revokes the flag of migrant rescue ship aquarius. charities are slamming italy for pressuring panama. it is time for our business update. you are going to start with news in france where the government has unveiled its plan for next year's budget. >> the proposal includes a fresh round of spending cuts and tax reforms. it tends -- it aims to breathe new life into the economy amid a slowing growth. brian quinn takes a closer look. >> a delicate balancing act inia diminishing climate as the french government unveils its plan with a focus on boosting private sector jobs and cutting public spending. state finances are being squeezed by slowing growth. 2018's projected expansion has been revised down to 1.7%. the budget deficit deepening from earlier forecast. s. reforms are adding to the pinch. among them, the government's assumption of national rail --'s -- railath operators debt. social charges on workers overtime pay also due to be phased out by next september. 20 taxes are due to be axed altogether. a government programs and incentiv

this is the aquarius.stered under the panamanian flag. but now panama has de—flagged it. this means that when the ship next docks, it cannot legally set sail again without getting a new flag. aquarius is run by two charities. here's one of their directors speaking today. translation: at the time we heard the decision, the aquarius was at sea the decision, the aquarius was at sea in the middle of a rescue operation. the situation is more complex than ever, as you know. to this day, the aquarius is the only civil rescue ship in the central mediterranean which is the deadliest migrant fruit mediterranean which is the deadliest migrantfruit in mediterranean which is the deadliest migrant fruit in the world. figures from the international organisation for migration show that more than 30,000 people crossed into europe since the start of this year. there has been a significant reduction in the overall numbers of migrants making the crossing, but the mediterranean crossing is deadlier now than ever before, with o

injune, he closed italy's ports to all ngo rescue boats, including the aquarius.et's go! this year more than 1100 migrants have died trying to cross the central mediterranean. the united nations says that migrants are more than twice as likely to drown on this route than they were a year ago. human rights organisations say that the removal of the aquarius will make this journey even more dangerous. james reynolds, bbc news, rome. new figures suggest a staffing crisis in adult social care in england. there were an average of 110,000 unfilled vacancies at any one time during the last year, a rise of almost 25%. some areas have seen vacant posts more than double in a year. jo taylor reports. good morning, kathleen. would you like to go for breakfast? kathleen is lovely. she's been a nurse all her life. some days she's completely aware of who is calling. after only three months in the job, 24—year—old krastan from bulgaria already has a bond with the residents. despite her dementia, kathleen is learning bulgarian for him. the first word i found meant thank you, that's

the aquarius is currently the only ngo rescue boat heerating in t mediterranean. in recent days, in international waters off the libyan coast, it has rescued more than 50 migrants, inuding children. stt now panama has stripped the ship of its regition. this means that, once the aquarius finds a port, it won't able to set sail again unless it c find a new flag. 's decision to strip the i rescue boat of registration is a victory for italy's interi i minister. accuseded -- he has ngo's of interfering woah the libyanst guard and of acting as taxis for in june, he closed italy's ports to all ngo rescue bortz -- boats, including the aquarius. >> we need more lifejackets. take them off people if you must. james: more than 1100 migrants have died this year trying to cross the mediterranean. the u.n. says migrants are more than twice as likely to drown on this route than they were year human rights organizations say the removal of the aquarius will make this journey even more dangerous. mes reynolds, bbc news, rome. laura: as world leaders gather at the united nations in n

in june, he closed italy's to all ngo rescue bortz --at including the aquarius. >>ja we need more liets. take them off people if you must. james: more than 1100 migrants have died this year trying to cross the mediterranean. the u. says migrants are more than twice as likely to drown on th route than they were a year ago. human rights organizations say the removal of the aquarius will make this journey even re dangerous. james reynolds, bbc ws, rome. laura:s rld leaders gather at the united nations in new york, president trump will call out iran for whate calls sponsorship -- its sponsorship terrorism. tensions between the two countries are high.av theye continued after an attack on a military parade inil iran kd at least 25 people. the u.s. has urged iran to lookr in the mr for the cause of the violence. iran's president accused the u.s. of enabling the attack. i've been speaking to an iran expert at the carnegie ernowment for inional peace. the u.s. secretary of state says thetpresident is willing to with the iranian supreme leader and iranian officials at the

