rescuing migrants in the central mediterranean. a delicate task, even in fairly calm waters. go back! as the rubber boat deflates, people panic, and the rescuers lose control. go back, go back up! one man on this boat drowned. they come from across africa and asia, many fleeing extreme poverty and war. the boats leave from libya, a country that has descended into chaos and brutality. the fortunate ones can pay for wooden boats, but they too are overcrowded and dangerous. we're on a rescue ship run by the charity doctors without borders. so far they've taken more than 600 people on board, from three different boats, and there is another transfer that is ongoing at the moment. most are men, but there are also women and children. all have risked their lives to make the dangerous crossing. khaled is among a group of syrians. he tells me he is fleeing war for the second time. 0thers tell us they are simply desperate for work. in morocco, nojobs, no. morocco is zero, morocco is zero. italy is good. europe, too, is good. charities began operating in the mediterranean after italy ter

in coordinating and supporting the life—saving operations of the central mediterranean.for is a larger capacity at sea for rescue, saving lives. i'm afraid we are out of time, we really appreciate your time. thank you forjoining us from rome. iraqi special forces have recaptured more territory in the old city of mosul, in the final stages of the operation to drive out so—called islamic state. troops and police are now closing in from three sides on the is militants, who captured the city injune 2014. but iraqi commanders say as many as 50,000 civilians may be trapped behind is lines, as 0rla guerin reports from mosul. safe at last. from the dying days of battle against is. traumatised civilians fleeing with little more than the clothes they stand up in. some newly bereaved by the conflict. loud crying. she weeps for her brother. "every day you ask me how i am", she says. "and we sit together". "now, my heart is burning". the civilians here have just managed to escape the fighting. they're hungry and tired and they looked scared. they've been caught between the two sides,

what elsesome the mediterranean how many people have gone on a cruise to the meds mediterranean a wonderful place to get in a big cruiseliner really to enjoy yourself. the mediterranean sea of all of the world's oceans has seen the most combat, the most war if i could -- snap my fingers and bring back to life all of the dead mariners dropped at sea all of the smoking holes that went to the bottom and somehow miraculously bring them back we would completely cover the surface of the mediterranean sea with those sailors. this is the battle of laponto epic maritime battles in history in which a christian coalition led by the hungarian empire essentially thought the empire in a small place called laponto in the center of mediterranean. the med is where war at sea began. today the challenge is in the eastern mediterranean, syria. this is brutal dictator and work criminal assad a coastline on the mediterranean and here's what it looks like. it is confrontation between the united states and russia that's the russian flag right above the u.s. in the other nations of this region, are in conflict not

the right wing activists will be on this boat they will be patrolling the mediterranean to make sure that there is no illegal migration and to make sure that the n.g.o.s don't break the laws what do you think about that good job like that it's good and the opinion of the migrants. they don't want migrants here i mean. if they don't one migrants i mean you have to doubt the make of this the sense that believe in libya they say if they rescue migrants from the boats they will take them back to africa that this is that is very but come on how can someone who is live i mean up in the middle of militancy you know take the bus to africa that's the thing i mean some people call them racists do you agree with that there's no racist story there's already too many people here you know that's so there's no room for everyone at the same time do you think that's racist i don't think so and i'm not against helping migrants but we should help them more in their own country so here's a scene that seems to have become typical for sicily we've got a park where we can see the migrants then and geo grou

in a way, the mediterranean for all practical purposesis mediterranean for all practical purposes isof europe. this is the border between europe. this is the border between europe and africa that we all share. the countries that should step up are, as was mentioned, germany and france because a lot of the mike —— the migrants are going there. we need to step up support for search and rescue, in cyber processing and in hosting asylum seekers and migrants, whether they are in need of international protection, whether they could be permitted to stay for other reasons, or if they should be returned to their countries of origin. why aren't these countries stepping up? is it a question of resources ? stepping up? is it a question of resources? know, for italy it is not much for europe. if we want to have legitimacy in dealing with these issues regionally, we also have to ta ke issues regionally, we also have to take our share. i think in the way it is out of sight out of mind for central and northern europe now. we don't see these migrants feared. it has been a difficult and controversial

the right wing activists will be on this boat they will be patrolling the mediterranean to make sure that there is no illegal migration and to make sure that the n.g.o.s don't break the laws what do you think about that good job like that it's good and the opinion of the migrants. they don't want migrants here i mean. if they don't one migrants i mean they have to be out to make a stab at these these instability in libya they say if they rescue migrants from the boats they will take them back to africa that this is that is very good on how can someone who is live i mean up in the middle of militancy you know take them back to africa that's not fair i mean some people call them racists do you agree with that there's no racist but a story there's already too many people here yet. so there's no room for everyone or do you think that's racist i don't think so and i'm not against helping migrants but we should help them in their own country so here's a scene that seems to have become typical for sicily we've got a park where we can see the migrants then and geo group to help them and also

and it will be patrolling the mediterranean off the coast of flip the mission says it wants to expose humanitarian groups that it claims are working directly with people smugglers the activists accuse them of actively providing migrants with a taxi back to europe their group is bankrolling their mission with money raised through crowd funding so far they've received more than one hundred twenty six thousand dollars however the missions have been accused of being racist by. activists have staged a rally at the port of catan ian decrying the patrols the activists who were holding banners reading no more drowning and freedom from attacks well that's a reference to europe's borders agency this is the same am has brand the europe initiative a provocation or train call challenge to one of the group's members and also gathered reaction from locals. were at the port of sicily among the ships that come into the sport you will every now and then see boats full of migrants but we are here to to talk. and activists who is expecting the arrival of a very different kind of boat with a very controve

