♪ >>> for most of my life, libya was a word with bad associations. libya meant gadhafi.ibya meant terrorism. >> pan am flight 103 went down in a blazing fireball. >> libya meant a bad place where a comical, megalomaniacal dictator was the absolute power. nobody in libya, however, was laughing. >> reports of explosions. >> clashes between rioters and security forces. >> in 2011, what was previously unthinkable happened. the libyan people rose up and fought for their freedom. >> heavy battles raging around the libyan capital. >> they fought like hell. >> the rebels are about to force gadhafi's complete departure. >> and they recorded the whole thing on their cell phones. >> libya! ♪ i took a walk through this beautiful world ♪ ♪ felt the cool rain on my shoulder ♪ ♪ found something good in this beautiful world ♪ ♪ i felt the rain getting colder ♪ ♪ sha la la la la ♪ sha la la la la la ♪ sha la la la la ♪ sha la la la la la la ♪ >>> it's amazing arriving here %-p functioning at all. but it is. the fountains across from the corniche are operating. traffic works, kind of. at

but in the case of libya given the security situation and our presence in libya is naturally quite constrained, which gets to some of the points megan mentioned about the level of assistance that can be offered to the displaced persons and, in fact, to some 40,000 refugees as well who are, according to our last count in libya. mostly in the tripoli area. we've had to withdraw our international staff. we've got about 30 to 40 national staff in both benghazi principally in tripoli as well. concentrated in various neighborhoods because, as you said, they are very department on family connections and they have basically been obliged to go it alone in the libyan mess. we work through some international ngos, like international medical corps the danish refugee council as well as the libyan red crescent and some few national ngos that are able to get things accomplished. so we continue to try to keep a presence to provide some minimum, you know, material support to work with the individuals and respond to individual protection needs but there's no illusion here that anything significant on our part i

a military intervention in libya.f we take a look at the editorial and "le figaro" today, you can see a are talking about a second war in libya. europe is morally obliged to put an end to the war. we take a look at the italian press, i pulled out an opinion piece in "le stampa," libya is that the heart of the matter. in the short run, the eu needs to boot up its search and rescue operations. the issue of migration from africa into europe across the mediterranean can no longer be a managed as an emergency. this is no longer an emergency -- this is a structural phenomenon, and the article goes on to a that migration is becoming a bigger test for the european union banned the greek crisis. it is really going to test the unity of the european union. chris: ok, we're going to move to the middle east next. an arms deal between the friends and lebanon. florence: absolutely, that stories on the front page of "l'orient le jour," a lebanese paper. a 3 billion dollar deal funded by saudi arabia, on the front page, you can see a

but in the case of libya, given the security situation and our presence in libya is naturally quite constrained, which gets to some of the points megan mentioned about the level of assistance that can be offered to the displaced persons and, in fact, to some 40,000 refugees as well who are, according to our last count, in libya. mostly in the tripoli area. we've had to withdraw our international staff. we've got about 30 to 40 national staff in both benghazi, principally in tripoli as well. concentrated in various neighborhoods because, as you said, they are very department on family connections and they have basically been obliged to go it alone in the libyan mess. we work through some international ngos, like international medical corps, the danish refugee council as well as the libyan red crescent and some few national ngos that are able to get things accomplished. so we continue to try to keep a presence to provide some minimum, you know, material support to work with the individuals and respond to individual protection needs but there's no illusion here that anything significant on our par

obviously this is not a job that starts in libya. i would like my italian journalist friends to understand that libya, is the main problem, but they are part of a more complex greater problem that has to do with the risk of terrorist in filtrations in africa. we are feeling the pain of what happened at the university in kenya, but this regards africa as a whole as a continent. a few days ago we remembered that a year has gone by from when some 100 girls were kidnapped by boko haram and remember the hashtag bringbackourgirls. this is a moral imperative for all of us. therefore the issue of libya is something we have to place in a wider context. the technical solutions, our teams are looking at them every single day, and they are obviously technical solutions in which this there is a full awareness. the united states is next to the -- europe is next to the united states in a huge challenge that will bring the troops in our country to spend more time in afghanistan, much more -- so than we thought. obviously in terms of the technical so

