here in lampedusa, italy's closest point to africa, 14 boats have arrived over the weekend.over 1,400 people in its reception centre. and more are currently out at sea. in the control room of this ngo ship, monitors flare up when a boat in distress is identified. the alarm from the hot line was alerted to five boats in distress, all within the maltese search and rescue zone, and they carry over 400 people. on these five boats in distress, there are men, women, children, minors and they are all trying to escape from libya, and we heard that one of these boats has safely reached lampedusa but, to our knowledge, four of these boats are still in distress in the central mediterranean sea. more rescued migrants arrive every day, and a growing number are minors, often travelling on their own. this group was intercepted last week. dozens of them, crammed on a rubber dinghy with not life vests on board. since the start of 2021, almost 11,000 people have reached italy. that's over double the arrivals on the same time last year and, with summer approaching, this is only set to get wors

lampedusa is one of the main arrival ports for people wanting to reach europe.

here in lampedusa, italy's closest point to africa, 1a boats have arrived over the weekend.w hosts over 11100 people and its reception centre. and more are currently out at sea. in the control room of this ngo ship, monitors flareup when a boat in distress is identified. the alarm from _ distress is identified. the alarm from the _ distress is identified. the alarm from the hot - distress is identified. tue: alarm from the hot line distress is identified. tte: alarm from the hot line was alerted to five points in distress, all within the search and rescue zone, and they carry over 400 people. on these five boats in distress, there are men, women, children, miners and they are all trying to escape from libya and we heard that one of these boats has safely reached lampedusa but, to our knowledge, four of these boats are still in distress in the central mediterranean sea. more rescued migrants arrive every day, and a growing number are minors, often travelling on their own. this group was intercepted last week. dozens of them, crammed on a rubber dinghy. since the start of 2021

island of lampedusa. leading here since the weekend. this gateway to europe is under renewed pressure, battling the pandemic while suffering the hopes of the desperate. six years later they are still coming. in lesser numbers, now, but this is the third straight day of arrival. the question is whether this is just a temporary spike with the start of a summer rush to european shores. tote start of a summer rush to european shores.- start of a summer rush to european shores. we are here to welcome people. _ european shores. we are here to welcome people, to _ european shores. we are here to welcome people, to say - european shores. we are here to welcome people, to say to - european shores. we are here to welcome people, to say to the i welcome people, to say to the people you are alive. but we also want to say to the people welcome in europe. and your rights are important to us. we take care of you. but in this moment we don't feel this. for the eu's frontier countries like italy, migration remains an inte

over 1,000 migrants have landed on the italian island of lampedusa, within a 2k hour period. 0ne boatne was carrying almost 400 men, women and children. lampedusa is one of the main arrival ports for people wanting to reach europe more boats have been spotted off the coast of nearby malta. rail passengers are being warned to expect disruption into the working week while investigations continue into cracks in the chassis of hitachi 800 trains. 0ne company — gwr — is advising against travel on its long—distance routes. katy austin has the story tannoy: this train will not be calling at llanelli. .. _ 183 of these high—speed trains were held back for safety checks after small cracks were found in some. great western railway has been hardest hit. 0nly10% of its long—distance service has been running today. i was meant to travel yesterday and that got cancelled twice, so i ended up going today. i got to paddington, not really picking up on the news last night. and then i found out that most of the trains had been cancelled. but it's added about an hour. passengers are being told not to tra

more than 1,000 migrants land on the italian island of lampedusa in a single day.country's new climate bill, which is going through parliament. the demonstrator�*s say the bill isn't ambitious enough in tackling climate change. azadeh moshiri reports. chanting zero out of ten, that is how many points these protesters give france's new climate bill. thousands demonstrated across the country to demand more action to combat climate change. according to them, the bill currently going through france's parliament has been watered down and for them there is only one man to blame. translation: it's clear. that macron has not been our "green president" really. although i think he is not completely unconscious of what is at stake, he continues to feed a system which puts profits above all and which goes against the interests of our planet. but on the same day as the protests, president emmanuel macron named climate one of his top priorities at a future of europe conference. translation: how do we make our europe the leader _ of emission reductions? my hope that we will achie

