illegal migrants from the middle east north africa. and greece taking the biggest. police. simply have too much power. also. right here at about. six. thirty in morning in just a few minutes here on our. social media. religious zealotry claimed. if you're just joining us welcome to the program here on our. world headlines. a shake up of europe's asylum policies because it's struggling to deal with. immigrants things have just gotten worse over the last several years as large numbers of refugees conflicts in the middle east and north africa some of which were fueled by italy's more hawkish colleagues now more than. risking their lives many never making it and italy and greece are among the most affected putting pressure on their already burdened economies let's bring us the numbers for you to give you a broader scope of exactly what we're talking about. the official stats suggest that migrants from outside the e.u. amounts are more than twenty million and in italy every twentieth man is a registered immigrant in greece though the numbers even higher at more than seven percen

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right but isn't that i mean the situation in the middle east and north africa does not seem to be improving anytime soon but so who should be helping these millions of displaced people if the view closes or controls its borders or whatever you say. i think we have to see to it that many of these people people that are really a real refugees that they should be held in their region and that would be the most ideal situation because it's just not possible for the e.u. to accept all the refugees coming from syria from sudan from all these countries that have serious problems we can just not have them all coming to the european union what we should do is help these countries help these regions to. to to to accept refugees that to help the refugees there so that they can go back to that country as soon as possible as soon as the problems of being on the. all right interesting that yesterday the e.u.'s foreign affairs chief catherine ashton said the e.u. should use military grade drones for border surveillance or do you make of this suggestion and could it strengthen border control that. i think

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winning hearts and minds and i would say pretty consistently with the various invasions in the middle east north africa horn of africa and south asian central asia it's not so that's what we need to look at what do you think the world community should do for a libya the sort of the choice of michael if these are keeping is that go ahead go ahead we're going to say anything all right i'm not no i'm not because as soon as i start talking you're going to start talking again go ahead no there is a slight time delay when i saw you starting to speak i shut up so please which go ahead. that the other side of that michel is that what we don't know you and i don't know is is how many threats against america and american interest specifically have been thwarted by those drone strikes and i'm not a huge fan of the drone strikes either i have a nice i have some some truly ethical issues with it but that but if if you first agree that we're still in a war and you don't have to agree with that but i do then then winning the hearts and minds it's not the same thing as as a war between states it's the isa metrical war

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thousands of flooded italy many fleeing from conflicts and revolutions that have shaken the middle east and north africa many make the perilous journey on dangerously overcrowded boats and never make it the latest disaster so more than five hundred drowned italy's prime minister has warned his european colleagues this tragedy would not be the last. well here's a detailed look at the routes asylum seekers are taking many syrians travel towards greece turkey and the majority of north african migrants head to the italian island of lampedusa and sicily i'll go in a moroccan national say alive it's a france or spain now france is among the most popular destinations alongside germany and the u.k. but it's italy and greece that bear the brunt as according to e.u. laws asylum seekers entering without authorization are obliged to remain in the country they first arrived in now here are some numbers for you official statistics suggest that migrants from outside the e.u. amount to more than twenty million in italy every twentieth man is a registered immigrant while thousands are believed to live there illegally in

flooded italy many of fleeing from conflicts and revolutions that have recently shaken the middle east and north africa most people make the perilous journey on dangerously overcrowded boats and may never take make it the last disasters so more than five hundred people drowning italy's prime minister has warned his european colleagues this tragedy would not be the last of its kind let's now take a look. now at the roots asylum seekers are taking to europe many syrians travel towards greece via turkey and the majority of north african migrants are heading to the italian island of lampedusa and sicily algerian and morrow can nationals say either to spain or france and france is actually among the most populous states migrants choose their final destination alongside germany and the u.k. but it's a chilly and agrees that bear the brunt of the growing influx right now as according to current laws asylum seekers entering without proper authorization are obliged to remain in the country they first arrived in and here are some numbers for you official statistics suggest migrants from outside the amount to mor

