one from senegal and one from gambia. they found support in a religious charity but their lives are in limbo and they are lonely. >> i want a better life. i miss my mom. i have only my mom now. nobody else. what is my future now? i don't know yet my future now. >>reporter: we talk of this as an immigration crisis. but the people on the docks, tired and confused for sure are also relieved. they've escaped wars and crossed a sea without disaster. they'd rather be here than in the troubled lands they left behind. >>> the eu is due to meet again on thursday to discuss the crisis. paul brennan has this update from sicily. >>reporter: the deaths in the mediterranean according to one u.n. official have been down to a monumental failure of compassion on the part of eu leaders. and there is huge pressure to come up with a solution. there was a ten-point plan put forward on monday by the foreign ministers which the leaders will now consider. we've seen a draft which has been leaked. they include, for example, at least doubling the

this italian tugboat managed to rescue 117 migrants, most from gambia and nigeria off the libyan coast. percy told me she was fleeing. she and the others paid human traffickers 1,000 libyan dinars, $700 for a bet ride fraught with danger. around 10,000 migrants arrived in italy in the last few days. but 400 have gone missing, when their ship cap sized. with fair weather and signs of spring, more are expected to come. with a future that promises little more than grinding hopeless poverty, the 2-year-old had little to lose. my family didn't have much. despite appearances these are the lucky ones. according to the international organization for migration, since the year 2000, at least 22,000 people have died crossing the mediterranean. 25-year-old el haji from gambia says dangers of the journey were worth it. >> i was scared. i was scared. i was taking risks. big risk. either i, enter europe or i die. >> reporter: he is now in europe. the next stop, migrant camp in northern italy. each step inspired by the hope for a better life. ben >> you heard ben mention there the warmer weather. here

that's here in gambia. that's why there is a lot of attention and focus on this election. and late last year president the president was forced out of office when he tried to change the constitution is he could run for a third term. that's a popular protest that pushed him out. now we have a situation in where the world is watching and from a local perspective. this is where they'll have an opportunity to care their results from the official results. if there are any discrepancies this is something that is going to be highlighted quite quickly. it will be up to the electoral commission to deal with it. >> indonesia has been given the 72 hour notice of the execution of ten foreign nationals convicted for drug trafficking. among them are two australians who will be executed by firing squad. australia's foreign minister has been pleading for a pardon. >>> civil rights activists have been shot dead after hosting a talk on forced disappearances. they have been fighting separatists in the southwestern province since 2005. >>> u.s. tourists have been rescued from a boat swept on

that is here and gambia. so that is why there is a lot of attention and focus on this election. and just neighboring burkina faso late last year it's president was forced out of office when he tried to change the constitution so he could run for a third term. that was popular protests that pushed him out. so now we have a situation in togo where the world is watching but also from a local perspective, this is the first time that the local observers will have the opportunity to compare their results with the official results. so if there are any discrepancies this is something that is going to be highlighted quite quickly and it will be up to the head of the electoral commission to deal with this. >> you'll get a great deal more on our top story there in nepal at www.aljazeera.com. >> the science of fighting a wild fire. >> we're going to explore the intersection of hardware and humanity but we are doing it in a unique way. this is a show about science by scientists. tonight "techknow" investigates climate change. >> i can really feel it vibrating now. >> it's science versus poli

that is here and in gambia. that is why there is a lot of focus on this election.ate last year then president was forced out of office in burkina faso when he tried to change the constitution so he could run a third term. that was the protest that pushed him out. we're watching also from a local perspective. they'll compare their results with the official results. if there are any discrepancies this is something that is going to be highly lighted quite quickly. and it will be up to the head of the electoral commission to deal with this. >> burindi's ruling party say that they can run for a third election in june. offer the country's opposition said that the decision violates the terms of burindi's constitution. ifit states that the president can only serve two terms. >>> pakistani human rights activists have been shot dead. he was attacked by gunmen in karachi after hosting a talk on forced disappearances in the province where security forces are fighting separatists. >> she's doing what she liked campaigning for human rights. she set up the second floor in karachi

today, we met a 19-year-old from gambia who told us the risk of death was worth his freedom in italy. >> even though you knew on that trip you could die or you could drowned. >> i knew that. i don't have a choice. alex: today, european countries are holding a session after they called for an emergency meeting. there are fears the numbers will only get bigger. alex marquot, abc news, sicily. jummy: an ame airlines jet was forced to make an emergency landing at reagan national airport this morning. the flight was headed to philadelphia when a light came on after takeoff indicating a problem with the landing gear. an investigation found the indicator light had malfunctioned. officials say the jet will head to philly after repairs are finally completed. and more charges this noon pending against a man who barricaded himself in an alexandria apartment this morning. aaron jones is charged with violating a protective order. when police showed up to serve him a warrant at an apartment on jamieson avenue they say he refused to open the door. police say they heard the sound of a weapon while th

