navy ship carson city harbored and gonna join me next as the crew prepares to sail off in the gulf of guinea the world's most pirate infested waters. for manchester united continue their winning run in preseason games and he's here with that. hello welcome to the look of the international forecast we've got the usual showers longer spells afraid to the southwest of china still some pretty wet weather coming through hitting some of that shade of cloud the seasonal rains they push up to the east coast and there will be some showers as we go on through the next couple days but they're not as widespread as they have been a recently thankfully because we still have some flooding issues particularly towards the southwest of the country $33.00 celsius there in hong kong draw a fair bit of cloud it's going to humid be some showers just brushing that east coast as we go on through the next day some of those showers stretch their way across the south china sea the philippines northern and central parts of the philippines in particular the heat of the day showers still plenty of sunshine in between as

here in the gulf of guinea, the main challenge is the hijacking and holding of ransom crewmembers.problem. for the admiral of the american navy in europe and africa, it is something that needs to be urgently addressed. >> 90% of our commerce worldwide sea, so africa is hugely important. there are russian interests in europe and africa, chinese interests in europe and africa, particular the arctic, and u.s. interests. >> israeli, chinese, shipbuilding companies, all trying to find solutions specific to the problem in the gulf of guinea, but according to the navy chief, the problem is not the apprehension of pirates, but the prosecution. arrested50 vessels that were complicit in illegalities, and in terms of percentage of convictions or prosecutions, it is less than 20%. >> pirates in the gulf of guinea are often young men coming from countries with high unemployment. they see big container ships offshore and feel excluded from the global economy. piracy costs more than $24 billion every year. in order to tackle this issue, narrator: on thihis episode of "e"earth fococus," avocadodos

nicolas sarkozy is on board an american ship that's visiting the gulf of guinea. we're boarding the u.s. navy ship to carson city here harbored in ghana it's on a tour of duty in the gulf of guinea after the car jan it's now headed to the coast of nigeria the most dangerous waters on the world there are more pirates attacks there than anywhere else and so commander tyron bruce is getting its crew ready. with their radar system in our lookouts we have to try to see any threats that are approaching us and you know miles out so so before any. piracy issue would take place we will have. notification well in advance so yes so we should not ever be in that position. on board it is a mix of civilian and military crews you have doctors medics but also engineers to help the navy's in the region to maintain their aging fleet so that they can tackle piracy. while the white house may have announced in the past that it's planning to reduce troop levels in africa this year the navy organized its biggest naval exercise operation. it seems the u.s. is keeping a close watch over af

not just a challenge for the 15 navy chiefs meeting here and defense contractors here in the gulf of guinea but across the world because piracy is on the rise whether with the crisis that we currently see in the straits of hormuz where britain and iran accuse each other of state piracy or in southeast asia where tankers are being taken by pirates and its contents sold on the black market here in the gulf of guinea the main challenge is the hijacking and holding from ransom of its crew member it's a global problem and for james fogle the admiral of the american navy in europe in africa it's something that needs to be urgently addressed 90 percent of our commerce for a wide goes spicy so africa is fearfully for. every major power in the world there are russian interests in europe and africa there are chinese interests in europe and africa in particular in the arctic and there are u.s. interests there are israeli chinese ship building companies and south african contractors all trying to find solutions specific to the problems in the gulf of guinea but according to the navy chief in the jared

not just a challenge for the 15 navy chiefs meeting here and defense contractors here in the gulf of guinea but across the world because piracy is on the rise whether with the crisis that we currently see the straits of hormuz where britain and iran accuse each other of state piracy or in southeast asia where tankers are being taken by pirates and its contents sold on the black market here in the gulf of guinea the main challenge is the hijacking and holding from ransom of its crew member it's a global problem and for james fogle the admiral of the american navy in europe in africa it's something that needs to be urgently addressed 90 percent of our commerce worldwide goes by sea so africa is fiercely for. every major power in the world there are russian interests in europe and africa there are chinese interests in europe and africa in particular in the arctic and there are u.s. interests there are israeli chinese ship building companies and south african contractors all trying to find solutions specific to the problems in the gulf of guinea but according to the navy chief in the gerrard th