fled italy many of fleeing from conflicts and revolutions that have recently shaken the middle east and north africa most people make the perilous journey on dangerously overqualified boats and many never make it the latest disaster more than five hundred people drowning italy's prime minister has warned his european colleagues this tragedy would not be the last of its kind and here's a detailed look at the roots asylum seekers are taking many syrians travel towards greek shores via turkey the majority of north african migrants head to the it turn an island of lampedusa and sicily here and algerian and moroccan nationals say either to france or to spain france is among the most populous destinations alongside germany and the u.k. but it's a silly and agrees that bear the brunt as according to current laws asylum seekers and train without proper authorization are obliged to remain in the country the first arrived in and here are some numbers for official statistics addressed migrants from outside the e.u. amount to more than twenty eight million and usually every twenty is a registered immigrant whil

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thousands of flooded italy many fleeing from conflicts and revolutions that have shaken the middle east and north africa many make the perilous journey on dangerously overcrowded boats and never be kit well the latest disasters for more than five hundred drown italy's prime minister has warned his european colleagues this tragedy would not be the last. well here's a detailed look at the. routes asylum seekers are taking many syrians travel towards greece via turkey and the majority of north african migrants head to the italian island of lampedusa in sicily algeria morocco nationals go either to france or spain and france is among the most popular destinations alongside germany and the u.k. but it's italy and greece that bear the brunt because as according to laws asylum seekers entering without authorization are obliged to remain in the country they first arrive in already as you go to because of reports on those who prefer a life in limbo to the chaos of home. they want to buy the food from every opiate of sudan than traveled to libya and finally reach sicily after what must have been the most nerve wr

is that arc of conflict throughout the middle east and north africa and the horn of africa making thingsorse and how much worse? >> it certainly is making things worse. people flee because of violence. they also flee state ow oppress. where you have oppressive control of the population there. no independent you. >>> you. >>> dishary when you don't have donconflict you have good reasos why they are fleeing these countries. >> you fled a decade ago what drove you to leave? >> i left the country and i was a stay tuned an student and i wf the student movement over there. and once the student movement was crushed by the government we were all at risk that were part of the movement. at some point i got a scholarship there and i was not allowed to leave the country. i walked out of the country to sudan like many of the refugees and from sudan i flew up her. >> that must have been incredibly hard to make it here. >> bill, the refugees we have seen dying on the rickety boats they must not have much money. is that why we see them ending up in this situation trying to get to europe. >> there is no

we comes from countries if around the world, from europe and from the east and north africa and from the middle east, of course. there are so many lanes spoken from africa. so there are people of color in israel, different colors and languages, different flavors. and i think that we're all united with one thing, our belief that is israel our home. >> israel has a government, i think of it as a way that great britain functions. it's a system so people vote for a party, not necessarily and individual but people know who is on a party list. so the party that gets the most votes gets to run the government and they become the prime minister, the number one on the list? >> that is usually the case. we have a parliament system similar to the british model and they vote for a party and idea. and sometimes that that appear will become the prime minister if he's able to form a coalition. in order to form a coalition or in order to is a government in place, since we have 120 seats, he needs 61, a majority of 61. usually the parties don't get over 60. they get less. so they cannot form a government by hims

everyone from the middle east or north africa would call themselves first and foremost a muslim rather than a citizen of their country or a man or a woman or a member of their ethnic group or so on. i think we really generalize and stereotype both sort of in ways that are positive and negative, but they still end up being generalizations that don't reflect the complexed lived reality on the ground, and people of muslim heritage have as many diverse relationships as in other religious backgrounds. some believe, some don't. some practice; some don't. some practice in different ways, but it's not the way they choose to identify themselves saying i'm pakistani, turkish, algeria, south asian, and so on. i think if there is one single thing i'm asking people to do is to recognize the incredible rich diversities of those we simply now call muslim. >> a member says i worked in international development for almost 15 years living in afghanistan, e just a minute, and iraq. the dialogue is ongoing all these years. prior to 9/11, activists called for intervention in afghanistan because of the trea

