greece israel and cyprus are about to sign off in athens on an agreement to channel gas from the mediterranean sea europe now that's it awards with turkey's deal with libya to extract gas from the sea let's head straight to ankara where mohammed is standing by at mohamed 1st of all is all this likely to pass the turkish parliament says the rainy opposition to these proposals. yes seeing more and more support for these laws from the foreign minister. being a position leaders trying to get us much support the one we're seeing. here this motion was supposed to be brought before parliament it on the 7th or 8th of this month when parliament resumed from a winter recess now we're seeing parliament holding a special sitting just to discuss these libya bill we're seeing this jewish and where the government seems to be. high and the defense minister has been speaking saying it's ease of the moral obligation of turkey to deploy quickly as possible he says. military isn't ready to move anytime to get. a life from parliament but also from the turkish president who is the commander in chief of the armed forces

rescue and in the mediterranean sea. the case is about the record straight off the ship but the ship has sailed into montana out of malta with the very same erectus trace and for more than a year before so that they now make up this case it's obviously a chest meant to criminalize the sea rescue and we're talking about the state where the government is and tangled in the murder off the china list so the kurds should rather do a proper work there instead of criminalizing sea rescue workers that just safe human life at sea critics say that organizations like yours yours actually encourage my. to risk their lives on board small unsafe craft in the mediterranean because they think you'll pick them up what do you say that this so-called proof fucked up theory we can just say pull shit is actually proven wrong in several studies and it's also against any logic when we started with the sea watch one which was the 1st rescue vessel from germany when we started from hamburg i wasn't bored and on the very same week in the very sa

to make a ruling in the appeal case of a sea captain who had saved in the mediterranean. good to have you with us. tens of thousands of mourners are gathering for the burial of the iranian general money who was killed by a u.s. . airstrike in baghdad on friday general's body has been returned to his hometown of commons many saw soleimani as 2nd only to iran's supreme leader ayatollah ali khamenei his killing has provoked an outcry against america in the middle east with promises of revenge and retribution. meanwhile germany has announced that it's withdrawing part of its contingent of soldiers from iraq due to rising tensions in the middle east around $130.00 german military personnel have been stationed there to train iraqi soldiers the announcement comes amid confusion over whether the u.s. intends to pull its troops out of iraq u.s. defense department has denied reports that it's planning to withdraw its $5000.00 soldiers hafter a letter by a u.s. general suggested a withdrawal would happen what is sure is that the u.s. is sending troops to other countries in the middl

significant gas reserves and there is at the moment an attempt by various countries around the mediterranean sea to redistribute influence and we distribute the resources in that area arriving. another representative here. the head of government in italy here is the prime minister of italy and his foreign minister di maggio. again being greeted by. a good terrace or 2 hosts of today's meeting that would be separate country. you know as we watch these these men being greeted by the german chancellor we know the year we're still waiting for some very significant players just moments ago of course we talked about letting the putin who's expected to arrive at these talks we understand that he held the bilateral talks with her one of course the leader in turkey and these 2 are very much on opposing sides on on this. conflict. let me turn to you what's at stake here for for turkey. both turkey has some very direct interest in terms of oil fields in the mediterranean in fact. turkish president has already started moving towards deploying troops to back the un backed government and me and the sorry assa

turkey away because it would be controlling a huge part of that is that mediterranean sea and particularly because it was a very long coastline on the mediterranean side so. knowing very well that if he comes to power in tripoli given the advances he's been making in recent days and weeks they no doubt deal will be off the table and that is something turkey is really came to protect and see the continuation of the government of national accord staying in power in tripoli mounted on korea thank you for all of those details this conflict in libya has many regional powers vying for influence turkey says it can help that u.n. recognize government in shipley to fight off the war after in his advances remember have to stronghold is in the east into brooke. over the past few months russia has deployed find his 2 assists half his soldiers the united arab emirates egypt saudi arabia france they have lined up behind huff to the u.s. publicly supports the government of national accord in tripoli but president donald trump has praised after in the past and qatar also backs the tripoli government's a s

