lawrence lee reports. >> this is the result of a synph synpha pisiotomoy. pisiotomomoomy. >> after all any woman who accepts compensation also signs away her right to take any other legal action against well, anyone in ireland down from the state itself to any doctor or religious institution that looks a lot like protecting the abusers. >> women'swomen in their 70s and 80s accepted by a retired judge have been offered money. >> this is the retired judge hired to make decisions on the women's claims. maureen harding clark has been given an office at the building. >> she doesn't brief most of the women, when you have women crying about sexual dysfunction and not bonding to their children. >> she said she wouldn't put much store by personal statements of the women. they throws back the claims saying she wants proof. the department of health said judge clark handy raised the issue acknowledge she says she couldn't speak to us while assessing the claim. what this boils down to, true enough all these hamed in the happened in the 20th 03 but if ireland is going to

lawrence lee reports.they were, white europeans and black africans alike, right outside the european council meeting outraged at people have been left to die in the sea. so close to such rich countries. >> they should give refuge to all of them, families with children including. >> many of these people say a lack of basic rights the crisis has brought all these grievances to a head this process is about anger and injustice but there's something else here as well, and it is this these see and tragedies an opportunity to force europe's leaders to change their policies on impression. >> the british prime minister offer add warship to the mediterranean behind a narrative of humanitarian rescue. the beaus way to stop people drowning said the president of the european council was to stop them getting on the boats in the first place. >> saving the lives of independent people is, of course the number one priority for us. but, saving lives is not only about rescuing people at sea it's also about fighting smugglers

lawrence lee reports now. >> europe's leaders stand accused of putting refugees in coffins and so the coffin has become the mo tiff for the protests. here they were, white europeans and black africans alike. outraged that people have been left to die in the sea so close to such rim countries. >> they should refuge to all of them, families with children included. >> many of these people claimed of a lack of basic rights in belgium, the crisis had brought all these believens haves to a head easy of course to see this is about anger and injustice but there's something else as well, and it is this, they see in the tragedies an opportunity, to try to force europe's leaders to change their policies on immigration the british prime minister turned up offering a warship there was talk of attacking smugglers and their boats. the best way to stop people drowning sate the president of the european council was to stop them getting on the boats in the first place. >> saving the lives of independent people, is of course the number one priority ever the us. put saving lives is not only about rescuin

reporter: 7 top political parties in uk have blows in a televised election debate and here is lawrence leeter: phenomenon in british politics three dominated for so long and yet seen their reputations diminished and a cynical elaborate demanding cage. -- change and parties from the left and right and the party accused labor of selling out the poor and demand the rich pay. >> vote for this is to make scotland voice heard and ours is a voice for new, better and progressive politics at westminster. >> reporter: on the right the uk party said the conservatives sold out britain by letting in too many immigrants and going to europe. >> depressed the housing and tough to get a gp appointment and not been good for this country. >> reporter: issues like the uk's huge budget deficit and you can see how far apart parties like the greens are from traditional economics. >> it's worth saying over the past 100 years about half of it britain had a higher gdp ratio and no one worried about it much. >> reporter: david cameron accused people. >> more debt and more taxes, a lot more debt and more taxes, some

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the broadcast focused on economy, healthcare and immigration as lawrence lee reports. >> reporter: sonomenon in british politics three parties from dominated so long and seen their demanding change and up against insurgent parties from the left and from the right. and the national party accused labor of selling out the poor and demand the rich pay. >> make scotland voice heard and there is a voice for new, better and progressive politics at westminster. >> reporter: on the right the uk independence party accused the conservatives of selling out britain by letting in too many immigrants and pandering to europe. >> depressed the wages for ordinary people, made buying houses for youngsters very difficult and made it tough to get a gp appointment and not been good for this country. >> reporter: issues like the uk budget deficit and see how far apart the greens are from traditional economics. >> it's worth saying over the past 100 years about half of it britain ran a higher gdp ratio and no one worried about it much. >> reporter: david cameron accused everybody else. >> i hear more debt an

lawrence lee has more. >> reporter: the purpose of the meeting from the points of view of the europeaneadership was to try to make it look as if they were in control of events. but in terms of getting on top of it from their point of view what they are not prepared to do is turn this crisis into an opportunity for much bigger resettlement programs even the notional idea for the united nations that rich countries could resettle runs of thousands of people but they were saying the only two countries in the meeting today that were at all interested in bigger proposals have been germany and sweden. so any ideas of redrawing immigration policies are for another day. that was a topic of discussion today. but the immediate concern for them is to try to argue that saving lives is the priority and to do that we need to stop people getting on the boats in the first place. in their terms they would say that's their major priority but suppose you are watching any of these things un -- from africa and you think, well really is blowing boats up actually the best response that europe can do? it doesn