opec report ad drop in the september out put and renewed concerns over supplies in the middle east and north africal america's output, our numbers become a determining number in the price we pay for oil and gas? we have steven schork, from from the schork report. phil flynn, senior market analyst. i'm not exaggerating. these guys are the best in the business. steve, first to you, when will our you'd putnam members affect the price we pay. >> shoally but -- slowly but surely. we have past five years come down from 12 million barrels we imported to 7 million barrels. we're produces as much oil as we are importing it. the problem in the u.s., which can not get the oil where we need it. it is produced in canada up along saskatchewan plain, produced in bakken in the heartland and permanent me an in west texas. we need to get oil to refineries in philadelphia, refineries in houston, refineries in west coast to turn all the cheap crude oil what we need, gasoline and diesel fuel. this is a ongoing process. we made great strides over the past two years with getting this oil, mainly through trains. now, what

congress aimed at presenting more coverage of the middle east in north africa, alhora i believe is thetion there. >> reporter: bill and kelly, if you guys can still hear me, i can tell you that there were it shall just by coincidence, there were a number of news crews down here on the west front of the capitol. the satellite truck we're actually broadcasting to you now from was parked here by coincidence because reporters were doing stories about the federal government shutdown. they're interviews tourists. talking to federal workers all out of work. enjoying what has been up until now a beautiful day here on the national mall. so this is the place where a lot of cameras already were. then suddenly this high speed chase comes into the scene. a number of camera people apparently were able to just immediately train their cameras on it and capture at least a portion of it in action as you've been describing. a lot of news crews here. of course, washington, d.c., is a very heavily covered area. what i'd like to see at some point now is what we can see from the white house perspective. what

east african-american nation. my migrant ships have landed on the island since the arab spring uprising in north africa and the middle east. more recently people fleeing the civil war in syria so arrived there. >>> a tropical storm in indochina has caused flooding that claimed more than 70 lives and damaged over 1 million homes. the rainy season in the southeast asian peninsula brought downpours since last month. they said flooding in the country's northeast and areas have killed 27 people and inundated around 140,000 homes. cambodia's officials say flooding occurred killing 39 people and damaging roughly 10,000 homes over the past two weeks. vietnam's media reports that the tropical storm made landfall this week, killing nine people, injuring 199 others and damaging about 220,000 homes main low in central vietnam. they are warning that rain could continue through mid-october. tokyo electric power company officials said they failed to investigate how much water a tank on a line of water can hold. >> we have to confess that another leak happened. we are very sorry for this. >> about 430 leaders of highly radioactive w

special forces in libya has become a lightning rod for jihadists throughout north africa and middle east. after capture in tripoli street by delta forces there are new calls to kidnap american citizens in retaliation for al-libi's capture and significantly jihadists are being urged to act immediately. one twitter message reads in part, quote, there is no need to consult with anyone to kidnap an american. after demonstrations protesting the al-libi raid previously unknown group calling itself the white benghazi rebels is posting threats on social media to sabotage gas pipelines and kidnap americans as well. a leading counselter terrorism analyst says the threats can not be dismissed. >> the calls are most likely credible because we know that from the senior al qaeda leadership on down, we've seen repeatedly this idea they will kidnap americans and hold them hostage in exchange for senior jihadists. >> reporter: analyst who is track social media in north africa and middle east say the chatter is significant and shows how jihadists are laughing on to the al-libi case because kidnap somethin

security control but we get eboats arriving off italy's southern shore from all along north africa and in the middle east in the recent months and weeks a large number of seerns coming. ll people -- sirians coming. all people desperate to try to reach southern italy and they can unite in europe. >> alan, what happens to the survivors in this case, but those who have come on shore in the past? >> on a daily basis, italy is taking in people that the time of year. this is the season, if you like, the sea is calmer in late summer, and early autumn, and there are boats arriving almost every day. there are reception centers groaning full in parts of lit i. italy feels it's very much on the front line of this great flow of migrants a sense the rest of europe isn't doing enough to help the italians cope with this influx. some people are sent back and some are allowed to stay. in go on drifting north europe, but it is an ongoing problem. as i say, italy is felt it's left alone to deal with too often. >> thank you very much. now, we've got developing news coming into us from nigeria. officials say a chartered airp