. >> the origami vote resonates with the aquarius, the organization's rescue s ship.he first mission in 2016. they saved 30,000 people and found themselves at the heart of europe's debate. the populist government prevented the aquarius from docking several times, sparking diplomatic standoff. given the controversy behind the topic, the tone of the artwork was important for the organization's director. >> catching the attention of people such as this one, which is very poetic. they distance people a bit. still, the reality remains violent. more than 1600 people have drowned trying to cross the mediterranean sea. >> you're watching france 24. a reminder of the top stories this hour. receiving a warm welcome in pyongyang, kicking off a three-day summit. the u.s. senate caving biggest supreme court nominees. and the brett kavanaugh accuser set to testify. carroll joins me onset. the china trade history, things are really heating up. is ready tos it retaliate for the traitor's washington announced on $200 billion worth of exports. shopping bags to industrial components, th

italian interior minister has a lead he won't it won't be allowed to return to any italian port the aquarius is a rescue ship operated by the franco german charity s.o.s. met attorney and doctors without borders as it has a capacity to carry up to five hundred migrants who were picked up trying to make the perilous crossing from libya to italy in june both italy and malta refused to allow the ship to dock which at the time had more than six hundred parked on board on your port of if you know it was built i want to put an end to this human trafficking which puts thousands of lives at risk and so in the same way that we raise the issue for the aquarius who raise it's the vessels that for the. the rise of the anti migrants you are skeptical selvi me has now seen him make the front cover of the latest time magazine brands the politician italy's immigration czar and claims he's now the most feared man in europe. but stronger anti immigration policy provoked a clash over the immigration issue with luxembourg's minister for foreign affairs born during an evening meeting in vienna. so there was just

latest standoff over people rescued at sea the group was stuck in bad weather on the rescue ship aquarius for five days the un's refugee agency said the migrants would be sent to germany france spain and portugal. and egyptian activist has been fined and handed a suspended prison sentence for criticizing the government's failure to protect women earlier this year amal fatah posted a video online in which she spoke out about sexual harassment in egyptian society and most international have condemned the verdict calling it an outrageous case of injustice. lewis hamilton has extended his lead in the formula one driver standings after taking victory in the russian grand prix now the british driver took first place thanks to a little help from his mercedes teammate valter able to as you look at the action from sochi. with mercedes taking pole and second during saturday's qualifying this was their race to lose red bulls max pushed up and was intent on stealing the headlines however a stunning drive saw him climb twelve places to eventually seal a fifth place finish. terry potter set a record br

latest standoff over people received at sea the group was stuck in bad weather on the rescue ship aquarius for five days the un's refugee agency said the migrants would be sent to germany france spain and portugal. and egyptian activist has been fined and handed a suspended prison sentence for criticizing the government's failure to protect women earlier this year amal thought he posted a video online in which she spoke about sixteen harassment in egyptian society amnesty international have condemned the verdict according as an outrageous case of injustice. a powerful typhoon is lashing the japanese mainland threatening a region still reeling from a storm last month high winds and heavy rainfall have halted and train services and also of the country three hundred thousand homes all without power have ordered the evacuation of more than half a million people. lewis hamilton has extended he's lead in the formula one drivers a standing off to taking victory in the russian grand prix the british driver took first place thanks to a little help from he's miss a day's teammate vaulting bought us

latest standoff of the people rescued at sea the group was struck in bad weather on the rescue ship aquarius for five days the un's refugee agency said the migrants would be sent to germany france spain and portugal. any gyptian activist has been fined and handed a suspended prison sentence for criticizing the government's failure to protect women in india this year amal thought he posted a video online in which she spoke about sexual harassment in egypt and society amnesty international have condemned the verdict calling it a quote outrageous case often justice. a partial partial vote counting in the former yugoslav republic of macedonia shows an overwhelming majority voted yes to changing the country's name to the republic of north message donia bets with less than fifty percent of voter turnout the results of sunday's landmark referendum could be invented the country's pro western government hoped a positive result would settle a decades long dispute with neighboring greece which itself has a problems or message donia this could pave the way to nato e.u. membership but opponents of the na

