and the e.u. wants to attack the infrastructure run by these human traffickers lots of military experts are pointing out weaknesses in that system, and libyaens themselves are popping up and saying legitimately hang on, the e.u. has not consulted with us on that issue that's a sovereignty issue, and we're not in support of that, and that will be proposed by the european union and the u.n. and i can assure that you will run and run as well. >> malaysia is dealing with its own migrant crisis right now. hundreds of people from bangladesh and myanmar has landed on their shores this weekend. they're mainly from the rohingya minority. many have been traveling on overcrowded boats for months and arrived in desperate need of care. >> police confirmed for us that a thousand rohingya and bangladeshi migrants arrived in shore last night. many of them were women, they were extremely hungry thirsty and in need of medical attention. the ministry has not confirmed any of these details yet but the boat these migr

now the e.u.r migration has a simple but controversial proposal, the individual member states agree to give refuge to tens of thousands of asylum seekers. >> there is a proposal to bring migrants across the european union. we do not proposal the fixing of quarters. it's a word we don't like and we have never used. all this is about insuring but it is up to each member state to decide on how many persons they will grant refugee status. >> asof the 40,000 my grants needin need, they ask germany to take in 8763. france 6752. spain, to accept 4288. senior officials here are appealing to european governments to show compassion and listen up live up to their international responsibilities, but they say the figures the e.u. are talking about are tiny compared to the millions of people fleeing conflict in the middle east and africa. these migrants were rescued after making the dangerous journey to libya, a place identified as a key point on the route for the people smugglers. destroying the smuggleer boat

the e.u.'s foreign policy chief asks the u.n. for help to stop criminal groups smuggling people to europe. >>> hundreds of rohingya migrants make it to indonesia but hundreds more remain stranded at sea. i'm lauren taylor, this is al jazeera live from london. also coming up. yemen's hot i couldn't rebels battle along the board one day before a cease-fire is due to begin. no break through expected at the e.u. despite greece desperately short of money on the eve of a huge loan repayment. plus. [music] many feel the law promoting music in french has had its day. >> hello, beginning with the growing problem of people smuggling and trafficking, which is becoming increasingly urgent for governments in europe andation. in a moment we'll look at the rohingya rescued off coast of malaysia. there has been a mandate to find and destroy smuggleers boats in libya to stop migrants to europe. last couple of hours the e.u. foreign minister chief has addressed the security council. >> our message to all libyan

i encourage e.u.o show compassion as they consider this important proposal to share their responsibility ies. >> jacky rowland has more on that story from brussels. >> for the first time we've heard conquer concrete numbers and exact figures. already the united kingdom said it's not going to opt in to the scheme and there are other countries who have expressed concern about the number of migrants they're being asked to accept notably france and spain. now at the moment we're talking about a figure of 40,000 migrants from syria and eretrea which the e.u. is hope to go redistrict redistribute. and another 20,000 individuals who are at the moment outside of the e.u. but at the e.u. refugee agency has identified as in need. however, some aid agencies said this is a minuscule number when you bear in mind that from the conflict in syria alone there have been millions of refugees who are particularly in neighboring countries like turkey jordan and lebanon. and they think that the e.u. rich western countries

if it leaves the e.u. britain's love-hate relationship with the e.u.ill now be decided. >> thousands of homes have been damaged and more rain has been falling, threatening to complicate the cleanup. rescuers are looking for a dozen people in texas who have gone missing during the powerful storms. we go to gabriel elizondo who joins us live from houston. how are the cleanup efforts going gabe? >> well, it's a slow process. but the good news the cleanup efforts are under kay. there are massive efforts taking place. let me show you the houston chronicle. the main headline says washed out. highway nightmare disaster. i'm underneath an underpass and above me is some of the big highways in houston. this was completely flooded with water a few hours ago. i'm going to go over to my left shoulder to give you a sense of it. it came so high that it reached the top of the retaining war that you're looking at right now. it gives you an idea of how high the water levels were here. seven people dead in the city of houston, but the good news is that they're cleaning u

the e.u.sks its member states to take in 40,000 asylum seekers over the next two years. >>> plus power to the people. a deal to resume fuel supplies in nigeria, days before the new president is inaugurated. ♪ >>> hello, there are calls for sepp blatter to resign. seven executives were arrested in switzerland on wednesday morning and are expected to be extradited to the u.s. they include jack warner and jeffery webb, the former and current presidents of the north american regional body. the suspects are accused of pay or receiving bribes of more than $100 million. in return for lucrative sponsorship deals. switzerland has begun its own criminal investigation into money mismanagement, specifically relating to the world cup wins of russia and qatar. >> reporter: swiss police arresting officials from football's world governing body. they are suspected of bribery totaling more than $100 million and face extradition to the u.s. the case is linked to commercial deals dating back to the 1990s for majo

