the top libyan football team are preparing for the new season.n national league has kept going. 0ne semblance of unity amid the division and chaos. a generation of young libyan men have grown up with guns, militias, and war. in eastern libya, khalifa haftar is seen as a warrior and a winner. but on the other side of this crippled country his ultimate victory seems much less certain. hello there. there's not much movement of our weather at the moment, so it's a familiar theme as we head to the end of the week. the best of the weather towards the south—east of the uk, where temperatures should be a bit higher than they were on thursday. head towards the north—west and here it's much more unsettled, showers and maybe some longer spells of rain. as a result it will be a bit cooler too. the wetter weather is in the north—west because we're closer to this area of low pressure. now, eventually that will push across scotland out into the north sea and take the wetter weather away this weekend. but for the moment we've got more rain to come both overnight

a generation of young libyan men have grown up generation of young libyan men have grown up with gunsnd a winner. but on the other side of this crippled country is ultimate victory —— is ultimate victory seems much less certain. —— his ultimate. hello. many of us will start tuesday under leaden skies. the cloud is sitting quite low in the atmosphere. big enough for some rain to the north. anything positive to be said? the temperatures will be about 14—17. that is a mild start to the day, but a slow start for many. if you're on the move first thing, as i say, some of this is sitting low in the atmosphere. that meant extensive hill fog. it is going to take time before it leaves some of this starts to break up. with a little bit of heat coming through, and i think that will trigger some showers, some hefty, across northern ireland. the odd drib and drab there to be had. as we move towards the central belt and the brightness there, temperatures will be about 19. further south than that, there is a chance that the heat of the day — and it will be a very warm one — will spark some showers i

the top libyan football team are preparing for the new season.gue has kept going. 0ne semblance of unity amid the division and chaos. a generation of young libyan men have grown up with guns, militias, and war. in eastern libya, khalifa haftar is seen as a warrior and a winner. but on the other side of this crippled country his ultimate victory seems much less certain. hello. i'll get to the uk weekend forecast in just a moment, but first of all, what a night in texas. dealing with a major hurricane. this is it on the satellite picture, here. but it's a hurricane that's just going to hang around for several more days to come, which means the rain willjust keep on coming. this is how it looks during saturday, bright colour showing the intensity of our rain. but sunday into monday, as well, it's still close by. we are talking hundreds of millimetres of rain, here. catastrophic, life—threatening flooding could well be taking place over the next few days in texas. we'll keep you updated. 0nto our weekend weather, and some warm, sunny spells on the wa

so here we have one small sign of normality returning to one libyan city.ilding is nothing but a shed. there aren't many flights. but to the people of benghazi, this feels like the lifting of a siege. this is what the war left behind. entire neighbourhoods of benghazi deserted, reduced to rubble. ganfouda is one of the last redoubts of so—called islamic state. benghazi university was scene of some of the fiercest fighting. this once—splendid campus, built by german architects in the 1950s, was turned into a military base and training camp by thejihadists. this university used to be the pride of benghazi. now it is just rotting in the sun. it will need a massive reconstruction effort to revive this place and there is no sign of it starting. the origins of the chaos can be found in 2011. colonel gaddafi's planned assault on an uprising in benghazi brought western powers into a conflict which ended with his overthrow. with gaddafi gone, president sarkozy of france and prime minister cameron of britain rushed to benghazi to claim credit. colonel gaddafi said he

on the libyans and this is supporting terrorism instead of fighting it. we conduct business transparently with state to take the initiative france took the initiative to mediate rebuilding our state and to help establish peace and we will work with france using everything we have let italy take the initiative and then we will work with italy we're not biased towards anyone we're not seeking to create problems instead we have conflict in our country and then looking to solve it we also should be able to decisively face aggression against us some may think that libya is weak in that you can slice off a piece of libya yes we're not strong but we won't give an inch of our national territory. we'd rather die than live in humiliation on our land general after as a powerful figure in libya's ongoing conflict a longtime military veteran took part in a coup that brought gadhafi to power but also played a crucial role in toppling him in twenty eleven next artie's samir account explains how general have to force his way back into libya's political arena after decade

