the time the plane was some thirty five kilometers away from the syrian coast it was over the mediterranean sea went into went off radar and a search and rescue operation is still underway to locate the bodies of those killed and retrieve what what is left of those russian military plane. ok paula thank you for bringing us up to speed on all the latest artie's paula. while the downed russian plane was and i old twenty it's a patrol aircraft known by nato as the coot it has a top speed of six hundred seventy five from the. military objectives. and the intensification of these. three the aside. from the americans. to syria especially at the time when the syrian army was preparing itself to liberate the which would have stripped the united states from the last hold on syrian territory to have a stake in this the future of syria after the crisis and why was israel striking syrian facilities in the first place why would they back. well because of course we cannot separate israeli moves from the americans they are allies and they are allies in the war on syria so that's why the americans wanted to. s

frigate that was launching rockets from the mediterranean sea now the western media was very quick to put the blame so me on the shoulders of syria and that was in the immediate response to the whole incident coming out as i say at this stage no is radio response we are waiting as to what will be there for spawns when we hear it and no doubt will bring you up to date. the russian aisle twenty had been heading to they can mean an airbase for israeli fighter jets were attacking the latakia region and put the russian plane in the line of fire as a result a missile from a syrian s two hundred defense system which were targeting the israeli forces shot down the russian plane a french frigate which had initially been accused of involvement in the instant close by in the mediterranean. a russian defense minister sergei sure has spoken with his israeli counterpart on the phone in which he stated that israel has for sponsibility for the downed russian plane he also stressed that when he called he called israel irresponsible and as it resulted in the deaths of fifteen people here's what ows has

remains of the crew along with past couple of games have been ok if they're in the mediterranean sea where that twenty aircraft came down israel's refusing to comment on what it calls for reports that as the russian president extends his condolences to the families of the plane's crew. and ask them live from moscow i'm daniel thanks for joining us this pm here in the russian capital we start with breaking news this hour the russian defense ministry has blamed israel after russian military plane was shot down off the syrian coast and claims the israeli air force twenty aircraft with fifteen personnel on board as cover from syrian air defenses for israeli fighter jets had been targeting syrian facilities in the province of latakia. so nothing to do but. on the seventeenth of september at around ten pm four israeli fighter jets launched guided bombs on syrian military facilities near the city of latakia the bombing occurred in the immediate vicinity of where the russian aisle twenty was coming in to land the israeli jets deliberately created a dangerous situation israeli pilots use the

the time the plane was some thirty five kilometers away from the syrian coast it was over the mediterranean sea went and went off radar and a search and rescue operation is still underway to locate the bodies of those killed and retrieve what is left of this russian military plane. and we can bring in our guest now live to mohammad marandi from the university of toronto mr marandi thank you for joining us on the program first of all what's your take on what happens. well first i'd like to express my condolences to the russian people of the russian armed forces and the families of the victims the russians have made many sacrifices to save syria alongside the iranians the syrian people the lebanese. from extremist forces that were supported by the united states with al-qaeda or isis by turkey by israeli regime and by countries like saudi arabia i think it's obvious that the israeli regime put the russian servicemen at risk intentionally in order to be able to carry out this attack on syria which is of course illegal in itself. israeli regime has been supporting isis now on its border with israel

the number of people dying while trying to cross the mediterranean sea to reach europe has risen sharplyt's according to the united nations‘ refugee agency. over 1,600 people are known to have died so far this year alone. the agency is urging european governments to place more emphasis on saving lives than on reducing the numbers of migrants. bill hayton reports.

