, that is telling us something that there's this desire to solve the crisis both in north africa an in europe. >> dominic we'll leave it there. thank you very much indeed. barnaby phillips, life in catania, the southern island of sicily. all the nice words barnaby dealing with the situation you and others are seeing there firsthand. >> surely it is a dramatic situation on the mediterranean sea, david. we're expecting before night fall here in catania that some 28 survivors will be brought ashore. the dramatic sinking perhaps as many as 900 were on board 700 different accounts. italian prime minister mateo renzi, giving an account one was a dinghy, 100 to 150 on board, and another account 300 to 350 on board. we don't know what happened to those ships. here is what mr. renzi had to say. about >> what we are witnessing these hours in the mediterranean is much more than a ship wrep, we shipwreck but a grave humanitarian crisis, which needs to be addressed and therefore requires a solid response from the entire international community. >> barnaby, is it near to impossible to catch the traf

. >> migrants leaving north africa for tajt italian waters, this child was saved three people are alreadyonfirmed dead, including another youngster it's not known how many are still missing. on malta bodies from saturday night's drowning catastrophe are being brought ashore. just 24 corpse ves courses have been course corpse 24 corpses have been recovered. survivors are on their way to the sicilian port of catania. this is a deadly period for migrants trying to cross into europe. some 11,000 people have been rescued in the past ten days. the capacity with which the italians regard these migrants, with this memorial is a monument for those who don't make it. 15 graves of adults, two are children. the words on them are the words of the poet laureate from nigeria, and the hope is, that the rest of europe now can show a similar degree of empathy as is shown here. there will be a european summit meeting on thursday. how many more migrants will have died by then? paul brennan, al jazeera catania, sicily. >>> the european union foreign policy chief frederica mogherini announced measures to stop

in the past week hundreds of migrants have died after their boats sank on the journey from north africa to europe. the u.n. said that more than 110,000 people have fled fighting between iraqi government forces and the islamic state in iraq and the levant. in the city of are a ramadi. >>> now the trial against al jazeera journalists mohamed fahmy, baher mohammed has been adjourned in egypt. they're being retried for allegedly harming national security and aiding the banned muslim muslim brotherhood. they and al jazeera deny those accusations. proceedings will presume on april 20th. >>> at least 17 people have been killed in bombings about syrian government planes in and around damascus. activists say seven of those killed were in residential areas in the suburb of douma. dozens more were injured. >>> no. at least ten people have been killed in six attacks there. opposition activists have accused assad's forces of more than 1700 strikes across syria in the past three weeks. a man has been arrested in france who they say was planning an imminent attacks on one or more churches. the interio

we've seen the collapse of governments throughout the middle east and north africa. what i find most interesting is nobody is talking about who pays for this how does this work. clearly the united states can step up and it never has altered or stepped away from a challenge like this to embrace humanitarian crises like this. the issue really becomes, how do you get at the root cause? i totally agree it's better to have a problem solved in syria, libya, and north africa and elsewhere in the middle east than launch a bunch of folks on boats. the only price of admission is how much they can afford to pay the smugglers. that's where we get into a problem with the potential integration of terrorists in that type of a scenario we see. >> it's a human tragedy unfolding right now. you're both absolutely right. francois thanks very much for joining us. good luck in all the important work you're doing. spider thank to you as well. we have a lot more on this shocking story coming up but there's other shocking developments happening right now. isis going ahead, beheading, killing

those captured troops from north africa italy from sicily. it was a remarkable time because on the road, there was not civilian traffic. there were tire rations. gasoline rations. the whole nation was involved in the war. route 66, filled with troop convoys, our g.i.'s taking one last visit before they shipped out. the war ended, what happened? america had prosperity, of course. those g.i.'s came home. what did they come home to? they came home to the g.i. bill. they got to go to college. they got to buy a house that he good rate. they got to marry their sweetheart. then everybody got a brand-new car. cars were made again. and we had to show our family where we trained at the great lakes or oklahoma or california. and people took to the road and that wartime blended right into peacetime and into the great come along heyday of route 66, late 1940's, throughout the 1950's, 1960's, even into the 1970's. even after president eisenhower in 1956 signed actually the death wore it for the roads, the interstate highway act which led to the creation of