if for example, a number of e.u. countries especially smaller countries who are far away from the geographically entry points, where a number of asylum seekers arrived in europe, volunteered, for example, to take a number of asylum seekers, this may be a small victory for the commission and a start of the agenda on migration and refugees. chris: thanks for joining us. authorities in india have cancelled doctors leave as the country grabbles with the heat wave that claimed over a thousand lives. temperatures soared over 47 degrees celsius. and in the countries south the mercury is finally expected to fall later this week as rain brings relief. and the death toll from floods that killed 17 people in texas and oklahoma is set to rise. authorities in dallas continue to search for bodies and evacuate residents from vulnerable sites. hundreds of homes are being destroyed since storms swept through the region memorial day weekend. the intern president met president holand today. the african nation lashed out for keeping her

. >> e.u. ministers in brussels gathering to stop human trafficking across the mediterranean. >> end to the ceasefire in yemen, the saudi coalition launches more airstrikes. >> cherries, peaches apricot tomato. >> washington farmers are going to lose $1 billion this year. >> iraq shia militia's launching fighters to recapture rimadi from isil. the iranian government offered its help to the iraq government hours after isil took control of the capitol of anbar province. residents are trying to find ref final in baghdad. that's where we pick up the story. >> according to the international organization for migration, 8,000 people were forced to leave ramadi when fighters belonging to islamic state of iraq and the levant advanced into their city. people headed towards baghdad are being questioned before being allowed to enter the capitol. >> why aren't we allowed to go to baghdad? aren't we in the same country? we can't cope. it is better to die than to live this life. >> anger towards the shia led

the e.u. hits out at russia after it issues a travel map against 89 european politicians. a month after the devastating earthquake children in nepal get to go back to school. >>> let's begin on the italian island of sicily where bodies of 17 people are arriving at port augusta. they were found during a large-scale operation to save migrants in the mediterranean sea. more than 5,000 have been rescued since friday. we go live to the port to hoda abdel-hamid. the picture behind you of the coffins, it tells the story of how dangerous the migration is. >> absolutely i mean it's a telling picture. the bodies of the 17 who died during the crossing should be uploaded shortly. we know from the commander of the ship behind me the italian commander, that they were found actually dead on board one of those inflatable dinghies. the circumstances of the deaths are not clear yet. but you have to understand that the people travel on a rubber dingy, there could be up to 100 people, so they squash and travel wi

presumably e.u. troops or e.u. agents or e.u. war ships on the shore of libya are going to receive some kind of resistance occasionally and they will meet that resistance. and that could then well snowball into an invasion, and that may, i'm going to speculate that that may be part of the vision. amy: julian, the swedish supreme court just ruled against you in a 4-1 decision. can you explain what this means for your case? julian: well, the case is the u.s. case, which started in the beginning of 2010. the grand jury information place by the middle of 2010. wikileaks war room was established by the pentagon, comprised predominantly of defense intelligence agency and f.b.i. over 120 people working 24/7. more than a dozen different government departments involved. amy: how do you know this? julian: it's publicly stated by those organizations. and subsequently, the case has narrowed down in its focus and is now being run by the department of justice, national security division, the department of justice criminal division. the latest

s membership state. >> how likely is the e.u. to authorize this. >> the e.u. foreign minister was in beijing last week, she believes she has china's support on this. that leaves the wildcard of russia. don't forget, russia is the target of economic sanctions by the e.u. so you're likely to see some horse trading going on. >> thank you so much. malaysia is dealing with its own migrant crisis. hundreds of people from bangladesh and myanmar landed on its shores just this weekend. they're mainly from the rohingya minority, a group that has been persecuted for decades in me myanmar. and many have arrived after months on board and in need of care. over a thousand rohingya and bangladeshi migrants came ashore last night. many of them were women and children and they were extremely hungry, thirsty, and in need of medical attention. the ministry here has not confirmed any of these details yet, but the news agency is reporting that the boat these migrants was traveling on appears to be abandoned by the smuggleers perhaps because of the crackdown on their activities by t