the number of people dying while trying to cross the mediterranean sea to reach europe has risen sharply the united nations refugee agency. over 1,600 people are known to have died so far this year alone. the agency is urging european governments to place more emphasis on saving lives than on reducing the numbers of migrants. bill hayton reports. it is three years since the little syrian boy alan kurdi drowned while trying to cross from turkey to greece. his death triggered a wave of sympathy in europe for the refugees, but that has largely disappeared. instead, anti—immigrant governments have pledged to block the old migration routes. and, while the number of people trying to cross has fallen, the number of them dying has risen. the un's refugee agency says it has reached 1,600 this year so far, and it is calling for action. we are calling for the european authorities in particular to come up with a co—ordinated strategy whereby boats can be systematically disembarked in different parts of europe, and where asylum—claiming conditions and reception centres are in place, ready to receive

plane has disappeared over the mediterranean sea off the coast of syria . president pick for the u.s. supreme court will face questions of allegations of sexual assault along with has accused the senate judiciary committee had been planning to vote on his appointment this week a woman says he quote her and try to remove her clothes at a party and high school accusations brett kavanaugh course completely falls while his fate hangs in the balance the u.s. president has been defending his pick a judge who is one of the finest people that i've ever known. standing intellect and outstanding judge respected by everybody never had even a little blemish on his record the f.b.i. has i think gone through a process six times with him over the years where he went to harvard higher positions. he is somebody very special at the same time we want to go through a process we want to make sure everything is perfect everything is just wrote to the u.s. east coast now a heavy rain to still disrupt and rescue efforts in the carolinas storm florence has been downgraded downgrade

the un warns migrants crossing the mediterranean sea to europe face an ever more deadlyjourney. i'm babita sharma, in london. also in the programme: australia's population soars to 25 million people, hitting the milestone a quarter of a century earlier than predicted. and in singapore, the government comes up with a novel way of tackling its low birth rate — subsidised—speed dating. live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news — it's newsday. good morning. it's 7am in singapore, midnight in london and 5:30 in the morning in myanmar, where within the next few hours, two journalists are expected to hear whether they've been convicted of breaching the country's official secrets law. the pair, kyaw soe go and wa lone, had been investigating reports of a massacre of ten rohingya men in rakhine state, allegedly at the hands of buddhist villagers and the army. if convicted, they could face up to m years injail. our correspondent nick beake has more from yangon: at the heart of this case are too young journalist who say their only crime is doing theirjob. plenty

the un says migrants crossing the mediterranean sea face an increasingly deadlyjourney and calls on europe to do more to try to save lives. and there's another twist in the uk's brexit negotiations. the european union's chief brexit negotiator, michel barnier, says he strongly opposes parts of the british government's plan for the country's future relationship with the eu. britain's prime minister says she will not compromise. that's all. stay with bbc world news. and the top story in the uk: former prime minister gordon brown is urging labour to adopt the internationally agreed definition of anti—semitism, saying the soul of the party is at stake. now on bbc news, live to singapore for asia business report. from nafta to joiner, from nafta tojoiner, the us pivots its attention back to beijing this week as a third round of tariffs and $200 billion worth of chinese goods could take affect —— china. investing in singapore's heritage. we talk to a business person with a portfolio specialising in the little red book's iconic shop houses. good morning, asia. hello, world. it's a monday, the sta

plane and search teams find the remains of some of those on board the plane which fell into the mediterranean sea. with us now we start with a very sad story fifteen russian servicemen have died in a friendly fire incident off the coast of syria their plane was hit by syrian anti-aircraft guns which were responding to israeli airstrikes for is really fighter jets had been targeting syrian facilities in mottaki a province at the time russian defense ministry accused israel of being in directly responsible strikes the working hotline that is used to portray such information the russian defense minister also said that there was no way that the pilots could not have seen the russian planes bearing in mind that it was coming into land from an altitude off some fire. all of this followed before israeli. that pounded against various syrian sites on monday night seven people were injured at a power station during that attack there was also a french frigate that was flying from the mediterranean sea the result was fifteen russian servicemen killed just as the plane was coming to land at the russian air fo

