i'm amy goodman. greek authorities have arrested nine egyptian nationals and charged them with people-smuggling after their overloaded fishing vessel capsized and sank in deep waters off the coast of southern greece on wednesday. over 100 people were rescued but hope is fading for an estimated 500 others who remain missing. that includes as many as 100 children who witnesses say were traveling below deck. it's the deadliest shipwreck off the greek coast this year, possibly among the deadliest ever in the central mediterranean. protests in support of the migrants have erupted across greece amid reports that a greek coast guard vessel escorted the trawler for hours and failed to properly render aid as the vessel capsized. on thursday, greek opposition leader alexis tsipras visited with survivors at the port of kalamata where he condemned the european union's policies on refugees and migrants. >> i want to say there are huge responsibility. a migration policy that turns the mediterranean into watery grav

i'm amy goodman. ukraine says it recaptured 4 villages in the eastern donetsk region after president volodymyr zelensky confirmed on saturday ukraine's long-awaited counteroffensive has begun. play >> it is important that russia feel that they don't have much time left. counteroffensive and defensive actions are taking place. i will not say in what detail. amy: zelensky also said the international criminal court has launched an investigation into last week's kakhovka dam breach which triggered an environmental disaster and killed at least 14 people. federal and local law enforcement agencies say they've stepped up security and are monitoring online threats from far-right supporters of donald trump, ahead of his appearance in a miami federal court tuesday. trump is facing criminal charges for taking classified documents to his mar-a-lago estate when he exited the white house. at georgia's republican state convention over the weekend, arizona's losing gubernatorial candidate kari lake said she and 75 mi

i'm amy goodman. the justice department has indicted former president donald trump on multiple felony charges, accusing him of mishandling classified documents and obructing the government's attempts to recover them. trump is the first former president ever to ce federal criminal charg. in a video posted on his social media platform truth social, trump lashed out against the biden administration and insisted, "i'm an innocent man." pres. trump: our country is going to hell and they come after donald trump, weaponizing the justice department, weaponizing the fbi. we can't let this continue to go on because it is ripping our country to shreds. amy: trump reportedly faces seven charges, including the willful retention of national defense information in violation of the espionage act, conspiracy to obstruct justice, and false statements and representations. the charges bring maximum sentences ranging from 5 to 20 years in prison. he will reportedly be arraigned in miami, florida, on tuesday. we will have

i am amy goodman. amy: we spend the rest hour remembering the remarkable life of harry belafonte.pioneering actor, singer, civil rights activist died on april 25 at his home in new york at the age of 96. harry belafonte grew up in harlem and jamaica. in the 1950's, he spearheaded the calypso craze and became the first artist in recording history with a million-selling album. he was also the first african american actor to win an emmy. along with his rise to worldwide stardom, belafonte became deeply involved in the civil rights movement. one of dr. martin luther king's closest confidants, he sent money to bail king out of the birmingham city jail and raised thousands of dollars to release other imprisoned protesters. he financed the freedom rides, supported voter registration drives and helped to organize the march on washington in 1963. harry belafonte remained involved in political struggles at home and abroad. a longtime critic of u.s. foreign policy, he called for an end to the embargo against cuba, and took part in the anti-apartheid movement. harry hosted nelson mandela on h

i'm amy goodman. evacuation efforts are under way in southern ukraine, where flood waters are rising after a dam on the dnipro river was breached overnight in the russian-occupied ukrainian town of nova kakhovka. the breach has created an additional humanitarian disaster in an area that has seen heavy fighting since russia's invasion. ukraine's government says flood waters are threatening 80 towns and villages, as well as the city of kherson, home to 300,000 people. the breach could also limit drinking water supplies across kherson and crimea. ukrainian officials accused russia's military of deliberately sabotaging the dam, calling it an act of ecocide. russian officials blamed ukrainian artillery fire for the breach. the disaster has raised fears of a nuclear accident at europe's largest nuclear power station, the six-reactor zaporizhzhia plant, which is upstream of the dam breach. the head of the international atomic energy agency, rafael grossi, said the plant relies on a reservoir formed by the da

i'm amy goodman. the u.s.upreme court has rejected a legal theory that would have radically increased the power of state legislatures to reshape how federal elections are conducted and would have made it easier to draw up gerrymandered congressional maps. writing for the majority in tuesday's 6-to-3 ruling, chief justice john roberts rejected the so-called independent state legislature theory promoted by north carolina republican lawmakers. the decision comes as the supreme court is poised to deliver major rulings on affirmative action and the fate of president biden's student debt relief plan. we'll have more on this week's blockbuster cases at the supreme court following headlines. in climate news, smoke from unprecedented canadian wildfires darken skies over much of the midwestern united states tuesday, triggering very unhealthy air quality warnings in chicago, detroit, milwaukee. forecasters predict winds will push the smoke further east, bringing a return of hazardous air to new york and parts of the nort

