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kirschner. ♪ ♪ italian prosecutors say they have arrested the captain and the first mate of a boat that capsized off the coast of libya. survivors from saturday's accident have now arrived in sicily but it's feared that after 900 -- that up to 900 others drowned. the italian prime minister says europe must work together to stop my grant from being exploited by traffickers on a journey that he calls death traps. >> reporter: of the hundreds on board the boat they had hoped would take them to a new life. these are the few who made it. just 27 migrants out of as many asinine hundred 50. arriving in the sicilian port late monday night and clearly exhausted by their ordeal, they were met by emergency workers. among the survivors were the boat's tunisia januari' train and syrian first mate.

prosecutors say they have both been charged over the sinking. >> translator: we carried out two arrest war ends of suspected traffickers the captain of the ship that cap sides capsized ask a member of the crew. charging with facilitating illegal immigration and the captain multiple manslaughter. >> reporter: it's 24 body that his have arrived. pulled from the water since their overcrowded boat capsized and sanction off the coast of libya late saturday in to sunday. and more information is being released about the conditions the migrants face odd board. >> translator: migrants were crushed inside the fishing boat. that wasn't small. it was at least 23 meters long. a few hundred migrants were forced in to the hull at the lowest level and they were locked from prevented from coming out. another several hundred were closed in to the second level. while on top under a cover there were another hundred migrants.

>> reporter: but even as the rescuers searched desperately for survive presser that tragedy, more migrants were drowning. this stricken vessel came from turkey and hit rocks on the greek island. battered by the waves they cling to what's left of their boat and pray for survival. it's not known how many are still missing. but three are confirmed dead, including a child. this has been a deadly period for migrants trying to cross in to europe. some 11,000 migrants have been rescued in the past 10,000s but an estimated 1500 others have drowned. despite the danger, it's inevitable that thousands more will decide to take the risk. alexi o'brien, al jazerra. the european union has announce aid series of measured aimed at stopping migrants from being exploited by traffickers. the crisis cass discussed at a meeting of approximated even u foreign interior ministers. they aim onto stop migrants from

travel to go libya where many embark on the risky journey. other proposal are destroying boats used by the traffickers. e.u. foreign policy chief says europe has finally woken up to the migrant crisis. >> today we have a new european level of awareness that this is a european issue not of single member states. and that we need to act to act fast and to act united. this is not just a call from some but a response from all. >> and crowds have gathered some european cities to pay tribute to migrants that have tied. they rallied in paris and vee an with some protest he is demanding more action from european leaders. thousands gathered to light candles in a show of solidarity with migrants who traveled to our enough search of a better life. turn our attention now to yemen where a massive explosion

has rocked the capital city. saudi-led air strikes targeted a missile base in sanaa killing at least 46 people. the death toll, though, is expected to rice. a saudi border guard meanwhile was killed in the region by mortar fire from em vinnie. elsewhere, eight houthi fighters were killed after pro-government forces attacks their red quarters. and heavy clashes have also been reported in aden to the south. this was the scene as houthi fighters clashed with forced loyal to pred hadi. the city is in lockdown with industry battles and casualties on both sides. forces loyal to president hadi say they have pushed back houthi fighters in aden. >> reporter: more than three weeks of bombing this was one of the largest attacks yet. the target was a and you had

missile base. but the massive explosion killed dozens of people, destroying nearby buildings and blowing out windows in homes and offices. it also damaged a television station owned by the former president saleh knocking it off air. picking through the devastation local residents voiced their anger. >> translator: the munitions hit our homes. this is what the cowards use to bomb board civilians. >> translator: when we arrived here to help our colleagues and other people there was a big explosion and we found shells all over the whole area. >> reporter: an area in the capital sanaa where the presidential palace and many em bass is are located. quick to criticize the saudi-led strike was indonesia whose embassy is nearby. >> translator: i want to strongly condemn the air strike in sanaa several dip mating

staff were injured. and damaged the building and all vehicles belonging to the embassy. >> reporter: for 26 days saudi saudi arabia has led an an alliance against the houthi forces and forces loyal to form president saleh. the campaign has repeatedly targeted the base along with other military facilities and airports throughout the country. >> the coalition force has succeeded relatively to destroy the military inning extra structure of the deposed president saleh and those of the houthis, including weaponry depot which are totally destroyed. >> reporter: in the port city of aden fighting is fierce. here popular resistence fighters loyal to yemeni president hadi are keeping the houthis out of the district. those caught in the cross fire are left lie in the streets. but despite these setbacks,

