people have been dying in the mediterranean since the seventy's since actually the e.u. closed its borders and this continued very open visa regime and started the border region that we know today with clothing off the borders for than for the. i can only say we have been people have been dying there before we came and people are dying there now that there are almost no rescue ships left in the area and there are lots of more boats in the past couple of days without any rescue ships around kristie about scaife from say what thanks so much for joining in so much fear. the u.s. says it is preparing to raise tariffs on all remaining chinese imports as the trade dispute between washington and beijing escalates how those tariffs will affect another $300000000000.00 worth of chinese gets the 1st round of terrify chs took effect just off to make night on friday raising tariffs to 25 percent on $200000000000.00 of chinese goods shipped off to that deadline the tax hike kicked in a few hours before negotiations in washington ended without an agreement. he ws all of a salad sent u

people have been dying in the mediterranean since the seventy's since actually the e.u. closed its borders and this continued very open visa regime and started the border regime that we know today with clothing off the borders for than for the. i can only say we have been people have been dying there before we came and people are dying there now that there are almost no rescue ships left in the area and there are lots of more boats in the past couple of days without any rescue ships around christabel ski from see what thanks so much for joining so much fear. the united states is deploying an assault ship and a missile battery to the persian gulf to bolster other military vessels already in the area the u.s. said the move is in response to a possible threat to u.s. forces in the region by around but they didn't specify the nature of that threat iran has just dismissed the claim the new deployed vessels of the u.s.s. allington which transports marines and conventional landing proff as well as the patriot air defense system they will join the u.s.s. abraham lincoln carrier

people have been dying in the mediterranean since the seventy's since actually the e.u. closed its borders and this continued very open visa regime and started the border region that we know today with clothing off the borders for the for the. i can only say we have been people have been dying there before we came and people are dying there now that there are almost no rescue ships left in the area and there are lots of more boats in the past couple of days without any rescue ships around christer that's k. from see what thanks so much for joining in so much. china's top trade negotiator says he's cautiously optimistic his country can still reach a trade deal with the united states vice premier league you heard made the comments after the us announced plans to raise tariffs on all remaining chinese imports the new levies target $300000000000.00 worth of chinese products including consumer electronics now that's on top of $200000000000.00 worth of products hit by a 1st round of u.s. terrify kes on friday these come off to negotiations between the 2 sides ended without agr

people have been dying in the mediterranean since the seventy's since actually the e.u. closed its borders and this continued very open visa regime and started the border region that we know today with clothing off the borders for than for the. i can only say we have been people have been dying there before we came and people are dying there now that almost no rescue ships left in the area and there are lots of more boats in the past couple days without any rescue ships around christer about steve from say what thanks so much for joining so much. ok let's have a look at some of the other stories making news around the world today the u.s. says it is preparing to raise tariffs on all remaining chinese imports affecting another $300000000000.00 worth of goods this sell for a 1st round of tara tara fights took effect as negotiations in washington ended without a breakthrough china says the 2 sides will continue talks in beijing. scuffles have broken out in hong kong's legislative assembly pro democracy and pro beijing lawmakers clashed made high tensions over a proposed in

ships left in the mediterranean one of which. again the last time this lasted for a week so we will see how long this notice because usually the vega liberations of irregularities onboard never prove. founded on anything. they bring you in on a what you would say was a trumped up charge and then they are actually properly investigated and then you're allowed to go on your way you get your ship back just totally actually the sea was three hours ship from sea watch has just been freed by a court in the netherlands who decided on who ruled that the netherlands blocking our ships from leaving port did this not on a legal basis and so our ship is now being prepared to go back and mission after being left for one month and how do these missions work do you just sort of sail around waiting for something to happen or do you sort of see things going on and then go and investigate well today i. sadly the rescue coordination center is in multan in italy they don't cooperate with us anymore so you've got these a government a coast guard unit

still the people are still drowning in the mediterranean just last friday about 60 people drowned off the coast of tunisia and if there was not going to be a you know a solution for this problem people would still be trying to cross the mediterranean which is very deadly according to the u.n. people would still be dying now especially in the summer season ok thanks so much for looking into this for us to. or us on this story thanks very much. well celebrities and fans both young and old have been paying tribute to doris day who passed away at the age of 97 a movie star's wells a very popular singer she embodied body the energy and enthusiasm of an upbeat post-war america her career was started with blockbuster films where she played alongside hollywood's leading that. doris day and rock hudson from the 959 romantic comedy pillow talk the most popular film of days remarkable career she was one of hollywood's brightest stars in the 1950 s. and sixty's a multi-talented blonde starlet with german roots day who was born dog was fun cup of coffee checked all the boxes acting singing and dan

