s i mean as of reporting tonight from the italian island of lampedusa i mean thank you. hong kong's chief executive kerry lam it is requesting a meeting with the city's university students as she tries to ease the pressure of a month long political crisis after weeks of mass demonstrations against the lambs extradition bill with china. is now posing all efforts to pass the bill into law but that is not enough for the protesters they want to kill the bill well some have criticized the demonstrators 1st storming the parliament building on monday they say that the demonstrators went too far he used my tea is berlinger met 3 of those who forced their way in stephanie boris and can not their real names were protesting outside the legislative council on monday when suddenly a group of young people started to attack the parliament trying to break the glass from the time i was still struggling i feel whether i should leave or i should support them. but by the time the last broken the 1st protest has entered the building she had made up her mind i thought that i needed to support

no one cares about us lampedusa us. but there are as many opinions in this small island town as there are people. we feel sorry for these poor people who are arriving some of them are women some children these people face terrible things in order to get here and they're not doing it for pleasure. lampedusa as mayor tells me he welcomes those rescued at sea boy. boucle of the past couple we are an island of fishermen but. my father was a fisherman i am a fisherman. but if and when a fisherman rescues a person at sea we apply one loan. not the french up not the german or anyone else's law. they scoff and chase a pig. they don't have to be dying so you don't have to document them insecure that you just saved them and this is a bit incoherent tackles on saturday evening another standoff begins a rescue boat defies the government's order to stay away it enters the port carrying 41 migrants the vessel is called alex operated by italian angio meditate and. there's commotion at the dock where locals have gathered to watch an ar

lampedusa island of recreation island of breath which. has the closest european shore to the coast of libya lampedusa takes in several 100 asylum seekers in an average month those who survived the treacherous journey across the mediterranean. no see claims as many lives as this. helps coordinate rescue missions for the german n.g.o.s see watch he was on my produce when the italian government attempted to block their ship from bringing 53 rescued migrants ashore. sea watch was kept and all of our kids up defied the italian coast guard and forced her way into the harbor she was arrested for act. what we're seeing is that the criminalization of sea rescue missions isn't stopping people from coming from libya more people are dying and the routes are becoming more dangerous as once migrants arrive on the island most are taken to this immigration center where they are registered in a 1st step toward applying for asylum after being registered the residents are free to leave. at the church in the center of town i meet mahmoud. it early there is.

we ran the whole night to lampedusa now we are at the coast this morning we had the goddess. on board made a check up of the people and informed us about the tradeoffs of the need and now we are waiting for further instructions myself you say you have $69.00 people on board more than half of whom are miners can you briefly describe the conditions on the boat and how the people you rescued are doing so far. yes yes we have 60 fast people on board. all of them are very experienced it some of them are in bad conditions you so you can see that they have been an honorable place in the last month or sometimes years. we started talking to some of them and some had been for type years in libya or in the detention centers so. yeah. we tried to we restarted the medical check up which is still ongoing you just have 2 doctors on board. but so far the people are ok. myself this is a sensitive issue for all parties involved in this is a sensitive question why are you heading to lampedusa despite knowing you're telling authorities refused for weeks to let the sea watch 3 dock there some peo

the alex enters the port of lampedusa on board at least $41.00 migrants including several pregnant women crew members say the conditions on board were unbearable. yaml being that we are convinced that we are acting within the law and above all for the dignity and safety of the people on board which is a sort of. another rescue ship is waiting outside italian waters 65 migrants are aboard the alan currency operated by german n.g.o.s c.i. crew members say they rescued them from a dinghy with no g.p.s. navigation aids and only 10 liters of water the crew told they refused to return the migrants to the closest port in libya despite an offer from the libyan government to take them in instead they headed for italy. the next part for us so we just followed maritime law and went to the next part. we were. to lampedusa now we are at the coast this morning we had the goddess you know on board they made a check up of the people. informed us about that the crates of the need and now we are waiting for further instructions. italian interior minister met selvi need denied the rescue ship permission to

no one cares about us lampedusa. lampedusa as mayor tells me he welcomes those rescued at sea. my father was a fisherman. i am a fisherman. but scuttled if and when a fisherman rescues a person at sea we apply one long list of body. not the french up because not the german or anyone else is law actually with a skiff and chasing a pickle or they don't have to be dying you don't have to document them insecure that you just save them on saturday evening another standoff begins the rescue boat defies the government's order to stay away it enters the port carrying 41 migrants the vessel is called alex operated by italian angio meditate and then. there is commotion at the dock where locals have gathered to watch a representative from italy's right wing likud party is here too she wants to send a message to the new arrivals as well as the boat's crew example but give a damn i'm here because we have to fight against those who traffic human beings these people are not save us they are people who traffic human beings on the boat is taken into police custody on the other side of the bay.

