matters regarding the egypt see on the mediterranean. never. had a 2nd thought about engaging with greece if the use of force is necessary so we've seen as you pointed out in cyprus that everybody thought turkey was bluffing regarding that we've seen that almost 2 countries at the brink of war in 1996 when there was this almost military escalation between the 2 countries over a small land mass of small islands on the ija sea. right now we're seeing. repeat off that and if we look at the turkish foreign policy regarding the maritime matters over the area. changed its stance over that. and since it doesn't recognize the u.n. called nation on the sea off law which part of it turkey's not and this is escalating the situation because of the maritime borders and territorial waters and where do you draw the lines so old. it's a war if greece goes beyond blood because basically what greece is claiming by extending its 3rd story waters is to carve a corner toward q. over a point and turkey just is not willing to accept the cure is willing to use of forc

matters regarding the egypt see on the mediterranean. never. had a 2nd thought about engaging with greece if the use of force is necessary so we've seen as you pointed out in cyprus that everybody thought turkey was bluffing regarding that we've seen that almost 2 countries at the brink of war in 1996 when there was this almost military escalation between the 2 countries over a small land mass of small islands on the ija sea. right now we're seeing. peterhof that and if we look at the turkish foreign policy regarding the maritime matters over the area. there were changed its stance over that. and since it doesn't recognize the u.n. called nation on the sea of law which part of it turkey is not and this is escalating the situation because of the maritime borders and territorial waters and where do you draw the lines so. and you always said it's a war if greece goes beyond the blood because basically what greece is claiming by extending its 3rd story walters is to kind of corner toward q. over a point and turkey just is not willing to accept the

matters regarding the egypt see on the mediterranean. never. had a 2nd thought about engaging with greece if the use of force is necessary so we've seen as you pointed out in cyprus that everybody thought that turkey was bluffing regarding that we've seen that almost 2 countries at the brink of war in 1996 when there was this almost military escalation between the 2 countries over a small landmass a small island on the egypt sea. right now we're seeing. peterhof that and if we look at the turkish foreign policy regarding the maritime matters over the area. change its stance over that. and since it doesn't recognize the u.n. called nation on the sea of law which part of it turkey is not and this is escalating the situation because of the maritime borders and territorial waters and where do you draw the lines. you always said it's a war if greece goes beyond the blood because basically what greece is claiming by extending its 3rd story waters is to carve a corner to argue over a point and turkey just is not willing to accept the cure is willing t

matters regarding the egypt see on the mediterranean. never. had a 2nd thought about engaging with greece if the use of force is necessary so we've seen as you pointed out in cyprus that everybody thought turkey was bluffing regarding that and we've seen that almost 2 countries at the brink of war in 1996 when there was this almost military escalation between the 2 countries over a small land mass of small islands on the ija sea. right now we're seeing. repeat off that and if we look at the turkish foreign policy regarding the maritime matters over the area. changed its stance over that. and since it doesn't recognize the u.n. called nation on the sea of law which part of it is not this is escalating the situation because of the maritime borders and territorial waters and where do you draw the lines so turkey always said that it's not to war if greece goes beyond the blind because basically what greece is claiming by extending its territorial waters is to kind of corner to argue over a point and turkey just is not willing to accept. is willing

matters regarding the mediterranean. never. had a 2nd thought about engaging with greece if the use of force is necessary so we've seen as you pointed out in cyprus that everybody thought turkey was bluffing regarding that we've seen almost 2 countries at the brink of war in 1996 when there was this almost military escalation between the 2 countries over a small land mass of small islands on the ija sea. right now we're seeing. and if we look at the turkish foreign policy regarding the. maritime matters over the area. change its stance over that. and since it doesn't recognize the un called nation on the sea of law which part of it and turkey's not and this is escalating the situation because of the maritime borders and territorial waters and where do you draw the lines so it's always said that it's a war if greece goes beyond the blind because basically what greece is claiming by extending its territorial waters is to kind of corner toward q over a point and turkey just is not willing to accept. is willing to use of force if n