some is coming the seas are calm on the people smugglers of ramping up their deadly trade in the mediterranean some migrants were rescued today but as many as seventy trapped and governments are increasingly restricting the work of humanitarian rescue. conducts three missile tests within a week now so supreme leader kim jong il looks on the visiting island in the south it's getting ready for the worst. on sunday will reveal the champions of the english premier league it will either be the leaders manchester city all in liverpool or only training by a point in the last round of the six. i'm welcome to the program. the trade dispute between the united states and china is heating up and is likely to have far reaching consequences for the global economy the two sides eventa talks for the day but they're still negotiating even though the president trump is just more than doubled tariffs on two hundred billion dollars of chinese imports beijing says it will take necessary countermeasures but mr trump says there's no rush to strike a deal. and polite handshake and the u.s. and chinese delegations par

their policy is making the mediterranean sea a huge graveyard. phil: they're not the people who trade in people going out to sea. they don't put the people in the boats. chris: lots of people are stuck in libya, lots of people are stuck in illegitimate detention, torture and slavery. they have to leave this country. the civil war is raging again more than in the last ones. people are shot in these migrant detention centers. the people need to leave and the only way to leave libya at the moment is through the sea. phil: these are desperate people. thank you. in venezuela, two lawmakers have sought refuge in foreign embassies as the government widens its crackdown on allies of opposition leader juan guaido after the government arrested some in the national assembly. reporter: for supporters of juan guaido, the aftermath of last week's coup attempt is proving dangerous. stripped of immunity, richard blanco andnd a amorico dgrasso s sought safety in the embassies of italy. they're trying to avoid the fate of the vice president of the opposition run a

this ship is one of the very few rescue ships still in operation in the mediterranean context said other european union member states had agreed to take some of these people a sign that the e.u.'s migrant distribution agreements are working albeit on an ad hoc basis although far fewer people are headed to europe than at the peak of migration in two thousand and fifteen thousand still take the perilous journey every month and a summer brings better weather conditions the number of attempted crossings is likely to increase. let's talk about this with a crisscross he's a member of sea watch one of the aid organizations providing migrant boats in distress with humanitarian assistance at sea welcome to date you know that you've been on a number of these rescue missions but now that another of these boats has been seized it actually left out that well the. rescue boat has been seized before and has been freed before so actually at the moment there are three active rescue ships left in the mediterranean one of which has now been seized again but the last time this lasted for a week so we will s

and malta have previously denied entry to lifeline and want to discourage migration across the mediterranean what do you think this verdict does mean then for migrant oper rescue operations rather in the mediterranean i think it's a very sad and also dangerous signal for these n.g.o.s who are trying to rescue people in the military ring and now they have the feeling that also the judicial system in their opinion is not is not on their side and although the people are still drowning in the mediterranean last friday we saw that 6 of the people who embarked from. libya are drowned off the coast of tunisia so the problem is still there and the n.g.o.s they don't think that it can be solved by prohibiting them from rescuing people in the sea all right our correspondent now to set us covering the story for us thank you so much for joining us now it is a big weekend ahead for fans of camp pop music and cutthroat nationalism it's the euro vision song contest which takes place in tel aviv on saturday. this here is the net part philia last year's winner who has brought the european contest to israel s

for the job if this ship is one of the very few rescue ships still in operation in the mediterranean context said of the european union member states had agreed to take some of these people a sign that the e.u.'s migrant distribution agreements are working albeit on an ad hoc basis although far fewer people are headed to europe than at the peak of migration in 201-5000 still take the perilous journey every month and a summer brings better weather conditions the number of attempted crossings is likely to increase. south africa's governing african national congress is heading for a 6th straight term in power but with a diminished mandate with all votes counted the a.n.c. has been declared the winner with 57.5 percent but that's a low its share since multi-ethnic democracy 25 years ago the party has been battling corruption scandals a sluggish economy and record unemployment even so it was far ahead of its closest rival the opposition democratic alliance which trailed at just under 21 percent. now to some of the other stories making news around the world. couples have broken out in hong