latest standoff of a people rescued at sea the group was stuck in bad weather on the rescue ship aquarius for five days the un's refugee agency said the migrants with the saint to germany france spain and portugal. and egyptian activists has been fined and handed a suspended prison sentence for criticizing the government's failure to protect women earlier this year amal fabi posted a video online in which she spoke about sexual harassment in egyptian society amnesty international has condemned the verdict calling it an outrageous case of injustice. a powerful typhoon is lashing the japanese mainland threatening a region still reeling from a storm last month high winds and heavy rainfall have halted air and train services in parts of the country three hundred thousand homes are without power or authority as have ordered the evacuation of more than half a million people. of the. german chancellor angela merkel has accused u.s. president donald trump of undermining the united nations last week trump used his second address to the assembly to criticize multilateralism saying each country must

the aquarius is the only charity run rescue boat working to help migrants in the mediterranean. that ship is in limbo with 58 migrants on board. asked france to dock in marseille. france avoided the request saying the ship should head to the nearest safe port instead. france's national ethics committee will be issuing its recommendations today on a series of bioethical issues. they include euthanasisia and medically asassisted reproducti. the question of legalizing assisted reproduction methods is a hot button issue in france. donor, aa sperm procedure that is legal in france. for lesbian couples or single women, it is not allowed. such inequalities could soon change. emmanuel macron has come out in favor of amending france's reproduction loss. some 60%0% of french people agr. the issue remains divisive. lgbt groups say such discrimination much -- must stop. others say it is unnatural. originting a lineage oror is impossible because you cannot be born from two women. it is establishing from the get-go a handicap for the child. >> currently single and lesbian couples wanting -- n

african coasts the ngos sometimes sail into those coastal waters under indeed in the case of the aquarius what we have found is that some have expressed the suspicion that there is at least an informal kind of an arrangement with the smugglers and aquarius is attempting to preempt rescue by the libyan coast guard not only to rescue lives but in particular to bring people to europe rather than having them brought back to libya and if that's criticize. i say the maltese prime minister he is perfectly right so don't make the mistake of. classifying him as a right wing populist because of his opinion he's a social democrat but he is perfectly right to criticise what is happening in the mediterranean in this way and if you look at the number of deaths nobody can claim that this policy has saved lives because there were never as many deaths in the mediterranean as in the past twenty years so the system does need to be changed completely this changed to a new system can only be initiated if with a strong partners in northern africa it's not just an artificial expression of creation but rather we

a populist of intolerance on monday he'll say that he doesn't want the migrants on the ngo ship aquarius and his support. but on tuesday he's welcoming refugees from another ship. there's no strategy behind this his inconsistency is contaminating the atmosphere and perverting the classic culture of italian hospitality this is how it started with benito mussolini was. europe's political power struggle is being carried out at the migrants cost orlando doesn't see the refugees as criminals what's criminal is how europe is treating them what about the mafia it is even making money now with refugee homes the mayor wants to fight this which is why he's been on the hit list for years this is also an issue at the art show in palermo. forty years ago behind where i sit today sat mares who were friendly with a mafia one of the mares was himself a mafia boss. today we are the italian capital of culture. and until november it's the host of the manifesto fifty artists are displaying their work throughout the city. there are performances sculptures and numerous video installations like this one by osc

