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and as i was saying, many have reached lampedusa. what is happening to them there?re being processed by the local authorities there. i mean, quite a lot of them are actually already registered as unhcr refugees, and they have become very frustrated because they've just been stuck in tunisia. tunisia is not a signatory to the geneva convention on refugees at all. so it's very much been sort of living in limbo in tunisia, where there is a serious economic crisis and absolutely no future. so a number of them will be registered as asylum—seekers, as refugees. the increase in boats leaving north africa for europe has meant a busy start to spring for aid groups rescuing migrants from the mediterranean. we've been sent a video diary from emmanuele nannini, an aid worker with the humanitarian organisation emergency. its vessel, the life support, carried out three rescues off the coast of libya on saturday, before responding to distress calls from tunisia. and apologies for the background noise in this clip. we have been performing the rescue operation in a very hot area for

off the coast of lampedusa , it's been restless for a week, but from tunisian sfax.this boat threw out on the rocks weekend. here they found the body of one of the migrants. nothing has been removed yet, life jackets clothes. migrant boats are not a plane. nobody makes lists. how many swam out of those that swam out no one ever knows, yes, and the sea doesn’t give everyone last weekend there were dress rehearsals for the summer, 2400 people per day, a simple zherechmetika, if the center for it accommodates 400 refugees, which means that 2,000 are sleeping on the street on lapidu foam mats today more. it looks like a fence along the perimeter of the camp military sentries at observation points and even interviews here like a date under the windows of the punishment cell, from there from the balcony, begging to quit cigarettes. we scream, where did we go? how many days have you been here? okay. make your way to germany tunisia lampedusa and france germany libyan and syrian detention camps went through everything before getting on the boat, but with such fabulous europe

a rescue ship funded by british street artist banksy was seized in lampedusa on sunday after italy'said the boat had disobeyed its instructions, falling foul of new rules for rescue vessels. stephanie prentice reports. it's the rescue boat known for its famous financial backer as well as its top speeds, described by the crew as being able to outrun human traffickers. named after a french feminist anarchist, louise michelle has reportedly saved hundreds of migrants at sea over the past three years. but the white and pink vessel provided by the british street artist banksy has now been impounded with no timeline for its release. as far as we are aware there are at least 15 distress cases as we speak. that we could be helping and we're not because we're not allowed to leave the port. in a series of tweets its crew described a clash at sea with the italian coastguard on the weekend. they said they were told to leave an area at sea but ignored it after coming across 3a people in the water at night. a mother holding an unconscious baby was among those they brought on board. in response to

un data suggest that ten times more people are attempting to cross into lampedusa this year comparedand with better weather conditions on the horizon, the number of people trying to reach italy is sure to increase and so our clashes between the coastguard and rescuers. in a few minutes“ time, the scottish national party will be announcing who's been chosen to succeed nicola sturgeon as its new leader. hello and welcome to this special programme live from a sunny holyrood in edinburgh, home of the scottish parliament. i“m martin geissler and in about 20 minutes“ time, we'll find out who will be the next leader of the snp and therefore most likely, by tomorrow, scotland's new first minister. over the next hour, together with a panel of all the talents, we'll bring you the result and discuss what it means for the future of the uk. i will be live at scotland's national rugby stadium where tension is building

dozens more have reached the italian island of lampedusa. spoke to elizia volkmann, a freelance journalist based in the tunisian capital, tunis, and began by asking her what why there has been an increase in migrant crossings. in the last month, we've had exceptional circumstances. this was preceded by mass arrests, which were endorsed by the president, who said that there needs to be radical measures to counteract what he called hordes of migrants. and then basically, we had a period of complete chaos where there was extreme racial violence and evictions. so sub—saharans who had been either illegally working here or working clandestinely suddenly found themselves in real peril and real danger. over 1,000 of them were made homeless. they have been appealing for evacuation out of tunisia, but this surge is basically from fear and frustration, and trying to get towards europe so they can try and getjobs and work and have normal lives. meanwhile, italian authorities on the island of lampedusa have seized a rescue ship funded by british street a