i'm amy goodman. former president donald trump is surrendering to federal authorities in miami, florida, today to face charges for retaining and mishandling classified documents, including top-secret information about u.s. nuclear weapons programs. in recent days, trump and many of supporters have condemned the charges using inflammatory language. ahead of trump's arraignment, miami police chief manny morales said law enforcement officials are preparing for the possibility of violence by far-right extremists outside miami's federal courthouse. >> make no mistake, we are taking this event extremely serious. we know there is a potential of things taking a turn for the worse, but that is not the miami way. amy: trump, who's currently the front-runner for the republican party's 2024 presidential nomination, is planning to fly to his golf club in bedminster, new jersey, after his florida arraignment to deliver remarks this evening. after headlines, we'll have the latest on the federal indictment against tr

i'm amy goodman. in sudan, a regional governor from darfur was assassinated wednesday after he publicly blamed the paramilitary rapid support forces and allied arab militias for the genocide of civilians. west darfur state governor khamis abakar was abducted and killed hours after making the remarks in a tv interview. reuters reports two government sources said the rsf was responsible for the killing. on wednesday, the international organization for migration said fighting between rival military factions in sudan has now displaced more than 2 million people from their homes, with more than 500,000 fleeing to neighboring countries. nearly 1000 civilians have been killed according to a local monitoring group. in ukraine, then mayor says russian missile struck two civilian industrial sites overnight, injuring at least one person. the attack came days after another attack on the central ukrainian city killed 11 civilians. elsewhere, crates military said it shot down 18 russ and -- russian drones over odes

i'm amy goodman. the house of representatives has approved legislation to suspend the debt deal in just days before the u.s. is set to run out of money to pay its bills. wednesday's vote was 314-170 with the majority of house democrats voting in favor. if approved by the senate, it will cap domestic spending below the current rate of inflation while allowing larger increases to the military budget. house minority whip katherine clark said republicans had forced democrats hand. >> there is no perfect negotiation when you are the victims of extortion. nobody likes to pay a ransom note, and that is exactly what tonight's vote is. amy: some republicans voted against the deal saying it did not cut enough from social programs. meanwhile, nearly 40 members of the congressional aggressive caucus voted no. congressmember pramila jayapal of washington slammed the legislation saying it "rips food assistance away from poor people and disproportionately black and brown women pushes forward pro-corporate permitting

i'm amy goodman. donald trump pleaded not guilty to 37 felony charges around his handling of classified documents after surrendering to federal authorities in miami tuesday. the counts include violations of the espionage act and obstruction of justice. special counsel jack smith observed proceedings in the courtroom. outside the federal courthouse, trump supporters gathered in what the media largely described as a circus. trump's aide walt nauta, who was also charged, appeared before the judge but did not enter a plea because he does not have a florida lawyer. after his arraignment, trump stopped at a cuban restaurant in little havana and took photos with fans before flying to his bedminster, new jersey, golf club where he railed against the charges as he hosted a fund-raiser for his presidential campaign. pres. trump: they want to take away my freedom because i will never let them take away your freedom. it is very simple. they want to silence me because i will never let them silence you. they want y

i'm amy goodman. smoke from nearly 500 wildfires in canada is blanketing much of north america in an unprecedented haze, triggering air quality alerts. the air-quality index for major cities including chicago, cleveland, indianapolis, milwaukee, pittsburgh, toronto reached unhealthy or very unhealthy as it is skyline's faded into a shroud of smoky air. air pollution near detroit reached hazardous levels. over 100 million people across the u.s. are under heat warnings and watches today as a heat dome that has lingered over taxes expanse to states at first of california race for triple digit temperatures. we will have the latest on canada's wildfires and the climate crisis later in the broadcast. in sudan, heavy fighting has resumed around the capital khartoum despite declared ceasefires marking the muslim holiday of eid al-adha. fighting between sudan's army and the rapid support forces in sudan's most populous city omdurman, where residents report air strikes and fierce anti-aircraft fire in civilian

i'm amy goodman. president biden welcomed indian prime minister narendra modi to the white house thursday, praising a new era in u.s.-india relations, on modi's second day of a lavish visit to the u.s. that's been condemned by human rights advocates. the two leaders announced a series of new initiatives including a landmark deal for general electric to build military jet engines in india. modi delivered a speech to a joint session of congress and was later feted at a state dinner with the president and first lady jill biden. in a rare occurrence, modi accepted questions from journalists during a news conference with president biden. "wall street journal" reporter sabrina siddiqui, who is muslim, pressed modi on human rights concerns and asked him what steps he is taking to improve the rights of muslims and other minorities in india and press freedom there. it's believed to be the first question modi took from a journalist at a news conference since 2015. >> we have always proved democracy can deliver.