he says libya has been forgotten. >> europe abandoned libya. they are raising their voice, saying they are causing a big threat to europe. the reason for this is because you have -- reporter: these weapons are museum pieces, but the way of the gun still rules here. city against city, tribe against tribe. western interference was not welcome. for many libyans, it is your's neglect that is partly responsible for the dead washing up on european shores. government collapse allowed people to be smuggled by people smugglers. this for -- before the islamic state drag the world's attention away from here. it is far from the mediterranean where you will find the roots of libya's crisis. libya's border with the rest of africa is open. we joined one of the few patrols . it runs only part-time. >> we have few resources. what is done comes from us, volunteers. there is no government here in europe is not helping. we need more help. reporter: libya's warning is that for as long as its borders are unsecured, europe's will be, too. anchor: for more on the situ

even though libya is for all intents and purposes a war zone, libya still does attract large number of migrants from, because they come looking for work in the libyan oil industry, or they maybe their way for another reason. libya has become a place from which human smugglers pack up ships of desperate refugees to take them on a very dangerous sea crossing from libya across the mediterranean sea into europe. the closest european lan they're trying to get to is the tiny italian island of lampadusa. it's seen hundreds of thousands risk that i lives to set foot on that tiny island as a way of getting themselves into europe. well, that human struggle produced maybe the deadliest single incident of human smuggling. nobody knows exactly how many hundreds were crammed onto a fishing vessel that rolled over and sunk about 120 miles from lampedusa, but it's feared that there's 700 to 900 people who have died. a commercial ship said the rollover might have been caused when people on deck all ran to one side to try to signal for the passing commercial vessel that they needed help. when all of tho

libya. before they made their way to khartoum and up to libya there is a western route as well, migrants who would have traditionally found work in libya now find themselves in the middle of the civil war with little option but to travel further on and into europe. let's bring in al jazeera al jazeera in the libyan city. tell us about where you are and what the situation is in libya as far as these migrants go. >> well, this has been turned into a holding center for the migrants. i'm just going to move out of the camera for a minute. this is the first floor. the corridor is completely packed and every single classroom is also completely packed. we have the same thing on the second floor. the people come here--this group comes from egypt. behind here you have some people from somalia. then behind them you have people from nigeria and from senegal and sierra leone. and all of them made that trip that you were just describing through the desert, through several countries. one young man told me

libya is also a station for migrants. have tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands of desperate young men and women who are trying to make it to europe and libya is the place. and human traffickers who deceive and manipulate and basically rob these poor myigrant migrants and put them on vessels, vessels that wreck on the high seas as we've seen over the weekend. in the past year, almost 1,000 migrants have died as a result of basically libya being the base for these particular migrants. now another 950 migrants according to one witness. it tells you about the scale of this humanitarian crisis. and it tells you how pivotal libya has become. not only for the exports of extremism and arms and fighters be up even for isil. that's why resolving the conflict in libya basically bridging the divide between the two rival governments, establishing a centralized authority -- >> is so incredibly important. >> to take care of the situation in the country. >> i had to talk about libya today with you, fawaz gerges. thank you so much. >

why libya. why are they going from libya? >> it is relatively uncovered space along the northern coast. it is just over 100 miles. it is a well trodden path. it is much like in america the routes that come up from central america as people try to get away from conditions that has led to --. katty: in the latest report they expect hundreds more to drown in the days ahead. do you think it is because the situation in libya is deteriorating so fast that we are seeing an uptick in numbers leaving the country? admiral stavridis: i think it is not only the unrest in libya but as word moves around the circuit from some of the other unsettled areas of africa it becomes clear this is the closest they can get to europe with a sea crossing. despite the dangers of coming by see it looks more appealing than trying to get through syria and turkey to europe over land. a longer and in some ways more dangerous journey. katty: had you see the situation in libya developing? the rise of the islamic state. the rise of migrants which must be destab

in libya.ds and relatives of some of the victims gathered in the capitol on monday and karen malone has more. >> reporter: there are few words to express this kind of pain. and was one of the dozens of ethiopia christians killed by i.s.i.l. in libya. his friends and family gathered on monday to mourn his death. but it hasn't fully sunk in yet. >> translator: i have never seen such a barbaric act and i'm shocked and cannot think of him being shot how on earth can such a horrible act happen to human kind how and why. >> reporter: video posted jonl line on sunday which appears to show i.s.i.l. fighters in libya shooting and be heading 30 ethiopia people and al jazeera will not show the video but some of the family have seen it and his older brother first heard about what happened on facebook. >> translator: we are very sad. all these people you see are not only neighbors but ethiopia people who came from the corner to give condolence and grieve with us and came after they saw a post on facebook ab

