are you confident italy is able to control the risk of extremists coming into europe through italy? thank you. >> all right. >> i wrote them down. on iran. i thought bob corker and ben carden came to a reasonable compromise i had two concerns from the start. with respect to any steps taken by congress. the first was, to make sure that their actions did not derail or prevent us being able to get the best deal possible and john kerry, when he is in those negotiations, not being hobbled or his life being made more complicated by congressional actions until we actually have a deal done. my basic argument was, let us show you if there's a deal or not. if there is, you will ahayou'll have ample opportunity to opine on it but right now we're still negotiating so have some patience. i think the final product that emerged out of the corker/cardin negotiations, we believe will not derail the negotiations. so that checked off one box. the second concern i had was just an issue of presidential prerogati prerogatives. a number of people who were supporting corker's legislation, suggesting that a

italy is one of the largest con tributers of advisors and training to build up the forces and italy is building the area to make sure the areas are stabilized with an effective police force. and we spend a lot of time discussing our concern for the situation in libya where we continue to support efforts to form a unity government. given italy's role in the mediterranean the prime minister and i work together more intensely to encourage cooperation on threats in libya including the growing isis presence and additional coordination with other partners in how we can stabalize what has become a deadly and difficult situation -- stabilize -- more importantly forces play a vital role and train and assist afghan forces and we want to transition responsiblely as we complete our consol consolidation next year. i updated him on the agreement we reached with iran that keeps them from obtaining a nuclear weapon and we agreed until any final deal is reached sanctions on iran must continue to be fully and strictly enforced. that is what we talked about this morning. after the press conference we wil

this is important first of all for italy.e are absolutely committed to realize reform to our citizens not european institution, to our citizens, and then we can finally open a discussion about the relation between austerity and growth in the european economy, but now it's time to respect the new framework of agreement, and we will work in this direction. >> translator: mr. president, some of your promises have already brought investors from the u.s. to italy. now these investors would like to know when all these reforms are going to take place? could you give us a better idea. you spoke about

italy? thank you. >> translator: three questions in one you just asked. three questions in one. first of all the time line for reforms. i think that i can safely say that the american ambassadors who wish to invest in italy but italian investors as well finally have a labor market which is more flexible. this has been achieved. let's say we have done this. then we have an institutional system the taxation system public instruction. in the next six months all this reform will be done. what needs to be made absolutely clear is that even if in italy everybody wants to start or many would like to start from scratch again, reforms have begun. there's no way anyone is going to block them. people that wish to invest at this time find a labor market which is simplyifiedsimplified. they find quality of engineers, people who work people of italy in general very high quality. what will be necessary in the next few months is education, education, education. investment in this field because in the global

i thanked italy for the work its doing. sometimes alone, sometimes with collaboration. >> that's the fear you get here. i have been here for a few days. you get this sense of empathy. people are not really angry. they feel that something has to be done. they feel at the end of their tether. i also point out that he mentioned he was outraged by the criticism from certain political parties. now, he didn't mention any in particular. >> could be taken to me in the northern league a party that amongst other things is quite an anti-immigrant party. there have been rallies in the north protesting against the fact that the local governments have been told by the national government that they have to earmark amounts of money to take my grasped in because they can't just be housed in the south where they initially come in to. an example, one time in the north is the $4 million to take these people in. so the northern league has been holding protests saying that money needs to be kept in our area and needs to be kept for italians not

this is important first of all for italy. we are absolutely committed to realize reform to our citizens not european institution, to our citizens, and then we can finally open a discussion about the relation between austerity and growth in the european economy, but now it's time to respect the new framework of agreement, and we will work in this direction. >> translator: mr. president, some of your promises have already brought investors from the u.s. to italy. now these investors would like to know when all these reforms are going to take place? could you give us a better idea. you spoke about austerity and growth the markets are very preoccupied. we have public finances that are in a difficult situation. how can you reconcileate this austerity when our finances are in such bad shape. and i would like to know what you think about -- >> time and again about gurney gurney -- germany holding europe hostage. and is that enough? have europe and italy done enough? is your complaint over germany over? and did you agree or did you d