recent attention has been focused on migrants leaving north africa for italian waters. this stricken vessel came from turkey and hit rocks on this island. this child was saved but three people are already confirmed dead including another youngster. it's not known how many are still missing. on malta, bodies are being brought ashore. just 24 corpses have been recovered but as many as 900 drowns when they capsized off the coast of libya on saturday night. of the hundreds on board, just 28 were saved. those survivors survivors are on their way to sicily where aid workers are on stand by. this has been a deadly period for migrants trying to cross into europe. the compassion with which those in sicily regard them is vividly illustrated here with this memorial, a monument to those who don't make it. there are 15 graves of adults and two of children. the names of those in the graves will never be known but the words on it are from the poet lauriet from africa. there will be a european summit meeting on thursday. how many more will have died by then. paul brennan, al jazeera. s

they even see a role for ireland encouraging milk supply in north africa. >> markets like algeria hugely exciting markets. the countries that have to import their dairy this commercial is a very exciting one and we are going to make sure we take advantage of that in a way that's responsible and sustainable. >> so the ending of quotas is a huge which is here. emerald isle is green and wet and full of kales. only fool would consider there wasn't a pot of gold at the end of that rainbow. >>> killing at least five people heavy winds sent trees crashing down and also damaged buildings. australia reaustria and poled has also been affected. erica wood has more. >> this wind farm is south africa's showpiece for wind energy. the government says it wants 40% of its power to come from solar and wind energy in the next three years. in the meantime electricity come from stationed powered by coal. >> the environmental charity greenpeace say katrina's symptoms are common in this area. in the district where katrina lives is home to 11 coal powered stations and another is under construction. this region

it gives to italy, greece and malta to deal with influx of migrants crossing mediterranean from north africa used to staff reception centers and provide medical aid to people like this dozens more who arrived in the sicily port on friday but eu divertingly resources to stop the people smugglers and appearing in a nearby court was this man, tunisia mohamed and prosecutors say he was at the helm of the boat which collided with a container ship and sank off the libyan coast and 700 people died. numbers contributed to an april record for migrant deaths at sea. more than 1300 migrants are thought to have died making the perilless crossing and we go to italian island of sicily and in the connection of the deaths with the 700 migrants. >> reporter: indeed they are still in court, it's 6:00 p.m. local here on sicily. and this was an incident sorry, which is supposedly just a preliminary hearing. we expected it to last probably now more than an hour or two hours but from 9:00 this morning and we are 6:00 p.m. local here tonight they are still there and that is because this is a very difficult and elo

in so far as the mediterranean sea migration waves coming across from libya and other parts of north africa but they're joined by interior ministers, which is a sign how serious the european union is taking the waves of migrants coming across, and the hundreds who are dying. the e.u. foreign policy chief spoke earlier about the moral imperative that the e.u. felt to deal with this situation. there have also been remarks from the german foreign minister where he said the situation is to deal with the migrants who come across but also happens to deal with the situation on the ground in north africa, in libya in particularly where rival armed groups have fought for position and created a wave of migrants trying to get to the european union. >> dominick kane reporting from luxembourg. >>> we're joined villa skype from milan judith, thank you for your time. why are migrants coming across reached these levels. >> i think we should talk about the number of migrants and asylum seekers who have died so far this year in over three months we're looking at an estimated of over 1,600 people who have die

what can be done since people obviously are trying to leave north africa. >> one of the issues on the original agenda was proposals to deem with the violence in libya trying to bring the armed groups together in lib ba to reach solution. what might come from troops in libya or stronger naval presence is that might encourage more migrants to come across. that is the issues the ministers here are trying to deal with, to square that sickle. the e.u. has its interior ministers here, as well. that shows how important they consider this situation this unfolding situation in the mediterranean sea to be, the fact that the f.o.p. and interior ministers are here today. perhaps there request be some solution although whether today is open for question. >> thank you dominic cain. >> the international organization for migration calls sunday's ship wreck the worst in living memory. the director of that agency posted this on line, saying the world can no longer sit on the sidelines while tragedy unfolds in slow motion. one agency posted a picture of the italian coast guard ship carrying victims of t

