more migrants are rescued as an italian court orders two suspected traffickers to remain in jail. hello there live from doha, i'm shiulie gauche. sanctions on unac chief orders to act against the

pakistani regime. >> the italian coast guard says it has rescued a further 228 migrants in two separate operations as europe continues to struggle with the ongoing crisis. meanwhile, an italian court has ordered two suspects to remain in jail. they were he at at the helm of the migrant ship that capsized. barnaby phillips reports. >> mohamed ali malik from tunisia says he was only a passenger on the boat. other survivors say he was the boat's captain. but even if guilty he will surely only be a small cog in

the huge business of taking desperate people across the mediterranean. we traveled to syracuse, they are bored frustrate planning their next move. we spoke to julia who works for a charity inside. she is from syracuse, never imagined she would be an aid worker in her home town. >> people dying in the sea is very -- we cannot stand it. it's crazy. i mean, people should have the right to move, to ask for asylum and so what, it is not possible to die just because they need to escape from war or poverty. >> i met sara and saud from eritrea. she arrived this week after eight days at sea.

they paid about 3,000 u.s. dollars each to the smugglers. >> not bad just trying to make business. i think it's very big business to take from one person $3,000. >> you don't feel angry at them. they're just doing business. >> no, they don't force you to go it's their business. >> they didn't mistreat you on the boat? >> no no no. >> trying to cobble the money together to take the train north. the majority of people we have spoken to say they don't think of staying here. they are thinking of sweden united kingdom and germany as the countries they want to get to. they think of sicily and italy

as a place along the way. they celebrate the survival but they know they face many countries in europe, a continent that doesn't want them. barnaby phillips, al jazeera sicily. >> trying to use the crisis to their advantage. >> it really breaks my heart to see a family, a sicilian family, to again risk their lives in the hands of these smugglers and traffickers and horrible gang gangsters, to look into the future with hope. there is also a reaction of fear in many european societies that populists, that make life

difficult for those that try omake people understand that it is absolutely essential for europe to have a positive attitude in relation to these movements.people thatmovements of people that ring the mediterranean to offer legal afns for avenues to come to europe. >> hoda abdel abdel hamid reports. >> a good number of these boats packed with migrants depart from here, now this is a tugboat that was meant for civilian use that was taken over by the libyan coast guard. and you can see here they have adapted it, put an antiaircraft,

they say this is for their own security. apart from that they don't have much. now this is one of two vessels that the coast guard who have the responsibility over 600 kilometers of coastline. this is the only thing they have at the moment. they say their means are limited and unless they get support there is little they can do on this side. they also raise the other issue is that at the moment there is no coordination with the italian navy. that would be absolutely necessary if the onus is put on them to cross into international waters. i did asked them what they thought of the eu initiative of targeting the smugglers they said that would be extremely

difficult. the network of smugglers is extremely extended. >> yemen's former president saleh saleh is urging rebels to withdraw houthis are also being attacked by fighters loyal to exiled leader, abd rabbu mansour hadi. more than a thousand people have been killed in yemen during the last month. doctors are struggling to treat the injured because hospitals have been cut off of electricity electricity. >> there is a semblance of law and order here. despite no clear governance in yemen, a bomb disposal unit has come to work. close by is a military base, spent ammunition litters the

streets. >> the area is not free of chemical substances. we have examined the whole area with detectorrors. they are moved to being disarmed somewhere else. >> it was the loudest blast people had heard since the saudi campaign began. hook around and you get a sense of hundreds of lost man hours. jobs on hold and the thousands of dollars needed for reconstruction. although none of this is as urgent as caring for the hundreds that were hurt in that one bombing. the city's one hospital is a 20 minute drive away. some of the most intensive cases will be seen in the intensive care unit. but according to the director, that may not be the case any longer. >> electricity supplied by the government has been cut off. we're using generators. there is not enough fuel.