in february 2018 and italian oil company found something in the eastern mediterranean a huge gas field right off the coast of cyprus this field was part of the region's vast gas deposits estimated to be as big as 3 and a half trillion cubic meters that's enough potential energy to power the united states for nearly a decade tension is mounting in the eastern mediterranean over these discoveries as countries vying for control in an area rich with unclaimed resources the potential for military action is rising as neighbors forge new alliances and old wounds flare up in the regional scramble to secure energy rights for the coming century and beyond it's no surprise to everyone in the region wants as big a piece of the pie as they can get for the most part they've all claimed their shares egypt has started to exploit its oil and gas reserves and is now a regional exporter europe has long been wanting to cut its reliance on russian gas and the energy hungry trading block would be an ideal market for eastern mediterranean natural gas so what's the sticking point the main cause of friction he

efforts to descend on the riches of the mediterranean which are the rights of every country around it is an example of. the fight over these contested waters in the mediterranean have now plunged to greece and turkey into their worst crisis since 1974 joining us now just a little bustos investigative journalist ben swan ben i use that word crisis is that a fair assessment of what is actually happening here. i think it is a fair assessment when you consider the fact that it's not just a war of words it's not just a war over sanctions but you literally have turkey bringing warships along with those gas and oil exploration vessels into the mediterranean sea essentially have 3 kind of issues at play here you have greece you have turkey you have cyprus and you have warplanes and you have war vessels in the ocean or in the mediterranean sea surrounding each other and they're almost in a war game scenario again as oil exploration takes place it's more than just an argument over words or argument over a space it really could escalate into something else and that the center of it as you heard

france accuses turkey of unacceptable provocations in the eastern mediterranean and urges europe to unite and stand up to its. wildfires destroy entire communities on the west coast of the u.s. and leave several states scrambling to control the spreading blazes. and in school the. series to a deciding game the defending n.b.a. champions beating the boston celtics to level the semifinal series at 3 games. welcome to the news hour firefighters are battling a blaze in the lebanese capital at the site of last month's court explosion it started at a destroyed a warehouse which was storing oil and tires the red cross say it's threatening your warehouse with food aid this comes just a month after the blast in beirut that killed at least $200.00 people xenophobes are reports from beirut. another fire at the port another scare for residents of the lebanese capital port. in fear it was here a little over a month ago that a massive explosion tore through neighborhoods across beirut killing at least 190 people on. memories of then still fresh now those living close by left their homes as the fire spr

meanwhile a ship carrying nearly 300 people in the mediterranean sea is appealing to be allowed into a port the migrants on board were pulled from smaller boats in 3 different operations in the last week the vessel was run by the spanish charity open arms more than 18000 people have died trying to cross the mediterranean in the last 6 years. a turkish vessel sent to map out possible oil and gas drilling prospects in a disputed area of the eastern mediterranean has returned home tension flared last month after ankara sent a ship along with a naval escort bias turkey and greece claim energy resources there is defense minister says the ship's return was shut jeweled and does not mean i'm chris given up its rights in the eastern mediterranean the great promised at welcome the ship's departure from the disputed waters if. the return of or a trace in on tallia is a positive 1st step i sincerely hope that this will continue i said yesterday that the end of the provocations should be the beginning of conversation we never hid the fact that we want to talk with turkey but in a peaceful atmosp

she is credited with rescuing at least a 1000 people from the mediterranean sea between 20112017 but she was also charged with colluding with people smoke. by the authorities and it's only in 2019 charges that she strongly denies however you look at the situation in the mediterranean though regarding migrants it doesn't look good we're seeing calls from the united nations and n.g.o.s operating in the area for the european union to do more and for membership states to share the burden of migrants that are currently arriving on the shores of lampedusa other italian islands what we are saying though is the situation in lampedusa is really breaking point. the mayor of the tiny mediterranean island has said he fails abundant and the island feels abandoned by both the governments of italy and the european union will give him his total for 2 i say that nothing has been done to solve the problem of migrants because in italy we speak only and exclusively from the point of view of differing factions but this moment is more of an electoral campaign than a solution to the problem we have 2 facti