trafficking which puts thousands of lives at risk and so in the same way that we raise the issue for the aquarius who raise its who are the vessels that follow the. salvini strong anti immigration policy provoked a clash over the immigration issue with luxembourg's minister for foreign affairs born during a meeting in vienna. it doesn't it was yes it is going to be added to all of it was the sort of the feverish review jennifer will review before you leave. going to be there are there are the. two general. there you go there is no but i mean a swarm of them would be something or do you it's a new city where is your your eagerness already going to be for those that are going to be going for who's going to go to the dakotas amid the celeb you know shots of you know you don't know loads of you are not easy to judge yet you're a lot of god because you're not leaving so i told us today this is who want you to be living the truth who was awful. through. you want to do this is to do that. to me. on the rise of the anti my going to euro skeptic my teo salvini has now seen him make the front cover of the

a minister has warned a migrant rescue ship it won't be allowed to return so many italians poles aquarius has once again resumed its mission to rescue people off the coast of libya have so rainy strong and see immigration policy provoked a clash over the issue with look them bugs foreign minister during a meeting in vienna. yes it is going to be out of your view but it was such an easy virtue to review the review before you go yeah i will be there are they are there. to just. go you. know i've got to be. sworn in or do you think you should be worried if you're already going to be going to these are going to be going for who's going to do with the world cup what does it mean to say you know if that's if you know your motives or whatever he does yeah you're going to come because you're not leaving so i told us today was that he never got to tell you who was all for. you it. was really easy. all the hard lined stong salviati migrant euro skeptic material salvation is certainly putting him in the spotlight he's even made because of the latest time magazine which brands him is a laser immigrat

injune, he closed italy's ports to all ngo rescue boats, including the aquarius.he central mediterranean. the united nations says that migrants are more than twice as likely to drown on this route than they were a year ago. human rights organisations say that the removal of the aquarius will make this journey even more dangerous. time for a look at the weather... the weather looked government looks very different from last week. most police government places will be enjoying the sunshine under the high pressure. we will find more cloud coming into the north and west and these systems will eventually topple into northern areas around the top of the high pressure so over the next few days, more cloud in scotla nd next few days, more cloud in scotland and northern ireland. england and wales, sunny and warming up. it was a chilly start this morning. for most of us, light winds, very pleasant this afternoon, more cloud across the northwest, one or two light showers across northern england and northern ireland, temperature is 14 to 17 celsius, an improvement on the week

. >>> one day in august, the crew of the rescue ship aquarius locates a smallwood end boat filled with my grants, hassan ali helpove the stranded passengers to a rescue dinghy. ali made this his life's work nafter man he willer know saved him from drowning on a slower journey. >> the only thing i remember is that a person pulled me out of the cap sizing boat. he put me on his shoulders, and i saw this person descending ow lowly under the water, he drowned in front of my eyes, i did not know him. i knew nothing about him. simply, i can never find the right words for his act. >> many migrants speak of native arabic making him an important part of the team trying to get them to safety. >> the sea taken away a lot of lives, teople become used hearing people died here or 40 people died there >> italy current government is o take many migrants crossing the mediterranean unless other eu countries take more of them. it's a policy this young survivor turned rescuer disagrees with >>obody must die because we have the means to save them. if they die someone is blame a that someone will have to an

interior minister has warned a migrants' rescue ship won't be allowed to return to any italian ports aquarius has once again resumed its mission to rescue people off the coast of libya but to yourself a nice strong immigration policy has provoked a clash over the issue with luxembourg's foreign minister during an e.u. meeting in vienna. and there was just a little or nothing to do about it he probably had more it's such an easy to push through to jennifer let me to be for you didn't. want to be there all day on the. food channel. very. useful like i mean. she will and will be something we're going to do and you should wear it easy on your body to simulate it is going to. be good for whose parents you're talking to the world that got this immense facility that's just if you need it you'll know loads of people automatically deduct yet you look like me cough not me and so i told us today because of who knew that he never got drunk or who was awful. truly. want to visit to the. church to. well the hardline stance of the anti migrant euro skeptic matea salvini is certainly putting him in the spotl

