>> part of al jazeera america's >> special month long evironmental focus fragile planet the european leaders triple the budget for search and rescue operations in an effort to stop migrants dieing at sea. ♪ ♪ hole welcome to al jazerra live from dough ma. ima darren jordan. also coming up on the program. 100 years later armenians remember the masses killed by ottoman forces. as fighting continues between rival factions factions faction generally the head of the u.n. operations says that's talk are inevitable. the mag magnificent images from the hubble space telescope it's

celebrating its 25th birthday. the european union has agreed to triple funding for its mediterranean navel mission in a bid to tackle the growing migrant crisis the funding boost was announced in an emergency summit in brussels coming as hundreds of more people were rescued by the italian coast guard on thursday. 84 african migrants were saved minutes before their boast sank off the libyan coast they were in a overcrowded ruby dink dink i. moredinghy. on tuesday, italian police arrest towards men suspecting of people trafficking they were among the survivers on the boat that capsized killing 800 people. brawl brennan joins us live now. what do you expect to happen in court today and who is giving evidence? >> reporter: the court is underway. it's a preliminary proceedings

whereby a judge will listen to some evidence, some testimony from survivors of that disaster that took place in the early hours of sunday of last week. the accused are also there. we weren't originally expecting them but they have been brought to court. that that's a 27-year-old tunisian who was the skipper of the boat and a 25-year-old syrian who was the ship's mate. now, there was one lawyer that was representing both. now that the two defendants we understand that effectively turned on each other and are blaming each other so they have had to appoint separate lawyers for each of them and a of the survivors will be here, detailing exactly what happened on that boat, how the crew behaved, what they did. my understanding from the early court pape presser the court papers that have already been released are that the small migrant bode collided three times with the larger portuguese tanker and that was that collision or those collisions which forced people in to the water and caused the boat to sink. it will be for the judge to then

decide whether to formally confirm the charges against the two men. >> paul, we know that the even u. has agreed to triple its funding for search and rescue operations whim that real make a difference to the irons who are obviously bearing the brunt of this crisis? >> reporter: i think it will make a difference to the italian on his a couple of levels. but on others probably not. first of all, it will take the pressure off the italians from a resources point of view, don't forget italy's navy had been in the forefront of the effort to rescue migrants and the increase in funding for the e.u. operation called triton will certainly assist. it was originally going to be doubled. that was the prediction earlier in the week so that eu leaders realized that at that simple wasn't going to be enough so they tripled it. that said it really only brings it up to the same level of last year. so it's not actually a big increase on the past. the other question mark is about the mandate of triton

terrifically speaking it's only a border control operation. will it actually really be used for search and rescue? that's an open question. the other thing that came out of the summit, i mean one of the other main things that came out of the summit was this idea that there can be some kind of proactive operation to target smugglers' boats traffickers boats before they even leave the thereharbor before people are even put on them. the question mark will be raised by france at the u.n. security council, that's certainly what the french president said. he will go to the u.n. security council because there is a question mark as to whether in international law there could be a military action against such a thing without the request of the libyan government. and, of course, libya is such an unstable country it's not possible to get a formal request from the libyan government for that. >> all right paul brennan outside the courthouse in catania. thank you. in libya 13 fighters loyal to the former generally have been killed in fighting in ben

benghazi. more clashes respected in tripoli. a three-day truce collapse odd thursday. now, armenians around the world are marking one years since the massacre of their ancestors during the first world war or men i can't says a million and a half people were killed. turkey disputes the figures and rejects the allegations i've planned ethnic cleansing campaign. a moment we'll at that talk jamal in istanbul but first let's go to paul in armenia. talk us through what you expect account to happen there today. >> reporter: darren, we are at the top of the hill here herein inning knew.[ inaudible ]. people from different parts of the world including presidents of russia and france, serbia and greek cyprian ats have come here

to participate in the official commemoration. he wants to extend his gratitude to all the nations and organizations who helped survivors of the atrocities 100 years ago find a new home and integrate in to their societies. coming from all around the world for this week's ceremonies are or men queens who are the descendants of survivors. the president says it's the responsibility of all of us to take charge and know what is the crime of genocide and make it -- make sure it never happens again. and finally he said to those who want to he race the or armenian world we are here and trying mack a better world. >> all right. paul there, thank you. let's cross to every jamal in istanbul. commemorations in turkey too talk us through what we can expected to.

