malta -- a dangerous place for migrating birds.kraine -- a dangerous place for the country's children -- and round the world in fewer than 80 days -- on a wing, a prayer and a bit of sunlight. one of the most spectacular sights in many parts of europe around this time of year is when millions of birds migrate from africa. and for many of them the small island of malta, in the middle of the mediterranean, is a handy stop-off-point. but instead of being able to pause for a breather, thousands are shot down by hunters. if it flies, it dies, is how one animal welfare group has put it. malta is the only european country to allow this sort of hunting, arguing that it's an important local tradition. a referendum to ban the sport has just been held, but that was narrowly lost, and so the hunt is back on. reporter: it's spring, and finally lucas micallef can go hunting again. he first held a rifle in his hands at the age of 10. now 26, he still looks forward to the time of year when it's open season on turtle doves and quail. lucas has to r

i have just come from malta. malta is a very dense, small poor island and it feels completely overwhelmed. the first port of access of refugees is a place that has to figure out what to do. this is intolerable for an island like malta. we must begin with a rational spreading of the burden, or at least the responsibility. mr. posener: we have to do it and it is totally unfair to malta and italy. we are bearing on young immense burden. it is a political difficulty. no one will stand up and say we want to take in more refugees. mr. mesghena: the opposite. mr. posener: in britain, they are more against people from bulgaria and romania than they would be of people from africa. you have a large community of jamaica and africa. so they have a different good and bad view of things as other people in southern europe. who have never seen a colored person in their lives or east germany. that's what europe is therefore. this is where we need bold leadership. the only person who can supply that is missed merkel. she is not wo

malta rescue service started the summer mission and migrant off shore aid station is working alongsidehout borders to help those who are stranded at sea and malta and italy is on the front line of migrant influx and last year during a 60 day mission 3,000 people were rescued off the libyan coast. this is not the only route that migrants are using as they try to find safety and security in europe and we report from turkey. >> reporter: from the remote corners of turkey and the gm coastline the distance between despair and hope for a new life in europe via a greek island can be just 25 kilometers. [shouting] but over crowded boats, coast guard patrols and routeuthless smugglers have a periless crossing and he is a smuggler and he is about to take a boat full of migrants to the greek island of lesbos and this time if he makes it he will blend in with the passengers and claim asylum himself. >> translator: i've never sailed a diesel engine boat but i have to sail tomorrow and never sailed this deep the sea is scary and i'll be scared particularly as at least 35-40 peoples' lives is my resp

then the two countries that followed that are malta and greece.ically southern europe.he rescue operations about, it comes to resettle think of these migrants, it is northern europe that carries the brunt on that. most of the migrants i spoke to last year who are disembarking in sicily and even the ones i met in libya a short while ago always say that they want to go to northern europe because that's where there are job opportunities and that's where they are the best social programs too help them reset and start a new life. >> is there any sign that the terrible loss of life that the horrifying suffering of this refugees, are making its way back? that the news is making it's a way back to senegal, eritrea syria, so that fewer people might be setting out in those boats because they know what awaits them? >> reporter: i was in libya a few weeks ago, just at the time where those about 800 people had drowned in the mediterranean and i kept on asking migrants there about the dangers of crossing the sea, and a lot of them had told me they didn't care.

on a rescue boat in the middle of the mediterranean between malta and libya looking for hundreds of migrants they rescued on sunday and explain the harrowing conditions they were found in. >> migrants primary from eritrea, crammed on a boat, normal take 20-plus fishermen and in this case had 369 people crammed in. both on top and underneath. so people were crammed in a very small compartment basically up against the engine in oil and in pet role and in fumespetrol an in fumes. not only were the conditions very poor, the vessel was precariously overloaded. when we arrived we had to move swiftly to the people and bring them to our vessel, the phoenix. >> al jazeera has reached a remote village in northern nepal which has been affected by the earthquake. blocked by landslides, meaning vital aid resources can't get through to the residents. andrew simmons sent this report from the village. >> ruined villages on every mountain side. no one is here to help so they're getting on with it by themselves. but this isn't rebuilding, it's about clearing up as best they can. attempting to recycle the timb