from libya trying to get to italy. and the italian coast guard bringing in more than 400 migrants who were rescued. of course this is this crisis. not a new problem. it is a growing problem. that the country has been dealing with. mateo renzi spelling out in parm they've been talking about it. he is also saying is not just an italian issue. indeed all of europe and the world. he says, an international issue. mult be aware of. has to deal with. he made the point. two essentially prongs to this. immediate problem of rescuing the boats at sea which keep coming, coming, and coming. and the scaled back search-and-rescue effort just simply ineffective. but he also said they must address the issue. in africa as well. where aurm the immigrants are coming from. seeking a better life in no matter who they are, it is above the the big ni team of men, women and children. he said we need wider strategy to find ape solutions. as john mentioned. need to think about what is happening in africa. the circumstances in which a lot of peop

italy it is not easy. we work every day to find a solution with the united nations and then with other partners and friends and allies in the, in the region but i think the only way is, come back to stability in libya. in this period, in this period of transition italy is ready to bring responsibility to make the leadership in after -- diplomatic and counterterrorism efforts but key point is stop human trafficking, in mediterranean sea, is a priority for everybody in europe and for me it is absolutely crucial. the words of president obama it is a priority for the united states. stop human trafficking is only way to give perspective of justice and also security obviously of course for the risks of this area. i think there are not problem of clash of religions in italy. maybe yes maybe there were one case about this but the problem is not a problem of clash of religions. it's a problem of human dignity. we are absolutely committed to solve this problem and i am confident, if this become as priority we achiev

there most of migrants don't stay in italy.ost want to get to europe, join family in france, germany, get to the u.k. a lot of them don't sna italy for a short period of time. italy has refugee camps all over the country. 1100 people that came last week were moved to the north in to camps there. those people will soon be gone. the camps aren't guarded. they are not gated communities. they will sort of slip away in to europe through another human trafficking ring. there are human traffickers making hundreds of thousands of euro on the misery of other people. >> yeah, continue to update us when you have more information. and we thank you for the insight. >>> russian president putin appears to have softened his anti-american rhetoric. a new move after a period of tense relations with the u.s. and the west especially over the conflict in ukraine. in a television interview on russian tv on saturday, mr. putin said russia needs to work with the united states on their common international agenda. >> translator: we have di agreements o

to italy. now these investors would like to know when the reforms are going to take place, you spoke about austerity and growth. the markets are very preoccupy. we have public finances in a difficult situation. how can you reconciliate a, this austerity when our public finances are in such bad shape? and i would like to know what you think about the tgip -- >> you complain time and again about germany holding hostage. now you have have just heard that mr. renzi are changing in europe. there are pro growth policies, especially with the ecb taking action with qe action. is that enough? have europe and italy done enough? is your complaint over germany over? and did you agree or did you discuss the sale of drones to italy? thank you. >> translator: three questions in one. you just asked. three questions in one. >> a special offer. >> a specialist at that. >> translator: first of all, the timeline for reforms -- i think that i can safely say that the american investor who is wish to invest in italy,

to italy. now these investors would like to know what all these reforms are going -- when they are going to take place. can you give us a better idea? you talk about austerity and growth. the markets are preoccupied. we have finances in a difficult situation. how can you reconsidering a this austerity -- we conciliate this austerity when our public finances are in bad shape? and i would like to know the gip? you explain time and again about germany called in europe to inflationary obsessions. now you have just heard that things are changing in europe and there were public policies and the ecb taking national with the qe auction. is that enough? has it europe and italy done enough? is your complaint over germany over? and did you agree or discuss this about drones with -- to italy? matteo renzi: three questions in one. three questions in one. >> a special offer. matteo renzi: first of all, the timeline for reforms -- i think that i can say that americans want to invest in italy and we finally ha

are you confident that italy is able to control the risk of extremists coming into europe through italy? thank you. president obama. i wrote them down. on iran, i thought bob corker and ben cardin came to a reasonable compromise. i had two concerns from the start. with respect to any steps taken by congress, the first was to make sure that their actions did not derail or prevent us getting the best deal possible. and john kerry, when he is in those negotiations, not being hobbled or his life being made more complicated by congressional actions until we actually have a deal done. my basic argument was, let us show you if there is a deal or not. if there is, you will have ample opportunity to review it, and opine on it. but right now we're still negotiating. so have some patience. and i think the final product that emerged out of the corker-cardin negotiations, we believe will not derail the negotiations. so that checked off one box. the second concern i had was the issue of presidential prerogatives. there were a number of people supporting corker's legislation, suggesting that as a rout

