nothing more accelerate exhilarating than to look up in the sky and see the kites of their heritage. >> rear a remind that are there is always more news on our website, www.aljazeera.com. >> a migrant crisis in the mediterranean. another ship runs aground as european leaders hold an emergency meeting. and the fbi set to hold a news conference after many were arrested for allegedly having ties to isil. and speaking out weeks after a volunteer deputy shot and killed a suspect.

>> this is al jazeera america live from new york city. i'm stephanie sy. another boat filled with migrants has run aground in the mediterranean on the same day that european leaders are holding an emergency meeting. today's ship recognize happened off the southern coast of turkey. at least three people died after a boat carrying 200 migrants sunks. dramatic footage shows people being rescued from the waters, authorities say that the boat set sale from turkey. >> being battered by waves this is the latest group of my grants to watch up on the shores on the greek island. they are the lucky ones. three people already confirmed

dead including a child. that number could increase. it's not known how many were on board the boat, which came from turkey. ing further west in malta bodies are being brought ashore. these are 24 men who drowned off the coast of libya off sunday. just a few of the hundreds of migrants that mr. on bother of the boat that capsized. a boat they thought would take them to a better light. this italian ship rescued survivors. they said that 950 people were on board the boat when it sank. they were on their way to the southern port of catania. awaiting them are volunteers and a former migrants who understand the horrors of their journey. >> it's really, a risk. it's very risky. >> this has been a deadly few days for migrants trying to cross into europe. some 11,000 migrants have been

rescued in the last ten days. last year 170,000 landed in italy. this year it's likely to be even more. the issue of who handles these migrants for asylum or repat repatriateation is sensitive. >> the main issue here is to build together some sense of european responsibility on what is happening in the mediterranean, knowing that there is no easy solution, there is no magic solution, but there is a responsibility that we have to exercise together as europeans. and in consistent and coherent way. >> these calls for action have been made before. but with no results. but without a long-term plan, more men women and children will die at sea.

charlie angela, al jazeera. >> european leaders today are holding emergency meetings on the migrant crisis. hundreds have died in the last few days. we have more from luxembourg. >> it's a day of high-powered meets in luxembourg. foreign ministers have come to discuss the situation in so far as the mediterranean sea migration waves coming across from libya and other parts of north africa but they're joined by interior ministers, which is a sign how serious the european union is taking the waves of migrants coming across, and the hundreds who are dying. the e.u. foreign policy chief spoke earlier about the moral imperative that the e.u. felt to deal with this situation. there have also been remarks from the german foreign minister where he said the situation is to deal with the migrants who come across but also happens to

deal with the situation on the ground in north africa, in libya in particularly where rival armed groups have fought for position and created a wave of migrants trying to get to the european union. >> dominick kane reporting from luxembourg. we're joined villa skype from milan judith, thank you for your time. why are migrants coming across reached these levels. >> i think we should talk about the number of migrants and asylum seekers who have died so far this year in over three months we're looking at an estimated of over 1,600 people who have died trying to reach safety and a better life in europe. why are people attempting these dangerous journeys, i think most of the people based on our testimonies, our research, most

people are fully aware of the danger. they're taking these journeys because they feel they have no other option. many are fleeing persecution and war. half of those who arrived last year in 2014 were from syria to give a sense of the kinds of people who are desperate enough to risk their lives on these unseaworthy boats. we have seen a significant increase in the number of people attempting the journey. obviously the multiple humanitarian crisis in the world today are feeding this human mobility and the situation in libya are facilitating the depastures. >> there is an emergency of what to do about this crisis. what can be done immediately to address the issue? >> well, look, the humanitarian i am imperative is to get out

there and save lives. people are going to move and attempt these journeys, and there are going to be more deaths an unbearable number of deaths very soon if the e.u. does not committee to a full-fledged mediterranean- mediterranean search and rescue. clearly the time is now. >> in fact, the e.u. scaled back search and rescue operations in november. why would they do that? >> well, essentially what happened is after a terrible shipwreck off the coast of lampedusa, italy's island in the mediterranean in october 2014 italy established a massive naval humanitarian operation in the mediterranean which is credited with saving the lives of tens of thousands of people. it was unsustainable for one country alone to do that. and in the end italy ended that operation in november 2014 and