it seems that russia is feeling e.u. weakness. already inside e.u. are countries which are not happy with sanctions. it seems e.u. is now scared, so russia is trying to press her and send some members of e.u. clear signal, think twice before taking decision, because it can bite. >> scientists say funds are desperately needed to complete a new safety structure at the power plant an explosion at the site exactly 29 years ago set off a chain of events leading to what has been described as the world's worst nuclear disaster. andrew simmons reports from there. >> looming above a town where no one lives anymore a new average like structure dominates the skyline. it's meant to offer fresh hope in the long wake of nuclear tragedy left by its next door neighbor reactor number four. although the structure is heralded as a feat of engineering, it's missed several deadlines and still isn't finished. >> you have to walk a good distance back to take it in. this is the biggest movable structure on earth. eventually it will be maneuvered slowly on rails to totally e

now the e.u. would like to establish a mechanism where at least 20,000 migrants would be given a permanent solution as refugees in the european union dividing the numbers up between european countries depending on how big the country is, how wealthy it is, how many migrants the country has the level of employment, those factors would be used to work out the mathematics. notably the u.k. and hungary say they oppose this. while the plan might be there in principle, nailing down the detail could be difficult. >>> let's talk to our correspondent who reported extensively from libya. this idea of operating within libyan waters perhaps forming partnerships are libyan authorities, i mean, just how realistic is this idea from the e.u.? >> well, it's going to be very difficult for the simple reason that in libya there are two governments at this moment. the e.u. recognizes the one based in tibruk. but most of the boats leave on the side under control of the tripoli government, that is not recognized by the

now the e.u. would ideally establish a mechanism where approximately 20,000 migrants would be given --while the plan might be there in principle nailing down the details could be a lot more difficult. >> now we're getting reports that burundi's president has sacked to of his government ministers. let's goharry, tell us about these failed ministers and why he has sacked them. >> this was expected. people knew there would be some kind of changes. mostthis is so another attempted coup does not take place. he's attempting another third run and maybe he's planning ahead. he felt there were people who stabbed him in the back and attempted to run him out of power. >> are they of the same intensity and volume in protesting as we saw before? are there people out in the streets? >> i think when people saw that he was gone, they were rejuicing. but he did come back, and he said he was not going anywhere. people are concerned about what has been put in place and the power and are they going to try to quell th

. >>> e.u. ministers are gathering to discuss the migrant crisis, they're expected to back a proposal for a new naval force to enter september smugglers before they reach europe. >>> more than 10,000 people have been rescued. >>> today, the main point will be taking the decision to stab the operation at sea to dismantale the smugglers. and, i expect this decision to be taken today. >>> jackie has the latest from the brussels. >>> e.u. ministers are looking to adopt a compromeanive package on the issue of migration now that the military aspect to that fighting the smugglers and also be longer term plans to address it. political instability and poverty, and also, a humanitarian side to protect refugees and the military side a lot would depend on what kind of u.n. security council might be achieved and, look at operations within international waters and naval operations western libyan waters, the e.u. has ruled out any forces on the ground. many, many ways, it is the hue nana terry enpart of the pl

did e.u. officials address those concerns? this >> reporter: them vice president of the commission did. he said he had the utmost respect for british intelligences, but in this case he felt they didn't read the document clearly enough. he agrees migrants can and will be sent back but in the last hour or so in london the home office has reiterated its refusal to take part in any mandatory quota system. they feel they do enough already. the question is how many other countries will feel the same way. >> jonah thank you. >>> 76 people are now confirmed dead in a 7.3 magnitude aftershock that hit nepal. the aftershock leveled apartment buildings and there are fears some people in isolated towns and villages are still buried. >> reporter: hundreds of nepaly ground troops are searching for an american helicopter crew. six marines and two nepalese soldiers were on board. >>> kim ki-jong reported biorders the death of his defense chief for being disrespectful, why it may signal trouble in the country. >>> welcome back to l -- to al ja

it seems e.u. now is scared, so russia is trying to press her and sending e.u. some members of e.u. clear signals thing twice before taking the decision, because it can bite. >> scientist say funds are needed to complete a new safety structure at the chernobyl nuclear power plant. an explosion in the site 29 years ago set off a chain of events leading to what has been described as the world's worst nuclear disaster. we have this report from chernobyl. >> looming above a town where no one lives anymore a new average like structure now dominates the skyline. it's meant to offer herb hope in the long wake of nuclear tragedy left by its next door neighbor, reactor number four. automatic the structure is heralded as a feat of engineering, it still isn't finished. >> you have to walk a good distance back to take it in. this is the biggest movable structure on earth. eventually it will be maneuvered slowly on rails to totally encase reactor number four. the question is when that will happen. >> completion isn't the only issue. a massive funding shortfall has hindered progress. a project ma