it's all of us europeans responsibility to avoid this mass hemorrhage of human lives in the mediterranean we were shocked that $250.00 people died crossing the berlin wall during a generation of cold war and now we seem to accept 2500 or more people dying pe year in the mediterranean what is it again a sit down with a verdict of the so-called european civilization we cannot have that happening all right let's take a look at some sports news now and on sunday we will see one of the most exciting battles for the english premier league title reigning champions manchester city are just one point ahead of liverpool who haven't won an english league title for 29 is liverpool with 7 points ahead of manchester city in january before the defending champions clawed their way back to manchester city hope to do what hasn't been done since 2009 to retain the premier league title they are in pole position with $95.00 a head of liverpool but will have guardiola steam buckle under the pressure in their match against brighton that it is a game that everything can happen it's more pressure because one mist

search and rescue operations to be stepped up in the mediterranean after one of the deadliest ship wrecks involving migrants so far this year at least $65.00 microns drowned after their boat capsized off the coast of tunisia on friday the tunisian navy was able to rescue 16 people survivors said most of those on board the boat were from bangladesh had departed from libya on thursday. italy's populace government often faces criticism for its opposition to mass migration but as long pursued a close port policy and stands accused of restricting the work of humanitarian groups on friday 30 people who were skewed were allowed to disembark in lampedusa of the southernmost point of italy after other european countries agreed to take them in but italy promptly seized the rescue vessel and the far right interior minister. declared in a tweet that this would be the last trip for the ship. risk youth from a sinking ship. an italian boat the morri julio run by a humanitarian charity save them 40 kilometers off the libyan coast. the city migrants including 2 pregnant women of 5 children according to t

the other group is eating a high fat low carb mediterranean diet with pulses nuts fish and plenty of vegetable oil. 500 people taking. the scientists want to know which diet helps to keep the test subjects physically and mentally fit for longer. the doctors do regular blood tests for things like blood sugar limpid and inflammatory markers which provide information on chronic illnesses the tests also show whether the individual has been sticking to the diet. throughout the entire study the doctors a monitoring participant health. this study will not be complete for another 3 years but well conducted extensive studies carried out by hospitals still have one drawback most of the participants have some kind of prior health issues such as high blood pressure increased levels or excess weight they may therefore respond more quickly or more noticeably to a change in diet than a healthy person would to do the results still apply to healthy people endocrinologist andrus 5 says yes and the only is the sort of one for order with diet it's not that you become terminally ill overnight but what yo

so now we're going to cook mediterranean style fried vegetables with chicken action and action. first we make the sauce. so what kind of vegetables to usually use is it important you can choose all you want but my favorites are. juice and. the car. coach the cup which you know and. i think of the onion richard tables they are a lot of and and a good with a bullet for our health. and to using lentils actually you have cooking lentils here illegally and you have a neuron tells us that about a. lot of where your ball protein high among you can use it as a protein source excellent protein source and it tastes very good so if you don't want to eat some meats you can go for the lentils then as a target if. it's essential to use then the other vegetables but grain. so all sorts of leaves little. nice color yeah yeah the color healthy and there's not one artificial coloring in there also i mean it's amazing isn't it usually with all those products you can buy in some kind of convenience stores they always put full artificial colors which are actually not good for your health this is rea

the un stepped in on a case between the mediterranean island of malta and three teenagers who are facing terrorism charges the african nationals have been accused of hijacking an all time off the coast of libya back in march they are due to appear in court later this month but the u.n. believes the charges don't fit the crime. we call on the authorities in malta to reconsider the terrorism charges laid against three teenagers who were arrested on the twenty eighth of march following the docking of the el his blue one commercial vessel in the country in spite of the fact that two of the miners all three of the accused were held in the high security division of an adult prison after they were reportedly interrogated by the authorities we have made our concerns clear to the maltese authorities about the treatment of the three young migrants and what we believe to be exaggerated charges against them three teenagers accused of hijacking the blue one after the tanker had rescued one hundred african migrants from another vessel but after finding out that they were heading back to libya its clai

whenever possible, we support made up's maritime operations in the mediterranean. together with the dutch navy, we have provided that with nato. finally, we will contribute to the new focused personnel on senior and flight level as we believe in the importance of the transgenic link -- transatlantic link. i wish i could give you a comprehensive, but brief review of the german navy with regard to give abilities and commitment. a prevailing debate about. even more important, we need to stand together because the strongest and most beneficial investment we could possibly make is the investment in a trustful and confidential, mutual cooperation. no nato, no nation will be able to defend its freedom on its own. we have been and will be in the future a partner to rely upon. thank you for your attention. [applause] >> admiral. >> ladies and gentlemen, first thell, please give me opportunity to thank our host, the navy league, and the cover events of introduction -- comprehensive introduction. the next few minutes, i will tell you something about the region and the romania

