>> we brief in the european union that this is the responsibility that we all share. >> the e.u.'s foreign policy chief asks the u.n. for help to stop criminal groups smuggling people to europe. hundreds of rohingya migrants make it to indonesia but hundreds more remain stranded at sea. i'm lauren taylor, this is al jazeera live from london. also coming up. yemen's hot i couldn't rebels battle along the board one day before a cease-fire is due to begin. no break through expected at the e.u. despite greece desperately

short of money on the eve of a huge loan repayment. plus. [music] many feel the law promoting music in french has had its day. >> hello, beginning with the growing problem of people smuggling and trafficking, which is becoming increasingly urgent for governments in europe andation. in a moment we'll look at the rohingya rescued off coast of malaysia. there has been a mandate to find and destroy smuggleers boats in libya to stop migrants to europe. last couple of hours the e.u. foreign minister chief has

addressed the security council. >> our message to all libyans is clear, the european union is ready to support new any possible way to make sure that libya can be the prosperous, stable country that it can be and deserves to be. in the meantime we need to work together in partnership. europeans and libyans to fight trafficking as smuggling organizations. the european union is ready to do its part. it has not always been the case, i know. now i believe we are ready to do it. >> let's get more from kristen saloomey. what exactly does the e.u. want from the u.n. security council? >> well, they talk a lot about the importance of partnership

particularly with the africa union to address the root causes of this crisis, and also to go after the smugglers who are bringing the migrants to europe. she did not speak directly in the speech to the council however, is a resolution that would give europeans the authority to actually seize the boats of these human traffickers. in libyan waters and even on libyan soil this is something that would require a chapter seven resolution from the security council, and as i said she didn't talk a lot about this openly but it's what's being discussed right now behind closed doors with members of the council. we know that u.n. officials and the committee of the red cross has expressed reservations about this idea. they think need to ask for more

this is why they've addressed poverty, conflict and human rights behind the scenes in this resolution. >> is the e.u. likely to get that from the u.n.? >> there are a lot of tricky league questions that need to be worked out here. first of all is libya on board with this? we heard the libyan ambassador quoted by the associated press saying that he is not in favor of this plan. there are two governments in libya vying for control delicate negotiations with the u.n. involved to try to get control of that country. account security council authorize force if libya is not behind it? that's one question that has to be addressed. the other is what will happen to refugees who are seized in boats under international law. they're not supposed to send refugees back to a place where

they've been persecuted, fleeing persecution. we've heard them say that they will not do that. the u.k. ambassador told me before he went to the meeting that any resolution would be in line with international law. they have to address that problem. it then there is the issue of what to do with these boats. if they seize these boats there is talk of destroying them. russia has expressed concerns about that, they don't think that that is a good idea. there are details to be worked out. >> thank you very much, indeed. well, the e.u. has proposed a quota scheme. under the plan e.u. member states would require a shared responsibility of taking in refugees. the plan is supported by germany but dismissed by the u.k. more details will be supplied in june.

rohingya rescued from over crowded boats. several thousand more are thought to be stranded at sea with little food or water. the rohingya come mainly from the rakhine state. since thailand began a crackdown the rohingya have been trafficked into indonesia and ma slay shah. >> they paid more than $2,000 to save her children's lives. she said that she was desperate to escape myanmar after her ethnic row hinn i can't relatives were killed by soldiers. she never imagined the traffickers would starve and beat her family. holding them for ransom until her mother paid for their release. her eight-year-old son died before they could escape. >> my son was fine in the boat but fell sick in the jungle due to starvation. he vomited and had diarrhea.

we drank seawater as there was no drinking water in the boat. >> they arrived in you kuala lumpur. hungry exhausted and frightened after their ordeal advocates for migrants are urging regional governments to take action. >> let us now to come together. the government has ton transparent. you must start having good governance, and most of all i think this can only be solved if we cut corruption once and for all. >> thailand, which is a transit point for many traffickers is tightening security to try and stop the trade. the malaysian government said it is strengthening it's borders but also cracking down on

migrants themselves. >> governments in southeast asia are under pressure to respond to this rising influx of desperate migrants. but without an end to the ethnic tensions in myanmar human rights activists say that more of them are going to risk their lives in search of a better life. al jazeera kuala lumpur. >> we have more from myanmar on the flight of the rohingya there. >> the myanmar government does not recognize the rohingya preferring to view them as illegal migrants even though many have been in the country for generations. they are given no citizenship status. they're not allowed to move across the country legally. and things got worse for rohingya when violence broke out between the rohingya and the rakhine. more than 140,000 people, mainly

the rohingya, were displaced. they have to move in to camps. they're still living in camps more than three years later. their children are not allowed to go to school and they're entirely dependent on aid. unless the government's policies have changed many will try to leave the country. but is there an indication that the government's policies are going to change? not really. by the end of this month the temporary registration cards that many of the rohingya hold will expire. the government has said that it can apply for citizenship. but whether or not they will get that when the government has had a policy of not recognizing them is another matter. [music] >> morocco has lost a fighter jet taking part in the saudi-led air campaign against the houthi rebels in yemen. we have these pictures of the downed f-16. it's unclear if it crashed or if it was shot down.