even though libya is for all intents and purposes a war zone, libya still does attract large numbers of migrants from other parts of africa either because people come there looking for work in the libyan oil industry or they make their way to libya for another reason which is libya has become a place from which human smuggers pack up ships full of desperate refugees to take them on a very, very dangerous sea crossing from libya across the mediterranean see into europe. the closest european lan they're trying to get to is the tiny italian island of lampadusa. which is completely isolated in the middle of the mediterranean, very far from everything but it is technically italy and lamp adduce sa has therefore seen hundreds of thousands of refugees risk their lives to try to set foot on that tiny island as a way of getting themselves into europe. well, that human struggle industry produced this weekend what may be the deadliest single incident of what is a very deadly illegal human smuggling industry. nobody knows exactly how many hundreds were crammed onto a fishing vessel that rolled o

isis is relatively small in libya. they have done this in conjunction with isis in iraq and isis in syria. they used the same media organization to put together the video. they use the example of christians in northern iraq to show how christians can live under isis rule. another brutal murderous video by isis. john. >> trying to portray the image of coordination. nic robertson in london. thank you. >>> the fbi has arrested at least six men in minneapolis and san diego in connection with an isis-inspired terror plot. details expected at a news conference later today. we know the plot involved young people traveling to syria or trying to in order to join up with isis. authorities say there was never any direct threat to the public. >>> nuclear talks with iran resume in vienna this week. the supreme leader ayatollah khomeini slammed the u.s. about the myth of the nuclear intentions. so far, he is still backing the negotiations. >>> a tsunami advisory has been lifted in the sea of japan after the 6.8 mahonynatude earthqua

coast guardianship off the libya coast and thanks so much for that.ians marking 100 years since the massacre of relatives and ancestors in what was territory during the first world war and help at the main memorial in the capitol and thousands armenians lying flags in tribute to those who died. armenia says 1.5 million killed and 20 other governments call the first genocide of the 20th century. turkey disputes figures and rejects the use of the word genocide and we have more. warned the village would be targeted by soldiers. >> translator: my mother covered her face with soot and dressed as a kurd and with my father he is a man with a mustache and asked what nationality are you and told them he was a kurt if they found out he was armenian he would be killed. walked 300 kilometers to safety and mothers abandoned their children along the way. >> when they were tired they couldn't hold the infants and through them in the river rather than leaving them on the ground where wild animals would eat them. >> eyewitness accounts are on display at the armenian g

the situation in libya, the proliferation of weapons and the situation in libya has created some concerns about smuggling weapons, and it is taking place in training tunisians in libya, and that's created some precautions about the influx of libyans in tunisia which are in context of the security and we have our home grown security threats and terrorists too, and there are a connection between all terrorist organizations through the region. the situation is not complex because the beginning of the revolution, when there was sort of libyan refugees the army did not have many assignments. -- in terms of security organizing refugee camps and now the army is quite small with so many missions and it is important in the war against terrorism, and they have the start of protecting borders, it's not -- it does not have the capacity to play the same role. these are some of the aspects we have. apart from these overnight and middle class refugees in tunisia, we have problem of nationals. we have around 200,000 africans who came for refugee status status in tunisia and most of them have one home or

in libya meanwhile 13 fighters loyal to former general hafta killed in fighting in benghazi.violence has been reported in tripoli as well as parts of southern benghazi three-day truce with forces loyal to government in libya collapsed on thursday. now armenians around the world are making 100 years since the massacre of their ancestor in ottoman territory in the first world war and 1.5 million people were killed in the first genocide of the century and they reject the ethnic campaign and we report from the capitol. >> reporter: 104-year-old watches his great, great grandchildren play. he was six when he and his parents left their farm in western armenia and was warned the village would be targeted by turk soldiers. >> translator: my mother covered her face with soot and dressed as a kurd and there is a photo of my father and had a mustache and they asked what nationality and he said a kurd if they found out he was arman yanukovich he would be killed. >> reporter: walked 300 kilometers to safety and will never forget seeing mothers abandon their children along the way. >> tran

