gh the search for the survivors after a boat carrying 700 migrants capsizes. >> live from london. also coming up as fighting continues in yemen, forces loyal to president hadi say they have recaptured his aden residence from houthi rebels. tens of thousands of people need the iraqi stit of ramadi as is isil forces close in t clashes at a university in cairo as muslim brotherhood supporters protest the trial of the of

egypt's deposed president. italy's prime minister said et cetera determined to find the people responsible for the deadly crossing on the mediterranean. as many as 700 are feared dead in what could prove the worst disaster yet including people being smugged into europe. a fishing boat capsized off of the libyan coast, a few hundred kilometers south of lampedusalamp oflamp lampedusa one said 70 people if not more were traveling on the boat. 24 bodies have been recovered so far and they have been taken to malta. the latest disaster is fueling cause for a stronger response. the italian government has held a crisis meeting after the italian prime minister called for an emergency summit of european leaders to deal with the problem.

let's cross live to phil lavelle in rome where the italian capnet held an emergency meeting. tell us a bit more about what matteo renzi had to say. >> reporter: there are two strands: the immediate term and the short-term. in the immediate term he talked about shaking up the european community so that they tackled this problem together. he didn't give specific details about what's going to happen today, tomorrow. there was talk at the u.n. for example. he didn't say exactly what that would entail. we got the impression they are at least talking. for so long you have had italy saying that europe has abandoned them. we have the impression. even though he spoke to the french president, francois holland and we know et cetera due to talk to angela merkel. the european foreign ministers are going to meet tomorrow in luxembourg. that is being led by if he had hadreka modernii the high

representative. she wants this to be at the top of the agenda. no doubt, it will of course because it has been such a huge issue, especially in the light of this most recent tragedy. there was talk about working together as you say to stop human trafficking. he said this was the main problem. it wasn't a case ofrism rescuing people trying to cross the water. it was a question of stopping them from leaving in the first place. he said it had to be that concerted european effort. he said the problem had to be removed at the route. they have to find shingers. they are currently in zale in italy at the moment. he said the fight will go on for europe to work together to make sure they get those smugglers and stop people from wanting to leave. he said they have to help show these people they have dignity, they have to stop the traffic of human beings he spoke about libya, the main part of departure. he said 91% of people leave from libya. he said it is a very complicated situation in that country. it's a new phenomenon in terms

of slavery. people who die in the dorsey will not be saved by control of boats only. we must stop them leaving in the first place. >> phil you have been in italy for some time now reporting. >> there is an anti-immigrant party that has been strongly wording statements. it's been holding rallies in the north saying italian money should be kept for italian people not used to house migrants because they come in to the south of the country. they don't all stay in the south of the country. there are lots of them here in rome and lots in the north. they go to reception centers and the local governments have to spend cash on the orders. national government to house

these people to give them food to give them shelter, to give them some kind of start. so in one particular town, for example, i was in yesterday, that amount was $4 million and people from the national effort from the northern league were saying this is ridiculous. we can't afford to spend this money on migrants. we need to keep this money for ourselves. so, he said, that kind of rhetoric that kind of campaigning doesn't help. what you have to do is you have to remember these are people and he was very vocal about that. he was referring to this latesttrat tragedy and saying they are not number. they are not bodes. people with stories. we have to remember the humanity here as well. >> phil lavelle with the connell texas. let's have a listen-in to what some of what matteo renzi had to say, the italian prime minister. >> we think that at a time should be a priority not just for italy and malta but for the e. u. >> paul brennan is in catania on

the east coast of sicily. paul he did pay tribute to some of the people you have been talking to the rescuers or the coast guard having to deal with the very unpleasant task or sometimes fishing bodies from the dorsey. it has been an ongoing problem for some time now. has not it there? >> well it has. i mean all last year and part of the year before and certainly the start of this year has been particularly bad. the issue is not -- i mean, we have done some number crunching. basically, actually the numbers arriving is actually rather similar to last year. what's changed is the numbers who are... >> we seem to have lost paul brennan there. sorry about that. we will perhaps go back to him a little later on for another update on that operation still try going on to find any further survivors of that ship that's thap sank in the mediterranean. >> now military commander in