nicholas hawk is on board an american ship that is in the gulf of guinea. we're boarding the u.s. navy ship to carson city here harbored in ghana it's on a tour of duty in the gulf of guinea after the car jan it's now headed to the coast of nigeria the most dangerous waters on the world there are more pirate attacks there than anywhere else and so commander tyron bruce is getting its crew ready. with their radar system in our lookouts we have to try to see any director that are approaching us and you know miles out so so before any. piracy issue would take place we will have. notification well in advance so yes so we should not ever be in that position. on board it is a mix of civilian and military crews you have doctors medics but also engineers to help the navy's in the region to maintain their aging fleet so that they can tackle piracy. while the white house may have announced in the past that it's planning to reduce troop levels in africa this year the navy organize its biggest naval exercise operation. it seems the u.s. is keeping a close watch over afr

of been in. guinea nigeria and tokyo while attacks by pirates have substantially decreased in some regions of the world they seem to be on the increase in west africa making the gulfof guinea there was to bury in the world impacted by piracy fishing boats are sometimes targeted but most of the attacks so i carried out an oil and gas tankers experts say that the regional neighbors and coast guards need to coordinate better if they want to control the situation. we set out on patrol with a gun and maybe the gulf of guinea is the most dangerous streets of maritime territory in the world for attacks at sea but garner has seen a decrease in piracy incidents in its waters and that's been put down to sustained operations by its navy and not. make time ships. be fair to we in the what tests of our countries and then when they are called upon to do better than this nations they go there are ships that are attacked by pirates when the are released. defense food that can and what does the citizen and saw that would be the fairest there is no point of calling. the gymnast a war is one of several gunships ghana has on patrol every hour of the day and sometimes there is support

the region and our correspondent nicholas hawk is on board an american ship that's visiting the gulf of guinea. we're boarding the u.s. navy ship to carson city here harbored in ghana it's on a tour of duty in the gulf of guinea after the car jan it's now headed to the coast of nigeria the most dangerous waters on the world there are more pirate attacks there than anywhere else and so commander tyron bruce is getting its crew ready. with their radar system in our lookouts we have to try to see any threats that are that are approaching us and you know miles out so so before any. piracy issue would take place we will have. notification well in advance so yes so we should not ever be in that position. on board it is a mix of civilian and military crews you have doctors medics but also engineers to help the navy's in the region to maintain their aging fleet so that they can tackle piracy. while the white house may have announced in the past that it's planning to reduce troop levels in africa this year the navy organize its biggest naval exercise operation. it seems the u.s. is keeping a close watc

where tankers are being taken by pirates and its contents sold on the black market here in the gulf of guinea the main challenge is the hijacking and holding from ransom of its crew member it's a global problem and for james fogle the admiral of the american navy in europe in africa it's something that needs to be urgently addressed 90 percent of our commerce worldwide goes by sea so africa is hugely for. every major power in the world there are russian interests in europe and africa there are chinese interests in europe and africa in particular in the arctic and there are u.s. interests there are israeli chinese ship building companies south african contractors all trying to find solutions specific to the problems in the gulf of guinea but according to the navy chief in the jared the problem is in the appreciation of pirates but it's the prosecution of all 100 other collective vessels. that were complicit. and they got this in the amount of time given and in terms of put a percentage of the chance on prosecutions with a can of less than 20 percent. here in the gulf of young men coming from c

here in the gulf of guinea but throughout the world and so navies across the world are trying to quit themselves to make these waters safer. ukraine has released the crew of a russian tanker that detained earlier on thursday ukrainian authorities had seized the ship in the black sea accusing it of being behind a ship blockading incident last year ukraine's security service released this video showing officers boarding the russian boat that was docked at a ukrainian port kiev says the tanker was involved in an operation in november when its ships came under fire from russian boats on to another tank and now in india says all 24 crew members on board the iranian tanker seized by the u.k. 3 weeks ago are safe its foreign ministry sent 3 people to visit the crew on the iranian vessel off the coast of japan india's government says it will do whatever it takes to ensure their release british forces says the grace one was delivering oil to syria and breach of e.u. sanctions iran denies the allegation we heard sort of going to the texas it was going to be used to do a 3 member team visited an

of been. guinea nigeria and tokyo while attacks by pirates have substantially decreased in some regions of the world they seem to be on the increase in west africa making the gulf of guinea there was to bury in the world impacted by piracy fishing boats are sometimes targeted but most of the attacks so i carried out an oil and gas tankers experts say that the regional neighbors and coast guards need to coordinate better if they want to control the situation. we set out on patrol with a gun to me in the gulf of guinea is the most dangerous streets of maritime territory in the world for attacks at sea but garner has seen a decrease in piracy incidents in its waters and that's been put down to sustained operations by its navy and not. ships. be fair to we in the what tests of our countries and then when they are called upon today are better than this nation's. heroes ships that taps by paris when the are released. different food that can and what does the syphilis and. macrobid affairs there you know point of. the generous air war is one of several gunships garner has on patrol every hour of the day and sometimes there is support from the air force. the navy belie