italy says this cannot go on. speaking before parliament at of tomorrow's emergency summit the italian prime minister demanded a comprehensive political and financial solution, not an emotional reaction. from europe and all its member states. the people of italy want to put the rest of europe under pressure. italians feel they are struggling to cope between a deep economic downturn and what they call the migrant invasion on the other. they want help. now. this rundown neighborhood just outside of rome is famous for social unrest. migrants are held in centers after arriving by boat. most end up in poor neighborhoods where tolerance is low. they arrived here recently. anti-immigration politicians here and elsewhere in europe are making significant gains. >> we are hosting migrants and hotels across italy. this one for million italians are unemployed. we've done our bit. europe needs to wake up. >> europe is becoming more aware. most migrants leave for richard countries quickly. unlike these afghan 15-year-olds. bein

. ♪ hello, the eu says it will double the emergency aid it gives to italy, greece and malta to deal withlux of migrants crossing mediterranean from north africa and used to staff reception centers and provide medical aid to people like this dozens more who arrived in the sicily port on friday but eu divertingly resources to stop the people smugglers and appearing in a nearby court was this man, tunisia mohamed and prosecutors say he was at the helm of the boat which collided with a container ship and sank off the libyan coast and 700 people died. numbers contributed to an april record for migrant deaths at sea. more than 1300 migrants are thought to have died making the perilless crossing and we go to italian island of sicily and in the connection of the deaths with the 700 migrants. >> reporter: indeed they are still in court, it's 6:00 p.m. local here on sicily. and this was an incident sorry, which is supposedly just a preliminary hearing. we expected it to last probably now more than an hour or two hours but from 9:00 this morning and we are 6:00 p.m. local here tonight they are stil

james reynolds bbc news, italy. kathy:. the numbers are extraordinary 10,000 immigrants have made it into italy this week alone. in yemen militants linked to and qaeda -- to al qaeda expanded their control in the region. yemeni officials say the extremist class with governing officials. troups had fled the area. the group that is al qaeda in the arabian peninsula has been taking advantage of the instability in yemen. a saudi led air campaign has been battling houti rebels. a top u.s. envoy has stepped down. ashton carter today called for a political solution to the fighting. secretary carter: the objective there is to restore a political process there in which a legitimate government can be established in yemen and things can settle down there. that is good for the people of yemen, first and foremost. it is good for saudi arabia. those on its southern border. it's good for us, among other reasons because of the presence in yemen. kathy: i am joined by barbara the former u.s. ambassador to yemen. do you think there is a chan

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 a saudi airstrike on monday. the target was a houthi missile depot. doctors said they would have been unable to cope if the bombing contin

have europe and italy done enough? of germany over and did you discuss the sale of drones to italy? thank you. [speaking italian] >> translator: three questions, you just asked. three questions in one. [inaudible conversations] [laughter] [speaking italian] >> translator: first of all, the timeline for reforms, i i think that i can safely say that the more than investors who wish to invest in italy but italian investors as well finally have a labor market which is more flexible. this has been achieved. let's say that we have done this. they have an institutional system, the taxation -- stuart: let's review what's been said so far in about the last 25 minutes. the president gave a very long answer to a three-part question. the three parts were what about hillary, what about greece and what about trade? the president did not answer anything about hillary at all he was very brief on the issue of greece, he went on at length about tradement -- trade, because there is a new fast track trade authority which has been granted

. ♪ more migrants ashore in italy, eu promises more help for them and pledging tougher action on theraffickers. ♪ hello there, you are watching al jazeera live from london. also coming up yemen's foreign minister insists no peace deals until houthi rebels surrender. the silent killer that targets millions and scientists say they are closer than ever for finding a successful vaccine against malaria. the solar system and the hubble telescope celebrates its 25th birthday. ♪ hello, the eu says it will double the emergency aid it gives italy, greece and malta to deal with influx of migrants crossing mediterranean from north africa and money used to manage and start reseparate shin centers and provide medical aid to people like this, the dozens more who arrived in the sicily port on friday. the eu is diverting resources to stop the people smugglers. appearing in a court nearby was this man, tunisia man at the helm of a boat which collided with a container ship and sank off the libya coast and at least 700 people died. those numbers contributed to an april record for migrant deaths at sea.