mark lowen, bbc news, lampedusa.session, have described him as their "brightest star." he was injured during a thunderstorm while on a playing field in blackpool yesterday afternoon and died later in hospital. the former bosnian serb leader and convicted war criminal, radovan karadzic, is to serve the rest of his life sentence in a britishjail. the 75—year—old was convicted in 2016 of crimes including genocide which he carried out during the conflict in the former yugoslavia. the foreign office said he would be transferred to a uk prison from a un detention unit in the netherlands. 29 men have been charged in connection with child sexual exploitation in calderdale in west yorkshire. the allegations date from 2003 to 2010 — and are against one female victim who was aged between 13 and 20 at the time. most of the offending is alleged to have taken place in calderdale, but some offences are said to have occurred in the bradford district. the government's laid out plans for a new law that would result in universities and

mark lowen, bbc news, lampedusa.them — and now they've beenjoined by the women in football network — who say attitudes must change, the bbc has spoken to a number of female fans who have suffered sexist and racist abuse online, simply for voicing their opinion on the sport. zahid lalani reports. hello guys, welcome back to seballos tv. mellisa seballos has supported spurs for as long as she can remember. and during the pandemic, launched her own youtube channel to talk about football. but despite the widely positive reaction to her opinions on youtube and twitter, she has faced sexist and racist abuse based on her filipino heritage, and for being a woman who talks about football. things started getting racial. they were calling me a bleep, telling me i needed to go back to the philippines. i was getting sexual assault threats, death threats. people saying i needed to get hung in a zoo. we've won! amazing! newcastle fan kendall rowan lost a job last march during lockdown and is now a full—time youtube content creator.

lampedusa is one of the main arrival ports for people wanting to reach europe. on bbc news, it's hardtalk with zeinab badawi. this interview was recorded last thursday, before the deadly weekend attack near a kabul school. welcome to hardtalk with me, zeinab badawi. the withdrawal of us troops from afghanistan later this year after two decades represents a major turning point for the country — especially for afghan women. many believe the western troop presence protected theirfragile rights. my guest is rare in afghan politics. fawzia koofi is the first woman to lead a political party in afghanistan and is part of an afghan delegation in talks with the taliban. yet, she is one of their fiercest critics, endures constant intimidation, and has survived several attempts on her life. why is fawzia koofi so worried about the future stability of afghanistan and its women? fawzia koofi in kabul, welcome to hardtalk. now, you had a very interesting start in life — if i can put it that way. you were your mother's eighth child. she was desperate for a boy. she didn't want

over a thousand migrants have landed on the italian island of lampedusa, within a 2k hour period.ne boat alone was carrying almost 400 men, women and children. lampedusa is one of the main arrival ports for people wanting to reach europe more boats have been spotted off the coast of nearby malta. rail passengers are being warned to expect disruption into the working week while investigations continue into cracks in the chassis of hitachi 800 trains. one company — gwr — is advising against travel on its long—distance routes. katy austin has the story tannoy: this train will not be calling at llanelli. .. _ 183 of these high—speed trains were held back for safety checks after small cracks were found in some. great western railway has been hardest hit. only 10% of its long—distance service has been running today. i was meant to travel yesterday and that got cancelled twice, so i ended up going today. i got to paddington, not really picking up on the news last night. and then i found out that most of the trains had been cancelled. but it's added about an hour. passengers are being tol

lampedusa is one of the main arrival ports for people wanting to reach europe.e boats have been spotted off the coast of nearby malta. those are the main headlines here on bbc news. now on bbc news, it's time for click. this week — bikes. boats. bots. and shops. hey, welcome to click. this week we're going to talk about locking stuff and keeping stuff safe, which is why lara currently has a safe on her lap. well, it's a safe with a bit of a difference. you know when you're at the dining table and it feels like everybody has a reason that they have to do something on their phone there and then? laughs. yeah, yeah, yeah. well, this aims to overcome that. it's somewhere to lock away your devices so that you can have some good quality family time. laughs. right! so does it have a key, a combination, or is it on a timer, what? 0k, well, that is the problem. because there are timer options — you can set it for an hour, overnight, for 2h hours — but there's also a passcode to be able to open it in an emergency, so whoever knows the passcode needs to also be the person

