what does that mean in practical terms, what do you want to see that changes in the mediterranean?red. we think it is crucial there are search and rescue efforts, saving lives at sea is paramount. it is something we are calling for. you will know the argument some people put, the more rescue boats you have the more it encourages migrants to make the dangerous journey? we are talking about people, individuals at the risk of drowning? are we just going to let them drown? it is vital we save lives, it is part of international law at sea. if you think about the people who are prepared to set across the mediterranean in these rubber dinghies, the rubber dinghy that set of where 170 people are believed to have drowned, it is a tragedy waiting to happen. how desperate must they be to embark on the journey? and whether there are rescued vessels or not, they will still make that type ofjourney. we need to create ways where they don't feel they are forced to make these desperate journeys and that means countries working together. establishing safe and legal ways people who are fleeing discri

for countries in europe and north africa that share the mediterranean coastline. >> it is very clear to all european union overstates and all european union institutions that what happens around the mediterranean and in the mediterranean matters to the whole of europe and not just to the countries that are around the coast of our common see. mark: the five plus five nigeria,comprises morocco, portugal, spain and tunisia. global news, 24 hours a day, on-air, online at tictoc on twitter, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i am mark crumpton. this is bloomberg. ♪ vonnie: i'm vonnie quinn. amanda: i'm amanda lang. vonnie: elon musk announces plan to cut the workforce by 7%. day 28 and no end in sight for the partial u.s. government shutdown. how long will impact show up in future economic data. moving,bloomberg market china said to be offering a path to eliminate its u.s. trade imbalance. we go to washington for the latest. let's get a quick check on the regiments -- the major averages. the majorholding for averages come down the s&p both at 1.

and just last year about three thousand people died drowned in the mediterranean in the channel these are not so many people now but it's a different situation it's not that big then the mediterranean but these thirty plus kilometers we have over between calais and over and of a parts we have one hundred two hundred kilometers and don't forget it's winter now so it's much colder than the mediterranean we have rough weather there and these people using very often very small boats made actually four of four shallow waters or even lakes ok chris let's leave it there chris meltzer spokesperson for of the u.n. refugee agency the u.n.h.c.r. here in berlin thanks for being with us if you. to russia now we're at least nine people are known to have died after an apartment block collapsed on monday a massive search operation is underway for more than thirty people still missing authorities believe a gas leak caused the blast in the city of mark need to about seventeen hundred kilometers east of moscow there's also been jubilation after rescuers found a baby boy alive under the rubble. but. it f

and just last year about three thousand people died drowned in the mediterranean in the channel these are not so many people now but it's a different situation it's not that big then the mediterranean but these thirty plus kilometers we have over between calais and over and of a parts we have one hundred two hundred kilometers and don't forget it's winter now so it's much colder than the mediterranean we have rough weather there and these people using very often very small boats made actually four of four shallow waters or even lakes ok chris let's leave it there chris meltzer spokesperson for of the un refugee agency the u.n.h.c.r. here in berlin thanks for being with us if you are. you're watching the news still to come a new year's miracle in the ruins of a damaged apartment building in russia we have a report on a ten month old baby who survived more than a day in subzero temperatures. for german chancellor angela merkel twenty eighteen was one of the toughest years of her career it took her months to form a new government she faced stiff opposition from populists at home and abro

. —— compared to, say, the numbers in the mediterranean.here will be much sympathy in brussels. let's go to the daily telegraph, because sajid javid pops up there. the home secretary ask for more vessels at sea questions migrants need for asylum. again, the kind of rhetoric that ringing in the navy, being forceful... is this positioning for some run for the leadership in the future? to be honest, with most things these days involving cabinet ministers, you can link it to the tory leadership contest. they be that the cynical way to look at it. there are colleagues to sajid javid you think he has an incentive to seem you think he has an incentive to seem very you think he has an incentive to seem very firm on this issue. the numbers, so far, coming into the channel, we get asylum applications every month. it does pale in comparison to that number. i think there is a feeling in the conservative party that perhaps the reason that he wants to sound so ha rd reason that he wants to sound so hard line on it and get the message out is because he is