>> i made the promise outside the e.u. we did get immigration. inside the e.u.rtly because the rest of the economy is not performed and we have created more jobs than the rest of the e.u. put together. it's been difficult to meet that target. i now need to make these benefit changes the things i have just described and i need to negotiate the siniora. i would argue i have a track record of that. i cut the budget that urged prime minister to do it. i vetoed the european treaty kept britain out of the euro. i can deliver these things in europe but i need your mandate in seven days time to get out there and when a good deal for britain that controls immigration and gets us to a better position in europe and with me you will get that in a referendum. you the british people will these deciding to 42017. >> good evening mr. cameron. i work in housing and i deal a lot with the homeless. a lot of those come from eastern european countries who are not often to ask -- able to access those benefits we are talking about. what can the community do dealing with that because i

i'm hoping that some progress will be made on reforming the e.u. everybody at the e.u.i would be hopeful that when it comes to a referendum that people will vote to stay within the e.u. manus: standard chartered one of their main chief economists is here. willie walsh there. we have a lot -- in ireland. we did very well. is it publicity or is it actually proper lobbying? >> a bit of both. what he needs to do now is -- securing the kind of reforms he needs to get a yes vote in the u.k. and to -- contingency in his own party. the problem is before the election there was a lot of posturing which annoyed a lot of other e.u.ers. now it is bridge building time. caroline: we're not seeing that much reaction when it comes to the market. before the election everybody was fearful of the referendum. will it raise its ugly head? will we start to see markets -- >> i think it will become a point of uncertainty because there is a chance that the referendum isborough brought forward. they have been given a clear mandate by the population. if that does happen then markets will be a litt

amazon is currently under investigation over its tax arrangements in the e.u. so an interesting development there. >> let's turn to technology. and a familiar event in an unfamiliar place. >> yes, this is the consumer electronics show which we know from the annual gathering in las vegas a huge event for the technology industry, but the first asian version of ces opens in shanghai on monday, this as the chinese government is trying to encourage startups with measures like tax breaks. >> every morning, this woman starts the day by checking her mobile device to find out how many people have joined her app. four months ago the young chinese girl quit her job as a financial analyst to start an app. >> they can reach our app to connect with customers to sell product, so young people get more work in big companies, so they really want to do business on their own. >> in only threements, she was able to get an investor to back her initiative in shanghai. her backers feel she may be able to coming next internet giant dominating the chinese market. >> we provide actually

some noticed the russian list concentrates on e.u. states vocal in their criticism of moscow and as much could be an attempt by the russians to exploit internal differences. >> by looking at this list, you may drawing a map see the map of russia is that's friends and russia's opponents. it's very selective actually. russia is conducting large scale exercise on ukraine's border again. the minsk agreement meant to separate forces and start peace talks is still not implemented and both ukrainian and western officials fear russia and its ukrainian allies are gearing up for another round of fighting. russia admits there is another list for banned u.s. officials but that has yet to be published. al jazeera london. >> two cultures with seemingly little in common are being brought together by a british academic the aboriginal people are australia are sharing their thoughts with visitors from the other side of the world with a unique cross cultural link up. >> one community lost its land, independence and identity when colonialists arrived. an

e.u. policy chief addresses the u.n. security council on the mediterranean migrant crisis. >>> a desperate journey for the rohingya. hundreds of migrants are rescued off thest of indonesia. and thousands more appear trapped. >>> on the eve of a proposed cease-fire houthis fires across the border. >> the gods must be angry. >> in nepal they are saving lives and protecting heritage. >> in the past hour the e.u. foreign affairs chief has appeared before the united nations to call for help in dealing with the increasing migrant crisis. she is asking the security council to approve military action against people smugglers operating in the mediterranean. it's estimated more than 60,000 people have tried to across into europe so far this year. >> 2015 looks even worse than the previous year and consider it only 2014, 3,300 migrants died trying to enter the. european union by sea. that means three out of four people perished, three out of four. this tells us that our first priority is to save lives and prevent further loss of li

treaty with the e.u. because he believes also that that will help him convince the british public to stay within europe. but will concessions be made and how far will the e.u. go? >> a treaty change is not on the table. but most important the most important thing as was said cameron has to say what he really wants to negotiate on. we have that issue of the referendum for many, many months on the table. but david cameron never really said to the european partners what he wants to negotiate. that would be the first step. nevertheless, i can't imagine there will be a treaty change with all the 28 member states. >> i mean, we know broadly what he's talking about when he's talking about renegotiating with europe. he said that he wants european migrants to work for four years in the u.k. before getting access to certain welfare benefits here. he wants to be able to deport migrants who have found work within six months. is there a possibility that europe would be prepared to look at that, or will that be too muc