and as i was saying, many have reached lampedusa. what is happening to them there?ne they're being processed by the local authorities there. i mean, quite a lot of them are actually already registered as unhcr refugees, and they have become very frustrated because they've just been stuck in tunisia. tunisia is not a signatory to the geneva convention on refugees at all. so it's very much been sort of living in limbo in tunisia, where there is a serious economic crisis and absolutely no future. so a number of them will be registered as asylum—seekers, as refugees. you're watching bbc news. a major incident has been declared due to an oil leak in dorset. the incident happened at wytch farm, which is an oilfield. let's get more from our reporter greg mckenzie. what can you tell us? it's the largest natural harbour in dorset, in southern england. and what has happened is a pipe has burst. that pipeline is operated by an oil company, and it estimated 200 barrels of reservoir fluid, which can also include types of oil, has leaked into the water. so an emergency has been d

coast calabria on the eve of friday, the coast guard detained almost 500 migrants near the island of lampedusacently, the police have recorded a new wave of migrants . fortunately, in the last three days alone, more than 3,000 people have arrived in the country. on march 8, 1,869 migrants arrived in lampedusa who arrived on 40 small boats that is a record of disembarkation in one day, finally without moscow priests, the contract for the free use of the ukrainian orthodox church of kyiv-pechersk lavra will be terminated from march 29, this applies to all premises rented by the ukrainian lavra the orthodox church of the moscow patriarchate sent a notice of termination to the men's monastery from the national reserve, the reason being the violation of the terms of use of state property, the ministry of culture and information policy explained that, from tomorrow , working groups will work to check the condition of the property of buildings and structures in the chernivtsi region . norway reported to ukraine that the state agency for reconstruction and development of infrastructure will help impro

boats between saturday and sunday, people leaving tunisia trying to reach the italian island of lampedusa to go back to 2011 the beginning of the arab spring to see an exodus from tunisia to this extent, and the italian authorities are calling on the european union to try to do something to help stop the flow of migrants coming out of there to try to deal with the economic situation there. that seems to be what is the major driving force out of tunisia. right now, most of the time these boats are coming from libya. we haven't seen as many boats coming from there instead, coming from tunisia is much closer to get to the italian island of lampedusa from there, but it's a deadly route. rosemary as we've seen years, you know we've been talking about this for many years, but this is really turning out to be a deadly year so far. rosemary yeah, that's definitely it is such a tragedy for those in their families. barbie nadeau joining us there live from rome many thanks and i'm rosemary church for our international viewers. world sport is next. and for those of you here in northern merica. i'll b

meanwhile, italian authorities on the island of lampedusa have seized a rescue ship funded by britishse michel failed to follow instructions to head to sicily, and instead went to help three more migrant boats. officials were concerned the vessel would become dangerously overcrowded. but the crew said they could not ignore calls for help. you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme. we speak to the campaigner who's run 200 marathons in the last year to highlight the issue of water overconsumption. there will be no more wars or bloodshed between us. with great regret, the committee have decided that south africa be excluded from the 1970 competition. streaking across the sky, the white hawk _ streaking across the sky, the white hawk wreckage dugas from onlookers in fiji~ _ this is newsday on the bbc. i'm karishma vaswani. in singapore. 0ur headlines... anger in tel aviv after the prime minister— anger in tel aviv after the prime minister saxes defence minister netanyahu injerusalam — after he sacks his defence minister for condemning his controversial judicial re