and brings dozens of shipwrecked migrants important lampedusa it's the 2nd such boat to float the policies of interior minister detail salvini in recent days or hear from our correspondent on the challenge also coming. greeks head for the poll after 5 years of leftwing rule conservatives appear likely to take the reins of god. and the championship match of women's world cup is hours away if you're a fan of the underdog the netherlands is from team if you expect them to beat the fearsome united states but anything can happen in a cup final. a michael thanks for joining us another migrant rescue boat has docked in italy ignoring a month old law in the country banning such ships from poor more than 40 migrants disembarked overnight from their vessel in lampedusa their rival comes just days after italy sees just separate rescue boat in similar circumstances and put its captain under investigation for aiding illegal immigration. a moment of relief after days of uncertainty migrants aboard the alex rescue ship stepped on to land rescuers say the conditions on the boat had grown horrific includin

news live from berlin a rescue ship carrying more than 40 migrants docks in the italian course of lampedusa. has these exclusive pictures of the alec says landed in defiance of the band by its leaders hardline interior minister must stay or sell beaming at the standoff continues with another organization that's all standing by just off the coast and seeking a safe port to offload its human cargo also coming out of southern california this ruffled by one of its biggest earthquakes in 2 decades a magnitude 7 point one quake shakes buildings consequence supplies and sparks fires and tremors may be on the way. and as the usa and netherlands prepare to meet in the final of the women's world cup see photographs gianni and son team know says the tournament will get more teams and double the prize money in the future. i mean if you put mackinnon thanks very much for joining us an italian rescue ship with 46 migrants on board has docks in italy despite being banned from doing so just minutes ago the alec's carrying around 50 migrants arrived in lampedusa now the ship is operated by an italian and ge

no one cares about us lampedusa. but there are as many opinions in this small island town as there are people. and events of waste we feel sorry for these poor people who are arriving some of them are women some children these people face terrible things in order to get here and they're not doing it for pleasure. produces mayor tells me he welcomes those rescued at sea boy. boucle because couple we are an island of fishermen i think we'll look at the good in my father was a fisherman i am a fisherman. but if and when a fisherman rescues a person at sea we apply. not the french not the german or anyone else's lol. they scoff and chase a pig. they don't have to be dying so you don't have to document them you just save them and this is a bit incoherent tackles on saturday evening another standoff begins a rescue boat defies the government's order to stay away it enters the port carrying 41 migrants the vessel is called alex operated by italian angio meditate and. there is commotion at the dock where locals have gathered

in lampedusa for us thank you very much now to some of the other stories making news around the world. in hong kong tens of thousands of anti-government protesters are marching through the city the rally is expected to end outside a controversial train station linking hong kong to the chinese mainland the activists want to raise awareness among tourists arriving from mainland china the protests were sparked several weeks ago by a law that would allow extraditions to mainland china. greek voters casting their ballots in the 1st national election since the country's financial bailout leftist prime minister alexis tsipras his party is expected to be ousted by the conservative opposition sippers his babbling to overcome a 10 point deficit in opinion polls. seismologists are warning that powerful aftershocks could continue to shape california after the strongest earthquake to hit the u.s. state in 2 decades the 7 point one magnitude tremor struck a remote desert region some 200 kilometers northeast of los angeles damaging infrastructure and sparking fires. well the curtain comes down on th

ganesh sea watch 3 sailed to lampedusa after 2 weeks of waiting in vain and despite a recent ban the captain says some of the migrants were suicidal and others threatened to go on hunger strike. and that's just me what is important in the end is that we rescued these 53 people and brought them to a safe harbor that's 53 people who don't have to go back to some torture camp in libya but italian interior minister manto servian he called her a criminal now she wants to sue him for defamation but she faces likely prosecution herself on charges of being an accessory to illegal migration a hearing is planned for next week food in piling in case of an indictment which we don't expect i will of course turn myself in because i expect to be acquitted if it comes to that top on national maritime experts suggest another possible outcome entering the harbor could amount to a violation of italian law she had to move. that she should have kept waiting she could have tried to get other harbors to open up and continue to ask for help from italian authorities. other rescue boats of have the same probl

to lampedusa now we are the coast this morning we had the goddess you know on board they made a check up of the people. informed us about that the crates of the need and now we are waiting for further instructions. italian interior minister matty salvini denied the rescue ship permission to arrive in lampedusa even if the migrants were to be distributed to other countries in europe as suggested by his german counterpart salvini says it's very clear who is responsible here he says it's a german ship and so it should go to germany. but the migrants aboard the alan kirti hope their ship will also dock in lampedusa regardless of what italy's author ities say. all right on it is in just a hi amy and so we know that the boat has stopped has anybody been allowed also to test. well christine you might be able to see it behind me there are some lights back there one person has come off in a stretcher that's the only person we know of so far that's come off the rest of about 40 migrants are still on board a spokesperson from military you know which is the italian angio that operates the alex sh

