>> part of al jazeera america's >> special month long evironmental focus fragile planet 40 migrants hit and killed by a train in macedonia, a day after european leaders triple the budget for search and rescue operations at sea. ♪ hello and welcome to al jazeera live from doha i'm mar between dennis and also coming up in the program, 100 years later armenians remember the masses killed by ottoman forces. yemen's foreign minister says there will be no peace until houthi rebels surrender as fighting continues across the

country. magnificent images with the hubble space telescope celebrates its 25th birthday. ♪ 14 people have been hit and killed by a train in central macedonia, it happened close to the city of valesh the group migrants walking along a well-known balcan route heading to western europe and the prosecutor says from interviewing survivors most of the group was from somalia and afghanistan. the eu has agreed to triple funding for its mediterranean navel mission to tackle the growing migrant crisis and the boost was announced at an emergency summit in brussels and on tuesday italian police arrested two men suspected of trafficking on a boat that

capsized off the libya coast killing people and paul brennan is outside the courthouse. >> reporter: it was not clear at first whether the two defendants the ship's 27-year-old tunisia skipper and first mate would actually be coming here to court in katania and have been brought before the judge and will have to hear in person the testimony against them from a handful of survivors from that disaster last weekend in which three interpreters they will detail not just the circumstances of the sinking itself but also the process leading up to the sinking, how they were herded on boats and where they were kept on libya soil and behavior of the captain and the ship's mate in those immediate moments before the boat went down and it's alleged on preliminary papers the boat collided three times with the tanker and those collisions it is almost certain created the

circumstances where the boat sank so quickly and taking down so many lives but what the judge's job is here today is to formally confirm if the judge believes there is sufficient evidence formally confirm the charges against the two men and it will then go on to the next stage, the process not expected to take more than a couple of hours and done by lunchtime. armenians marking 100 years of massacre of their ancestors during the first world war and armenia says 1 1/2 million people were killed in what it and 20 other countries describe as the first genocide of the 20th century, turkey disputes and rejects allegations of a planned ethnic cleansing campaign. in a moment we will be speaking to a correspondent in the turkish city of istanbul and first let's go to paul in the armenia capitol. and, paul so armenians

expressing the pain 100 years on in the company of several world leaders, paul. >> reporter: yes, there are five presidents here including the armenian president, french president and russia president vladimir putin and the greek president and delegations here from a number of churches around the world and his holiness in the second and armenian said today is a historic and sacred day including the dignitaries and delegations from middle east and europe as well as the u.s. later on today they will continue with an 8:30 torch light procession from republicans where the city of the capitol and center of the capitol to the memorial here and there will also be a world symphony orchestra performance

called revival, that includes some 140 musicians representing 70 countries. >> okay thank you very much that is paul reporting live from the armenian capitol. now we can go to the turkish city of istanbul and despite the events 100 years ago the turks are having their own ceremony today. >> indeed there is a large turkish community here and left to commemorate this event and there have been some church services in istanbul and the main one in the main cathedral which was renovated by the turkish government a few years back. the turkish government contrary to previous ones recognized that mass killings have taken place 100 years ago the prime

minister's office issued a statement in 2014 and a similar one this year where it offers condolence to the armenians who lost their ancestors but there is an alternative narrative to what happened there and turkish historians in the past few days uncovered graves of turks killed by armenians, up to 5,000 dead bodies were uncovered in those graves in the eastern part of turkey according to the historians there and it's important to know that turkish society generally is more interested in commemorating 100 years since world war i where thousands of otoman turks were killed defending territories and also the anniversary of the birth of the new republic so that strong sense of pride and patriotism which is evident in society is at the forefront these days although as i mentioned there is going to be

several commemoration events of what took place and the society is marking other events as we speak. >> live in istanbul. now in libya 13 fighters loyal to army chief have been killed by rival malitias in benghazi more fighting reported between other armed groups in tripoli and parts of southern benghazi a three day truce supporting two rival governments collapsed on thursday. now in yemen there have been more air strikes by saudi-led coalition and targets and those loyal to hadi have gain large control and there will be no peace until the houthis surrender and we have more. >> reporter: fighters loyal to

yemen's president in exile hadi are on the offensive in aiden. they support the saudi arabia-led campaign to restore hadi to power and battling houthi rebels and forces loyal to the former president saleh. >> translator: we urge you to continue operation because it is what kicked out the houthis and we in the south we salute you. >> translator: we hope it to calm down and aiden to become safe and for the houthi militants to leave aiden 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 coalition planes launched 12 attacks after houthi fighters gained ground and capital sanaa has been badly damaged, this is a city with a historic center and outside would sanaa cars have been hit and houses are in pieces. >> translator: what is

happening here is humanitarian crisis and homes destroyed and victims as a result of what the politicians did to yemen. >> reporter: could end the conflict seem a long way off. >> translator: there will be no talks at the present time as long as saleh continue the crimes against the yemen people and until they put their weapons aside and surrender. >> reporter: a month of air strikes saudi arabia and its allies have not been able to defend the malitia and the forces fighting alongside them and the mission to find a political solution is also failing, victoria with al jazeera. now australia trying to counter a growing number of people traveling to iraq and syria to join i.s.i.l. and government is rolling out a program called de-radicalizing