russian state media is reporting that contacts being lost to the reconnaissance aircraft of the mediterranean sea just off the syrian coast fourteen russian servicemen were on board the plane as it was returning to a lot of key a province all this happened to syrian air defense forces and just kept at a number of missiles fired at the coastal city of latakia the missiles were targeting a state run industrial compound it's not clear who launched the strikes but israel is suspected is thought to have been behind a series of earlier strikes targeting iranian and hezbollah forces who are fighting alongside the government stephanie decker has the latest from here near turkey's border with syria. a lot of mixed reports soon after the reports of these explosions multiple explosions but soon after the syrian official state news agency sana'a putting out a statement saying that its air defense systems had intercepted multiple missiles quoting a military source saying that they were missiles that came from the sea so that will rule out reading between the lines the rebel forces putting it more on to a stat

families of the plane's crew of the remains along with personal belongings of being located in the mediterranean sea where the twenty came down. tonight here in moscow thanks for joining us this is r.t. internet. israel is to blame for the downing of a russian military plane off the coast of syria that's according to the russian defense ministry is claiming that the israeli air force used the i o. twenty as cover from syrian air defenses missiles from which hit the russian plying fifteen crew members died as a result for israeli fighter jets have been targeting syrian facilities in the taqiyya province at the time. so now suppose it would help on the seventeenth of september at around ten pm for israeli fighter jets launched guided bombs on syrian military facilities in the city over the taqiyya the bombing occurred in the immediate vicinity of where the russian aisle twenty was coming in to land the israeli jets deliberately created a dangerous situation the israeli pilots used the russian plane as cover against the syrian air defense systems as a result the russian oil twenty was brought down by a

the plane's crew some of the remains along with personal belongings have been located in the mediterranean sea where the i o. twenty going down the search and rescue operation is still underway. and when it was hit it was not within the area of the israeli operation at the same time they also said that they notified they have russian counterparts about these airstrikes using existing communication mechanisms now this seems to contradict information that emerged earlier after a phone conversation between the russian defense minister. and his israeli counterpart at the door lieberman and after that conversation we heard the russians saying that israel gave less than a minute's notice that it was going to conduct these strikes through the working hotline that is used to portray such information that the russian. this minister also said that there was no way that the pilots could not have seen a russian plane bearing in mind that it was coming into land from an altitude of some five kilometers all of this followed the four israeli jets that pounded against various syrian sites on monday night seve

search teams that find the remains of some of those on board the downed plane which fell into the mediterranean sea. are broadcasting live direct from our studios in moscow this is our launch on time certainly glad to have you with us now we start with some big news right now the leaders of a north and south korea have hailed a new era in their country's relations kim jong un and one j.n. both spoke after signing a joint declaration and. maybe we want to end the korean divide as soon as possible and move to peace and prosperity in the region it was for you but by bringing peace to the korean peninsula as we go into time the life back to normal it is now day two of the three day summit between can jungle in and when j. and their agreement includes a road map for denuclearization and a military. cooperation pact north and south korea also plan to establish a religion between the countries and allow family reunions leaders pledged to set up a piece on their shared border and kim jong un accepted an invitation to visit saw . before the summit in pyongyang christina hong from the korea policy institute

the ground at the same time there was a french frigate that was launching missiles from the mediterranean sea and in response to all of this the syrians launched their missile defense systems now whiston media was very quick to put the blame for the downing of the russian aircraft on this area at the same time we haven't heard anything from the israeli side we have approached both the israeli army the foreign ministry and the ministry of defense and there is simply no comment this is a hugely warring development and no doubt the israelis are trying to sort out some kind of response and what in fact went wrong there is continuous communication between the israelis and the russians over israel's operations in syria and there is always a lurch from the israeli side whenever they're about to carry out some kind of strike there's a very close working relationship between the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu and the russian president vladimir putin but certainly something went wrong this time around and we are waiting to hear from the israelis as to some kind of explanation but hugely conc