lampedusa island of recreation highland.has the closest european shore to the coast of libya lampedusa takes in several 100 asylum seekers in an average month those who survived the treacherous journey across the mediterranean. knows the flames as many lives as this. helps coordinate rescue missions for the german n.g.o.s see what he was on my producer when the italian government attempted to block their ship from bringing 53 rescued migrants a short. sea watch was kept and all of our kids defied the italian coast guard and forced her way into the harbor she was arrested after act. what we're seeing is that the criminalization of sea rescue missions isn't stopping people from coming from libya more people are dying and the routes are becoming more dangerous as once migrants arrive on the island most are taken to this immigration center where they are registered in a 1st step toward applying for asylum after being registered the residents are free to leave. at the church in the center of town i meet mahmoud. it early so that

the ship landed on saturday on the island of lampedusa. gareth barlow has more.oat that found them adrift had docked at the port of lampedusa is the charity vessel approached the shore, the italian coastguard made repeated demands for it to turn around. translation: i repeat the order, you have to stop. you are violating the decree released onjuly 5th 2019 and you're resisting against a military ship. on board are 41 migrant rescued from the mediterranean and now facing intolerable hygienic conditions, according to the charity that runs the boat. despite reaching a safe port, the migrants are far from welcome. that's the message from italy's interior minister matteo salvini. translation: there is this ship in the port of lampedusa but i repeat, i do not authorise anything. for me, the laws and borders are valid and must be respectively. the number of migrants reaching europe has markedly dropped in recent years, but 681 people have died in the mediterranean so far this year, according to the international organisation for migration. just a week ago, another chari

no one cares about us lampedusa.produces mayor tells me he welcomes those rescued at sea well look i think what my father was a fisherman and i am a fisherman. but scuttled if and when a fisherman rescues a person at sea we apply one loan. so you do not the french uptick not the german or anyone else's loan. they scoff and chase a pig. they don't have to be dying so you don't have to document them insecure that you just saved them on saturday evening another standoff begins a rescue boat defies the government's order to stay away it enters the port carrying 41 migrants the vessel is called alex operated by italian angio meditate and then. there is commotion at the dock where locals have gathered to watch a representative from italy's right wing leg a party is here too she wants to send a message to the new arrivals as well as the boat's crew for example but get that damn i'm here because we have to fight against those who traffic human beings these people are not save us they are people who traffic human beings on th

that shit the allen kurdi is ringback now off the coast of lampedusa italy is interior minister any has ordered the island's ports port to be closed to the rescue vessel earlier spoke to marcel debt from the n.g.o.s c r i he's on board the alan curdie and told us about the rescue of those 65 migrants the rescue happened yesterday in the morning we spotted rob about 6 am. after work 3 approached the boat. alaric's on thursday the boat went away from us because thought we had the libyans afterwards we could convince them and we trust each with a high risk commission distributed life jackets and chill called the people on board we currently have 65 people on board 39 of them are i'm flying miners and there was one woman within. all of them are very experienced it some of them are in bad conditions you so you can see that there has been an hour of well placed in the last month or sometimes years the rescue we did was approximately 30 miles from the libyan coastline so we had to and from the libyan coast guard and replied. that they could offer assist a fart in the area which is west of trip

translation: there is this ship in the port of lampedusa and i repeat, idid not the port of lampedusaot authorise anything. for me, the laws and the borders are valid and must be respected. the number of migrants reaching europe has markedly dropped in recent years but 681 people have died in the mediterranean so far this year according to the international organisation for migration. just a week ago, and other charity vessel defied the italian authorities to dockin defied the italian authorities to dock in lampedusa. in international waters, outside the port, a third vessel waits with 65 people on board. italy wants other european countries to do more to help with migrants reaching europe. the migrants reaching europe. the migrants wanta migrants reaching europe. the migrants want a chance of a better life. taking you to the scene in athens, live in greece at the moment where polls have opened in the elections. not a lot of people voting right now, it is quite early, but i am sure more will go. this is basically barely a month after the ruling party suffered a big electoral defeat in