lawrence lee, al jazeera. >> sawedly led air strikes today took aim at the capitol. where bombs targeted houthis real positions. the strikes have been underway for nearly a month the los angeles times say thes the u.s. has been trying to convince saudi arabia to limit the strikes. new numbers from the world health organization showing the fighting has killed more than 900 people, and injured more than 3,000. a senior houthis official says the arrival of u.s. warships off the coast will only increase washington's role in the saudi led campaign. the u.s.s. needer roosevelt is on it's way to the gulf of adan. sources tell al jazeera the deployment is intended to send a message to iran. that nation is accused of offering support and weapons to the houthis rebels. iraqi troops say they have gained territory near government officials but officials worry that isil can take the town within days. it's much the same story near rah major oil refinery in the north. >> on the outskirts of the refinery, the war is not over. the target is isil fighters musics of spoke while the fig

lawrence lee has that part of the story. >> given how politically difficult the crisis has become the site of young women showering ships with flowers is a display of basic humanity is more than a little moving. the captain and his deputy were arrested for people trafficking. the main thing is to look after those that got this far. >> they were very tired one of them was taken to the hospital and the other received medical attention. depurate attempts to save the old and the young. flying over a leaking boat containing another 450 or so, including some 59 children. it isn't onlyistly on the southern coast of spain, four were rescued after floating over life and death in these situations looks like a matter of fleet fluke 30 times more people had died this year, than during the same period in 2014 that's to say that getting on to 2,000 so far this year, already lost to the sea. hardly surprising that so many are now called for a banned effort to the very at least stop people dying while in the act. of trying to escape war or unrest. it's not a question of taking them all, it is a quest

lawrence lee is at that meeting and a has this report. >> reporter: it now looks, as though europe'seaders want to use this crisis as an opportunity of their own not to make immigration easier but to make it more difficult than it has been in the past for refugees to try to come to europe. you remember the logic of stopping the search and rescue operations run by the italians was that it was taking it too easy for people to come here and now europe has to clearly say it is doing something. but all of the leaks that have come out prior to this summit have been to suggest that if anything europe's presence in the mediterranean is going to become more militaryized warships talks of drones even bombing smugglers boats on the libyan coast, and to make it more difficult for migrants to make the voyage as all. it is exactly what the most extreme right-wing elements in europe have wanted. but it is apparently the mood of -- of the european union leadership. how do you choose between good migrants and bad migrants? they are talking about letting 5,000 people in. how do you pick and choose bet

it is a very complicated situation, and lawrence lee tries to unravel it just a little bit. >> reporterlection looks likely to shatter the two-party system of government that has existed in britain since the end of the second word war. the labor party took office in 1945, their crowning achievement the construction of the national health service. but then the conservative party held party until 1964. the rest of the 1960s, then belonged to the labor party. and in 1970, the conservatives took over again, and most of that decade was shared between the two parties, and at one point the conservatives only had a minority government. but in 1979, margaret thatcher came to power. she altered the course of british politics and the conservatives held office all the way through until 1997 which saw the birth of new labor, and tony blair becoming prime minister. labor then were in government all the way through until 2010 but that's when things started to get difficult for the conservative party, because they have to go into a coalition with the liberal democrats. but now five years on from them t

al jazeera's lawrence lee joins us live in brussels where european leaders are arriving at a summit.nd we're hearing about leaks that might come out of the summit. tell us what you know. >> reporter: it has become clear even before the meeting started what the direction of travel is. the former polish premier who is now the president of the european council, made the observation when he was arriving that in his view the best way to stop people drowning at sea was to stop them from getting on the boats in the first place. david cameron offered a british warship and patrol boats and helicopters, an attempt, he said to disrupt the smugglers routes and blow up boats and things like that. so the entire conceit, now is to make it much more difficult, as we have been saying all day today for people to get on the boats in the first place. there's a bid of a nod to what -- you mentioned the united nations saying about immigration and these sort of things but mr. tusk himself said that is the most difficult part of the conversation they need to have because clearly all of the countries have di