the ship, the aquarius, has been banned from italian ports since june. divers are working to remove an artificial reef made is of old tyres from the seafloor south of france, after it was found to be leaking dangerous chemicals. 25,000 tyres were sunk into the mediterranean sea in the 1980's on the french riviera with the idea of creating habitats for marine life. in 2005 researchers found the tyres were leaking toxic chemicals into the environment. in the maldives, the opposition candidate ibrahim mohamed solih has claimed victory in the presidential election. his supporters have held celebrations in the capital, mali. he criticised his rival, president abdulla yameen, and called on him to accept the will of the people. this is a moment of happiness. this is a moment of hope. this is a moment of history. for many of us, this has been a difficult journey. a journey that has led to a prison cell, or years in exile. it has been a journey that accompanied politicisation and breakdown of public institutions, but it has been a journey that has ended at the ba

people from more than a dozen small boats off its southern coast meanwhile the registration of the aquariusto the only private rescue ship operating in the central mediterranean has been revoked by panama it follows a complaint by italy that the ship's captain had defied instructions to return rescued migrants to libya the vessel is currently see with dozens of migrants on board including children and pregnant women. russia's defense ministry is again blamed israel for the downing of a russian jet off the coast of syria on monday saying israeli air traffic controllers deliberately misled its pilots fifteen crew were killed when their conason plane was shot down by syrian air defenses russia says israel gave incorrect information about strikes it was conducting in the area and that meant syria's anti-aircraft fire was directed at the russian plane and not israel's jets . to keep information we have presented indicates that the actions of israeli fighter pilots led to the deaths of fifteen russian military personnel it shows the lack of professionalism or at least a criminal negligence before

interior minister has warned a migrant rescue ship it won't be allowed to return to any italian ports aquarius has once again resumed its mission to rescue people off the coast of libya and. strong nouns immigration policy provoked a clash over the issue with look them bugs foreign minister during an e.u. meeting in vienna. because it was years ago she added or that it was such an easy to review general review before you. would be there or they are there. to tell. you know there is no i got to be. fooled something or do you think you should be worried if you're already going to feel that. these are going to be going for who's going to go to the world cup what does it mean to say you know just if you know you don't know loads of people want to be easy to be good yet you know to god because you're not leaving so i told us today this is going to be nothing that was wrong but you who was awful. through it you. want to because you didn't use it. all the hardline stance of the anti migrants you're a skeptic mattel's salvini is certainly putting him in a spot light is even made the cover.

the deal was struck on tuesday to relocate migrants from malta to four other european countries aquarius is the last non-government rescue ship operating in the mediterranean sea. in brazil the outgoing president michelle tam had promised to lift the latin america's largest economy from a deep recession although unemployment rates of fall in the cuts in social programs have affected many brazilians marianna sanchez reports from guyana in central brazil. they're back in business but barely one of the largest construction steel providers in the city of gori anya is beginning to supply the national market again just over a year ago. he had to file for bankruptcy of g.m. bankruptcy was the only option to survive it was really sad i thought the fee that we have managed to recover part of our loss but we still have to work hard to pay two million dollars in debts and perhaps he says hire back the seventy workers he had to lay off. in this highly industrialized region in the heart of brazil nearly three hundred fifty thousand people have lost their jobs as a result of the economic crisis thirty

malta a deal was struck on tuesday to relocate migrants from malta to four other european countries aquarius is the last non-government rescue ship operating in the mediterranean sea and u.s. president donald trump has once again publicly backed his nominee for the supreme court has ordered an f.b.i. investigation into allegations of sexual misconduct by brett kavanaugh this means a confirmation vote by the full senate will be delayed for least a week they have we re going to do whatever they have to do whatever it is they do they'll be doing big deal with everything short of. getting. everything will be fine we're going to learn. what we. do i think he's great i don't think has ever been any person has been under scrutiny like he has been i think is that a very tough process but he's a good man he's a great great i highly respected for many many years at the top of the list and i hope everything works out great. ok millie how he has more now from washington. the white house is defending supreme court nominee judge cavanagh as the f.b.i. continues its probe it is limited in scope expected to

