>> welcome to the al jazeera news hour. i'm david foster.úwelcome. this is some of what we're studying in detail in the next 60 minutes. another boat load of migrants reaches sicily after the e.u. tackle the traffickers many of whom operate out of libya. >> we're with the libyan coast guards in the mediterranean sea

searching for migrants who are trying to reach europe. >> and commemorating armenia arrest armenia. >> and the dna that is altered in the embryo. >> we have more on sports news. it's back to barcelona. bayern munich has had so much success.

>> dozens have aride in the sicilian bored of catania just in friday. they're diverting resources to stop people smugglers. this man prosecutors say he was at the helm of a boat that collided with a containership around sank off the libyan coast. 700 people died then. now those numbers contributed to an april record for migrant deaths. more than 1300 are thought to have lost their lives while making the crossing. barnaby phillips has more from catania. >> is this the face of a trader in human misery? that's what a court in catania must decide. he said he was only a passenger on the overcrowded boat that capsized with the loss of hundreds of lives. other survivors say he was the boat's captain. but even if guilty he would surely be only a small cog in

the big business of taking people across the mediterranean. there are migrants in the public squares, in the bus stations. bored, frustrated planning their next move. we were not allowed into the reception center, but we spoke with julia who works with a charity inside. she is from syracuse and never thought she would be an aid worker in her hometown. >> it's crazy. people sh have the right to ask for asylum. why it's not possible, to die just because they need to escape from war poverty. >> i met sara and saoud. they asked us not to show their faces. sara dreams of getting a ph.d in europe. she arrived this week after

eight days at sea. they paid $3000 u.s. each to the smugglers. >> it's a very big decision. >> so you don't feel angry towards them? >> no no, they're doing business. >> they did not mistreat you on the boat? >> no, no. >> at the station a group of sudanese are trying to cobble enough money to take the train north. this is the escape route for many migrants. the majority we've spoken to say they have no intention of staying here. they think of sweden, germany and the united kingdom as countries they would like to get to. sicily and italy is just one stage in their long and dangerous journey. but all the time more are arrive arriving on italy's shores. back at catania harbor the italian coast guard brought 80

africans to port. they know they face many struggles to come in europe a constant. >> paul brennan sent us this outside of the court in catania where two men are said to be in charge of the boat which sank with so much loss of life appeared. >> this is an important case, this one, not just because of disaster that it's related to the loss of almost 800 lives estimated last weekend. the biggest single loss of life in this whole migrant crisis, but also because of the message it sends out. the italian authorities are determined to prosecute traffickers whenever they're arrested. but the details are clear from these proceedings. it was supposed to be a preliminary proceedingses but the prosecution chose to call ten witnesses. after ten hours of proceedings we had only completed one witness' evidence.

they're really going into a great level of detail. asking the questions of the witness and then interpretation back to the judge. it is important because as i say, if the message is sent out to the traffickers, you will be prosecuted if you persist in this activity. >> italy says many are traveling from libya. we joined one of the few libyan coast guard patrols. >> we're about 30 nautical miles off the coast of libya facing the towns where a good number of

the boats packed with migrants depart from. now, this is a tugboat that was meant for civilian use that was taken over by the libyan coast guard. you can see here they have just adopted it with an anti-aircraft. they say this is for their own security. apart from that they don't have: have:they have the responsibility over 600 kill motors of coast line. this is the only thing they have at the moment. they say that their means are limited, and unless they get support there is little they can do on this side. there is also the other issue that there is no cooperation with the italian navy.

i did ask them what they thought about the e.u. initiative of targeting the smugglers. they said that would be extremely difficult because the network of smugglers is extremely extend: >> off the coast of libya. while continuing to fight in their country it continues the need for migration. >> a three day truce.

>> this has come about solely because of the anarchy. you think this was going on when muammar qaddafi was in power? >> the trafficking of migrants has been going on. it's been going on for ten years and has been the top of the agenda for for european agenda. >> but not at the top of the agenda until now. >> yes, it was. britain did not get particularly excited about it because we weren't affected but the italians were excited about it and they wanted the european union to try to deal with the problem.

>> is there anything that you think could have been done in libya to prevent this? >> i think that's a misleading way of putting it. people have been drowned for years, but not on the scale that we've seen in in the last weeks or months. but it isn't directly related to what is happening in libya. it's directly to what is happening from which these migrants come. >> it's the fault of those countries that went in to libya to help get rid of gaddafi, and then not doing enough to stabilize the country afterwards?