[applause] representing the country of malta, deputy chief of mission and holocaust survivor mr. manny mindel. [applause] representing the republic of malta -- it's his excellency and world war ii veteran and tuskegee airmen, colonel charles mcgee. [applause] representing the country of the netherlands, as deputy chief of mission and holocaust survivor miss luis israel who is originally from the netherlands. [applause] representing the country of new zealand, is defense attache and world war ii veteran mr. harry miller. [applause] representing norway, major general and world war ii veteran, mr. james taylor. [applause] representing the country of holland, military ash and take -- as you take and holocaust survivor, miss helena peabody. [applause] representing the country of russia, acting military atache and accompanying him is world war ii veteran -- [applause] representing slovakia, peter's almanac the company by mrs. lawrence shelby reynolds. [applause] representing the country of south africa, ambassador -- and a company by by world war ii veteran mr. clarence anderson. [appl

help, in migrant smuggling across the mediterranean sea almost 1,000 migrants have reached italy and malta since 2015, a huge increase on last year. >> not only a humanitarian emergency but also a security crisis since smuggling networks are linked to in some case finance terrorist activities which contributes to instability in a region that is already unstable enough. addressing this situation is first of all a moral duty for us. but it is also a shared interest of all countries involved. the ones around the mediterranean as well as countries of origin and transit. we are here to act immediately and to act together. we need an exceptional response. let me say that the european union is finally ready to take its own responsibilities. saving lives welcoming refugees addressing the root causes of the phenomenon, dismantling criminal organization he. organizations. >> let's get more from kristin saloomey. hi there kristin. is the european union likely to get what it wants from the security council? >> well, i think there's rising agreement that these things need to be done but what's the devi

malta -- a dangerous place for migrating birds.kraine -- a dangerous place for the country's children -- and round the world in fewer than 80 days -- on a wing, a prayer and a bit of sunlight. one of the most spectacular sights in many parts of europe around this time of year is when millions of birds migrate from africa. and for many of them the small

are repatriated, but the emphasis is clearly on helping southern european countries cope like italy, malta, and greece on the front line of this tragic migration crisis. there has not been an unanimous response in support from their northern neighbors. >> coming up, twice the speed allowed. we're live in philadelphia with the very latest on the train crash that killed seven. chad has $1 billion of debt written off to encourage investment in education. just because i'm away from my desk doesn't mean i'm not working. comcast business understands that. their wifi isn't just fast near the router. it's fast in the break room. fast in the conference room. fast in tom's office. fast in other tom's office. fast in the foyer [pronounced foy-yer] or is it foyer [pronounced foy-yay]? fast in the hallway. i feel like i've been here before. switch now and get the fastest wifi everywhere. comcast business. built for business. [beeping] ooo come on everybody, i think this is my grandson. [lip syncing] ♪little girl you look so lonesome oh my goodness. ♪i see you are feeling blue ♪come on over to my place

southern european states on the front line of this migrant crisis on the mediterranean, italy, greece and malta who have burdened the entire situation. the problem now, of course is that not all countries within this e.u. club are treated equally. three in particular britain, ireland and denmark. under their agreements with the e.u. are exempt essentially from having to take part in this plan. and that raises the problem of how do you compel the ore members to play their part under a mandatory system in particular when there are countries with strong anti-immigration movements some even in government who will almost certainly oppose this plan. >> and those countries include slovakias and tonia and hungary. britain's interior minister said not sending the migrants back encourages themselves to keep coming. did e.u. officials address those concerns? this >> reporter: them vice president of the commission did. he said he had the utmost respect for british intelligences, but in this case he felt they didn't read the document clearly enough. he agrees migrants can and will be sent back but in the la