and beyond libya. nick robertson, thank you. >>> the fbi has arrested six men across two cities in connection with an isistoday, president obama will host the crown prince of the united arab emirates. >>> a tsunami advisory lifted in the sea of japan. the 6.8 quake in the waters east of taiwan and south of okinawa caused buildings to sway in t'aipei. it caused people to seek higher ground. the tsunami warning was lifted about an hour after it was issued. right now, no reports of serious damage or injuries. >>> let's get an early start on your money. cristina alesci is here. good morning. >> mixed morning. asia shares are tumbling, but u.s. futures are shrugging it off. futures are higher after the rough end to the week. friday markets fell. the dow shed 279 points. the nasdaq and s&p were also down 1%. that was largely because the chinese government announced new regulations on trading. more bad news from china. the central bank recognizing the stanley. the first profit decline since 2009. the markets

isis is expanding in libya.he country's foreign minister is appealing for international help. >> we are appalled at this barbaric killing of 28 ethiopian nationals yesterday in libya. >> reporter: six months ago, isis was only just beginning to put down roots in libya. today, they're using this multilayered propaganda video. put together by the same media propagandaests isis uses in iraq and syria. portraying themselves not just as expanding in libya, but connected to isis central in syria. in iraq and syria, isis has repeatedly targeted christians. demanding they convert to islam, pay a non-muslim tax or face execution. the new video uses iraqi and syrian christians claiming they live safely under isis. but it's hardly the message most people are going to remember edited together with such brutal killings. erin. >> nic robertson thank you from london. out front phil nud, the author of the new book the head game. along with seth jones, senior official of u.s. special operations candidate during the iraq and afgh

>> let me talk to you about libya. all of the countries in this region are countries that are interested for and finding a solution barring none. we appreciate the work that certain countries are finally doing in the mediterranean area, northern africa starting by egypt and so all of the countries are part of this undertaking but please allow me to be very chlor. peace in libya either the tribes do this or no one will do this. no one will achieve this. the only way to achieve peace is that the tribes finally accept they will go to stabilization and peace. and our work is that of looking for this and favoring this of all levels so that the effort does lead to peace, the diplomatic initiatives that you are aware of and the ones that you are doing, and the ones that the foreign ministers are also trying to support and to study. obviously this is not a job that starts in libya i would like my italian journalist friends that libya we consider because they are across from us and they are the main problem but they are part of

for now they are stuck in libya's turmoil. al jazeera, in central libya. >>> a leading u.s.eported that freddy gray was trying to hurt himself when he died in police custody 11 days ago and the death sparked the baltimore reports and we report. >> reporter: a makeshift memorial has been set up here at the very intersection where freddy gray was arrested and we saw that now video of him screaming in pain being loaded in to that police van. now, with the police handing over their internal investigation over to state prosecutors, we came to this neighborhood and found a young man who said he witnessed everything that happened but yet he says police investigators have failed to even contact him about what he saw. >> i can't feel my leg hurt my leg hurt and got him up and dragged him to the patty wagon. >> no police contacted you? >> not at all so i don't know what they charged him when they said they did all that and didn't contact me yet. >> reporter: here in this community nobody we spoke to said they had any confidence in this police investigation. >> i want to believe that t

they are growing in libya and in afghanistan. so terrorism is on the move and we're not -- we do not have an effective strategy to stop it right now. >> the state department says it's reviewing the video. harris, back to you. >> elizabeth, thank you very much. >>> now let's go to iran on the latest nuclear negotiations. diplomats will go back at it this week. word from a senior comommander for iran's elite revolutionary guard that international nuclear inspectors will not be allowed to access any military sites under any deal. some lawmakers in washington are increasingly skeptical about any outcome. >> i think barack obama's deal is deteriorating before our eyes. i don't think there's a snowball's chance in hell that a deal will be set up. >> senator graham's thoughts coming amid rhetoric from iran. iran will respond with quote hot lead to anyone who speaks of letting inspectors into that country. so how is that exactly going to work? because the framework deal, as we know, includes a provision granting international inspectors