teams that find of the remains of some of those on board the downed plane which fell into the mediterranean sea. a broadcasting live direct question is in moscow this is r t international i'm sean thomas truly glad to have you with us we start with a very tragic story fifteen russian servicemen have died in a friendly fire incident off the coast of syria their plane was hit by syrian anti-aircraft guns which were responding to israeli airstrikes for israeli fighter jets had been targeting syrian facilities in latakia province at the time russian defense ministry accused israel of being indirectly responsible. so let's put the developer on the seventeenth of september at around ten pm for his ready finds jesse launched guided bombs on syrian military facilities in the city old for the taqiyya the bombing occurred in the immediate vicinity of where the russian aisle twenty was coming in to land these ready jets deliberately created a dangerous situation israeli pilots use the russian plane as cover against the syrian air defense systems as a result the russian oil twenty was brought down by a syr

the un says migrants crossing the mediterranean sea face an increasingly deadlyjourney and calls on europe to do more to try to save lives. and there's another twist in the uk's brexit negotiations. the european union's chief brexit negotiator, michel barnier, says he strongly opposes parts of the british government's plan for the country's future relationship with the eu. britain's prime minister says she will not compromise. that's all. stay with bbc world news. now on bbc news, it's time for hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i'm stephen sackur. i'm stephen sackur. i'm in ramallah, more than five decades after the israeli occupation of the west bank began, to meet perhaps the most renowned palestinian artist of his generation, suleiman mansour. his paintings have come to define a sense of palestinian identity. but in places like this, in troubled times like these, does art really matter? i have a vision of what the painting should look like and then i keep trying until i have that image. and it does not come usually in the first instance. this is the first drive. the effect should show the

search teams find the remains of some of those on board the dow which fell into the mediterranean sea. our broadcasting live direct from our studios in moscow this is our teacher national thomas really glad to have you with us we start with breaking news this hour the leaders of north and south korea have just signed a joint statement on day two of their three day summit in trying yang the deal between in and kim jong il and that includes a road map for denuclearization they also signed an agreement on military cooperation and to kim jong il accepted an invitation to visit seoul for the first time now we are closely following this development of the story and we'll bring you all the details as soon as we get them. they have us and counterparts about these strikes using existing communicate. mechanisms now this seems to contradict information that emerged earlier off to a phone conversation between the russian defense minister. and his israeli counterpart i don't need a minute and after that conversation we heard the russians saying that israel gave less than a minute's notice that it

on the ground at the same time there was a french frigate that was launching rockets from the mediterranean sea now the western media was very quick to put the blame on the shoulders of syria and that was in the media. spawn's the whole incident coming out as i say at this stage no is radio response we are waiting as to what will be there for a sponsor when we hear it and no doubt will bring you up to date. thank you for now well some details on that russian plane that was down is now it was an i old twenty this patrol aircraft is known by nato as the coots it has a top speed of six hundred seventy five kilometers per hour and a wing span of around thirty seven meters is renowned for its juror ability the aisle twenty has been in service since the soviet union. right so i think we can go live now to investigative journalist in martin jay discuss this further martin thank you for joining us on the program first of all what's your take on the incident how do you see it. well it's extraordinary isn't it i mean i think we should never underestimate the seriousness of what's happened we've we have t

we are connected to the mediterranean sea so it's very different from the north of france.many or, etcetera. it's different. >> anthony: cedric fabre is a marseillais crime writer, who spent decades deciphering the dense layers of crime and corruption, pastiche, and sunshine. it's a perfect town for writers of noir. plenty of atmospherics and lurid history. why do you think it's such a fertile ground to set a crime novel? >> cedric: for me, it's more interesting because you write about the place you live in. i walk in the street, i have an idea, etcetera. i couldn't write about past things, like james ellroy does, because i have to know the real -- the real part of the city, the people. >> anthony: here, it's a really interesting stew of characters. >> cedric: in marseille, there is a very poor area and a very rich area. the difference between those two areas is the worst in france so that makes an interesting city because when we write a crime novel, we write about those differences between the poor people, the rich people, etcetera, so that's interesting. >> anthony: femi

