no go area intensive taxation away or other measures that could help tackle emissions let's hope that at the moment there's that there's a bit more consumer readiness to accept that if we're going to tackle the climate emergency we're going to have to make changes in our lives air passenger numbers are expected to double in the next 2 decades the french government says the situation is urgent and that other even ations should do more to crack down on an industry which is one of the world's biggest polluters natasha buckler al-jazeera paris italy's hardline interior minister shut down a large migrant center in sicily but they are salvia need toward the center prior to its closing and underlined the drop in migrant arrivals in the gun train it was once the biggest reception center in europe it had been due to close for a number of years after prosecutors uncovered what they said were illegal activities. as you know this was

a promise i made not only to the sicilians but the italians the biggest migrant center in europe a business of dozens and dozens of millions of euro's and it had become as proven by the prosecutor's office assented base for the nigerian mafia for drug dealing prostitution theft and stolen goods aggression violence rape and homicide and polygon yet i was considered to be crazy when as a minister i promised i would shut it down because it was a center housing more than 4000 people in the past we kept reducing those numbers and today it's 0 the u.s. is urging turkey to stop drilling operations off the coast of cyprus the warning comes after i'm cross sent a 2nd ship to drill for oil and gas on monday cyprus is divided between an internationally recognized republic and a turkish controlled part in the north which is considered occupied territory huge gas reserves were recently discovered of the supply of coast. china is demanding that the united states in may that may cancel a potential $2200000000.00 sale to taiwan china considers taiwan to be

a breakaway province when he reports now from beijing. taiwan's military is built on equipment from the united states its main supply of arms announcements from washington of sales are always met by an angry response from china and this was no difference it's a crude interference in china's internal affairs and a harms china's servant and a security interest china is strong least dissensions far and thoroughly opposed to this and has already made a stern representations to the u.s. side and. china regards taiwan as a breakaway province that it will one day retake that threat is why taipei feels the need to regularly upgrade its weaponry this deal may be viewed by beijing as particularly provocative if it's approved by the united states congress at $2200000000.00 it would be the largest since donald trump took over as president

taiwan in the u.s. continue to consolidate our security partnership together will guard the democracy and freedom of the taiwan strait and stability in the indo-pacific region the type of equipment included in the deal is likely to further anger china in a bid to modernize its defenses taiwan will by missiles and battle tanks the timing of this deal is also likely to be viewed as provocative by beijing it comes amid a truce in a trade war between china and the united states with negotiations possibly restarting next week the u.s. and china have imposed tariffs on each other's goods over the past year but the 2 presidents agreed to pause hostilities when they met at the g 20 summit in japan last month and also reiterated their close personal friendship which may be put to the test again if this latest oms deal goes through. beijing. an inquiry is underway in the western indian state of maharashtra after allegations that doctors performed unnecessary operations on thousands of female farm workers

the women say they were forced to spend hundreds of dollars on removing their reproductive organs elizabeth purana reports from a village in the district of beads. and yet. these women in genki have 2 things in common they work in sugarcane fields and they've all had their. last here 29 year old beemer by mondale went to the doctor complaining of abdominal pain. the doctor said my womb is not in a good state he said if i don't take it out i'll get cancer and i should take it out immediately. for the hysterectomy operation to remove her reproductive organs beaver by monday borrowed more than $700.00 that's as much as she earns during the entire 6 month harvest season. and that the potato is educating women in 30 villages about the impact on the medical procedure the doctors from the private

hospital they can easily fooled them because these are the men they cannot clean because they most of the men they are illiterate she says doctors also tell them having the usual is for mood will allow them to do the hard labor required on sugarcane farms without taking time off when their menstruating the money's already done because these 3 men did they do not have any kind of property or. what they want a big gate money only in this season so they don't want to miss any one day old so the indian government's national commission of women along with the state government has asked the district's head of health services to investigate the allegations that around 4000 women would do into paying for unnecessary hysterectomy as in the past 3 years. investigators are thought to be making inquiries at some of the 101 private