that has nothing to do with libya but libya just happens to be the way they choose to go. >> thank youvery much for talking with us u.k. ambassador in libya. >>> at least two soldiers and ten members of an armed group have within killed in two days of clashing. the fighting in the mountain thousand region is still going on. they have season regular violence in the last two years. syria's form security chief died of a stroke in the capital of damascus. he was known for his role as military intelligence before syria's withdraw in 2005. in february ghazali was beaten up by guards of the general who replaced him. he remained in hospital ever since then. >> it's a grate view. a look to the village and south. >> on objective was to isolate the regime from those causing it. >> we started by launching artillery against the barricades and then advanced to the infantry. in the up coming hours we'll have full control god willing. >> attempts to control the area by government forces have been met by fierce resistence. the area is strategic to both sides. and provinces and it's regimes by provinces

libya is divided. these men fight for the government in tripoli, but the world recognizes a rival leadership. all the two sides fight, isis has moved closer to europe. as tens of thousands of migrants have discovered, little lies between the libyan coast and italy. -- the libyan -- it could be their gateway to europe. we were given exclusive access to a secret libyan jail holding isis fighters. omar is from a neighboring country. he was captured. >> isis ones to bring down arab governments in order to establish a cell if it. -- from a cellophane. from there, the u.s. is next. they say those regimes need to change, then they will move into spain, italy, and so on. iis has launched a wave of suicide attacks. already the islamic state on the mediterranean is a threat that libya alone cannot contain. quentin somerville. katty: there's a lot of confusion in yemen tonight. airstrikes relaunched a day after it was announced the campaign has ended. the houthis continued their assault's attacking the headquarte

but they are from libya and elsewhere.the third piece i would like to mention is the vacuum of authority into the insecurity and instability create a pathway however risky it may be to transit and make their way is to safer shores and then also for some of the 40,000 so refugees themselves to exit. so we have seen an increase in the outflow and not to conjure up images from years ago but that's what they are and we've seen to tragedy last week that the renter of the risks in doing what they do. they are forced to flee because of the circumstances. they will transit through such a secure environment and be at the behest of traffickers and they will try to make their way to europe and elsewhere so i hope we can talk about that but i also don't want to abuse my opening time is. it is very appreciative to make the link. >> may be to start with you we know from other experiences that the longer the protracted situation the less likely they are to go home. >> one issue for example this is going to be a complex protest. it's goin

>> the number one point that has to be addressed is libya. unless libya is secure, what we are seeing today the tragedy we are witnessing today will not be the last in the next few months. we will see more of this and anyone turning a blind eye to the situation europe turning a blind eye to the situation the community turning a blind eye we will all be judged in the same way that history has judged those who have turned a blind eye at genocides that took place over the decades. the first point is securing libya, and then making sure to help a government of national or -- national military in libya to secure the borders and make sure that the criminals and it's nothing short of criminals who are managing these migrants, the migrants at this point in time. >> can i just jump in here -- >> malta's prime speaking to us earlier. >> police in south africa arrested more than 300 people in a string of attacks against foreigners. dozens of foreign owned shops have been looted and torched. the president said it goes against south african values and can

right in the north of libya. by shooting at an entirely different location hundreds of miles away close to the southern border. they're trying to portray themselves as spread all across libya. what they're also doing here is using the same media group that isis uses in iraq and syria. to put to the this video to create the impression here they're not just spreading across libya, but that they are spreading across the middle east. it's a multiple message, convert to islam or die. we're spreading. that's isis' message here. alisyn? >> so troubling. thank you for all of that background. let's tackle of this with fareed zakaria, the author of "in defense of a liberal education" and host of fareed zakaria gps. great to see you. this is heartbreaking this morning. there are these two unfolding stories as we speak at this hour there are rescue attempts in the mediterranean, possibly futile rescue attempts trying to find there are estimates that at least 700 people went down in this capsized boat trying to get from libya

most began their journey in libya. talking it to people willing to take the journey across the sea in the hope of a better future. >> reporter: they escaped war and poverty, travelling for weeks, sometimes months to reach europe. -- libya, the gate way for a better life in europe. baba almost made it when his boat was intercepted. it was intercepted by the libyan coast guard. it was on the same day another carrying 400 migrants capsized. >> they got me and put me in container. and i come here. i don't know this place. somewhere in here. we don't understand where. they said they will help us, leave us free. >> reporter: mohammed was on the journey, escaping sierra leone, after his parents died of ebola last year. >> we are orphans without anybody. we don't have any help of anybody. >> now they are in a detention center on the outskirts of misrata. 1,000 people are held here. the building used to be a school the classrooms are cramped. they come from sub-saharan countries, some from as far as bangladesh. >> there's one t