deal was struck on tuesday to relocate the migrants from malta to four other european countries aquarius is the last non-government rescue ship operating in the mediterranean brazil's economy is dominating campaigning ahead of october's presidential election while unemployment rates have fallen significantly under current president michaud tema many of brazil's poorest say they're reeling from cuts to vital social programs are an essential as has more for the city of going on there in central brazil. they're back in business but barely one of the largest construction steel providers in the city of new is beginning to supply the national market again just over a year ago. he had to file for bankruptcy most of them bankruptcy was the only option to survive it was really sad i thought to feed it we have managed to recover part of our loss but we still have to work hard to pay two million dollars in debts and perhaps he says hire back the seventy workers he had to lay off. in this highly industrialized region in the heart of brazil nearly three hundred fifty thousand people have lost their j

countries ending a diplomatic route there the group was picked up by aquarius that's the last known governmental rescue ship operating in the mediterranean. brazil's far right presidential candidate has been released from a hospital in sao paolo three weeks after being stabbed at a political rally jaya both sinatra flew home to rio on a commercial flight where he was both cheered and cheered by fellow passengers many tip him to win next month's elections but thousands of people have been protesting against him the tesla found a deal on musk has agreed to step down as company chairman and pay a huge fine and it's all because of a tweet his highly jocasta. forty million dollars is the dear price for these two hundred eighty characters you are mosques aug seventh tweet may go down in history as the world's most expensive it announced he was considering taking tesla private at four hundred twenty dollars a share funding secured turns out according to federal investigators that was a lie within minutes of the first tweet tesla's own head of investor relations question whether the communication was ev

hundred people from more than a dozen small soffit southern coast in while the registration of the aquarius to get any private rescue ship operating in the central mediterranean has been revoked by panama and follows a complaint by eating at the ship's captain and to find instructions to return rescued migrants to libya. with dozens of migrants on board including children and pregnant women. here the possibility of another u.k. referendum breck's it is rising off to the leader of the opposition labor party said he would back on if it's what his party members want jeremy corbyn has come under intense pressure to support a new national vote o'brien reports now from the labor party conference in liverpool. brix it has been allocated a time slot of just two and a half hours of labour's annual conference but it's dominating all the other issues here in interviews labor leader jeremy corbyn continues to stress his preference for a good deal with europe not necessarily with the u.k. still inside the e.u. but if his general election were in office we would go straight to the negotiating table becau

was reached on tuesday to relocate them to four other european countries they were stranded on the aquarius rescue vessel after panama revoked its registration a day area this meant that the ship wouldn't have been able to leave after docking at a port. the german chancellor is warning us present donald trump against destroying the united nations and going to merkel made the comments while during state election campaigning in bavaria she said although the u.n. is not perfect undermining it is what she called highly dangerous on tuesday a trump addressed the united nations and call for the rejection of globalism to protect u.s. interests. up says we must contemplate the discussion about the post-war order and the questioning of it with extra care that starts with the us president thinks that moshe is not the answer to our problems who assumes they can only be one when any given situation the united nations was founded on the ruins of the second world war and yes it's not perfect we've been wanting reform of the security council for many years but to destroy something without having built a r

malta a deal was struck on tuesday to relocate migrants from malta to four other european countries aquarius is the last non-government rescue ship operating in the mediterranean sea. oppose of just closed in iraq's northern semi autonomous kurdish region for parliamentary elections the vote comes a year after a failed bid for independence it was rejected by the baghdad government plunging the region into economic and political turmoil security forces in the region voted earlier on friday let's take a closer look at this parliamentary election more than three million people were eligible to vote in the kurdish region with more than seven hundred candidates competing for a hundred and eleven seats and that includes five seats allocated for turkmen five for christians and one for armenians but the election is being seen as a test of kurdish unity and public trust in the main parties let's go to charles strafford who's live for us from there bill so charles. just how much of a factor is the economy in all of this. because you say the economy has suffered hugely as a result of the failed referen