middle east are feeling a surge in the number of migrants attempting to make the journey from north africa to europe. numbers are up one third compared to last year and improving weather is expected to bring even more. italian authorities are struggling to cope and the european union seems unwilling to take responsibility. >> the european commission cannot alone do it all. we are putting all of our energy into developing a comprehensive approach into managing migration. we will be coming forward but we do not have a silver bullet or any panacea that is going to make the situation go away. and no amount of finger-pointing is going to change that. reporter: as the boats continue to arrive, there is still no eu meeting in place or agenda. little hope that the migration crossings into europe will beast resolved soon. anchor: -- will be resolved soon. anchor: it is israel potter member and's day. they will pause to remember the millions of jews killed by not see germany. at auschwitz, 10,000 young jews from israel -- killed by nazi germany. in auschwitz, the site of the largest extermination ca

we know that the push back of migration won't let up as long as conditions remain unstable in north africa. >>reporter: if anything long term is to be achieved both of these problems will need to be solved at the eu leader's summit on thursday. >>> coming up later in the program, we're going to hear from one man who made the journey across the mediterranean and what his advice is to those planning a similar journey. imilar journey. >>> the war in yemen now. the capital has been rocked by one of the largest explosions since the saudi-led air campaign began. air strikes targeted a missile base being used by houthi fighters. it triggered a huge blast flattening nearby buildings. 46 people have died and hundreds are wounded. >>reporter: in more than three weeks of bombing, this was one of the largest attacks yet. the target was an scud missile base. but the massive explosion killed dozens of people destroying nearby buildings and blowing out windows in homes and offices. it also damaged a television station owned by the former president knocking it off air. picking through the devastation, loc

more will set sail setting to see from north africa in the coming address. it's a breathing space a welcome breathing space for the overprecious overstretched authorities in sicily >>> it may sound like science fiction, but custom made human organs are a reality, ears can be artificially made in a few hours, and it's hoped that complex organs like the heart and liver can be constructed. andy gallagher is in north carolina to see the technology. >> reporter: it's something people would not have thought possible. here, they enter new territory, the key is 3d bioprinters to build organs, it takes about five hours for this machine to manufacture a human ear. >> this is made out of a biomaterial called pcl. >> reporter: pcl is used as a scaffold on which to infuse living human cells, a technique used to build bladders, heart valves and muscle. much of the work done is funded by the u.s. department of defense. the implications for patients everywhere is never far from researchers minds. >> we get the message that everything we do here will move toward human trials

focus is on pieg migrants leaving north africa. this boat broke up on the greek island of rhodes. this child was saved but three people are already confirmed dead including an youngster. it is not known how many are missing. >> the operators ran away and left us alone. >> ran away to another boat to turkey? >> maybe i don't know. this shawl rubber boat, do you know this small rubber boat for rest you cueing he got in and just ran. >> and left you alone? >> yep. >> the bodies from saturday's disaster have been brought to malta, as many as 900 drown.of the hundreds on board just 28 were saved. those survivors are on their way to the sicilian port of ca cat ann catafia. catania. vividly illustrated at catania's cemetery. a male for those who don't make it. the names of the people in the graves will never be known the words on the graves are frft poetfrom thepoet lawyer yas. laureate. >> over the past week 1,000 have died in the mediterranean. almost as many as have died in the titanic and more than died in the costa concordia. >> there will be a european summit meeting on thursday. h

and the record of last year, 2014 for example there is an increase of 30% in north africa over 2013. again, if you would look at 9/11, from 9/11, you look at that particular vision which really underscores the nature of the threats, there is an increase of 800th percent and so on. so they were going to discuss several of the countries in the region. again, there are many terrorist groups involved in this. some are regional, some or foreign fighters and so forth. so i think we're going to go both with the domestic situation, the internal situation as well as thetj'lñ external support of violence in that particular region and elsewhere. i think what is really important for us is not only to identify that threats but also to develop, as i indicated before some best practices to deal with the problem. we do have some suggestions in our report. you can look at this, and again, this is only one region, and mike mentioned also the report on europe, and particularly, i would also like to mention the study that we completed that is non-production on nato, living with issues in europe such as