about 1,300 migrants on the eve of friday , guards detained almost 500 migrants near the island of lampedusa, recently the police have recorded a new wave of invasion of refugees for in the last three days, more than 3,000 people arrived in the country. russian propagandists were on fire. a fire broke out in the nine-story building where the spas propaganda tv channel is located near the ostankino tv center. the printing press on the first floor caught fire. the area of ​​the fire was 50 m² , reports the local ministry of emergency situations. the fire has now been extinguished by the de-russification of antarctica. near the akademik vernadsky station, they changed the kirovohrad sign to kropyvnytskyi and added the new symbolic cities of mariupol, kherson, and bucha kolomyia and ivano-frankivsk, as well as new york, tava and the capital, if only the iconic cities of other countries that support ukraine have not updated the signpost for 20 years, probably never before has the station heard so many shouts of glory to ukraine that the polar explorers added to the ships and ships that passed by

un data suggests that ten times more people are attempting to cross into lampedusa this year compared fronts and with better weather conditions on the horizon, the number of people trying to reach italy is sure to increase, and so are clashes between the coast guard and rescuers. stephanie prentice, bbc news. time now for the sport. hello, i'm marc edwards with your sports news. manager antonio conte has left tottenham hotspur "by mutual consent". the italianjoined spurs in november 2021, leading them to fourth place last season and into the champions league. however, he has come under criticism this season for exits in the fa cup and in europe, as well as the style of play. the writing was on the wall after conte launched into a rant about the club before the international break. he called the spurs players "selfish" and criticised the club's culture in a remarkable news conference after their 3—3 draw at southampton. now, to the euro 2024 qualifiers. england's footballers continued their winning start, qualifying with a comfortable victory over ukraine at wembley. building on their

it comes as italian media report that a record 2000 migrants arrived at the island of lampedusa is the last 2a hours. president biden declares a major emergency in the us state of mississippi — after a powerful tornado kills at least 26 people. hundreds have been left homeless, whilst search and rescue efforts continue. and early projections suggest that people in the berlin have voted against making the german capital climate neutral by 2030, after a referendum on whether the city should go net—zero in the next seven years. you're watching bbc news. now, it's sportsday hello and welcome to sportsday. england continue their perfect start on the road to euro 2024 with a 2—0 win over ukraine. the title race is hotting up in the women's super league — manchester city are back in it after beating defending champions chelsea 2—0. money well spent! nat sciver—brunt stars in the wpl final as mumbai indians take the inaugural title. also coming up on sportsday... and, it's a cambridge double at the boat race with victories for the men and women... it was a good afternoon for manchester city in

it comes as italian media report that a record 2000 migrants arrived at the island of lampedusa is theast 2a hours. anger grows as new figures show nearly 3 thousand children were strip—searched by police forces in england and wales over four years. you're watching bbc news. now its time for the travel show. this week on the travel show, i'm in the philippines, finding out how the island of siargao is bouncing back after being hit by a super typhoon. we went through the worst in our lives, and we kind of helped each other bounce back. ok, so this leg down, this leg up. oh my god, are you serious? striking a pose for the human drones. watch your head! and i'm journeying into the realm of the stingless jellyfish. humans are not part of their diet, so you're fine. this week i'm in the philippines, on the island of siargao, some 700 kilometres south—east of the country's capital manila. named after a native mangrove, the island became famous for its surfing scene, considered the best in the philippines. but the main draw for many is siargao�*s largely unspoilt natural environment. and when

it comes as italian media report that a record two thousand migrants arrived at the island of lampedusa is the last 2a hours. a major incident has been declared due to an oil leak in dorset in southwest england. the incident happened at wytch farm, which is an oilfield. early projections suggest that people in berlin have voted against making the german capital climate neutral by 2030, after a referendum. at ten o'clock we will be here with a full round up of the days news. first, our world. facial recognition, fighting crime. across america, police are increasingly using facial recognition technology to fight crime. speaks spanish. can you open the door? we want law enforcement to have more tools at our disposal, not less. images can be fed into a database to search for matches and track people down. but critics argue the use of this technology is opaque and could be inaccurate. if law enforcement knows how accurate that is, how come they are fighting so hard to keep that information from us when we ask for it? why won't they share it? i'm james clayton, and i'm investigating whether t