there were only two countries without presidential term limits and that's gambia and togo.so the president is allowed to run for a third term, but people are asked if it is the right thing to do, especially since his father ran the country for 38 years. between the two of them, they have run the country for nearly 30 years. they have announced the preliminary results and they put the president in lead at 50% and the main opposition leader had around 34%. now this announcement took the opposition by surprise because they thought they were still going through the results checking the individual results from all the region because they raised many concerns about the way the results have been coming in. in a press conference on thursday they actually had some very strong words. they called on supporters to mobilize in great numbers. they called this a take over and they said that people should not allow this situation to happen, that it's a crime against national sovereignty. >> italy is struggling to cope with a number of migrants arriving on its shores just this year. about 2

increasing numbers from gambia, senegal and molly have also fled to the eu the main reason unemployment. another factor is the fighting and government forces and rebels. their escape route takes them through italy -- through libya and italy. traffickers can charge thousands of euros to smuggle people into europe. whole families and communities are desperate to escape hunger and private nation in their own countries. anchor: reports are coming in saudi arabia is ending its campaign of airstrikes on yemen. anchor: the airstrikes have targeted houthi rebels. more than 900 people have been killed in the fighting. reporter: the violence in yemen has pushed the country to the brink of collapse. these fighters in the second largest city are loyal to the country's president. they say they are determined to expel the mainly shiite houthi rebels who forced the id lee lastth. >> we are the resistance and we will defeat the houthis. reporter: the conflict between the rebels and pro-government fighters has been taking a heavy toll. civilian casualties have been growing. these people were injured in

nino and cakka from gambia. they found support in a religious charity but their lives are in limbo and they are lonely. >> i wanted a better life. now i miss my mom. i miss my mom now. i don't have anybody else. at the time i came here, i don't know what yet is my future. i don't know yet my future now. >> we talk of this as an immigration crisis. but the people at the docks tired and confused for sure, are also relieved. they've escaped wars and crossed a sea without disaster. they would rather be here than in the troubled lands they left behind. barnaby phillips, al jazeera, italy. >> e.u.'s prime ministers have come together to call for the stop of migrants trafficking. matteo renzi wants the e.u. to be more human in the handling of the crisis. >> when a person is ready to put his life at risk because he needs to get out from a situation where he could be beheaded you cannot discourage the depastures with a sample statement you do it by taking action in the countries and keeping ourselves even more human avoi

people here come from ethiopia, eritrea, gambia, season balance senegal, and somalia. all of them have the same dream of reaching europe. i asked several of them if they had heard what happened to the hundreds of people who decide. some said yes. some said no, but all of them said that despite the threat and the danger, they will still take their chance if they can and try to make it to europe. for many of these people it is the only hope for a better life. one young guy i was speaking to said i cannot go back home. there is nothing for me. at least with that trip i do have some hope. otherwise, by staying here i have no hope whatsoever. now, their situation is very dire because they don't have anything any more. the trips to reach this point are extremely dangerous. they lost their passport. they don't have money any more. some people told me that they have not spoken to their family in months. it is a very dire situation. not only for them, but for the libyan authorities especially in this particular moment when the world attention is on this crisis. some of the peop

in this area there are only two countries without presidential term limits and that is gambia and togos entitled to run for a third term. but that is the reason there has been so much focus on this election. and on wednesday night, the head of the commission announced that the president was in the lead according to the preliminary results, and he had 58%, versus 34% for the main opposition leader. we have just come from the opposition party headquarters and there's a lot of emotion. a lot of passion there. he spoke himself and he called for his supporters to mobilize in great numbers, excuse me to ineffect protest, because he talked about this being a takeover and a crime against national sovereignty. so these are very very strong words. and even on wednesday night we saw the president of ghana came to toga, and the president of ivory coast, they both came here to try to see how they could find a way forward. and what came out of this press conference was according to the opposition, the president asked that all of the results be checked thoroughly before any announcement was made. so