with the mediterranean island of cyprus also coming up in the next fifteen minutes of gold coated backlash it's a star football player this golden piece of steak has landed by me next month the great unknown lots of trouble i'll tell you more just not. me. i'm sorry so much got to thank you for joining us the newly founded ukrainian orthodox church has gained formal independence from moscow in what is an historic split church leaders formally received a decree of independence at a ceremony in istanbul turkey being the global center of the christian orthodoxy for the ukrainian church it marks the end of more than three centuries of russian influence ukraine's president petro poroshenko had campaigned for the break which has. provoked anger in moscow. let's bring in matthew cooper a journalist with the key have post he joins us from the ukrainian capital for more on the story matthew thank you very much for joining us now this is a pretty significant day the first mass of an independent ukrainian orthodox church after more than three centuries of russian control tell us more about the lead u

warns that refugees and migrants crossing the mediterranean are dying at an alarming rate. is no plan to practice it no good plan for our economy and for our country persons prime minister and opposition leader clash in parliament ahead of a long awaited meeting to seek common ground on it and a polar vortex brings record low temperatures to much of the u.s. midwest closing schools and canceling flights. welcome to the program our top story venezuela's self declared interim president has joined thousands of opposition supporters rallying in the capital caracas they are calling for the military to stop supporting the elected leader nicolas maduro. signal he's willing to negotiate with the opposition leader after more than twenty nations recognized as the country's leader but moderates financial backers china and russia staying loyal to him alessandra yes he has more now from neighboring colombia as a sweeping u.s. sanctions on venezuela's oil suits come into effect president nicolas maduro says he's ready to negotiate with his opposition rival one way door whose the clear to

the united nations is warning that refugees and migrants crossing the mediterranean sea losing their lives alarming rate new figures released by the un's refugee agency shows six people died on average every day last year it estimates more than two thousand two hundred migrants died or went missing one attempting the crossing the routes was particularly deadly for boats leaving from libya where one pilot hasn't died at sea for every fourteen there arrived in europe that's despite a major drop in the number of refugees reaching europe one hundred thirty nine thousand arrived in two thousand and eighteen which is the lowest number in five years but the u.n. commissioner for refugees is blaming politicians for the crisis. it's a race between countries not to peak the people so it's a negative race it's in and peacefully diary the race that the governments for political reasons are performing pushing the responsibility of this rather simple gesture to pick a few. miserable people. in their country charley actually is a spokesman for the un refugee agency he says the number of migrant dea

long been a staging point for migrants and asylum seekers risking everything to reach debian the mediterranean and then europe now and trafficking was introduced with the help of the european union are said to be stemming that tide and reducing fatalities in the southern somehow or a desert but not everyone is happy as giuliana rufus has been finding out. a checkpoint on the outskirts of our this seven gateway into the sorrow. of. it is here that business men matter me most sad dispatches vehicles that carry people and goods between egypt and libya. with the mortgages and. the novels are. achieving middle and. that's not. three years ago pick ups like these filled with migrants from across west africa passed this barrier on their journey to europe. today the flow of cars has become in me a trickle the nigerian government has passed a law that has made the transport of such migrants illegal. because that at last is. not. what the. idea that we get after. the journey between egypt and libya is dangerous. and migrant desk and desert roads have been frequent. the new law will save lives according

extraordinary story of davos, the germans and the italians figuring out what to do in the cold mediterranean with immigration and migration. now where these two governments stand on the real, tangible moment of people in the water in the mediterranean on a winter's day. guest: first of all, we have been committed to the mission you are addressing since 2015 now, and we stay committed. the german navy saved 22,000 people during that time. over the last months, there had block of thisal ,ission that couldn't be found the distribution mechanism for migrants. therefore the ship didn't have any metric for certain. therefore we asked for a political solution in brussels where the solution has to be found so that we can keep on going to send ships to the mediterranean, to fight smuggling, to fight the human traffickers. that is the main task, and therefore to protect our borders from illegal migration and solve the migration problem in a proper way. in germany with the new democracy after angela merkel, is it something of the moment that can be solved, or is this a chronic issue for germany and eur

where we're talking about in the western mediterranean side in the course people's mothers are looking for opportunities to make money this is a money making racket at the end of the day and migrants are seeking desperately to sometimes they're fleeing violence they already produce asylum seekers seen violence are those the they're fleeing the impacts of climate change or are the gore the terrible economic inequalities and lack of opportunities so there is a market for people to try and reach europe and indeed there is a demand for work in europe the question is why can the policy makers not organize a way for people to come and work and then return home rather than giving the money to the smugglers who are have are simply exploiting them let's give it to to a proper transportation company so there needs to be new policies and new legal pathways that will enable people to work and to return all right to leonard or we thank you for joining us on how to zero. thank you for inviting families in venezuela struggling to cope with the economic crisis are not only abandoning the country but a

