we want to go to cnn contributor barbie nadeau, who joins us live from rome.t more are you able to tell us about these two tragedies at sea? yeah you know, this is just another deadly weekend here in the mediterranean. understanding that around 60. people are still missing. when those two boats went down. the italian authorities are telling coast guard were involved in the rescue of 3300 people on 58 boats between saturday and sunday, people leaving tunisia trying to reach the italian island of lampedusa. now you have to go back to 2011 the beginning of the arab spring to see an exodus from tunisia to this extent, and the italian authorities are calling on the european union to try to do something to help stop the flow of migrants coming out of there to try to deal with the economic situation there. that seems to be what is the major driving force out of tunisia. right now, most of the time these boats are coming from libya. we haven't seen as many boats coming from there instead, coming from tunisia is much closer to get to the italian island of lampedusa fro

for more, let's go to cnn contributor barbie nadeau who joins me live from rome.hearing more on these operations going on right now. there are around 1,800 migrants and refugees caught up in these rescue operations. the italian coast guard, as you mentioned, had to call in more backup from the navy to try to rescue some of these people, bringing these boats in to safety. this is a highly unusual for boats to be off the coast of calabria. >> why is there such an uptick in arrivals? >> reporter: yeah, you know, that is the big question right now. there have been about, as of thursday, 17,600 and some arrivals this year so far. that's almost four times more than last year or the year before at this time. usually these boats don't come across the mediterranean this time of year. they usually come when the weather is a little bit better. it's still winter seas out there. one of the things they're looking at are who are on these boats. we're hearing a lot of people from afghanistan are on these latest arrivals. a lot of people from the ivory coast are also from the boat

thanks so much barbie nadeau in rome.suspected war crime in a stunning survival caught on camera in ukraine. the victims were ukrainian couple who ended up at the wrong place at the wrong time. ivan watson has this exclusive report. from a battlefield in eastern ukraine, a desperate call for help as a ukrainian woman pleads for her wounded husbands life. footage from last june shows the moment when a ukrainian couple took a wrong turn towards an active frontline. their car came under fire from nearby russian forces , badly wounding the driver. valeria panama rovers husband was injured and immediately began to bend it. his head incident captured on video by a drone piloted by ukrainian soldiers and later compiled into a documentary by the ukrainian director lubomir levitsky. barajas yesterday turned it fell on my knees and just screamed with the master agonizing cry. i didn't know who's drawn. it was our forces or the enemy pilot taped a sign saying, follow me on his drone and directed panama rover to safety. she made the

barbie nadeau for us in rome really appreciate it. and donald trump is appealing a recent court ruling that would force several of his former aides to testify about efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election. now among those aids crucially, mark meadows, his former chief of staff, and that's, according to two sources familiar with the grand jury's criminal investigation. the mid march ruling was the latest in a series of defeats for the former u. s president. he has been trying to block the testimony of his former staff and allies on the grounds of executive privilege. britain's king charles the third is set to address the german parliament in the coming hours and meet with ukrainian refugees have sought sanctuary there. but when he and his wife camilla arrived in berlin on wednesday, it was time for a ceremony. pageantry and symbolism. our max foster was there. grand entrance fit for a king's first official state visit charles and his wife, camilla, the queen consort. welcome to germany with a 21 gun salute and a fly past. in

barbie nadeau in rome. thank you so much. in a move likely to intensify an already volatile situation. u. s officials say your drone attack targeted base housing u. s troops in syria is the fifth attack against u. s troops in the country since thursday. the us blames the attacks on iranian proxies and affiliated militias linked to iran's islamic revolutionary guard corps. thursday american forces launched retaliatory airstrikes against facilities linked to the guard corps and warned of more strikes if attacks on us forces continued in response to iranian officials warned the us of revenge if its forces are targeted in syria. hope of finding more survivors phase following a deadly explosion at a pennsylvania candy factory ahead. details on the challenges first responders are facing. back on the campaign trail for a third run. donald trump drummed a familiar beat on the outcome of the 2020 race and addressed some of the legal challenges. he's facing details next. when you find your reason to go on.. pull you pasassed the doubt,