. >> reporter: set off a few weeks ago and left his wife and two children in gambia to find a job andf them. >> it's not easy and in this war right now everything is money, if you have money you are everything. for me right now it's over. i done with want to be here anymore. >> reporter: going home won't be easy either. there are few embassys left in tripoli to assist and authorities don't have the means to deport the migrants. for now they are stuck in libya's turmoil. al jazeera, in central libya. >>> a leading u.s. newspaper reported that freddy gray was trying to hurt himself when he died in police custody 11 days ago and the death sparked the baltimore reports and we report. >> reporter: a makeshift memorial has been set up here at the very intersection where freddy gray was arrested and we saw that now video of him screaming in pain being loaded in to that police van. now, with the police handing over their internal investigation over to state prosecutors, we came to this neighborhood and found a young man who said he witnessed everything that happened but yet he says police inv

these people are from several different countries, gambia and aratrais and somalia and process of translatinguestions and answers backwards and forwards is taking some time and of course you also have the men themselves who are strongly denying the charges against them. and of course the italian system itself which is a little bit more elongated than perhaps you might be used to it's up to the judge for example to confirm the type of charge that we will finally be laid against the men, nevertheless the process is necessary and if the eu as it has said in its meeting in brussels yesterday is to really go hard after these traffickers they need to put the judicial process in place and get it in place and iron out the wrinkles so the process is quick and hope is from the italian side it might actually deter traffickers from setting out in the first place. >> following the case for us is paul. thanks. ♪ more air strikes by the coalition against houthi targets in yemen and forces loyal to the president abd rabbuh mansur hadi gained control over large parts of aiden pushing the rebels back and forei

that is here in gambia. that is why there is a lot of attention and focus on this election. and just in neighboring burkina faso last year the then president was forced out of office when he tried to change constitution to run for a third term. that was a popular contest that pushed him out. now in togo the world is watching but also from a local perspective. this is the first time that the local observers will have the opportunity to compare their results with the official results. so if there are any discrepancies this is something that is going to be highlighted quite quickly and it will be up to the head of the electoral commission to deal with this. >> turkish will be voting on sunday to choose their next president. whoever is chosen will be mandated to hold talks on the divided island. >> it is the starting point on a pass that many hearsay should have been taken a long time ago. they're walking together with with an ma who they believe will take them on a road to a better future. it is election time in the self declare turkish republic in cypress. one of two candidate

. >> in catania nino from senegal, waka from gambia. their lives are in limbo and they are lonely. >> i want a better life. because now i miss my mom. i have only my mom now. i don't have anybody else. the time i came here, the family i have is only, this is my family here. i don't know yet what is -- what is my future now? i don't -- be i don't know yet my future now. >> reporter: we talk of this as an immigration crisis. but the people on the docks at augusta, tired and confused for sure are also relieved. they have crossed a sea without disaster. they would rather be here than in the troubled lands they left. barnaby phillips, al jazeera augusta sicily. >> coming up next a closer look at the extreme repressive conditions drive eritreans to join them. >> and in neighboring ethiopia, outrage over the murders of nearly 30 ethiopian christians in libya. >> the united nations says 350 of the passengers on the boat that capsized off the libyan coast this weekend were from the african nation of eritrea most are thought oto have drown. >> in

you have economic deprivation in nigeria, gambia, erritrea. and there has been a lot of talk about the human smugglers, but in a sense they, they are just meeting a demand, a need, of these millions of people who were trying to to find a better life. and so, we have had a lot of talk in the, italian parliament, and italian politics, in the media, about somehow cracking down on the human smugglers. but in the end that doesn't really resolve the problem. the problem goes much deeper. it is war. it is unrest. it is poverty. it's corruption. it's injustice. those are issues that certainly the european union would have a difficult time addressing in any effective manner. so, that really gives you an idea just the scale of this problem. of course, then when these people arrive here, the question is how do you integrate them into society if society even wants them. many europeans italians included feel that given the state of the economy here, where you have 12% unemployment, 40% youth unemployment. there is simply, there isn't the opportunity the sp

there are only two countries where there are no presidential term limits, that is here, and gambia. that is why there is a lot of attention and focus on this election. and just in neighboring burkina faso late last year the president was forced out of office when he tried to change the constitution so he could run for a third term. that was popular protest that pushed him out. now we have a situation in togo where the world is watching, but also from a local perspective. they will have the opportunity to compare their results with the official results. if there are any discrepancies this is something that is going to be highlighted quite quickly and it will be up to the electoral commission to deal with this. >> well, none of them seem to want to get out of the presidential palace, barundi president said that they could run for a third election term in june. the opposition group said that the decision conflicts with b burundi's constitution. but that nobody will stand in the way of the ruling party's decision. now we have this update from the capital. >> president was chosen by memb

