♪ as more migrants arrive in italy new figures reveal just how many fail in their attempt to make the dangerous mediterranean crossing. ♪ hello, i'm julie and this is al jazeera live from london also coming up, two sides of iran's nuclear deal and israel prime minister have groups to block it and a barrel bomber appears to make his case for it. going to dissent in the taliban and another senior official against the group's new leader. and myanmar cries out for international help to deal with

devastating floods caused by relentless rain in south and southeast asia. ♪ hello there, a warm welcome to the program 2015 will likely be one of the deadliest years yet for migrants crossing the mediterranean see from north africa according to new factors for the international organization for migration and says since january 2000 people died making the attempt, that is about 400 more than the same period last year. approximately 188,000 migrants still have been rescued and that number will continue to rise as more people take advantage of warm and calm weather conditions. once they reach italy many migrants try to go to northern europe and between 3-5,000 people are camping in cali hoping to get across the english

channel and into the uk and more on that in a moment but first we will hear who works from the international organization for migration. >> many migrants unfortunately died on the boat because the especially the migrants are forced to embark in the hole of the boat and in the engine and there are no windows and it's very easily to die because of the isolation of the fumes of the engine. last week for example there were migrants who died on one of the diesel vessels and kept in the hold of the boat and unfortunately they had run out of water so they couldn't drink and at the end they died of thirst. more now from cali in northwestern france where migrants are attempting to reach a new life in britain in the under sea tunnel and charles

stratford from al jazeera is there. >> reporter: i come from speaking to medics and they are telling us that they are seeing an increasing amount of injuries here an indication of just how desperately determined people are here to try and cross those seas to cut through those bashed barbed wire fences and doctors were treating around 40 cases the day and it was often the case they were getting the same person back with the same injuries repeated injuries the next day and they are saying that for these people they are so desperate to make it to the uk that health is not a priority and are taking massive risks and seeing cuts on hands and broken limbs. we spoke to a group of men from darfar and one had badly injured his leg and he was saying that they believe around 30-40 men or women or women, sorry, maybe it across each week. i said well how can you confirm

that? and they say well because sometimes you will just hear it within the camp. you will hear celebrations among the people in the camp and some peoples will get calls from migrants that were here on u.k. numbers. lawrence lee is just over the english channel in dover where he has been measuring sentiments towards the migrant crisis there. >> reporter: that is cali just over there and the people come under the sea or on ferries are now being watched with a suspicious gaze of authorities, increasingly determined to keep people out who might be hiding inside. and doned by a british media possessed of a rage against all migrants, the political class and popular opinion here have decided that by and large the stow a ways are almost all up to no good. you hear it everywhere you go. >> thousands would come if they could and just for the free

hands out and housing and whatever they can get really. that is the warfare. they say they want to work but i don't think actually that is the case. >> this country it's people. it's not for migrants and only the british and why should they be coming over in the first place. >> reporter: mattering that most is not true and they got stuck there not because of the migrants but by a strike at the ferry port in cali and trying to explain those in cali and are legitimate refugees had their voices drowned out. >> cameron is talking about more army and more defensive and that is not going to work because that is based on the illusion they are economic migrants and t the realization is they are fleeing for their lives and the uk and the rest of the world has to take responsibility for that. >> reporter: spoken of a swarm of migrants coming by the thousand and the local council has a number on the accompany of

children it has to look over. in total it stands at 639. not this year but ever. >> i met a young man whose mother and father were both murdered in front of him and he kept running. i spoke to a young man whose village was attacked and he left and doesn't know to this days whether or not members of his family are still alive. these are young people that had very traumatic experiences and really do need our help. >> reporter: and so where are they all? taxi driver said they were here a road in dover and locals would not drive down after dark. in fact, the only foreigners here are from slovakia in the european union and they are free to live and work in the uk. >> i couldn't blame the lady next door here with eight kids to the person trying to cross the borders coming all the way from africa and who has risked their life with their kids at the end of the day it's all a big mess. >> reporter: never mind all that this says the government is the land of milk and honey right

for exploitation and the majority agreed the fortress mentality even though much of what has been said is an fairytale, lawrence lee, dover. ♪ u.s. president barack obama is hosting jewish leaders at the white house in a few hours as he tries to secure support for the iran nuclear deal. intervention comes a fierce battle with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu who broadcast a message to jewish groups in the u.s. criticizing the deal and in the address netanyahu said it would not prevent iran from producing a nuclear weapon but instead it would pave the way for it. >> by keeping the deal iran will become a threshold nuclear weapons power. the deal does make it harder for iran to produce one or to nuclear weapons in the short term but it does so at a terrible price because the deal makes it far easier for iran to