have europe and italy done enough? and did you did -- did you agree or discuss the sale of drones to italy? >> you have asked three questions in one. first, the timeline for reform. i think i can safely say that the american investors who wish to invest in italy, but italian investors as well, finally have a labor market that is more flexible. they have an institutional system, taxation system. in the next three months, these reforms will be done. what needs to be made clear is that even if people in italy want to start from scratch again, reforms are underway and there should be no attempt to block them. people will find the quality of the engineers, the people who work, people in italy in general, a very high quality of people. but i think what will be necessary in the next few months is education, education, education. investment in this field. in the global world, even though we are in a strategic position what will really count is whether italians can offer human capital, ideas, development in the future. in terms

. >>> a humanitarian crisis so the shores of italy.sperate migrants are arriving by the thousands. italian officials are fearing they will be overwhelmed within weeks. other nations, including the netherlands warning the migrants you will not find a home here. cnn's barbara deaveau has more. this is something the italian government is trying to get help with. >> reporter: that is right. today, the european union leaders will meet and italy will find out who their friends are and who can come and help them. italy is bearing the brunt of the rescues. they are expecting 500,000 to come in the weeks to come. we had 11,000 people that arrived from the northern african coast of libya into italy. many times, these boats are in precarious situations. the boat sank last week with almost 1,000 on it. these people are faceless and nameless and the european union doesn't care. >> they rescue the italians did, by themselves 120,000 people last year. that number is staggering, barbie. >> reporter: it is staggering. the european union has a border co

the migrants keep come hearing to italy's affluent north. public money is being earmarked to house them, and people are not happy. this historic town has barely changed over the years but it's population has recently because much like italy it is struggling to cope with a huge number of migrants who keep arriving. the thing about the north is that it's the more prosperous end of the country. there is a lot of manufacturing industry and a lot of money hear. but for people who live in these parts, they say you know what, we have our own problems. we need that money to be spent on us, not the migrants. on saturday this protest was organized by the northern league and an anti-immigrant party. it wants italians to stop the local government using its cash to look after those new arrivals: >> italy's economy can't bear the situation. we're in an economic crisis. it is not racism. the point is italy doesn't have the resources to take the hit. >> supporters cannot sign a petition quickly enough. >> if the disaster continues we are being invaded. ther

a group has just arrived in italy after being rescued at sea. >> they arrived in italy alive and exhausted. over 500 migrants were rescued at sea on wednesday. many needed medical care. the italian coast guard brought them to the port town of salerno where they will be divided into smaller groups and transferred to reception centers across the country. italy is feeling the pressure from hundreds of refugees trying to reach its coast every day. the country is also still reeling from the shock of sunday's tragedy when almost 900 people drowned as they attempted the crossing from libya to the eu. the italian parliament observed a minute of silence. the prime minister made a passionate appeal to the eu one day before an emergency summit on migrant trafficking. >> this is a matter of human dignity. we need to have the courage to say that italy's priority at this moment is for the eu to once again play a political role. european rescue operations must be strengthened. >> often, migrants try to reach the coast in dinghies that are not seaworthy. these images were filmed by the italian coast guard

america >> part of al jazeera america's >> special month long evironmental focus fragile planet ♪ italyalls for international help as more people arrive on its coast, some of them heavily bandaged after a dangerous voyage across the mediterranean. ♪ hello and welcome to al jazeera, i'm july in doha also coming up, on this program stop destroying the country, yemen's vice president calls on houthi rebels to lay down their weapons. reports of more violence as south africa's president calls for an end of attack on migrant workers. and why some of the world's best coffee beans are leaving a bitter taste for traders in kenya. ♪ rome is appealing for help to cope with an unprecedented flood of new arrivals as migrants continue to make the dangerous journey across the mediterranean, hundreds arrived in italy on friday thought more than 40 others may have drown along the way. over the past week 10,000 people mainly from africa and middle east braved the journey to escape poverty and conflict in home countries and so far europe has not been able to stop it and paul brennan reports. >> reporter:

they are led by serena williams who opened her claycourt season against italy. her teammate lost her match which means that it's all square going into sunday's matches. >>> usain bolt said when he's at his best he's almost impossible to beat. the jamaican is in brazil as he leads up up to the olympics in rio in 2016. he runs small sprint tournaments with three-time paraolympic middlist who is completely blind. >>> in india the s that is meant to support paraathletes has been suspended indefinitely the international para paralympic committee made the decision after the eat. they were made to stay in a building with no toilets or drinking water. many had to drink on the floor with many abandoning their wheelchairs to drag themselves upstairs. there is a call for a change of leadership at the paralympic committee in india. >> thank you very much. get the latest of everything we're covering on our website. the address for that is on www.aljazeera.com. there you'll find the latest comment and analysis. check it out. we'll have a full bulletin of news coming in the ne