the un's warning to refugees and migrants crossing the mediterranean sea are losing their lives at an alarming rate new figures show six people died on average every day last year. a donald trump has once again lashed out at his own intelligence chiefs calling them naive and wrong over the threat posed by iran the us president suggested they go back to school after officials contradicted his claims on key national security issues had to go high and has more from washington. but american leadership is absolutely essential this doesn't usually happen the republican leader of the senate introducing an amendment urging the president a member of his own party to change his policy and not change the level of u.s. troops in syria or afghanistan so what we must remember mr president is how hard won these gains have been our response to this progress must not be to take our foot off the gas pedal but rather to keep up those strategies that are clearly working. this followed another highly unusual move the president's own intelligence chiefs telling congress tuesday that their boss the presiden

hello there we've seen some rather heavy downpours across parts of the mediterranean for look at the satellite picture we can see the cloud here that's given us all that wet weather as it works its way out to spain works its way across the mediterranean islands and also hits us in the northern parts of africa as well so more wet weather is expected during the day today as that system gradually makes its way further towards the east over parts of italy and across the other side of the adriatic as well now towards the northwest we've also got a weather system pushing in here that's going to cross many parts of britain and ireland and into the fall western parts of france as we head through the day on tuesday as it hits the cold air that's in place here it will turn increasingly wintery so lots of snow here behind it i think is going to be more of a wintry mix for quite a few showers of rain rather than snow here for the northeastern parts of europe the weather's far quieter here but it certainly isn't warm warsaw at best getting to a minus two on tuesday i'm forcing kiev will only be a

who are report today shows the number of people arriving on european shores by mediterranean routes is down substantially compared to previous years we're back now to levels that we were typically seeing throughout the two thousand but what is the peak concerning is that for the fifth year in a row more than two thousand people lost their lives and this is happening particularly on the central mediterranean where on the route from libya to europe a combination of smugglers and traffickers attempting ever more dangerous journey right just go there so it's a jumpy road so externally university if the city if the number of people arriving in europe are going down but you've got the same number of deaths does that mean more people as a percentage are dying or does that just mean that we don't know how many more people are making the journey were only looking at how many people actually arrive in europe because a lot of countries have cut down on their s.n.r. operations or their arrival figures where we're sure about because the passengers there they're disembarked and upon arrival in europ

snow as that system hits the cold air that's in place across europe for the other side of the mediterranean for some of us in libya it's looking pretty wet lots of cloud lots of rain here that will gradually break up as we head

informal reasons the closure of the mediterranean migration route into europe and the violent behavior of libya's militias has caused migrants to feedback in tunisia but the processing of return nice is not always straightforward for the person of. id for many they can be lost all they can be called. a crowd is building outside nigeria security forces are violently rounding up africans dumping them quite literally across the border in tunisia. this is my money this is so many different to my family has become a repatriation hub not only for migrants who get stuck here but also for those who have been turned back in neighboring countries one should people believe the hostility they devote a time for so that they have a long time who would like to go back to the country where they are from your knowledge of you know the more you are. free buses deal to. leave. that matter a new group of migrants is starting their journey. but. when you see other people go how do you feel. the difference will be for a bit it will be obvious that. in twenty eighteen alone over fifteen thousand men women an

often ending up in the mediterranean sea and littering turkey's coastline it is estimated one hundred forty four tons of plastics from turkey alone and up in the sea every day one are of every five fish has my for plastic in its digestive system and one million. birds are suffocating in plastic bags every year. the turkish government is implementing what is called a zero waste policy turkish m.p.'s passed a law aimed at cutting the cost stemming from pollution in the long run single use plastic facts are the first target. from now on shoppers will have to buy plastic bags shops carts given the way face a fine farmer's market traders around sure have the new law will work it would cost too much for a customer how would we charge them everybody now keep the bags and use them again for the turkish government estimates every turk uses four hundred forty plastic bags every year with the new plastic bag tax that total is expected to fall to forty a year by two thousand and twenty five many people here are hopeful the new government's measures to reduce plastic consumption will be just as su