almost 40,000 have reached malta and greece by sea. addressing the kouns, the eu's foreign policy chief asked for help to dismantle groups to smuggle people across the mediterranean. they also admitted that europe was slow to act. >> our message to all libyans is clear. the european union is ready to support you in any possible way to make sure that libya can be the prosperous stable country it can be and deserves to be. in the meantime, we need to work together in partnership. europeans and libyans, to fight trafficking and smuggling organizations. the europe union is ready to do it's part. it hasn't always been the case i know. >> kristen is at the united nations in new york. >> reporter: frederica outlined the plan to address the migrant crisis which includes allow more legal pathways into europe for migrants and dealing with the root causes of the problem, issues like poverty and conflict driving people away from their homelands. the main issue she has before the u.n. security council is winning support for a military component to

[applause] representing the republic of malta, his excellency, and world war ii veteran and tuskegeecharles mcgee. representing the country of the netherlands, as deputy chief of mission and holocaust survivor, miss luis israel who is originally from the netherlands. [applause] representing the country of new zealand, representing norway, the major general and world war ii veteran, mr. james taylor. [applause] representing the country of holland, military as you take and holocaust survivor, miss helena peabody from poland. [applause] representing the country of russia acting military and the company him is a world war ii veteran -- [applause] [airplane] representing so lock -- slovakia mrs. lawrence shelby reynolds. [applause] representing the country of south africa, ambassador -- and a count -- accompanied by world war ii veteran mr. clarence anderson. [applause] representing the country of turkmenistan ambassador -- and world war ii veteran mr. clarence walters. [applause] representing the country of ukraine -- accompanied by world war ii veteran miko coven. [applause] representin

[applause] >> representing the country of malta is deputy chief of mission and holocaust survivor mr.plause] >> representing the republic of moldova, his excellency, and world war ii veteran and tuskegee airmen, colonel charles mcgee. [applause] >> representing the country of the netherlands, as deputy chief of mission and holocaust survivor, miss luis israel who is originally from the netherlands. [applause] >> representing the country of new zealand is defense attache and world war ii veteran mr. harry miller. [applause] >> representing norway, major general finn christian and world war ii veteran, mr. james taylor. [applause] >> representing the country of poland, its defense. military, and air attache and holocaust survivor, miss helena peabody. [applause] >> representing the country of russia, mr. maxim, acting military atache and accompanying him is world war ii veteran -- [applause] >> representing slovakia acccompanied by mrs. lawrence shelby reynolds. [applause] >> representing the country of south africa, its ambassador. accompanying him world war ii veteran mr. clarence and

to share the responsibility of taking in tens of thousands of people who land in italy greece and maltanot all are in favor of it. the u.k. will opt out of the relocation plan, spain hungary and a few others have voiced concerns. >> france is also against the relocation plan. officials are calling for hundreds of migrants in paris to leave the city. many of them have set up make-shift camps under highway overpasses. the city government has tried for months to find alternate housing for the immigrants. they are now demanding the federal government step in to help. >> cleveland's mayor calls it a new way of policing, strict new guidelines on how officers can use force but will it change years of misconduct? >> a data breach is at the i.r.s. puts tens of thousands of track pairs at risk. >> welcome to al jazeera america. the time now is 7:46, eastern. taking a look at today's top stories. the death toll now tops 1,000 in india as a stifling heatwave sweeps the country. some areas recorded temperatures have 117 degrees this week. roads literally melted in new delhi. forecasters expect the h

representing the country of malta, deputy keef of mission dr.r, mr. manny man dell. [ applause ] representing the republic of maldova is his excellency igor montague and world war ii veteran and tuskegee airman, colonel charles mcgee. representing the country of the netherlands is deputy chief of mission miss jo anne balfour and ms. louise holocaust survivor, who is originally from the netherlands. representing the country of new zealand, defense attache, and world war ii veteran, mr. perry miller. representing the country of norway is major general fin christian homstod and mr. jake jarvis taylor. representing the country of poland is defense, military, naval and air attache, brigadier general yaraslav and miss selena peabody, holocaust survivor from poland. representing the country of russia is mr. max, acting military attache. accompanying him is world war ii veteran mr. dale butinsky. representing the country of slovakia is deputy chief of mission peter -- and the women of air force service pilots miss chelsea lawrence reynolds. [ applause ]