here's where it's happening, all over italy. officials there have never gone after so many terror suspects at the very same time. and this explains some of the urgency, evidence shows that this terror cell had a list of targets and on that list, the home of the pope and heart of the catholic church, the vatican. today's countrywide operation is the payoff from years of wire taps and other intelligence gathering that pointed to men believed to have played a part in bombings overseas that killed hundreds of people. cnn's nic robertson is following developments in italy for us right now. also here with me in new york is terrorism analyst paul cruickshank. is the massive terrorism operation still going on? >> it is still going on. at least that's what we understand from the italian a authorities. they say that they are targeting 18 different people, that they're trying to round up here. this is a group that they say they've had under surveillance since 2005 and had wire taps on various members until 2012, but then they say they had

in 1948 you have the election in italy. in the 1946 midterm elections the communist party of italy gained 40% of the vote. so by 48 what the soviets are looking at is that they could possibly have a duly elected communist government sitting in western europe in 1948. what the soviets therefore decide is that they are not going to try politicking at. the u.s. has blocks and big-time time in the council of foreign ministers. the soviets did come out and say -- we believe that italy should regain control over all of its colonies. libya, eritrea, and somalia. so, now you have this anti-colonial power basically saying -- italy should regain control of its colonies and its colonies, meanwhile, have made it very clear, abundantly clear that if italy steps a toenail back, it will be war. it is going to be war until the end. now, the naacp says -- russia's role in this sorry -- robison and the council of african-american affairs go silent. simon. i need to put in asterix decide that. -- besides that. as best i can tell, they went si

sicily and italy is just one stage in their long and dangerous journey.ll the time more are arriving on sicily's showers. back at catania harbor the italian coast guard brought 80 africans to port. they know they face many struggles to come. a constant that does not want them. barnaby phillips al jazeera sicily. >> our correspondent said that this update from outside of the court where the two men charged being in control of that vessel which sank so tragically appeared. >> it's an important case this one. not just because of the disaster that it's related to the loss of almost 800 lives estimated last weekend, the biggest single loss of life in this whole migrant crisis. but also because of the message it sends out. the italian authorities are determined to prosecute traffickers whenever they are arrested. but the challenges that are entailed in that are clear from this proceedings. it was supposed to be just preliminary proceedings. we expected it to take just a couple of hours. but the prosecution chose to call ten witnesses. by the end of the day afte

italy we get this piece. they were carving as if there were not people there anymore p is if this were 1884 all over again. and walter white went, no, no, no, to the point where chester williams and the state department said, you know, that document you wrote, you're going to have to destroy and burn it because you have violated confidential information. that briefing was off the record. and walter pushed back. i'm not destroying anything. what you are doing is wrong. you are leading the u.s. down the road to perdition. colonialism is dead. you need to get a new horse. i'm going to help you do that. and so, there is this moment where there's this, it is called the -- agreement were finally the british and the italians have worked out an agreement because they had been at loggerheads with each other to carve up north africa and the horn amongst themselves and some allies. and the bevin -- agreement, it just violated every principle of adhering to the wishes of the inhabitants. but it looks like it was going to

northern italy. >> thousands are making the journey to italy but others don't get that chance. few are detained in libya before they can leave. >> i come to libya. i paid my money three times. i cannot go. in the end i come here to the prison. >> i leave my country to go to europe. on the way they catch us on the sea. >> thousands of foreigners who have made south africa their home are feeling a backlash. there have been more attacks on immigrants in neighbors of johannesburg. parthe government has been accused much not doing enough to protect guest workers. charles stratford is at the scene of one of the worst attacks in johannesburg. >> we're in downtown johannesburg which has seen some of the worst violence in recent days. there were a number of foreign-owned businesses that were attacked, set fire to, in fact and only last night there were two local men who were killed in the building to my left. now we spoke to locals about those murders and some were blaming foreigners for those attacks. now the majority, not all of the migrant workers who were you had working in this are