one young man told me he went from gambia to mali and then into southern libya. he managed to reach tripoli. got on a boat. got caught by the coast guard and now is here in this detention center. now when you ask them do you still want to cross the mediterranean despite the news of all these hundreds of death over the past week people here would tell you yes we do. it's the only hope we have. >> thank you very much for that, indeed. well let's now speak to ber bernadino lyon. thank you for being on al jazeera. the european foreign ministers who were meeting in luxembourg earlier this week said that they wanted to launch military operations against a network of smugglers in libya. what is your view on the events of the last few days, and what is your view on such an action. do you think the emphasis should be on targeting the traffickers in libya? >> well, first of all. regarding the progress, i think parties are now getting closer to an agreement, of course, the remaining part is going to be difficult, but not impossible. i think that they're aware of the complex

. >> reporter: this was a few weeks ago and left wife and children in gambia promising to find a jobe care of them. >> in this it's all money and if you have money you are everything. for me right now it's over. i don't want to be here any more and want to go back to my country. >> reporter: going home won't be easy either there are few embassys left in tripoli to assist and authorities don't have the means to deport the migrants. for now they are stuck in libya's turmoil. al jazeera, central libya. >>> a leading newspaper in the united states is reporting that freddy gray was trying to hurt himself when he died in police custody 11 days ago the incident that sparked the baltimore riots and gabrielle is in baltimore engaging reaction to the washington post article and investigation into freddy gray's death. >> reporter: a makeshift memorial has been set up here at the very intersection where freddy gray was arrested and we saw the video of him screaming in pain being loaded in to that police van. now, with the police handing over their internal investigation over to state prosecutors

but among them, 10 men were arrested from gambia, mali and senegal, suspected of being human traffickers. while in palarmo, italian police are holding 15 men suspected of throwing a dozen migrants off a boat to their deaths after a fight broke out. all 12 were christians from nigeria and ghana. another boat has sunk. only four people surviving from the original 45 on board bringing estimated death toll so far in the mediterranean close to a thousand. some of the migrants end up here at residents in the shadow of mt. etna. until 2011, it was home to u.s. military personnel and their families. it's now guarded by the italian army. the new residents are free to come and go as they please. the press, however, is not allowed in. from south sudan, saying he gets work on farms and has no complaints about his treatment. while 22-year-old from darfur sudan is grateful for italian hospitality. >> i've heard they have economic problems here but they've done what they can to help us. >> but with this steady and mounting influx of migrants, it not clear how much longer italy will be able or willing t

nino from senegal and wack from gambia.hey found support at a charity their lives are in limbo. >> i miss my mom. i miss my mom now. i don't have anybody else. at the time i came here, i don't know yet what is my future now? i don't know yet my future now. >> we talk of this as an immigration crisis. but the people of the docks of algusta are also relieved. they've escaped wars and crossed a sea without disaster. they would rather be here than the troubled lands they left behind. >> italy's prime minister has called for e.u. nations to come together to stop migrant trafficking. the e.u. has agreed to invest more money in paroling operations, and they want the e.u. to have a more visible role in sub-saharan countries. >> when a person is ready to put his life at risk because he needs to get out from a situation where he could be beheaded you cannot discourage the departures or the simple statements. you can do it by enforceing unhcr officers. you can do it by taking action in the countries and keeping ourselves even more hum

among those on board were some 350 people from syria somalia sierra leone mali, gambia, ivory coast and ethiopia. >> italian prosecutors say that this man, a tunisian was the captain of the boat. he was taken into custody charged with reckless homicide and causing a shipwreck. another suspected member of the crew has also been arrested. accused of assisting illegal immigration. and more details are emerging as how so many people died. >> migrants were crashed inside the fishing boat. it was at least 23 meters long. a few hundred migrants were forced into the hold at the lowest level. they were locked and prevented from coming out. another several hundred were close into the second level while on top under a cover there were another 100 migrants. >> here in sicily and across europe there are lots of sympathy for the victims of this disaster and there is widespread outrage at the actives of the ruthless smuggling gangs. but they have discussed for years of ways to prevent these disasters at sea and at ways to prevent more people from risking the perilous journey. and the problem goes beyo