they're seeking a mandate for action to stop people smugglers greece and malta by sea huge increase on last year. addressing the u.n. security council the eu's foreign policy chief asked for help to dismantle smuggling groups frederica mogherini spoke. >> our message to all the european union is ready to support you to make sure, in the meantime, we need to work together in partnership europeans and libyans to fight trafficking and smuggleing organizations. the european union is ready to do its part. it is not always the case i know but now i believe we are ready to do it. >> sandy hook has more from the united nations in new york. >> policy chief frederica mogherini says the eu needs help to deal with the migration from africa, in particular, to go after the smuggling groups. the u.n. security council would need to approve a so-called chapter 7 resolution to authorize the european union to use force to board vessels in libyan waters and on the libyan coast in order to break up these smuggling networks and that is what's happening behind closed doors at the u.n. many issues still need

li italy.and malta and greece. jonah hull, adges al al jazeera brussels. >>> authorities provided the refugees with fuel and provisions and then sent them back out to sea. government officials southeast asian countries need to press myanmar to amend its rohingya policies. >>> blainbrainstorming, kerry says they all want the ukrainian ceasefire upheld. >> that means the reforms the work groups this is an enormous opportunity for the conflict there to find a path of certainty and resolution. >> kerry says nato mints also ministers also talked about the iran nuclear deal and i.s.i.l. >>> some analysts say that france may have surpassed britain as america's best ally. al jazeera's patricia sabga reports on how the french are becoming number 1. >> reporter: step aside, great britain. when it comes to key nato allies the united states has france to stand with. >> france more than any of our nato allies has had an ability to act overseas but an interest to work at our sides. >> turmoil at home and in traditional french sp

try to figure out what was going on and found the financial statements, found them in places like malta and singapore but we spread out around the world and it was kind of interesting. those countries are required airlines to file financial statements. oddly enough in the us we do not require that. other countries do certified financial statements the show subsidies that fully disclose. so the so the work that we did was not only that, but we also did research across all the financial documents we could find around the world airport financing financing by government command we were able to build a strong case. to put it in a legal framework we proved subsidy beyond a reasonable doubt. you cannot refute the evidence. it is overwhelming. the us carriers essentially american and delta have been put in the market. a very big country that has a huge trade relationship with the us particularly for it huge agricultural base. in essence we do not have any aviation trade. we have exited the market completely because essentially we of subsidize government strategies come into the marketplace to b

it was down in malta where you expect fine weather. just before the foundation of the letter but 600 people were killed in that event. the weather in the next few days dry and fine >>> dramatic stuff. thank you for that. still ahead - slipping away. why one of the most famous glaciers is retreating at an alarming speed >>> and why football fan protests in indonesia forced f.i.f.a. to get involved. >>> you're watching the al jazeera newshour a reminder of the top story. there has been more than 30 air strikes in northern yemen following the houthi shelling of a border town. houthi fires fired mortar bomb and rockets. the civil zens said three people were killed. an afghan judge sentenced four men to death for the murder of a woman burning the koran. she was beaten to death by a mob in march. eight people have been sentenced to 16 years, and dozens more are on trial awaiting sentencing >>> israel's prime minister struggles to form a new government. the foreign minister withdrew his support, leaving him short of a majority. binyamin netan