here in the spring means calmer seas off the coast of north africa. part of what's playing into this. >> yeah, we have our meteorologist here to talk to us, now more about those weather conditions, and what people are dealing with. >> as you said, tranquil conditions. encouraging people to got out there. what's interesting. the 10,000 people rescued over the past several days over this region. weather had been tranquil as well. not much going on. but it is, kind of the boats they're getting into, the size of the boats. amount of people on the boats. look at images we are talking about. u.s. coast guard has interesting statistics that 40% of all boating fatalities are with flooding occurring on boats. 90% of boating fatalities are when boats are less than 26 or four so meters in length. a lot of the boats fit because nay take on so much water. weather can be tranquil. >> awibility to swim doesn't ma a difference. >> it is a large area, show you the weather maps we are working with. perspective. you notice the corner of the screen. pumping water out of

in the past week humans of migrants have died after their boat sank on their journey from north africa to europe. >>> 110,000 people have fled fighting between the iraqi government forces and islamic state in iraq and the levant in the city of ramadi. >>> the trial of al jazeera journalists mohamed fahmy, baher mohammed has been adjourned. in egypt they're being retried for allegedly harming national security and aiding the banned muslim brotherhood. they and al jazeera deny those allegation allegations. seedings will presume allegations. proceedings will resume. >>> in damascus many were killed and dozens more were injured. northeast of the capital at least 10 people have been killed in six attacks. opposition activists have accused president assad's forces of 1700 strikes across syria in the past three weeks alone. >>> police in france say that a man they arrested was planning imminent attacks on one or more churches. the 24-year-old is accused of killing a young woman shortly before he was arrested on sunday. the man was also planning to travel to syria. the computer science student

most have been fleeing conflicts in the middle east and north africa. i want to take a deeper look now at the humanitarian crisis unfolding in the region. since the invasion he of afghanistan and iraq following the arab spring. here is courtney kealy here with the story. >> the situation is getting worse by the hour. >> much needed equipment and supplies have arrived in sanaa in the past few days but because of the situation it's nearly impossible to deliver. to be able to move supplies throughout the impoverished country. >> extremely extremely difficult if not catastrophic. aden has turned into urban warfare between all sorts of militias. >> vast majority of the country's 28 million people rely on water and food supplies shipped into the country. now there is increasingly limited access to water basic sanitation and critical medical care. according to the whro world health organization 100,000 people across the country have left their homes in search of safer places to stay and hospitals are under intense strain to take care of the more than 2,000 wou

in the past week hundreds of migrants have died after their boat sank on the journey from north africa to europe. the eu has already agreed to invest more money in its patrolling operations in the mediterranean. they also want the union to be more human in its handling of the crisis and more visible in sub saharan countries. >>reporter: when a person is ready to put his life at risk because he needs to get out from a situation where he could be beheaded, you cannot discourage the departures with a simple statement. you can do it by enforcing unhcr offices in niger and sudan. you do it by taking action in the countries and keeping ourselves even more human. >> he wants the eu to make it more difficult for migrants to reach europe but many more migrants from egypt and africa arrived today in italy. barnaby phillips was there. >>reporter: these are the latest arrivals in the great movement of people across the mediterranean. they set off from egypt and not libya. the navy rescued them from the sea and brought them here. families from syria wondering what will come next. the italian author

and affiliated groups in north africa may use the immigration as a way to gain access to europe. the italian prime minister it said it was to do with justice and the ability of mankind. >> is there a chance the flow of migrants might flow down soon? >> it's possible. listen, there's a glimmer of hope. over the past week we saw 11,000. that's a splurge, is lot of people in a short space of time. there's an argument to say the weather before the past week has been so bad they couldn't make the crossing. it was impossibly. potentially it was the case that there was a backlog that built up on the libyan side of the mediterranean, and the extraordinary numbers we have seen is a backlog cleared by the people traffickers. what may happen now is it settings down to a steady stream. it's a glimmer of hope. the other glimmer is we spoke to the coast guard, and they told us at the moment there are no rescue - active rescue operations ongoing, and they have not received may day calls at the moment. controls are continuing they don't have anyone to pick up and they are not bringing anyone int