salvini is an intolerant populist on monday he'll say he doesn't want the migrants on the ngo ship aquarius but on tuesday he's welcoming migrants on another ship but there's no strategy behind this is inconsistency is contaminating the atmosphere and perverting the classic culture of italian hospitality. what are you insert the. migration is a key issue of the bee in allah and installation by the collective forensic oceanography critically examines events in the militarized border regime of the mediterranean. kitsch ironic and disturbing. s n x porcelain pieces play with stereotypes of white people rescuing migrants. some fifty artists are displaying their works across the city here oscar winner laura poitras shows the imposing presence of american military bases on the island serving as a key site for international operations using drones the works on offer are broad and diverse yet location maintains a central role throughout. their look up asked how can one incest to help me transform the city of mafia into the city of culture so this is where we decided to see the world through the len

richard nixon was president, the dawning of the age of aquarius, nobody in your newsroom here even knows, right? this is very good news. we have a lot of good news out there, but americans of kind of forgotten all of those lessons from the blast that we saw. >> dana: don't humans always do that? i mean, it's not -- >> yeah! [laughs] >> dana: jack mall, the big guy with lots of money in china, said he would come to america and invest and create a million jobs. now he says that because the u.s. is having tough negotiations with china on trade that the deal is off. >> well, yes. to go back to january of 2017, and look at how he said he was going to create a million jobs. was he going to build a big facility somewhere, open a lot of plants? no. he founded alibaba. it is the amazon of china. it is a retail store. what he said is that small businesses would be able to sell through alibaba. thereby growing. if he turns up, that's dumb like it's not like we will are getting investment that would have. >> dana: we are a fine thing , thanks. didn't need your money anyway! [laughter] how does it af

malta a deal was struck on tuesday to relocate migrants from malta to four other european countries aquarius is the last non-government rescue ship operating in the mediterranean how campaigning is underway in afghanistan for next month's parliamentary elections the vote is more than three years overdue and is seen as a test for presidential elections next april tony berkeley is in kabul. they can never be described as boring conflicts corruption intimidation and fraud afghan elections have it all but the parliamentary elections due to take place on october twentieth are at least promising something different. new government measures hope to put an end to the problems of previous elections election fraud is now a criminal offense voting systems will be cited in public buildings monitored by professional people and a new advance voting system will be used even so doubts still linger the afghan government has bought more than twenty thousand biometric devices for facial recognition and fingerprinting to prevent voter fraud but only four thousand have so far arrived in the country and operators

from malta to four other european countries ending a diplomatic spat the group was picked up by aquarius the last known government rescue ship operating in the mediterranean. in the democratic republic of congo there are being calls to reject the use of electronic voting machines and december's general election a coalition of opposition leaders says the devices aren't secure and can be tampered with they're also trying to put their weight behind a consensus candidate catherine sawyer reports now from the capital city kinshasa. it's rare in the democratic republic of congo to see supporters of some of the country's most popular opposition parties together like this but here they are mobilized by key opposition presidential candidates and others who have been disqualified from running by the electoral commission the message in this joint trial and it's clear they do not want or trust a new electronic voting system to be used for the first time in the country in the election in december and. i know they have only one plated the system by reducing discussions and having it dubious voters who

the ngos sometimes sailing to those coastal waters and in the case of the aquarius, what we have found an informal kind of arrangement with the smugglers and aquarius is attempting to pre—empt rescue by the libyan coastguards. not only to rescue lives, but in particular to bring people to europe rather than having them brought back to libya. if that is criticised by the maltese prime minister, he is perfectly right. don't make the mistake of classifying him as a right—wing populist because of his opinion coming he is a social democrat, but he is perfectly right to criticise what is happening in the mediterranean in this way. if you look at the number of deaths, nobody can claim this policy has saved lives because there were never as many deaths in the mediterranean as in the past few years. so the system needs to be changed completely. this change to a new system can only be initiated if we have strong partners in northern africa. it is notjust an artificial expression of creation, but rather we need strong north african partners, strong and efficient countries like egypt and we want o