in mediterranean waters, as you say, dozens mediterranean waters, as you say, d oze ns of mediterraneany, dozens of migrants dying as they attempted to reach europe. this is unfolding in waters around a0 miles off the tunisian city of sfax, and local fishermen it seems to be mounting some sort of rescue effort, managed to pull some 16 survivors out of the water, but many were missing. the un workers tell us that they believe at least 50 drowned, but tunisian officials are talking in terms of at least 70. we know that this boat was carrying people from sub—saharan africa, we are not sure exactly which countries, but we know that they left from the area around down the libyan coast, an area where we hear of migrants boarding boats and setting off to europe. let's get some of the day's other news: two frenchmen who were abducted last week by islamists while on safari in benin have been rescued. it was in a covert operation in neighbouring burkina faso. two women hostages — one american, one south korean — were also rescued. two french commandos were killed. the venezuelan government says i

whenever possible we also support maritime sea garden in the mediterranean. together with a dutch navy we provide nato's task until 2020 which will be certified this year and finally we'll contribute also to the jf krrcc norfolk. ladies and gentlemen i hope i can give you comprehensive but brief view on performance of the german navy with regards to commitments and capabilities. a view that might be brought by the prevailing debate about cash only. even more important, we need to stand together because the strongest and most beneficial investment we could possibly make is the investment in a trustful and confidential mutual cooperation. no nato, notation will be able to defend its freedom on its own and we have been and we will be also in the future a partner to rely upon. thank you for your attention. [ applause ] >>> ladies and gentlemen, first of all, please give me the opportunity to thank our host the navy league and for the comprehensive introduction. in the next few minutes i'm going to tell you something about the romanian navy which is based and is d

another study says berries and nuts along with a mediterranean diet are good for our brain mediterranean means lots of green leafy vegetables fish or chicken been whole grain products an olive oil traditionally a glass of wine is part of the meal but few sweets fried foods or red meat study suggest this diet could cut the risk of developing alzheimer's disease in the half one possible explanation the older we get the more chronic inflammation there. tends to be in the brain. the idea is that the berries nuts and mediterranean foods contain antioxidants that might reduce that inclination and slow down memory loss. if outlet is read write. it. do you have a science question that you've always wanted answered it we're happy to help out send it to us as a video text over smell if we answer it on the show we'll send you a little surprise as a thank you cannot just ask. the finest dot com slash science although drop us a line at e.w. underscores site tech on facebook dot science. this week's question comes from the rock. do people really only use 10 percent of their brain. then surely telep wi

we're accompanying albanian border police on patrol in the mediterranean they want to show us they're getting tough on the mafia which controls the drug trade here. because the italian police are better equipped they're helping the albanians fight the drug smugglers. the officers fly down this fishing boat. they searched the cabin but find nothing suspicious. that we've had smugglers who had heroin in car tires or oil tanks and up to get the last time we discovered ten kilos of heroin and i don't mean to brag but in the last two years the police and its partners have become more effective and reduce the drug trade to a minimum. probably. but the numbers tell another story in twenty seventeen euro paul the e.u. agency for law enforcement cooperation listed albania as europe's biggest producer of cannabis and a major drug trafficking harb. albania is one of the poorest countries in europe. here the average monthly income is around three hundred thirty euros. get the capital tirana is full of luxury cars. and the construction industry is booming. where is all the money coming from. journ

then just starting to grate what happened to them in the mediterranean say. to. others in our beds creeper in deep shock they still wake and some are ill because the waters will code they bite sank in the middle of the night they were rescued off to dorn says. we. ate a whole. day to. see. all of the passengers were men sent to stuff talk to them about their fight for journey in some cases these people paid thousands of euros they dreamed of beginning a new life in europe they could not have imagined the risk would be this high. if. they didn't make it then instead they back not far from where they started in tunisia having lost friends relatives and acquaintances in that deadly say. some sports news now in men's tennis the final pairing at the madrid open has been confirmed with novak djokovic facing stefano sets of paths later today so it's a pass knocks out the tournament's record a champion rafael nadal in 3 sets stunning the world number 2 in a coming of age performance the match ended 642663 in his favor and means people battle it out for the title against