hospitals and district al-jazeera has tried to contact the doctor who operated on some of the woman we interviewed but we haven't been able to find him. by monday as his her doctor didn't tell her what might happen to her body after a hysterectomy and she hasn't been the same sense that live up to have the by the way my body always hurts my stomach and back always in pain i can't work as hard as before from the time my womb was removed my life has been very difficult she remains in debt from the loan. top administrator has told al jazeera more than 300 . that. means must. until. now for the 1st time in the u.k. boys will receive the routine vaccinations of the council causing human papilloma

virus h.p.v. it could prevent tens of thousands of cancer cases in the u.k. h.p.v. is a sexually transmitted infection can lead to survival and other related counsellors it's already mandatory in several countries for boys to be vaccinated because it protects them from some cancers but it also stops them from passing the virus to women vaccinations have been given to schoolgirls in the u.k. for over a decade which research has said led to a 71 percent reduction in precancerous survival disease around the world around $311000.00 women died from cynical council last year the majority from low income countries were very gather as a lecturer in the bomb medical department at lancaster university he says well the vaccination isn't compulsory in the u.k. many parents will sign their boys up. so there are some countries where vaccination is mind a tree and we don't of course have mined a tree vaccination for anything in the u.k. it's generally something which goes against our culture really of that all medical

procedure should be consensual so i think that vaccination will continue to be voluntary in this country but many boys will take up the offer to be vaccinated because they recognise that it is a good thing it protects them it protects their future sexual partners and vaccines that are injected into the body they're there in activated or dead strains of whichever pathogen is being vaccinated against and then it produces an immune reaction which in in the case of some vaccines can be lifelong in others it's a little bit shorter for the h.p.v. vaccine itself it seems as if immunity lasts for something like 10 years after vaccination. can be given at a later date but at the moment the children are being vaccinated no in school or to have immunity for the h.p.v. until they're about 30 years old.

start a quick check of the headlines here on al-jazeera the u.s. says it's trying to form a military coalition to protect shipping off the coast of iran and yemen earlier commander in iran's revolutionary guard issued new threats against u.s. military assets in the region. french president emanuel top diplomatic advisor is in tehran trying to deescalate tensions with iran over the nuclear deal e.u. countries that signed the 2015 agreement accord for a meeting yes president donald trump has once again used twitter to attack the u.k.'s ambassador in washington and the british prime minister it comes days out the diplomatic cables were leaked critical from administration. internet access is being restored in sudan falling across ruling the military council cut the internet more than a month ago saying the blackout was needed to protect the transition the deal reached with the opposition protest leaders say the military is trying to hide evidence of a violent crackdown that killed more than 100 people. the russian president

vladimir putin says he does not support imposing sanctions on georgia he made the statement in a television address to russia's parliament recommended the sanctions it's in response to weeks of mass protests in georgia against russian influence and its government. machine as for sanctions i would rather not do it as it respect the georgian people for the sake of restoring full ties between russia and georgia or anything that complicated. qatar has signed a deal with the u.s. to buy aircraft from the plane make a boeing the agreement was announced at the white house where the emir of qatar just to mean been hammered out fanny met the president trump it was one of several deals with the u.s. companies on defense energy and aviation projects the u.s. is urging turkey to hold drilling operations off the coast of cyprus the warning comes after ankara sent a 2nd ship to drill for oil and gas on monday cyprus is divided between an internationally recognized republic and a turkish controlled part of the north which is considered occupied territory huge

gas reserves where reason it discovered off the coast of cyprus. for those with the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after the streets of that are watching battle. thousands of refugees in europe rely on aid workers for essential help but

a growing number of volunteers are facing arrest and prosecution as countries discourage people seeking asylum i'm femi oke and i'm really good be allowed to they will hear about the impact of legal action against humanitarians and how aid groups are fighting to keep protecting the vulnerable when you're thoughts through twitter and you tube. the recent arrest of a german boat captain who brought 40 shipwrecked refugees into an italian port has highlighted the legal risks humanitarians across europe face when providing help to people fleeing war and has occasioned terrible records i was held after her bessel see watch 3 collided with a border patrol boat while disregarding orders not to dock and do some she was put under house arrest but a judge later ruled she should be freed ending further investigation but the watch organization welcomed the ruling. that. son is sick or cinematic to