more migrants picked up at sea aiming for the island of lampedusa.re still coming. in lesser numbers now, but this is the third straight day of arrivals. the question is whether this is just a temporary spike or whether it is the start of the summer rush to europe's shores. for the eu's frontier countries like italy, migration remains an intensely political issue, and for some here, the hospitable welcome has worn thin. translation: it's time to say enough after 30 years. - i wanted the camp to be closed immediately and a naval blockade so that they can't access the island. they should be helped in their own countries, not come here where the authorities spend millions on them, but let us die. through europe's outer door into a waiting room. but with the camp full, dozens are left outside. many here will have asylum claims rejected. but it's unclear how many of those will actually be sent back. you speak some english, yes? some. 0k. we can't speak to people? no, no. 0k, we're being told that we can't speak to the migrants. but from inside the camp, t

up until a few days ago this migrant shelter on lampedusa was empty now it's overcrowded with people sleeping outside its doors more than 2000 migrants have arrived on the italian island after and during one of the most dangerous journeys between the north african coast and europe that you. were hoping for calmer winds here on the island are kept in or dock a quarantine ship for about $800.00 migrants then they will be transferred they have already been tested recovered 19. more than 11000 migrants have landed on lampedusa so far this year a significant jump from the same period in 2021 there were about 4000 and experts believe more are on the way the european union is bracing for a rise in my right numbers and it's calling on member states to help several boats coming but we're talking about manageable numbers to be rational and agreed mechanised this would be very manageable in our opinion. thousands of people are fleeing poverty and carthage in their own countries but they are not always welcomed here than a tale salvini leader of italy's right wing league party says italy can't c

mark lowen, bbc news, lampedusa.we all remember that flood of migrants in 2015 and wonder if that will pick up again from africa to europe. returning to israel, where tensions are high, i am joined by tom bateman who is in lod, israel, and rushdie in gaza city. the israelis say they have targeted hamas leadership and they have killed several of the military leaders. what is the situation for civilians in gaza city tonight? >> it has been a very long day and night. the sound of bombs and israeli airstrikes continue. as we speak, the israelis are targeting some places in the north of gaza. this is by far, the most difficult time for the people of gaza for a very long time, may since the 2014 -- the heaviest airstrikes am the heaviest barrage from gaza. we are talking about 2 million people now trapped in their houses. the streets are empty. nobody is moving. shops are closed. people are not going to school. it is completely like a war atmosphere. if you speak to anyone in gaza, they talk about the war. katty: and tom b

mark lowen, bbc news, lampedusa.on reports. a dual win for dua lipa. she performed with 50 dancers, gave a nod to geri halliwell with her dress and won both best female and album of the year for future nostalgia. released last march during the very first week of lockdown, her modern take on disco became the soundtrack to many people's year at home. cheering onstage, she called for an nhs pay rise. what we should do is we should all give a massive, massive round of applause, and give boris a message that we all support a fair pay rise for our front line. cheering thank you so much. little mix! it was a night dominated by women, winning four of the five mixed categories. after ten years together, little mix became the first all—female line—up in brits history to be named best group. it's not easy being a female in the uk pop industry. - we have seen the white male dominance, misogyny, - sexism and lack of diversity. harry styles won best single come and appear to have a new accent. thank you so much. i'm really happy t

countries to take in migrants from italy follows a surge of arrivals to the island of lampedusa more than 2000 mostly african migrants have reached the island off italy southern coast overwhelming the reception center their local mary explained how they're trying to deal with the situation. too much especially because there are quarantine ships and they cannot dock imports because the wind bad weather and rough sea there are many difficulties already and if the ships cannot seek migrants in quarantine it becomes even more difficult because islands cannot accommodate more than 250 people and there are already over a 1000 however we are working to ease the pressure as arrived in this transferring mogas from the port to take them to a core unseen ship. lampedusa is one of the main landing points for people trying to get into europe from africa the latest arrivals are supposed to be transferred to elsewhere in italy but there's a lack of unity among e.u. members on who will then take the refugees on from their one produces mare again says there is no help present from brussels. and you s