that's still not case in libya. however if the international community isn't swift in reactingreacting they can take advantage of this stronghold in libya. they were able to do that in yemen where they created a breeding ground of recruitment and there is fear they can do that in libya. that is not only the gateway to the middle east but you take a look at kenya libya nigeria those areas can be frightening if they don't counter that immediately. >> the foreign minister of the u.n. recognized government that's the one in tobruk, he asked for arms from the international community to fight the likes of i.s.i.l. do you think that more of these videos coming out which obviously has a huge impact on western media that makes the ponltd ofpossibility of military intervention in libya more likely? >> i would hope not. the preeftion previous iteration of i.s.i.l, that being al qaeda addressing fragile governments that's what they're taking advantage of is fragile governments who aren't able to deliver services and have fragil

with libya, i.s.i.l. fighters killed two members of forces loyal to the legally installed tripoli government. the attack happened near cert. the 156th brigade was on patrol. five were injured in the attack. elsewhere in libya, there has been fighting between rival factions after a truce collapsed. there has been violence between different groups, loyal to libya's two rival governments. the truce announced wednesday to stop the fighting and allow residents to go back to their homes. >> heavy fighting is continuing on the ground in southern yemen between the popular resistance forces and houthi rebels. those backed by ali abdullah saleh are battling those of the former president. they are concerned iranian ships may be carrying arms for the rebels. the u.s. aircraft carrier "theodore roosevelt" is moving into waters off yemen. carter warned not to fan the flames, but did not say whether ships would be forcefully bordered. >>> a look off the coast of yemen, u.s.s. "roosevelt", and "normandy" bridges the numb

i don't plan to be an expert on libya.ose who are tell me that the principle protagonists in this civil war are not motivated by ideology. they're motivated by old-fashioned motives, territory, tribal loyalties, economic interests. and i take that as a positive. very difficult to reconcile people who are fighting each other on ideology, but if people are really fighting over territory and money and oil, it is easier to find solutions which divide the -- divide the riches and this is a rich country. so i would be moderately optimistic but no more than that, cautiously optimistic that there could be a chance of a government of national unity. i do think that the presence of isil in the country, the inevitability that there will be continued intervention by outside patterns against isil in libya, if a libyan government is not formed, that is able to deal with the problem itself, i do think those are helpful points of pressure on the two sides in the civil war to think very hard about whether it is in their collective best int

for now they are stuck in libya's turmoil.era, central libya. >>> a leading newspaper in the united states is reporting that freddy gray was trying to hurt himself when he died in police custody 11 days ago the incident that sparked the baltimore riots and gabrielle is in baltimore engaging reaction to the washington post article and investigation into freddy gray's death. >> reporter: a makeshift memorial has been set up here at the very intersection where freddy gray was arrested and we saw the video of him screaming in pain being loaded in to that police van. now, with the police handing over their internal investigation over to state prosecutors, we came to this neighborhood and found a young man who said he witnessed everything that happened but yet he says police investigators have failed to even contact him about what he saw. >> my leg hurts and they got him up and started dragging him to the patty wagon. >> no police contact you? >> no police contact me at all, i don't know what they did when he said he did all that an

we have an update from the northwestern coast of libya. >>reporter: this is a school that's turned into a holding center. there's about 1,000 people here. it's overcrowded. the people here come from ethiopia nigeria, gambia senegal, egypt, some from somolia. and they all dream of reaching europe. i asked several of them if they had heard of what happened over the past weekend, the hundreds of people who died. some said yes. some said no. but all of them said that despite the threat and danger they will still take their chance if they can and try to make it to europe. for many it's their only hope for a better life. one young guy said i cannot go back home. there's nothing for me. at least with the trip i have some hope. otherwise i have no hope whatsoever. put up in place. libyans do feel now that the finger is pointed at them but they also say that it is really not in their hands to control this flow of migrants who are only trying to get a better life. >>> now the u.n. says that more than 110,000 people have fled fighting between iraqi g