yemen has reportedly switched sides and is now supporting president hadi. the brigadier is in charge of 15,000 soldiers and is based along a boarder with saudi arabia. the saudi high led coalition launched airstrikes against houthis as supporters of the former president in taiz. pro-hadi forces have taken over a sports club used by a base as the houthis. and the popular resistance is now in control of a coastline which is in aden. the group has recaptured a house owned by hadi. . >> the human could have of the war in yemen is especially visible in its hospitals. caroline malone reports government facilities have been overrun with the injured. >> reporter: these are just some of the victims of war in what's become an increasingly desperate situation in aden. most of the injured are civilians, including children. some people have been seriously injured but are just grateful to

have survived. >> i am injured, but still, thank god, i have already had two operations. i am still waiting for another one. >> there is a massive shortage of food water and medical supplies across aden despite some aid. a lot of people have left the city to try to escape the airstrikes in fighting. the saudi higher led coalition is targeting houthi positions. the exiled government allowed saudi arabia to take control of some of yemen's airspace and territorial waters to try to get more aid in. there are only three government hospitals open. hospital bids are already full. it's very difficult to reach some of the injured people stuck in the violence. medical workers say ambulances have been stolen and medics targeted in the fighting. >> we are receiving between 5 and 20 people every day. some people are slightly injured. others in a serious condition. some people have died when they could have been saved.

the ambulance couldn't reach them in time because roads are blocked by the fighting. . >> the red cross says the situation is already very bad in aden. and it's civilians who are paying the price. caroline malone al jazeera. >> more now on the situation in yemen we will go to-month-old vall monitoring developments from ghizan close to the border with yemen. what can you tell us about reports of that military commander joining hadi's side? >> reporter: yes. military commander brigadier has announced this announced this

today. >> no single loyal to him. there was one that was mentioned but it was -- it was not united. it didn't have a central command. now, reports are talking about 10 brigades. however, the problem is that hadi doesn't have a military chief, an army chief of staff. he doesn't have a minister of defense. he is in exile in ryad very far from the area of action. so these troops need coordination. these troops need central command. they need an infrastructure headquarters. they need somebody to coordinate actions before we can see results. however, with the airstrikes and these defections to the army we can see progress on the fronts of taiz at least and aden.

we see the popular resistance committees gaining some ground. >> homed, you mentioned that they will need some infrastructure. but part of the saudi strategy appears to be so far to destroy some of the military equipment and the ammunition stores and the headquarters and so far that have been used by the military who are loyal to the former president sali. so, if these commanders do switch sides and join the hadi side what will they have left to fight with? >> that's a good question lauren. yes, because these, because most of the army units, most of the army brigades are loyal to the former president and they are fighting against hadi's troops or loyalists, they have to be targeted according to the saudis they have to be started by the airstrikes neutralized being anything any gains on the ground can be made by the hadi loyalists and the popular committees there in aden and taiz and the tribes that are loyal to hadi.

for the saudis it is a necessity because otherwise it will be difficult, as i said. however, if we have total districts or entire brigades that have shifted sides, probably that will air bombardment will stop and probably there will be also some military helper in terms of heavy artillery and in terms of equipment. the saudis have already dropped some equipment for the supporters of hadi. so understandably they will do more of that now in areas that have history to the hadi side. >> mohammed vall thank you very much indeed for shedding light on the situation in yemen for us. thank you. we have to bring you more on the conflict in yemen later on the program when the saudi-led coalition holds its daily briefing. >> a court in egypt sentenced to death 11 men involved in the ball riot more than 70 people were killed during the violence in 2012. a a court referred the sentencing to the grand mufti.

capital punishment has to be approved by the opportunity country's most senior religious authority. it is not binding and there could be an appeal. the final ruling will come at the end of next month. >> pro-muslim brotherhood students have fought security fors outside a court in cairo. hundreds of students gathered and then ran through the streets hurling stones at security forces. they are angry over the trial of ousted president mohammed morsi due in court next month for insulting the judiciary. it came on the same day the spiritual leader of the outlawed mutts lim brotherhood and in court, sentenced to death for inciting violence against the state. still ahead on al jazeera, indian farmers stage a mass rally over government plans to make land seizures easier. a state-of-the-art journey through ancient history. stupping replicas are on display.