was a man he knows by the name of berghuis and believes he is from north africa, judging by accent heen weapon to use in the crime and given $10,000 and also ammunition and also he said that i.s.i.s. wanted to use him in saudi arabia. they asked him to stay there because of his expertise and explosives making and also in shooting. and he said that berghuis drove the car while he shot at the two policemen. also after further investigation the ministry in the statement says they were able to identify the man who is known by berghuis and said his last name is shariff and known as sammy and they put a bounty on his head $1 million to be given to any one who can help find him. >> reporter: the u.n. has invited the syrian government and opposition groups to separate peace talks in geneva next month and opposition fighters in syria launched attack against regime checkpoints west of the city of homas and we report. >> reporter: it's a great view from a plane in northwest hama and the vast area overlooks village to the north and south. once a peaceful countryside, it's now become a battlefield

he told us he and his friends arrived here a week ago after making the crossing from north africa in a 15-foot boat packed with more than 200 people. it took three days and 18 people died of asphyxiation in the hold, he told us. "i prayed to god to save us." he said he paid $7,000 to the smugglers to get him out of somalia after islamic extremists killed several of his family members. "i was prepared for death," he told us, "and i was willing to take the gamble." last year europe scaled back its search-and-rescue operation to discourage migrants and human smugglers by sending a message that they might not be saved if they run into trouble. but, scott, that's failed to stem the tide of migrants. >> pelley: holly williams reporting from the italian coast tonight. holly, thank you. iran has charged a "washington post" reporter with espionage and writing stories critical of the government, which is illegal there. jason rezaian could get 20 years. nancy cordes is following this. >> reporter: some of the charges came from rezaian's attorney after she was finally allowed to meet with him. t

if we think about the crisis to the displacement taking place across the middle east in north africa at the moment, it's striking how little attention the situation has received, particularly when we're thinking about the displacement of libyans themselves and not just the issue of migrants and asylum seekers trying to escape to libyan shores. i think that this lack of attention to the libyan situation is significantly due to the fact that libya is a relatively well-resourced court and there's an assumption that libyans have their own resources to draw on in order to address their needs for housing and food et cetera. this has meant that, up until now, there's been relatively low costs of the displacement crisis for european states and for the u.s. but what i want to stress is this reliance on the displaced person's own resources is not tenable. what we saw in our research and interviews with affected populations is that yes some people are receiving, for example, regular pension payments from the government despite the ongoing payoffs which is quite remarkable but many don't. they a

some 400 people also migrants also fleeing north africa died when their boat sank on tuesday. that means all-in nearly 1100 people have died in the past five days 1600 people since january. most of them from sub-saharan africa all risking their lives to reach europe. officials there are furious at the "criminals" they say who arrange these chris ingjourneys that end tragically. the prime minister going so far as to call it jeep know side. others angry at the governments, heads of doctors without borders saying a mass grave is being created in the mediterranean sea and european policies are responsible that group believes that european borders should be more open to people displaced by war or international crisis and forced to make a risky escape. the pope also spoke about it today and on the phone joining me from sicily cnn senior international correspondent ben weedman. ben, i know they are still trying to recover nip who may have lived through this. what do we know about the casualty figures and how the rescue and recovery is going at this point? >> reporter: we understand th

the struggle occurring in the middle east and north africa is existential. existential for us, and not even for our western allies. it is the governments and the peoples of the entire region that are the most threatened. groups pledging allegiance to isis that was said in 16 countries. after two major wars, the cancer has metastasized. the u.s. needs to calibrate the help it offers to indigenous forces who are willing to confront isis militarily and otherwise. there are many groups in states that deserve our help. p but we have to keep in mind that there are also groups, that those groups and states often don't share our exact interests. and in many cases, we should not lend ourselves to advancing, for instance hateful sectarian agendas, or get involved in the middle of a sunni-shia struggle. that is not for us, as ambassador haqqani eloquently pointed out. we should be willing, however when we find those who are willing to fight this scourge to provide military equipment, intel sharing with logistical support, training, including for special operations and