i'm amy goodman. the u.s. senate has approved legislation to suspend a limit on the u.s. national debt head of a june fit deadline to avoid a catastrophic default. >> the bill is passed. and because the legislation poses new work requirements on thousands of people receiving food stamps and other forms of government assistance and rolls back the national environmental policy, fast tracks the approval and construction of the mountain valley pipeline through west virginia and virginia. speaking after the bill's passage late thursday, senate democratic geordie leader chuck schumer defended the compromises which were sought by conservative west virginia democratic senator joe manchin. >> the bottom line is the mountain valley pipeline was part of the whole deal that we had originally -- that i had originally struck with manchin to the ira. you take the whole plan and it does a huge amount of good for the environment. i stayed by my word. amy: just five members of the caucus voted against the debt ceiling

i'm amy goodman.the embattled head of the wagner group has reportedly arrived in belarus to live in exile. earlier today, the kremlin said it had dropped criminal charges against wagner chief yevgeny prigozhin after he led a mutiny that saw an armored column of advance within 120 miles of moscow. on monday, prigozhin published his first public statements since calling off the mutiny on saturday, saying his forces were reacting to an attack by russia's military that killed dozens of wagner fighters. >> despite the fact we did not demonstrate any aggression, a missile strike was launched against us and helicopters followed suit right after that. about 30 people, wagner fighters, were killed. this served as a trigger that force the council of wagner commanders to decide we had start the march meet lee. amy: in moscow, president vladimir putin spoke to russian soldiers outside the kremlin earlier today, praising them for the defense of russia's capital which he said "essentially preventing a civil war." h

i'm amy goodman. russia's military has withdrawn troops and tanks from the streets of moscow after the head of the wagner mercenary group called off a short-lived armed mutiny he launched on friday. wagner fighters stopped their advance on the outskirts of moscow late saturday after officials reached a deal that guaranteed their safety. they also withdrew from the southern russian city of rostov, which they had seized, and returned to their bases. as part of the deal, wagner chief yevgeny prigozhin agreed to go into exile in belarus. the kremlin also said he and his fighters would avoid criminal charges despite the revolt. on saturday, putin made a brief national address in which he refrained from mentioning prigozhin by name but denounced his actions as treason. >> protect our people and our statehood of any threats, including betrayal. what we are facing is betrayal. betrayal of the country come the people, and the cause for which the soldiers and commanders of the wagner fought and died for, side-b

i'm amy goodman. air quality alerts were issued across all people u.s. states and cities tuesday as well as today as thick, dark smoke from canada's hundreds of blazing wildfires blanketed the skies of the northeast, midwest, the ohio valley, and the mid-atlantic. the haze has triggered dangerous air pollution warnings, impacting tens of millions of people, with new york reporting the worst air quality in any major city worldwide tuesday. there are over 400 blazes burning across nearly all of canada's 10 provinces and territories, forcing tens of thousands of people to evacuate. the province of quebec is facing some of the worst fires due to lightning, covering neighboring ottawa and toronto with an orange haze. u.s. and canadian officials are urging people with heart and lung issues and other health vulnerabilities to remained indoors as much as possible. record-breaking heatwaves continue to plague much of the planet. the heat index in puerto rico reached 125 degrees fahrenheit this week as the isla

i'm amy goodman. large swaths of the united states and canada woke up to hazy skies and air quality alerts for a third straight day today as thick smoke from canadian wildfires continues to blanket areas as far west as kansas and as far south as the carolinas. new york city's skies turned an otherworldly orange as the city recorded its worst ever air quality reading on wednesday. new york governor kathy hochul called the situation an emergency crisis. >> it has an immediate impact on people's health. shortness of breath. our message -- the worst of the pollution is expected to move away from the northeast by friday the conditions may remain hazardous through part of the weekend. health experts are advising people who need to be outdoors to wear an n95 mask if possible to block out the dangerous fine particulate matter from the smoke. forecasters expect the smoke to move south and west today. meanwhile, activists are calling on president biden to declare a climate emergency. scientists say to expect mo

i'm amy goodman. the u.s. supreme court has declared race-conscious admissions policies at colleges and universities across the u.s. to be unlawful. thursday's landmark 6-to-3 ruling by the court's conservative majority upends decades of precedent allowing affirmative action in college admissions. writing for the majority, chief justice john roberts assailed race conscious admissions at harvard and the university of north carolina as elusive, imponderable, and opaque, ruling they violate the equal protection clause of the 14th amendment. the court stopped short of buying legacy admissions or ending affirmative action in military academies. justice ketanji brown jackson, the court's first black woman justice, wrote in a dissenting opinion -- "with let-them-eat-cake obliviousness, today, the majority pulls the ripcord and announces 'colorblindness for all' by legal fiat." after headlines, we'll host a roundtable discussion on the supreme court's ruling on affirmative action. in california, a state task

