paris. this is d.w. news live from berlin stern words for europe on its duty to care for refugees united nations tells brussels it needs to do more to stop migrants from drowning in the mediterranean and un wants the e.u. to resume rescue missions and seek despite resistance from some member states also coming up serving you know william steps on the grass of wimbledon to be final

later today there's more to stake than just another grand slam title take a look at the latest record intercepts. i'm calm assman thanks for joining us to united nations agencies are urging europe to take more responsibility for migrants in the mediterranean the un's refugee agency and the international organization for migration have called on european union nations to relaunch rescue missions that saved people from drowning earlier this year the e.u. suspended its main naval operation that carried out these rescues critics say that is having deadly consequences. bodies of drum migrants have brought to the tunisian shore 82 people went missing when the boat sank on july 1st most have

since been retrieved from the water did the migrants started their journey in war torn libya and drifted into genies in waters before sinking. one of the few survivors remembers have a cause to help went unanswered. and i don't doubt that it is and i'm going to you know pinsky to pick us up in the water on the. boat was thinking. about it but they did not answer our call. on the. operations of fear the european union effort to curb migrant flows across the mediterranean stopped rescuing shipwrecked people in march and italy's populace government has shut ports to private rescue ships the country's interior minister says his policy has been a success. i mean you know i mean prevention is better than the cure and therefore we're down from 80000 the rivals in this period in 2017 just 17000 last year to just 3000 this year you know that all schools but i mean. the private rescue

organizations have been challenging south and he's hard line approach. to was arrested after she illegally docked the sea watch 3 italian island of lampedusa with 40 rescued migrants on board in the long term i hope that you will change its policy and that will be a safe possible for people refugees in particular to cross station so that some rescue will not be needed anymore. in the short term however we hope that the criminalization of rescuers will stop so that those who want to help the people in need able to do so without any fear of 1st time and channel. the rescue operations were halted because the block was on the able to agree on how to distribute migrants amongst the member states so for now the private rescue groups say ships like the sea watch 3 of the best type to save migrants lives it's

a. for more on this we're joined now by a man teo billa he is a research fellow and migration specialist at the italian institute for international political studies in the law now but teo just in terms of numbers operation sofia and other missions in the mediterranean they were success and we're talking about tens of thousands of lives saved since 24 team so why have those rescues now been stopped. yeah absolutely if you had rescued 35000 people before it was discontinued to you know in march this year but actually we have to go back because the decision was a political decision to discontinue these year but should since july this year not carried out the rescue even before it was this continues. the political picture that emerges that shows that you countries not want to use

a few current goldman to use the term policies believing that. cross in the end has not happened so far well let's talk about what the italian government says i mean what taylor salvini he argues this he says stopping these rescues saves lives he says if there's no rescues people won't try this crossing in the 1st place i mean does that make sense. yeah it might it might make sense the problem is that it is not happening as much as as as hoped so it's not like it's true that's crossing so gone really really down but actually the beaches for those who cross the reste of those who cross has gone up and remember this is what we need to reduce the routes from libya to italy was already risky you see we were watching 50 died crossing and now we are closer to one in 10 so there is one problem and these deaths not even the food pictured because 6 out of the answer to my journey of those who tend to cross actually return to libya but it will be of

course intercepted then go back to the same help the want to escape from so this is the action of the ship people have not gone down considerably but the courses have gone down but my guess we meaning and stuck in libya are still in the depths of thousands and there is no solution for down yet now the e.u. can't agree on this issue the un urging the group to restart these rescues how likely is it that the you watch and listen. i guess very very not much so but you know i just want to point out a fact that we often think that you read it rescue operations and n.g.o.s private rescue operations didn't increase the crossing so there's the fear it will put up when my research shows didn't. there is no evidence to back these you know logical fact but there is not evidence for that so maybe we should go back to reality and not just. do some politics out of fear but maybe be

a bit more pragmatic we can increase the rate of those who are rescued at sea we've got increasing that much of the crossing so we can lower the suffering of these people matteo villa migration specialist from the italian institute for international political studies thank you very much thank you. turning now to the united states where undocumented immigrants are bracing for deportation raids this weekend president's donald trump has confirmed that federal immigration agents will target thousands of the estimated 1000000 people with removal orders critics say that may include those living in the u.s. for years and families who have not yet heard had a court hearing trump said the raids will focus mainly on criminals. here's more of what the president had to say hundreds of people know about the major operation the word gets out it gets out it starts on sunday they're going to take people out are they going to bring a back to their countries or they're going to take criminals out put them in prison

