just like are most of them from central america fleeing economic poverty and crime and violence coming to america looking for a better life who are separated from their children with no answers on when or even if they'll be reunited. that's given to us there in mcallen texas thank you and pence more ahead on the news hour including a breakthrough and a deal for greece to exit its latest bailouts. and claims and counterclaims in yemen on who is really in control of an airport that's become a major battlefield. and in sports two time champions argentina on the brink of elimination from the world cup details coming up later. the wife of israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu has been charged with fraud

sara netanyahu is accused of misusing thousands of dollars of state funds for private catering services that has more from west to receive them. it's been coming for months and now it's confirmed sarah netanyahu indicted for fraud the case against misuse of state funds connected to her husband's position as israel's prime minister investigation started three years ago when a government official issued a report on excessive spending at the couple's official residence in west jerusalem she's charged with using nearly one hundred thousand dollars from the official prime minister's residence budget for private chefs and food for family events allegedly conspiring with an official to hide the fact that a resident chef was already being employed and falsifying fifteen invoices for the services of outside caterers all very different from the prime minister's initial rebuttal of the allegations when he spoke of takeaway dinners in full trays the fact that she's indicted this is a sign that. the system and the police and the people of.

such a criminal behavior and this is. because they will stop with the wife and will finish with him. israeli prime minister understands all too well the position his wife has been in in february israeli police recommended that he be indicted of the two corruption cases i'm just moving with you know to slow i will continue to lead israel responsibly and faithfully as long as you the citizens of israel choose me to lead you i am certain i am certain that the truth will be revealed and i'm certain that at the next elections which will be held on schedule i will earn your trust again the first involves lavish gifts of cigars and champagne offered to and according to leaks often requested by the prime minister and his wife given by billionaire friends israeli born hollywood mogul ana milton and a stray in tycoon james packer in the second case netanyahu is accused of trying to get favorable coverage in the country's second biggest newspaper by offering to

hamper the activities of its main competitor another case still under investigation concerns are negations the owner of israel's biggest telecoms company awarded netanyahu favorable coverage in his news agency in return for the prime minister's supporting beneficial regulations so far benjamin netanyahu has managed to ride out the political fallout from the police recommendation that he be indicted but now that his wife has been charged the scrutiny the precious stemming from these longstanding corruption allegations is short amount again ari force at al-jazeera westerners. and the u.n. refugee agency says at least two hundred twenty migrants have drowned off the coast of libya in the past few days they're trying to cross the mediterranean to reach europe the u.s. says five migrants from a boat carrying one hundred people survived after it capsized on tuesday on the same day seventy migrants drowned off a rubber boat carrying one hundred thirty of them sank the migrants who were

rescued on wednesday say fifty people traveling with them died during the journey it's not clear whether their boat also capsized. and the number of north african migrants entering europe through spain is up three fold this year and this month spain has seen almost twice as many arrivals as italy many believe it may be a shifting trend to the western mediterranean migration route call panel reports from the port city of marea in southeastern spain. down the gangplank first cautious steps into europe. and the warm blankets their eyes soak in first impressions of the land they hope will bring a better life. help for some to hobble to a waiting ambulance. that young man is blind. tonight rescuers save thirty three lives including five women and

a child. it's now just after midnight and those refugees and migrants have just reached dry land had clearly been many hours at sea they will now be taken away to a holding area where police will register them and they will receive attention from the red cross in a fenced corner of the port red cross workers start health checks police begin the paperwork and checks to confirm where in africa they're from for now there's no access for the media. morning back at dockside we meet captain frank perez of the marine rescue service who commanded the previous day's mission. they were in a rubber dinghy about six meters long and a fifty horsepower engine there were thirty three of them they were frightened because they didn't know they were going to make it but this time they were lucky. one of his crew recorded tense moments of the rescue on

a helmet mounted camera. this was one hundred kilometers off the coast of southern spain. firm commands for the refugees to stay still so they don't camp songs they're scared the first group is shuttle to the main rescue boat some assault on. a handshake both the thank you and the welcome but. one of the rescuers calls out that one of the incoming passengers is behind. late afternoon and a group of migrants have permitted to leave the holding area police need the space this little time to talk they're eager to be on their way so it's been tough. and we will take your. minutes later another rescue boat sails in with one hundred three more refugees with little wind and calm seas