>> reporter: darren, there are going to be a few commemoration vents being held in turkey by turkey's armenian population. we are expecting a gathering a individual of some sort meant to take place this a few hours of time in the east of the country maybe the main area where turkish armenians are the main cathedral there there will also be an events taking place in the evening over there. it's important to note that that church where the ca need was was renovate booed it's turkish government an example the government says it's actually trying to not only accommodate but also does not differentiate or discriminate against its armenian citizens, the turkish narrative is different to what's happening here. on a government level they are not commemorate this is 100 year mark. they are actually marking 100 years since world war i and battles where the turks fought there and many of the ottoman

soldiers were killed. in the past couple of weeks turkish media has focused on some historical findings by turkish historians here the uncovering of mass graves in eastern turkey belonging to some 5,000 turkish ottoman soldiers that they claim were killed by the armenians so just an example of how different narratives of an event that's taken place 100 years ago continues it's important to note that the government says it is trying to come to terms or at least trying to rectify plaintiff the mistrust or ill feeling between the two young communities for the second time in eights history turkey has issued a letter of condolence to the armenians who lost their ancestors in the events that took place 100 years ago the prime minister's office issued that statement just a few days ago. so there are some commemorations taking place but over all the turks here aren't taking the event with the same if you if you

furfur that the oriens are. to yep en now. the popular resistence forces have cut supply lines to the rudy and forces of former president saleh in two other district. meanwhile, peace takes are inevitable even as fighting continues victoria gatenby reports. >> reporter: fighters loyal to yemen's president in exile happened i are on the offensive in aden they support the saudi arabia-led campaign to retore happened i to power and are battling houthi rebels and forces loyal to the former president saleh. >> translator: we urge you to continue your operation because it is what kicked out the houthis and we in the south we salute you. >> translator: we hope for things to down and do aden to

become safe. and for the houthi militants to leave aden and go back to their areas. >> reporter: three days ago saudi arabia indicated the aerial bombing was over but air strikes have continued in the city of taiz. coalition planes lane wered 12 attacks after houthi fighters gained ground and the capital sanaa has also been badly damages this is a city with a world heritage listed historis center but out sued sanaa cars have been hit and houses are in pieces. >> translator: what's happening here is a humanitarian crisis these homes that have been destroyed and the victims are a result of what the politicians have done to yemen. >> reporter: but the negotiations that could evened the conflict still seem a long way off. >> translator: there will be no talks at the present time as long as the huge is and the militias of saleh continue the crimes against the yemeni people. and until they put their weapons aside and surrender.

>> reporter: despite almost a month of air strikes saudi arabia and its allies have not been able to defeat yemen's huge may litsch a and the forces fighting alongside them. and the mission to find a political solution is also failing. victoria gatenby, al jazerra. a lot more still to come here on al jazerra. it's a bumpy ride for some as the australian government tries to stop young muslims going to war. plus we will tell you how political violence is effecting bangladesh's garment industry. more on that, stay with us. >> i lived that character. >> go one on one with america's movers and shakers. >> we will be able to see change.

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welcome back. the top stories here on al jazerra. the european union has agreed to triple funding for its med mediterranean navel mission. hundreds of more people have been rescued on thursday. armenians around the world are marking 100 years since the killing of their ancestors in on ottoman territory. turk you disputes the figures and rejects allegations of planned ethnic cleansing campaign. in yemen forces loyal to exiled president happened i have gained control over large parts of the aden from houthi fighters. the head of u.n. operations says peace talks are inevitable even as identifying continues. now, a australia is trying to counter a growing number of people travel to go iraq and syria to join isil. the government is roll out a program aimed at what it calls deradicalizing possible recruits but not everyone thinks it will work. a be drew thomas reports.

>> reporter: muslims at a fun fair this one attached to a food festival is not the sort of image you often see on australian television. a constant stream of negative impressions is to them not just frustrating but dangerous the media providing bad role models for young muslims . >> we have a lot of successful people here, doctors businessmen, lawyers, they should project those positive images of muslims. >> reporter: instead this is more common on the news, muslims being arrested accused of noting attacks. raids and stopping people from traveling if they can suspected of want to go join the fighting in syria. that's why a soft air preach is being tried too. in brisbane, the australian multicultural foundation is running training sessions for community leaders. >> 99.9% of us muslim community