or put him in prison in the countries they came from we're focused on criminals as much as we can they came in illegally they have to go out. let's take a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world at least 26 people are dead after al shabaab militants stormed a hotel in somalia among the dead are politician foreigners and journalists security forces in kismayo say they ended the siege and killed the militants the group has been trying to topple the government for more than a decade. police in new zealand say that a nationwide buyback of automatic weapons has begun successfully gun owners in the city of christ church handed in more than $200.00 firearms automatic and semi automatic weapons were banned in the wake of deadly attacks on 2 mosques in christ church in march. activists in hong kong are holding fresh protests this time in a town near the border with mainland china they're demonstrating against the

activities of chinese traders who operate in the area the rally follows weeks of protests in hong kong against policies seem to favor the china's china's central government. deadly monsoon rains a flood of the nepalese capital katmandu at least 15 people have been killed by torrential downpours and landslides across the country the annual monsoon rains can last into september. well parts of southern india are seeing their worst water shortages in decades including the central the coastal city of chennai climate changes making extreme weather more common with longer drier spells one possible result many indians are struggling to get enough water as poor infrastructure and resource management compound their problems india is drawing this summer. this train is carrying water to chennai india's commented fracturing

hub because they are simply out and india's tech hub in go route is also down to 0 climate change and bad water management mean that indian cities are running on empty and no more so than in new delhi. this is where rich politicians and business leaders as well as this stuff don't have to worry but millions of poor people are now unable to access enough to drink points in on a legal and on regulated water tanks. i miss that one of the issues that we're facing is that we don't get enough water we have a big family and we only get 2 to 4 gallons every 3 days we don't have enough to drink how we get enough water to bathe when we're hardly getting anything to drink so i guess that. it is funny because people come and beg that we vote for them during elections but they're not that now that they've won they don't even come and show their faces. about the conduct of the. climate change means some has

a holster and rains more unpredictable then these go on water in many places it is going down but what if you all you going to just move back toward it can you say you know what they could put in me so that people who do you can't afford to but you want to also get basic like the important work and that's a huge get access to water is quickly becoming a major issue of social justice. tennis now and in the women's wimbledon final later today serena williams will take on simona halep serino will be looking for her 8th victory of the all england club but she has another even greater milestone in mind one more major tournaments title would bring her level with australia as margaret court as the most successful player of all time. i serino volume's is on the cusp of

making tennis history is. already a legend and considered one of the greats of the sport the 37 year old has to chance to stand and known as the greatest woman to ever play. again i. i love what i do not wake up every morning and i get to be fit and i get to play sport and i need to play in front of crowds like at wimbledon not everyone can do that you know it's like if you really just kind of break it down and i have a great job and i love what i do and i'm still pretty good what i do 8 years so. that she faces a very unpredictable opponent in someone i had that i had a pesthouse chasing have very 1st wimbledon title i heard it's an amazing feeling and really excited and those are nervous because of this it's one of the best moments of my life so i'm trying just to enjoy as much as possible and could be happy that they could go through the fight. millions can take comfort in numbers

she's won 9 of the previous 10 meetings that this isn't just serino versus how that it's arena versus history. she's within touching distance of equalling mockridge quartz record 24 major wins a record that has stripped for 46 years one victory will do the job that she struggled to overcome that last hurdle since 2017 using a nasties u.s. open and wimbledon finals. serina needs to muslims to stand alone as the greatest but she'll be turning $38.00 in september and that means time is running out. to the men now and roger federer has reached the final at wimbledon after beating his longtime rival rafael a doll federer and nadal faced off at wimbledon for the 1st time since the final in 2008 federer won the opening sets and although in

a doll fought back to claim the 2nd federer dominated the remainder of that match to win by 3 sets to one. these swiss veteran faces novak djokovic in the final it's another clash of the titans the serbian world number one beat roberto about a goot in 4 sets between them those 2 finalists have won 12 wimbledon titles. and a reminder of the top story that we're following for you at this hour the united nations has told brussels that it needs to do more to stop migrants drowning in the mediterranean the u.n. wants the e.u. to resume rescue missions at sea despite resistance from some member states. and don't forget you can always get new d.w. news on the go just to get our apps from google play or from the app store and that'll give you access to all the latest news from around the world as well as push notifications for any breaking news you can also use that app to send us your photos and you'll be. there watching d.w.

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