and the aegean sea the leaders of the 7 countries on the mediterranean have also bonded together saying that they already took back sanctions against turkey if showings dialogue we maintain that in absence of progress in engaging turkey into a dialogue and unless it ends its unilateral activities the e.u. is ready to develop a list of further restrictive measures now one of the overarching disputes in the eastern med is about drilling rights this has exposed deeper issues with 2 military powerhouses fronts and longer heads a relationship that's been unraveling some time troops has increased its naval presence in the sea and called for the withdrawal of turkish proponents and ships in the meantime it stands to benefit from increased tensions between greece and turkey despite a deep recession greece is stocking up on military supplies with a shopping list worth billions for is likely to take the biggest slice of the party has come to reinforce the armed forces immediately acquiring a squadron of 18 french fighter jets with cymbalta. this replacement of the old. this banks up fear is that

prompted turkish president or her to want to refocus his foreign policy efforts on the eastern mediterranean and its potentially vast natural gas reserves. had once been building up turkey's armed forces didn't know who swore ships and jet fighters have been encroaching on the territorial waters of neighboring countries as a recent example the turkish vessel was spotted searching for gas in a disputed area of southwestern cyprus. better one has also used arms deals with russia to turn up the political pressure on nato and he's threatened to let thousands of syrian refugees pass through to europe. what does everyone hope to achieve with his aggressive foreign policy. let me put that question straight away to yes i mean what does the one hope to achieve with the saber rattling not only in the eastern mediterranean but elsewhere as well . elsewhere meaning at home domestically. this saber rattling and as we call it has proven to be very. domestic in this politics aggressive rhetoric this. demonstration of military power this these these idea we won't back down to anyone we want let anyone tell

military vehicles towards the border with greece this dispute over gas reserves in the eastern mediterranean escalates. hello everyone for the good this is our 0 live from go also coming up. a week after a major religious event in iraq warnings that hospitals may lose control of rising curve at 19 infections. sudan declares a 3 month state of emergency after some of the worst flooding in decades. the rescuers in beirut still old hold out hope of finding a survivor of the last month's explosion. the turkish military is redeploying heavily armored vehicles to new positions on the border with greece a convoy of armored personnel carriers has been seen traveling from the syrian border it's been months of rising tension between turkey and greece over gas reserves in the eastern mediterranean turkey's president of top of the one says that he's ready for all possibilities. true gaining can is you know there he has the power to discard met so documents imposed they will understand that ticky has the political economic and military might needed to cast off a moral mess and documents imposed by others

france accuses turkey of unacceptable provocations in the eastern mediterranean and urges europe to unite and stand up to it. the floodwaters begin to recede in sudan but there is no relief for the people affected waterborne diseases have become the new threats. fellow firefighters are battling a major blaze in the lebanese capital at the site of last month's port explosion the fire started at a destroyed a warehouse which was storing oil and tires at least $200.00 people died and more than $6000.00 were injured when a stockpile of ammonium nitrate exploded in the port last month the red cross says the fire hit where food aid is being stored as it was a reports from beirut. another fire at the port another scare for residents of the lebanese capital port employee ran away in fear. it was here a little over a month ago that a massive explosion tore through neighborhoods across beirut killing at least $100.00 people on. memories of then still fresh now those living close by left their homes as the fire spread. their westpac. a small. half an hour later the army released this statement it sa

or a ship carrying more than 270 rescued migrants is waiting in the mediterranean sea for a port to allow them to disembark migrants were pulled from small boats in 3 different operations in the past week the owners of the spanish rescue ship are appealing for the overcrowded vessel to be allowed into a port more than 18000 people have now lost their lives in mediterranean crossings since 2014 well in all the developments a turkish research vessel is return to the country's shores after mapping out possible oil and gas drilling prospects in a disputed area nato members turkey and greece have overlapping claims to continental shelves and rights to potential energy resources in the eastern mediterranean tensions flared last month when ankara sent a ship to the area turkey insists it has not given up on its rights in the region but greece says the return of the vessel is a positive step in easing tensions. the return of or trace an ontology is a positive 1st step i sincerely hope that this will continue i said yesterday that the end of the provocations should be the beginning of conversation