but people are not sure it will work. >> reporter: this is not the image you see on australia t.v. and this is not just frustrating but it's dangerous, the media providing bad role models for young muslims. >> we have doctors, we have businessmen, we have lawyers, they should project those positive images of the muslims. >> reporter: instead this is more common on the news muslims being arrested accused of plotting attacks, some say the government so called hard power approach with raids like this earlier in the month in melvin and stopping people of travelling if they suspect of wanting to join the fighting in syria muslims under attack can encourage a backlash, that is why a softer approach is being tried too and this multi culture foundation is running training for leaders, 99.9% of us have a

strong foundation and true australians and make a contribution but there is a small minority that fall between the cracks. >> reporter: part paid for with grants from australian government he says his work is an early intervention program aimed at prevention and the government has $40 million for community programs for harmony when young people show signs of violent behavior and tackle online propaganda like this a man who says he is fighting in syria appealing for others to join him or launch attacks at home. >> beloved brothers in islam and australia now is the time to rise and wake up. >> reporter: the australia government calls it part of a strategy of deraticalizam and we spoke with people working with the government and concerned about the approach and say the branding is wrong and they call it countering extremism and it's

the best way to repel the very group to engage and some say it's too central with little known of the issues and others say the government is not acting fast enough. >> it moves slowly and the simple thing we lose with every passing week is more people being recruited, if they go to iraq and syria and probably most of them will not come home. >> reporter: australia will have a conference on deraticalization and has an issue it has to address but for many it's not responding adequately too. finding out why anti-government feelings are running so high in guinea and saving the children scientists think they are closer than ever to finding a malaria vaccine. ♪

>> fall of saigon, forty years later. >> we have no idea how many were killed. >> unanswered questions, a botched withdrawal lives lost. examining the impact that still resonates today. a special report starts tuesday, 10:00 eastern. on al jazeera america. hello again, these are the top stories here at al jazeera and let's go live to katania where this is the latest boat to arrive with more than 80 rescued migrants on board and this comes just a day after the european union and the mediterranean navel mission at an emergency summit in brussels. 14 people have been hit and killed by a train in macedonia

near the city there and macedonia state prosecutor says after interviewing survivors it appears most of the group is from somalia and afghanistan. in yemen there have been more air strikes by saudi-led coalition coalitions and loyal to the president hadi have gained control over large parts of aiden. now an unprecedented number of migrants willing to risk everything in the hope of a better life in europe but many are finding the reality a far cry from their dreams and simon mc-greger wood have been to meet migrants forced to live under a bridge in paris. >> reporter: 50 mostly sudan migrants living in tents by the river, some have been here months and made the hazardous journey across the see to libya escaping war at home and hoping for a better life and none of

them have papers and rely on charity for everything it's a kind of migrant limbo. mohamed, it's not his real name spend three years working in libya and paid $1100 for his place on a boat that made it to italy and now this. >> translator: it is not the life we imagined finding in europe and we don't know what to do but we are obliged to be here this is the path we took and i ask myself why are we here the eu states do not seem to be interested in us anymore. announcer: those tries to help migrants say mohamed is victims of a system which is intentionally slow and designed to discouraged. >> the argument which is brought forward by the government is if you welcome them more will come and this is terrible because it's not true. people in sudan or in syria don't think i'm going to ask for it in france because i will have a shelter, they only think i

have to leave home i cannot stay there otherwise i will die. >> reporter: this unprecedented surge in the number of people reaching europe and unfortunately for them seemed to be matched by a hardening of attitudes in france to immigration as a whole and finding the political will in greater numbers is going to be very hard. the rise of the front in france is elsewhere in europe tempting politicians into ever tougher posturing on immigration, add to that stagnant economies and soaring unemployment and you can see why the latest tragedies in the mediterranean have leaders to focus on keeping migrants out rather than welcoming more in and the worry for migrants now may not be how to get asylum but avoid being sent back to where their long journey began, simon mc-greger wood al jazeera, paris. army commanders in nigeria say they are killed notorious

boko haram leader and an advanced on the last known stronghold in the forest and stretches along several of nigeria's northeastern states a regional coalition forces recently recaptured several times from boko haram. the guinea government says security forces have killed a protester and wounded four others during anti-government rallies and police fired tear gas to dispurse protesters angry about delayed local elections and alexia reports. >> reporter: the roads around the home of 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 weeks. >> translator: in the city here

there has been a sit-down strike that paralyzed the area and police arrested our party leader there and a 27-year-old man was beaten to death according to the 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 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 an electoral but the government wants to organize and we want reverse decision for community elections before the presidential poll. >> reporter: and 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 and it's unfortunate for a young democracy trying to take shape. >> reporter: there have been some attempts at talks but so far neither side has been willing to compromise i'm with al jazeera. the scientists say they are closer than ever to finding a successful vaccine for malaria and the disease infects more than 200 million people every year, most of them are in sub africa and many are children who do not survive and danny has more on the hopes of them. >> reporter: a few tears of pain for a few years of partial protection against malaria. in sub saraha and africa 1300 die a day from the disease and never a licensed vaccine but almost 20 years a research team based in africa has been working towards one, now their biggest