al jazeera manua in northern italy. >> negotiations to widen coalition.wo parties have agreed to work together so far and hope to build political momentum against the established powers. we have more from moscow. >> reporter: it's seven weeks since boris nemstov died. but the bridge where he was gunned down is still a shrine. the fourths have been removed several times and they reappear. clearly he's missed. many who attended the conference on saturday knew him personally. >> if you have one leader you can be easily defeat: we must become a wide movement for democratic reforms. we must learn how to do something that the. significance could never do, go to peep, talk to them, only this way will the opposition have a chance of victory. >> there are regional elections later this year than parliamentary elections in 2016. and a strategic union has just been formed to fight them. the party the progress will field candidates together. analysts say that the opposition is wise to proposal a different model to russia's traditional authoritarianism. >> yeltsin and

ben wedeman, cnn, augusta, italy. >> that sea passage from north africa to italy has become now one of the world's deadliest journeys. still thousands of men, women and children have been willing to risk it all hoping for a future free from civil war and political chaos. twin brotheres from syria who survived the trip say they are lucky to be alive. >>. >> translator: the journey was very difficult. first we are a at sea for a long time. at sea for 15 hours. the motor started to die. god protected us. we were thinking we were going to die every minute. every time it shook we felt it was going to capsize. we had children on board. we were very scared. and didn't move to protect them. >> nor on the risks, migrants and children are facing when they are taken like this, i'm joined via skype by head of child protection for save the children. carlotta, thank you for being with us p. we just heard that one story. there are thousands of stories like this one. these people are december froot live a safeway of life. and now it is expected to get even worse. what is italy up against here and the

italy has behaved well. italy did remarkably well. if they don't get more support from the rest of europe. they'll tire of doing that. apart from helping countries. they need to discuss how to share the responsibility and how to share is in a just and even manner. >> what kipped of live to refugees find in europe once they arrive. >> we have heard - all the reactions are to erect walls, to ask tunisia and egypt to keep them on their side of the mediterranean. it's not a welcome approach and there are exceptions. germany and sweden has offered a fair protection. the rest of europe is arguing it's not their business. we are talking about a dramentic humanitarian crisis. this is not a small incident. half the population has been displaced by force. 4 million left. we are seeing no end to the conflict. this is a time to share responsibility for refugees and share the financial burden. >> you hinted at this in your latest answer. you were the u.n. representative you worked in africa asia the pacific and all over the world. how bad is the c

so the coordination with italy and with other of our key partners is going to be very important. we will not be able to solve the problem just with a few drone strikes or a few military operations. you have a country that has been broken into a number of tribal factions. there's some sectarian elements to it. and you don't have a central government that is functioning effectively, so we still have to guard against the use of the territories in libya as a safe haven for terrorist operations much in the way we have done with respect to somalia for many years, but the answer ultimately is to have a government that can control its own boarders and work with us. that's going to take some time. but we will combine counter terrorism efforts in cooperation with italy and other like-minded nations with a political effort and we're going to have to encourage some of the countries inside of the gulf who have i think influence over the various factions inside of libya to be more cooperative themselves. in some cases you have seen them fan the flames of military conflict rather than try to re

and government orders say they will be taken to reception is centers in northern italy and ear markede than $4 million to help look after them and phil is there and reports a tide of resentment is also rising. >> reporter: there is a storm on the way here and not just in the lit literal sense and migrants keep coming to italy's affluent north and money is ear marked to house them, the people are not happy. this historic town has barely changed over the years but its population has especially recently because like much of italy it's struggling to cope with that huge number of migrants who keep arriving and you know the thing about the north is typically it's the more money and manufacturing and industry and a lot of money here. but for the people who live in these parts they say do you know what we have our own problems, we need that money to be spent on us not the migrants. [chanting] on saturday this protest was organized by the northern league anti-immigrant party. it wants italians to stop the local government using its cash to look after those new arrivals. >> translator: italy's

in central italy, northern italy and also on the italian island. this group, they say, was planning and helping finance attacks inside pakistan. one of those attacks was a very deadly attack on a marketplace in 2009. more than 100 people were killed. the group was shifting money physically and also through other means to terror groups inside pakistan but what really worries the italian authorities here is the discovery they were planning that inside italy as well. one could have been against the vatican. this is in early 2010. another detail that the prosecutor talked about today. he said that they brought into the group somebody that was described as a kamikaze. it's a suicide bomber because the description for the type of attack was for this suicide bomber, this person to detonate explosives inside a crowded place and at the vatican in march 2010, that would have been in the leaks leading up to easter and that would have been an even more crowded time than normal. >> the details on this story still coming in. we'll have more in a bit. thanks. >>>