rescuers forecast hundreds more may soon be on their way to. spain. let's play is pamela says the german chancellor has agreed to withdraw draft a new agreement on migration that would have seen asylum seekers returned to the first e.u. country they arrived in anger merkel is under pressure to strike a deal by the end of next week and that's the deadline given by her coalition partner john mccain has more details from. angle america's plans for the informal e.u. mini summit taking place in brussels on sunday have just got a little bit more difficult because the knowledge that the intaglio prime minister was unhappy with some of the suggested conclusions that may emerge from the full blown summit taking place in brussels at the end of next week next week was so strong that she'll have to call him during a visit that she's making to the middle east over the course of today and tomorrow

to reassure him about what would be discussed on sunday and to remove elements that he found were unacceptable because let's remember here he is now in charge of a government in italy that is more euro skeptic intone the other development is another interesting element of the euro skepticism growing in parts of europe that the visa ground group four countries of central eastern europe poland the czech republic slovakia and hungary all saying they intend to boycott this mini summit taking place on sunday now the point is that they have not been invited to that meeting but what is clear here is this is the sense that the euro skeptic governments are now trying to put the pressure on and get them out and the european union to show how they don't want to fit in with their prearranged plans that angle americal appear to be trying to get too close to an agreement. and one thousand euro zone finance ministers have agreed on a deal to get greece out of its eight year bailout program e.u.

countries and the i.m.f. have lent greece a three hundred seventy five billion dollars a sense twenty ten this is in return for tax hikes pension cuts and also public sector layoffs sunstruck less reports now from athens. during the economic depression in greece penny called his business has fallen by two thirds many of her clients are bankrupt and jobless even homeless so she often cuts they have on credit so they can go to a job interview god says has moved premises twice looking for a more affluent key in tow and she's cut her prices by half but rising taxes have convinced her that the government doesn't want her business to survive. we're not being heard at all now our voice doesn't count we're definitely closing down slowly slowly if we're not careful we're going to close down the way the government's going that's what their plan is this is what they're showing us what the hey guys you'll be working for us until you can handle it until you get into debt and we

just want you to close down we want whatever property you have whatever is yours we want it austerity policies were originally meant to turn the greek economy around in two years so far they've lasted eight and as a result of them seven hundred thousand people are no longer considered little plus there are achievements the budget is balanced the government spends no more than it raises in taxes so it's not getting deeper into debt greek labor is more competitive because salaries fell so exports are up the number of tourists has doubled in three years greek agricultural products now bring a quarter of the money that enters the country and shipping remains a traditional strength but business is dependent on domestic consumption a suffering a million people remain jobless most of the rest saving up to pay taxes economists say in the hands of politicians the medicine of austerity did as much harm as good if i can make a comparison i would consider it someone who has was suffering from cancer and

kemah therapy came of therapy has been given to him which means that although the goods they bad cells have been dead now but good cells have also died a lot of them at least and which makes the the country as a whole of the organism losing its muscle losing its strength the end of the adjustment program was meant to be a turning point when greece's sacrifices began to pay off but it is difficult to find anyone who now believes the country is on the right path taxes remain high the political climate is polarized and people are traumatized it is as though a war has just ended but there is no sense that greece is. returning to normality and that is a deterrent to investors so is the way in which the refugee crisis has destabilized european politics and undermined solidarity a looming transatlantic trade war and rising global interest rates could see greece back in receivership jumps are opal us africans. are now powerful warlords

in libya has captured two major oil terminals khalifa haftar is forty his forces have been battling for control of all sit up and move rival fighters had stormed the oil ports last week but would otherwise head has more from tripoli. forces loyal to warlord khalifa haftar have finally recaptured the two major oil terminals of oil city and the rustler north that were taken control of by forces loyal to the former chief of the petroleum facilities guard brahim i should run now forces loyal to a run have just confirmed that they have was drawn from the oil christened area and they have not mentioned a specific reason for that was through a wall but we understand that hefted his forces have been supported by drones and

