we have heard that he once again offered to exit from yemen with his family, and in exchange he'll abandon the houthis. he has september his envoy and the reports that we have right now conveying this message to the saudis and other gulf nations. we have also learned from the same official that they have been rejected by the gcc countries. right before the beginning of the strikes three weeks ago

former president ali abdullah saleh sent another envoy to saudi arabia with exactly this offer, but it was rejected at this time. ali abdullah saleh is a shrewd politician and a wiley man. hehe will not fight to the death. he wants top survive. he wants his family to survive. and after the resolution from the international security council, and he had seen the houthis and their allies, and that they should be defeated. he sees no other way to safely exit this other than the saudis to allow him to leaf yemen. >> thank you very much.

>> it controls the skies. the saudi-led coalition has not gone to the ground. they support president abd rabbuh mansur hadi. >> we tell the houthis to get out of here. we're sick and tired of you and your oppression. this is a message to them and iran. you'll never be welcomed here. >> here at the western entrance into aden vehicles speed away traveling in the opposite direction they can't get very far. >> there are injured people over there, but the houthis are

targeting our vehicle. >> hospitals have been badly hit hit. some like this one has no electricity. in sanaa airstrikes continue to target the main air force. there are weapons and reinforcements being flown in to the houthis. the saudis say this is one of the reasons that it has taken so long to defeat them. this is a war over the control of yemen. control on the ground is crucial. if the saudis and their allies want to ensure that president hody can rule they may have no choice but to send in ground troops. >> that is the mainland. refugees are trying to get out of the country while others are trying to to arrive into the

country. [music] >> on the shores of djibouti they land, tired but relieved after a dangerous journey. they refuse to go called refugees. >> we're not refugees, but we fled the war because aden port is closed we came this way. >> they brought what they can carry but they don't know what fate awaits them. >> i was in the capital. there was intense fighting and bombing on the city. the city was cut off completely one day before we got here. >> the refugee agency said that even though the numbers landing in djibouti are small they're expecting many more soon. people are escaping three weeks of airstrikes, and the yemenis

are also going hungry. the country has faced food shortages for decades now there is a warning that the arab poorest country may face food shortages. >> we expect there to be very serious food security problem with a lot more people facing emergency situation. >> so far the fighting shows no sign of slowing down soon. >> coming up on the news hour, i said to my mother, i want to kill myself. >> yazidi talk about how they were raped and abused by isil fighters. opposition calls for early elections.

and in sport they knock chelsea out of the league. can they do the same to barcelona? >> european unions accused google of skewing it's searches in favor of its own shopping service. european commissions state that it has that google has been unfairly it's shopping services. >> initially against price comparison damaging competition. google controls 90% of all. europe-based web searches.

e.u. authorities have been investigating whether this monopoly has been abused by google on people searching at thens of others which may be better. >> when you use that kind of market power to promote something artificially, to favor it for not getting the same treatment as other services, well then you are using your dominant position to restrict competition. >> today's move comes after five years of complaints by digital companies who feel they have suffered directly to google's practices. >> very soon after we launched we were struck with an algorithm algorithmic google search that cut us from the google search. as a business that is effectively disappearing us from the internet. >> some people are seeing this as a crucial test of the new

digital economy. and of how big u.s. tech companies are dominateing the internet. in europe there is resentment of what is seen as an u.s. monopoly and they want to encourage competition but in the u.s. that's called protectionism. >> reporter: google could be fined 10% of its revenue that's $6 billion. google has ten weeks to respond and on wednesday issued a statement saying while google may be the most used search engine people can now find and access information in numerous and different ways. and allegations of harm for consumers and competitors have proved wide of the mark. as it went, former charges abroad google will have the right of appeal, and the whole process could take years to resolve, but the stakes are high

in what could be a crucial test case for the digital economy. simon mcgregor wood, al jazeera london. [ chanting end consumer dictatorship ] >> you can see with some force dragging with confetti, but otherwise unharmed. he >> now china's economy is continuing to slow. official figures showing economic growth went down to 7%.

pretty good, but the lowest has been in china. in six years. despite the slowdown stock market values are hitting record highs, and they now have reports from beijing on the two faces of china's economy. >> china calls this stage of its economy the new normal. but there is nothing normal about its stock market. there is much more red than green on this trading room screen. in china red means gain. the markets are now at a seven-year high, and novice traders don't want to miss out. >> i'm very optimistic about the chinese stock market. even though i know very little about stocks and the economy i think that the chinese stock market has a bright future. >> in one day this month more than $250 billion worth of shares were traded. that's equal to $200 for each person in china. the surging market is being increasingly driven by novice investors like lun nan who