>> well, i don't agree with that. i think it's a separate argument, which i'm very happy to join in with you about what the nato countries and the arab league forces did in 2011 whether that was the right thing to do, and whether it could have been done in a different way. that's certainly something open for discussion. but it's not the same thing as the question of these migrants because the migrants were there before and no doubt they'll be afterwards. because what we're talking about is hundreds of miles of libyan coast which are temptingly close to southern europe. >> is there any way that it's-- >> take for example, i think i mentioned in your introduction that some of these people come from eritrea. i was astonished to discover

that a quarter of them come from eritrea. it's only a population of six million. it's been at war for most of the last 30 years. that has nothing to do with libya but libya just happens to be the way they choose to go. >> thank you very much for talking with us u.k. ambassador in libya. at least two soldiers and ten members of an armed group have within killed in two days of clashing. the fighting in the mountain thousand region is still going on. they have season regular violence in the last two years. syria's form security chief died of a stroke in the capital of damascus. he was known for his role as

military intelligence before syria's withdraw in 2005. in february ghazali was beaten up by guards of the general who replaced him. he remained in hospital ever since then. >> it's a grate view. a look to the village and south.

>> on objective was to isolate the regime from those causing it. >> we started by launching artillery against the barricades and then advanced to the infantry. in the up coming hours we'll have full control god willing. >> attempts to control the area by government forces have been met by fierce resistence. the area is strategic to both sides. and provinces and it's regimes by provinces to the south and provinces to the north. >> we will cut off supply lines to the regime forces. >> whatever the outcome what

remains is an important front line in this conflict without end. >> still ahead in this news hour, the yemenis try to maintain some semblance of normality in the war-torn country. we'll take a look at the boating questions. the elections this weekend. and in sport the europe piano champions league sets up an emotional return for one coach. >> the people of armenia are making 100 yearslaying a tribute to those who died.

100 million people were killed called the first jen side of the 20th century. turkey disputes the figures and the use of the word genocide. >> he would walk 300 kilometers to safety. he said he will never forget the mothers who abandoned their children along the way. >> when they got tired they couldn't carry their infants any more. they would throw them in the river. throw them in the river was better than leaving them on the ground where wild animals would eat them.

>> eyewitness accounts are on display here at the genocide institute and museum. these halls have photographic evidence, footage and written testimonies of the atrocityies that were committed against them between 1915 and 1923 and beyond. this new exhibition opens with a centennial commemoration is the first time that mass killings of armenians is shown in the wider context of world history. >> armenia's president sass one of the first visitors to the exhibition. he said in addition to remembers the past armenia is also looking ahead. that's why it's not putting pre- pre-conditions for establishing relations with turkey.

>> in the open air market many are still demanding acknowledgment from turkey. >> they have to admit it. they absolutely have to admit it. >> the armenian apostolic church in a ceremony that has not been seen since 100 years. they say it's important to recognize what happened in the past and condemn it hoping that tragedyies like this will not be repeated. >> there are huge sensitiveities around the word of genocide. many claim it as a lie.

members of the turkey community say people died on both sides of the conflict and widely accepts that armenians were killed by ottoman forces in world war i but it did not amount to genocide. we have reports from istanbul. >> 74-year-old runs a small museum in istanbul. on display are artifacts books and wartime memorabilia who belonged to her father who was in the army. in 1915,000 was armenians were forcibly transferred from their homes and killed by turks. >> after the armenians they are

killing us. >> according to the general's memoirs it was the armenian who is instigated the violence. >> it's a start contrast to what has become a common narrative. in the last month both european parliaments and pope francis has described what took place as a genocide conducted against the armenians. and it is this word genocide that continues to anger turkey while the government can see that many armenians were killed they insist that the term itself is totally incorrect. >> politically we believe that term is being exploited in a way

snead of leading an event. we know that there are armenians living. >> despite the controversial the government issues a letter of condolence to the armenians for the first time ever in 2014. national pride is ex-premiumly evident. almost all of the squares have huge flags flying high and draped across the buildings. it's this strong sense of patriotism that makes people here so sensitive.