houthi leader al rudy lawsuit-y al houthi says his forces well enough send very. an aircraft carrier and guided missile cruiser has been deployed in to the arabian sea the u.s. says they are to conduct maritime security operations and not intercept iranian arms shipment. iran has been accused of backing the houthis it's a claim teheran denies. in iraq the u.s.-led coalition has carried out 26 air strikes in the last 24 hours targeting isil fighters. 13 of the strikes were in anbar province west of baghdad where iraqi security forces are hoping to extend their control of the region. meanwhile, isil fighters have killed 24 sunni tribes men

southwest of kirkuk and in a separate incidents 15 isil fighters and four kurdish peshmerga soldiers were killed in clashes just south of kirkuk. the u.n. says it needs $30 million to assist palestinians stuck in a syrian refugees camp. the yarmouk camp is mainly controlled by isil fighters after intense fighting in the area early this month. the u.n. security council says emergency aid is reletted to relieve the dire humanitarian situation there. syria's president bashar al-assad is denying allegations his forces used chlorine gas as a chemical weapon. assad made the comments in a rare interview with the french tv champion. he also says isil is an iraqi export. and he blames the u.s. invasion there for the rise of the armed group. >> isis was created in iraq in 2006 under the supervision of the americans. i wasn't in iraq, i wasn't

controlling iraq the americans controlled iraq and isis came from iraq to syria because chaos is contagious when you have chaos in your neighborhood you have to expect it who in your area. chinese president is in pakistan on his first official state visit to the country. he will be addressing parliament in the capital islambad china is hoping to expend influence across asia and boost economic ties. let's go to kamal hider now who is in islambad and joins us live from islambad. now, kamal we know that the president is in parliament right now, he's about to address the members there. is this a regular occurrence for foreign leaders to address parliament? >> reporter: not so at all. in fact, it is a rare privilege which is reserved for heads of statesstates friendly and allied countries. he will be the 17th head of state to address a joint session of parliament.

earlier in the morning he met the speaker of the national decemberbly and the chairman of the senate which is the upper house. the chinese president said that the traditional relationship which is decades old. has brought the two countries together and that pakistan and china stand to gain from the cooperation. it must not be forgotten that what the chinese are offering is being dubbed as a game changer here in pakistan. we are talking about over $45 million the chinese are willing to go even further offering all kind of assistance to pakistan. so this speech will be about 30-minutes long and there is a total consensus amongst the political parties be they religious far right or leftist parties a consensus is that china is pakistan's strongest and time-tested ally. >> kamal, as you mentioned there, some very major bilateral and investment deals there expected to be announced during

xi's visit. just detail for us how significant this visit is for pakistan. >> reporter: it's extremely critical for pakistan because pakistan has got an exhibit crisis. it has also overcome by acute power shortages. and, of course, because of the tense situation in the region, pakistan find very few friends in the area. so what the chinese are offering is an incentive to help pakistan come out of its economic crisis. at the same time, it's a win-win situation for the chinese because this will have an impact on western china the rest of the regions in china and -- western region in china and also help the pakistani stabilize eights situation where the chinese want to build a corridor, they want to build a maritime silk route and connect

them. so it will be huge opportunities for both countries for chinese trade to flow down to the middle east and africa and beyond that to europe. and a shortcut for the chinese. >> certainly very interesting isn't it, kamal. investment for security. thank you kamal hider there speaking to us for islambad. still to come here on al jazerra, police and protesters 50 on the street in guinea's capital. plus a collection of art by one of the world's oldest cultures prepares to head home.