pope francis has waded into the deadlock over migrants stranded in the mediterranean sea calling for them to be given a safe port to dock in the pontiff spoke out while celebrating mass in st peter's square he called on european leaders to show solidarity and stop arguing over the fate of migrants rescued last month by two humanitarian ships they are currently stuck off the coast of malta as e.u. members decide which country should take them in our next report looks at the grim conditions on one of those votes. for two weeks fifty two refugees have been living in limbo stranded aboard a german risky ship the sea which three. the maltese government is refusing to let it dock until other european union countries agree to accept them so far none have . to see which three is just off the coast of malta due to rough seas many including children are suffering from sea sickness they feel like they're imprisoned and they worry about what lies ahead just internet analyse it i spend on the international who are of the sea requires that we're provided with a safe haven as soon as possible. just

since four december and in argentina in the mediterranean. but as the men women and children floating in the mediterranean are learning the hard way the union is anything but united on migration. sports now and last night's huge clash in the english premier league did not disappoint defending champions manchester city edged out league leaders liverpool two one they brought it from the sports is here to talk us through. the action heyday so how did the drama unfold well it was an incredibly intense affair i mean even though it's still relatively early in the season it really felt like this could be a deciding momentous match and both teams played like it you felt it was super tight and although it was a really exciting match to watch there weren't that many chances things are razor close throughout and it looks really like things weren't going to open up too much until sergio where zero scored an amazing goal late in the first half to open things up and once he broke things open it looked like liverpool wouldn't have too much of a chance again

only two ngo rescue boats now operate in the mediterranean sea. down from ten last year. investigators say to seat cushions believed to have come from the plane carrying the missing football emily on a sauna have been found british authorities say their french counterparts made the d discovery on a beach nestle savvy in northwest france. the first traces of the plane to be fouound since ii disappeaeared overhe english channel o on januauary tweny first on route to wells from france. saleh had just been signed by premier league club cardiff. carlos ghohosn has accused s fellow nissan execucuves o f scheheming against him the former chairman of the senate read a and mitsubishi made the comments in his first interview. since he was arrested o on charges of fraud he's been incarcerated in tokyo since november. largely john has the story. carlos ghosn says he has no doubt that he's behind bars because of a quote plot and treason by nissan executive. for the first time since being detained november nineteenth the auto tycoon has spoken to the press roughly twenty minutes from h

the number of people arriving on european shores by mediterranean routes is down substantially comparedto previous years we're back now to levels that we were typically seeing throughout the early two thousand but what is deeply concerning is that for the fifth year in a row more than two thousand people lost their lives and this is happening particularly on the central mediterranean where on the route from libya to europe a combination of smugglers and traffic is attempting ever more dangerous journeys figure of more than two thousand dead could in fact be quite far higher these are only the ones we know about and there remains a lot of n.g.o.s operating search and rescue operations because of restrictions that have been imposed on them by states and we're seeing the deadly consequences of that now many of these people who are in need of humanitarian assistance many of these new people are in need of international protection and this is having a deterrent effect on the boats who may wish to conduct search and rescue operations one of the things you in a.c.r. is really concerned about i

the italian navy is also reporting an additional shipwreck on the central mediterranean.e taken for treatment on lampedusa, and it's reported that 117 other people are dead or missing. at least 66 people have died after a leaking oil pipeline exploded in mexico. the hidalgo state governor says dozens were also injured in the blast, which happened as residents were scrambling to steal fuel from the pipe last night. you may find some of the images in richard galpin‘s report distressing. with this huge fire enveloping the area, people screamed for help as they tried to escape the flames. but many didn't make it. more than 60 people were killed. many others suffered serious burns. throughout the night, the emergency services were taking the injured to hospitals as quickly as they could. witnesses horrified by what they'd seen of the lethal fire. translation: i was in my house and started watching the news. and went up to my roof, and itjust exploded. i saw it. i also saw that there were a lot of people around, and i was shocked. hundreds of people had come to this area earlie

the number of people arriving on european shores by mediterranean routes down substantially compared to previous years we're back now to levels that we were typically seeing throughout the two thousand but what is deeply concerning is that for the fifth year in a row more than two thousand people lost their lives and this is happening particularly on the central mediterranean where on the route from libya to europe a combination of smugglers and traffickers attempting ever more dangerous journeys figure of more than two thousand there could in fact be quite far higher. still ahead on the program the deputy head of sudan's opposition is questioned by security officers as protests against president bashir continue. and naive and wrong president from his own intelligence agencies often better assessment differs from his. hello again to welcome back well here across parts of china we are seeing some rain still over the next twenty four to forty eight hours but then things are going to be improving particular up here towards the northeast so here's that rain we're talking about all dealin