the mutual defense agreement as well as one looking at the demarcation of those borders in the mediterranean sea to allow for joint. extraction of natural resources from there and if we continue looking at strategically across the mediterranean sea it from about the flow of a lot of. refugees who would be leaving north africa coming towards europe there is a large part that turkey is concerned with or that would implicate turkey as well so there is a lot as far as the turks are concerned but also beyond that when you look at turkey's own strategic foreign policy objectives in terms of trying to find some sort of balance of power within the wider middle east and north africa region because prior to turkey's maybe coming to the forefront of the. the situation in libya you don't really have that power balance you had people who were supporting have namely the united arab emirates and egypt and others who believe that there needed to be a reversal of the crock from the arab spring of 2011 and the reinstatement of these strong men as that was talking about military individuals who essentially would c

israel and cyprus are also about to sign off on an agreement to transport gas from the eastern mediterranean sea europe that said all this with turkey's deal with libya to extract gas from the sea or man was otherwise heard to stand by for us in libya's capital tripoli but 1st let's head straight to uncle or where mohamed is live mahmut 1st of all is this proposal likely to pass the turkish parliament. yes very likely our. ruling members here in the parliament in uncut why it's called there will be able to the is the bill without much effort because together with this see which we see which is allied to present it on. parity they are. confident they will be able to pass' only the the sea which is little pollution but 2 with to 6 a members in parliament which is so thought all 'd paul's outrightly to it but they're saying they'll fly in the old decision and that i would not think in one of the conference rooms trying to figure out how to vote so yes it's expected to pas and we're seeing some sort of an accelerated poll says with parliament coming out of recess to discuss these key is really to de

the united nations says more than 1000 migrants died in 2019 in the mediterranean sea. >> this comes as reinforcements from the u.s. are on the ground ready to help in the firefight. >> a firefighter in the state of victoria have been killed in these devastating australian wildfires. conditions are worse there than where we are here in the state of new south wales. we are monitoring the screens and is. 123 fires are burning. 50 are out of control. after speaking to a fire representative he is pleased with the way the grueling night ended. yes there were some injuries but no loss of life. although the rotten conditions are easing up it crews are not easing up. firefighters are taken the next five days or so to get a handle on the out-of- control fires. 3400 while fire personnel are working this weekend. 800 firetrucks and over 100 aircrafts. i learned a large portion of the american support is actually piloting the critical tankers. some rain has fallen in some areas and firefighters are cautioning that it can hinder the efforts to get the fires contained. >> this makes the fuel moist

that you signed with them under security agreements but the other was with the regards of the mediterranean sea the market of borders and what critics would say is proof that turkey only wanted through signed these deals with you so we can have access to libya's natural resources. what do you say to that and what do you say each of those who also accused turkey or accuse you of inviting the ottoman occupiers and the turkish occupiers into libya you know in an amish must already not looking to further bomb adored my tortilla and i'm a hospital now nor. any i don't attain other humans as if you know me died them was stuck on that day and didn't have clocked at it differently i don't want that on with the kind of the farm you may have them must the hurt the ability when trying them we're going to listen to it i did say that i had a bad idea how do you that there would not be not a bomb had it on their. center. and how did. in the moment i could find one and who did but how do you know or. allow 100 percent of the equipment and inaudible let's talk about your fellow arab governments the united arab

for undersea oil and gas in these areas which are enormous thousands of square kilometers of mediterranean sea the greeks have not been invited to berlin precisely because of this reason because they have a particular interest in the outcome but that is in congress is what the european union said last december that's when europe sided with greece to say that the agreement between libya and turkey is illegal it produces no legal consequences for the greeks in other words it doesn't it's not binding legally upon the greeks and that it should be scrapped on the contrary the e.u. believes that that agreement creates in security and instability in the eastern mediterranean but clearly there are limits to european solidarity with greece as we're seeing in this weekend's talks so it is going to be interesting to see what general have to agrees with the greeks on his way to berlin presumably his aim is to carry at least a part of the greek message the greek desires to that peace conference. the u.s. military has admitted that some of its soldiers were injured by an iranian missile that's not in iraq t