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♪ ♪ welcome back. the top stories here on al jazerra, italian prosecutors say they have rested the captain and first mate of the boat that capsized off libya's costa saturday the two were among 20 he survivors that arrived monday. it's feared up to 900 others have drowned. at least 46 people have been killed and hundreds others were injured in a massive explosion in the yemeni capital sanaa. the blast came after a saudi-led coalition air strike on a houthi weapons deposit-y. chinese president is addressing parliament in pakistan on his first official state visit. he will be addressing parliament in the capital islambad. china is ex-hoping to expand influence across asia and boost economic ties there. in gain hundreds of soldiers have taken control of the capital after confrontation with

his protesters, one policeman and several protesters have been wounded the country has seen weeks of anti-government protests over disputing time line over elections. >> reporter: it's the second time in two weeks that the ghanaian capital has resembled a battlefield. rock-throw protesters were met with tear gas bite police and then a. rests. arrests. they want a controversial election timetable to be scrapped. >> translator: the moment we enter the house of our leader we were met with the large number of police shooting at us. protesters also reacted with stones just now we heard gunshots and a boy was hit. the national police officers is pons i believe forresponsible for this situation. >> reporter: last month's guinea's independent elect to recall commission announced the presidential election would take place in october. but local level elections held next year. the opposition does not want the government to keep the local

representatives it has appointed and rather wants them to be elected. the president narrowly won the presidential vote in 2010. the first time the country held free elections since gaining independence from france in 1958. opposition parties accuse the president of keeping a tight grip over guinea's institutions. the government has criticized the opposition for protesting despite still battling an ebola outbreak. several new cases still being reported each week. >> the authorities in this country have decided to express opposition demonstrations. the security forces that stop the people from expressing themselves. the danae an people ga ghanaian people cannot express themselves freely. >> reporter: there sats vanvleet been talks but the opposition says it will only end the protests if it's it's

guaranteed implementation of an agreement that local elections will take place before the fall. >> translator: we are ready to negotiate if this illegal action removed. it's only the opposition and its partners who can dissolve this agreement for local elections. >> reporter: at least three people were killed and more than 50 wounded in last week's demonstrations. and unless both sides can agree on a framework for elections more violence is likely to follow. al jazerra. the u.n. has condemned an attack by the armed group al al-shabab that killed at least seven people in northern somalia. four somalis and three foreign nationals died the outta salt on a u.n. convoy. the van was taking the staff from the guest house to the office when the bomb went off.

south africa zulu king has called to an end of its acts against immigrants. the king has been accused of fueling the violence, he says his speech blaming immigrants for crime and demanding that they leave the country was taken out of context. a court in argentina has thrown out a complaint against president christina kirschner ending a cover-up case against her. the late prosecutor had been investigating allegations that his kirschner had tried to cover up iran's involvement in the 1994 bombing of a jewish center the court ruled no crime was committed. this man brought the case in january and was then found dead the day before he was set to testify. daniel is in buenos aris with more on what the court decision means. >> reporter: this is the third time that the accusation that

the president was trying to cover up iranian involvement in the bomb on a jewish center a judge and two courts says there is no case to answer, there was no crime involved in this this. i think this is the end of the case legally but not the end of the case politically the country still very much split down the middle. those that believe that there was a case and those supporters of the government who believe it was all a plot to try to destabilize, to try to besmirch the government's name. there is still a case out stand that go being how the prosecutor died. est found dead in his bath with a bullet wound to the head the day before he was due to testify in front of a congressional hearing. some believe those who support the government, believe he committed suicide in general those who that somebody loyal to

the government had him killed so that he couldn't continue with the testimony. so this is an election year in argentina so the one part of this case has now been put to rest legal are you. politically it's still very much alive as i say the country is split very much down the middle. colombia's farc rebels say they will maintain a unilateral ceasefire. it comes as they get talks underway in cuba. they have been engaged in talks in havana for nearly two years now and negotiations suffer erred asuffered asetback last week when they broke their ceasefire killing 11 soldiers. >> translator: that's why we are going through this process is it to bring peace and recognize cilia tour colombia or drive the tribunals we must persist in the talks they cannot be broke phone any reason.