laila: the italian parliament agreed to send the navy into libyan waters.xplain how that will work? philip: it seems the italians and the libyans will be working out as they go along. the first boat heading into libyan waters is apparently heading for tripolei. the coast guard is in some disarray and some of their ships are not operational because they have not been properly maintained. the italians want to fix that. the libyans are prone to changing their minds and public opinion may not welcome this. certainly, there are factions in libya that have already come out strongly against it. i think what actually happens will be negotiated between the italians and the u.n.-recognized government in libya over time. laila: philip wilan reporting. thank you. a full scale trade war. this is after the russian foreign ministry said the measures would not make russia change its course. the sanctions were signed into law today by president donald trump. they were imposed against russia are meddling in last year's u.s. election. trump described them as flawed, saying th

unfortunately some libyan parties get these arms and this is supporting terrorism instead of fighting. their welcome to washington nationals just turned three in the afternoon here in moscow now our top story this hour after three years isolated from the outside world there is no hope for syrians india or battles to retake it from islamic state is filmed exclusive video from the besieged city. keep doing the same thing of. the fifty. i think. well the conditions inside the city as you can see from that to die in the year is the terrorist oppression basic necessities including food escape and the un's humanitarian agency is concerned that vital medical help is not getting through right now the only way to get emergency supplies to civilians is through. details now from. it's not the mariana trench or an active volcano but still one of the least accessible places our planet syria's dear resort a city that's been completely encircled by islamic state for some three years thanks. although it almost seems impossible but the only way to get into the city is by plane but it means risking you

crisis since the and its apparent lack of strategy confuses allies in the region plus the head of the libyan national army talks exclusively to r.t. about which nations are helping and which are hindering in his shattered countries conflict. italy's dealing with transporting arms. but unfortunately some libyan parties get these arms and this is supporting terrorism instead of fighting it. hello welcome you watching out international come to live from. now after three years of being isolated from the outside world there's hope for the syrians and to resort the army is battling to retake it from islamic state an r.t. is filmed exclusive video from inside the besieged city. thing of. the. the conditions inside the city as you can see from that to die in the years of terrorist oppression the basic necessities including food and the un's humanitarian agencies concerned that vital medical help is not getting through right now be any way to get emergency supplies to civilians is three drops you prefer and it has more to tell. it's not the mariana trench or an active volcano but still one of the lea

unfortunately some libyan parties get these arms and this is supporting terrorism instead of fighting it. eleven am wednesday morning. watching r.t. international with me. first after three years isolated from the outside world there's no hope for syria or the army battles to retake that city from islamic state has filled exclusive video from that besieged place. what is it going although i keep thinking of. the. i think the. as you can see the conditions a die after years of terrorist oppression basic necessities including food is scarce in the un humanitarian agencies concerned that vital medical help is not getting through right now the only way to get emergency supplies to civilians is through air drops and sleeper trenka reports. it's not the mariana trench or an active volcano but still one of the least accessible places on our planet syria's dear resort a city that's been completely encircled by islamic state for some three years thanks. although it almost seems impossible but the only way to get into the city is by plane but it means risking your life one r.t. contributor did

the head of the libyan national army warns italian ships that approach libyan waters without permission that they'll be repelled. and in the past few minutes, paris st germain have confirmed the signing of brazilian striker neymar ona signing of brazilian striker neymar on a five year contract. hello and welcome to outside source. the washington post has released transcripts of conversations between donald trump and other world leaders from days after he became president. the first is between the president and mexico's leader enrique pena nieto. trade, the war on drugs, and of course, the wall — all feature heavily in the exchange. mr trump spent his campaign promising that mexico would pay for a wall on the america's southern border. but in the transcript he says... he goes on to say... let's go over to our washington correspondent. how did all this emerge? it was transcript of conversation which happened in the first month of his presidency, lea ked first month of his presidency, leaked to the washington post who published the entire transcript and their analysis of it. that was earli