. >>> let's look at the influx of migrants, from over north africa and the middle east. the main point of departure is libya. they got to spain, to mortar and italy. and the island of lampedusa. that's off the coast of italy. last year $280,000 made it to europe via the mediterranean. nearly $8,500 arrived in the last four days or so. we have our correspondent who covered the story extensively from us from so many different parts of the world and is in another studio in doha and we have another correspondent who is in beirut and he's in beirut and he can tell us more from the point of view. let me start by asking about the situation next door where you are, and in syria, because that is proving to be a country that is providing a large number of refugees entering into the european problem, isn't it? >> yes, you are rite. when you talk about lebanon, there's no way you can ignore the fact that this is a tiny country that is bursting at the scenes with syrian refugees a fourth of the population now is syrian refugees. the term that we hear most with refugees be that palest

they been accused of murder during a perilous crossing from north africa. the men alleged to have thrown 12 christian migrants overboard simply because of their faith. also being brought to shore in italy overnight, another boatload of migrants rescued from the mediterranean with anorexic story to tell. most are suffering from severe burns and in urgent need of treatment. the young woman dies during the crossing. it exploded in a camp in libya where they have been waiting to board their boat. >> the traffickers would not allow them to reach the hospitals so they did not get treatment for a few days. they were put on a boat. and when rescuers arrived, they spent two days at sea and were drifting away because it was half deflated already. >> hundreds of desperate migrants have been rescued from the mediterranean. the good weather has led to a surge in the numbers trying to reach europe. almost always on board overcrowded boats that are barely seaworthy. it is estimated 1000 people have already died this year. >> we hope we can reach a solution for this emerge

and at that time by 1942, america was experiencing a severe shortage of male combat pilots over north africa and so thinking back to jackie cochran's proposition of a woman flying these military aircraft, general henry hap arnold took her up on her offer and the women air force service pilots was formed. >> when i got out of high school, i started taking flying lessons and this was in piper cubs where the instructor sits in the front and the student in the back. one day when i had had perhaps nine hours of flying he told me to pull over on the tarmac when i landed and he started getting out of the airplane and he told me it was time for me to take it around by myself. so he closed the door and i took off. and he said "watch me from the ground and i'll let you know whether or not to go around again." so when i came in for a landing i made a smooth landing so he waved me to take off again. when i took off that time, when i got up to about 500 feet where i'm supposed to level off, when i started to push forward on that stick to level off, it came off in my hand. and i thought "he did this on pu

and at that time by 1942 america was experiencing a shortage of male combat pilots over north africa.o thinking back to the proposition about women flying the military aircraft general henry arnold commanding general of the army air forces took her up on her offer. so the women air force service pilots was formed. >> when i got out of high school i started taking flying lessons. and this was where the instructor sits in the front and the student in the back. one day when i had perhaps nine hours of flying he told me to pull over on the tarmac when i landed and he started getting out of the airplane. he told me it was time for me to take it around by myself. so he closed the door and i took off. and he said watch me from the ground and i will let you know whether or not to go around again. when i came in for a landing i made a smooth landing so he waved me to take off again. when i took off that time when i got up to about 500 feet where i'm supposed to level off when i started to push forward on that stick to level off it came off my hand and i thought he did this on purpose to see if

the 10,000 people who have arrived in europe from north africa since friday. we go out to catania, a southern island of sicily. it's growing by the week, is it possibly because of the change of policy? >> yes, there are a number of complex factors contributing to this. certainly humanitarian groups are pointing the finger at the difference between last year and this year regarding the operations. last year we had an operation that ran to the tune of $10 million a month. it would go out to the libyan coast seeking to pluck refugees from the water saving their lives, essentially. this year it has been replaced with a scheme called tritan, more of a border guard system where they'll parole quite close to territorial waters guarding against illegal immigrants as they see it. it's not a proactive search operation, and that means many people trying to cross that dangerous stretch of sea are simply not making it because their boys are--the boats are not seaworthy enough. already this quarter we've seen a ten-fold increase in the estimate of those who have not made it