of calabria on the eve of friday, the coast guard detained almost 500 migrants near the island of lampedusa recently, the police recorded a new wave of six emigrants in the last three days alone, more than 3,000 people arrived in the country, he noted that on march 8 , 1,869 migrants arrived on 40 small boats, which is a record for landing in one day, eerie beauty in indonesia, the eruption of the merapi volcano began, a cloud of hot ash rose to a height of up to 7 km, flowed down the slope for one and a half kilometers, the volcano is located in the indo-chinese special region of jok yart , residents of the nearby community were urged to leave the territory within a radius of 7 km from the crater the last eruption of merapi occurred in 2010, when more than 350 people died, the emergency services of the australian state of queensland evacuated dozens of residents from low-lying areas in the region, record floods caused by heavy rains, about 100 people remained stranded in the town of golf country, the police called for a complete evacuation, as forecasters warn of rising water level in loca

authorities in the italian island of lampedusa say they are overwhelmed with thousands of arrivals after the uk — the british government is preparing to announce the use of ferries to accommodate migrants who have crossed the channel on small boats. the announcement could come as soon as this week. let's hear from our political correspondent helen catt. at the moment a large number of people who cross the channel are being put up in hotels. the bbc understands the number is around more than 51,000, across 395 hotels. and the government has signalled that it wants to move away from that and it's been looking for alternatives. so we understand that what is going to be announced are two military sites in england will be used to to house migrants with the first moving in within weeks. they'll have a capacity, sources say, of between 1500 to 2000. the expectation is that that will be largely for new arrivals in the first instance. they also expected to announce the use of, as you mentioned, ferries and what's being described as other temporary floating accommodation. there have been negotiati

increase in crossings that's seen several other boats sink, and dozens more reach the italian island of lampedusan in the last three days amid an unprecedented series of departures from north africa. earlier i spoke to giorgia linardi, spokeswoman for sea watch, one of the charities that runs rescue vessels in the sea between italy and north africa. i began by asking her what was behind the increase in migrant boat crossings. thank you and good evening. so it is true that we are seeing an increase of departures. 20,000 people have reached the italian shores in 2023. that's more than three times compared to the same period of time in the past two years. it's also true that we are looking at a shift in the central mediterranean route. most of the departures are right now from tanisha/ however, most of the people on those boats are sub—saharan african citizens. most of them coming from libya. so this may be an effect of the policies enacted the european union that allow the interception of the people by the coastguard to return them to libya, and there may be a shift of the route from the people who

migrants on the boats on the eve of friday , the guards detained almost 500 migrants near the island of lampedusawave of invasion of refugees in the last three days more than 3,000 people have arrived in the country russian propagandists were burning fire broke out in a nine-story building where the propagandist tv channel spas started a printing house near the ostankino tv center

increase in crossings that's seen several other boats sink, and dozens more reach the italian island of lampedusahe last three days amid an unprecedented series of departures from north africa. joining me now is elizia volkmann, a freelance journalist covering the migration crisis from the tunisian capital, tunis, where she's based. why has there been this increase in the number of people, do you know? last month, we've had exceptional circumstances and this was preceded by mass arrests which were endorsed by mass arrests which were endorsed by the president to say that there needs to be radical measures to counteract what he called holes of migrants and basically, we had a period of chaos where there was extreme racial violence and evictions. those have been either illegally working here or clandestinely suddenly find themselves in real peril in danger and many were made homeless and they had been appealing for evacuation outside of tunisia but fear and frustration always trying to get towards europe so they can try and get jobs and towards europe so they can try and getjobs and have normal live