british prime minister david cameron takes the e.u. reform campaign on the road. >>> welcome back to al jazeera america, i'm barbara serra. coming up in this half hour of international news the catholic church takes a stand on elections in burundi, and a choir of muslim and christian children prepare for a special visit. first, the stories making headlines across the u.s. in the american minute. houston residents are trying to clean up after devastating floods. 21 people are confirmed dead in texas and oklahoma. storms complicate recovery efforts, and authorities issue voluntary vac use orders for hun -- evacuation orders for hundreds of homes south-west of the city >>> the pentagon says there's no reports of anthrax after samples were sent out to nine states and a military base in south korea. 23 at austin airbase were given an antibiotic as a precaution. the samples in question were not live says the military but scientists grow anthrax from cultures supposed to be inactive >>> former new york governor george pataki joined the group

they are anti-immigrant and anti-e.u. they are expected to poach a lot of votes from the conservatives. and the conservatives have had to answer by putting out their own position on e.u. membership and the conservatives say if they remain in power they will call a referendum on whether to stay in the e.u. >>> benjamin netenyahu will partner with four other parties including the far right jewish home group, that party opposes the establishment of a palestinian state. and opposed settlement in the west bank. the chief responded by saying this: earlier i spoke with former israeli justice minister. i asked him whether eracot was right? >> benjamin netenyahu said before the election on his watch there will not be a palestinian state. but that doesn't mean that this is necessarily going to be the policy of the new government because it is a weak government. it is a rightist government. actually it is a naked rightist government, and it will have to do something in order to not be more isolated than before. and this is why i can

but the french president has warned against the e.u.'tor: well, of course franz hopes that britain will remain in the european union. a referendum has been announced and it will be the british people who decide on their future. we think it's in europe's interest and britain's interest to be together but we respect the people. >> jacky rowland has more on how cameron's visit was received in france. >> reporter: there have been warnings here in paris that the british prime minister may be pursuing a very risky strategy with this tour of european capitals during which he is warning european leaders that britain could vote to leave the e.u. in a referendum if there isn't fundamental change to some of the aspects of the way in which the e.u. is run. in fact, one member of the ruling socialist party here in france actually went as far as to describe what mr. cameron was doing as a threat. a blackmail if you like, to leverage his position in negotiations to gain more room for maneuver by warning threatening his counterparts that if, in fact, th

. >> the e.u. faces travel bans of european politicians. >> back to school for children in nepal. >> in iraq, eight isil suicide bombers attacked and army headquarters near fallujah. twenty soldiers were killed, another 13 died in a rocket attack on the air base east of ramadi. the city has seen some of the heaviest fighting in recent weeks. we have the latest from baghdad. >> with all of those attacks across anbar, we see isil using car bombs to devastating effect. the iraqi security forces have a problem. analysts say that the forces don't have the kind of row con sense and intelligence to be able to stop these suicide car bombs in advance. also, some of the weaponry they are using is ineffective against reinforced car bombs and this is something isil are now becoming very, very good at. they are splitting iraqi forces in half and able to attack military basis as well as military target. we are seeing the shelling of the air base where the majority of iraqi security forces are based and that's wh

. >>> the e.u. controversial plan to introduce refugee quotas in response to the migrant crisis in the mediterranean. but the proposal is already hugely divisive. jonah hull reports. >> reporter: the e.u. has been criticized for failing to dealed a eventually with migrants crossing and drowning in mediterranean waters. its response a multi-proned strategy aimed at every level of the problem from the root causesover the problem to enhanced rescue efforts at sea and possible military action against smugglers. there's also a plan to impose a mandatory quota system on e.u. countries taking asylum seekers in. >> what will make the situation worse is doing nothing. maintaining the present system not creating steps forward. >> we are facing an unprecedented situation, an exceptional dramatic situation that requires an unprecedented and exceptional action. >> reporter: but despite bold talk of solidarity among europeans, there is division in the ranks. the overall strategy will be presented to european lead