fighter jets and also according to local sources in the area. strikes were conducted by have to his forces and set two major oil storage tanks on fire and also killed a couple of civilians during the last few days according to hospital staff that is the hospital in as deadly as it is around one hundred fifty two kilometers to the southwest west of from one of us according to the hospital staff they say that they have received fifteen bodies of fighters going to war lord twenty four hefted and twenty five other wanted and this battle today. the u.n. special envoy to yemen says he is working with all parties in yemen's war to avoid further military escalation in her data this comes as he rebels discreet claims made by the saudi america coalition that they are in full control of the city's

airport rebels posted this video online to show fighters still have access to the airport compound for several days the coalition has said in control therefore to ski to retaking the port city which has been under control since twenty fourteen meanwhile coalition forces are moving to cut off rebel supply lines mohamed i don't know has the latest from djibouti the last stop for aids before the supplies cross the red sea into yemen. despite the claims by the saudi led coalition that they're in control of the port both fighters maintain but it's not the case they say they're still resisting this is something confirmed also by reliable sources who say they're still pockets of resistance within the compound. and as the fighting gets closer to residential areas there fears of a humanitarian crisis residents of the city say that aircraft has been targeting closer positions on the roads near the airport as well as the highway that links

the data to the capital sanaa on their strongholds. and. the coalition forces say that they are trying their best to minimize civilian casualties but the queues the . both the fighters or losing tons of what the legal residents will is the main concern of the humanitarian community up the money from street by street fighting that could see a price in the civilian casualties seen so far is a discipline to the services of vital importance but they are a lifeline for millions of yemenis who have to depend on aid. now the conflict in yemen has gone on for more than three years now and much of what's happened has been ignored by international media and one artist is trying to change that with blunt and graphic images al-jazeera spoke to one hundred to half about his latest work on the fighting in her data. my name is i'm with you i'm writing this for me.

i just came from but you. do the same i did our daughter had a debate because i think this is one of my ways to show the world what's going on there and how did that in yemen one of my dogs it's about the whole data city you can see boards. and a city after the city to see explosions. and nothing in sight like live inside it's no life inside the whole day to another one it's like you and for me i think you and part of the coalition to go inside the hard data i think this is easier way to show. people outside of yemen and. that's the war and they. will be very difficult for a date that people all day in many years not that it was inside the data.

now a stunning upset has a run off at the last football world cup facing an early exit argentina have been beaten three mil by croatia in the group stages and that have croatian fans celebrating their side making the last sixteen knockout stages of the tournament in russia. and of a set of happy fans are the french their team of the what have won the tournament favorites have also qualify for the knockout stages they see her room one zero. and you'll have all the action from the matches and much more buoyant so they had an al-jazeera. the u.k. tries to calm the fears of european citizens who want to stay after breakfast at. a dumping ground for electronic waste taliban in thailand is causing problems for other countries. and most sports after racing around the world it comes down to

a sprint to the finish he tells what. we do still have flooding concerns north america particularly around the deep south into texas says sarah clarke him follow that lot of cat up towards the lakes across the prairie and up towards the the mountain states here as well south dakota has same some flooding some very heavy rain pushing over towards wisconsin illinois and that china plowed well that will gradually make its way further east was east in parts of texas maybe into arkansas maybe more than areas of louisiana kids still see some heavy rain as we go on through friday flooding concerns to continue but at least into the fall south into the deep south along the gulf coast it should be

a little try to go on through the next few days she was never really chief far away they push over towards mrs. alabama maybe into. a little bit of weather heading into georgia there father nor still some showers up into we're far northeast easing up across new york state upstate new york and north of the border in sioux on terrier splashing a showers there across the central plains maybe up towards the mountain states as well but the west coast is father dry warm sunshine twenty six celsius in l.a. looking cute meanwhile is generally a case of the usual showers there across many parts of the caribbean those showers continue to feed their way across the region. refugees heading for a better night in australia into center and sent to remote island indefinite detention conditions get a conscience. understand how you can do this to smuggle for each and eyewitness

accounts the main thing you're doing for people. who sent us to kill them to witness a scene a sign. on al-jazeera. al-jazeera . every u.s. .