up until a few days ago this migrant shelter on lampedusa was empty now it's overcrowded with people sleeping outside stores more than 2000 migrants have arrived on the italian island after enduring one of the most dangerous journeys between the north african coast and europe. were hoping for calmer winds here on the island are kept in or dock a quarantine ship for about $800.00 migrants then they will be transferred they have already been tested recovered 19. more than 11000 migrants have landed on lampedusa so far this year a significant jump from the same period in 2021 there were about 4000 and experts believe more are on the way the european union is bracing for a rise in my right numbers and it's calling on member states to help several boats coming but we're talking about manageable numbers through the rational and agreed mechanism this would be very manageable in our opinion. thousands of people are fleeing poverty and comfort in their own countries but they are not always welcomed here than a tale salvini leader of italy's right wing league party says italy can cope with the

international we hear from the mayor of lampedusa. there is this ruthless campaign against immigration there's no program no idea how to solve everyone's. government and. wednesday afternoon here in the russian capital it's fast turning into a busy day for your worldwide international welcome to the program. a confrontation that is escalating towards a full scale war that's how the un's middle east peace envoy has described the recent conflict between israeli for. the palestinian militants the situation continues to spiral out of control with hamas and the i.d.f. exchanging more than a 1000 rockets for a 2nd day in a row of 5 israelis and at least 43 palestinians have been killed since the cross border flare up again. well at the moment there are several hot spots in the conflict well he we can see them out coming up for you now you've got gaza of course you've got jerusalem tel aviv and load of the last the last day here has been the focus of some of the fiercest fighting ultimately leading the israeli prime minister binyamin netanya

lampedusa is one of the main landing points for people trying to get into europe from africa the latest arrival was supposed to be transferred elsewhere in italy however there's a lack of unity among the members on whom all vend take the refugees from their land produces may or again says there is absolutely no help right now from brussels . and is into zoom in immigration's of brussels is perceived differently to how we experience it in italy until now brussels has only been interested in refugees not economic migrants whenever we talk to brussels they don't want to hear about economic migrants but at least 90 percent of the people arriving on our shores of just economic migrants. so how is it possible to solve the problem if we do not look at immigration globally the problem of immigration has never been properly addressed neither by the italian government nor by the european government so now there is this sort of ruthless campaign against immigration there is no program no project no idea how to solve it everyone is wrong with you telling governments and the e.u. as a whole. there i

italian island sees probe asking for help with the econ decide what to do we hear from the madras lampedusa. there is this sort of ruthless campaign against immigration there is no program no projects no idea how to solve it everyone is wrong with the italian government and the e.u. as a whole. very good afternoon joining us here on r.t. international. today is a day of mourning in the russian republic of tatarstan as its capital khazan comes to terms with that horrific mass shooting at a local school 9 people were killed most of them children more than 20 others were injured the site of the tragedy has become a makeshift memorial with thousands of locals commemorating those lost is a timeline of how the shocking events unfolded. and. also for the club key i was in the class on the 2nd floor we heard bangs the sounded like explosions 1st we closed the classroom doors and not let the children get near the windows we told them to sit down along the walls and try to calm them down to look at something in the street a man with a gun ran into the classroom and started shooting people who didn't

mark lowen, bbc news, lampedusa.ansferred to a uk prison from a un detention unit in the netherlands. the family of nine—year—old jordan banks — who died after being struck by lightning during a football coaching session — have described him as their 'brightest star.�* he was hit while training last night on a football pitch in lancashire. from blackpool, nick garnett reports hello, everyone! i am so happy and grateful for the donations. young and full of life. jordan banks raising money to help others. from first thing this morning, tributes to the little boy have been left at the pitch where the young footballer played the game he loved so much. the nine—year—old had come to the playing fields for a private training session when the storm moved in. he was only a few metres from the relative safety of the car park when he was struck down. despite paramedics and the air ambulance coming, he couldn't be saved. local people joined friends and family to pay their respects at the football ground. we was in the same class