. >>> now, a e.u. naval operation from stopping people from smuggling people, into europe, could be launched in just a few weeks. >>> e.u. ministers backed it, in a meeting they held in brussels, more than 10,000 have been rescued, trying to get to europe from libya. >>> we adopted the crisis management concept, and the decision to establish the operation with headquarters in rome and this will allow us to continue to start the operational plan, with the commander and in the headquarters and to prepare for the launch of the operation itself. hopefully, already, at the next foreign affairs council in june, we might be ready to adopt the launch of the operation. that will help as we have to follow the recommendations, and the work that the commander will have in the coming weeks. >>> jackie, in brussels, you were listening to what she had to say, in terms of the process where do we go now? >>> well really, the main words today, has been urgent, and, the fact that there is a recognition that this is an ur

it is to have a two year renegotiation with its e.u.ers and then, hold an in-out referendum. >>> what else can we expect, from the conservative government? >>> more of the same policies? >>> that's what they seem to campaign on? >>> yes, so, i think the conservatives ran a very successful campaign on the economy and coming back to the issue of europe, that was a real sticking point. and this, i cannot emphasize this will be for the next conservative government, david examiner ron will be the prime minister and negotiates on the relationship with the e.u. is going to start immediately and that will be central, to the future of this government. it will be an historic government because the negotiations that are going to take place are going to be important, as i said, this election is historic, most important election, since 1945. >>> and as we have seen, by david cameron he's already said that he will hold that referendum in 2017 on whether to stay in the e.u. >>> absolutely that's the conservatives made clear that that was an absolute r

also coming up e.u. ministers approve a naval mission to target gangs smuggling migrants from libya. burundi's president sacks defense and foreign ministers as his soldiers reclaim the capital >>> at least 48 dead and more missing after a landslide in north-west columbia >>> plus, a rally in support of macedonia's prime minister after mass protests urging him to go. >>> hello, shia militias are assembling near the iraqi stay of ramadi. >>> iraqi's groups fled the city. hundreds were killed and 25,000 people have fled. zeina khodr has more from baghdad. >> reporter: they were caught in the crossfire and have no place to go. 8,000 were forced to leave ramadi when fighters belonging from islamic state of iraq and levant advanced into the city. people headed to baghdad are being questioned before enterle capital. the gas saying it wants to make sure no fighters could enter the city. >> reporter: why aren't we allowed to go to baghdad, aren't we in the same country. it's better to die than lead the life >>> a

. >>> the e.u.sk member states to take in 40,000 syrian and e eiretera asylum seekers. >> hello there football's world governing body is being accused of systemic and deep-rooted corruption. seven top fifa executives were arrested earlier in a dawn raid on a swiss hotel. they're facing extradition in the u.s. with more than $100 million. separately switzerland has begun their own criminal investigation in money laundering. >> they said anyone guilty of corruption would be removed from the game. and voteing will likely go on friday as planned despite calls for it to be postponed. alan fisher has the latest. >> corruption allegations have been swirling around fifa for years. >> they are expected to uphold the rules that keep soccer honest and keep the integrity of the game. instead they served their interests and enriched themselves. >> the three-year investigation but the alleged crime stretches back two decades. >> this really is the world cup of fraud. and today we're issuing fifa a red card. >> u.

security council is winning support for a military component to the e.u.'s plan. that is being able to search, stop and destroy boats that are coming from libya, and this could include working in libya's territorial waters and on the coastline of libya, something that libya says it is not on board with. now, the foreign policy chief made her case knowing that she had to have a comprehensive plan to win the support of the security council. russia said for example, that destroying vessels in libya may be a step too far. there are many issues that need to be worked out. the consensus is that something needs to be done on the part of the international community to address the crisis and they are working on a resolution they hope to circulate in the coming days. >>> still to come two weeks till a cash crisis the warning from athens. >> francis hollande is on an historic visit to cuba. i'm lucia newman in havana. >>> welcome back, a quick reminder of the top stories. saudi arabia moved tank and vehicles towards the southern border with yemen. reinforcements were send af

june 25th the next e.u. leader's summit and that's when many are expecting david cameron to lay out the wishlist if you like to the e.u. on the things they want to change. interesting to see what other support he gets from angela merkel and the dutch and the finns, people quite supportive of at least the principal of a change and loosening of e.u. rules. clearly it's a big issue for him, and one that he's already thinking about >>> thank you very much indeed. our correspondent live in london. >> the u.s. presidential election may be a year and a half away. the race is hotting up. white house correspondent patty culhane looks at the contenders. >> it's more than a year and a half away, but candidates are on the trail. >> we've come to take our country back. >> reporter: being nice to children. shaking hands and asking for votes. touting their past experience. so far there's a senator. this one and this one. and, of course, the senator turned secretary of state, hillary clinton. >> don't you some day want to s