plus the head of the libyan national army exclusively tells r.t. about which countries are helping or hindering his country's drawn out conflict. italy's dealing with transporting arms fire to new zealand algeria but unfortunately some libyan parties get these arms and this is supporting terrorism instead of fighting it. by ten am wednesday morning or moscow welcome thanks for watching r.t. news update with me kevin though in this hour first after three years isolated from the outside world is no hope for syrians india resort as the army battles to try to retake that city from islamic state. exclusive video from the besieged place. you. know what it's cool. if you do the same thing a little bit in that. one woman i. the conditions inside the city a die after years of terrorist oppression basically says cities including food escape this and the u.n. is concerned that medical help is not getting through right now the only way to get vital supplies to civilians is through ed drops live reports it's not the mariana trench or an active volcano but still

the commander in charge of the libyan national army but explaining the help and hindrance of foreign states and the conflict that's plagued the fracture in country the general khalifa haftar as we visited moscow speaking exclusively to us. russia is a friendly state to us we have long term historical relations and we have fully and in detail describe to russia what is going on in our country and we trust each other and conceal nothing that we've given full information concerning our political and military spheres i think we have coherence on. russia has never refused us its political support it has influence on the international arena that's why we asked them to promote the softening of unjust resolution dollars which were adopted regarding the embargo on supplying arms to libya. italy created a barrier outside its territorial waters to send migrants back to the libyan coast but this is absolutely wrong they want to concentrate all migrants on the libyan coastline this is after all migration and we shouldn't turn it into colonize asian earth and it would be better to tackle the root

us the head of the libyan national army exclusively speaks to us about which countries are helping or hindering his fractured countries drawn out conflict. by good morning it's not the end here in moscow this wednesday the sixteenth of august my name's kevin owen welcome to this latest a thirty minute news update live from r.t. h.q. the first stuff to sri is isolated from the outside world there's no hope for syrians india resort as the army battles to retake that city from islamic state r.t. is filmed exclusive video from the once besieged city. i keep thinking of. the. the conditions inside that city after years of terrorist oppression basic necessities including food is scarce and the u.n. is concerned that medical help isn't getting through either right now the only way to get vital supplies into civilians is to wear drop them in more details from. it's not the mariana trench or an active volcano but still one of the least accessible places on our planet syria's dear resort a city that's been completely encircled by islamic state for some three years. although it almost seems impo

italy created a barrier outside its territorial waters to send migrants back to the libyan coast but this is absolutely wrong they want to concentrate all migrants on the libyan coastline this is after all migration and we shouldn't turn it into colonize asian earth and it would be better to tackle the root of the problem of technical capabilities of borders need to be developed with help from other countries and it is that the europeans have to be responsible and participate in meeting the challenge of adequately equipping libyan border guards if they want to prevent illegal migration they should reduce weapons import constraints italy's dealing with transporting arms via tunisia and now geria but unfortunately some libyan parties get these arms of course this is part of increasing pressure on the libyans and this is supporting terrorism instead of fighting it. we conduct business transparently with state to take the initiative france took the initiative to mediate rebuilding our state and to help establish peace and we will work with france using everything we have let italy take t

it is so important that we work with the libyan government. to help bring stability to libya stopping it from becoming a fertile ground for terrorists. people traffickers you close proximity to your humanitarian group doctors without borders which had one of its ships allegedly fired on by the libyan coast guard has accused the british government of trying to sweep the refugee problem under the carpet we can discuss this further now of course live to our guest let's see what humanitarian campaign manager for the charity and aid organization oxfam mysie with thank you for joining us on the program so non-governmental groups fear the u.k. will be calling tribute into trapping these refugees in war torn areas do they have a point. absolutely we have been talking to people who've made it through from libya and italy and the stories that we hear absolutely horrific we've heard stories of pregnant women who've been beaten to the point they've lost their babies we've heard of men who have been locked up in cells getting one meal a day or staying with