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for years refugees have been trying to reach italy via the mediterranean the e.u. has failed to relocate them evenly across the member states and italy has been largely left alone with a crisis far right populist seize the moment and were voted into power now the government has closed its english pause as a result the number of refugees arriving in spain quadrupled in 2018 to 40000 feet . that. i'm eating evil sunny he used to pick tomatoes as a day laborer now he loves and lyman campaigns against the exploitation of refugees in southern the police agricultural sector. is. cheney against her for refugees he cut her living as day laborers. but. that sort of many of the harvest workers live in the ghetto because they hope to find work in the fields to level the litigators of lost places or cities within the city marked by desperation and crime. beat up what a lot of it. was in on tells me that the mafia is involved in aspects courses of sr. so called up what ani act is intermediaries controlling the migrant workers often forcibly. and the cost of transporting food an

then just starting to grate what happened to them in the mediterranean say. to. others in our beds creeper in deep shock they still wake and some are ill because the waters will code they bite sank in the middle of the night they are rescued off to dorn says. we. ate a whole. day to. see if all of the passengers will man sent to stuff talk to them about their fight for journey in some cases they staple type thousands of euros they dreamed of beginning a new life in europe they could not have imagined the risk would be this high. b. c. . they didn't make it then instead they back not far from where they started in tunisia having lost friends relatives and acquaintances in that deadly say. down in the bundestag or by ends nil nil troll meant title chances would remain alive as long as they defeated fortunatus little home they didn't make it easy for themselves the dome and get over the line and benchley to take all 3 points. before kickoff fans paid tribute to the departing christian who are sick the usa captain joins premier league side chelsea this summer after 5

and multi have turned away rescue ships of recent months to discourage migration across the mediterranean. to. the u.s. secretary of state might prompt his russian counterpart sergey lavrov have met and russian black sea resort of sochi spy disagreeing almost to topics on the agenda from creditors and israel to the russians meddling with the u.s. that the rest of the fast too many describe the talks as constructive and expressed hopes that they get their countries bilateral relationship back on track amid recent tensions between washington and moscow if asked by a russian reporter about the united states policy towards iran was to pump air found to cautiously deescalate rewards but we're looking for iran to be of like a normal country and that's our ask and we have applied pressure to the leadership of the islamic republic of iran to achieve that we we fundamentally do not see a war with iran but we've also made clear to the iranians that if american interests are attacked. we will certainly respond in appropriate fashion. iran is react to that statement by saying there were be any war be

atlanta starting to grief what happened to them in the mediterranean say. people going under development. who. have lost all my 2000. and 4 had the love. of my. fathers in ahmed's creep or in deep shock they still wake and some are ill. because the waters will coat there but sank in the middle of the night they were rescued off to dawn it's. a day to hold. a to. see. all of the passengers were men sent to stuff talk to them about their fight for journey in some cases they staple type thousands of euros they dreamed of beginning a new life in europe they could not have imagined the risk would be this high. you see. and i didn't make it. instead of that back in libya is not unique. having lost friends relatives and acquaintances in that deadly say. let's take a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world. with the rebels in yemen say they have begun to pull out of the 3 ports in the city of data it's part of a u.n. sponsored cease fire agreement reached in december between the country's warring parties yemen's conflict has resulted in t

there's been another tragedy involving refugees from africa in the mediterranean sea it's one of the deadliest incident so far this year in which migrants were trying to reach europe as many as seventy people are now feared to have drowned when their boat sank near the tunisian coast a bessel was in international waters off the coast of spots south of the capital tunis the tunisian defense ministry says the boat had set sail from the libyan port of zoara aiming to reach italy with more on the story we're joined now by joel milne and he's with the international organization for migration in geneva and he's in touch with his tunisian call leagues dealing with the situation joel first of all bring us up to date with what happens when we're hearing both from tunisia and libya is staff that we have on the field understand there were two rescues separately this afternoon or during the day one of them was the one you mentioned we figure at least fifty ragland's have drowned in that incident we think we know that sixty of survivors are recovered we don't know how many more are confirmed deat