we are at almost three people in every 100 losing their life in the mediterranean, trying to reach safetyurope. also on thursday — the head of the world bank, jim yong kim, joined france's president macron in pledging much more investment in africa to stem the flow of migration. 0ur largest investments will go into africa. we will be putting in a total of over $50 billion over the next three years into africa and we will work very closely with president macron. on many different levels, we need to invest in human beings but we also have to invest in creating a kind of private sector in these countries that will create the jobs that young people need so badly. that was the head of the world bank. gervais williams is managing director at miton asset management. thank you forjoining us this morning. 0bviously, thank you forjoining us this morning. obviously, the migration crisis is a huge issue. what do you think the g20 can do? crisis is a huge issue. what do you think the 620 can do? it's actually quite united on certain areas like the korean peninsula and terrorism but actually, they're h

now it's really has become the main entry point for refugees crossing the mediterranean via libya on friday tensions spilled over in rome as crowds rallied against the construction of a new asylum celta meanwhile in juneau where people took to the streets the doubts the far right party seeking to crack down on immigration. this week is only threaten to start turning away moderate rescue ships arriving at southern shores and warned the e.u. that the situation has become unsustainable. on to charlotte dube and skewed travel to the italian island of sicily which is one of the main arrival points for african migrants this is one of the many. brings rescue migrants from the mediterranean sea to ports like this one here in sicily and for many of those migrants this will be the first time setting foot on u.s. soil but the italian authorities say there's so many migrants coming here to italy that they might have to close the ports to microchips like this. to me says it's the but the she. says the man detained and it's now happened to be cheeky here on the sicily and people on this island say

for italy to be given greater support as it deals with record numbers of migrants crossing the mediterraneanident trump attacks more than 20 states — for refusing to pass personal information to his commission on voterfraud. happy birthday, canada. half a million people celebrate their country's 150th anniversary in the capital. iraqi forces say they've taken control of the main base of the so—called islamic state, in the city of mosul. the militants have been driven from a hospital compound, where several senior is leaders were thought to have been hiding. there's still fighting around part of the old city — but commanders say a final victory is in sight. our correspondent orla guerin reports from mosul. a symbol of victory, planted this morning in what was the main base of is in mosul. troops, weary after driving the militants from this vast medical complex, but vowing to hunt down every last one of them. "we will keep chasing them and those who support them," says this man, "and we will throw them in the garbage." commanders say they have removed a cancer here, but one that has already sp

the right wing activists will be on this boat they will be patrolling the mediterranean to make sure that there is no illegal migration and to make sure that the ngos don't break the laws what do you think about the good job like there is good and the opinion of the migrants. they don't want migrants here i mean. if they don't one migrants i mean they have to the make of. the sense that they say if they rescue migrants from the boat they will take them back to africa. but come on how can someone who is live i mean the middle of middle. africa that's the face i mean some people call them racists do you agree with that there's no racist groups already there's already too many people here. so there's no room for everyone or do you think that's racist i don't think so and i'm not against helping migrants but we should. national weather service in mount holly new jersey has issued a severe thunderstorm warning for north central newcastle county in northern delaware south central berks county in eastern pennsylvania southern montgomery county in southeastern pennsylvania chester county in

are they looking specifically to mediterranean coastal countries, spain and greece, 01’ coastal countries, orfurther coastal countries, spain and greece, or further afield? it is everywhere. everyone will look to germany for money. they're looking across to hold european union. this meeting will take place today, then another this week in talyllyn in estonia when it will be a product of interior ministers who will try to thrash the site. italy are saying they cannot cope. there seems to be anecdotal evidence of this. i was talking to an ngo that runs one of the rescue ships, german organisation called the watch, they have picked up record numbers. they have picked up record numbers. they have far too many people on the boat. it was beyond the safety limits of the boat. they needed to disembark those people onto a bigger ship off at sea. they appealed for this. they went to the communication centre in room, or spoke to them on the radio, can't you get the ball to us? they said they would but nothing came. the allegation is that this is deliberate. the other thing the italians have threaten

are saying that their mission is to help the migrants that are crossing the mediterranean sea trying to go from the port of sicily back to you know the euro. the cia chief explains why he thinks the russians meddled in the us elections. coming up after this break. player. playing. in case you're new to the game this is how it works now the economy is built around corporations corporations run washington washington controls the media the media and the. voters elected to businessman to run this country business because. you must it's not business as usual it's business like it's never been done before . welcome back to the program another day another russian meddling theory cia chief mike pompei a claim seen as the reason for the alleged interference it was quote to stick it to america well i'm told for the russians meddled in this election as is the entire intelligence community i hope i didn't stop at two thousand and eight you can go back to the seventy's my point was simply this this threat is real the us government including the central intelligence agency has to figure out a way

manage in the mediterranean sea on on the frontline of this crisis are the people in the sport asylum seekers are economic migrants. i'd see it doesn't matter they're vulnerable and numbers are different sucks them. in in terms of their attitude dealing with people in the sea and they you kno. they're not trying to catalog catalog the model purchase try to deal with us but of course it is the debate. back on terra firma in the italian personals fo. next to donald trump in poland. not before we set off for the g. twenty. and more i'm. and should include blow missing. it's if they keep talking doesn't this hot handshake some notes of a tough time shaker is an area i don't know it's it's a it's a been another and unfairness boss and his fault this time. this is a v. polish first lady totally snubbing donald trump was reaching out at to shake her hand. under going right the way over to malattia. at trump at. and you can see there that he dodoesn't look altogether plpleased w without partitir at. moments and you i gotta i gotta corn husker du that is her name she's at the first lady all of