depending on how the libyan public opinion reacts to the news.arly the italians are keen to do something together with the libyans and to do something that is effective. laila: philip, thank you so much. we want to bring you up-to-date with other stories breaking news around the world. the european council says it has received 27 bids from eu member nations to host the banking authority and european medicines agency after great britain leaves. they are based currently in london and the eu will make final decisions in november. and jordan's lower house of parliament has signed a legal loophole that allowed rapists to escape punishment if they married the victim. this was held as a major step forward for women in the conservative kingdom. lawmakers also tightened legislation that allowed shorter sentences for those so-called honor killings. berlin police have started testing facial recognition software that will take electronic surveillance to a whole new level of sophistication. it helps security cameras not only see people, but i defy anybody on

what the libyan prime minister is suggesting is that western nations need to offer more support oi'illing the mediterranean. that there is a porous southern border to libya, which is not a stable country, and to prevent the huge numbers of migrants arriving in libya in the first place, apparently 700,000 there just now, of which 98,000 have already attempted to make the crossing to italy, that they need support in strengthening backboard. it feeds into this general fear that

the libyan coast guard reluctantly established a search and rescue zone of competence of libya which seemed to react to see the international organization to recognize this it have got a very much concern because of this development because we think it's just the next step for keeping the people in a need to but i found them to depart think if i innocently and got a very much concern for dave's safety. in the country this stopping of santa domingo also really affected the capacity of search and rescue the sentiment at that end and peace might in danger of that i think be all about the ill or we hold responsible the libyan coast got for such a good ass and threatening articulate and the way we have a much more concern for the fact that very few people at even the cost of lead and these days i mean just one week more than one thousand four hundred people have been taken back into hell we had always ready to go back and tula to stop that was such a rescue operation to center military man see what we need to have some government is that we can do that on the group that measure not at all

is accused of trapping libyan refugees in a war zone find out the details of the shortbread it's. called the feeling of. every the world should you. and you'll get it on the old the old. the old according to josh. for the. local blogs telling you on the idea that dropping bombs brings police to the chicken hawks forcing you to fight the battles that are going. to do so for the tell you that every gossip the tabloids buy fell. off of our eyes and tell me you are not cool enough to buy their product. all the hawks that we along with are on walking. welcome back now questions foreign secretary has been accused of trapping libyan refugees in the country's walser after pledging millions of pounds on support for border patrols stopping civilians getting out of the country speaking about a trip to libya's capital boris johnson insisted the u.k. will help reduce the number of illegal migrants heading for you. it is so important that we work with the libyan government and our partners to help bring stability to libya stopping it from becoming a fertile ground for terrorists and people traf

but now its mission is to enter libyan territorial waters to help the libyan coast guard spot migrant abrupt change of mission was given the go—ahead by the italian parliament. most politicians clearly wanting an end to the crisis. the goal of the italian government is to stem the flow, bring it close to zero and basically tweak the turkey deal and adapted to the situation in libya but get the same result, which is to bring a flow which is in the hundreds of thousands, to close to zero. almost 100,000 migrants have reached italy so far this year. other eu countries were supposed to have taken other eu countries were supposed to have ta ken many other eu countries were supposed to have taken many of them. but it has not happened. so large numbers are applying for asylum here, putting the government under pressure with elections looming next year. now the italian navy's sophisticated radar will enable the libyan coast guard to stop many migrant boats before they leave libyan territorial waters. and send them back to libya. that is sparking alarm amongst human rights organisations. there

couple conduct meaning that they should operate they should not station their vessels within the libyan territory or water at this short distance from the shores of libya because if they stash station bases there inevitably they exist size of good factor because people simply go because they know these are some n.g.o.s that of course i can image but we are not seeing that they shouldn't if there is an emergency in some live lives my. can be saved of course you can get into the territorial waters but then you should be in the do this in cooperation with the libyan coast guard otherwise we never be able to reassert some national lead be an authority on the territory and or on the waters. and then we want to know the who is financing these n.g.o.s and we want to have information about the groups and this because as you know it may be there were allegations of collusion with traffickers albeit denied by many in the of us by the best the best way to deny it is just to be transparent on who is funding you and which kind of crew you have on board because they really work with this libyan gover