the italian navy is also reporting an additional shipwreck on the central mediterranean.on lampedusa, and it's reported that 117 other people are dead or missing. yellow vest demonstrations have been taking place on the streets of france for the tenth consecutive weekend of anti—government protests. in paris, several thousand people marched in freezing temperatures, calling for president macron's resignation and condemning police violence. demonstrations were also held in other major cities, including rennes and bordeaux, where police used tear gas and water cannons to disperse protesters. the headlines on bbc news: former prime minister sirjohn major says the house of commons should be given a vote on all brexit options. police investigating the death of 14—year—old jaden moodie arrest an 18—year—old man on suspicion of murder. doctors‘ leaders say shortages of gps put care at risk, as analysis reveals large differences in the availability of doctors in different parts of england. president trump has said he'll make what he's called "a major announcement" about the curre

for 2019it's based on life styles from countries along the mediterranean sea.ccording to u.s. news and world report people there tend to live longer and are far less likely than americans to suffer from cancer or heart disease.the mediterranean diet puts an emphasis on living an active lifestyle first and foremost.also recommending a diet rich in produce, whole grains, nuts, olive oil, and seafood.red meat and sugary foods are very limited.but don't be shy about adding in red wine... in course.the mediterranean is also ranked diet for diabetes...wondering which diet came in last?the very high protein... rule- heavy... dukan diet.experts ranked the diet poorly in heart-healthy, ease of use, and overall impact on health...representatives for the dukan diet could not be reached for comment.for today's health minute, i'm reid binion. (ken) a special birthday wish has come true for a wod war two veteran and purple heart recipient in california. duane sherman recently turned 96, but he didn't feel like celebrating. many of his friends have died, and his daughter says

can show that the governments have to work together to find a solution for people come over the mediterranean can be the task of these private organizations these n.g.o.s. they do a great job but it should be the job of the governments of europe mr going to i do have to ask you not just italy but also france other european countries have been critical of these n.g.o.s run rescue boats in the mediterranean think that they encourage people smugglers to put migrants in harm's way by putting them on the boats what do you think about prospective. well you know. i'm i'm i'm just a dry land and a lot of these people who are stranded to. the refugees and i think it's a great sort of misery going across the street across the street in the wintertime and i think there has to be a solution now for these kids and it's it's no longer a bridge say like pick up into the last century that's the first thing and you can to decide there has to be a solution i'm sure it's going to be one way. but it doesn't help the situation right now and i don't think very encouraged in going across the street because that's w

on the mediterranean island of cyprus even then their problems are still far from over. it's just a ninety minute flight from istanbul to turkish occupied northern cyprus from there it's a short drive through the buffer zone to southern cyprus and the european union more and more asylum seekers from iraq consider are making the journey because shelters are overrun many have to live in overpriced hotels or on the street a family of four receives seven hundred thirty five euros in aid per month. the number of asylum seekers arriving in cyprus has shot up fifty percent since twenty seventeen. authorities are angry with turkey for allowing them to travel freely to the north of the island. some of these nationalities are exploited the fact that a turkey have signed or agreements with these countries little government is acquittals the un refugee agency says the three to five year period for processing asylum applications is creating major problems because migrants are forbidden to work during this time it is extremely challenging for them to find employment and self sustainab

pope francis has waded into the deadlock over migrant stranded in the mediterranean sea calling for them to be given a safe port in which to dock the pontiff spoke out while celebrating mass at. vatican he called on european leaders to show solidarity and stop arguing over the fate of the migrants rescued last month by two humanitarian ships that they are currently set off the coast of multiple e.u. members decide which country should take them. while the plight of migrants at sea continues to make headlines but many also travel by air and land from turkey to reach the e.u. on the mediterranean island of cyprus even that their problems are still far from over it's just a ninety minute flight from istanbul to turkish occupied northern cyprus from there it's a short drive through the buffer zone to southern cyprus and the european union more and more asylum seekers from iraq and syria are making the journey because shelters are overrun many how to live an overpriced hotels or on the street a family of four receives seven hundred thirty five euros in aid per month. the number of asylum seek