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nadeau has agreed on a new strategic concept for the bloc and is going to develop relations with thee asia-pacific region, while the united states of america is actually building a new axis, similar to the one that developed on the eve of world war ii. this is only part of vladimir putin's statement in an interview with the media he gave the day before the president also touched upon the chinese leader's state visit to russia issues of cooperation between moscow and beijing transparent there is nothing secret. we also have military cooperation. we are teaching. well, by the way, not only with china, but with other countries, we are still continuing, despite the events, and in the donbass, there in zaporozhye , we are continuing our muscles. this is all transparent, but this is not a military alliance. what to do, united states do they create? all new and new nato alliances, uh, it means that it has agreed on a new, uh , strategic concept for the development of the bloc, and it is directly written there that nato is going to develop relations with the countries of the asia-pacific reg

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barbara nadeau is monitoring developments in ukraine. joins us now from rome, barbie what is happening elsewhere in the east? yeah. you know, this has been a very contentious area . ukraine says they warded off 38 attacks in 24 hours. and this, of course, just speaks to the importance of the continued support in terms of tanks and ammunition and weapons and weapons systems and air defense systems that have been donated by the rest of europe. you know this this war this battle, as ivan said in his packet is really really putting a lot of pressure on ukraine, but this gives ukraine and president zelensky. a lot more power, i guess in terms of asking for continued support, which has become increasingly contentious here across europe later. oh, thank you so much for that update. the investigation into donald trump takes a new turn as a federal judge orders several former top advisers to testify about the events of january, 6th and his former lawyer answers questions before a grand jury details just ahead. good morning, everyone so glad you c

nadeau is live from rome. bobby, this is all sounding very encouraging. that's right.he vatican issued a statement last night ng he was responding to the antibiotics for his respiratory infection, and he tweeted from his twitter account . pontifex i am touched by the many messages received in these hours and i express my gratitude for the closeness and prayer and you know people around him say that he is doing a little bit of work is reading. the newspaper is having breakfast things like that. this is a very important week coming up, and it might take some sort of divine intervention to get him, you know, to celebrate the palm sunday mass. this coming weekend , but everyone around the world catholics and non catholics alike are hoping that he can in some way be well enough to participate in the easter week festivities week from now, bianca today in rome. thank you. in a few days. donald trump is expected to leave his florida home and surrender in new york on numerous charges of business rules. just ahead. we'll hear what some of his strongest supporters have to say abo

nadeau joins us now from rome, bobby, what more do we know about the pontus condition and how serious it might be? well, you know, the vatican has not said anything officially about his first night in the hospital, so we're expecting to maybe hear something a little bit later this morning. this is really important week coming up here in rome. it's holy week, starting with palm sunday this coming sunday, leading all the way up to easter sunday. now this is one of the most important times for the pope. he makes several appearances of you know that we don't know if he's going to be able to do that, if he's spending a couple of days, as they say in the hospital we understand he has a respiratory infection now put, francis was head of part of his lung removed when he was a young man in argentina. so of course that's worrying. a man 86 year old man , any of us would worry about a grandparent or older parents that age who has been in and out of the hospital. he had colon surgery a couple of years ago. he's in a wheelchair because of difficulty with his knee, so he's not actually a very healt

cnn's barbie nadeau live in rome with more barbie. do you know? do you expect the pope to miss easter celebrations this year? well, that's the big question. everyone's mind here. now he's supposed to officiate over big mass on palm sunday and they've told us that he will be in the hospital for several days. it looks a little bit if he whether he'd be able to participate on sunday. it may be that he'll be well enough to take part in some of the regular things he does during easter holy week, which is so important, but it's just too soon to tell. you know he's been ailing. for the last couple of years. he had colon surgery a couple of years ago. he's in a wheelchair because of knee problems. he's missing part of his lung. that was something that happened when he was in seminary in argentina and so respiratory infection for someone with that sort of compromised. health is worrying . he's 86 years old. we're expecting some more news from the vatican about his condition, but everyone certainly in rome is waiting to see what happens absolutely, and wish