if this continues i'm afraid the hospital will have to close. >> reporter: this isn't the only hospital in trouble. the world health organization is warning that yemen's entire health care system is on the brink of collapse. the head of the red cross in sanaa believes that keeping the hospital he running is even more pressing than the need for food. >> if we don't find a quick solution now it will be a catastrophe in a few days. hundreds of people can die because they don't have their medicines. >> reporter: he says while medical aid has started to arrive his staff face yet another pitfall. delivering them to the hospitals in places where there's fightness. emiko moli, al jazeera. saudi arabia says attacks against security forces have increased since the yemen offensive has dwn. a 22-year-old confessed to

killing yemen police. shot dead, sabin mahmoud province where security forces are fighting separatists. victoria gaint gatenby has more. >> this is sabin mahmoud doing what she loved campaigning for human rights. frequently hosted human rights events. >> i think it's critical in any city but especially a city that has, that faces so much conflict to have community spaces where people can get together allowed shared interest. >> but her fight for the rights of others may have cost mahmoud her own. mahmoud had just left the building when she was shot at

close range by two gunmen as she got in the car. mahmoud's mother is also injured, and in at hospital. >> the daughter was killed, the mother was injured. the car is at a police station and the investigation is underway. >> mahmoud had been hosting a talk on human rights on the southwestern pakistan since then almost 3,000 belochi activists have disappeared pakistan's intelligence agency for the disappearance an allegation it denies. beloclistan is one of the issues she campaigned for. >> sabine didn't just gave a voice to belochi to all those

people who were hurt and suffering who had feelings they wanted to express to keep from going crazy. sabine gave me a voice. >> two weeks ago her talk at a university in lahor was cancelled because of security concerns. they say they never imagined she would be silenced in such a brutal way. victoria gatenby, al jazeera. >> still to come here on al jazeera: indonesia's plans to deter its citizens from joining i.s.i.l. we'll have more on that plus, an erupting volcano disrupts life in chile and over the border too. stay with us. h us.

>> al jazeera america brings you a first hand look at the environmental issues, and new understanding of our changing world. >> it's the very beginning >> this was a storm of the

decade >>...hurricane... >> we can save species... >> our special month long focus, fragile planet >> welcome back i'm shiulie ghosh. you're with al jazeera. 228 migrants were captured from the mediterranean sea. the captain of the boat that capsized killing 700 was ordered to stay in jail. saudi led coalition air strikes continue to target houthis. >> sa beensabine killed.

activists say sites that are home to government troops were hit in el kitifa, yifrut and kara. unclear how much damage has been done. the united nations is inviting the syrian government and opposition groups for talks in geneva next month. but only a slim chance of success. in new york the united nations security council has been urged to embargo the area. >> it was told that 220,000 people are dead, 7 many 6 million forced from their homes. this was the last briefing by outgoing humanitarian chief valerie amos and she used it to criticize the councils itself.

>> the failure has undermined the credibility of this council and eroded confidence in the international community to take their direction seriously. >> invited to the meeting u.n. special envoy the actress angelina jolie. officials hoped her presence would force the crisis back into the international limelight. she and the other breefers briefers, stressed that would be an international one. quoting a form he former senior advisory he announced he was giving up on his ceasefire or freeze plan and now he has a completely different proposal.

>> this is not a conference. this is not a geneva dream. this is a series of consultations one to one between myself my team and one each delegation from each country but also each delegation from the syrian environment. all of them. >> so a series of new proposals on syria but humanitarian coordinator valerie amos' ideas would most surely be vetoed if they were to be put to security council. stefan de mastura admits he has nearly an impossible task. miernlg bastion of the syrian regime.

abdullah al-shami reports. >> using it as an attack position against ols fighters. >> translator: this area was one of the first to revolt against the regime and was badly damaged. now it is time to launch ocounterattack. >> reporter: captured three main government checkpoints around the city to cut the last government supply road. >> translator: our main objective is to destroy checkpoints. if we succeed in that we will cut all supply roads from opposition forces. >> reporter: launched with the aim of controlling the following

the idlib city march 28th. recent gains but cities have been won and lost multiple times in these endless conflicts. abdullah al-shami, al jazeera. >> omar accado acknowledge captured when he was 15 years old. sentenced to eight years old when pled guilty to killing an american soldier. transferred to his native canada. died in fighting near the algerian border. after last month's attack on a museum when 22 people were killed. in libya 13 fighters loyal to general halifif hafta three day