there is a statement now by the e.u. foreign affairs minister, and we will listen in to what she has to say. >> the commission site, the agenda on migration was adopted as you know, last week, presented it, commission was sharing with us this presentation today but the focus today was obviously foreign defense ministers the external part of our work to. there are three different elements. one side, increase partnership with africa union and our countries. just yesterday we were discussing this with turkey, increasing levels of cooperation on managing flows of refugees and migrants. seconds, the decision to increase our presence with the missions and operations. it has been discussed and it has been decided already to increase our presence there last week. and last element among many others, the heads of states and governments asked me last month to prepare operations to dismantle the business model of all smuggling operations. less than one month later we adopted the crisis management concert and the decision to establis

the e.u.s considering proposals to reign in internet companies just after google was accused of using its market power. guy: francine: caroline hyde spoke with alsunny cooper. -- i'm still very confident that we're going to get this deal completed this spring. looking forward to the people onboard and the brands onboard and make a sess of this business. it is really important. really important in terms of cash returns for shareholders. caroline: how transform i.d.f. will it be? -- transformtive will it be? how much do you want to grow from a 10% market share in the states? >> we want to get back to 10. therefore 10 is the first target to get back to. what i want to see from that business is steady show of growth. we're going to do things to build that sustainable quality share growth. invest behind the brands and the capabilities and the sales force and make sure we build quality solid share growth in that market. caroline: when we look at your numbers, it is about profitability. do you ever e

. >>> negotiators from the e.u. iran will resume talks in vienna on a deal to curb tehran's nuclear programme. the e.u. said officials from six world powers will join the talks a few days later on 15 may. negotiators are expected to continue their work, drafting the text of what is called the joint comprehensive plan of action. it will pave the way to ensure iran's nuclear programme is used for peaceful purposes. the e.u. and u.s. will lift sanctions imposed on iran. the deadline to sign the deal is end of june >>> u.n. backed talks to end the conflict in syria are taking place in geneva. the u.n. special envoy for syria has been meeting with the government and rebel representatives, and regional players, including iran. . >> we must redouble efforts in search of a political process. this view is shared by the wider international community. russia hopefully refocussed the attention on the political track earlier this year through moscow 1 and moscow 2. there was a useful meeting na cairo. and last week the security

if only, i think because many e.u.tates want to be seen to be doing more to try and get a grip on this desperate problem. >> thanks for that. >> experts in ballistic missile technology say north korea made an important step with its test launch from a submarine but remains years away from an attack on the united states. last week's launch is causing concerns. >> the technology is about striking invisibly from under the water, but north korea wanted the world to see this launch presided over by kim jong-un. state media called it having a time bomb strapped to the enemy's back, the ability to fire a missile undetected from the seas. in seoul, there was a flurry of high-level meetings, the defense ministry calling the development a very serious and concerning matter. >> we urge north korea to immediately stop developing this technology, which hinders the stability of this peninsula and northeast asia. >> in the past, north korea's fleet of small submarines has been used for infiltration attacks into south korean territory

the picture may change with duda in office who is known to have a more skeptical approach to the e.u. >> for more on poland's president-elect we've been talking to the warsaw correspondent of britain's daily telegraph newspaper matthew day. what kind of politician we asked him is andrzej duda? >> well, mr. duda has come as a surprise to many in poland. he wasn't really known at all before he was elected as candidate for law and justice. and so now he's president-elect and it will be interesting to see how he performs. as a man he sort of is showing very-daybreak characteristics of law and justice. he is quite nationalistic or patriotic if you want to use another word. he is socially conservative. he is very proud of being a devout catholic. he wants to stand up for poland's rights, which could set him on a collision course a, with the current british government and also, b, with poland's e.u. partners. the con polish government has also tried to promote the consensus and make poland a very enthusiastic e.u. player. now mr. duda may say, look. this is poland's rights. this what is pola

you have to bring them to the e.u. but is the european union ready to do this. >> that is a question asked andthemsewhat do you expect to new e.u. agenda that is going to be published later this week? >> i think search and rescue will be extended and go until, i think, the libyan international waters. i also expect quotas to distribute the migrants among e.u. member states will be adopted, meaning the burden of people arriving at sea will not be on the shores of 2-3 areas, but distributed among the 28 member states. this is what i hope on this. i also hope that new channels for a safe asylum will be opened. and also perhaps, the new agenda will deal with the issue of opening europe to economic migration. many good things could come from the next e.u. council on thursday. >> felipe joining us from florence thank you for talking to us on al jazeera. to a migrant crisis on the other side of the world. two boats carrying 500 people washed assure. they rankeded in the aceh province at the northern end of the island. they ar