increase in crossings that's seen several other boats sink, and dozens more reach the italian island of lampedusaion in the last three days amid an unprecedented series of departures from north africa. the world needs to urgently modifiy it's consumption of water — that was the key message at the end of the un's first water security conference in almost half a centruy. un secretary—general antonio guterres told the three day conference in new york that the future of humanity depended on its adoption of an agenda for water use based on science. the conference heard water scarcity is becoming endemic due to over—consumption and pollution. one campaigner has literally gone a long way to highlight this issue, running 200 marathons in one year, from her native australia to america. thejourney taking mina guli through the outback down under... via the mountains and snow... and places like central asia and europe. and across the plains of africa before finally arriving in the us. that's a trek of more than eight—and—a—half thousand kilometres. the australian arrived at her final destination outside the

arrived on the italian island of lampedusa. this is a new record.cording to local media, there are more than forty boats moored to the shore. here is a newspaper flippers publishing a video, and arriving migrants can be seen people in thermal blankets in thermal areas. uh, judging by the frames that this publication publishes, there are quite a lot of them a and uh, as reported people were placed in the center, which are designed for a maximum of 400 people this year, they arrived in italy by sea already 20.000 mg. this is approximately three times more than in the same period last year. the introduction of artificial intelligence in medicine will not lead to a reduction in doctors, said minister of health mikhail murashko during a visit to the national medical research center named after almazov , according to murashka, artificial intelligence is designed to simplify the work of physicians and reduce the workload, but not replace them, the minister noted that it is already registered , 21 similar programs, five more are underway registration. the w

surge in crossings that's seen several other boats sink, and dozens more reach the italian island of lampedusae gone down in the region in the last three days amid an unprecedented series of departures from north africa. the first protest has taken place in hong kong since china imposed sweeping restrictions on the rights and freedoms of people living in the territory. the small rally was closely monitored by the police. demonstrators had to wear numbered tags and were banned from wearing masks. they took to the streets to campaign against a land reclamation project that will be used to build rubbish collection facilities. president biden has declared a major emergency in the state of mississippi, where a tornado has left hundreds homeless. this is the moment on friday when the wind barrelled through a school in the area, captured by cctv cameras inside. and these are the latest drone pictures after the tornado struck — carving a path of destruction 170 miles long. at least 25 people were killed in mississippi and one person in alabama. dozens have been injured. our north america correspondent

surge in crossings that's seen several other boats sink, and dozens more reach the italian island of lampedusa the region in the last three days amid an unprecedented series of departures from north africa. here in the uk — the british government is preparing to announce the use of ferries to accommodate migrants who have crossed the channel on small boats. the announcement could come as soon as this week. let's hear from our political correspondent helen catt. around 51,000 across 300 hotels. they want to move away from that and looking for alternatives and we understand what's going to be announced to military sites in england will be used to house migrants for smoothing it within weeks and sources say between 1500 to 2000 and the expectation is will be largely for new arrivals the first instance. they also expected to announce the use of fairies and other temporary floats and accommodations. that the negotiations of ports but we do not know where those will be for the next few weeks and the idea behind this policy is a big shift from hotels to a move that is being described as more rudiment

surge in crossings that's seen several other boats sink, and dozens more reach the italian island of lampedusane down in the region in the last three days amid an unprecedented series of departures from north africa. president biden has declared a major emergency in the state of mississippi, where a tornado has left hundreds homeless. this is the moment on friday when the wind barrelled through a school in the area, captured by cctv cameras inside. and these are the latest drone pictures after the tornado struck — carving a path of destruction 170 miles long. at least 25 people were killed in mississippi and one person in alabama. dozens have been injured. our north america correspondent sophie long reports from mississippi. this is rolling fork, a small, close community in mississippi. there is little left. they've lost loved ones, their homes, everything. we get storms like bad rain or, you know, probably high winds or something. but we never experience nothing like this where it can wipe out a whole town. you know, schools, children, you know, parents, loved ones. it wiped out everything. t