>> it wasn't the turk who is committed genocide. it was the armenians. >> despite the narratives there were still thoses of armenians living in turkey. they were there to mark the 100 anniversary freely. convertsconcerts are being held. officials say that they're more interested in building a future with the armenians than focusing on the past. al jazeera istanbul. >> now from around the world in turkey thefrom turkey to the battle of gallipoli. it is considered one of the

bloodiest battles of the first world war. one person has been killed and a child has been wounded when three bombs exploded in cairo. it occurred in the north of the city. experts say that they found other devices nearby and detonated them safely. the government is accusing supportssupporters of deposed president mohamed morsi. they have blocked off streets and neighborhoods and crowds were quickly dispersed. there have been more airstrikes by the saudi-led coalition in yemen. supporters of abd rabbuh mansur hadi have pushed shia rebels

back. yemen's foreign minister insist the houthis must surrender before the peace process can begin. >> there will be talks as long as the houthies and militias of ali abdullah saleh put their weapons aside and surrender. >> attacks against security forces have increased. saudis say they've arrested this man on suspicion of killing two police officers earlier this month in riyadh. 23 years old they said he confessed to carrying out the shootings after meeting a member of the islamic state of iraq and the levant, isil, in syria. our correspondent has more in saudi arabia. >> after the investigation with him he admitted to the crime.

he said that he was recruited by isis earlier and that the man man a man that he believes to be from north africa judging from thinks accident. he said he was given the weapon to use in the crime and he was given 10000 saudis and ammunition. he said that isis wanted to use him in saudi arabia. they asked him to stay there because of his expertise in explosives, and making it also in shooting. and he said that someone drove the car while he himself shot at the two policemen. after further investigation the ministry in its statement said that they were able to identify the man who is known helped, and they

have put a bounty on his head and a reward for anyone who can help find him. >> a teenager who can't be named for legal reasons said he encouraged an 18-year-old australian plan to carry out an attack in the melbourne. if convicted he may face up to two years in custody. police in italy have arrested nine people who have alleged links with al-qaida. the suspects were involved with a plot to attack the vatican five years ago. the attack was never carried out. the suspects are from pakistan and afghanistan. they have played down the significance of the alleged plot. we have more details on the suspects. >> on friday italian police conducted a nationwide major

anti-terrorism operation that led to the arrest warrants of 18 people across italy. now nine of these people were arrested, two of them are suspected are believed to be at large and seven are expected to have returned to pakistan already. the pakistani nationals moved here and blended in with local communities. most of them were businessmen, well-regarded but behind the scenes it is believed they were raising funds and even took active parts in terrorist attacks, including the bombing of a market in 2009, which killed more than a hundred people. two of those people are believed to have had close ties to the network of people who protected osama bin laden during the time he was hiding. they found where people were

asking about the attack. yes, the vatican issued a statement saying, down playing the threat saying that of course, that was a long time ago, five years ago. nevertheless italy and the vatican were targets of isil and it is still very high. >> reporting from rome. now coming up on the news hour we're off to the arctic, and we're going to see how an entire way of life is threatened there as the climate changes. talking of climate chile's volcano will erupt after

unexpectedly roaring back to live. we have a live report. and why we'll see one of sports biggest-ever fights. we'll have details. :

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a. >> forced people to risk their lives on the mediterranean sea.

>> it truly breaks my heart to see a family, to see families who have already lost their house, destroyed that members were killed. they have risked their lives in the hands of smugglers and horrible gangsters and just to try to find safety in the way to rebuild their lives and to look into the future, we hope. there is also a reaction a fear in many in societies that they try to use to gain some political advantage, and they have created an environment of several countries that made life difficult for those that try to make people understand it is absolutely essential to have a positive attitude for these people. to fight smugglers and traffickers and also to offer

legal avenues for people to come safely into europe. >> is it shameful in your view that european authorities have adopted this attitude that they haven't done more? >> i think its important to say that there is a strong signal of hope that there would an renewed commitment to enhance the capacity and i hope that this is a first step. i know that there are some contradictions of different member states who have different views, but i hope this is an officers step for a constructive attitude from europe. >> home to one of the largest steel factories in the world but they are not having an easy ride. struggling despite massive investment from a steal adjustment.

>> it is hot dangerous and dirty. they love their job. >> there will always be a need for steel, won't there? that's why we have this new thermos, and i think in future. >> his parents helped to make it a soviet powerhouse, and they helped to make this man's career career the president of kazakhstan. today they need the president's help. they showed a letter to him in the local paper. people at the plant had not been

paid since december. >> i would say that this company is socially responsible towards its own employees. they have been reduced to nothing, and this is unacceptable. >> this happens amid falling commodity prices. >> this is a difficult decision like layoff, like closing but on the other hand we're increasing our value product and this is creating--we hope that this is a long term sustainability. >> how sustainable will decide it's future. >> this is the largest steel producer in central asia and employees more than 13000 workers and many thousands more in direct benefit of the steel