forces in tripoli, libya, has become lightning rod for jihadists in north africa and middle east.ter capture in tripoli street by delta force soldiers where he was snatched from a vehicle with months of planning back to at least may he was transferred to new york city federal court. two choices who track jihadist social media messaging tell fox news there are new calls to kidnap american citizens in retaliation. significantly jihadists are being urged to act immediately. one twitter message reads in part, quote, no need to consult with anyone to kidnap an american. after demonstrations protesting the al-libi raid, a previously unknown group identifying itself as the white benghazi rebels is posting new threats on social media to sabotage gas pipelines and also kidnap americans. analyst who is track the social media messages in north africa and middle east say the chatter is significant and suggest the kidnapping of americans has a tacit approval of the al qaeda senior leadership, bill. bill: stay on it, cat epthin. i know you will. catherine herridge in washington d.c. jamie: foll

special forces in tripoli, libya, has become a lightning rod for jihadists throughout north africa and the middle eastr his capture october 5th in this street by delta force soldiers where he was snatched from his vehicle after months of planning and surveillance, al-libi was briefly questioned and transferred to new york city for a federal trial. two sources who track jihadist social media messaging tell fox news there are new calls to kidnap american citizens in retaliation, and jihadists are being urged to act immediately. one twitter message reads in part, quote: there is no need to consult with anyone to kidnap an american citizen. and after demonstrations protesting the al-libi raid, a previously unknown group calling its the white benghazi rebels is posting social media to kidnap american citizens as well. analysts who track the messaging tell fox news the chatter is significant, and it suggests the kidnapping of americans has a tacit approval of al-qaeda's senior leadership. let's health so is security going to be stepped up in response to this? >> reporter: fox news asked the state department

special forces from this libyan neighborhood has become a lightning rod for jihadists in north africa in the middle eastces who tracked the social media traffic tell fox news that there is a, quote, significant chatter calling for the kidnapping of american citizens in retaliation. significantly extremists are being urged to act immediately and on their own. one twitter message reads, quote, do not consult anyone in the kidnapping of americans. and after these demonstrations , a little known group calling itself the benghazi rebels are posting threats on social media to sabotage gas pipelines and kidnap americans. the cia and the terrorism center in the nation's hub for intelligence am sis are aware of the -- analysis are aware of the threats. an official emphasized that the al-qaeda leadership publicly endorsed kidnapping as a prisoner swap to force the released of terrorists in u.s. custody including the blind shake. fox news. >>> the terrorism unit is investigating two laser pointer attacks on the cockpits of planes approaching one of the busiest airports new york city laguardia. it happened this wee

agenda spreading from central north africa right away to the middle east in syria. we hear the stories every day. states were tod take the position that it remains in a state of armed to alct -- in relation qaeda -- with all of these organizations, wherever they are, then of course the united states would be in dimming itself to a permanent state of war. -- in dimming itself to permit a state of war. yemen ands at war in region ofin the fatah pakistan because it considers itself to being gauged -- engaged in a war with the al qaeda-related groups in those areas. is,answer to your question i think there is a real realization within the administration -- you see hints may speech from the president, but we also see marks possibly in some of the speeches that have been made by former officials like jeh johnson. a real realization that in order to bring this conflict to an end, the effective way to do that is not to have an ever- expanding list of so-called co- belligerence organizations. ,> in everson, --ben emmerson you have called on britain and the u.s. to release co

north africa. the strategy, it seems to me increasingly is for you now to move your upstream focus away from the middle east and the north african market. can you talk to us a little bit about why you've taken that decision? >> yes. omv is a fortune 500 company. as such, we have moved into downstream and now we have changed much more going into up stre stream. therefore, made decision recently to move into the -- and we have two areas in europe. one is upstream and the other one is the deep part of the black sea in romania. >> but i conclude from that that, really, you've had enough in the instability in the middle eastern region and that it's better to bring it back to a european strategy. >> it's once more portfolio issue and i think you have to have the right balance and, therefore, to get the right balance, with future investments and we have this huge recovery in the black sea and that is before investment this upcoming year. >> can i ask you, what do you think the regrowth prospects are inspect. >> 4% per year, including the sector but we've made substantial discoveries in the north part of the north