live the continent in search of greener pastures we have seen many africans point through the mediterranean sea trying to look for greener pastures outside of the continent and this is going to continue for many years until our bigger out how much of employment the can create for young africans right here on the continent are right to join her in barrow there reporting for us from nairobi thank you so much. and the world's movers and shakers side gathering in the swiss alpine result of double us this week for the animal world economic forum sustainability and climate change the taking center stage this year with the international crises dominating the global headlines as little room full of celebrations even as the summit marks its 50th anniversary. australia's burning the middle east is in crisis the global economy is flagging everywhere you look there are dire problems serious catastrophes. meanwhile in davos everything is lovely the mountains the snowy landscape but it's just a backdrop there's plenty of tension around here too the little town in the swiss alps is tooled up again security fo

wrong for the island of cyprus there is some dispute about exploiting the gas fields on the mediterranean sea which turkey is trying to. kind of push ahead through its dealings in the region and greece is trying to. back against that that is the reason why greece wants to be at the table here as well now we are seeing pictures of the russian president arriving this is flooding me up this let's just get a oh absolutely larry putin now being having his hand shake by angela merkel and now into a new gutierrez the u.n. secretary general. it is a photo op we have been seeing continually as we. dip into these live pictures. one gets the sense that with the arrival of putin after of course everyone has already arrived that maybe we're about to kick things off. and they go and. you know i'm struck by something. as i hear both of you talking there are so many players so many interests and one wonders and i'm sure some of our viewers are major international waters but for those people who may not be you know just very interested in the fact that there's a conflict it's drawing in all of these players f

cold turkey is also signed in agreement which is given control of a large swathe of the eastern mediterranean sea which is at the center of a competition from regional countries searching for hydrocarbons also control of the territory also gives turkey control over the distribution of pipelines which are proposed to be being built from already discovered that gas fields in the eastern mediterranean so turkey says that this deal is crucial to turkish teach interest in its growing efforts to project its influence across the region ok now across the region goes all the way to europe this is being watched very closely here in europe as turkey is involved with the e.u. to guarantee that migrant flows are controlled and it has an agreement in place with brussels and libya is a major staging point for migrants heading to europe as well how does this factor in with the military intervention. well i think a lot of regional countries including europe are concerned that any to point to turkish forces for is a 3rd escalation in this conflict risking of a country's also being drawn into it more conflict would

turkey has not signed the law of the sea and claims areas of the mediterranean that greece and cypruslso claim under that law. countries tol the cooperate. but of course this has a prerequisite, which is international law and the spirit. willspondent: east med cost $7 billion to build, securing gas sales and bank loans will determine whether it happens. for now, governments are providing the political impetus. authorities in australia are rushing to rescue thousands of people stranded across the southeast of the country as more devastating bushfires are forecast for the weekend. with dozens of main roads closed, the only way out in some of these small towns. there were huge traffic jams for those who can still get out by car. they tried to rush to safety ahead of an expected heatwave on saturday. a state of disaster had been declared for the first time in victoria state, giving authorities broad powers to order evacuations. the weeklong state of emergency has just begun in new south wales. eight people have been killed this week. the death toll is expected to rise with 28 people still

this government concerning military assistance and also concerning economic interests in the mediterranean sea he will obviously wants to salvage those agreements he wants to salvage those interests that turkey is trying to implement in that region at the same time both turkey president out of iran and russia president putin are men who are trying to increase their influence in the region and they're not interested in fighting they're interested in having this influence so if they can find a way to divide up their interests there spheres of interest to the satisfaction of both parties then they will step away from an open conflict we've seen some of this happening in syria where both of these countries are also involved on opposite sides of the conflict where they have also agreed on some common moves some common measures in the conflict and that is possible here as well so if the 2 of them sit together at a table they will talk about what is your interest where do you want to. find oil. do you want to keep. you know to what extent are you going to get contracts for expanding oil fields for bu