out of the e.u. but the key political point here in the u.k. of course remember that in the u.k. even though they only have one seat in parliament ukip managed to get 4 million votes, and their whole manifesto was about exiting the e.u. and that sentiment is echoed by quite a few people in the u.k. certainly in the conservative government as well so it is going to be tricky for him, he is going to have to walk that fine line trying to make sure the whole party is on side of the message, and still be able to keep the support of the back benchers that he is going to need if he is going to keep his majority. >> barbara thank you very much indeed. a number of foreign ambassadors are among those who died in a helicopter crash in pakistan. >>> hezbollah says three of its fight verse been killed in clashes along the syrian lebanon border. pictures have emerged of the fighting. hezbollah has been supporting the syrian president, bashar al-assad, and has been fighting a number of rebel group theres the border area for several months. >>> there have been

cameron is under pressure to cut immigration from the e.u.welfare payments. cameron has promised to hold the referendum by the end of 2017. >> we will be talking about european reform the need to focus on growth and jobs the need to make sure we compete as a single market the need to make sure that as you put it where necessary, but [ inaudible ]. >>> 22 personnel have been given precautionary treatment for anthrax after a u.s. army test facility accidentally sent live samples to labs. nine laboratories in the u.s. also sent the samples. it is confirmed at least one was live. >>> animal welfare lob beests are fighting back against a possible koala cull in australia. an overcrowded colony is being assessed for ill health this week. there are concerns many are under nourished as the population outgrows it supply of food. they are a protected species in australia with around 43,000 left. >> you see dead koalas in the base of trees, and just dies the whole area smells of dead koalas. >> what we're observing on then ground is about three to four a

. >>> negotiators from the e.u. and iran will resume talks in vienna on a deal to curb tehran's nuclear programme. the e.u. said officials from six world powers will join the talks on 15 may. negotiators are expected to continue the work drafting the text of what is called the joint comprehensive plan of action. it will pave the way to ensure the nuclear programme is used for peaceful purposes. the e.u. and u.s. will lift sanctions imposed on iran. the deadline to sign the deal is end of june >>> u.n. backed talks to end the conflict in syria are taking place in geneva. the misty upham special envoy has been meeting with the government and rebel representatives, and regional players, including iran. two of the biggest groups have not been asked to take part in the talks. iraq's government sent reinforcements to protect the beige oil refinery. fighters from islamic state of iraq and levant have been trying to capture the facility it's the biggest, located on the road to mosul;. >>> fighters allied with i.s.i.l. are b

i think it is also something for the e.u. and nato. vago: you have prided yourself on your r not having many direct military alliances. there is a discussion in finland whether or not it should look more closely at becoming a nato memb. at what int does sweden have to make that decision about whether or not nato is where you belong >> i think sweden and finland we have the same position. i don't think we have a strong majority for it in finland to change their position. i don't think we have a majority in sweden to change our position. in a broaderiew, it is excepted to have the nato partnership and work with it and develop it. we have been there since 1994. many years. we have developed it step-by-step. now we have this enhanced opportunity also. i think it is a way of building security from our history and traditions. it is to have cooperation and partnership and exercises connectis to create military culpability to have broad security net for use in internatioional operations to see that we have culpability you have culpability. the

e.u.at the world handles boat by boat? >> well, we have reached a stage where we have a massive search in the recent past. these migrations have been on for a long time. i myself have been working on the libyan track for already 12 years ago but now with the cop junction of conflict, somalia boko haram syria, you have a sudden surge and of course the situation in libya with the government in the west and alternative government in the east and some in the middle it doesn't stop. it increases the migrations through that channel. then, of course, the issue you as always is to sort out who is an economy migrant and who is an an asylum seeker. there are criteria. but in the middle of such chaos it's very difficult to do the sorting out to. apply the high commissioner for refugees criteria, so this is what explains the current situation. >> i know the law is fixed around those two different designations but it's kind of hard sometimes to tease out the difference between an economic and other sor

the e.u.n depends heavily on libyan cooperation and many of the rival factions here are opposed to foreign military intervention. agreeing on a military operation is one thing deciding what to do about the thousands of migrants who have already reached europe is another question. most countries agree that the e.u. needs to share the burden you but some nations don't juan to be forced to accept a quota of refugees. many runs of migrants have already died at sea this year and the main sailing season has yet to begin. over the summer months thousands more are expected to a a attempt the journey. the challenge is huge. jacky rowland, al jazerra brussels. >>> in southeast asia as well. many people are fleeing conflict and really just violence, many of the migrants are rohingya muslims who are a minority in myanmar and escaping sectarian violence. minute stprerz ma layer indonesia and thailand are to meet on wednesday to discuss the influx of migrants. >>> former thailand prime minute officer is to