are strong and have a strong foundation and true australian and make their contributions but there is always that small minority that fall between the cracks. >> reporter: part paid for with grant from the australian government the leader here says his work is an early intervention program aimed at violence prevention. australia's government has set aside around $40 million for community programs to foster harmony and intervene when young people show size of violent we haven your and tackle online proppropagation lie like this. a man saying he's fight nothing syria appealing for others to join him or launch attacks at home. >> my beloved brothers in islam and a australia now is the time to rise, now is the time to wake up. >> reporter: the australian government calls its efforts part of a friday i didn't of deradradicalization but has its crickets, we have spoken to a number of people that are concerned about the approach of one saying the branding is all wrong, calling the program

countering violence extremism as the government does is the best way to repel the very groups they most need to engage. >> reporter: another says the whole process is to centralized and ran by anglo saxon white people with little knowledge of muslim communities or their issues. >> the others say the government simply isn't acting fast enough. >> it moves slowly. the simple thing we lose with every passing week is more people be radicalized and recruited. if they have gone off to iraq and syria most of them practice probably won't come home. >> reporter: in june they will host a pan asia conference on the issue. they know it's an issue that they have to address but for many isn't yet responding ahead adequately too. indonesia has asked embassies to sends official to his a maximum security prison address of an expected executions of 10 foreign nationals convicted of drug smuggling. among those on death row are two australians. they were sentenced in 2006.

no date has been set for the executions and they have to be given 72 hours notice. a speaks man for the attorney general says the prosecutors have been told to begin making preparations for the executions. over 500 garment factories have been shutdown in bangladesh in the past year, about 10% of the total. the country's garment industry has been going through an upheaval since a factly collapses in 2013 killing a thousand people. >> reporter: it's been almost a year since the lights were turned off. he and his family had begun business only three years earlier. they like many others, were in a rush to get in on an industry that was expanding fast. propelled by some of the lowest wages in the world bangladesh has quickly become second only to china in exporting ready-made garments. but in april 2013, the rana plaza building collapse, killing

over 1,000 garment workers in the aftermath some brandt started demanding higher safety standards and better wages at the factorys they worked with. unable to meet these requirements they decided to shutdown operations. >> they don't give us a chance. no more time. they just. [ inaudible ] within very short time. but it's impossible. >> reporter: in bangladesh not all garment factories of created equal. many midrange operators are struggling to stay afloat. or closing down in the wake of the rana flags plaza disaster, higher end factories are expecting business to pick up. his fashionist factory cost a few hundred thousand dollars to set up. in contrast, this is a multi-million dollar affair. shaun's company has the resources to not only meet safety standards but to also

break the mold when it comes to the expectations buyers have of bangladeshi factories. garment owners here made their name delivered low end high volume orders. the more complex products were usually made elsewhere. but as the industry matures here that is starting to change. so it is possible to also do very high volume work, high value work. low volume, high volume. mid volume, high value work also in bangladesh and a lot of victories, including mine, is changing our setup to handle this high margin business as well. and actually moving that business and winning against china. >> reporter: sean says the industry here is undergoing a shift with con sol games at the top that's creating more orders for owners like him. the flip side is the weeding out at the bottom. spelling the end for some local operations that can no longer keep up.

al jazerra bangladesh. army commanders in nigeria say they have killed a notorious boko haram leading and are advance on the ground their last known strong hold in a forest. a regional coalition force has recently recaptured several towns from boko haram. the ghanaian government says security forces have killed a protesters and wounded four others during anti-government rallies. police fired tear gas over protesters angry over delayed elections 78 the roads around the home of an opposition leader are surrounded by police. he says it's a deliberate attempt to stop him directing anti-government protests. outside his home, rock-throwing protesters were met with tear gas from police. similar rallies have been happening across the country for

weeks. >> translator: in the city there has been a sit-down strike that's paralyzed the area. and police have arrested our party leader there. and a 27-year-old man was beaten to death accord to this information given to me. >> reporter: the government is accused of breaking a promise to hold local elections before the presidential ballot this october. the opposition says the ruling party is stalling because it's likely to lose the local vote. making it more difficult to keep its president in office. either through a fair election or a fraudulent one. >> translator: we want to fight against this electoral charade that the president wants to organize. what we want now say reversal of decisions so that we can organize community elections before the presidential poll. >> reporter: unless both sides can agree on a framework for elections, more violence is likely to follow.