for undersea oil and gas in these areas which are enormous thousands of square kilometers of mediterranean sea the greeks have not been invited to berlin precisely because of this reason because they have a particular interest in the outcome but that is in congress is what the european union said last december that's when europe sided with greece to say that the agreement between libya and turkey is illegal it produces no legal consequences for the greeks in other words it doesn't it's not binding legally upon the greeks and that it should be scrapped on the contrary the e.u. believes that that agreement creates insecurities and instability in the eastern mediterranean but clearly there are limits to european solidarity with greece as we're seeing in this weekend's talks so it is going to be interesting to see what general have to agrees with the greeks on his way to poland. presumably his aim is to carry at least a part of the greek message the greek does to that peace conference. the us military has admitted that some of its soldiers were injured in the iranian attack in iraq earlier this mo

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mediterranean sea big buildings industry the other hand is a.place where you find people actually enjoying the atmosphere like me. welcome to the german colony this place was stylish in 860 night by german templars the german temples was a group of religious people they came from sort of germany and you could still find a lot of historical places of the german heritage here in haifa. this is one of the german houses there just and i bought spoilage i don't know what it say's but i know that it became a post office. they may call me i think it means the kingdom of the lorries called me. this is the most important religious interest place here in haifa it's called the baha'i gardens the behind gardens are the center of the behind me and it was recognised of the heritage place for doing this go. look at this is not the best view had fun from the behind gardens you can see all the ports of here you can see the ships if you look over there the accuracy in my opinion is the best view of hazel. this is the shrine of the bob and bob was the founder of t

same week when we departed to tamworth port there were more than a 1000 people drowning in the mediterranean sea they can barely have been encouraged by our project so it's pretty clear that we have reaction to the problem and not to source of it that's pure luck she can also with the same argument you could actually stop the mountain rescue from taking place because that might also encourage of the columbus to take risks so if you take this pretty wrong arguments it's morally wrong it's also practically wrong and that's what i was so you've taken it upon yourself here you're out there rest. killing people now what more do you want to see from the authorities from the e.u. for example it's a pretty easy decision there is the european constitution and the european declaration of human rights and europe has to decide if we want to have those basic rights or not because human rights are worth nothing if they are not for so it cannot be that human rights are only for european passport holders so europe has to decide whether we want these human rights or not and that means to actually establish safe

also to mention turkey's interest with regards to mining in extracting natural resources in the mediterranean sea considering the 2 countries share maritime borders so turkey will be pursuing this very vigorously as it has over the past few weeks and all the signs show that as things gear up from the meetings that took place between erdogan and prime minister in istanbul 24 hours of or now these meetings that took place between him and the italian prime minister and then moving forward to this berlin conference that there is at least some semblance of a process that could provide some sort of hope that at least the fighting will end or at least pause for a while ok in general thank you for that update from ankara let's bring in steadfast and she's joining us from moscow to discuss more of that process that jamal was just referring to and particularly what's happening right now in moscow and if we have any information on whether have to inside hours themselves will be meeting. well all eyes are on moscow right now where the meeting has been going on for more than 6 hours already and i have to say

cradle to between last shells and the mediterranean sea barcelona is spain's 2nd biggest city. millions of people come here every year not only to enjoy the city's unique flair but all. to visit world famous buildings such as the. and the south africa both designed by architect antoni. but now barcelona could also become famous for its green ambitions by 2030 the city council's urban ecologists are looking to create an additional $160.00 hectares of green spaces that's one square meter per resident as well. it's a very ambitious plan that will take a lot of effort but local residents will benefit from these green spaces which will also help absorb pollutants and regulate temperatures that have been. a turning point that is much needed during recent decades barcelona's average temperature has risen by more than 2 degrees celcius now the city is looking to tackle the issue with a change in mindset and a range of green projects at the central glorious square that involved digging deep the busiest traffic junction in the city has become a major construction site soon cars will be d