lawrence lee report on how it will help the economy back to growth. >> reporter: it is the humble cowhat looks to be a more reliable partner to economic prosperity. at this parm the lifting of -- farm, the lifting of quotas is luke lifting shacked -- like lifting shackles. farms like this saw sons and daughters forced to move abroad for work during the downturn. >> no longer. >> there's cows in every parish. a lot of those cows will be extra cows milk money coming into every parish. it's across the rural economy should get a boost from milk. >> reporter: there's no doubt of the potential. in this country milk flowing like water. thing back to the problems irish economy had - the collapse of the banks, austerity, attempts to rebuild, and the idea that agriculture could be a foundation stone of a more sustainable business model. the lifting of milk quota's end comes at the right time for this country, and this is white gold. >> ireland will export 90% of what it produces. a small country can't produce enough, but a market in middle east and asia beckon for instant milk and cheese. >> cu

lawrence lee reports. >> europe's leaders stand accused of putting refugees in coffin so the coffin has become the mo tiff for the protests. here they were, white europeans and black africans alike, right outside the european council meeting. outraged that people have been left to die in the sea so close to rich countries. >> this should give refuge to all of them, families with children included. many of these people complain of a lack of basic rights where they have managed to resettle the crisis in the mediterranean has brought all of these to a head. >> easy of course to see this process as being about anger and injustice but there's something else here as well, and it is this, these campaigners say in the tragedies in the mediterranean opportunity, to try to force europe's leaders to change their policies. who was talk of attacking smugglers and their boats behind a narrative from the rescue. the best way to stop people drowning was to stop them getting on the boats in the first place. saving the lives of independent people, is of course, the number one priority for us. >> but savi

. >> more from lawrence lee over the course of the next seven days or so, the last four years sending back inning from the plan chet is close toast the sun in about an hour's time, nasa's messenger mission to mercury will finally come to an end as it crashes into the surface of the planet. our science estor on how it has transformed our information about the smallest planet. >> it is only slightly bigger than the moon, and it is the closest planet to the sun but until the messenger spacecraft arrived in the orbit in 2011, little was known about the planet. since then the seven scientific instruments have been feeding back volumes of data it is rah very massive solid core, much bigger and it is now almost assures that there is a liquid shore surrounding this, which is producing the magnetic field which is similar to the magnetic fold of the earth the moon like surface in unprecedents detail, scarred by the collisions of asteroids and meet rights. it recorded surfacen't thes between minus 170 and plus 420 degrees and it mapped ancient lava flows and discovered ice at the planet's polls

let's go now live to lawrence lee. have they done enough to silence the critics do you think? >>reporter: no, they haven't. i think the eu will in some ways reasonably be able to say tonight that they have fulfilled their primary purpose of this meeting which was to try to stop as many people to committing individual ships with a bigger range to try to rescue people. no doubt these things will have the effects of limiting the number of people dieing in the mediterranean. but refugee groups the united nations, these people will say these things are no sort of substitute for a proper humanitarian commitment from the european union to helping those at risk for things like war or persecution. these are the bodies recovered in the mediterranean laid to rest in malta. outside the european council meeting, the coffin was the motif for the protesters outraged that people have been left to die in the sea so close to such rich countries. they should give rest to all of them. many complained about a lack of basic rights in belgium where they managed to resettle. easy of course to see thi

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lawrence lee joins us life from brussel. we hearing anything about what is coming out of the summit? >> reporter: i think we have a very good idea. the meeting started now. there is a news conference scheduled for later on. but it has already become crystal clear of what the intention is. any aspirations that groups like the united nations might have had that the e.u. would use this as a chance to office asylum to large numbers of people have already been basically dashed by the european union, who have made it abundantly clear already that their main arspire ration through this meeting is to make it as difficult as they can for people to get on the boats in the first place. so, for example, david cameron, the british prime minister turned up and announced britain would offer a warship, patrol boats, helicopters, there is talks of bombings of the boats. the former belgium prime minister has been downstairs briefing journalists saying the only two countries in the room who had a genuine interest in making more immigrants are

lee white's wife, and two fellow employees, lawrence scott and william brown.they were beneficiaries of nine different insurance policies on frankie's life that totaled nearly $1 million. >> humans are very greedy people. and now they see that there's an opportunity for them to make almost $1 million, they forget about their consciences. they'll do anything to make a fast buck. >> prosecutors believe that mr. white was the ringleader, and he had planned the crime for years. hiring frankie for the sole purpose of killing him. >> it's extremely sad, but apparently, the people that perpetrated this crime realized that that's the kind of victim that they needed. they needed to find someone that no one would care about and no one would come forward and knock on doors and look and question anything that had happened. >> mr. white purchased multiple life insurance policies on frankie's life and sent imposters to the required physical examinations. a witness reported seeing the stolen car parked outside the funeral home the night before the crime. the evidence indicate

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