union should have a quota system whereby you literally divide up the people arriving on the shores of malta and italy, and each member of the 28 member european union takes a number of migrant. do you support that? >> 80% of asylum seekers in europe are being received and welcomed by six countries that is not a fair approach. there's no reason why countries like italy should be on the front line and facing the overwhelming responsibility and financial pressure to support people who arrive. i think it has to be a european approach and i prefer to think of that in terms of contribution, commitment and support that different countries can use. it makes it sounds like this is something brussels should do. this is something that should be offered, the u.k.'s contribution german contribution. there should be a proportionate response. >> great to get your thoughts. thank you for joining us on the programme. >> thank you >>> a chilean president announces her new cabinet on monday as michelle bachelet tries to stop a slide in her popularity. polls suggest her approval rating is around 30%. she's bee

we talk about the human traffic from the north african up to malta and sicily. you alluded to it and i want to to ask you about it. the traffic from syria to turkey and then they go to greece. how much of a problem is it there in the northern part of the mediterranean? >> you know trafficking networks are much ahead of the policies in this moment and this is why it's so important to bring refuses out of this. the worst thing is not only we have trafficking networks operating with different more or less in libya, in asia in turkey, but there are trafficking networks operating in europe on the very same european land. >> so how many people are trying to make that journey as well? how much of a problem is it for them and for, let's say, the greek authorities? >> well you know, the numbers the people that are trying to make the journey is likely increasing from turkey to greece. mainly it is syrian refugees all of them. some iraqis also. and then the people that are trying to cross the mediterranean in the central part from libya to italy, this is a trend that is co

almost 40,000 migrants have reached greece and malta by sea since the beginning of the 2015. it's a huge increase from last year. addressing the u.n. security council, the eu's foreign policy chief asked for help to help those across the mediterranean. they also admitted that europe was slow to act. >> our message to all libyans is clear. the european union is ready for support you in any possible way to make sure that libya can be the prosperous stable country it can be and deserves to be. in the meantime, we need to work together in partnership. europeans and libyans, to fight trafficking and smuggling organizations. the european union is ready to do its part. it has not always been the case i know. now i believe we are ready to do it. >> let's get more from kristen who is live at the united nations in new york. hi there, kristen. fredricka is making clear the eu is ready to do its part. can she convince the international community to come on board as well? >> reporter: well, she has to convince the security council that the eu's plan is about more than just stopping these

. >> malta luxembourg, greece, france, denmark, czech republic, canada brazil, belgium belarus, and australia. [applause] ladies and gentlemen, the master of ceremonies for today's commemoration is mr. alex kershaw. he studied politics, philosophy, and economics at oxford. he taught history before working as a journalist for several british newspapers. he is the author of several popular books on world war ii, including the bedford boys: the story of bedford and the longest winter. he tells the story of texas born felix sparks, an officer who participated in four amphibious invasions in europe. ladies and gentlemen, it is our honor to have with us mr. alex kershaw. alex kershaw: thank you. good morning. what a beautiful day it is today. on behalf of the friends of the national world war ii memorial board of directors and the national park service, welcome to the national world war ii memorial. it is my great honor to be your master of ceremonies this morning as we commemorate and remember the 70th anniversary of ve day. we are here today to salute those of the world war ii generation who help

one if we look at operation triton they operate only 30 nautical miles off the coast of italy and maltaon't go further never to the high seas where a lot of these migrants, a lot of the boats get in to trouble. soy there are questions about how committed the european union is to help. nothing has translated on the ground. we are seeing the numbers rise at least 2,400 rescued in one day. i have to say no fatalities were reported today. >> that's good news. stephanie deck never catania. thank you. stephanie hundreds of migrants making the journey almost every day. many are make he go the journey through turkey under the circumstances a short distance to europe's borders but still a perilous strip. bernard smith reports. >> reporter: from the remote corners of turkey's coastline the distance between despair and hope for a new life in europe via a greek island can be just 25-kilometers. but overcrowded boats coast guard patrols and ruthless smugglers make for a perilous cross. he is a smuggler, he's about to take a boat full of migrants to the greek island. this time if he makes it, he will