and it's not clear if the pilot ejected. march rocco has contributed six fighter jets. meanwhile, in saudi civil defense said that two people were killed in violence and last week eight people were killed by shells in the same area. the latest tensions come a day before the proposed five-day cease-fire that is due to begin. a new round of saudi led airstrikes targeted houthi positions including an arms depo. formerthe presidential palace of former president ali abdullah saleh has been targeted for a second day. we'll go to mohamed vall this is all before a proposed truce.

>> yes, the truce is only about 24 hours away from this time when we speak. there are doubts now whether it will happen. on both sides efforts are being increased to show that if any truce happens it will not be out of weakness, but because we want to have a truce. but still as i said there are doubts. the houthis have managed once again to strike inside saudi arabia overnight they have been shelling the city, killing one person and wounding four. and renewed that shelling this morning and also they struck at the province of to the southwest of the yemen and saudi arabia. killing one citizen and wounding four otherwise. we have seen during the last few days whenever there is such a strike in saudi arabia, saudis intensify their attacks particularly against the

province of sadaa the stronghold of the houthies, destroying government buildings there and places they can see the army depots or targeting houthi commanders there. we have seen also for the first time outspoken of the house of ali abdullah saleh. man people are doubting whether the truce will happen any way. >> so if it does go ahead how likely is it to hold? there is no mechanism on the ground to make sure that everyone complies to the truce. there are no--there is no third party there to observe this cease-fire. and then there are no

guarantees. even if it starts, there are no guarantees that it will hold. the houthis have warned that any attack inside yemen not only attacks by the coalition side, but also by fighters inside yemen who are resisting the houthies. any such attack would mean violation of this truce, and they're going to consider it an end to the truce. the truce itself is they did not mention it by name, and they did not mention saudi arabia or any kind of agreement on a cease-fire. they say we welcome any initiative to help relief--bring relief to the civilians of yemen, and they have not talked about an agreement with the saudis. >> mohamed vall with analysis of the situation. thank you very much, indeed. the kingdom of saudi arabia and other gulf regions have declined an invitation to taped

a summit to camp david this thursday. ed saudi crown prince will attend instead. the talks coincide with the humanitarian cease-fire in yemen. the king of bahrain has also declined. still to come in this half hour. rival groups in central africa republic agree to a deal to lay down their weapons. and chile's president tries to recover her popularity ratings by announcing a new cabinet.

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>> a reminder of the top stories near al jazeera. the e.u. foreign policy chief admitted that europe has been slow to act on the migrant crisis. migrants from myanmar most of them rohingya muslim, rescued. and a moroccan jet has been shot down. a peace agreement deal will end two years of fighting between muslims and christians, which has killed thousands of people. >> the psychological scars on

children is a lasting legacy of the conflict. they are half the population. fighting made orphans of these children and turned thousands more into soldiers. if the rebels as well as politicians and religious leaders have agreed to draw a line under the violence on paper. [applause] in reality it will be impossible for some to forget the brutality of the last two years. on the face of it, the crisis pits muslims against christians. but the united nations say that the root causes were poverty and government mismanagement. inand that religion was a convenient excuse used by some in the fighting. seleka rebels who forced the president were power and installed a muslim president are not all muslim.

anti-balaka fighters are not all christians. the transitional government is now trying to encourage muslims and christians to interact peacefully again. community leaders are busy organizing inter faith prayers football matches and other events. yet animosity remains rife. sporadic killings and reprisal attacks continue. it's a tall order. >> several european nations after weeks of protest--the e.u. are urging the vote to be

delayed. >> the conditions on the ground does not--do not suggest that the elections can actually free and fair elections can actually take place. i think that the situation is quite grave. protesters have been killed, and opposition parties are having difficulties campaigning with considerable intimidation, and critics of the government, and of the president's stance to run for a third term. i hope it will not escalate into violence. that would be tragic for the people of burundi who have long yearned for peace. they went through 12 years of civil war and 10 years of democracy without what we would