mark lowen, bbc news, lampedusa.o—state solution. this violence takes us further away from that goal. we fully support israel's right to defend itself. we've condemned, and i condemn again, the rocket attacks in the strongest possible terms. a few hours ago, the un security council met to discuss the situation. nada tawfik is in new york. what was said? they got a briefing from the un _ what was said? they got a briefing from the un middle _ what was said? they got a briefing from the un middle east _ what was said? they got a briefing from the un middle east envoy, i what was said? they got a briefing | from the un middle east envoy, he really urged international action. reiterating that it's been civilians who have paid the highest price. but members were largely unified. 1a out of 50 members agreed that it was time for the security council to express concern, to condemn the violence came as a call 480 escalation. what we heard was from senior diplomats was it was the us who began blocked any security council actio

hundreds of refugees and migrants are being transferred from the italian island of lampedusa to a quarantine ship concerns about the spread of code 19 a stay there for the next 2 weeks more than 2000 people arrived on overcrowded fishing boats on sunday is the biggest number to come ashore there this year the islands holding centers are only equipped for about a 1000 people as you headline news continues here as they're off to witness stay with us. it's a very bleak picture for a lot of americans out there white supremacy in fact all of body if you're putting more money into the hands of someone 1st taking money out of the hands of other workers their own goes to their camp it becomes a us versus them this is the deal about constraining your nuclear program the bottom line the big questions on al-jazeera. get the very heart of your problem. to an end in gilead and ham and a lot of damage was. headed to their neck and they get should be getting the get get a keep. a guy like that and knows they're on high get it deep in the dimia boomer nest to move better about so what and then you know with

their career hundreds of refugees and migrants are being transferred from the italian island of lampedusa to a quarantine ship due to concerns about the spread of covert 19 they'll stay there for the next 2 weeks more than 2000 people arrived on overcrowded fishing boats on sunday it's a biggest number to come ashore there this year the islands holding centers only equipped for about a 1000 people. warning shots have been fired by u.s. ships off to what they say was a close encounter with armed iranian vessels in the strait of hormuz does turn. concerning a. u.s. officials accuse the 13 iranian revolutionary guard boats of making unsafe maneuvers to words the navy ships it's a 2nd such incident in less than a month and all this comes as well the powers trying to bring to iran and washington back into compliance with a 2015 nuclear deal. a cyber attack targeting the systems managing the u.s. oil pipeline have raised fuel prices on the futures market and that could mean higher costs for consumers colonial pipeline shut down its systems on friday to limit the damage from the attack particle

across the country hundreds of refugees and migrants are being transferred from the italian island of lampedusa to a quarantine ship due to concerns about the spread of covert 19 they'll stay there for the next 2 weeks more than 2000 people arrived on overcrowded fishing boats on sunday is the biggest number to come ashore there this year the island's holding centers only equipped for about a 1000 people. the future of the golden globes has been plunged into uncertainty after a u.s. television network n.b.c. announced it would not screen the awards show next year the hollywood foreign press association runs the annual film and television awards it's been on the fire for months following allegations of racism sexism bullying and corruption major hollywood studios and a number of movie stars have publicly denounced the organization. much more on this story and others on our web site the address for that easy al-jazeera don't call it. says is al-jazeera these your top stories. is a bounce of rockets towards israel while israel has conducted strikes into the gaza strip and more is yet to come as ro

for other countries to take it migrants metally it follows a surge of arrivals to the island of lampedusa on 2000 mostly african migrants reach the island off italy southern coast overwhelming the reception center that the local barracks play and other trying to deal with the situation. it's too much especially because there are quarantine ships and they cannot dock imports because of the wind bad weather and rough sea there are many difficulties already and if the ships cannot take migrants in quarantine it becomes even more difficult because our island cannot accommodate more than 250 people and there are already over a 1000 however we are working to ease the pressure both as a ride and as transferring my goods from the port to take them to a car and seen ship landing points for people trying to get into europe from africa the latest arrivals are supposed to be transferred elsewhere in italy or limbers on who will then take the refugees from there live but this is mare again says there's no help from brussels at present. because in to zoom in immigration to brussels is perceived differe