production. they call it a modern town because of their their dependence on a single industry. >> it's dirty but many rely on their aging industries. and no one, not even the president has any ease answers. >> we'll talk about an extraordinary break through in china where scientists have successfully modified the dna in embrieio. they modified the embryo from a blood disorders. there have been calls for china to halt the experiment, a practice already banned in

europe. let's talk with dr. kerry bowman in toronto. i know you were very surprised about this when you heard about it. why is that? >> i really was you know we've been hearing this is potentially coming, but the word rumor had been used. i actually didn't think anyone would cross this very significant line at this time to alter the human dna sequence. >> these were not viable embryos they were not embryos that would go on to become babies. why would people react in the most hostile fashion to this? >> well, they are still human embryos, and their creation is from that that creates human embryos, so it is very much human embryo. but the end goal is to alter the

outcome. remember with the technique they're using here this would be heritatible meaning that it would go on from generation to generation. and the risks are into the well-known and it could affect generations that we don't understand and we're really changing the human equation. >> is that what you many when you say then from an interview you think we could create two different types of human beings? >> well, we really could because i'm talking further out. i'm not talking this year or the next couple of years but ultimately we could create a human being that has been genetically altered and perhaps enhanced then we have a two-tier system. why would we be doing this? disease prevention is one thing. but if you look at the of what people are saying, they're also talking about things like

delaying aging and those kinds of things. that is no longer disease prevention. that's something very different. and we run the risk of you jen eugenics on this front, creating desirable human traits and that's a risky road to go down. >> isn't this what human endeavor has been about all the time? you talked about preventing the aging process. you talk about the fact that we could prevent a great many diseases, and as a result live better lives. if it goes down that path, that's fine or is there a problem with that as well? >> well, i mean, i think there is. what we're doing then we're really altering the experience for future generations. the other thing is what they have done so far did not go well. they're talking about significant off-target mutations. what would those look like if

children were born. and as you identified these were not embryos that were going to be born but off-target mutations? what does that mean? how would it man test itself. once it's out there this is now part of the human equation. because it's going to move between generations. >> i remember dolly the sheep probably about 20 years ago we haven't seen millions and millions of cloned sheep and cloned animals, have we? this sort of thing is not likely to result in a population explosion of perfect people? >> not at this point it's not but i mean, i can't stress enough that we we're really changing the equation by looking at the human genome sequence saying we're going to correct and alter that we're really changing the human experience on this one. these are grouped breaking. these are early days. but we haven't had the kind of

ethical discussions about this. many countries have have banned it u.k. canada, but we live in an ethical world so this would effect all of us. >> thank you. >> you're welcome. too. >> one of the most beautiful hostile environments anywhere on earth. aiming to bring together the various competing interests the arctic council for 19 years ago by an arctic nations. canada just ending it's two year stint as chair of the council, the people are bracing for a challenging future. >> the discovery last year of a sunken british ship was a triumph for archeology and history in the north but for canada there is an assertion of

sovereignty and capabilities in the arctic. they have military support in the part of the project to map the sea floor in waters often in dispute with the united states. even prime minister stephen harper announcing the plan both as a history buff and a man with a plan in the north. and then the council she said setting up a northern business council promoting indigenous knowledge and say canada's agenda has been mixed at best. >> it came in and was very modest, it has not done very much, but it continues to support and maintain a body that provides a space for western countries and russia to work together on arctic issues, and on that respect the canadian

chairmanship has been a success. >> canada's approach low key approach contrasts to a region that is crucial to the country's future. here people seek gaps between rhetoric and reality. >> mad has made some commitments that have come through and others that haven't. but the rank and file people are waiting for some real bread and butter issues to be acted on more than the arctic council. >> temperatures here are rising faster than anywhere else in the planet, and entire ways of life is threatened. canada's northern coastal computerscommunities are bearing the brunt of the weather. they can only look forward to the next two years when the u.s. is promising to use its leadership of the arctic council to do something positive about climate change in a place where

it's being felt most acutely. al jazeera. >> the chilean volcano has erupted. a number of airlines have suspended flights in and out of the chile airport. it's still spewing arch after erupting in spectacular fashion on wednesday and thursday for the first time in more than 40 years. experts warn of a third possible eruption. now still to come on the news hour the rail project which is giving archaeologists a first class view of history. and out of bounds the latest extreme sport arctic

golf.