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been causing a lot of problems across the region moving very slowly from the central part of the mediterranean up here towards the northeast so we do expect to see more rain over the next few days today tomorrow maybe a little break tomorrow more rain pushing out here towards the east but temperatures out here towards the west we're looking into the high twenty's for many. the wet spots that time. let me take. my place on the. wild west the rain. and palaces come. the rain the strongest fostex stunning new skillful. nation comes together to. celebrate. stadiums with rocks like incredible gold. to cover the wonders of our newest destination to feel the wind in swelled. 2019. it is good to have you with us hello adrian from going to here in tow how with the news out from opposite of the headlines israel will hold a 2nd election this year to prime minister benjamin netanyahu fail to form a coalition government that's happened just 7 weeks after he claimed a major victory in parliamentary elections. got us prime minister is expected to attend a summit in saudi arabia the 1st high level meeting sin

in the first three months of 2019, 15,900 refugees and migrants arrived in europe via the mediterraneansame period of 2018. but in the first full month of this year, 164 people have died making the crossing. that is one death for every three who have reached european shores. a migrant boat successfully docking initially. there were 30 on board who had been rescued 40 miles off the coast of libya. but italy's interior minister declared in a tweet that it was the last trip for the ship. it is this type of hardline starts which has reduced the numbers arriving in the country this year. italy has also engaged libyan forces to stop migrants setting off or to return them to libya founded c. a policy condemned by human rights organisations. many of the victims of the capsized boat found the coast on thursday, they would have had to ci’oss on thursday, they would have had to cross libya to get to the fort. and even more treacherous journey due to the ongoing civil war in the country. transit centres like this one run by the international organisation for migration have seen numbers rise in rece

where they can project power into the syria and central mediterranean as well. and one interesting point i should raise here is that, again, the montrose convention which everybody recognizes in the debate is that establishing naval base with submarine maintenance capabilities allows you -- or allows a country that possess submarines to transit in the turkish streets as they like in order to do the maintenance of this kind of assets. so they are using frequently this provision of the law in order to have freedom of movement for the anti-submarine forces from the black sea and into the black sea. what's the future that we see? and what's the romanian navy are going to do and is doing right now? as i mentioned, we are organizing major exercises only this year we have organized two major exercises into the black sea. one called poe sidon 2019 which is focused on my countermeasure operations, with the regional allies as well as with the nato standing maritime force for mcm. and the second one was just a few weeks ago. it is called sea shield 2019, that implied as we

scores of migrants are rescued from the mediterranean, as dangerous crossings to europe increase, withtter weather. the venice art biennale opens — with english, scottish, welsh and irish contemporary art, all on show. saracens win the champions cup final against leinster, it's their third european title in four years. and at 11.30 we'll be taking an in—depth look at the papers with our reviewers nigel nelson, political editor of the sunday mirror and sunday people and political commentator, jo phillips — stay with us for that. good evening. in yemen, houthi rebels have reportedly begun withdrawing from a key strategic port, and two others close by, in a move that offers hope to millions of people facing starvation. it's the first major step since a ceasefire agreement was signed last december. it's a process that will take four days, and could lead to a wider redeployment of both houthi and government forces from this area. the ports are crucial for the distribution of international aid, including food and medicines. forfour years, the houthi rebels supported by iran, have been fighti

we're accompanying albanian border police on patrol on the mediterranean they want to show us they're getting tough on the mafia which controls the drug trade here. because the italian police are better equipped they're helping the albanians fight the drug smugglers. the officers fly down this fishing boat. they searched the cabin but find nothing suspicious. that we've had smugglers who hid heroin in car tires or oil tanks but open up they get the last time we discover ten kilos of heroin and i don't mean to brag but in the last two years the police and its partners have become more effective and reduce the drug trade to a minimum. probably the clarity of it but the numbers tell another story in twenty seventeen year old paul the e.u. agency for law enforcement cooperation listed albania as europe's biggest producer of cannabis and a major drug trafficking harb. albania is one of the poorest countries in europe. here the average monthly income is around three hundred thirty euros. they get the capital tirana is full of luxury cars. and the construction industry is booming. where is a

that's covering parts of britain and ireland down through france and then popping over into the mediterranean and that's where we'll see and it larry. of low pressure begin to develop and that could be quite a nasty one so very strong winds and heavy rain out of that as we head through the day on friday for the other side of the mediterranean there have been a few showers here but the worst of theirs are now clearing away so i think for most of us from thursday and on friday there are plenty of sunshine around and the temperatures will be recovering for us in chain as well get up to around $28.00 degrees for a battery would be quite that will get to around $21.00 this central belt of africa is looking more lively now plenty more showers around particularly over parts of cameroon. anything you say tight brows can be held against. food lines investigates how governments are using israeli software to turn critic cell phones into the ultimate tools of surveillance just exposure your personal world doesn't just stop what you write it extends out to the people you care about trusted you and it make