the number of people dying while trying to cross the mediterranean sea to reach europe has risen sharplythat is according to the united nations refugee agency. over 1,600 people are known to have died so far this year alone. the agency is urging european governments to place more emphasis on saving lives than on reducing the numbers of migrants. bill hayton reports. it's three years since the little syrian boy alan kirdi drowned while trying to cross from turkey to greece. —— alan kurdi. his death triggered a wave of sympathy in europe for the refugees, but that has largely disappeared. instead, anti—immigrant governments have pledged to block the old migration routes. and while the number of people trying to cross has fallen, the number of them dying has risen. the un's refugee agency says it has reached 1,600 this year so far, and it is calling for action. we are calling for the european authorities in particular to come up with a co—ordinated strategy whereby boats can be systematically disembarked in different parts of europe, and where asylum—claiming conditions and reception centre

to be behind the attack meanwhile the russians reconnaissance plane has disappeared over the mediterranean sea off the coast of syria. rescue teams and northern philippines a digging through mon looking for survivors of a landslide triggered by typhoon man caught at a mining area in a province where many locals had been sheltering. from the time. to the country on saturday. we're joined now by. she is live for us on the phone from. what are the latest on the rescue effort. as. we climb down the road the morning. pretty me down and we were right there. where. they're actually. one. ration you know. we could actually see that the ground was standing on something. many. bodies. think like operations. because everything is done manually. something like. national government and they are. really. actually. want. to thank you very much for that. joining us live. thank you. more than one hundred people have died in flooding across ten states in nigeria heavy seasonal rains cause the niger and benue rivers to burst their banks floods and spread across the country over the past two weeks and national di

slightly but still keep with the issue of these people being displaced by war and conflict the mediterranean sea which is seen by people in syria and in many parts of africa as well is the way to europe the way to a better life and yes there are some who make it though the reception i get might be quite what they imagined and of course there are the thousands who don't make it simply lost it so you want to start with some m. for graphics from al jazeera dot com to tell the story of the past few years this one i've shown it to you many times before but i mean this is twenty sixteen twenty seventeen you're talking hundreds of thousands of people making the crossing and those are the ones who made it those are the actual arrivals further down you look at the number of deaths and just that blanket.

is reporting one of its syrian air bases lost contact with the recognizance aircraft over the mediterranean sea fourteen russian services servicemen laya been on board the plane which was returning to an airbase in letter . russia and turkey have agreed to set up a demilitarized zone in syria's last rebel held province of it's hope this will keep government forces and rebel fighters apart russia's defense minister says that means there will be no military assault which many were fearing or a challenge reports from moscow. for weeks it libya's been bracing itself for the assault that seemed imminent damascus and moscow both signaled it was coming for they wanted to clear out syria's final rebel stronghold and after a low bombs had started falling again but following a marathon meeting in sochi it looks like turkey's president has persuaded liberia putin to try something different for a while at least the assault is off. during the meeting we took a close look at the situation and decided to create a demilitarized zone along the contact line a syrian government forces and the armed opposition fif

russian reconnaissance plane returning to an airbase in letter kira's gone missing over the mediterranean sea. south korea's president is on his way to pyongyang for his third summit with kim jong un the first time a south korean leader is traveling to the north in over a decade and talks of a denuclearization are high on the agenda. argentina's former president cristina kirchner has been charged in a corruption scandal the judges are asked for parliamentary immunity to be lifted so she can be detained who is accused of taking millions of dollars in bribes when she was in office last month the senate partially lifted her immunity so she could be investigated. a u.s. supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh and his accuser will be called to testify before the senate judiciary committee next monday kimberly how has that. u.s. president donald trump's nominee to the highest court in the country the supreme court is in doubt in spite of that the president is standing with brett kavanaugh he is one of the great intellects and one of the finest people that anybody has known cavanagh is at the center o