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hello again. a reminder of top stories on al jazeera. hundreds are feared dead after a fishing boat capsized off a libyan coast. so far, 28 survivors have been found. the italian prime minister said italy needs more help to tackle human trafficking. >> a yemeni military commander and 15,000 of his troops have thrown their support behind president hadi and are backing the saudi-led campaign against the houthi rebels. it's entering its 25th day.

>> i beg your pardon pardon. the u.n. has warned 90,000 people are running their lives in iraq's anbar province. the area is the center of a military offensive against is isil fighters. their own government is denying some of them the relative safety of the capital. at report. >> a dorsey of people on the run escaping is isil which is about to fully control the city of ramadi. they have been walking and driving for the last two days taking whatever thing. men, women, young and old. this is a terfied population with no place to stay. some have been stuck near the bridge in southern baghdad. they are angry with their politicians and tribal leaders. >> they don't care about us. look at what happened to us. look at our conditions. they sold us. they are cowards and traitors. >> we slept on the streets, in the open, in ms. ramble conditions. we left everything behind.

>> they are the politicians, the shieks they fled to jordan and turkey sitting in hotels and homes. >> people who have fled speak of battles. some say bodies are scattered in ramadi. is isil fighters are closing in on the city center. more than 70% of anbar is under isilts control. the government has century enforcements but this is going to be a long battle. mosques across baghdad have opened doors to shelter the displaced. this is their new home but everyone here was allowed to enter baghdad only after being sponsored by the highest religious body. >> more than 250 people live in this building. they are scattered in rooms like this. we are not allowed to film them for privacy but they are scattered all over this compound. there are mattresses there and they are living in tough conditions. now, they were allowed in after they were sponsored by the sunni

en do youment because the government has imposed restrictions on them to enter baghdad. >> the number of people coming to the capital has made the authorities nervous. the government has imposed restrictions. families need a sponsor to get in. some accuse the government of being indifferent. security officials say isil may have infiltrated the grounds and they need to crosscheck those who are still stuck feel not welcome. . >> they want a sponsor to let us in. what? aren't we iraqi? if you don't want us just hit us. kill us or just throw us away. we are iraqis. >> the parliament has called on the government to lift their restrictions send more troops and weapons to the tribes of anbar and removing is isil from the province is not going to be easy and probably will take a long time. these people are likely to remain displaced, not knowing when they can return home. al omar salla, baghdad. >> tens of thousands have

rallied against a proposed land acquisition bill. if it becomes law, it wol force farmers to sell their land tore development projects the government deems necessary. farmers say that will take away their right to negotiate and receive fair compensation. a report from new delhi. >> they came by bus and by train from several states around the capitol. these farmers and opposition party workers who organized the rally are voicing their concerns over a government proposed land acquisition bill many farmers already suffering after losing their crops to recent storms say they now also worry about losing their land to developers. >> these people are buying the land at low rates and then they make a big building and sell it as a profit but we get almost nothing. >> the government came to power last year on the promise of development to help the economy. the land bill is now stuck in parliament because of opposition from political parties. they say it is unfair to farmers and could force them to sell

their land when the government deems a project necessary in the interest of private businesses. >> the prime minister wants to take your land and sell it to the rich companies. he wants to waken you on one -- weaken you. you won't get jobs and you will fall right in between. many of the farmers here agree with that and believe the land bill will leave them without the ability to negotiate fair compensation and without a livelihood. >> the government says it wants to negotiate with the opposition to get the bill pass and trying to talk to farmers directly through radio broadcasts to convince them the bill is good for everyone. the size of this rally shows that everyone may not be convinced of that. >> supporters of the land bill say it will help push development into rural areas where it will benefit everyone including farmers and say the opposition is simply playing politics. >> no jobs can be created. no rurm infrastructure can play

educational institutions for the rural areas, you need land. where would that land come from? >> the bill will come up for debate during the next session of parliament which begins on monday. farmers hearsay they hope it will be change today give them back their rights or they will be ready to protest in the capitol again. faiz jamil, new delhi. >> in pakistan many people in tribal areas rely on local coun sizzle known as jergas. in some cases, the guilty have to give their daughter away as compensation. as nicole johnston reports, some local leaders say this practice should be scrapped. >> reporter: makno is paying the price for her father's crime. when she was 5, he killed a man in their village during a dispute. a meeting of tribal leaders known as a jerga agreed that she would be handed over to the victim's family as compensation for the crime. >> i was struggling with my