i'm sorry a battle in the southern italian island of lampedusa web people are still risking their lives to make dangerous crossings hair despite the fact that the italian government has insisted it's blocked such a rival's. the west sponsored by cattle and. hello again welcome back to your international weather forecast well the heat wave is going to be over today across much of europe and the reason being is we're going to be having a change of air mass coming in from the north all due to this form of boundary right here as you noted for the last 8 days we have been is talking about excessive heat across much of the region records have been broken not only in france but also in parts of germany as well and temperatures have been exceedingly high across much of the region but this frontal boundary is going to be bringing some cooler air from the north and as you can see here on the forecast map tempers are about to drop so here in berlin 27 degrees today over towards warsaw 29 so a little bit warmer but tomorrow look what happens as that front pushes down here towards the south we're go

a boat carrying migrants arrives on the italian island of lampedusa — but no—one‘s allowed to disembarkfornia braces itself for aftershocks after the most powerful earthquake to hit the state in 20 years. and joao gilberto — who brought bossa nova to the world — and helped redefine brazil — dies aged 88. hello and welcome to bbc news. president hassan rouhani of iran says he's urged european countries to save the international nuclear agreement, during a phone call with the french president emmanuel macron. iran says it will start to enrich uranium closer to a weapons grade level, if european countries don't find a way to save the nuclear deal by sunday. hussein ibish is a senior resident scholar at the arab gulf states institute in washington. what can france and other countries early due to save the deal? is it already dead? i think it is. early due to save the deal? is it already dead? ithink it is. ithink it was dead as soon as president trump withdrew the united states from it. it is a zombie. iran has been more or less abiding by its conditions. they might go beyond restricting it

news value for a day and a rescue ship carrying nearly 50 migrants docks in the italian force of lampedusa alex lands in defiance of the ban by its news hotline interior minister let's say itself and the standoff continues with another aid organization vessel standing by just off the coast and seeking a safe course to offload its you've been all day also coming up at the women's world cup sweden the england in the 3rd place play off to ensure they don't leave france and. i'm mackinnon thanks for joining us. and italian rescue ship with $46.00 migrants on board has docked in a silly despite being banned from doing so about an hour ago the alex arrived in lumper to say the ship is operated by an italian and mediterranea its crew declined an offer to sail on to mull to say the long journey would have been dangerous for the people on board italy's interior minister. has tried to close a tally in force to the charity ship. now do you correspondent i mean as sick as steve sent us those pictures he's in lampedusa and joins us now i mean joining us to tell us what the current state of play is righ

you mean they were allowed into port in lampedusa?e is they came to port in lampedusa. the ci is still out there and waiting for some sort of signal from the government. they haven't ignored warnings from lampedusa to come into the port like this both dead. they have a lot of supplies so they can't declare a state of emergency like this shipped it right now. it seems the italian coastguard is required to take people off the ship and take them to the immigration centre here, once they come in. so this boat will most likely be disembarked shortly. there have already been ambulances that have already been ambulances that have come in and other vans to take them away to the immigration zone later. let's take a look at some of the other stories making the news. a powerful explosion has ripped through a shopping mall in florida, injuring about 20 people, two of them seriously. the fire department in the town of plantation said it was a gas explosion. the blast sent large pieces of debris across the street, blew out windows and left some bui

just a week ago, another charity vessel defied italian authorities to dock in lampedusa.rnational waters, outside the port, a third vessel is waiting with 65 people on board. italy wants other european countries to do more to help with migrants reaching europe. the migrants want the chance of a better life. gareth barlow, bbc news. residents in southern california are bracing themselves for aftershocks after the region was hit by its biggest earthquake in more than 20 years. it's the second big tremor in as many days. the epicentre of the quake was near the city of ridgecrest, north—east of los angeles. sophie long's report contains some flashing images. oh, my god... it created waves in family swimming pools and in communities across southern california. oh, my god... evacuate! two earthquakes in two days... let's go, let's go, let's go! ..spread panic. it continues to rattle... this is a very strong earthquake. the tremor so strong... we're experiencing very strong shaking... ..even some who didn't feel it, watched it. we're gonna go to a break, we'll be right back afte

costars rescues dozens of migrants from the mediterranean our reporter has more from the island of lampedusa tensions are high after a charity ship forced its way into the port last week. and she's president elect of the european commission but what do germans think of their defense minister was about funded by getting europe's top job we'll have a surprising results of a new survey. i'm sumi so much going to thank you for joining us u.s. president donald trump has led 4th of july celebrations in washington d.c. the holiday marks america's independence from british rule and is usually focused on national unity trump sidestepped tradition though with what he called the show of a lifetime a speech to donors flanked by military vehicles even by his standards it was an eye catching spectacle but did the event live up to the hype take a look. although it rained on his parade president donald trump had promised quite a show. including a beefed up military showing he had dubbed it a salute to america. critics didn't like tanks being part of a national holiday celebration and many had wondered wheth