libya at this moment is a country very dangerous for migrants. they're targets of abuses and violence. it is very important to continue find solutions and offer legal entry channels to migrants. >> thank you for talking with us on the al jazeera news hour. >> now saudi arabia said that the defensive it is leading in yemen has military capabilities. another line to this story what have we been hearing about ali abdullah saleh. >> we have heard that he once again offered to exit from yemen with his family, and in exchange he'll abandon the houthis. he has september his envoy and the reports that we have right now conveying this message to the saudis and other gulf nations. we have also learned from the same official that they have been rejected by the gcc countries. right before the beginning of the strikes three weeks ago former president ali abdullah saleh sent another envoy to saudi arabia with exactly this offer, but it was rejected at this time. ali abdullah saleh is a shrewd politician and a wiley man. hehe will not fight to the death. he wan

in libya and friends and family gathered on monday to mourn his death.s not fully sunk in yet. >> translator: i have never seen such a barbarick act and shocked and ruthless and cannot think of him being slaughtered, how can a horrible act happen to human kind how, why? >> reporter: a video was posted online on sunday which appears to show i.s.i.l. fighters in libya be heading and shooting ethiopiaen and we will not show the video but family seen it and the brother hard about what happened on facebook. >> translator: stories are great and we are very sad, all these people you see are not only neighbors but ethiopia people from every corner to give condolence and grieve with us and came here after they saw the post on facebook against the act against fellow citizens when a human is slaughtered like a sheep it's horrific. >> reporter: with his close friend and neighbor and call their families regularly as they travel to sudan and libya together. they had hoped to get on a boat to europe and start a new life. their friends say there are no good job opportun

obviously, this is not a job that starts in libya. i would like my italian journalist friends to understand that libya, which we consider because they are a cross from us, they are the main problem, but they are part of a more complex problem that has to do with the risk of terrorist infiltration'ss in africa. we are feeling the pain for what happened at the university of greece in kenya. -- the university in kenya. but this regards africa as a whole continent. a few days ago, we remembered that a year has gone by from when someone hundred girls were kidnapped by boko haram -- some 100 girls were kidnapped by boko haram. remember the hashtag bring back our girls. this is something we have to place in a wider context. the technical solutions our teams are looking at them every single day, and they are obviously technical solutions for which there is a full awareness. europe is next to the united states and a huge challenge that will lead troops to spend much more time in afghanistan than we thought. if the coalition with the united sta

those lost off libya this weekend had no such luck. their ship sank in deep water at night miles from shore. only a few dozen survivors have been found. a tiny fraction of the 950 one survivor claims were on board. survivors say when this ship approached, many thought they were being rescued and rushed to one side to be seen. their boat capsized reportedly with hundreds locked below. just last week 400 migrants drowned when their ship capsized off libya. conflicts in air strike, syria and libya are pushing people to escape economic and political hardship. many are running for their lives. >> people are fleeing in desperation and not out of choice. they're fleeing because their lives depend on safety. >> reporter: thousands of them this past week alone, some 1500 have died trying to escape equal to the number who perished on the titanic. >>> today thereby second day in new hampshire for hillary clinton's campaign. she's facing new questions about her time as secretary of state. a new book by a former bush aid claims that foreign entetie

we also spoke about libya as the president said. i just had a meeting -- during this meeting i am convinced that the united states and i, the president and i, are fully on the same page in the next few weeks, we will see that we will reach the fruits of all this commitment. everything that happens in the mediterranean sea is not merely something that has to do with security and, of course, it is, but at the same time it has to do with justice and the dignity of mankind. this is why the very authoritative cooperation that the united states can offer is for italy and extremely important fact. we also spoke about the ukraine and we spoke about russia as the president mentioned. we also mentioned all the issues that have to do with iran and the very complex framework in the middle east. i believe that it's very important for us to underscore how, as part of this great alliance, guided by the united states, we is a reference point not just for our choices but for the ideals, the cultural battle that all of us have to fight, this is why,

as you say, you need to deal with the source of problem, the problems in libya. what about those that are behind this. how much are they encouraged by the money, and those feeling that they can be rescued. there's absolutely no security arrangement here. if there are no security forces. criminals are beheaded. development aid and all the rest we told things will be different in four years. now there's a sad situation. we have a state which is almost a failed state. there needs to be a consensus among libyans allowing the international community to intervene in the way the libyans would want, to make sure that the borders are secure and take out the criminals. they are nothing less than criminals. >>> all right. it was good to have you on the show to talk us though what is happening in iran. and the rescue operation that you are involved in. telling us that what you are hearing is 50 people possibly have been saved. so a big loss of life if that is, indeed, true that 700 people were on board that boat that went down. a reminder that you can keep up to date with al