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around 1,200 migrants in several boats have landed on the italian island of lampedusa within the spacelty off malta. the populist politician and former interior minister matteo salvini has demanded a meeting with the caretaker prime minister, mario draghi. he said the country can't take any more migrants when millions of italians are in difficulty. the headlines on bbc news: a third night of tension injerusalem, where unrest simmers over possible evictions of palestinians. funerals have taken place in afghanistan for more than 60 people — mainly young girls — killed in a militant attack outside a school. uk labour's top team is reshuffled, as leader keir starmer acts in the wake of the english election results. here in the uk, hugging is likely to be officially allowed in england again when the british government makes an announcement tomorrow on the next stage of lockdown easing. the changes on household mixing will be most significant since the rules were introduced in england last year. here's our science editor david shukman. remember this, the comfort of a hug? well, for more than

hundreds of refugees and migrants are being transferred from the italian island of lampedusa to a quarantine ship due to concerns about the spread of covert 19 they expected to stay there for the next 2 weeks more than 2000 people arrived on overcrowded fishing boats on sunday and said biggest number to come ashore there this year the islands holding centers are only equipped for about a 1000 people. warning shots have been fired by u.s. ships after what they say was a close encounter with armed iranian vessels in the strait of hormuz. wants to. go. u.s. officials accuse the 13 iranian revolutionary guard boats of making unsafe maneuvers 2 words that navy ships it's the 2nd such incident in less than a month all this comes as well powers trying to bring to iran and washington back into compliance with the 2050 nuclear deal this group of fast attack books boats approached the u.s. formation at high speed closing in as close as 150 yards after following all the appropriate and established procedures involving ship's horn bus bridge bridge radio transmissions and other ways of communicating the

imposed on carter in 2017 but has since been lifted hundreds of migrants on the italian island of lampedusa are being transferred to a quarantine ship due to concerns about the spread of coronavirus stay there for the next 2 weeks more than 2100 migrants arrived on overcrowded boats on sunday the migrant holding center on the island was already full. united states special envoy for the horn of africa resume ethiopia is meeting with prime minister and the african union to discuss the 2 great conflicts amongst all the issues fighting between ethiopian military and 5 years of the 2 great people's liberation front is now in its 6 month organizations say they're still struggling to reach those in need of the 63000 degree refugees of fled to neighboring sudan al-jazeera said what morgan talks to some of the refugees and near the border with you here. for months now fatima has been struggling to live with the physical scars of what she went through in her hometown of home after a refugee camp in sudan's got out of state says she was about to give birth when her soldiers raided the hospital she say

been pretty grim hundreds of refugees and migrants are being transferred from the italian island of lampedusa to a quarantine ship due to concerns about the spread of cova 19 i will say that if the next 2 weeks or than 2000 people arrived on overcrowded fishing boats on sunday it is the biggest number to come ashore that this year the island's holding centers are only equipped for about a 1000 people u.s. regulators have approved pfizer biotechs coronavirus vaccine for use on children as young as 12 most covert 19 vaccines weld wide have only been authorized for adults the head of the european medicines agency has also said that the job could be approved for 12 to 15 year olds as early as this month. as you head lice news continues here on out is there often side story say with us. teaching you just the way english streamline keep your channel. plus thousands of our programs cooking with documentaries and dad who. subscribe to you she would slash al-jazeera english. scotland was for independence given a boost by its parliamentary elections the ruling party says it will make yet another bitter

hundreds of refugees and migrants are being transferred from the italian island of lampedusa to a quarantine ship due to concerns about the spread of covert 19 it will stay there for the next 2 weeks or than 2000 people arrived on overcrowded fishing boats on sunday is the biggest number to come ashore there this year the island's holding centers are only equipped 4000 people u.s. regulators have a prayer pfizer biotech's corona virus vaccine for use on children as young as 12 most kovac 19 vaccines worldwide have only been authorized adults the job could be approved for 12 to 15 year olds as early as this month in europe those are your headlines the stream coming up next. talked to al jazeera. they were attacking rick again and now they're attacking everyone in myanmar do you regret words like that we'd listen absolutely nigeria with a woman president it would be great we meet with global news makers and talk about the stories that matter on syria. i have any ok today on the stream we are taking you behind the headlines of the covered 19 crisis in india so you can ask questions we have asse