not forwere carried out people in danger but simply to pick up people escorted by libyan traffickers.n monday, rome introduced a code of conduct for them, demanding armed police accompany the boats. the majority of aid groups have refused to comply. making theof people crossing to italy has dropped eughtly since 2016 but with nations like:, hungry, and the czech republic refusing to take asylum-seekers, italy is determined to clamp down on the influx. the first of to a tie-in naval vessels -- ical you and naval vessel set sail trying to prevent vessels from leaving. >> we voted to support the libyan coast guard and their efforts to send the migration flow to italy. we hope our european partners will come alongside us in order to tackle migration flows in the mediterranean. >> italy lego shaded the mission with the u.s. -- the libyan political instability may complicate things, rivals have called the deployment a violation of libya's sovereignty. >> joining me now is an investigative journalist and writer, writing about libya. just to pick up where the report left off, can the migrant

forces captured him and those libyan authorities failed to extradite.an: the other six children? three of them were killed in the libyan civil war to managed to escape one was sent back to niger he is in prison the other two were in exile. >>cspan: how many times was he married?. >> twice. one child with the first the daughter of a general and very, very briefly then hooked up with a nurse from when he was hospitalized and they had seven for their children. >>cspan: the next?. >> 866 with one wife as far as i know. >> what happened to the sun that was killed?. >> he was to be the successor and a the golden boy and the heir to the next dictator and was killed in a car crash he was late for his flight to germany it was foggy and he was in his sports car he flipped and died bin next oldest brother was in london practicing eye surgery that was his goal to be the ophthalmologist very quiet and shy no interest in the dictatorship for politics our power fell when his brother was killed the old man called him home immediately to groom him for succession. i thin

but now its mission is to enter libyan territorial waters to help the libyan coast guard spot migrantmission is to enter libyan territorial waters to help the libyan coast guard spot migrant boats as they set sail, and stop them going any further. the abrupt change of mission was given the go—ahead by the italian parliament. most politicians clearly wanting an end to the crisis. the goal of the italian government is to stem the flow, bring it close to zero and basically tweak the turkey deal and adapted to the situation in libya but get the same result, which is to bring a flow which is in the hundreds of thousands, to close to zero. almost 100,000 migrants have reached italy so far this year. other eu countries were supposed to have taken many of them. but it has not happened. so large numbers are applying for asylum here, putting the government under pressure with elections looming next year. now the italian navy's sophisticated radar will enable the libyan coast guard to stop many migrant boats before they leave libyan territorial waters. and send them back to libya. that is sparki

institutions at all there was no civil society there was no political parties are not that and the libyans have found it very difficult to put that together since the revolution when they overthrew gadhafi in two thousand and eleven. do you expect the tripoli based government to join in the peace negotiations there have been no differences throughout the year that they will do this but when it comes to the crunch will they. yes i think so the terms have to be negotiated between the various parties of course and i'm not going to say that i backed against the all the but the question is yes when for example prism i crawled from saddam meeting the other day he had a daughter from the head of the saudi tripoli and they leased and words agreed with each other. libya has already seen attempts to create a united government for example the un back in twenty fifteen a lot was put into that why did not fail. simply because the there are too many people in libya who have some power at the moment they have weapons probably afraid of what will happen if they give up the weapons they know they might. be