libyas has had a challenge for years. what we were able to do is ac cell rate the departure of a tyrant tyrant. the libyans had the opportunity to put something right in place and that has not happened. we've seen the collapse of governments throughout the middle east and north africa. what i find most interesting is nobody is talking about who pays for this how does this work. clearly the united states can step up and it never has altered or stepped away from a challenge like this to embrace humanitarian crises like this. the issue really becomes, how do you get at the root cause? i totally agree it's better to have a problem solved in syria, libya, and north africa and elsewhere in the middle east than launch a bunch of folks on boats. the only price of admission is how much they can afford to pay the smugglers. that's where we get into a problem with the potential integration of terrorists in that type of a scenario we see. >> it's a human tragedy unfolding right now. you're both absolutely right. francois thanks very

>> let me talk to you about libya. all of the countries in this region are countries that are interested for and finding a solution barring none. we appreciate the work that certain countries are finally doing in the mediterranean area, northern africa starting by egypt and so all of the

obviously this is not a job that starts in libya. i would like my italian journalist friends to understand that libya which we consider because they're across from us the main problem, but they're part of a more complex, greater problem that has to do with the risk of terrorist infiltrations in africa. we are feeling the pain for what happened at the university in kenya, but this regards africa as a whole as a continent. a few days ago, we remember a year has gone by from when some 100 girls were kidnapped by bocaw boko haram and remember the #bringbackourgirls. therefore, the issue of libya is something we have to place in a wider context. the technical solutions, our teams are looking at them every single day and there are obviously technical solutions in which there is a full awareness, for which there is a full aware awareness awareness. the united states is next. europe is next to the united states. in a huge challenge that will bring the troops in our country to spend more months more time in afghanistan, much more so than we h

with the on set of summer, many more migrants are expected to reach the coast of libya.e here heard about the shipwrecks that recently cost the lives of hundreds in the mediterranean sea. still it's a risk they are prepared to take. >> translator: yes it's dangerous, but there is no work in my country. that's why i'll take that risk. maybe i'll die, i am scared but i have no other option, i have no spoken to my mother in months she doesn't know if i am alive or dead. but i have to work. earn some money and then i can see her again. it bill take four or five years. >> reporter: it's despair that made them flee so far from home. despite the risks escaping war-torn libya by sea to europe remains their only hope for a safe he have future. al jazerra. misrata. >>> saudi-led coalition planes have again struck houthi positions in yemen in new raids overnight. and u.s. secretary of defense ash carter says he's concerned iranian ships heading towards the country may be carrying weapons for houthi rebels. the u.s. aircraft carrier uss theodore ross roosevelt is near. qatar warped

but the point of deputy tur for many seeking the new life is libya. why is everywhere coming towards libya, making that the most popular point of departure. it's because libya is a lawless place. it doesn't have a proper coast guard at the moment. people are actually run the smuggling networks that are running or masterminding the travel of these migrants. also they would have got into libya and get out easily, easily i say - it is difficult for the migrants they are kept in horrendous decision some in detention. some are working almost as slave labour to raise enough money to pay the $2,000 to get them across. when they get on the rickety boats, they do not have a trained captain, it's a migrant themselves who are forced to take over control of the boat. if they make it to italy or malta, they are prosecuted. they are the people that ram the boat from libya to the coastline of italy. >> and i was wondering whether we should make the distinction between those people who are fleeing conflict clearly like those who are trying to get away from syria and

envoy to libya. >>> iraqi forces slowly advance to try to retake an area from isil. >>> and the fights on to rid the world of mustard gas a century after it was used on the killing fields of world war i. ♪ >>> the saudi-lead coalition has launched more strikes in yemen, despite an announcement that the air campaign is over. fighter jets struck houthi targets in ta'izz and aden. while the head of saudi arabia's naval unit has told al jazeera that they are also increasing security at the border. >> of course we're upgrading our capabilities and our operations we are increasing our battalions monitoring the borderline all along, of course and the rest of the area. >> a houthi activist says the saudi-lead coalition has failed in its mission. >> the main goal was to restore hadi's legitimacy but at the end, they only -- as they mentioned they only secured the security of the -- the gulf nations, which they have changed their goals. and hadi is still in saudi arabia and the yemeni army are advancing everywhere. >> mohamed vall has more now from the saudi yemeni border. >> reporter: for thos