one on thursday the sun is out the wind has stopped blowing the focus is actually further into mediterranean more like western turkey and this cloud down here might generate a shower or two but i think probably not very much you have got a return of the likelihood of some snow in afghanistan that stretches beyond as well and it lasts for a day or so but then there's a big gap of sunshine and again we go back to the coast mediterranean and it's still looking fine and it's warmed up seventeen by drouet about ten in aleppo and beyond south of all this briefly there's a northerly breeze which tends to drop temperatures from kuwait down to the u.a.e. and that's the case here to the cloud apostles so i don't think it'll generate any showers and we're left with twenty one is a max and there are only eighteen in riyadh so bit of a chill regime and the wind is going to make it feel a little bit colder as well the big showers of late around way and zambia less than they were but look at madagascar if you can. in the next episode of science in a golden age i'll be exploring the contributions made by sc

now migration will be the focus of a summit of mediterranean leaders in cyprus later on tuesday the divided island has become the main target for smugglers trafficking migrants into europe the government says it's been swamped with requests for asylum to reports from nicosia . the buffer zone that divides the island between the turkish controlled north and the internationally recognized republic to the south stretches for more than one hundred miles it's easy for the human traffickers to find a way through these are some of the boats they use now impounded and breached by the police. but we'll do it to find themselves closer to baghdad in the catholic charity keratitis does what it can to help most of them are too afraid to show their faces and i don't mind what they call just a safe place. so. this man told us he was forced to provide sexual favors to him who eventually smuggled him across the prophecy. of this man said he'd now lost all hope he had a new job lived on the streets and was always hungry there are hundreds more like him indicus here they've come from across africa the middle

the italian navy is also reporting an additional shipwreck on the central mediterranean.treatment on lampedusa, and it's reported that 117 other people are dead or missing. president trump has said he'll make what he's called "a major announcement" about the current us government shutdown during an address to the nation later today. the president is expected to make concessions to the democrats in an attempt to end the deadlock. hundreds of thousands of government workers have been on unpaid leave, or working without pay, since he refused to agree a funding deal with congress unless it included $5 billion for his controversial border wall with mexico. a little earlier, mr trump was asked whether he was optimistic the impasse could be resolved. i hope that speaker pelosi can come along and realise what everybody knows, i mean no matter who it is, they know that walls work. and we need walls, whether it's personal or not, it's not personalfor me. she's being controlled by the radical left, which is the problem, and, you know, she's under total control of the radical left. i

lasts for a day or so but then there's a big gap of sunshine and again we go back to the coast mediterranean and it's still looking fine and it's warmed up seventeen bedroom about ten in aleppo and beyond south of all this briefly there's a northerly breeze which tends to drop temperatures from kuwait down to the u.a.e. and that's the case here to the cloud apostasy i don't think it'll generate any showers and we're left with twenty one is a max and there are only eighteen in riyadh so bit of a chill regime and the wind is going to make it feel a little bit colder as well the big showers of late around. and zambia less than they were but look at madagascar if you can. the weather sponsored by qatar airways. and lead on line i want to start here on my laptop with a tweet or if you join us on. there was a rush of adrenaline this is the movement but it. is a dialogue the government. protests and instructed police to. the crowds everyone has a voice. join the global conversation on al-jazeera. it's good to have you with us on al-jazeera these are our top stories election officials of the democra

snow as that system hits the cold air that's in place across europe for the other side of the mediterranean for some of us in libya it's looking pretty wet lots of cloud lots of rain here that will gradually break up as we head through into wednesday so wednesday we just have a few more isolated showers around there's a lot to be grazing the northern parts of china zero as well and the clouds may be thick enough in parts about syria and morocco to give us one or two showers here as well even further towards the south of the many of us here it is fine enjoy the clouds are likely to be gathering around parts of nigeria that will give us one or two showers and that's also going to be some more active weather a bit further towards the south those wells have got born we do expect it to be really quite wet and there will also be a few well the professionals force it's well. if you were looking at this from the outside you would really wonder what was going on but what he writes is a religion that they have an in-depth exploration of global capitalism and our obsession with economic growth this is