build dozens even hundreds of nuclear weapons in the little over a decade. al jazeera kristen has more now on two sides of the debate. >> reporter: on the one hand you have the american, israel public affairs committee, a high-powered lobbying group that has come out strongly against this deal. on the other hand we have a more progressive group and left-leaning group called j street who is in favor of the deal. i think it's safe to say that the opponents of the deal have been much more vocal and much more active in pressing their case. the citizens for the nuclear-free iran is an organization that is formed and is spending some $1.7 million to advertise against this deal and to get people to call their congressman and women to voice their objections. there was a rally here in new york where there was a very strong and very organized jewish

committee that drew thousands of people again against that deal. on the other hand there have been some polls that suggest the majority of jewish americans actually favor it by 20%. turkey has a major operation on the border with iran and they are scoring areas by air and on the ground in search of people who planted a homemade mine in turkey southeast who killed two soldiers and a guard on tuesday and suspect kurdish p.k.k. fighters of the attack and continuing the aerial bombardment against p.k.k. positions in northern iraq. to afghanistan now where there appears to be growing tension within the taliban. a senior commander has told al jazeera that he rejects the group's new leader mullan akhtar mansoor, the latest high-ranking figure to speak out against the appointment. >> translator: the reason we are not accepting mullan akhtar

mansoor as our leader is because he is the cause of disunity. the close family of mullah omar is not happy with him and left the taliban movement and his appointment was without consulting with a jaw had leader on tribal elder or people and especially the family of mullah omar which is very respected and should have been informed about the election of mohamed and has chosen himself as a leader and elected mohamed shows he has been appointed by an outsider and wanted to impose it and that is the reason for disunity. >> al jazeera's jennifer glasse sent us this update from kabul. >> reporter: well mullan akhtar mansoor is considered by afghan intelligence as the third most powerful taliban leader and shows how deep the split is here over the new taliban leadership and objecting to mullan akhtar mansoor as the successor to mullah omar saying he believes it was outsiders who dictated

that and he thinks the new leader should be chosen by afghans inside afghanistan. now all of this comes as taliban peace talks were to be held. it was the prospect of taliban peace talks that really started highlighting divisions in taliban leadership and it was the group that started raising questions as the prospect of peace talks became evident earlier this summer asking whether mullah omar was and of course prompting the announcement that mullah omar is dead, the taliban not being specific about when he died. afghan officials saying he may have died as long as two years ago. the splits in the taliban making peace talks much more difficult because the afghan government would like to talk to a united taliban, a taliban with a broad base of support of the fighters across the country and of course it comes at a difficult time in the fighting season at the height of the fighting season taliban fighters in the north and south and east taking quite a bit of land and giving the afghan security forces quite a

difficult fight. still to come all corruption case against south african politicians julius malema is thrown out of court. malaysia corruption scandal, why there are big questions over a multi million deposit into the prime minister's bank account. ♪

♪ welcome back reminder of the top stories on al jazeera, the number of people died attempting to reach europe via

mediterranean surpassed 2000 and were brought ashore by the italian coast guard. benjamin netanyahu has urged groups in the u.s. to help block the nuclear deal warning it would pave the way for iran to get a nuclear weapon and comes as president obama prepares to host jewish leaders at the white house in a few hours time. commander told al jazeera he rejects the new leader mullan akhtar mansoor, he is the latest member of the high ranks to speak out against the appointment. u.n. refugee agency says 100,000 people fled flighting in yemen over the past four months and agency warned it has a fifth of the funds it needs to cope with the number of people leaving, the death toll in the conflict has risen to nearly 2000. the u.n. envoy two yemen says the plan to end the four-month conflict is increasingly gaining acceptance against the warring parties and comes after pro-government forces captured the biggest military base from

houthi rebels and we report. >> reporter: yemen's largest military base is now under the control of pro-government forces and the base was seized from houthi rebels and forces loyal to saleh and they call themselves resistance fighters and used air support and tanks and armored vehicles provided by saudi-led alliance. >> this is a turning point. the southern resistance was labeled to manage themselves enough to in a semi military fashion to gain this victory. >> anti-houthi fighters say this victory brings them closer to advancing to the contested city of thai some of the fiercist fighting and they avoid in exile as houthis are pushed. >> translator: without the implementation of security council resolutions we cannot