spends up to three hours a day often at work, buying and selling shares via his mobile phone. >> i sold my stocks today because i feel market went up too fast. it should drop soon. so i want to wait for a while. >> many other new investors are pensioners often using their life savings to buy stocks but many are inexperienced leaving them vulnerable to sudden shifts in an unpredictable market. >> we have to remind them of the potential, real risk but so far i see no signs stopping them. >> reporter: this is why many are buying shares. they don't trust the property mortgage where there is now a chronic oversupply of new homes. so the stock market is the only realistic investment option. he manages a fund on behalf

investors that is worth more than $50 million. >> the main reason for this bull market is the huge amount of money that's been flooding into it since the middle of last year and all that money is driving the index. >> this like china's stock market has been making headlines for other reasons. the mother of a 21-year-old man who crashed his luxury sports car while racing against another said that her son paid for the vehicle with money he made on china's accelerating stock market. adrian brown al jazeera, beijing. >> 13 iraqi soldiers have been killed in battles with isil fighters in anbar province. more than 20 others were wounded in the fighting. isil has been making gains near the city of ramadi. the capital of iraq's province. >> on the outskirts the iraqi airplane said it is making

gains, clearing mortar tore and preparing to advance further. more reinforcements have been sent. and soldiers are ready to fight. but isil is holding tight. the town center is in their yip. behind these lines is the real battle front. jets have carried out multiple airstrikes flattening several homes. >> we finished the first phase. we advance four kilometers from north to south now we're preparing to storm the city center. >> for more than 75% of anbar province is under isil control. it's fighters are entrenched. roads are littered with bombs and houses are booby trapped

with explosives. isil also is expanding control in ramadi sweeping through more areas in the northeast of the provincial capital. the head of the provincial provincial council said that they need help. >> the arrival of the reinforcement is not enough. there is huge pressure from isil in anbar and they want a victory for the public opinion that they are here. but we will stop them. >> the iraqi government wants to build on the momentum of the clearing of tikrit. but anbar and mosul are different. the battle there are tough. the commanders have said that iraqi soldiers need more training. the u.s. is also concerned about the role of the popular mobilization force which the iraqi government relies on in the fight against isil. there is a force of shia

paramilitaries, many are armed and advised by iranian officers. and it's accused of carrying out summary executions, lynches and widespread looting. something that should not be replicated to prevent further sectarian tensions. >> the plans may be delayed. the government said that it's forces need more preparations and weapons. iraq has asked for more apache helicopters, drones and fighters jets. that demand is unlikely to be met any time soon. >> hundreds of women and girls from the minority yazidi community have been freed by isil. others managed to escape, and they've been describing how they became sex slaves when they were captured. al jazeera's report from the refugee camp.

>> the hours at the camp can seem endless. the youngest find ways to pass the time. but there are children here who no longer want to play. their innocence stolen in the most brutal way. 17-year-old shireen does not want to be identified, and does not want us to use her real name. many were shuttled on buses. each time fighters came to choose the girls they wanted. eventually her name was called. >> i said to my mother i want to kill myself. i was given permission to go to the toilet, and i wanted to do it then. but my mother convinced me not to. >> the worst was yet to come. separated from her mother, shareen was taken and for four months was kept as a sex slave. >> i was so afraid all the time. i didn't know when he would rape me again but i believed in

myself. i knew that i would escape. >> useing a secret cell phone on saturday shareen made it happen. she took a taxi and made it to the friend of a relative. isil is targeting yazidi. many fear that they will never recover. >> there are 15,000 people here. 25002500 all of them are unsure what they'll find when they return home. >> for now family is front of mind. these two women were among hundreds of yazidis released last week. between them they have nine children whose wear whereabouts are unknown. >> they took my daughter. it's been nine months since i saw her. i'm dying every day.

i wish more than anything to see her again. >> it's not clear why isil is releasing prisoners but only the therly or the very young are being freed. they say there is only one thing that they need. that is to be reuniteed with their loved ones. >> we're off to south america. soldiers killed by farc fighters where there is supposed to be a cease-fire. we're live in bogota. it makes up most of the universe but you've never seen it until now. dark matter. we'll she had shed some life. and we ask why there are so few black players in the nhl. >> being a musician, there's no demand... >> world renowned artist lang lang >> the moment you're on stage, it's timeless >> american schools falling flat...