homes of migrants on the italian island of lampedusa being transferred to a quarantine ship due to concerns over the spread of coronavirus they'll stay there for the next 2 weeks more than 2100 migrants arrived on several overcrowded fishing boats on sunday is the biggest number to come ashore in the small island this year the migrant holding center on the island can only hold a 1000 people and was already full. now a somber tut tutting the systems which manage an american oil pipeline has raised the price of petrol on the futures market and that could now push the price up for consumers across the u.s. colonial pipeline shut down its systems on friday to stem the damage and it could be several weeks before everything is back on line article again as the story it's the kind of attack cybersecurity experts have been worried about this is the biggest tat that involve vital infrastructure colonial pipeline a private company operates a pipeline that moves 45 percent of the east coast diesel gas and jet fuel from texas all the way up to new jersey olmos 10000000 liters a day but they shut down t

a mass rescue in the med: more than 1,000 migrants land on the italian island of lampedusa in a single ongoing. the topic was on the agenda at a two day eu summit over the weekend in porto, but eu leaders rejected the idea and called on the white house to concentrate on the export of doses and of the key ingredients first, to speed up the global vaccine roll out. thomas cueni is director general of the international federation of pharmaceutical manufacturers and associations. good to talk to you again. most of all, give us your reaction to the mood by president biden to the mood by president biden to say yes, we are happy to waver the patents for vaccines? to be honest, i think it is a political move. it is the simple but wrong answer to a complex problem because what we saw over the weekend with the eu summit, more and more people are realising that the real issues that need to be tackled issues that need to be tackled is to make sure that you get doses to those in need, that the rich countries need to start dose sharing. the export bans and restrictions need to be lifted because they

mostly from sub-saharan africa, pakistan, and syria -- have arrived on the mediterranean island of lampedusaithin the past day. hundreds of the asylum-seekers were forced to sleep on an open-air dock after the cal sheltesurpassed its capacity. hundreds more have been quantined til they're tested for covid-. this comes as at least five refugees died sunday after their boat capsized off the libyan coast as they attempted to reach europe. a humanitarian aid group said there could be a newborn baby among the dead. in russia, at least nine people were killed and 13 others hospitalized after a pair of gunmen reportedly opened fire at a school in the city of kazan. russian media reported one of the shooters, believed to be a teenager, was arrested by police while another attacker was shot dead by security forces. school shootings are very rare in russia. immediately after tuesday's assault, russian president vladimir putin said he had ordered russia's government to immediately begin work on tightening gun ownership regulations. "the washington post" is reporting trump's justice department secretly

the southern italian island of lampedusa has seen a new uptick in migrant arrivals.

lampedusa lies between north africa and italy and is only about eight square miles in size. more than 2,100 migrants have reached its shores in about 24 hours, including 635 who landed today. many waited on the dock for want of shelter. nearly 13,000 people have reached italy already this year, more than tripling the number a year ago. back in this country, police in colorado are investigating why a gunman opened fire at a weekend birthday party, killing seven people, including himself. they say the shooter walked into a house trailer hosting the party in colorado springs just after midnight on sunday, then, opened fire. police say one of the victims was the shooter's girlfriend. president biden is urging employers to get workers vaccinated and raise wages to help jump start the economy. he spoke today aft friday's phil mr. biden addressed criticism that generous unemployment benefits are in effect paying people to stay home. >> anyone collecting unemployment who is offered a suitable job must take the job or lose their unemployment benefits. there are a few covid-19-related

now several 100 more migrants have reached the tiny italian island of lampedusa bringing the number of new arrivals that to more than 2000 in the past 24 hours italian coast guard has quoted several overcrowded fishing boats into dock before dawn it's the biggest number of migrants to come ashore on the island this year the us refugees chief says europe needs more predictable mechanisms to deal with people arriving on its shores. on now to georgia the opposition he come many has been released after spending 3 months in jail he was greeted by journalists and supporters often being arrested in february to await trial on charges related to anti-government protests in 2019 the european union paid his bail as part of efforts to end a political crisis that's gripped the country since last year's elections the opposition says were raped. watching the news hour live from london still ahead all the latest sports news australia as a team get the job they hope will keep them safe at the tokyo games. sports news now with santa. thank you very much maria more limpid president thomas buck has counse