and when you look at what's aping in north africa -- happening in north africa and what's happening in the middle east, this is a struggle that is happening on multiple continents. the leadership, though, sits in this particular region which is why i'm just going to end my comment here by noting that this is what makes this particular theater so critically important, is the leadership structure sits here. >> fred? >> i second all of those comments. it is quite true that mullah omar never swore allegiance to osama bin laden because, actually, it was the other way around. osama bin laden swore allegiance to mullah omar. as we talk about disaggregating al-qaeda and the taliban, it's important to understand that they have been aggregated for two decades. and as you say, there has been -- there actually have been arguments about whether to break with al-qaeda. there was a big argument in the '90s about whether to break with al-qaeda when omar was on one side. guess who won? there was a fight when after 9/11 we demanded they handed over osama bin laden. mullah omar said no way, and haqqani said no way. so t

when you look at what is happening with north africa and the middle east. it's happening on mulled. continent. the leadership, though, sits in this particular renal. i'm going end the comment here. it makes the particular theater so critically important is the leadership structure sits here. i second all of the comment. it is quite true that he never swore allegiance to bin laden. because actually it was the other way around. bin laden swore allegiance to him. as we talk about this aggravating al qaeda and the taliban, it's important to understand they have for two decade. and as you say, there have been arguments about whether to -- there was a big argument. he was on the other side. guess who won? there was a fight when we demanded after 9/11 bin laden. one would think it would be a good moment to break with al qaeda. he said no way and they said no way. so these are groups that have been fighting together and for each other for a long time. and i know there are people who think they can see in to his soul and believe they, you know, if they could only talk to him are a little bro

north africa. some of the countries in the middle east. they were also in russia. that is just the short list. theyring this time, published together. what was that aspect of their career? >> she had published pieces on geology on her own. biography onas a the creator of the seismograph. the work that they did together was a translation of a treatise on mining. it was written in latin and had a lot of technical latin terms. she had studied latin and they used a translator. it won an award and it was the first award given by the association for mining and metallurgy. gave the remarks and excepted the metal. accepted the metal. >> david is from chicago. >> hi. i just want to ask about the relationship with the white house staff. book whenlian park's it came out. they did not return mrs. hoover is a very nice person. apparently, she and the president wanted the white house staff to disappear. were jumping into closets and hiding behind curtains. they did not speak to the staff. in addition, i read that mrs. using would communicate hand signals and that drove the white house staff crazy. he did no

when you look at what is happening in north africa, look what is happening in the middle east, this is a struggle that is happening on multiple continents. the leadership, though, sits in this particular region. which is why i'm going to end my comments here by noting that this is what makes this particular theater so critically important. the leadership structure sits here. >> i second all of those comments. mullah ote true that mar never swore allegiance to osama bin laden. because it was the other way around. osama bin laden swore allegiance to mullah omar. as we talk about disaggregating al qaeda and the taliban, it is important to understand they have been aggregated for two decades. there have been arguments about whether to break with al qaeda. it was a big argument in the 1990's. omar was on one side, guess who won? there was a fight over to hand over of some bin laden -- osama bin laden. these are groups that have been fighting together and for each other for a long time. i know there are people who think they can see into mullah omar's soul and believe if only they could talk

when you look at what is happening in north africa, look what is happening in the middle east, this isstruggle that is happening on multiple continents. the leadership, though, sits in this particular region. which is why i'm going to end my comments here by noting that this is what makes this particular theater so critically important. the leadership structure sits here. >> i second all of those comments. it is quite true that mullah omar never swore allegiance to osama bin laden. because it was the other way around. osama bin laden swore allegiance to mullah omar. as we talk about disaggregating al qaeda and the taliban, it is important to understand they have been aggregated for two decades. there have been arguments about whether to break with al qaeda. it was a big argument in the 1990's. mullah omar was on one side, guess who won? there was a fight over to hand over of some bin laden -- osama bin laden. these are groups that have been fighting together and for each other for a long time. i know there are people who think they can see into mullah omar's soul and believe if only th