and which find it right will stop germany is among them and so is italy france, greece, sweden, and maltaso there's a large group of countries and then there are other countries which may be don't see this -- is this it is urgency, arguing for voluntary basis. but i'm convinced it will become clear that especially with the countries confronted with refugees from the mediterranean that there will be no alternative to european solidarity to get to a solution. amy: this comes as a report released today by amnesty international reveals how migrants are forced to flee libya because of "horrific abuse." the report is based on interviews with refugees and migrants across libya who face -- "rape, torture and abductions for ransom by traffickers and smugglers, as well as systematic exploitation by their employers, religious persecution and other abuses by armed groups and criminal gangs." it also finds conditions in libya migrant detention centers inhumane. as one of the syrian families interviewed said -- "we were facing death in libya so we thought we might as well , face death in trying to get

tom: we did hear from the finance minister of malta who told us he was concerned about moral hazard.hat any easing of the deals, any easing of the reforms could send the wrong message and could be unfair to countries like spain, portugal, and ireland, other creditor nations who in his view have sucked it up and taken the deal and in what they have to do. moral hazard concerns being expressed by the maltese minister. june is the deadline to clinch the steel and -- this deal. if they have to go back on these concrete redlines on reforms and pensions, they may have to put the deal to a referendum, a vote to the great people. a vote on whether or not greece should stay in the euro. that is something that [inaudible] has said he might even support. manus: that's get you up to speed on some of the top stories. royal dutch shell has won u.s. approval to explore the alaskan coast after regulators imposed safety conditions after mishaps that have plagued the company for three years. she'll must still obtain permits from other federal agencies including a drilling permit from the bureau of saf

. >> a member of the european parliament representing malta has been leading the calls for reforms in europe's migrant policy and joins us from brussels. thank you for being with us. a number of countries be, u.k., hungary have voiced strong opposition to the quota system. what is your message to them? >> the proposal is being rolled out as we speak. let me start by saying that today is a momentous day because we are seeing something much more ambitious than before. some member states are voicing concerns. we need to make a distinction between member state u.k. who has already contributed heavily in member yet at as, also we need to ask member states such as hungary and czech republic and slovakia that we are not talking about charity. just because you are not outern mediterranean member state does not mean you can exonerate yourself from a responsibility that should be shared by all of us. the moment we stop thinking about the us and the you the moment we think it is our collective responsibility to save these persons from drowning in the mediterranean sea is the moment we will stand

we found them in places like malta and singapore but we spread out around the world and actually it'sinteresting. those countries are required these airlines to file financial statements. ugly enough for me u.s. we don't require that but other countries do and these are certified financial statements that show subsidies that are fully disclosed. so the work we did was not only that but we also did research across all the financial documents we could find around the world. airport financing, financed by the government and we were able to build a really strong case. to put it in a legal framework, we proved subsidies beyond a reasonable doubt. and you can't refute the evidence. the evidence is overwhelming. the harm isn't immediate and the best way to describe the harm is the u.s. carrier essentially except for two flights a day from united american and delta have access to the indian market market. that is really pretties start when you think about it. it india is a very big country. it doesn't huge trade relationship with the u.s. particularly for i.t.. it has a huge agricultural trad

we found them in places like malta and singapore. we spread out around the world. these countries required them to file their financial statements. oddly enough we don't require that in the u.s. these show the subsidies. they are fully disclosed. we were able to build a really strong case. to put it in a legal frame work we proved subsidy beyond a reasonable doubt. the u.s. carriers, except for two flights a day except for united america has entered the indian market. it has a huge trade relationship with the u.s. come into the marketplace to shift the traffic off of us and take us out of indian market. u.s. familiar carriers ought to be in the indian market. america and delta should be in the indian america but it's not sustainable when you have $41 billion worth of subsidy. it's difficult, if not impossible for us to compete. that harm is immediate. the dispatchers and technicians and ground operation personnel drives about 900 really good, on a gross basis almost 1,000 jobs per flight. we put a triple seven or 7-4 or a-350 on a daily non-stop across the ocean it

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