husband. was it her fault? you killed someone. not her. i told him, you should go. >> in the end, the father defied the council's order and kept his daughter. >> there was tremendous pressure from my wife and my daughter was just a child. i realized this was brutality towards her. >> makno is still afraid the victimes family will try to kidnap or kill her. campaigner manala says she supports the counsels as long as they don't violate the rights of girls. >> people don't want to admit that a girl who is ultimately going to go to an enemy's home to pay the price of her father's crime or her brother or her uncle, she is going to be mistreated. she is going to be treated like a slave for the rest of her life. >> the culture of giving daughters away is

compensation -- as compensation for murder is slowly changing. many communities no longer support it and it's not acceptable. but when it does happen, families are doing it in private because they don't want the police to find out. >> four years ago, swara, or using girls as compensation became ill legal in pakistan. since then hundreds of tribal elders and families have been arrested and jailed. >> it has been exaggerated beyond certain proportions. people think that the jergas are only resolving the issues through swara. is something really there? >> these men say the tribal councils are changing with the times. >> what do you think of the system of swara? >> it's very bad. it's very bad. >> they say they no longer give girls away permanently. >> now we symbolically present the girl to the aggrieved family. behind the scenes, it's already agreed they will return her withon andrets expect.

>> makno was a little girl when the council sub sill promised her to another family. now, she says she wants to study law and make the tradition of swara a thing of the past. nicole johnston al jazeera, merdan pakistan. >> police in south korea are questioning dozens of people after violence broke out at a protest. police fired tear gas and used water can options as demonstrators tried to march toward the president's office. they say it marked one year since the fer rey disaster. they accused the government of not improving safety standards isn't the incident. >> for the first time since cuba's revolution in 1959, people are being allowed to vote for opposition candidates at a municipal level. two of the 27,000 candidates don't pledge full loyaledty to the castros. one is a member of the democratic cuba party which is officially outlawed. it comes after historic meetings

accusing raoul and fidel castro. >> a fast-moving wildfire is sweeping through parts of southern california. the fire which started on saturday evening has been through about 300 acres near los angeles. no injuries have been reported. authorities have issued an evacuation order for 200 homes in the drought-stricken area. this has now been lifted. it's unclear what started the blaze. turkib cyprion voters are elecing a new president. the current president is in the lead ahead of the six other candidates. he is not expected fowin enough support in the first round meaning a run-off is likely to be held at the en of the month. peace talks are set to restart after the presidential election. a new museum dedicated to pre prehistoric cave art is opening in significantly earn france. it houses a perfect replica.

the caves are closed to visitors to protect the ancient paintings. the public will be able to see the reproductions. jonah hull reports. >> to enter the cave is to take a journey into prehist occur. >> this is a way to approach to come closer to our -- to your ancestors. >> on these limestone walls, 36,000 years ago early men drew animals, some like cartoons in motion using charcoal and red ocre. or more accurately walls like these. this immaculate rep political of the famed cave has been called a masterpiece of modern ingenuity accurate to the millimeter. >> we created a 3d model of the

caves with hundreds of thousands of points across all axis and we have a catalogue of tens of thousands of photographs covering the whole cave. >> here are the footprints of cave bears, the bonds of animals long extinct and the hand prints of man. the original cave is a few kilometers away from here. it's been closed to the public since it was discovered by the spiriologist in 1994 inside the original these structures the art works, are so delicate that can be altered by a simple touch or destroyed completely over time by human breath and bacteria. now, the public can come face to face with a near-perfect rendition of the oldest pre prehistoric paintings and drawings ever discovered. the waiting lits for tickets is six months long. >> for our ancestors, 36,000 years ago, this cave was a

sanctuary. when they entered it, it was to decorate the walls and leave symbols, an express of beliefs. this is spirituality. our ancestors had spirituality just like us. >> the air is cool to the bone and damp. they have even added cave-like humidity. it's easy to forget you are inside something artificial. easy to believe you are looking at the real thing. jonah hull al jazeera, point darc until southern france. >> we will bring you later on the latest

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