biking they were attempting the dangerous crossing from libya hundreds of people have died in the mediterranean sea trying to reach europe. the death of an eritrean teenager and a detention camp in libya's capital this week has highlighted the plight of more than 40000 africans living in makeshift centers most were detained while attempting to flee violence and search for a new life in europe but aid agencies say conditions in tripoli camps are appalling tony but we visited one detention center near the libyan capital. driven by poverty or pushed by fear and persecution by the way most migrants escaping their homeland mostly in sub-saharan africa end up here on the coast of north africa libya can be the start of a bright new life for the beginning of a nightmare in the capital tripoli thousands wait each day for the chance of manual work the money they earn is used on a mediterranean crossing to europe sent back to their families or to buy food they come with a dream but the reality of life here is far from a dalit and doesn't i came here to make money and it's better than staying in your own count

part of the mediterranean sea that's a very long line. on the mediterranean and it has been sort of in a. minute 3 countries like mohamed let me just let me just interrupt you there we're just hearing mohammed we're just hearing that the motion has actually been passed so as expected the vote has been approved by the turkish parliament you said the government would see through the day they had the numbers that motion has been passed so what does this now mean muhammad. one of the men we just thought motto is high and before you see. boots on the ground in these men's that president add on to show up support for the government of national accord which is the un. the un recognized the government in tripoli is now going to get to port what the government in tripoli had requested for was not only just a minute here to trade most of that indicate that alia book also troops to give them a blocking that they need against all small clue for how to who is supported by countries in the. countries in the proper because that is. the countries the us p

the governments in tripoli and uncle are to work together on extracting castor oil from the mediterranean sea so that is a fact the company and i gather it is the primary reason or 2nd reason is this your thus far done is it still be looking at it because it does exist beyond that there is something very significant in 5 parties concerned when you look in terms of international politics today and national security gerty finds itself in recently i think to be in a region that is either run by absolute monarchy or. autocratic regimes in the one hand that are aligned. and to 2011 arab spring to mind egypt about the united arab emirates saudi arabian support will you. iran and its broccoli other 2 turkey is trying to carve its own kind of block the. old steel mills who are devoted to bring about some sort of acquittal in the whole equation but also to their interests political economic social you know really just to sort that it's been. demolished just briefly before we let you go what about this conference then in berlin conference on maybe that's scheduled for january 19th i believe will it go

great tech and also more influence on the eastern mediterranean sea and it's looking more and more likely that those countries the poles through turkey will have their way without the support of techies so turkey knows very well the time boundary deal would be obsolete if health and takes over power is what it is very keen to avoid on what all this is all about all right a moment of. mama thank you for that let's cross over now to libya's capital tripoli and talk to mahmoud up there why have the mood if so if this troop deployment in libya is approved by the turkish parliament how is it likely to change the balance of power on the ground there do you think. well we'll definitely change the balance of power on the ground because as you know the key is the measure of the military support of the west to the new camp led by the. government of national accord and all the west to the new camp in libya led by. you and bad the prime minister is relying on today's mandate to make a change on the ground in favor of the government forces as you know that recently have to his forces have been advanci

they'll just start all over again we spoke to one lady who'd tried 4 times to get across the mediterranean sea 4 times she being captured and one time she was kidnapped and abducted and her relatives back in nigeria had to pay a ransom that's a familiar story you hear over and over again so all there's no quick solution there's no hope for these people or that i can see it's pretty much a desperate one tony thank you for that tony burke the joining us live there from misrata rescuers are working to find survivors from a powerful earthquake in eastern turkey at least 22 people have been killed and more than 1000 injured buildings collapse near the a.p. center of the magnitude 6.8 trevor it's feared people are still trapped in the rubble of the epicenter was in a town of nearly 4000 people in the sparsely populated province of a logic and that's about 700 kilometers east of the capital ankara cinemas or has been to the seen in a lousy consent this update. turkey is present reza faith and on and leading members of his cabinet are here in order to make a survey in the street where we are where we