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for safe passage out of yemen the request is being denied by the council of the gcc. saleh has been fighting against those who back abd rabbuh mansur hadi. almost 10,000 refugees have been rescued since friday. the european union accusing google of skewing it's searches in favor of its own shopping service. it has been formerly charged under the e.u.'s antitrust rules. s. take a look at this. we have a look at a gyro copter, a small helicopter in which one person can sit. it has landed on the lawn pretty close to the capitol building in washington, d.c. after a lockdown of two or three days ago which the man with a

gun, this is doing the same thing, too. pretty close to the visitor's center if you've seen some of the holy movies coming out of iraq in the last few years you'll recognize that suit that that person is wearing to protect against explosions. we're checking this for any sign of explosive devices. i'm not certain how far away the capital building that is, capitol hill being where you have both the senate and the house of representatives. perhaps we will get an idea if and when the camera pulls out. i'm not certain what that wither one can only assume was bomb disposal moving from the seen. they would send in a robotic device with a camera, perhaps.

to sigh what is there. his case of these things in 2015 quite remarkable. not only can they see what is there, but they have senses which mean they can analyze the substantials gathering in the air around there to see if it contains particles of explosive explosives. i don't know how much longer we're going to say on this, not very much happening at the moment. while we tell you other stories we'll keep an eye on this. if the bomb expert appears again and if we get information that tells us exactly what is going on we'll go back. but to recap just outside of capitol hill where the house congress there the gyro copter with security on the lawn. ten colombian soldiers have

been killed by farc fighters. 17 soldiers were injured. four of them seriously in the attack of the farc strong hollywood. this marks the biggest violation of cease-fire between the two sides. colombian capital of bogota will this derail the peace process, or is this too far forward to do that. >> i don't think this will mean suspension of the ongoing negotiations in cuba, but it does change the environment of the negotiations especially after we heard so many positive announcements in the past weeks and months.

and he did announce the first consequence of this attack, which will be resuming air raids against farc camps. just announced this minutes ago. the government has decided a temporary suspension of the air raids in response to the farc's unilateral cease-fire. so far they had respected. now they said that we know's action against the soldiers was deliberate. it was a clear attack and a clear violation of the cease-fire which left them with really no option but to resume attacks. so we'll see again the conflict heat up in colombia after four months of relative calm, which of course, will affect local

population again. in the meantime the talks continue but evidently we're already seeing the first consequences of this attack. >> thank you. bombs have gone off in the north of egypt. two opportunities were killed. it was when the cadets were waiting to board a bus close to the stadium in the north valley. at least ten were hurt. police and soldiers have been the target of regular attacks since the overthrowing of president morsi in 2013. the united nations said that at least three civilians have been killed in the site of a suicide attacks. routers quote a spokesman saying that a vehicle tried to enter the camp, and then there was an explosion. more violence where there had

been fighting between locals and immigrants. the immigrants blamed for the high unemployment rate, 25% there. camps have been set up for more than 2,000 foreigners who have been forced. out if in johannesburg many are closing their shots shops after similar events. the vote to confer another five years for long time president bashir. he's up against 15 little-known candidates. opposition parties in guinea say that three people have died and three were hurt in the clashes of security forces.

the government denies that police shot at the demonstrators. >> reporter: as confrontation between protesters and security forces intensifyied there was an announcement of a temporary pause in their campaign. they want the elections. but they have been met with violent government. >> we have registered 12 people who were shot, and one person who died in the hospital because of his wounds. this attitude to protect people is all in support of the president. >> the government, however accuses opposition groups of creating chaos in the capital at a turkly acceptstive time. they're trying to control an

ebola attack. >> as far as the violence is going, the plan to beatty bowl beat ebola and to fight ebola is more and more difficult for all who are on the ground. >> it is exacerbated by ethnic tension, opposition parties say electoral reform is part of a much-needed change. they've called for nationwide protest to begin on monday. >> for the first time scientists believe they have seen evidence that what is called dark matter may not be so dark after all.

what we can see in the universityuniverse is universe is just part of the dark matter. it is what holds the galaxy together. without it wouldit is what hold it is all together. until now it was only thought that dark matter would hold together with gravity. but now this may not be the case case. this galaxy 3 billion light years away, and they watched what happened when the galaxy bang together. some of the dark matter would slow down, suggesting that it was crucial too what we understand about all of this.

>> it seems to be the most common stuff in the universe, more common than anything else that there is, anything on the periodic table. it's embarrassing, even though it's common, we're desperately trying to figure out what it's made out of. we know that dark matter is very important to us, there is lots of it. and we feel that it pulse together the galaxy that we live in the melky milky way. now the way you figure out how things operate and what things are made out of, if you wanted to do that with a lump of rock, you would probably throw a couple of rocks at each other and see why the bets fate. they've watts for nature it throw dark matter together and

then we would watch what happens when it collides. but it doesn't behave the way we thought it was if it was just feeling gravity. such a good teacher he said that we'll understand everything at the end of this interview. >> you know when we look out, we can see 5% of the material that is behind us. the suit, the desk, the lights, the great majority of the universe is invisible to us. we know that 70% is made of dark energy we know that about 26% is made up of dark matter. matter material, that we can't see. it doesn't shine with light. we can'ted absorb light through it, we have no way of measuring its presence. what this experiment has done is to allow us for the first time to see dark matter interacting