i'm amy goodman. in india, at least 275 people were killed and over 1000 injured in the eastern state of odisha friday when a packed passenger train crashed into an oncoming freight train, causing another passenger train to derail. the number of victims could rise as more bodies are identified. one 55-year-old survivor witnessed her daughter perish in the disaster. >> i daughter got buried under the iron in front of my eyes. i managed to stay in the corner but i was hit by an iron rod or something. i didn't know how to move such heavy iron. my daughter kept crying and died right in front of my eyes. amy: authorities say an electronic signaling system failure appears to be at fault as they start their investigation into one of the deadliest rail disasters in decades. many of the passengers were students or migrant and day laborers. the tragedy has put the safety of india's rail system, which carries some 8 billion passengers a year, in the spot light. while india has made substantial investments into i

and that's something with amy goodman the, some about that or to germany. you mentioned that older will be that should be also taking a notice of the exercises. so to take it forward to you, even though rush it was not mentioned in direct be that, but of course it's sending a signal to show how quickly nature can get the full assistant can defend as they say, every inch of naperville terry tree was only exercises taking place in the skies above you're of what sort of disruptions can we expect that this is going to cause to commerce full flags for people who are looking to go on their next holiday this summer? they will definitely be some kind of disruption. what the problem say, what the german air force is saying is they try to minimize it as much as possible down 3 areas over germany. well, these planes are fly with this exercises are taking place of schools, the rates, a 1000000000 evaluation that there will be of course, some implications to that. some flight delays are also expected, but what they say is that they want to have it as many moments as pos

than now, us ambassador to germany amy goodman said that the erdiffender exercises show moscow not only power of nato states, according to her , these maneuvers will not be able to ignore. even putin, that is, american grazing actually admits that it is the largest treatment needed in the history of the president of russia, did not pay any attention, apparently, they are very offended. show of force by nato the military alliance is gearing up for the largest air defense exercise in its history on monday, 10,000 participants will practice responding to an attack on a member's country. m tornado fighter of the german air force carried and crawls on the runway at the base in northern germany later flew turkish f-16, also a type of fighter pilots of the ukrainian air force are training in the race for them. ukrainian war, the sky over europe is roaring the largest nato air exercise in history is in full swing 190 jet fighters have gathered here in less than a week in total, more than 250 different aircraft from 25 countries are involved 10,000 aviation personnel, as well as 100 aircraft of

and exclusively and only within the framework of its peacefulness, the us ambassador to germany, amy goodmanr force exercises are definitely not a signal for maneuvers for russia. r. defender 23 will be held in germany to it will attract 10,000 military 250 aircraft. of these, about a hundred, of course, are american , in total 25 states are participating in the exercises. in addition to nato members, we are looking at sweden and japan. aircraft like these russian fighter jets and russian spy planes have been photographed by german pilots from the baltic sea in recent months. they fly everywhere with activated transponders. this is what the threat looks like to us baltic airspace territory of our red line the bottom line is that we are ready to defend every five of this territory defender 2023 is designed to demonstrate strength here at the wuntstorg lower saxony air base, there is a central staging point for supplying materials for the largest air force maneuvers in the history of 25 countries, including non-nato aircraft such as sweden or japan 10,000 soldiers 250 different aircraft provid

regards the deployment of aviation, the west also holds peace from the us ambassador to germany , amy goodmanal for russia to maneuver and r defender 23 will take place in germany, they attracted 10,000 military 250 aircraft. of these , about a hundred americans in total, 25 countries are participating in the exercise, in addition to nato members, this is sweden japan only over german territory, but also in the airspace of the netherlands and the czech republic, such air maneuvers will also be reflected in the schedule civil flights aircraft a4 m. held by fighter jets. in the air. this is just one of the few exercises that will be practiced during the mouth exercise. in addition, serious attention is paid to the installer , which states that in the event of aggression against one member of the alliance , all planned air operations will be forced to attack the attacker. today , the backlash command will be engaged in holding the largest military air exercises of nato , even we understand the full responsibility of this task. the crew will work a large number combat missions over the past days,

forces officially confirmed that shooting according to a statement released by the ami, the real targets with to goodman. they've previously opened fire near the jewish settlements. yes, i did. it regrets the home done to civilians and that the incident is under review . palestinian officials however say that they don't hold out much hope for justice . they either have that induced on just well, which is always measured by 2 different standards when the boundaries palestinian. would you not hear any voice or perhaps only a shelley voice, but even there is and is really child who is terrified. the whole world will move and there will be many organizations didn't talk about the issue and the now so cold terrorism. what i can have, we will not back any one, but we say to these institutions, you have to measure with the same standard on the palestinian child women. and now there's like any other abused ones in this world to put in the heavy losses that listing in the middle east, the massive financial crisis. and that's how the head of the u and relief and works agency for palestinian refugees was assessed.