board near the syrian port of poti is the latest move by the country's hardline interior minister matteo salvini who's caused controversy just one month into the job with his anti immigrant all cs. dozens of student protesters in nicaragua have returned home after spending a night trapped in a church under gunfire from pro-government supporters board say two people were killed university students have been at the forefront of anti-government protests since they began three months ago ortiz have launched a violent crackdown response. heavy rain and thunderstorms are causing chaos across china state media reported that hundreds of rivers around the country have flooded blocking roads and railways destroying bridges and forcing thousands of residents to evacuate several deaths have been attributed to the flooding already say more downpours are expected over the weekend. the twelve young boys and their soccer coach who were rescued from a flood a thai cave system will be released from the hospital on thursday health officials say they are recovering well the team appeared on television chatting abou

stranded on board near the sicilian port of put sagal the country's hardline interior minister matteo salvini has called on other e.u. nations to take them in france and multi-day they'll take one hundred of the four hundred fifty on board if no other country offers to help it's unclear what italy's next move will be. an idyllic beach in southern sicily in the distance just on the horizon one of two ships carrying a total of more than four hundred fifty migrants. they were rescued from a barge floating in the mediterranean. italy's interior minister doesn't want them disembarking on italian soil saying malta should take them instead on facebook he wrote malta the people smugglers the italian do gooders and the whole world should know that this ship cannot and should not enter an italian port initially malta refused entry but later a deal was struck in which malta and france agreed to take fifty refugees each according to italian authorities that leaves about three hundred fifty people in limbo. selvi is one of the leaders of the italian far right party the northern league he said that he want

the work of non-governmental organisations the new deputy prime minister and interior minister matteo salvini accuses them of aiding human traffickers and refuses to let their ships stuck in italian ports. for days this ship loaded with rescued migrants had to remain on the high seas as european governments squabbled over who should let them into their ports once again the immigration issue was dividing europe. many migrants who arrive in italy end up in camps like this one from here they seek work as seasonal laborers twenty seven year old michael crossed the sahara desert and mediterranean sea finally making it to the italian island of lampedusa and after two years in a holding center on to calabria he has yet to find a steady job paddled me that's how my song is and you know per year what i even sick is in village you call me maybe my god i need maybe twenty to maybe to go to hospital or what i would to get the money from where i'm here with my god my mom bless finished maybe i don't have money to to to even to feel it. what am i going to do i'm not not love like i don't like what i want t

closer to what the attitudes are that are being stoked by political leaders like viktor 0rban and matteo salvininot legitimate to be concerned about migration? no, i think it absolutely should, and i think that ratherjust dealing with north african countries, as nesrine was talking about, i wait for the eu summit where the organisation of african unity has a full seat at the table to discuss this, because most of the migrants are coming from sub—saharan africa or from the horn of africa. they end up in north africa for embarkation. and i think that when you talk of a regional settlement, it has to be almost — it has to be, you know, well down as far as nigeria, at least, in order to begin to get some coordination and just to deter people and to break up the gangs that go into the villages and say, "oh, you can go to europe, give me $10,000," and then they end up drowning in the middle of the mediterranean. yes, and it is still the people smugglers who benefit in that way, and that is an issue that we've barely touched on. let'sjust, though, we must turn to other matters discussed at the summit,

humanitarian group proactiv open arms allow sale for days to reach barcelona italy's interior minister matteo salvini has what vowed that no more humanitarian groups rescue boats will be allowed to dock in italy about one hundred people are still missing after their boat went down in the mediterranean on friday. on sunday austria takes over the rotating presidency of the new its chancellor sebastian cortes has taken a hardline stance over europe's migration crisis dominic kane looks at how having austria at the helm could impact the bloc. he says countries youngest leader and finance for six months at least on paper europe's as austrian chancellor since last december sebastian quotes has governed in a coalition with the far right and increasingly his policies have reflected that year. austria's goal is to stop the tide of illegal immigration the refugee and migrant influx into europe we have always stuck to our position and will use the e.u. presidency to work on a sound european solution that can only be achieved if the protection of our external borders works we have to be the ones who decide who c