and called the proposed rather a regional conference with mediterranean states including turkish cypriots at a future covert 19 vaccine he said should be universally available regardless of where it is produced so now we're waiting for rudd china's president xi jinping this is china's ambassador to the united nations with the preliminary remarks before the prerecorded message from president xi jinping is played and will go to that directly the moment it starts them or expecting. well next up on the list is south africa's president sorrell rama pose we will take a pause at that point to analyze what we've heard so far with the various correspondents and guests and then in the morning session we're expecting to hear from president vladimir putin of russia jordan's king abdullah at the mia of casa shake to mean been hammered out funny. and also to speak in this morning session of the philippines president refried go deterred say president hassan rouhani of iran and france's president president emmanuel. let's listen in now to the president of china. so that colleagues this year. some to 1st

is that he is live from doha coming up in the next 60 minutes dialing down the tension in the mediterranean turkey and greece agreed to hold talks after weeks of posturing over a maritime dispute. donald trump backtracks after suggesting that americans should try to vote twice in the event up to now says that voters must check if the postal ballots have been counted and. he called on russia to investigate this in a transparent and total manner the e.u. steps up the pressure on russia as the kremlin rejects german allegations that opposition figure alexina valmy was poisoned. and days of heavy rain and flooding bring pakistan's financial capital to a standstill and anger towards the government. and i'm santa how must not have all the sport one of the candidates looking at to become the new barcelona president it says the club that must find a way to make sure lendl messi doesn't leave. we begin with breaking news nato has announced that greece and turkey will attend talks to try to defuse tension in the eastern mediterranean they've been locked in an escalating dispute over gas exploration r

yes the french leader has gathered leaders of 7 mediterranean countries including greece italy and spain on the french mediterranean island of corsica in order to discuss a number of issues they will be talking about migration they'll be talking about the crisis in libya but of course there'll be a real focus on those tensions that have been escalating in the eastern mediterranean as turkey continues to pursue its plans for oil and gas exploration in the area in those waters that are claimed by greece and cyprus well the french presence amount omicron has been very vocal in his support of greece in fact he will be meeting the greek prime minister just before that summit really kicks off for a bilateral meeting he has shown greece support france's ready said. jets and a naval vessel to the eastern mediterranean in order to bolster greece show support to michael's been very vocal in his condemnation of ankara saying that turkey has violated greece's sovereignty and what mike ross says that those naval that naval frigate and those planes will be doing in the eastern mediterranean is our pol

the 1st steps towards a military deescalation in the eastern mediterranean nato says greece and turkey have agreed to start talks. hello i'm barbara starr you're watching al-jazeera live from london also coming up the u.s. president backtracks after being accused of suggesting that people vote twice in the november election russia rejects accusations alexina browny was poisoned by novacek as the e.u. demands answers days of heavy rain and flooding plunged pakistan's financial capital into chaos and fuelled new anger at the government. hello welcome to the program nato has announced that turkey and greece are to hold talks with the aim of the fuse in tension in the eastern mediterranean there are local heads over the ownership rights of offshore oil and gas reserves near cyprus and crete the neighbors have been carrying out competing military exercises in the region both countries have accused the other of stoking tensions with threats of military action well secretary-general you install to beg says the 2 nato allies will enter technical talks to establish a plan to avoid any such acti

france accuses turkey of unacceptable provocations in the eastern mediterranean and urges europe to unite and stand up to its. wildfires destroy entire communities on the west coast of the u.s. and leave several states scrambling to control the spreading blazes. and in school the turnaround just falls to the saw in game 7 in the n.b.a. playoffs the defending champions beating the boston celtics level semifinal series of 3 games of. thanks for joining us thousands of refugees are searching for a shelter on the greek island of less suppose after being forced to spend the night out in the open fire swept through the country's main camp on tuesday nights ships are being sent in by the greek government to provide accommodation johnson rubble this begins our coverage. this was one of europe's largest refugee camps morea on the greek island of lesbos fires have torn through tents and dilapidated structures they were thought to have been deliberately lit by people fed up with that desperate existence compounded by corona fires they are out there. today part 5. there are. hundreds of thousands of