more than 1600 people have drowned trying to cross the mediterranean sea. >> you're watching france 24a reminder of the top stories this hour. receiving a warm welcome in pyongyang, kicking off a three-day summit. the u.s. senate caving biggest supreme court nominees. and the brett kavanaugh accuser set to testify. carroll joins me onset. the china trade history, things are really heating up. is ready tos it retaliate for the traitor's washington announced on $200 billion worth of exports. shopping bags to industrial components, the tariff will eventually be lower-than-expected. trade talks next week, and a spokesman that they have to say earlier. >> in response to measures, china will have to take countermeasures to defend our legitimate rights and interests. >> these terrorists back in july, a final version has a clue some products from the original list. it is the latest escalation in dispute between the world's economic superpowers. >> relations at one point seems to be on the up. president donald trump and the secretary all smiles last november. >> the largest trade partner and th

latest headlines: the united nations refugee agency has said that migrants trying to cross the mediterranean seae deadlyjourneys. in total, some 1,600 are thought to have drowned so far this year. a court in myanmar has sentenced two reuters journalists to seven years in prison on state secrecy charges. the journalists said they were framed by police because of their reporting of a massacre of rohingya people. the european union's chief negotiator has said he strongly opposes parts of the british government's plan for the country's future relationship with the eu after brexit. however, theresa may has said she won't water it down. now it's time to look at the stories that are making the headlines in the media across the world. we begin with the scotsman, it leads with an opinion poll that suggests scottish voters will want independence from the uk after brexit, but would want to stay part of the uk were it to remain in the eu. on to the financial times now, mark carney, the bank of england governor, is set to clarify whether he'll stay in his job for longer than expected — the paper says he's li

lost contact with the aircraft when it was some thirty five kilometers off the coast of the mediterranean sea now a search and rescue operation is currently underway and it happened as i say during an attack that according to the russian foreign ministry was carried out by israeli warplanes on a power station and on two facilities that are controlled by the syrian army and we understand that at least seven people have been injured we have been trying to get reaction from the israeli side at this stage no confirmation or denial there's simply no comment from from the side of his role syrian officials have confirmed to quote that there were foreign there was a foreign attack again that it came from the sea that is also a quote but it hasn't yet confirmed that israel was in fact behind it now the situation is extremely alarming it's five hours that have passed since that vehicle went synthetic off went off the radar we discreetly trying to see if there are any developments but at this stage aside from a search and rescue operation and no more information being given from the aircraft that we're.

the un warns migrants crossing the mediterranean sea to europe face an ever more deadlyjourney.25 million people, hitting the milestone a quarter of a century earlier than predicted. and in singapore, the government comes up with a novel way of tackling its low birth rate — subsidised—speed dating. live from our studios in singapore and london,

media is reporting one of its syrian air bases lost contact with a reconnaissance plane over the mediterranean sea fourteen russian servicemen were on board and was returning to an airbase in the coastal province of latakia all this happened as syrian air defense forces intercepted a number of missiles fired at the city they were targeting a state run industrial compound it's not clear who launched the strikes but israel is suspected it's thought to have been behind a series of earlier strikes targeting iranian and hezbollah forces that have joined syria's war fighting alongside the government stephanie decker as the latest from an taqiyya near turkey's border with syria. a lot of mixed reports soon after the reports of these explosions multiple explosions but soon after the syrian official state news agency sanna putting out a statement saying that its air defense systems had intercepted multiple missiles quoting a military source saying that they were missiles that came from the sea so that will rule out reading between the lines the rebel forces putting it more on to a state actor because of co

slightly but still keep with the issue of these people being displaced by war and conflict the mediterranean sea which is seen by people in syria and in many parts of africa as well is the way to europe the way to a better life and yes there are some who make it though the reception they get might be quite what they imagined and of course there are the thousands who don't make it simply lost it so you want to start with some in for graphics from al jazeera dot com to tell a story of the past few years this one i've shown it to you many times before but i mean this is twenty sixteen twenty seventeen you're talking hundreds of thousands of people making the crossing and those are the ones who made it those are the actual arrivals further down you look at the number of deaths and just that black line in the middle that's just hate people heading towards italy you're talking in the worst instances seven hundred six hundred people dying at a time and if i just go to this one as well here deaths on the it's very grim isn't it deaths on the mediterranean deaths as a percentage of arrivals you're talkin

search teams that find the remains of some of those on board the downed plane which fell into the mediterranean sea.