initiate a political process that will include houthi and militias after they have committed all these crimes. >> reporter: the sprawling military complex has been used by u.s. forces against al-qaeda as well. the capture won't be a game changer for government want it to be and yemen opposition to the houthis comprises prohadi and members and cessetionists and they are not convinced to push further north go houthi held territory. >> the southern resistance is adamant they will not venture into northern territories by north i mean north of the borders of 1990 which is thai and badar and up wards to sanaa. it's going to be a task now for the yemeni government to actually raise some sort of resistance in these northern provinces from its own people. >> reporter: as the war continues it has dropped in

value nearly 20% in the last few days and expected to cause already high food prices to soar further and 80% faces shortages of water, food, fuel and power and the most pressing task is for much needed aid to the millions of yemeni stranded under intense fighting al jazeera. there has been a desperate plea for international help as myanmar government struggles to deal with the worst flooding the country has faced in decades. there are fierce flood watches and will hit more populated areas as carolyn malone now explains. >> reporter: this may look like a river but it's actually one area of myanmar hit by floods. a stream overflowed into this village in the region. villages are dealing with the consequences without government support support. >> translator: this situation is not good for us. everyday we need to pay for a boat just to get out of the house and be buy groceries. >> reporter: a nearby

monestary has opened the doors and helping women and children with private donors and civil society organizations. >> translator: i'm sad for the people, the government doesn't do anything for them and neglects the communities and it's not good and the same for 11 years and unless we get more donations we will run out of supplies in ten days. >> reporter: government aircraft are dropping supplies in rakine state. it's hard to know just how badly people have been affected here as phone lines are down and roads washed away. >> translator: first we focus on food. we prepared boxes of rice drinking water, instant noodles, we have to drove off the rations two meters above the ground and people have to collect and share them. >> reporter: 200,000 people have been affected across 12 of the 14 regions in myanmar. their homes are flooded and they can't access normal services. and there are concerns that

rivers may burst at banks leaving more people vulnerable and in need of help. >> the consequences is beyond what we imagine and we expect they could be displaced and people lost the schools and these are also areas with relatively high rates of malnutrition so this flooding situation could really exacerbate those conditions. >> reporter: international aid groups and the u.n. say the government is best prepared to deal with this disaster than it was in 2008 when cyclone left 140,000 people dead or missing. but in this crisis some people say they are not getting the government help they need. carolyn malone al jazeera. chinese state media says eight people have been killed in flooding in central china. flash floods hit a valley on the city on monday after they recorded the heaviest rainfall in decades and hundreds of emergency workers are scoring

the area for bodies and it also washed roads away in the area. malaysia and travesty revolves around a multi million deposit and they cleared him of wrongdoing but the origins of that deposit remain unclear. now his opponents are finding themselves in the firing line so we report. >> reporter: the headquarters of the newspaper and magazine in kuala lumpur it's all quiet since the government slapped a three-month band on all publications and investigating a money trail. apparently funds from the finance ministry allegedly ended up in the bank account of the prime minister to the tune of $700 million and it stands by its article they are demanding clarification of the government's decision and they filed for a judicial rule and were unable to comment at this time. it was "the wall street journal" that initially reported it had seen documents implicating the

prime minister and he has been fire fighting the accusations levelled at him yet when questioned by his deputy and investigated by the attorney general he fired him both last tuesday in a cabinet reshuffle and tony and such moves are drawing national concern and the government's handling of this investigation has him now barred from leaving the country. >> i have not been charged, i have not been requested to assist in any investigation. it clearly points to an act of desperation in an attempt to intimidate the critic against the prime minister and his handling of the problem. >> reporter: the actions of the government are like the 1980s when several reputable newspapers were shut down for a period. >> in that sense i think it's really a serious indication of a failure to engage in a healthy democratic why in terms of the states and citizens. >> reporter: the government are making their position clear.

