they turned out to welcome carola rackete, along with less impressed italian police.he 31-year-old captain of the sea-watch ththree had just brokn through a blockade in defiance of orders not to dock on the island. after spending t two weeks a ata with several dozozen exhausted migrants she rescued on board. she was arrested for her resistance. the countries far right-wing minister on the issue. >> this is a criminal act, an act of war. a trial, enough to where this young woman will go. >> despite his anger, a george ordered her released two days later in charges of endangngerig police lives --- and charges of endangering police lives being dropped. many across europe have hailed her courage. many believe europe needs to step up to the plate. >> i hope the e eu will change s policy and there will be a safe possibibility for people, refugs in partiticular, to cross the ococean so that civil rescue w't be needed anymore. >> despite still facing charges of helping people smugggglers ad resisting authorities, she wants to help those in need. there's been a suspected arson

carola rackete was arrested last night amid claims from the italian authorities that she deliberatelystating weekend of forest fires in spain as officials reveal that more than 100 square kilometres have been destroyed. the fires, which started in the record—breaking heatwave affecting much of europe, have forced many residents to leave their homes. above—average temperatures are expected to continue into the next week. european union leaders have suspended the summit set to choose who will take the top eu jobs following last month's euro elections. among the positions up for grabs is that of european commission president, which is currently held byjean—claude juncker. a new top team needs to be in place before meps take their seats in july. authorities in sudan say seven people have been killed and nearly 200 injured during renewed protests in several cities. tens of thousands of people took to the streets to keep up the pressure on the country's interim military rulers to hand power over to a civilian administration. the protests on sunday were the largest since a deadly raid by sec

in italy, police arrested carola rackete, the 31-year-old german captain of a refugee rescue ship saturday, after her vessel collided with an italian border police boat as she attempted to dock at lampedusa port. rackete and 53 refugees were caught in limbo at sea for over two weeks in need of medical care and food, as authorities refused to let the sea-watch 3 dock and passengers disembark. this is rackete speaking from aboard the ship the day before she was arrested. the concerns about these [indidiscernible] which are also my responsibility . frustrated and suffer psychologically frfrom the sisituation. amy: she was referring there to italy's anti-immigrant interior minister matteo salvini, who refused to let rackete dock her ship and called her actionons an act of war. german officials and human rights groups have praised the sea-watch 3's mission and condemned the italian government for criminalizing humanitarianan aid. the u.s. senate friday rejected a measure restricting trump's ability to go to war with iran without congressional authorization. the proposal would have retroactively

this comes as human rights grgroups and german officials blasted italy for arresting carola rackete, the 31-year-old german captain of a refugee rescue ship, as she tried to bring dozens of asylumum seekers to safety. she has since been freed and says she plans to sue italian and interior minister for defamation. over the weekend, thousands marched in german cities in support of rackete and to call out the criminalization of humanitarian aid. president trump said monday the u.s. would no longer deal with british ambassador to the u.s. kim darroch, following a recent leak of diplomatic cables in which the ambassador calls the trump administration inept and dysfunctional. in cables going g back as fafars 2017, darroch quesestioned whehr the trump administration "will ever look competent." trump also attacked outgoing prime minister theresa may for creating a mess around brexit. theresa may's office said in a statement it contitinues t to support darroch. the u.n.'s high commissioner for human rights, michelle bachelet, condemned the dire conditions in which jailed migrants are being he