sixteen jets flew over the neutral waters over the mediterranean sea and began by trawling in area ninety kilometers west of logic. twenty one thirty nine a colonel low these are really air force informed the russian command in syria and why is the de confliction channel about the upcoming air strike. she said that within the next few minutes israel would attack some industrial facilities in northern syria. in one minute's time at twenty one forty four israeli sixteen jets dropped g.b.u. thirty nine guided bombs targeting industrial facilities in the province. thus israel did not inform the russian forces about its operation in advance but rather the shooting warning simultaneously with the beginning of this strike which constitutes a breach of the existing agreements. these actions constitute a clear violation of the twenty fifteen russian is really agreements to prevent clashes between our armed forces in an over syria that were reached by the joint working group which. here you can see the positions of the aircraft at the moment of the strike captured by the plot all system. russia's s

confrontation russian forces are beginning a week of launch scale military and naval exercises in the mediterranean sea moscow says the focus will be on anti aircraft and anti submarine defense systems it's being described as russia's largest naval deployment in the area since the country's intervention in syria's war three years ago russia was one of the keep backers of syria's president bashar assad the kremlin says the talks to resolve the conflict in eastern ukraine are now impossible after the killing of a russian backed separatist leader alexander. died in a bomb blast at a cafe and on gets called friday russia and ukraine blame each other for the killing of a serious challenge reports from moscow. the motor about exams as a coaching career in the nets come friday is certainly a significant event in this ongoing war leader is there a saying that say it was. go on punished and the speculation is that the moment that the bomb in the cafe was hidden in a lamp and detonated by mobile phone there is a big question which is how this is going to affect the peace process for what it's worth in eastern uk

europe has fallen the rate of deaths has risen sharply particularly for those crossing by the mediterranean sea in the central mediterranean one person died or went missing for every eighteen people who crossed to europe in the first half of twenty eighteen compared to one death for every forty two people he crossed in the same period last year during the traffic has become more deadly east traffickers are taking more risk because there is more surveillance exercised by the course guards on the air trying to get the coast it does cost them more to keep those people the longer in their warehouse and their captivity the drivers of forced migration remain unchanged conflicts in africa and the middle east are forcing people to leave their homes the solution should not just been europe sure to sort of lead us to be exemplary in its response but it's quite clear that it's already too late when the people are in need we need to work downstream in country first in country of origin and that takes time despite information campaigns the more warnings through social media about the dangers they may face r

europe has fallen the rate of deaths is risen sharply particularly for those crossing by the mediterranean sea in the central mediterranean one person died or went missing for every eighteen people who crossed to europe in the first half of twenty eighteen compared to one death for every forty two people he crossed in the same period last year during the traffic has become more deadly he's the traffickers are ticking more risk because there is more silver. cause god's on the air trying to get to coast it does cost them more to keep those people longer in their warehouse and their captivity the drivers of forced migration remain unchanged conflicts in africa and the middle east are forcing people to leave their homes dissolution should not just be new up to europe to sort of lead us to be exemplary units response but it's quite clear that it's already too late when the people are in need we need to work downstream in country first in country of origin and that takes time despite information campaigns the more warnings through social media about the dangers they may face refugees feel they have