view a humanitarian ship carrying people rescued at sea and which just wants to bring them safely to a safe harbor as the biggest and most urgent threat to security and public order makes this country look ridiculous i would therefore say that at least yesterday's ruling reestablishes a little order with respect to the hierarchy of norms and also raised the dignity of this country yet the enormous schools of other aid volunteers have also been arrested or prosecuted in 2018 sarah madine was arrested by greek police while working for emergency response center international she was charged with people smuggling money laundering and espionage on his own bell while the case against her remains open sara is just one of 104 humanitarians in europe who were investigated or prosecuted in connection with their work in 20 team that's according to the research social platform on migration asylum joining us to discuss this sean buying

day he's a rescue coordinator who has worked on both land and sea operations to save and support refugees he's in the irish city of coal. is founder of team humanity a danish organization providing aid to refugees in greece he joins us from los force lisa death pierre he is a researcher at amnesty international's europe office she joins us from london good to have you here to tell this story talking about stories shown you are in the headlines right now you have been in the headlines and you continue to be in the headlines we'll get to your stories but i want the audience to know what it is that you've done to warrant this headline in the irish times irish charity work a charge with human trafficking released on bail has your mom holding up your university graduation picture there sure what she work what if you've been up to that slot in so much trouble. right. and i think it's really important start off by saying that my work isn't that unique it are you i went having been trained in

search and rescue being a rescue diver and having some experience in that line of work i went after my master's studies to lead us really just a system where i could with the search and rescue operations that are still. being undertaken and although there's been a decline in numbers of crossings into into europe there has been a rise in the percentage of deaths occurring during that transit and so it was i felt was important to try and lend some assistance if i could so you went to help. and now you're facing a prison sentence join those 2 dots right so for the better part of 3 months i had been working on this search and rescue vessels and on the shoreline as an emergency responder and then in 2018 in january began taking over the coordination role of search and rescue with the same organization sarah martini was

in r.c.i. . and i continued coordination i wanted to expand the kind of operations that we did particularly with the civilian search and rescue organizations. essentially what we did with nightly search and rescue missions along with managing a clinic for and merge c cases in one of the primary refugee camps in europe called moria. and then we seem to we were arrested in february. the police came in around 2 30 in the morning we were at the shoreline undertaking a rescue mission. and we were detained for a number of days and then we were at least without any charge or really any accusations being built after that investigation or premises. and then we continued working as normal cooperating with the authorities and it wasn't until august i had returned back to the island from a brief visit for

a family tragedy back in ireland and week later we were arrested again. but this time we were in prison for 3 and a half months and we were charged with a number of heinous crimes as you alluded to that is illegally assisting aliens into greece. money laundering espionage and being part of court organization all of which could land us if we're found guilty and 25 years in prison. and this because you spent more than $100.00 days in a greek jail there was an outpouring of support and protest. line and on the streets i wanted to share with our audience in case they work to mill your will but this look like so this was outside of the embassy in greece in dublin this is in 20000 and solidarity with you and your colleagues you can see people gathered there and posted online by and standing here other sharing their support this is for humanitarians out there for rally norman sacks and we went to uni binder he's

caring he's always tried to make a difference for the better and you can see rescue the rescuers there your case of course is not the only one so i wanted to share this tweet for you said this is sophie what house who says salama dean runs team humanities center for women and children he's dedicated his life to helping refugees see a bit of a celebrity there are people wanting to pose with you because of the work you're doing but something similar happened to you talk to us about what inspired you to do this work in the 1st place so. i saw a picture that's what. should be a picture of on court in 2015 busy. so it's on the 3rd september and then. i write a list goes on the streets of my birth. and i just something i never seen it. i went to the shores of. the city. and what i saw was 3

boats coming to the shore and there was nobody to help so it was no un it was the police it was the coast guard no one. jumped into the water to help one boat just swim 100 meter to bring the boat because they didn't stop and the 3rd boat was. all did what i saw. made me actually sad and angry i didn't know what to do i was alone there for that week i went there. i saw a lot of drugs i saw people died in front children drowning.