to libya which has been engulfed by civil war for years the announcement came as the chief of the libyan national army which is opposed to libya's internationally recognized government visited russia's foreign minister here in moscow for more years a role as these brokers does not a month finding a recipe but enabling the creation of the best conditions for dialogue between key libyan figures to allow them to negotiate the future of their own country. and i think the results of our negotiations is very good russia is no thinking about what part it could play in bringing peace to libya we will be happy if russia continues to play a part of this process that. libya is currently mainly governed by two competing authorities the u.n. backed government of national accord has its headquarters in libya's capital of tripoli and controls the western part of the country there too brooke government representative is in moscow controls the east of libya the political unity of the country was broken in twenty eleven following anti government protests. i. was. going to. well we got reaction from all ov

a libyan m. army in switzerland is causing outrage over reports that he's preaching messages of hate against the society that's taken him in also one that's been providing him benefits including unemployment payments i spoke to gild who's the editor of a swiss primetime current affairs t.v. program which obtained audio of the m.r. allegedly calling to destroy so-called nonbelievers. we found out that the man who calls himself up would i'm not on originally from libya is preaching hate in a mosque in the city of butte had the audio recording he sings several bad things for example they are ask you to destroy them all and get back to his glory bills of found out that he's telling several times to syria or to preach in a private islam is a t.v. station and he's telling also to saudi arabia we are he is a tour guide for believers in mecca we checked the documents on several levels before publishing we had to be very very sure at the moment is interested cation and operate on not only still one of the

the head of the libyan national army warns italian ships that approach libyan waters without permissionpast few minutes, paris st germain have confirmed the signing of brazilian striker neymar ona signing of brazilian striker neymar on a five year contract.

and the libyan imaam in switzerland is accused of spreading hate speech against religious groups and nationalities while receiving over half a million euros in state benefits. hello there it's eight pm here in the russian capital and you're watching r.t. international with me mickey aaron good to have you with us we start with breaking news this hour russian speaking children left stranded at an orphanage in the iraqi capital have returned home it's believed their parents fled to the country taking the youngsters with them to join islamic states. you. know i now he's going to live with me and my children i want him to understand that he's still a child there from now when everything will be calm and peaceful of course he's going to visit his grandma but now right now for now i won't let him go anywhere i want him to forget everything. lottie's ego has done of joins me now live to discuss this further now you go and needless to say her renders the experience for these children to go through but luckily it's over for some of them now well exactly for some of them it seems that the wors

al qaeda has been using the libyan state for a decade at least in the desert. what i am looking at is the fact that we have ignored the policies of some of our state partnerships that have exacerbated a lot of the local conflicts, and we continue to do so. inhave ignored the fact that yemen, we had former president solaa as our partner, and he consolidated power. when the new president can to reason my al qaeda was spreading his head of yemen was because of the grievances, which are hard and challenging. they touch on sensitive state infrastructure and power network spirit going after al qaeda military problem, so every time there was a choice between going after al qaeda are going after the hard problem when you have limited resources, the budget was put to the military, which meant the actual problems, three grievances -- the grievances, the governance problems went unaddressed. is, yes,igm shift there is a military component to defeating al qaeda, and we need to be taking back the terrain, but we also need to be making sure that the governance problem and wh

british already have ships out there, picking up people and also trying to patrol the waters off the libyan coast and indeed the coalition is trying to deal with that. what more can be done? what the libyan prime minister is suggesting is that western nations need to offer more support on land, it is notjust about patrolling the mediterranean. that there is a porous southern border to libya, which is not a stable country, and to prevent the huge numbers of migrants arriving in libya in the first place, apparently 700,000 there just now, of which 98,000 have already attempted to make the crossing to italy, that they need support in strengthening backboard. it feeds into this general fear that individuals from conflict zones across north africa and the middle east could start to head towards europe. i was at a briefing with the american embassy this morning with the major general rupertjones, the this morning with the major general rupert jones, the deputy this morning with the major general rupertjones, the deputy commander of the coalition infighting isis in iraq and syria and he was trying