alonso and sara elizondo was arrested at the main airport of the mediterranean island of majorca has wanted to mexico as part of the president's anti-corruption drive at a rest for and has also been issued for the former chief of mexico's state owned oil company hemmings. john heilemann has more from mexico city. well this is been president andres manuel lopez obrador slogan when he was on campaign and now as president that we need to root out corruption that's the source of the country's problems he's fond of saying but this is really his 1st big effort to do this and he's really taken on an emblematic case for those in your audience that don't know the case of all the braked this is a brazilian construction company that basically admitted to bribing officials across latin america to get jobs done a huge corruption scandal it's all presidents food it's all ministers get canned in mexico it led to really absolutely nothing happening under the previous president and rick opinion here so really there's a point to prove here for president under his money well lopez obrador and to do tha

million barrels a day the two countries have grown closer in recent years president xi jinping mediterranean counterpart in beijing last june just one month after the u.s. really imposed sanctions on iran iran is a key supporter of china's built in road infrastructure initiative designed to ease chinese global trade but analysts say china may have no option but to bow to u.s. demands and. the united states is serious and forcing china to pick a side the chinese government has to be very careful the timing is critical this week top negotiators from washington arrived in beijing for a new round of trade talks both sides are working to finalize a deal to end escalating tit for tat tariffs which began last year experts say china may give up iranian oil which makes up about seven percent of china's total oil imports to avoid jeopardising discussions on trade for china now and the most important relation is still it's not with iran it's within us and there are other battles china need to fight in terms of transformative technology like five three china is desperate some sort of cutting slack from

of typical lies of the german left from tanks has increased in numbers of of migrants over the mediterranean sea and then our friend mathilde so when he came and closed the borders and closed the ports he stopped migration the balkan routes all stopped but. i don't know why it's merkel wouldn't be chancellor anymore if he didn't stop the migration and two thousand and fifteen that means or man and salvini did the job what do you know tell us is a great success of the european union. let me let you answer mine seems let me speak i actually like to think the u.p.a. in union would have taken. troll over to hungary and borders and the chilean ports we would not have stopped immigration at all that means our side solves the problem since you created by by take the migrants to europe because syria is not our neighbor ok look some. things i agree with parts what you said i disagree with one thing as long as we know that there are thirty five thousand people dead in the mediterranean we cannot talk about a success if we see mr orbit starving migrants to death and locking them up in containers i do n

syria has just granted russia control of the main strategic commercial port in the mediterranean for the next forty nine years it appears russia is replacing iran as syria's main oil supplier but it's not just losing leverage in the energy sector iran's financial difficulties makes it harder for it to remain serious economic lifeline the sanctions are affecting its ability to expand its economic influence u.s. thanks sions on iran have worked in russia's favor it no longer has to compete with her on over the economic benefits in post-war syria also the sanctions contain iran's influence and weakens its footprint making it easier for moscow to convince gulf arab countries and the west to reintegrate the syrian government in neighboring lebanon iran's allies are in power but sanctions are preventing them from maneuvering. legally you cannot send a fuel to syria because the lebanese government is not allowing permits for export because it's considers that there are sanctions. syria has another friendly neighbor iraq which is rich in oil but authorities there haven't we opened the land t

so 5 years of a boat that sank in the mediterranean sea had been taken to a migrant reception center in tunis at least 70 people lost their lives when the vessel capsized or route to europe on friday. for reports those who've been rescued still in shock. this bangladeshi man set off in the hope for a better life in europe but is now stuck at this refugee reception center in tunisia. yet he's one of the lucky ones. he makes a painful call home 3 of his brothers who were on the boat with him when it overturned didn't make it. a fishing boat tried to bring as many passengers to shore as it could. only 16 survived out of almost 100 people who set sail from the city of zawar on the libyan coast along. they put us on a large boat after sailing for a while they moved us to a smaller inflatable boat with more than 70 people on board they left us and sailed away because of the number of people it started taking on water and overturned some of us are from chad or morocco but the rest are from bangladesh. the un agency for refugees refers to the mediterranean as the world's deadliest sea crossi