>> because of the nature of allegations made by the edge could very well undermine the security of the nation and the stability of the economy. we believe that a temporary suspension of the publication is the best way to go pending investigation both by the thai government and also by domestic investigator and authorities here in malaysia. >> reporter: resent elections have seen both votes and opinion move toward opposition parties. malaysia has just over two years before the next general election. enough time for the government to recover and restore faith in the public. but more issues like this will only reenforce opinions that the party that has been in power since independence may no longer be trusted. hill robin, al jazeera, kuala lumpur. forces in at least three u.k. regions are investigating a former british prime minister as part of inquiry into a

historical child sex abuse claim and edward heath was prime minister between 1970-1974 and led the conservative party for more than a decade and gave no details about the alleged abuse but it's part of a wider investigation into a number of prominent names and heath died. government forces in sudan accused of committing war crimes in the conflict-hit province of the south and survivors interviewed said hundreds of civilians have been killed in deliberate attacks by the sudan army in schools and hospitals the human rights groups says unexploited ammunitions says cluster bombs have been used. the corruption case against prominent south african politicians julius malema has been thrown out of court and he had faced fraud, racketeering and money laundering and we report from there now.

>> reporter: welcome words for julius malema from the judge hearing his trial for corruption racketeering and money laundering and they were indicted in illegally obtaining a court of $4 million and one was ill and not in court but has been delayed several times in the last two years and the judge refused another postponement and state prosecutors did not want malema tried separately so the case was dismissed. >> i don't have a practical option. why they did not use it? because they do not have a case against me. they want postponement postponement after postponement so i become a citizen in south africa with a permanent dark cloud over my head. >> reporter: state prosecutors say they are considering their options. >> process is that it's

acquittal or they can actually oppose the t.p.p. which is a restriction of the view of getting a certificate to reinstate the matter. >> reporter: malema supporters are not concerned by legalities they are just happy he is a free man. [cheering] now that he is free from court malema is expected to return to parliament this week when the national assembly reconvenes and it's there he has been a thorn in the side of the ruling acc party and the leadership. with corruption charges out of the way malema is likely to press on with trying to force president jacob zuma to answer corruption allegations being made against him. anita miller, al jazeera. growing number of u.s. airlines band the transport of trophy hunts and delta airlines announced they would not transport lions, elephants and

rhino as trophys and united and american followed suit after a u.s. dentist tracked and killed a rare and much loved lion called cecil. fire crews in california managed to build a buffer zone to protect thousands of homes threatened by a wildfire and more than 13,000 people have been forced to leave their homes and the fire is named rocky fire has quadrupled in size and around 60,000 acres has been ruined and more land is expected to be left devastated. debate over racism in the u.s. is reunited after confederate flags were flown at stone mountain which celebrates confederate leaders and this is after people were shot at a church. >> reporter: it's a granite monument over 800 feet high just outside the city of atlanta.

the huge stone outcropping was the sight of the rebirth of the ku klux klan in 1915 when members of the then secret society gathered there and ignited a flaming cross to proclaim its revival. ever since then many have seen the mountain as a symbol of racial hatred. >> the history is only related to white supremacy. >> reporter: the carving which took nearly 50 years to complete depicts jefferson davis, robert e lee and thomas stone wall jackson all leaders of the confederacy. atlanta councilman michael bond has proposed keeping the monument but adding historical georgia natives like president carter and martin luther king junior. >> the confederacy was only four years of that so the confederacy seems to dominate the perception of what is historic georgia and that is really far from the

case. >> reporter: the naacp has a very different approach and the group wants the monument completely removed. >> for people who claim it is art, there are a lot of artistic expression but that art is not worth another black life. ♪ over the within hundreds rallied peacefully and what they call the pro-confederate gathering at the base of stone mountain. you are not offended by it at all? >> not at all, it can be used for bad or good it's just a symbol. >> reporter: others at the rally like the self proclaimed head of the georgia ku klux klan came with other intentions. sir are you with the kkk? >> i am with the kkk and i'm very proud to stand up for my heritage if these people knew what the hell they were talking about they would know that the kkk was started by six confederate soldiers. >> let him go let him go the rally is this way folks. >> reporter: this klan member

would not give al jazeera his name and people at the rally had him removed and it's scenes like this that are adding fuel to the debate of scenes of the confederacy, al jazeera in atlanta. finds out much more on our website and the address is www.al jazeera.com. >> this is "techknow". a show about innovations that can change lives. >> the science of fighting a wildfire. >> we're going to explore the intersection of hardware and humanity, but we're doing it in a unique way. this is a show about science... >> oh! >> oh my god! >> by scientists. >> tonight, saving the macaw. >> i'm in the peruvian amazon and we're on the search for endangered macaws.