but libyan authorities say the charities are facilitating people smuggling. i charge deems ridiculous by the ngos. remembering now one of the bloodiest upheavals in modern history this year marks the seventieth anniversary of the partition of the indian subcontinent. into two independent states muslim majority pakistan and hindu majority india. the british plan took effect at the start at midnight on the eve of august fourteenth nineteen forty seven. and it triggered one of the greatest migrations of modern history and devastating violence alison sergeant takes into. i. thought that it. when in doubt take their place. a little breezy and then august fifteenth nineteen forty seven. india is formally declared independence from the british empire. crowds gathered to hear the announcement in the capital new delhi and greet their first prime minister jawaharlal nehru. a man chosen by his mentor mahatma gandhi. hello. while across the new border in karachi mohammed ali jinnah was sworn in as the governor general of another new state and muhammad ali jinnah. laws ho

a libyan a mom in switzerland is accused of spreading hate speech against religious groups and nationalities were receiving over half a million euros and state benefits. and in yemen fourteen civilians including children are reportedly killed in a saudi led coalition and strike in the capital. hello there this is r.t. international broadcasting to you live from the russian capital on the carin good to have you with us this hour the russian speaking children left stranded at an orphanage in the iraqi capital have returned home it's believed their parents fled to the country taking the youngsters with them to join islamic state. now he's going to live with me and my children i want him to understand that he's still a child there from now on everything will be calm and peaceful of course he's going to visit these grandma but now right now for now i won't let him go anywhere i want him to forget everything. and well now the five returns children are now safe they have some heartbreaking stories of their time in war torn iraq i got the details from correspondent don of the worst is over for these

but now its mission is to enter libyan territorial waters to help the libyan coastguard spot migrant italian parliament. most politicians clearly wanting an end to the crisis. the goal of the italian government is to stem the flow, bring it close to zero and basically tweak the turkey deal and adapt it to the situation in libya but get the same result, which is to bring a flow which is in the hundreds of thousands, to close to zero. almost 100,000 migrants have reached italy so far this year. other eu countries were supposed to have taken many of them. but it has not happened. so large numbers are applying for asylum here, putting the government under pressure with elections looming next year. now the italian navy's sophisticated radar will enable the libyan coastguard to stop many migrant boats before they leave libyan territorial waters. and send them back to libya. that is sparking alarm amongst human rights organisations. there is no system to claim asylum. there is automatic detention of irregular migrants in centres where people are systematically abused, and it is completely o

survivors of a disaster off the libyan coast disembark from a charity ship. injured and traumatized make landfall first. and then, shielded from the living by a line of hearses, come the dead. save the children spokesman rik goverde: >> they probably died of drowning, in combination with chemical burns, which is when sea water and fuel, when they react, i mean, some bodies were just without skin. it was terrible. >> reporter: the migrants were lifted from a deflating dinghy by rescuers from the spanish charity pro activa. >> i am pregnant, i am dying. >> reporter: so far this year, almost 2,400 have drowned in the mediterranean. last year, the death toll was 5,000. >> there is ten dead bodies at the boat, ten dead bodies. three jump inside the water, the rest are inside the boat. >> it's a cemetery, it's a place so full of dead people. is a place that is a shame for the european union. we cannot say we don't know what is happening in front of our eyes. >> reporter: at city hall in sicily's capital, palermo, mayor leoluca orlando is exasperated by europe's rel

to the operation would provide the cocoast guard with logistical suppoport without encroaching on libyanovereignty. nearly 100,000 migignts made i t across to italy this year, at least 2000 of them have died trying. and let's get you more on the developments. philip joining us from the italian capital of room. why does the italian government want to the mission to go forward? philip: they are feeling a lot of pressure at thehe moment.t. the populist party is growing in popularity and thinking that the government is being ineffective in tackling the program -- problem. thee enormrmous number off immigrants arrivininillegally yn the country and there has been littlele help from european partners, so with ththe general elecection looming sometime in e spring the government clearly thinks they y have to dodo someg that makes it look strong and effective. and that is what it is attempting to do at this moment. laila: and as you are aware, the rights groups like amnesty international say they are concerned about plans to deter the migrants from leaving libya, so how is the government adjusting