and migrants and refugees facing an uncertain future on the mediterranean island of cyprus. hello again welcome back to here across parts of china we are seeing some rain as well as snow across much of western and central china over the next day you can see here on our forecast map expression the higher elevations we're talking about the snow but that's going to move quite quickly over here towards the east so for shanghai winds are going to be a problem as well as going to a rainy day few low clouds with the temperature there of about eleven degrees by the time we go towards friday that system will be pushing out and better conditions for you but also cooler air as well down towards hong kong though we do expect to see a temper there on thursday of about twenty four degrees well here across india not looking too bad now but we do expect to see some clouds coming into play that's going to come in from the levant over the next day or so here we go on for new delhi here on wednesday with cloudy conditions there as we go towards thursday those clouds start to make their way tow

in limbo the migrants and refugees facing an uncertain future on the mediterranean island of cyprus. welcome to the program venezuela's attorney general has asked the supreme court to open a parliamentary investigation into self-proclaimed president. is also called on the court to freeze the opposition to his bank accounts and to impose a travel ban on him on monday the u.s. imposed its toughest of a sanctions on venezuela's state owned oil company. and froze seven billion dollars worth of its assets and earlier the un warned that a government crackdown on a protest is as led to a record number of detentions. just twenty sort of generally that if you recall the biggest wins here there were at least we now believe six hundred ninety six people . throughout the country as a whole long as a still receiving information. which verifying. this is the most the highest number of detentions recorded in a single day since that for at least twenty years. has been following events from neighboring colombia and joins us now from bogota are you getting a sense of the reaction there to these latest

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a bit of a breeze blowing through france and into the western mediterranean —— mediterranean, then you'reighter, norway, sweden was a good sunny spells developed to the southeast of them and further snow but western —— western: into eastern and southern germany more snow falling here, even at lower levels of cash around southern germany and across austria as much as 50, 60 cm of snow at the moment. a bit more towards those without, that of a break, the alps providing kilterfor parts without, that of a break, the alps providing kilter for parts of northern italy, try here across albania into parts of serbia and across northern greece where they have higher ground more snow will fall. heavy rainfall around the coast of albania, greece, strong potentially damaging winds and they'll be with us through wednesday night and into thursday and the snow keeps on falling around the balkans, still a spot of some snow but a little lighter and in and around parts of austria through towards hungary. northern parts of the digne, western areas of europe staying dry. lots of sunshine around towards all the

snow as it works its way across some of the high ground to now that unsettled weather over the mediterranean is also affecting us in the northern parts of africa is the latest system that's making its way through parts of spain portugal and across morocco and into out there as we head through the day today so plenty of what weather here that then works its way eastwards giving us some wet weather across the northern coast of june is here as well as we head through monday no doubt warm under that cloud of rain either a maximum temperature just of twelve degrees it is brighter towards the east kyra who's at twenty two. the when sponsored by qatar and peace. talk to al-jazeera. you personally are one of the main beneficiaries is that the case listen if you want to limitations in india that's not exactly my point we meet with global news makers and talk about the stories that matter. welcome back a quick reminder the top stories here on al-jazeera syrian state t.v. says several soldiers have died in a car bomb blast at a military checkpoint on the outskirts of damascus. the runner up in the demo

now the alternations is warning that refugees and migrants crossing the mediterranean are dying at an alarming rate new figures released by the un's refugee agency show six people died on average every day last year estimates more than two thousand two hundred people drowned or went missing while attempting the crossing the route was particularly fatal for boats leaving from libya where one person died at sea for every fourteen who arrived in europe despite a major drop in the number of refugees reaching europe one hundred thirty nine thousand arrived in twenty eighteen the lowest number in five years which only actually is a spokesperson for the un refugee agency he says the number of migrant deaths in twenty one thousand is concerning. the number of people arriving on european shores by mediterranean routes is down substantially compared to previous years we're back now to levels that we were typically seeing throughout the two thousands but what is deeply concerning is that for the fifth year in a row more than two thousand people lost their lives and this is happening particularly

to migrant rescue ships into its waters to take shelter from the storm in the mediterranean e.u. countries are still deciding the fate of dozens of people on board forced on their treacherous journey so far. from the desperate conditions of the camps of libya to their. nearly two weeks at sea and a big storm has blown up on the western mediterranean as the storm approached and the crew prepared their passengers for what was coming. we're going to move the five reporting from the off day inside. thirty two people men women and little children are now huddled below deck many a seasick facing several more days of high winds and rough seas. many nationalities are represented here refugees running from libya include ashwell abdullah who has a ready escape to the war in south sudan and you know. i'm here on this boat by the grace of god and thanks to the people of the ship life in libya was very difficult people are dying every day you get taken you get put in a room you get tortured every moment you're in libya your heart beats hard you don't know what will happen next. since the resc