with other dark matter. >> aren't we see what--matter does. the only thing in our universe that dark matter does is to have a gravitational affect. governments that we would see like the ones on the wall, are at the dark mass concentrations. what the experiment has done is to look at a distant galaxy through a cluster of colliding galaxies and it's measuring the gravitational distortions of the galaxy coming through. >> i sort of get that, and what i don't know, and you have 30 seconds, what at the end of the day might we learn from this? where mate it take us? >> well, your 5%. you make up 5% of the universe. the big question is what are the

properties of had seller ferrell that is there. with in information we've been able to get a handle on what this is, but perhaps it's interacting with other in 5%. you'll understand why it's so important that we findley have some kind of handle on what the properties. >> we know its important. how long. we know what at the want billions? >> well, it is opening in the text perhaps to take some of the particles that we my mightic might be seeing see.

>> thank you very much, professor. we have sport and we have people asking why there are so few black players in the nhl. stay with us if you can.

>> they have been in the same qualifying group. on the home mash. they would finish top of that group. and lots of bayern munich stars.

and porto has taken the lead with penalty after three minutes minutes. three years ago bayern bayern munich won, and the coach took a lot of the credit. but today he announced he's leaving the club. the 47-year-old said that he would go after the season is over. and it has been a struggle. the news is that he's leaving with plenty of speculation with ofof his next job. he said he won't be taking a break. >> this club deserves to be trained bay coach who is 100% committed to the club so, this decision really had to be made. i have had no opposite contact with any other club, but also i'm not planning to take any sort of sabbatical. >> in the worst form of his

tennis career, so the spaniard will be happy that the claycourt is season has start: claycourt is his favorite tennis surface. >> nadal dropped three games in beating much francis. >> it's been the best match of the year for me. >> to go to the long awaited boxing match up of floyd mayweather and manny pacquiao. it will take place on may 2nd. mayweather has been given giving a rare insight to his boxing practice.

he showed uncharacteristic respect for his opponent. >> he brings a lot. he brings a lot to the table. he doesn't bring as much as i bring to the table as far as status-wise, but he is a very exciting fighter. you know, he's a good competitor. when you bring the two future hall of famers together it's a very intriguing match up. >> pacquiao is massively popular in his home country. in the philippines a new film has come out about his early career. it shows his rise from an extremely impoverished background. well the nhl playoffs get under way in the next few hours with the top 16 teams in the race of the famous stanley cup. but one thing may be overlooked.

the number of black players in the league. we look at the man who made the break through and is hoping for a multi racial future in the nhl nhl. >> germanysjames as frazier clash each other. >> few were as feared as val james. a constant about a rectangle ever racist taunts from fans helped send him into early retirement and turn his back on the game that had been his life. >> i couldn't watch hockey for ten years after i retired. every time i watched it, i would see these things. hear these things that were being said to me at the time modify career, and i just couldn't enjoy the game. >> in his book "black ice" he talks about the anger and fear he experienced as the target that have hatred, but james returning to his hockey past and

his new goal, helping others to overcome barriers that failed him. >> we all have a choice. you can choose to be the crazy man, the man who will make everyone feel like a piece of crap or you can choose to uplift and empower people. i choose to empower as plane people as i can. >> the first black to play was a canadian. 11 years after jackie robinson broke baseball's color barrier. the numbers of non-whites have grown but only 4% are black. >> there is progress, but i'm not sure that we'll get to a point where you see the league, the 700 players in the nhl split down the middle between either white or black players. >> few in number and yet still some of the top stars of today's game are black or non-whites. p.k. subban is the one of the league's best defensemen.

he's two brothers are top prospecting. they have experienced racism occasionally but not enough to slow them down said their i can't ajamaican-born father. >> if you allow it to be a distraction you'll never achieve your goal in life. >> it's clear that racism is still around in hockey, even if only on social media and very occasionally among fans. for this sport to call it truly free of racial prejudice it will take another generation or two of young prayers from different backgrounds playing at the top of their game. al jazeera toronto. >> now he'll have to wait a little bit longer. he started the first test on 380 wicked just short of380 wickets

just short of the record. but day three they have been bowled out 295 104 behind. anderson took the last wicket, one from equaling the record. blackwood is an undefeated maiden test century. finally australia has said goodbye to one of its greatest cricketers and best known broadcasters. the funeral was attended by many of australia's cricket greats including michael clarke. his family turned down the offer of a state funeral performing a smaller, private service. the much-loved former captain and commentateor died last friday at the age of 84. a great man and much missed. >> thank you lee. thanks for watching the news.

yemen's former president saleh asks for safe passage out of his war-ridden country. >> live from london, also coming up almost 10,000 migrants rescued since friday. and hundreds feared dead. europe is urged tad more. colombian soldiers are killed by farc rebels. what more now from the cease-fire there. the e.u. accuse