call the absence of violence. in the last ten years people have suffered enormously. living conditions have not improved and so it would be tragic if the people of burundi would be faced by another period of civil war. >> in the philippines two people have been killed after a typhoon hit the northeastern coast. 3,000 people have moved to shelters and been forced to flee their homes. the category 5 home has destroyed thousands of houses. it has now weakened and is now moving towards japan. chile's president has announced the lineup of her new cabinet. she has replaced the finance minister, the job has been given to the head of the national bank. bachelet has replaced her finance cabinet. >> today it's time to give the

government a new lease on life. this new phase requires renovated energy and new faces to have a commitment to the country and do what the population demands of us. for this reason i've decided to create a new cabinet. >> we have this update from santiago. >> president bachelet came to the president 358ial palace. she changed nine of the 33 posts in they are cabinet. five of them out. four of them changing posts. the key one was her interior minister. one of her golden boys, he's out and he was involved in an corruption scandal. he has been replaced by the finance minister. somebody that the government knows that they can rely on. >> european finance ministers

are meeting in brussels to discuss greece's worsening troubles as money runs out and bankruptcy looms. greece wants europe to back it's reform plans and free up cash ahead of tuesday's deadline to make a huge payment to the international monetary fund. but they have refused to cut spending, including pension funds. the greek finance minister told reporters outside of the meeting that he's confident of a deal within a few days. greece has to give the imf $340 million on tuesday $3,840,000,000 a repayment that $8 billion, an amount that many believe it cannot make. it's unclear how long greece can go in its bail out.

what are the prospects of the deal? >> lauren, as you touched on there, there is no conclusive deal by the end of talks in bus else. both sides are keenly aware that crunch time is getting ever closer for greece. the greeks accuse the euro group of dragging their heels in all of this. the euro group are skeptical of greece's economic plan. >> we've had a good meeting. and this would be a very good towards the final completion. >> what are the red lines. >> the red lines by necessity are untouchable.

but the red lines are such that there are common ground. >> well, you don't hear things much vaguer, red lines that are inflexible but provide common ground. who knows what sort of resolution they'll get to at some point in the coming days. greece simply has to have this money released, this $8 billion from the existing bail out. it has a country it to run salaries to pay pensions to pay, and enormous repayments to come on tuesday morning. the payment of $840 million to the imt that it owes there. greece is trying to convince that it has an alternative that does not use austerity. the new government promised the electorate that there would be no more austerity. but there is skepticism. a plan that they'll be looking at now that was described as baffling to say the least.

okay, he said, for a country with no financial difficulties but, greece is a country with immense financial difficulties, and they seem quickly to be coming to a head. >> given to that, jonah what likeliness is there of greece making its payment on time? >> what we are hear is that in order to pay that $840 million has already been made by the government, and the fund should be transferred midday by local time tomorrow. the government said it was in position to make this particular imf payment. but this is small money compared to the amount of money that has to be repaid by greece in the coming months it's going to be a long fruit summer. it owes another $3 billion plus to the imf in june and september, and another $3 billion to the european central bank in july and august and so those amounts of money will continue to have to be paid. greece will have to find some way of returning to liquidity.

that's what these talks in part are about. >> jonah hull, thank you very much, indeed. >> now under french law almost half of all music played on national music must be in the french language. it was created two decades ago to protect french music but many believe it no longer applies. >> the team provides itself playing a mix of music whatever the language. but in doing so they occasionally break a law that dates back to the mid 1990s requiring 40% of all radio music to be french, half of which needs to come from new artists. >> the legal quotas are not the best way of supporting the french music industry. the law excludes 50% of french music because there are many french artists performing in english these days. >> it comes at a time when one

in every ten records bought in french was france was by a french artist. but today the quotas don't hay apply. >> rap group perform in french. they believe all good music should get the same air time. >> as long as the music is good we don't care if there are quotas railroad not, whether it's french, english or whatever the language as long as the music is good. you got to play it so people can discover it. [music] these performers are hardly representative of france's culture establishment but to some the shear fact that they perform in french is a rare commodity. especially for those who feel the influx of foreign languages is eroding the country's national identity. but even some supporters of the

law describe it as a necessary evil. like composer and french lyricist jean of marie moreeu. >> i think everyone will have see it expresses french culture. >> it's getting hearter to drown out foreign sounds. al jazeera, paris. >> now boisterous has gone for a bargain. the bore has boar knocked over

mannequins and signs. the animal was eventually tranquilized and taken to an animal rehab center. we'll tell you more have more stories for you on our website at www.aljazeera.com. you can click on the watch now icon. >> financial pressure greece tries to cut a new deal. destruction in the south sevier storms lead five dead and several missing as a threat of bad weather continues. and cracking down on human smuggling, the e.u. suggest using the military to stop boats before they even cross the mediterranean. and bombing before the