the e.u. launched a program called tritan. it operates on a much smaller geographic scale and most importantly does not have a prime minister mandate to save lives. it is a border enforcement operation. i think what we're looking at, and what we have been looking at is a shocking lack of political will to save lives. >> we'll certainly be covering that meeting in luxembourg. judith sunderland from humans rights watch. thank you judith. >> now to a humanitarianize happening in iraq. the u.n. describes the city as a

ghost town. residents are caught in the fighting, and many are seeking shelter in baghdad. but the capital is denying most of them entry. >> it doesn't care about us. look what happened to us. they sold us. they are cowards and traitors. >> we slept on the streets in miserable conditions. we left everything behind. >> officials fear that isil fighters infiltrated the crowd. and many say they have seen bodies scattered in ramadi. arrests were made of those who are suspected of having ties to isil, investigators have been tracking youths from the minneapolis area who have tried to travel to syria to fight with isil and other groups. let's go now to a live press conference by the u.s. attorney.

they are he talking about the charges and these arrests. >> the by bus by car and answer mines possible. as describe in the complaint some members of their group have succeeded, but many have been stopped by law enforcement, and have been unable to travel syria. the defendants are friends. they met regularly to plan their secretive trips to syria through a variety of means. several tried to take to syria by taking a greyhound bus to jfk airport last november. after being stopped and despite

ahmed's indictment, they continued to try to get to syria to join isil. yosef was stopped last may traveling to the jfk airport. but one did make it to syria where's a recruiter for isil. they recruited each other. supported each other's efforts to get to syria. helped each other with funding and worked exclusively and extensively to come up with the best travel arrangements. on multiple occasions members of the group were stopped from traveling to syria. their plans were disrupted and the consequences of their

actions were made clear to them. yet, they continued. nothing stopped these defendants from pursuing their goal. they never stopped plot morgue way to get to syria to join isil. they were not confused young men. they were not leasely influence: they were focused and intent on joining a terrorist organization by any means possible. people often ask who is doing the recruiting in minnesota and when will we catch the person responsible, but it's not that simple. in today's case this group of friends is recruiting each other they are engaged in what we describe as peer to peer

recruiting. but they did have their friend abi noor, who made it to syria and who has been a recruiter for those in minnesota. he's in regular contacts with his friends. he advises them and he serves as a source of inspiration for those who want to replicate his success. to be clear we have terror recruiting problem in minnesota. and in this case it demonstrates how difficult it is to put an end of recruiting here. parents and loved ones should know that there is not one master recruiter organizing in the somali community locally. this shows the person

radicalizing your son your brother, your friend, may not an stranger. it may be their best friend right here in town. and your brother your son your relative could be talking to abi noor in syria who is providing inspiration and ideas of how to get to syria. i applaud the parents and relatives who are trying to keep young men safe from this activity. but as this case demonstrates, it is difficult to do it on your own. i urge anyone who is concerned about their young son or brother to seek help in the community. reach out to a trusted friend, a teacher, a professional counselor, a religious leader. ultimately unless we stop it from happening the planning and seaming that takes place among those committed to joining isil and to participating in isil's violent ideology leads to

fighting for terrorists in syria or to arrests here in minnesota. the information we now have about peer-to-peer recruiting and the lengths these conspirators would go in order to join isil has been made clear in recent months. one member of the conspiracy decided to change course. one friend in this group decided to leave and cooperate with the fbi. that cooperating witness agreed to record meetings of the coconspirators and some of the information gathered in these conversations is set forth in the complaint. the cooperating witness provides the inside view of the thinking of the conspirators and the depth of their commitment to join isil. these recordings also captured the criminal role played by abi noor in helping the conspirators in their efforts. frustrated

from being able to travel from new york and elsewhere they conspired to obtain false passports and fly to syria through mexico. i have said many times that we need to break the cycle of terror recruiting in minnesota. these arrests bring us one step closer. because these six men and yosef and ahmed before them were prevented from going, they will not be the next wave of recruiters to abi noor. each person we stop from travel to go syria is one less minnesota recruiter for isil. but noor and others are not done. there are more friends who will be subjected to peer-to-peer recruiting, and more who will be

contacted by abdi noor and others overseas. i want to applaud the outstanding and hard work who have spent countless ours investigating the members of the conspiracy. i want to recognize the prosecute necessary my office and at the national security division at the department of justice for their excellent work. >> you are listening to the u.s. attorney in minnesota, who has announced that six men were arrested in california and minnesota, and accused of trying to join isil and travel to syria. we'll have much more on this coming up on the news at 12:30. it has been five years, and the impact on wildlife in the region

is still being felt today. al jazeera takes a tour of the louisiana coastal west lands. fires threaten hundreds of homes in the west, and officials say they know what caused it.