because we are not on the deploying in italy.re doing our best. >> so when the italians say we need more help from the european union, did you think they are asking you? have you said you are well funded just not your job. >> i did not say that. >> you said it is the responsibility of the maritime forces of the country involved and it was your job to assist. >> yes, it is. >> so it isn't your responsibility, it is their responsibility so if the italians ask for more help, they shouldn't be asking for it from you? >> well, european union is not front tex. front ex-is one operational agency with a limited budget. european union is a large international organization, so i think when i can not speak for the spire european union there are other financial instruments available from the european union however from front we can assist by organizing an operation in assisting the italian authorities and that's what we are doing. >> final question with regard to what is happening now that it has been scaled pack, do you think it was a bette

in france germany, belgium, great britain and italy. with fears of terrorism, anger and anti-immigration set are growing. and now in italy, there's more concern than ever with migrants arriving by the thousands every week on boats from libya, italian politicians warn that among them could be militants from sois which has repeatedly threatened to attack rome. >> rep the vatican is the risk saying there was no specific of cause for harm. and a cardinal says pope francis is calm and serene about his security. >>> there are new revelations about the cia drone strike that mistakenly killed two hostages one, an american while president obam reassessing the botched operation. senior correspondent chris jansing has more. >> rep preside got a standing ovation today from members of the intelligence community and a hawg from james clapper, one day after revealing that a cia drone strike in pakistan accidentl warre weinstein. >> we all bleed when we lose an american life. we all grieve when any innocent life is taken. >> reporte nbc news has confir

and then in italy, there is a land trafficker that tries to get these people in italy. very few people stay in italy, the economic situation just cannot support -- lots go to france or germany, or into the u.k. >>> in terms of how you stop this, and it has to be said that hundreds of people pay likely thousands of dollars, what seems to be the solution there? it is a stark reminder, but as you said, no risk seams too great for the people separate enough to get on those boats. >> i talked to so many people when they landed in sicily, and they all say it's worth the list because they're lives are so destitute. there was a woman that came through last week that she was escaping boko haram. and many times it takes a long time to get settled. a lot of them in really separate conversations here in the refugee camp as well. they don't have space in the camp. it is lovely weather, but it is certainly not summer weather yet. the season for the boat people usually is may or june and carries on to december. we have in april and it will be an incredible year, i think, and the autho

in southern italy, the meadow spittle bug is responsible.t sucks up the bacteria and injected into other plants. >> now, brussels has stepped in. the eu has ordered according to be established, separating the infected south from the north. every single treat in this zone has to be closely monitored and chopped down if it becomes diseased. that standard -- that is standard eu crisis management practice to deal with these kinds of crises, but some of these trees go back 1000 years. there's even a campaign to have them included on the unesco world heritage list. >> in this safety cordon are millions of all of trees, --olive trees, which are centuries, even millennia old. they witnessed the huns and the moors, and now they will fall victim to the bacterium? >> antonio's small business is typical for olive oil production in the region. most companies are in family hands. the little hope for the future. -- they see little hope for the future. >> last year, we worked for six months. this year, we only have one month's work. without olives, we will

karl penhaul in italy for us right there at catania. let's move on here's where the emergency stands right now. this according to the united nations. an estimated 35,000 migrants have crossed to europe this year. more than a third of those have done so in the past ten days. last year 3500 migrants died crossing the med der rain yan. this year so far 1600 in the first three and a half months and these numbers don't count the tragedy over the weekend or the ships calling for help right now. joining us via skype is francois capo the united nations special repar tore for human rights of migrants and retired major james spider marks. italy's prime minister says he won't launch a military operation there but still wants to bring the traffickers to justice, stop the flow of these migrants from north africa trying to get into europe especially into italy. can that really be done, though without a military operation? >> no i don't think so. that's the arm of government that really has the ability to solve a problem or at least start toward a sol