♪ >> bayern munich coach is heading back to barcelona for the semifinals of the champions league. it's a strong line up. >> fc bayern. >> making the draw at you way if a's headquarters, he'll be

returning to barca for the first time since 2012. he has won two champions league titles on that occasion bayern beat barcelona 7-5. >> i was in barcelona. i was there as a young player. >> this is a special match because we'll have the arrival and it's first time playing against his barca. it will be the first time that i have taken on as a coach. there will an special game for me and the same goes for the players. it's a great draw for supporters. >> looking forward to at least four teams who have won the competition.

real coach also was fired by juve in 2001. >> we're going to play at home. on paper it's going to be a slight advantage, but we need to get the result in the first leg. otherwise it's going to be very difficult. >> and in the you way if a league the italian finalist is alive. it'snapoli versus dnipro. u. in the international johnson is accused of sexual activity with a child under 16. johnson has decided not to reimpose the suspension he was given after his initial arrest

saying that the club recognizes that the former league course will take its course. and they will keep the matter under review. tickets to the manny pacquiao and floyd mayweather is sold out. the cheapest ticket to the fight was being sold at $1500. it could cost close to $150,000. tickets are now being sold for $10 with that money being raised for charity. in west indy he is versus england in grenada.

the. >> to champion with a good chance of extending his barcelona tennis title. nadal is out he won the first set 6-2. he took the last set 6-1 and nishikori will now face klizan who compete rbredo.

>> ferrer has beat will face pablo andijar in the last four. caroline wazniyki, the second seed finally closed out the match 6-4 6-4. and carol wozniacki wasting little time against suarez navarro. she would reach her first claycourt semi in four years. now events that are increasingly familiar for athletes. what about for golfers. in the north where coping with

the snow and ice is understandably tricky. we've been to iceland to find out more. >> there is no buggy to take you to the first tee. no card for your yard damage, and no one will help you find your ball. this is extreme arctic golf and you're on your own. they are members of the golfer club in the mountain thousand north of iceland. when greens are not available. they offer colored balls to the brave. >> we have the open golf tournament here. they tee off until 1:00 a.m. and the sun never goes down so we can always see it by the horizon. and then in the wintertime we can provide.

>> over 50 foreigners every year take part in the arctic open here on lush green fairways. but in extreme golf it's not for everybody. just managing to walk to the second tee is an achievement hitting your ball in the snow takes practice. that's if you can find your ball when everything is out of bounds. >> it was really fun. but you know the walk was pretty hard up there. 700 meters above sea. >> it's not like hitting in the bunker. it's really soft, and the club just stops when you hit it so you have to hit the ball first. >> and putting down the hill because the ball would role 200 meters, and you couldn't stop it. it was really fun. >> extreme arctic golfs will has its own set of rules, including don't put your life in danger while trying to retrieve your ball and any player that finishes with balls in his or

her bag is also a win. the polite hang shake at the end of golf and attacking your friends in the snow seems more appropriate. matt rumscy, iceland. >> running like that around a golf course. thank you. nearly 2,000 of history are being unearthed in central london. it's an archeological site that will make way to a new train throughout the city. they went down to see what is down there deep under the dirt. >> skeletons of romans living in london 2000 years ago found by archeologists working on a tiny scare of europe's largest construction project. the experts are not sure how the skulls ended up here. possibly washed up in an ancient river or slain gladiators from a nearby arena. over the last few months

archeologists have dug down six meters through four layers of london history. they put up walls and found victorian houses and then went further down and found a massive burial ground. >> from that period, the 16th and 17th centuries in london threw the medieval periods through the post roman area where the area was covered with marsh. down as we are now starting at the rome level pretty much where the rome street level was 1900 years ago. >> one the bones and the tools and bits of leather and coins are carefully unearthed from the site they're taken to the museum london archaeology labs where the scientists further study and catalog them and learn all sorts of things about history. each skeleton goes through the processing protocol. after pressure washing they're put in a drying room for a few days and then cataloged.

because the site yielded so many skeletons, more than 3,000 there are plenty of samples to look at to figure out how somebody lived and died in 1659. >> people who may have died from the plague and look at the pathogen itself by looking at the teeth of these individuals we can also hopefully find out how infectious diseases evolved. >> jewelry, coins, and thousands of disposable clay pipes all from the dig. visitors are welcome. a viewing platform is open during lunch hour. >> under the roman clay lies pre-historic gravel. there won't be any human remains interest. that's when it's archaeologists make way for a bigger dig. to build a railway ticketing hull to create another layer of london history.

>> good to have your company on this news hour from me david foster and the entire news team. thank you for watching.

. >> migrants come to sicily. many traffickers operate out of libya. >> with the libyan coast guards in the mediterranean sea searching for migrants who are trying to reach europe. ♪ >> good to have you with us. i'm david foster. you're watching al jazeera. coming up in the next 30 minutes. yemen's