trial of what is known as the rtss vaccine involving 15,000 infants across 7 countries over 5 years has delivered its results. >> this shows the vaccine does have some impact over a four-year period it reduces attacks of malaria and severe attacks of malaria by about 30%. >> is 30% enough? >> no we would like it to be 90% but malaria is such a big problem and if you can reduce that by 30% that is a huge saving in childhood deaths in syria. >> reporter: professor green wood devoted 50 years to fighting malaria and he is thrilled control measures already in place are working, the latest world health organization report reveals a 47% drop in malaria deaths across the globe in the last decade and in africa it

decreased 54% in the same period. >> not saying this should be a replacement for some of the other measures like bed nets it is a consideration lbs it worthwhile and cost effective to add this on to other measures already being given. >> reporter: the world health organization will decide whether to recommend the vaccine for use by the end of the year danny with al jazeera. a former cia director and a top general has been sentenced to two years probation for leaking classified information to his mistress general david petraeus was also fined $100,000, the decorated general resigned three years ago after revelations of an affair with his biographer. condolence to the family of hostaged killed during a u.s. drone strike in january and on thursday president obama

apologized for the accidental killing of an american and italian as they targeted the al-qaeda captors in pakistan. a five month debate and the u.s. attorney general they confirmed that loretta, lynch until they cut a deal on human trafficking. >> reporter: cut her legal teeth on new york streets where she quickly developed a reputation for being tenacious. >> fighting for democracy and will do a great job helping the communities and keeping them safe and making sure our citizens are protested by equal justice under the law. >> reporter: not afraid to take on tough cases, in 1997 she helped successfully prosecute new york police officers some of whom had assaulted and

forcibly sodomized a young haiti man and prosecuted organized crime and al-qaeda, the brief running the american justice department is daunting and she will need to address international concerns over american drone strikes, continuing operation at guantanamo bay, the numerous surveillance programs as well as reform and the much criticized american justice system and critics sayshy will blindly follow in the footsteps of her predecessor. >> the bottom line is ms. lynch does not seem to commit to a new independent way of running the department. >> on this vote the ayes 56 and nay 43 and it's confirmed. >> reporter: lynch has been confirmed in her post the first african/american to do so nick with al jazeera, washington. staying in the u.s. in the city here demonstrations have

continued over the death of an african/american man in police custody, a preliminary autopsy shows 27-year-old freddy gray died of a spinal injury. his death comes as tensions remain high over police treatment in the u.s. gabrielle alexander reports. >> 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 i'm going to step out of fra you can get a sense of the scene here there are people who are very angry and want answers on what exactly happened to freddy gray when he was in custody under suspicious circumstances by baltimore police and also found out that mr. gray's funeral is going to be on monday and it's the chief of police for the first time that actually met with freddy gray's family and offered condolence and people are very

angry here as you can imagine, the governor of the state of maryland says he is going to send state troopers to baltimore to beef up security even though all of the protests have been very very peaceful so far and 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 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 and they want to hold one of the biggest protests yet to call for some sort of justice in this case. >> reporter: now for the last 25 years the hubble space telescope has opened up an unique window to the universe and its images of distant gal -- galaxies give space and time and this is one of the granded

achievements. >> reporter: in new york city time square this week the tourists are getting a real time display that is literally out of this world, far, far out thanks to the hubble space telescope which launched in 1990. since then from its orbit 500 kilometers above earth the instrument sent back more than 1.2 million observations. by hovering past the earth haze and it's like seeing a pair of fire flies 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 solar system and for the first time identified more planets behind it. >> the mirror is down on this end and this part points to space. >> reporter: want deeper appreciation of the immense space. >> we know from the images there is something like 200 billion other galaxies in the universe filled with hundreds of billions of stars. >> reporter: gained insights in

the course of the universe itself but tracing it backward in time to places more than 13 billion light years from earth. >> the galaxies are not only flying away from each other but accelerating and it has an energy they call darken guy. >> reporter: hubble is the only one to beerviced by astronauts and 1993 a flaw in the largest mirror almost made it worthless but nasa dispatched a repair crew and corrected the error and hubble will keep operating for the next few years but an instrument 100 times more powerful the web space telescope is due to be launched in 2017 >> one of the big hopes is having them both operate at the same time and will open up a new window on the universe. >> reporter: likely to produce more revelations about worlds yet to be discovered tom ackerman green belt maryland.

a lot more about the hubble space telescope on the al jazeera website, al jazeera.com, also you can find out a lot more about today's main events with the commemoration taking place around the world and particularly in turkey and armenia, al jazeera.com. ♪ >> hello i'm ray suarez. mcdonald's, cash registers ringing, is a company that americans hate love and hate to love. changing what farmers ro grow and away we eat. now the company's announced it won't buy chickens raised using human antibiotics. mickey d's, changing what people eat and how they eat it.