and other north african countries to curb the flow of refugees and migrants coming across the mediterranean sea they'll look to build on cooperation deals with turkey which have helped to cut illegal migration to europe or it's the reports from salzburg where austria is hosting the e.u. summit. this is the man to whom the european union is now looking to solve its migration issue president sisi of egypt it was the surprise development at the salzburg summits the idea was driven by the rightwing austrian chancellor sebastian could who visited sisi last weekend he's come back full of praise at how good egypt is at stopping refugees from leaving your comment on the phone there are bits with egypt we have for the first time a country in north africa that is willing to intensify talks with the european union egypt has proven that it can be efficient since two thousand and sixteen it is managed boats that leave egypt for europe and when ever they have lived it took them back to. the thousands of men women and children who have drowned in the mediterranean a witness to the total lack of a strategy fro

syrian president bashar al assad is flexing its military muscle with a week of drills in the mediterranean sea it says the exercises will focus on empty on empty air an empty submarine defense systems a lot of worry chalons now in moscow so really what's going on here is is there a message behind this or is this kind of standard military drills or the official narrative from the russian ministry of defense is that these are standard drills not connected with what's going on in syria not connected with what's going on in italy particularly a slightly different take though from the kremlin when dmitri peskov the kremlin spokesman was asked about a possible connection with syria earlier in the week he said this the syria situation has substantial escalation potential so extra precautions are quite justified and grounded though he did add that all questions about these exercises should be directed to the ministry of defense now. it is unlikely that the operations are for purely offensive reasons because if the russians choose to supports militarily a syrian government offensive on it live they hav

the united nations refugee agency has said that migrants trying to cross the mediterranean sea to reachope are facing ever more deadlyjourneys. unhcr says one in 18 people trying to make the crossing now die. in total, some 1,600 are thought to have drowned this year. democrats in the united states have criticised the white house for withholding hundreds of thousands of documents relating to president trump's nominee to the us supreme court. senate hearings on brett kavanaugh‘s nomination are due to begin on tuesday. he must be endorsed by a majority in the senate. now on bbc news, hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk, from ramallah. i'm stephen sackur. more than five decades after the israeli occupation of the west bank began, i've come here, not to meet a palestinian politician, but an artist, perhaps the most renowned palestinian artist of his generation, suleiman mansour. his paintings have come to define a sense of palestinian identity. but in a place like this, in troubled times like these, does art really matter? i have a vision of what the painting should look like, and then i keep try

a power station during that attack there was also a french frigate that was flying from the mediterranean sea the result was fifteen russian servicemen killed just as the plane was coming to land at the russian air force base of humain near the syrian city of latakia all of that happening around ten o'clock local time monday evening. well the russian plane was an aisle twenty this patrol aircraft known by nato as the coup was a top speed of six hundred seventy five kilometers an hour and when syria israeli actions in syria two days after that meeting another incident happened we can't forget the syrian reaction considering that these airstrikes are taking place without a u.n. london this aggressive conduct by the zionists and to do nothing but an increase in tensions in the region what we do know is that the syrian government invited russia to help during this civil war back in twenty fifteen and russia has almost turned a blind eye to these israeli air strikes have been taking place they've been feeling that they've been acting its diplomats in a very complex region mediating between the var

looking for the guilty party after the tragic downing of a russian military plane over the mediterranean. sea moved thousands of refugees from an overcrowded camp after an outcry from human rights groups over rampant crime and forced them to change. their travel to the iraqi city of mosul more than a year after it was liberated to meet people rebuilding their lives amid the ruins but always with his love. for the life you. might lead to something i don't know. broadcast. this is our t.v. international incheon thomas really glad to have you with us. all right the syrian president has written a letter to president putin blaming what he called israeli arrogance for downing of a russian military plane on monday night our senior correspondent brian ghazi of breaks down the conflict reactions to the incident. it's a bad really bad situation there's the tragedy fifteen people dead the friendly fire and then there's the fallout everyone's blaming everyone i meet in the military jets deliberately created a dangerous situation for the war ships and aircraft located in that area while it may have been a