. >> that's here in gambia. so that is why there is a lot of attention and focus on this election and just in the neighboring area late last year the then president was forced out of office when he tried to change the constitution so he could run for a third time. popular protest pushed him out. now, we have a situation in togo where the world is watching but, also from a local perspective, this is the first time the local observers will have the opportunity to compare their results with the official results. so, if there are any discrepancies, this is something that is going to be highlighted quite quickly is it will be up to the head of the electoral commission to deal with this. >> the ruling party says the president can run for a third election term in june. however, the country's opposition says the decision violates the terms of the constitution. the 2005 agreement which ended the country's civil war says the president can only serve two terms. the president says no one will stand in the way of the ruling

many of these were children, among those on board were some 350 people from syria somalia gambia ivory coast and ethiopia. >> this man a tunisian, was the captain of the boat. he has been taken into custody charged with reckless homicide and causing a shipwreck. another suspected member of the crew has been arrested. accused of assisting illegal immigration. and more details are emerging as to how so many people died. >> migrants were crushed inside the fishing boat. that wasn't small. it was at least 23 meters long. a few hundred migrants were forced into the hole, at the lowest level. they were locked and prevented from coming out. another several hundred were closed into the second level. while on top under a cover they were another hundred migrants. >> there is lots of sympathy for the victims of this disaster and widespread outrage at the activities of the ruthless smuggling gangs. but governments have disagreed for years on ways to prevent this disaster at sea and how to keep people were risking the perilous journey. further west 44 africans rescued by coast guards. they've come

this west african block there were only two countries without presidential term limits and that is gambia togo. so he was entitled to run for a third term but that has been the reason there has been so much focus on this election. on wednesday night the head of the election commission announced that the president who was in the lead and that he had 58%, versus 34% for the main opposition leader. >> so what is the opposition's next move now? they say they are rejecting the election results. what are they going to do? and what is going to happen? >> reporter: that's right. well, we have just come from the opposition party headquarters and there's a lot of emotion, and passion there. the opposition leader called for his supporters to mobilize in great numbers to protest, because he talked about this being a -- a takeover and a crime against national sovereignty. so these are very very strong words. and even on wednesday night, we saw actually that the president of ghana came to togo and also the president of ivory coast. they both came here to discuss with the parties to try to see how they

he left his wife and two children in gambia promising to find a job and to take care of them. >> it'sy right now. in this world right now, everything is money. if you have money. you have everything. it's over. i don't want to be here anymore. i want to go back. >> reporter: going home won't be easy either. there are few embassies left in tripoli to assist. and authorities don't have the means to deport the migrants. for now they have stuck in libya's turmoil. >>> in the u.s. more than 100 people have been arrested in a rally in new york. protesting the treatment of a black man who a suffered a fatal spinal injury in police custody. a nightly curfew has been imposed there after a series of riots. >>> at least 150 people have been injured in southern brazil. police fired rubber bullets, tear gas, and stun grenades at teachers trying break through in to the parliament. >>> a spokesman for vladimir putin says north korea's leader kim ki-jong will not attend celebrations in moscow. the russian foreign minister had earlier said kim had accepted an invitation. may 9th marks the 70th anniver

the people here come from ethiopia nigeria, gambia senegal, egypt, some from somolia. and they all dream of reaching europe. i asked several of them if they had heard of what happened over the past weekend, the hundreds of people who died. some said yes. some said no. but all of them said that despite the threat and danger they will still take their chance if they can and try to make it to europe. for many it's their only hope for a better life. one young guy said i cannot go back home. there's nothing for me. at least with the trip i have some hope. otherwise i have no hope whatsoever. put up in place. libyans do feel now that the finger is pointed at them but they also say that it is really not in their hands to control this flow of migrants who are only trying to get a better life. >>> now the u.n. says that more than 110,000 people have fled fighting between iraqi government forces and the islamic state of iraq in the city of ramadi. aid agencies are warning many of the displaced have nowhere to go. here's more now from baghdad. >>reporter: the iraqi government say

point that those coming from countries that might be seen to be relatively peaceful synagogue and gambia migrants but reaching libya they find themselves to be refugees as well. >> many countries in chaos and crisis that one imagines can be used as staging grounds to try to get this europe why libya in particular? >> well libya has a very large coastline. it is accessible particularly to island of lampadusa and coast to the tunisia cost as well and in the absence of a strong and effective state it enables kind of an economy of people trafficking and smuggling across the mediterranean and taking advantage of a weak state scenario to set up a very lucrative business at moving people across the sea. >> so really reading between the lines one has to ask the question if the problem can be solved without there being first stability and an end of the chaos in libya, what sort of policy options does that leave decision makers with? >> it's very very difficult. i mean the libya coast guard has said that they are unable to do the kind of patrolling they would normally do because they are vastly un