and again you watch al-jazeera our mind of our top stories this hour this confusion over the fate of more than two thousand migrant children spits up from their families by u.s. immigration offices president donald trump signed an executive order on thursday to end the practice he says he wants to reunite families but officials have been sending contradictory messages. and the wife of israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu has been charged with fraud said our next now who is accused of misusing one hundred thousand dollars of state funds to provide catering services. and a powerful warlord in libya has captured two major oil terminals khalifa haftar us forces have been battling for control of all sidra and russ the new rival fighters stormed the oil ports last week. let's get more now on the u.s.

president all trying to stop separating undocumented migrant children from their families as several experts have told al-jazeera that they fin nothing much will change and can call was the cia's deputy national intelligence officer for transnational threats he says the top administration's claim that immigrants are a serious threat to security is wrong. the commission of crimes committing crimes by immigrants legal and illegal is quite clear that they commit far fewer crimes per capita then than american citizens do so the number of terrorists who will have snuck in among the two year old crying infants is essentially zero family separation is is traumatizing and undermines access to legal protection but so is detaining families together family detention facilities

are not appropriate for children they are in remote locations where it's difficult to find a lawyer who can help you with your immigration case as is the case with most immigration detention facilities the biggest problem here is the lack of policy the lack of procedure the lack of a ministry of rules and regulations at a time when every single day that goes by harms these children more and more now in nicaragua bishops have marched through the city of messiah off to residents came to security services threatened to massacre them there are also reports of more and more unrest as funerals were held for three people killed there on choose day the city's seen weeks of intense fighting between security forces and protesters and just a few days ago people in the science of clay that they no longer recognize the authority of the president daniel ortega his pass reform the welfare system sparked the protests al-jazeera is manuel raffaello has more now from the caracas capital

managua. miss iowa in the crowd was been the site of some of the most extreme and brutal violence that the country has been going through since the start of this crisis earlier this week on tuesday a government offensive left at least six people dead as police forces were trying to regain control of the city from a resistance movement that that formed there it appears that yesterday after president ortega had formally invited members of the international community a delegation from the united nations to come in observe the crisis that the violence had halted now what we're learning today is that there was yet another offensive in messiah more fighting in the city and and it's very difficult to to to confirm whether or not there been any injuries whether or not there been any deaths as a result of that fighting today but we do know i spoke to members and faith leaders of the catholic church today that formed a caravan to leave menow want to head to messiah to sort of put themselves between

protesters and demonstrators and that appears to have halted the bylane at least for now at least for today but what we're hearing from overwhelmingly from members of this resistance movement in messiah is that these anti-government demonstrators demonstrators would sooner die than give up the city so there's a tension that even the violence has called for now it could spark up again at any moment. in less than two weeks to mexico the whole thing is largest election f.-a more than three thousand four hundred political positions not including the presidency for grabs but it's been a violent campaign after the say one hundred fourteen political killings have taken place to home in response. on his way to a rally merrill candidate pasqual ten passes a grim reminder of what happened to the man he recently replaced and got out on air and was the candidate before me here they stopped him and killed him he was lying here until the police found him with his car engine still running. pasqual is

predisposed to our own bella is one of more than one hundred politicians killed only stool at local level and what may be the country's deadliest election season yet. says he's not scared. elizabeth martine is on the other hand she's terrified she's received death threats addressed not just to her but also her daughter from this what's up account civil. yes i live in fear i try to beat it every day i turn of the whatsapp in the night i'm frightened of the messages that arrive after eleven pm. dirty into party politics play some part in the violence but experts say it's mainly due to mexico's multiplying criminal gangs they're increasingly pushing politicians to turn a blind eye or join in with their illegal activities local municipal part ministrations i'm much more prone to corruption and infiltration and organized