well it was italy's new anti immigrant interior minister matteo salvini who decided to ban charity rescue ships from docking in italy since the country's coalition government was formed he's emerged as the country's de facto leader but there are signs of divisions over the migration issue with the parliament speaker roberto fico who is a senior figure in the five star movement that's the other coalition party saying it's only as ports should stay open to migrants well joining us now via skype from rome is. assistant professor of international relations and global politics at the american university of rome thank you so much for joining us here on al-jazeera so the two coalition partners the league. and the five star movement are we seeing splits between them or parts of the five star movement over the immigration issue which of course is matilde most crucial most pressing issue. so first of all good evening yes i mean the problem is probably the division within the five star movement rather than a split between the league and a five star movement itself so as you rightly pointed out the p

provided by the city ten years ago as a temporary solution italy's far right interior minister matteo salvini has said he wants to carry out its senses of the roma community with a view to expelling anyone who's not italian. google says it will appeal a record five billion dollars fine handed by the european union the u.s.'s the tech giant used its address operating system to cement the dominance of its search engine sun again go reports. a three year investigation and direct quote five billion dollars fine a steep penalty for google accused by the european union of abusing its power as it called it an entire sector in the phone market who has engaged in illegal practices to cement its term and market position in internet search. an effective end to this contract within ninety days or face penalties payments at the heart of the issue is android the tech giants operating system for mobile phones used to more than eighty percent of the world's smartphones it is essential to google's future revenues. but the european commission found google have blocked competition by forcing phone makers to pre

. >> brabant: their venom is being directed against this man, interior minister matteo salvini.office since march, the right wing populist is now the most powerful politician in italy, more influential tn the prime minister. salvini wants to establish migrant reception cents south of libya where applications for asylum in europe can bepr essed. >> ( translated ): the objective is that not one more single person comes here by boat. >> brabant: the crew of this british patrol ship has sampledn sas new tactics. along with another vessel, it harescued 450 migrants. salvini kept them off shore for several days and only allowed them to dock for disembarkation, once some european countries agreed to take them in. germany france and spain t promisedo accept 50 migrants each.is though approach impresses fellow party member, fabio cantarella, recentlycted as a councillor in the sicilian city of catani >> ( translated ): if we are europe, then europe must sbire the responties. previous italian governments have not we will not let them disembark unless eope shares the burden. >> brabant: th

proactive are open arms and allow sale for days to reach barcelona italy's interior minister matteo salvini has vowed that no more humanitarian groups rescue boats will be allowed to dock in italy about one hundred people are still missing after their boat went down in the mediterranean on friday . pakistan has extended the right for one and a half million afghan refugees to stay for another three months this means the next deadline for the compulsively patrie ation will be in september for years pakistan's government has set and extended deadlines requiring all registered afghan refugees to cross back over the border some of the refugees have lived in pakistan for decades having fled afghanistan when the soviet union invaded in one nine hundred seventy nine rights groups have accused pakistan of bullying the refugees into returning by using threats and arbitrary detention come all hyder has more from islamabad. ever since the russian and raise you know of one has done and laid nine hundred seventy seven refugees have guarded paul get it on their home their country has become host to a mill

this man is matteo salvini. he‘s italy‘s far—right interior minister.slap in the face to europe". i asked sara monetta if this clearing of the camp was legal. well, this is a tricky line. technically, it‘s not legal because the european court of human rights said to stop the removal as of tomorrow, and italy, a signatory of this agreement, should have said, ok, we‘ll hold off. but, as a matter of fact, there isn‘t much that the european union or the court can do except a slap on the wrist to italy and say, oh, you did something bad. for instance, amnesty international has come out and said that the european commission should open a procedure against italy, because they accuse italy of violating the anti—discrimination laws of the european convention on human rights. just how many roma live in italy and what is public opinion of them like generally? this is one of those cases where the numbers in reality are very different. people have seen it as if there is a nation of roma people there, coming to italy to commit crimes, steal into houses, break into ca

italy's interior minister matteo salvini says a fine of more than 57 million dollars could destroy his court confirmed the fine for misusing state subsidies when the party was led by its founder umberto bossi. mr salvini has asked for an urgent meeting with president sergio matterella and said it was a political attempt to close the party through the courts. to hear it from liberals, america is going crazy, the western world is on its last legs, the democrats have no leaders and armageddon is around the corner. so where is a saviour when you need him? that's the question on the cover of new york magazine barack obama has been strangely quiet since leaving office, missing in action you might say. just at a time when democrats need all the help they can get. gabriel debenedetti wrote that article and joins us now. democrats would love that president obama, former president obama was still current president obama. he is not, what is he spending his time doing? he's giving very busy. he is writing a book. working on building a new global foundation. writing a book. working on building a ne