the number of people arriving on european shores by mediterranean routes is down substantially compared to previous years we're back now to levels that we were typically seeing throughout the early two thousand but what is deeply concerning is that for the fifth year in a row more than two thousand people lost their lives and this is happening particularly on the central mediterranean where on the route from libya to europe a combination of smugglers and traffickers attempting ever more dangerous journeys figure of more than two thousand dead could in fact be quite far higher these are only the ones we know about and there remains a lack of n.g.o.s operating search and rescue operations because of restrictions that have been imposed on them by states and we're seeing the deadly consequences of that now many of these people are in need of humanitarian assistance many of these people are in need of international protection and this is having a deterrent effect on boats who may wish to conduct search and rescue operations one of the things you in a.c.r. is really concerned about is that if

thousand and eighteen and they do three people have died so far this year trying to cross the mediterranean in december the search and rescue ship aquarius which was the last charity ship operating off the coast of libya was stripped of its license doctors without borders operates the vessel it's accuse the e.u. of running a smear campaign against it leonard doyle is a spokesman for the international organization for migration he says people will keep dying in the mediterranean sea because of human traffickers. well these are three couple of incidents rather than one and it's the survivors have been interviewed by i.o.m. staff in lampedusa have given a very grim account of what happened they were left in the water for many hours until they were eventually rescued by a talent search and rescue and brought to shore and brought to safety so it does appear that there are other who were with them in the doing it which was sinking at the time or had gone under the waves have probably no chance of being sort of being rescued is certainly the case that the numbers attending to cross' is about doubl

will put people to see whatever the conditions are so whether it's flat days in the summer in the mediterranean or stormy days in the winter they don't care there is no call for safe health and safety is a river dinghies that you wouldn't put on a don't park duck pond in the middle of winter so why their criminal you have to ask them for it has at least decision to ban. access to its ports for n.g.o.s having any impact on the situation i mean that's part of the story but the truth is the italian navy risk you these people this weekend so i think it's a canard to suggest that the european navy's european coast guards are not doing their job we could probably have more search and rescue no doubt and we need to support being non-governmental organizations n.g.o.s and their rescue vessels that's for sure but in this case the italian navy behaved tremendously and and put these people from the seas all right thanks so much friend on. the saudi u.a.e. coalition has launched a series of air strikes in yemen the capital sanaa the military base and drone facility was targeted it's the first time the coal

this tiny strip of land is bordered by israel egypt and the mediterranean sea entry to gaza is through checkpoints all of which are controlled by israel. gaza makes up only six percent of the palestinian territory it contains nearly heart of its population around one point two million and. fifty percent of children under the age of ten. roughly twice the size of washington d.c. gaza is. of the most densely populated places in the world. fatima al natur was a grandmother to twenty three grandchildren these are just some of them she had a tough life two of her children had been killed and others were in prison and her own house had been destroyed forcing her to live with relatives. when she died all she had was a room with a wardrobe a bed and a nail to hang things on she lived in dire poverty. oh i oh but she chose to dummy in desperate and in the. last november at the age of sixty seven fatima became the oldest female palestinian suicide bomber. she approached a group of soldiers and detonated explosives strapped around her waist. and. two weeks before her death fatima went on a winnin

how we got a few showers coming into the east side of the mediterranean we got a few showers also pushing across afghanistan law so clouds showing up here where the thickest cloud is when she weather was course as it makes its way towards that western side of the himalayas two degrees celsius the high in kabul on celsius in tashkent and to that for massey i'm told that a suicide of the magic to say the showers just spilling across the good parts of cyprus seeing some wet weather and that will ease over towards western casa seriously go on into thursday by thursday settle weather across iraq jordan lebanon should be too bad if some weather to ensue iran still a few showers there to swarm of there full couple it around five degrees celsius the wintry mix making its way from the east i was saying some that weather to across northern parts of saudi arabia a few spots of rain here in doha on shoes day wednesday should be fine to try to cola and has been recently but picking up to about twenty six celsius as we go through thursday afternoon possibly see want to see showers towards the red sea b