waters the spirits for after a turkish research vessel entered disputed waters in the mediterranean last month there are several weeks. mr mccraw you will have many more problems with me. don't mess with the turkish nation. today turkey is no longer a partner in this region turkey is an ally within nato but i would gauge an unacceptable practices on the libyan coast so what is this. in its simplest form oil and gas or at least the potential reserves thought to lie and the mediterranean sea on the one hand there is turkey which feels it has every right to explore these untapped assets on the other its age old rival greece it contends the areas where turkish vessels are deployed are located above its continental shelf so any reserves are greek but the story gets a lot more complicated especially now that other countries have waited in we regret that turkey has not responded to the repeated calls by the european union to end its unilateral and illegal activities in the eastern mediterranean and the aegean sea the leaders of the 7 countries on the mediterranean have also banded together sayi

island has a critical place in the eastern mediterranean issue. arguments on this very tiny island. this island has the size of 10 square kilometers. only two kilometers away from turkey, from my hometown. 580 kilometers away from the mainland of greece. a is ridiculous to claim 40,000 square kilometers maritime jurisdiction area for this very tiny island. this is the reason of the problems. when i explained this to all my colleagues including the colleagues from european union, the e.u. member states, they all agree with me. some of them are loyal. they are telling me turkey is right. if turkey is right, why are you giving unconditional support to greece? that is why greece is very counterproductive and not very constructive. that is why we have not been able to reach an understanding. -- while of course we show if the president accepted the proposals of angela merkel and we stopped our activities , butrarily of course greece signed the agreement with egypt. and this is the sign of the greece actually real aim on the issue.issue -- agean turkey h

amid growing tensions in the mediterranean ahead of a summit of southern e.u. leaders french president calls said turkey was no longer a partner to europe in the region ankara has been seeking to expand its energy resources in areas claimed by greece and cyprus turkey's foreign minister said michael's remarks were arrogant and it was not up to him to decide maritime borders . nudism move obeah we europeans must be clear and firm with turkey not as a nation as a people but with the government of president order one which is behaving in an unacceptable way. we want to avoid an escalation but avoiding escalation does not have to mean passiveness or acceptance but it's also about there is in paris with more on what we can expect from that summits. they will be talking about migration they'll be talking about the crisis in libya but of course there'll be a real focus on those tensions that have been escalating in the eastern mediterranean as turkey continues to pursue its plans for oil and gas exploration in the area in those waters that are claimed by greece and cy

a push to ease tensions between greece and turkey in the eastern mediterranean but the priest denies it's ready to sit down for talks . be called on russia to investigate this in a transparent and gentlemen there. and the e.u. pounds the pressure on russia as the kremlin rejects german allegations that opposition figure alexina valmy was poisoned. us president donald trump has backtracked on his suggestion voters should try to cast their ballots twice in the vendor's election which is deemed illegal in an abrupt u. turn from 10 tweets it's urging people to send ballots early by mail and then visit the polling station on election day to check if their postal vote was registered the u.s. president has been insisting without evidence that war. postal votes and will lead to widespread fraud once alan fischer reports. after the president appeared to our 2 supporters in north carolina to break the law and vote twice the defense from the podium of the white house briefing room the president does not condone unlawful voting by the president's been very clear about this some once again not su

told either members they must all share the responsibility for refugees and take the pressure off mediterranean nations like malta italy and greece the u.n. says the e.u.'s efforts so far have often led to devastating human consequences. this package reflects a fair and reasonable balance between responsibility and solidarity among men but states we all share the benefits we all share the burden this package also reflects a very pragmatic and realistic approach we know that we have to build trust among member states and citizens confidence that we can manage this as a union but there's about as in paris with more on what's being discussed. what we know is the least it's a deal that has been formulated by the commission to try and offer a common migration policy because we heard from the head of the commission their initiative on delay in saying that the e.u. can no longer tolerate having this ad hoc crisis driven response to migration the sort of response we saw in 2015 when the e.u. was so divided over what to do with people arriving in the bloc then and more recently of course on the greek is