volcker's has stunned researches by traveling more than 6000 kilometers from iceland to the mediterranean sea in just a few weeks i was spotted by fishermen in italy who could hardly contain their excitement. well it's a good job. better than this amateur video captured assigned few people would ever have expected in the mediterranean. these 2 italian fishermen certainly never imagined that when they went out into the strait of messina near sicily they'd encounter 3 massive killer whales swimming alongside their boat the 1st thing they noticed was the giant fins reaching out of the water going quite a lot we never seen anything like it and then we realized it was a killer whale 1st we were scared animals are twice the size of my vote but then the excitement overcame the fear we managed to film the video. uploaded to. researchers say the orcas are part of the same group that came from iceland and was spotted off north western italy earlier this month it's one of the longest migration routes ever recorded for the species the killer whales can be found around the globe they generally favor cold

migrants are some of the estimated 40000 detained in libya most were arrested trying to cross the mediterranean sea to europe at this center in zawiya west of tripoli there are almost 500 detainees some of whom have been held for 4 years many of applied for political asylum or settlement in europe it's a place of bad living conditions and broken dreams 16 year old adel de brett see on a skate political persecution in eritrea with a dream of a new life his life ended in a detention center in tripoli when he died in mysterious circumstances aid organizations say that getting explanations and access to migrant centers isn't easy it is a sovereign state and where we can advocate to. improve the conditions close the centers and find alternatives to this approach but. in the state that the country is in right now. it's very very difficult undertaking. the cash strapped internationally recognized libyan government says it's doing its best under the circumstances but can't adequately help its own people who've been displaced in the conflict let alone migrants that's no comfort to a large who is from nigeri

boundary agreement it signed with libya which gives tekkie greater influence in the eastern mediterranean sea but that drew under from across the region and beyond moments after the bill was passed egypt condemned take his libya plan saying it could destabilize the region and called on the international community to respond on a list hi of the redoubles hundreds in the position of critics of the turkish plan why they were not alarmed when. judge roberts militia from of darfur. were in white it too from libya by half their groups why they were not alarmed by russian wagnerian mercenaries their turkey is sists it's on the right side of history and now seems set to send its troops to leave. unka. well the u.s. president donald trump did warn the turkish president mr the one against foreign interference in libya he says it could further complicate the situation in life now to washington and our correspondent gabriel elizondo gape hi there was mr trump in saying. trump spoke to aired on just a couple hours after that vote in turkey that could potentially send troops to libya and we got a very brie

turkey is also science in agreement which is given its control over large swathes of the eastern mediterranean sea which is the center of the competition from regional countries searching for hydrocarbons also control the territory also gives turkey a control over the distribution all for pipelines which are proposed to be being built from already discovered to gas fields in the eastern mediterranean so turkey says that this deal is crucial to touch teacher interest in his growing efforts to project his influence across the region. you're watching news still to come growing fresh food in one of the world's northernmost settlements we need to pioneer this making it possible. but 1st it's to kenya where 200000 people live in the dadaab refugee camp it's one of the biggest such camps in the world and it's been home to thousands of somalis for nearly 3 decades the kenyan government's plan to close it has been postponed repeatedly and humanitarian aid for the camp has been considerably reduced in recent years and most recently food rations have been cut our correspondent melanie current about reports n

declaration here that whereas when. 4 of the united kingdom has handed over the jews from the mediterranean sea all the way to the jordanian iraqi border the modern day job any iraqi border a state of their own now obviously that is at least only a declaration by principle but he was ratified by the league of nations in the year 922 and when the league of nations died down it went on to the u.n. and ever since by international law of the land what today is considered to be israel gaza the west bank and jordan is in fact should be on their job should be under jewish solvent now you say about about present day actions about the international community you know their national community is only realizing the more time goes by that israel is not the problem which starts the middle east turmoil here it is in fact iran. our bus always goes hog and kissing the iranian ayatollahs they see that the international community sees that they cannot say that out loud 5 just like that they have their own obligations say the european union which is totally despised even by the major city of europeans themselves