truce between forces supporting two rival governments collapsed on thursday. a palestinian man has been killed by israeli troops in the occupied west bank. israeli troops say he ignored warnings dead man's cousin said he died for no reason. indonesia is tightening up its terrorism laws after hundreds of its nationals joined i.s.i.l. fighters in iraq and syria. if a new plan is approved, the government will be able to canal people's citizenships. but analysts warn this may push them torts extremism. tv hasstep vaessen has more. >> he died at the first

indonesian suicide bomber abroad. fighting for i.s.i.l. lived in the same village as two brothers who were executed for the 2002 bali bombing who went to their boarding school. >> since he was 15 years old he wanted to die as a martyr. i asked him to come back but he didn't want to. he said this is what he really wanted. i was shocked when i heard what he did. was this his solution? did he really dare to do this? >> reporter: according to the government he is one of around 200 indonesians who joined i.s.i.l. the daughter left with her sister-in-law and children and were arrested at the turkish border and sent home. she doesn't want to be interviewed. many left their homes in east jahna andjava. others were frustrated here at the market in east java.

the appeal of i.s.i.l. has resulted in a government crack down an approach analysts say may be counterproductive. a so-called deradicallization program involving 242 people convicted for terrorism has yet to start. meanwhile police are making arrests and the government has announced measures to prevent growing support for i.s.i.l including lodger longer detentions. >> you have to revise the terrorist law in the future, so far, the citizenship law does not allow us to do that. so in the near future, to what you call it to invalidate their passport or to cancel their passport or something like that, yeah? >> but some warn that could lead to further radicalization. >> i think more important initiative needed is work at the community level. because i think it's fine to

have a law but the indonesian police are actually doing a pretty effective job using the laws they already have to arrest people involved in violence. and i don't think very many indonesians would wants a law reminding them of old authoritarian days. >> headed by ali fazi, the brother of the two executeed bombers, countering violent teaches. >> translator: i think what has to be done is soft power. because if you only use hard power, this can lead to more violence something we're trying to prevent. >> attacks in indonesia have decreased greatly in recent years but many worry that when those are initially inexperienced, return home with

new military skills. step vaessen, al jazeera indonesia. >> a controversial issue on the agenda is the massive outflow of refugees from myanmar. sahil rah manil rahman reports. >> at this year year's asean group meeting, after a fact finding trip to myanmar damning evidence of persecution of the minority group protecting the mahinga. >> it is time for asean, it is a

asean question, an asean problem problem. demand that we resolve the issue of the country. >> fails obenefit those living and working in the member nations. the report's authors say myanmar's treatment of raminga refugees threatens the position and puts a strain in the states. >> from a pregenocide to full blown genocide, they are being starved for medical being attention, and they are not allowed to exercise their right to getting a livelihood. they their very survival is at

stake. >> according to u.n. envoy for refugees, it is a similar situation throughout the aseanan region. meetings between senior aseyne asean leaders. salhil raman, al jazeera togo. >> clear favorite to win another term. his family has ruled the country for 48 years already. ama bortang from the capital. >> the president is going for a

third term in office and this is something that's become controversial across africa. the issues of leaders staying home for a long time, on power. he is entitlemented to do so but it does mean that people across africa will be watching closely. now for first time election observers will be able to compare their results with that of the official results. >> we want to make sure that the society has all it needs until the close of the polls in order for everyone is able to understand. transference fair and equity. that is our job so people can have trust and service in the results. >> when you look around even though this is an opposition stronghold the murnlg are for the president's father, you have

to look really hard for the main opposition leaders and that's the complaint of the opposition, this hasn't been a level playing field. nonetheless, all parties are prepared to go on with the result. >> memorial services are being held for one of the most bloody battles of the first world war gallipoli repelled an allied attack 144,000 were killed on boat sides. dawn services were hald handled. >> bank is concerned about new regulations on the government

agenda. the tory government wants less regulation by banks. the alert of an exploding volcano in argentina. >> like a sleeping giant rude rudely awakened. the more than 10 million-year-old volcano erupted suddenly late wednesday. now many of the 4,000 residents ofenceof