or at least the potential reserves thought to lie and the mediterranean sea on the one hand there is turkey which feels it has every right to explore these untapped assets on the other its age old rival greece it contains the areas where turkish vessels are deployed all located above its continental shelf so any reserves are greek but the story gets a lot more complicated especially now that other countries have waited in we regret that turkey has not responded to the repeated calls by the european union to end its unilateral and illegal activities in the eastern mediterranean and the aegean sea the leaders of the 7 countries on the mediterranean have also banded together saying that they already took back sanctions against turkey if showings dialogue we maintain that in absence of progress in engaging turkey into a dialogue and unless it ends its unilateral activities the e.u. is ready to develop a list of further restrictive measures now one of the overarching disputes in the eastern med is about drilling rights this has exposed deeper issues with 2 military powerhouses france and

of nations say they're ready to impose sanctions on techie over its drilling ambitions in the mediterranean at a summit of 7 nations hosted by the french president emanuel macron said there was willingness to reengage with turkey tensions have been rising since the discovery of laundries us of oil and gas in the eastern mediterranean the talked about the reports from paris. the greek prime minister was the 1st to arrive at a summit in corsica he was warmly greeted by the french president who hosted leaders of suppan e.u. countries earlier kyriakakis mit's a talk eastern emanuel had met to discuss tensions between nato members greece and turkey in the eastern mediterranean turkey is pursuing potential oil and gas resources and waters also claimed by greece and cyprus after the summits might cross it all the does condemn turkey's actions and called for a deescalation of tensions. and we agreed on a message of unambiguous support for greece and cyprus and our solidarity in the face of unilateral publication of illegal exploration and for its european sovereignty in a video conference with the

still to come this half hour tensions deepen in the mediterranean nations threaten turkey with sanctions if it keeps training in waters it claims you know naturally. and working for an education some of the poorest children in the philippines forced to leave and so they can lend. how the still active front in new south wales we've got trading is shout a thing which would have to cross into queens next day so the real activity probably further down the tasman sea into new zealand just briefly the next one's already through here is hitting tasmania knows it will bring some rain to western victoria still less than war in melbourne and possibly well nearly hot in 20 in adelaide at $26.00 which has been perth has been sitting at 90 for a while a bit cloudy in sharing that part of australia now the active frontal system will drop tempers a bit because there's more rain coming in for saturday which travels across to new zealand as well and rain is a story the side the atlantic is where we thought we seem to have got the seasonal front back together again having interrupted it was to tarrie food

the overcrowded vessel to be allowed into a port more than 18000 people have lost their lives in mediterranean crossings since 2014. now a turkish research vessel has returned to the country's shores often mapping out possible oil and gas trading prospects in a disputed area nato members turkey and greece have overlapping claims to continental shelves and rights to potential energy resources in the eastern mediterranean tensions flared last month when ankara sent a ship to the area turkey insists it hasn't given up on its rights in the region gori says the return of the vessel is a positive step in easing tensions. the return of or trace an ontology is a positive 1st step i sincerely hope that this will continue i said yesterday that the end of the provocations should be the beginning of conversation we never hid the fact that we want to talk with turkey but in a peaceful atmosphere without provocations and without unilateral actions. well millions of people in russia are voting in a series of local elections they are deciding on members of regional parliaments minister policies and govern as

these accounts for about a 3rd of the plastic in the mediterranean. but what they found today of fishing nets that are probably used by fish men who are truly desperate. as it does some guys and this is about the 12 ghosts in it that we found this summer. they likely come from north africa it's a traditional way of fishing cast the net and just wait to see what they catch a lot of them about the hope that it's very bad for turtles mainly because they tend to just swim straight into a net. back here in italy. and then before they know it and figure out who are trapped in all the rope and net them that's. nearly $400.00 types of marine animals have been found in nets like these once a sea turtle for example has got course in one it's almost impossible for it to free itself and it dies a painful death at least 100000 marine mammals and more than a 1000000 marine birds die in these nets india. this turtle got lucky their research has managed to free it but before these animals natural habitat can once again be safe and the world's oceans sprayed of plasti