and europe promising greater cooperation and tackling piracy in the gulf of guinea reports now from across. a force of deterrence and the most dangerous waters in the world the crew of the u.s. navy ship carson city are preparing to head to the shores of nigeria on a tour of duty in the gulf of guinea but of the mines here more ships are attacked by pirates than anywhere else in the world with our radar system and our lookouts we have to try to see any threats that are that are approaching us and you know miles out so so before any piracy issue would take place we will have notification what in advance. while the trumpet ministration says it's pulling back u.s. troops in africa in march the u.s. navy organized the largest naval games on the continent involving $33.00 countries and $3000.00 personnel that would probably make admiral fogo says securing the gulf of guinea is of strategic importance and we talked about the poor economy because the maritime is so important 90 percent of our commerce worldwide goes by sea so africa is here's a way for. every major horror of the world china organ

not just a challenge for the 15 navy chiefs meeting here and defense contractors here in the gulf of guinea but across the world because piracy is on the rise whether with the crisis that we currently see in the streets of our movies where britain and year round accuse each other of state piracy or in southeast asia where tankers are being taken by pirates and its contents sold on the black market here in the gulf of guinea the main challenge is the hijacking and holding from ransom of its crew member it's a global problem and for james fogo the admiral of the american navy in europe in africa it's something that needs to be urgently addressed 90 percent of our commerce worldwide goes by sea so africa is fiercely for. every major power in the world there are russian interests in europe and africa there are chinese interests in europe and africa in particular in the arctic and there are u.s. interests there are israeli chinese ship building companies south african contractors all trying to find solutions specific to the problems in the gulf of guinea but according to the navy chief in the ge

the cost of been in cameroon guinea nigeria and tokyo while attacks by pirates have substantially decrease in some regions of the world they seem to be on the increase in west africa making the gulf of guinea there was to bury in the world impacted by piracy fishing boats are sometimes targeted but most of their time so i carried out an oil and gas tankers at once say that the regional neighbors and coast guards need to coordinate better if they want to control the situation. we set out on patrol with a gun to me the gulf of guinea is the most dangerous streets of maritime territory in the world for attacks at sea but ghana has seen a decrease in piracy incidents in its waters and that's been put down to sustained operations by its navy and not of. ships be fair to we in the what tests of our countries and then when they are called upon to deal better than this nations they go there are ships that attacks by perry's when the are released. defense food and what else is the safest and. that would be the fairest you know point of. the generous war is one of several gunships ghana has on patrol every hour of the day and sometimes there is support from their force. the navy believes i

the cost of been in cameroon guinea nigeria and tokyo while attacks by pirates have substantially decrease in some regions of the world they seem to be on the increase in west africa making the gulf of guinea there was to bury in the world impacted by piracy fishing boats are sometimes targeted but most of their time so i carried out an oil and gas tankers experts say that the regional neighbors and coast guards need to coordinate better if they want to control the situation. we set out on patrol with a gun to me. the gulf of guinea is the most dangerous streets of maritime territory in the world for attacks at sea but ghana has seen a decrease in piracy incidents in its waters and that's been put down to sustain the for a shipment by its navy a lot of. times ships be fair to we in the what this of our countries and then when they are called upon to do better than this nations they go there are ships that taps by pirates when the are released. defeated that can and what else is the safest and. that would be the fairest there you know point of. the gymnast at war is one of several gunships ghana has on patrol every hour of the day. and sometimes there is support from the air force

in the region as part of these efforts nicholas haq is on board an american ship visiting the gulf of guinea. we're boarding the u.s. navy ship to carson city here harbored in ghana it's on a tour of duty in the gulf of guinea after the car jan it's now headed to the coast of nigeria the most dangerous waters on the world there are more pirates attacks there than anywhere else and so commander tyron bruce is getting its crew ready. with their radar system in our lookouts we have to try to see any director that are approaching us and you know miles out so so before any. piracy issue would take place we would have. notification well in advance so yes so we should not ever be in that position. on board it is a mix of civilian and military crews you have doctors medics but also engineers to help the navy's in the region to maintain their aging fleet so that they can tackle piracy. while the white house may have announced in the past that it's planning to reduce troop levels in africa this year the navy organize its biggest naval exercise operation. it seems the u.s. is keeping a close watch over