criminal groups identify this as an opportunity and ones they have infiltrated into a local municipality ministration which allows them to carry out their activities with relative impunity they are not willing to let that go. politicians who refuse the criminals offer or who are aligned with a rival group risk this one of the now almost daily funerals medal candidate one hundred chavis was mourned on the same day we spent with elizabeth. it's a bleak picture with an unprecedented number of candidates up for election in less than two weeks this seems playing out across the country as candidates make their last pitch in what are the biggest elections in mexico's history but rather than a celebration of democracy in many places they're showing how intertwined politics and organized crime are. of course it's not just politicians being killed the country's general murder levels of exploded to the highest on record elizabeth says

what's keeping her in the race is the chance to change that now for there was that we can't stop because if we're living with this violence the question is how far will it go where will it end we can't leave this as our children's inheritance soon a new crop of leaders will have the chance to show if they can protect the mexicans including them so john homan does it or. and the u.k.'s promising a stream lined registration system for e.u. citizens to apply to stay after brags that the government says it wants to make the process of staying as easy as possible but many europeans in britain are deeply worried about the future as the fokker reports. that has left italian composer dimitris colorado in a limbo is among three and a half million citizens living working and paying taxes in the u.k. who will now have to pass government checks in order to be able to remain in

britain after it leaves the e.u. . will have to undergo criminal checks. undergo. continuously resident here. it will be fine for the majority mother will be lots of cases where we've got lots of old american fans and i can witness love. lots of anxiety lots of fear. the british government's promise to allow mostly you citizens to stay in the u.k. providing they've been in the country long enough haven't broken any laws and pay a registration fee the home secretary on thursday promised the process will be simple they will have to release steps to which we need to prove your identity. number two that you live in the u.k. prove that you actually live in the u.k. and number three that you have no serious criminal convictions and if we if you are not going to be going to states that have to be a very good reason why you're not going to get under the proposal the government

says they'll be two types of immigration status settled status for e.u. citizens who've been living in the u.k. for at least five years by december thirty first twenty twenty i'm pretty settled status for those who've been in the u.k. less than five years they'll be able to stay and apply for settled status later. family members dependents and unmarried partners who also be allowed to apply to live in the u.k. after a certain amount of time the government has promised a streamlined local digital process there's still concern for thousands of nationals that may want to continue living here in the u.k. students for instance who may have decided to spend a year living somewhere else or perhaps self-employed people don't have the financial records to prove they've been living here consistently long enough to get the status necessary and the elderly people that may have been here for many many years who simply don't know that they now need to register there may be problems for these and others further down the line the recent wind rush scandal saw long

term you k. residents from the caribbean wrongly labeled illegal immigrants some were deported despite living in the u.k. for decades the government can't afford to get the registering of three and a half million e.u. citizens wrong in return to reason may want brussels to safeguard the rights of one point two million british citizens living in the e.u. but without a final deal with europe there are no guarantees the al-jazeera london. man dubbed romania's most powerful politician has been in jail now for three and a half years for corruption the social democratic party leader drug was convicted of keeping two women on the payroll of the state agency even though they were employed by his party drug name was a government official at the time and denies any wrongdoing as leader of romania's ruling party drug they would normally be prime minister but he's barred from

running because of a vote wrecking conviction. to turkey now where hundreds of thousands of people have attended a rally for the main opposition party in is mir ahead of sunday's election the head of the republican people's party promised his supporters that he would transform the country is the main challenger to president. on sunday's vote is the first election since changes to the constitution of the power of the presidency. and if europe is prime minister says that east african countries will take action to end south sudan's civil war if warring parties can't reach an agreement regional leaders are meeting in at is about to discuss the peace process and once a president salva kiir met a rebel leader for the first time in two years tens of thousands of people have been displaced in five years of conflict.

and. there are. now police in malaysia are reopening a murder investigation that could have links to former prime minister najib razak the man mongolian model was killed in two thousand and six by two form of police officers who worked as bodyguards for najib is believed the model was a lover of a political analyst who advised the president the prime minister but the former leader denies knowing the woman. rajiv is being investigated over claims he stole billions of dollars during his nine years in office he denies taking money from the state fund he set up. i wish north didn't have any knowledge whatsoever

of money is coming in i would not have couldn't do it and a lot.