>> we'll take a look at today's top stories. a huge explosion in russia today moscow calls it part of an anti-terrorist operation. the explosion killed five suspected fighters, police say the men were holed up inside a house there. damage and one death in an earthquake that struck the east of taiwan. the shallow quake caused buildings to sway in taipei. an hean electrical transformer

blew up. the sheriff in tulsa oklahoma is speaking publicly for the first time about the shooting death of an african-american man by a white volunteer deputy. they say they're not investigating whether training records from falsified. he apologized to the family of eric harris. >> first i want to speak directly to harris family. we are say eric was taken from you. for this, we are sorry for all involved and goes out to that family. >> bates is 73 years old and faces manslaughter charge, he

said that he confused his taser for his pistol. scientists from the national wildlife federation are touring the coastal wetlands to sob long-term evacuates. >> we know from other spills that recovery takes decades and some things may never recover. so the idea that in five years bp can declare the gulf back to normal is ridiculous on its face. the area of the gulf has seen a continued above-normal rate of dolphin deaths that has been going on since the spill. in addition they've done studies capturing dolphins, checking their health. what they found are very sick dolphins. some of them dying at much

higher rates compared to dolphin populations in areas that were not affect: we can't bring back the dolphins and turtles that are gone. but we can improve the habitat improve the ecosystem so that those populations can recover. well, cat island is a symbol. there are some of the largest nesting colonies of wading birds in north america here on the louisiana coast. the oil came in. it not only oiled both adults and young in the colony, many of which were rescued and attempted rehab on them but killed the plants. >> as the plants died, as you can see the island just disappeared. it's sad. if you saw what it looked like

just a few years ago, it's sad. it's sad to look at the graveyard of what it once was. >> i spoke earlier with the president of the national wildlife federation. he said that bp is trying to down play the severe and long lasting impact of the spill on the gulf. >> the challenges that as bp comes out with reports saying everything is fine, the science just does not support it. they said that the report that bp came out with was premature and irresponsible by cherry picking data, and it does not reflect what we're seeing on the ground. >> tune in for an in-depth look of how bp is being held accountable for the disaster only on al jazeera america. officials say that an untended cooking fire was behind this destruction in southern california. the fire sparked a huge wildfire

that now 35% contained and authorities have lifted an evacuation order. it is a centuries old tradition with a modern twist. kites like you've never seen before. we'll take to you a colorful festival. and why the prime minister is getting flack for going bombs up.

up. >> this clip getting a lot of attention online. that's australian prime minister tony abbott downing a beer, in seven seconds, actually. he was surrounded by a local rugby team, and after raising the glass you can hear the crowd chant his name. on social media critics say that he glamorize binge drinking. >> the festival of kites the annual festival draws in enthusiasts both young and old.

>> a sign of better days ahead. nothing can stop kite enthusiasts in weifang of ushering in the spring. it was used as an instrument of war about now it is an but now it has been now deemed a cultural revolution. >> the difference between chinese kites and foreign kites is overseas they normally use big blocks of color and focus on flying while chinese ones focus on the shape and the paintings of kites. >> it's a traditional art form that he has turned into a business. using only the strongest bamboo as frame work and the finest paper and silk as a van cass for traditional painting. when completed each kite tells the story with shapes and colors

symbolizing everything from harmony, prosperity and long life. they become flying works of art. tens of thousand was people come every year for the kite festival. there are competitors from all around the world all vying for the honor of being recognized as a kite master. anyone can learn to fly a kite. but it takes experience and special skills to master it. to learn to dance with nature with grace beauty, and longevity. the dragon symbolizes china itself and there is nothing more exhilarating for many people here to look up into the sky and see a masterpiece. it becomes a giant canvas celebrating their heritage. >> thanks for watching. i'm stephanie sy. we leave with you a live look at a rainy morning in new york city. the news continues next live from doha.

>> hello from al jazeera headquarters in doha. this is the news hour. coming up, europe's migrant crisis deepens more than 10,000 have been rescued. eu leaders hold emergency talks. also the china's president is