so it's not the problem to help italy. it's a problem to help europe. can't have a european emergency and an italian answer. >> reporter: that is a reference to italy's operation which cost more than $100 million during the 12 months it ran for and which was closed down last year. many of the migrants crossing the mediterranean want to eventually reach germany. it receives more asylum seekers than any other e.u. country. while ministers say the welfare of migrants is important they also say solutions need to be found in the countries the migrants are leaving. >> translator: our very first priority has to be improving sea rescue operations so fewer people die. that is obvious. secondly, we know that the push back to migration will not let up as long as conditions in north africa remain unstable. >> reporter: if anything long-term is to be achieved, both of these problems will need to be solved at the even u. leaders summit on thursday. dominick kane, al jazerra luxembourg. >>> to yemen now where forces loyal to president hadi say they have pushed back ho

they are currently in zale in italy at the moment. he said the fight will go on for europe to work together to make sure they get those smugglers and stop people from wanting to leave. he said they have to help show these people they have dignity, they have to stop the traffic of human beings he spoke about libya, the main part of departure. he said 91% of people leave from libya. he said it is a very complicated situation in that country. it's a new phenomenon in terms of slavery. people who die in the dorsey will not be saved by control of boats only. we must stop them leaving in the first place. >> phil you have been in italy for some time now reporting. >> there is an anti-immigrant party that has been strongly wording statements. it's been holding rallies in the north saying italian money should be kept for italian people not used to house migrants because they come in to the south of the country. they don't all stay in the south of the country. there are lots of them here in rome and lots in the north. they go to reception cente

hundreds of migrants rescued off italy are brought into port. the u.n. said not enough is being done to save them. >> more airstrikes target rebel positions in yemen as saudi arabia and egypt discuss large scale military exercises. >> the european union takes legal action against google over its dominance on how we search on line. >> china's economy may be slowing, but the seven-day forecast immigration is on the. you. investors trying to cash in. >> al jazeera is told that hundreds of migrants have died trying to reach europe because not enough is being done to save them. 600 people rescued by the italian coast guard reached port on wednesday. hundreds of others are believed to have died when their boat overturned. the recent deaths of migrants were a fatal consequence of a change in the european union tactics. the migrants come from all over north africa and the middle east. the main departure point is libya. greg rants try to reach spain malta and off the coast of sicily. 280,000 of them made it to europe last year by crossing the mediterranean. 8500

secretary general has join italy's prime minister and the e.u. foreign policy chief in italy on a tour of europe's response to the mediterranean migrant crisis. the three leaders will board a navy ship that will another 73 my my73 migrants were rescued and brought to italy's port. >>> many who die trying to cross the mediterranean are from africa, from somalia. young people interest believe their future lies abroad. >> this is not good dimes times for this family. their 18-year-old son has been kidnapped, and they cannot raise the $5,000 ransom. >> sometimes i feel like i lost my sanity. you can imagine what you feel if your son has been kidnapped and threatened with death unless you pay up. and still i have no guarantee that my child will survive the journey. >> this man returned from libya a my months ago. he said that the smugglers threatened him. >> i don't call them smugglers. i call them butchers. they don't care about the lives of the migrants. rather they extort their families. they won't think twice about killing people. i was only relea

reception centers across italy are already at full capacity. the interior ministry says it needs to find space for more than 6,000 migrants but with summer approaching tens of thousands more migrants are expected to make they way to italy. al jazeera, rome. >> migrants have described a new catch they are being forced to live in as inhumane. phil lavell september this report. >> from before dawn, they are out looking hoping to find to sneak on to bound for britain. first light brings the first attempts of the day some will get through most fail. and return to camp. but they will be back tomorrow. it is not must have, put it is home, at least for now. >> it is horrible, too bad. >> doesn't want to show his face but he will show his his tent. day after day he lives in this absolutely, the dream is to smuggle himself the u.k., he has tried five times but to achieve it he has to contend with the nightmare that this is new camp, there are no other options. >> my life the first time i have faced this kind of famine. just like after ca, or the jungle.

we commend italy's leadership. i suspect many americans will visit milan and sample the food and wine. matteo, gratzi for your leadership on many pressing issues. i assure you it is a friendship and partnership that americans treasure. we are grateful that we have such strong bonds between our peoples. prime minister? prime minister renzi: thank you so much. it is an honor for me and for every member of the italian government to be here in the white house. translator: i will speak in italian quickly to thank the president of the united states of america for the extraordinary leadership that he has displayed. both in terms of his foreign-policy and in the economic and development models. the last time we met was in brisbane during the g-20. i can only say that as a partner and ally, have to express my appreciation for the work that has been carried out by the united states of america in the complex cubit issue. -- cuba issue. this has been a very complex issue. it has been difficult for the american people and the c