these accounts for about a 3rd of the plastic in the mediterranean. but what they found today of fishing nets that are probably used by fisherman who are truly desperate. as a dozen guys this is about the trial goes from it that we found this summer. they like to come from north africa it's a traditional way of fishing they cast the net and just wait to see what they catch a lot of them about it's very bad for turtles mainly because they tend to just swim straight into a net. bacteria. and then before they know it and figure out which up in all the rope and let them there that's. nearly $400.00 types of marine animals have been found in nets like these once a sea turtle for example has got course in one it's almost impossible for it to free itself and it dies a painful death at least 100000 marine mammals and more than a 1000000 marine birds die in these nets in year. this turtle got lucky their research has managed to free it but before these animals natural habitats can once again be safe and the world's oceans freed of plastic waste humans need to

these accounts for about a 3rd of the plastic in the mediterranean. but what they found today of fishing nets that are probably used by fish men who are truly desperate. as it does some guys this is about the 12 ghosts in it that we found this summer. they likely come from north africa it's a traditional way of fishing they cast the net and just wait to see what they can check. that's just the end of that it's very bad for turtles mainly because they tend to just swim straight into a net. bacteria. and then before they know it and they get caught up in all the rope and net them there that's. nearly 400 types of marine animals have been found in nets like the. one it's a sea turtle for example has got course in one it's almost impossible for it to free itself and it dies a painful death at least 100000 marine mammals and more than a 1000000 marine birds die in these nets in year. this turtle got lucky their research has managed to free it but before these animals natural habitats can once again be safe and the world's oceans freed of plastic waste huma

these accounts for about a 3rd of the plastic in the mediterranean. but what they found today of fishing nets that are probably used by fisherman who are truly desperate. as it does. this is about the 12 ghosts in it that we found this summer. they likely come from north africa it's a traditional way of fishing they cast the net and just wait to see what they catch a lot of them together it's very bad for turtles mainly because they tend to just swim straight into a net. bacterially. and then before they know it and they get caught up in all the rope and net. that's. nearly $400.00 types of marine animals have been found in nets like these once a sea turtle for example has got caught in one it's almost impossible for it to free itself and it dies a painful death at least 100000 marine mammals and more than a 1000000 marine birds die in these nets in year. this turtle got lucky their research has managed to free it but before these animals natural habitat can once again be safe and the world's oceans spread of plastic waste humans need to massively red

in the mediterranean the scale right and like for instance this year we've seen over more than 8400 migrants and refugees have been intercepted at sea and returned to libya just this year and many have been placed into detention there are of course women and children and those very vulnerable population 5 and something like 454 migrants are refugees were intercepted and returned and and you know that's. that's a huge challenge for our humanitarian agencies is one problem you face and i know that their boss of the u.n. political mission doesn't salami quit this year according to some sources because of stress isn't one problem you face that security council members russia and china they just don't trust any western elements in libya in fact i'll give you the global south as well they don't want any of the former colonial power i know you're speaking to me from rome they don't want anyone else because they don't trust the motives of those who sought to destroy gadhafi is libya. well i mean you know i think you'd have to ask those member states what i observed is that hope for it's a united sec

a ship carrying nearly 300 people on the mediterranean is appealing to be allowed into ports the migrants were pulled from small boats in 3 separate operations in the past week the vessel is run by the spanish charity open arms with an 18000 people have died strides across the mediterranean in the last 6 years the turkish vessel sent sea map out spots of oil and gas drilling prospects in the disputed parts of the eastern mediterranean has returned home tensions flared last month after ankara sent the ship along with a naval escorts both turkey and greece claim energy resources in the region turkey's defense minister says the ship's return was shared children does not mean un career has given up on its rights in the eastern mediterranean. but the greek prime minister has welcomed the ships departure from disputed waters. raised. the return of or trace an ontology is a positive 1st step i sincerely hope that this will continue i said yesterday that the end of the provocations should be the beginning of conversation we never hid the fact that we want to talk with turkey but in a peaceful atm