>> we are discussing in the presence of active military members a ceasefire, we have made much progress but we are not going to get there under the pressure of more attacks. we are not going to agree to imperfect and fragile truces that's just not going to happen. new york state governor andrew cuomo has been meeting with cuban officials in the capital havana this is the first time a u.s. governor has visited since the announcement to restore diplomatic ties, the visit comes as the united states considers removing cuba from its list of countries of accused of supporting terrorism. now after more than 50 years investors are waiting for the trade embargo to be lifted. daniel reports from havana. >> reporter: the americans are coming. but not in the way the cuban government had for so long anticipated. these visitors are here from a washington organization to talk about mutual understanding and political cooperation. >> obama finally came to the realization, look, if you do the

same thing year after year, for 50 years it doesn't work, maybe you should try something new something else. and so we are now trying something else at long last. >> reporter: many on both sides of the florida straights are anticipating and planning for substantial financial investment. the tourists are already here. but this is just the beginning. plenty more visitors will be coming from the united states. but they won't all be following the tourist trail. many are coming to invest. and in a way way that cuba hasn't seen for more than 50 years. but the u.s. economic embargo cuba calls a blockade, remains. restricting growth of the cuban economy, but not as intended. toppling the government. intense negotiations are underway in both washington and havana to have it lifted. in the meantime, preparations are being made.

>> translator: they come as tourists but when you talk to them you find they are lawyers people who work no american companies that are asking about the opportunities available in cuba. >> reporter: the cuban authorities have been paving the way with development for instance of this container port west of havana. while many smaller cuban businesses are already well placed. and are keenly anticipating the changes. >> translator: we are not happy just having foreigners here, we want them to come and meet and mix with cubans from every social and cultural background and we as cubans want to know people from different countries and cultures to create a space where we can talk, share and exchange ideas. >> reporter: for most cubans, however, not much has changed. not yet. with all change comes uncertainty about what will be lost as well as what will be gained. the americans are coming. while cubans wait with great

expectations and some fears over what they may bring. al jazerra havana. seven people have died after a plane crash in the dominican republic it happened in a tourist resort which is in the eastern province. the small plane carrying european tourists crashed shortly after take off. four-tons of ivory seized worth $6 million authorities are calling it the biggest bust this the country's history. it's thought the elephant touchings were bown today law owes but seizeed in bangkok,. >> reporter: official here monday announce the the largest sees ourseizure in thailand's history. it's a shipment that they have been tracking for twos 22 months, nearly four tons of ivory was seized worth about $6 million.

officials say that it was bound for different countries. mine industry officials telling us the ivory will be destroyed this. comes during an ivory amnesty program here in thailand. fronted by the government this goes out to private individuals collectors even sellers of ivory if they come from over the last two months if they come in and register their eye rethey have amnesty. if they are caught with it after tuesday they could face up to a $100,000 fine, this is all part of a program to clamp down on the ivory illegal ivory trade in thailand. an exhibition looking at the cultural history of ab ridge anies is about to open up it the british knew see you feel it's a window in to one the oldest cultures it includes 18th century artifacts as well as indigenous art from australia. jessica balanced winnow has a sneak peek.

>> reporter: this shield was picked up on the beach by captain cook or one of his men when they landed on australia's east coast in 1770. the story goes two ab ridge anies saw the white men thought they were ghosts and ghosts and ran so fast they dropped their shield it's never been back to australia but that will change in november. in it travel to his australia. the british museum is stuffed with artifacts from around the world and there are demands for much it have to be returned. so should the 150 or so objects travel to go australia later this year remain there? >> certainly the fact that these artifacts would be link today australia, meaning for the first time since they will be collected will be a very significant moment. and understandably these issues will be raised and discussed. >> reporter: it's an introduction in to the oldest

works. aboriginal painters celebrate love the country and land, this one forms a water mark in current australian passports. the culture endures because the contemporary artists update their ancient themes. the tourist islanders have a modern take on their baskets one made from pits washed up on the beach. what makes this exhibition so unique it, includes contemporary paintings by aboriginal artists plus hundreds of artifacts collected by british explosioners and brought back to the museum in the 18th century but it also doesn't shy away from the ongoing discussion about discrimination of indigenous people. the organizers are hoping the art, the history the beauty, will spark a conversation. a discussion of why the indigenous populations still struggle for their rights. jessica baldwin, al jazerra london. the lawyer for an american

reporter detained in iran says he's facing charges including espionage, the washington post teheran correspondent jason has been held since last july. his lawyer says the charges including conducting propaganda against the establishment and collaborating with hostile government. vladimir vladimir putin's latespower play in the cold war with the west, plus china is making a power play in pakistan with a multimillion dollar bid. these two developments have me asking tonight: what if anything can america do about it? i'm ali velshi, our special