un data suggest that ten times more people are attempting to crossed into lampedusa this year comparedeople trying to reach italy is sure to increase and so our clashes between the coastguard and rescuers. back tojerusalem back to jerusalem and those back tojerusalem and those pictures from the scene in the centre of the city, they have just been addressed by the former prime minister and leader of the opposition coalition yale bead who is supporting the move. we have had an announcement from the foreign ministry trade union which has sent an instruction to all israelis employed in embassies around the world to go on strike with immediate effect in support of the course for the judicial reform to be halted. those calls have also been backed by the president, isaac hertzog, who said they should be halted immediately. prime minister netanyahu tweeted in the last hour calling for people to act peacefully in protest and that israel is a country of unity and protesters should respect that. no word from him yet whether he is going to back down on these controversial reforms but he has alread

elsewhere in europe, the italian coast guard rescued over 200 migrants off the coast of lampedusa friday as the far-right government of giorgia meloni has also imposed draconian anti-refugee policies. meanwhile, one of the victims of last month's tragic shipwreck off the calabrian coast has been identified as shahida raza, who played on pakistan's national soccer and field hockey teams. raza, who was a member of the shi'ite muslim hazara minority, had fled towards europe in hopes for providing a better life for her disabled three-year-old son. in greece, fresh protests rocked the streets of athens sunday as anger mounts over last week's train crash that killed 57 people. greek prime minister kyriakos mitsotakis apologized for the disaster sunday, saying in a statement, "we cannot, will not, and must not hide behind human error." the station master at the larissa railway station has been detained and awaits trial. among the 10,000 estimated protesters yesterday were many rail workers. >> we feel unspeakable grief over the incident. it is tragic. we are here so that nothing remains in dark

though in this incredible weekend of rescues, 58 votes 3300 people all taken to the tiny island of lampedusaow the hot spot there, the place for migrants and refugees. there holds only 400 people. and so people are an absolutely terrific, terrific. the horrible conditions. a lot of them have been taken to the italian mainland. but italian government here is asking for europe to step in to try to do something about the situation in tunisia right now. so often, max, we see these boats coming from libya. it's you have to go back to 2011 and the arab spring to see this many boats coming from tunisia and you know the italian government under georgia meloni , who won on an anti immigration platform is really struggling with how to handle this, max. okay barbie. thank you. so much for bringing us that update in rome sunday, election day in the caribbean nation of cuba. 470 candidates ran for the 470 seats in the national assembly, but one stood out from all the others. gonzalez now seeking to become a lawmaker, some 23 years after he was caught in a u. s. cuba custody dispute. and as he told our pa

in migrants landing in lampedusa in southern italy.cooperation on regards global cooperation on the basis, we should the legislative basis, we should be interpol and be working with interpol and europol our europol and obviously our presence european presence outside the european union that but union doesn't help that but look, the real issue here. look, know the real issue here. one of the things that he isn't addressing rishi sunak is the actually utter failure of actually total utter failure of the british office. it is the british home office. it is simply it simply doesn't look , simply it simply doesn't look, he is trying to get a sense of the time. we all spent years trying to get sense of those people. how i'm counting on people. know how i'm counting on you. could we could do you. i could we could all do a better job than that. neil final word stephen as a councillor spare i mean there is no solution if we adopt his attitude now trying to attitude now somebody trying to do the processing do something with the processing at one

increase in crossings that's seen several other boats sink, and dozens more reach the italian island of lampedusagone down in the region in the last three days amid an unprecedented series of departures from north africa. here in the uk, the possession of laughing gas is to be banned, as part of a wider government crackdown on anti—social behaviour. the gas, nitrous oxide, has legitimate uses in medicine as an anaesthetic, but when taken as a psychoactive drug, the government says it can lead to anti—social behaviour. here's our political correspondent, iain watson. a symbol of anti—social behaviour, the gas they contain can lead to feelings of euphoria when he would put ministers say it can also harm the health of young people in particular and the communities is no laughing matter. is are public spaces that should be safe and orderly and once you begin to retreat from these public spaces what you see anything goes, as we know, what appears to be small infringements turns to be a degree of lawlessness. the infringements turns to be a degree of lawlessness.— of lawlessness. the supply of nitrous