>> translator: it's only around the negotiation table that we can find a solution. these events settle nothing. it's unfortunate for a young democracy that is trying to take shape. >> reporter: there has been some attempts at talks but so far neither side has been willing to compromise. a former cia director has been zip tense today two years probation for leak being classified information to his mist russ he was also fined $100,000. decorated general reseened three years ago after revelation of an affair with his biography. his lawyers argued for leniency siting decades of service. 34 letters from heads of state praising the former general. pakistan's government has sent condolence to his the families of two hostages killed during a u.s. drone strike in january. on thursday, u.s. president barack obama apologize for the the accidental killing of an american and italian. as they targeted their al qaeda

cap tours. after a five-month did debate to choose the u.s. president's next attorney general republicans had refuse today bring her up to vote until they cut a deal on human trafficking with the democrats. >> reporter: loretta lynch cut her legal teeth on new york's mean streets where she quickly developed a reputation for at thattenaciousness. >> she spent her life fighting for the fair and equal justice that is the foundation of our democracy. she's going to do a great job helping our communities. keeping them safe. but also making sure our citizens are protected by equal justice under the law. >> reporter: loretta lynch was not afraid to take on the tough cases. in 1997, she helped successfully prosecute new york police officers some of whom had assaulted and forcibly sodomized a young haitian man. she also prosecuted cases involving organized crime and al

qaeda. her new brief roning the american justice department is daunting. she will need to address international concerns over american drone strikes the continuing operation at guantanamo bay and the much criticized american justice system. >> the bottom line is that miss lynch doesn't seem willing to commit to a new independent way of running the department. >> on this ballot the eyes are 56 and the nays 43. the nomination is confirmed. >> reporter: but after five months of waiting patiently loretta lynch has finally been confirmed in her post. first african american woman to do so. nick, al jazerra washington. demonstrations continues in the u.s. city of baltimore over the death of an african american man in police custody. a preliminary autopsy shows the 27-year-old freddy gray died

i've spinal injure. his death comes as tensions remain high over police treatment in the u.s. gabriel elizondo has the latest from there. >> reporter: the protests continue here in baltimore. several hundred protesters have been out for several hours here in front of one of the police stations in the city. and they have been calling for things like no justice no, peace, calling the name of freddy gray. and i am going to step out of frame here just so you can get a sense of the scene here. there are people that are very angry, they want answers on what happened to freddy gray when he was in custody under suspicious circumstances by baltimore police. we also found out that mr. gray's funeral will be on monday. that the chief of police for the first time am live met with freddy gray's family and offered condolences. but people are very, very angry here as you might imagine. the governor of the state of maryland has actually said he will send state troopers to here to baltimore to help beef up

security even though all of the protests have been very, very peaceful so far. but make no mistake about it, the people here are very angry and untimely death of mr. gray is just sort of lit a fuse on what was building a frustrations here on the streets by so many people. now, civil rights activists are calling for thousands of people to come out to the streets this saturday they say they want to hold one of the biggest protests yet to call for some sort of justice in this case. evacuation orders have been issued in towns within 20-kilometers of a volcano in southern chile. it has erupted twice 124 hours after being dormant for more than 40 years a giant cloud has dumped up to 50 cent meters of volcanic ash in some areas. the chilean president issue a red a heard cools and airports closed. the hubble space telescope as opened a unique window to the universe for the last 25 years.

it has given scientists a deeper understanding of space and time. tom ackerman reports on one of nasa's grantsest achievements. >> reporter: in new york city's times square this week the tourists are getting a real time display that literally out of this world. far, far out of the thanks to the hubble space telescope which lane offed in 1990. since then from its orbit 500-kilometers above everything the instrument has sent back more than 1.2 million observations by hoffering past the earth's atmospheric hayes it has been likens to seeing a pair of fireflies in japan all the way from the east coast of north america. as a result, scientists have gotten their most accurate look at planets within our sol or system and for the first time identified more planets i don't understand it. >> the mirror is down on this end and this part points out in to space. >> reporter: and they have won a deeper appreciation of the immensity of space. >> we now know thanks to those

images that there is something like 200 billion other galaxies in the universities each filled with hundreds of billions of stars. >> reporter: they gained insights in the course of the universities itself by tracing it backward in time to places more than their thing billion light years from action. >> the galaxies are not only flying away from each other but accelerating telling us the university is filled approximate my steer young energy that is called darken i didn't. >> reporter: hubble is the only telescope to be serviced in face by astronauts. a fat al flaw in its largest mirror almost made it worthless but nas dispatch aid career that corrected the air on or. hubble is expected to keep operate for this next few years but an treatment 100 mere time powerful the webb telescope is lou to be launched if 2018. >> the big hope is that they will both operate at the same time oupg up a whole new window.

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