more of the same as we go on through thursday for the south some lively showers just around the gulf of guinea with big down poles for a good part of nigeria this week. ard . welcome back you're watching out just let's recap our headlines now at least 40 people have been killed and dozens injured in an air strike on a migrant camp in libya's capital the u.n. recognize government is being blamed has blamed rather the strike on forces loyal to walls and if i have to. go u.s. navy seal has been acquitted of committing war crimes in iraq special operations chief edward gallagher has been accused of fatally stabbing and i saw a prisoner in 2017 a military jury in california heard he had posed for a photograph with the body. heavy rain has prompted an evacuation order for more than 700000 people in congo shame japan's southern island of crete you should people have been ordered to seek shelter at emergency centers with warnings of flooding and landslides. the european parliament is meeting to decide on who will fill the top jobs in the e.u. after days of wrangling between national leaders the german

more of the same as we go on through thursday further south some lively showers just around the gulf of guinea with big downpours for a good part of nigeria this week. because in 1999 a boeing 767 took off from. the back. of a good point but the. operator will get everybody no one survived the journey. 20 years on al-jazeera world revisits the case of the fatal egypt air crash flight's 990 what really happened on al-jazeera. among the top stories here on jazeera european leaders have agreed on who should fill the top jobs of the main institutions for the next 5 years german defense minister also left on the lion has been nominated to be the 1st female european commission president. they now need to be endorsed by the european parliament is opening session earlier it was marred by protests over the u.k.'s brics it party turning their backs as the european anthem was played. and china has strongly condemned protestors who ransacked hong kong's parliament on monday accusing them of trampling on the rule of law. to wrench a long scene rains have led to flash flooding in western india it's caused c

maritime defense conference leaders from 25 countries are also debating of the challenges facing the gulf of guinea the region is a hotspot for drug and human trafficking and illegal fishing which hinders regional development. all right nicholas hogg joins us now live from on bold the u.s. collison city in tampa hall but in akra good to have you with us 1st of all let's get into the high piracy rates what's driving them high up. well inequality just just to break it down very simply off nigeria's coast in the new shared delta are large reserves of oil and gas but the communities that are living down there are not getting any of that wealth and and so you have guessed that calls themself like the vikings or the icelandic going out at sea attacking tankers recently capturing. the crew members from around them there's 10 turkish men that are currently being held by these gangs so at the root of it is is this this notion that that the people living on the shoreline are seeing all these big tankers going by their shores but they're not they feel excluded from the global economy and feel that they're not

more of the same as we go on through thursday for the south some lively showers just around the gulf of guinea with big downpours for a good part of nigeria this week. venezuela colombia has become a stomping ground for trespasses. as desperate people transgress an illegal passage . to feed an emerging field trafficking markets. we follow that paris johnny unguarded for the line of fire. risking it all. venezuelan colombia. on al-jazeera. examining that scientists are telling us that we have just 12 years to make one person any changes unflinchingly journalism i do believe to believe in the absolute sharing personal stories with a global audience we see people making sacrifices this is what i want to see explore in abundance of world class programming the world is watching on al-jazeera . and we're going to remind of top stories here on our syria after days of deadlock european leaders have agreed on who should fill the e.u. is top jobs for the next 5 years german defense minister also for the lion is the 1st woman to be nominated to be european commission president but 1st you must be endorse

should stay dry for the showers continue across central africa the heaviest of which around the gulf of guinea. jordan's native tribes constitute roughly half the population in a country with more refugees per capita than any other nation. with an ailing economy and concerns over the trumpet administration's anticipated plans for the region tensions are running high. people in power investigates increasing calls for reform as the state endeavors to control political dissent within the hashemite kingdom jordan and retry on and just 0. tolerance to take over the top stories here at al-jazeera the u.n. secretary general antonio guterres has called for an independent investigation into the attack on a migrant detention center in libya which killed at least 44 people on the un security council is due to hold an urgent meeting only be able in the coming hours the un recognized government in tripoli has blamed the strike on forces loyal to the warlord holly for hafter but moments ago a spokesman for half the denied targeting the migrant camp. has been international condemnation of the attack the euro