is sending reinforcement to the waters of north africa to fight the houthis in rebel. the move comes as iran is cooperative in the nuclear negotiations with the west. correspondent kevin corke is at the white house tonight. >> reporter: the defense department confirms the uss roosevelt is spanning the red sea and gulf of aden and into the arabian sea to intercept any ships that may be carrying weapons to assist the houthi rebels. tehran's support of the insurgence comes as the arms talk continue and the p5+1 coalition and anti-american rhetoric from tehran. >> translator: americans europeans and some apple polishes fabricated the myth of nuclear weapons to say that the islamic was a threat. no. the threat is america itself. >> reporter: meanwhile, at the white house, president obama welcomed to the oval office the crowned prince of the united arab emirates as concerns grow about tehran's role of instability and nuclear capability. >> the crowned prince of the uae does have concerns about the ability of iran to obtain a nuclear weapon. that's why we are going to prevent

. -- farmers elsewhere out of business and see a role for ireland in north africa. >> north africa in particular. like nigeria. for countries that have to deport dairy products because they don't have the water to produce like we have the capacity to produce. this commercial opportunity is exciting. we are going make sure we take advantage of that in a way that is responsible. >> reporter: so the ending of quotes sa huge business story. ireland is a huge supporter of globalisation. the emerald isle is green and wet and full of cows. only a full would think there isn't a pot of gold at the end of that rainbow >>> in the u.s. the nationwide battle over gay rights is heated up. conservatives come to view what are known as religious freedom laws on the road to victory. convenience the governor would not sign a religious cedar bill. he is requesting changes . >> our voices have been heard. that is amazing. >> reporter: for the protesters gathering in numbers not seen since the fight against the fight in the '60s. >> this is about substance, which is getting the legislation right and commun

. >> it leave struggling to cope with an influx of migrants from north africa. >> the coast guard says in the past week, nearly 10,000 people have been rescue offed in the mediterranean sea, agencies are warning agebs this growing crisis. >> since the beginning of january, we register add but 18,000 migrants departing from libya. these are very concerning, very high numbers. most of them require search-and-rescue. smugglers put them on -- tiny, fl flimsy boats. some times, rubber dinghies, carrying hand wrwritten 40 migrants. >> for more, cnn international correspondent, ben, ben, you visited one of the receiving areas, where thousand of migrants are being processed. in their view it pales into comparison to the life they're fleeing. what did you see? what did they tell you? ,000 >> what we saw, errol, the arrival of 117 people who had been picked up by an italian tugboat normally services oil rigs off the libyan coast. this group, half of them were nigerian. the other were gambian, nationalities in between. speaking with each. each one had a significant. ruin why they were taking the

has a limited program to rescue migrants from boats coming from north africa. from october of 2013 until november of last year, he had an operation which helped save 130,000 people from the sea in 2014. it covered 70,000 square kilometers of water with 32 ships, as well as submarines and helicopters and required $9.7 million a month to run it, but it was discontinued because the italian government said it couldn't afford to run it without e.u. support. it was replaced with it true to know run by the e.u. agency. it had funding with $3.2 million a month and includes fewer ships, two open sea vessels seven boats, two aircraft and one helicopter. they patrolled 50 kilometers from the coast. they can go up to 100 kilometers a way but it's likely to take longer to reach boats near the north african countries. >> the most urgent thing is to save life. for that, you have to get the italian naval and coast guard operation back into operation on the mediterranean. why? because operation it true to know is insufficient. it's insufficient, doesn't have the mandate, it's a

i mean, there is but we've shown in certain countries in the middle east and north africa and the muslim world that when a regime is going to topple, we are not going to do much maybe to stand in the way or to assist the more democracy might forces. and pakistan to me is one of the top three most dangerous issues right now. because the imminent possibility for the past several years, he continues that jihadists could overthrow the pakistani regime and get all of those nuclear weapons. and then look we're talking iran. he already had the islamic bomb in pakistan. and if jihadists cease pakistan, all bets are off. to me it's a massive threat a cauldron. of course, we're keeping tabs on it at the governmental level. i can't speak from firsthand experience but i would hope we're keeping tabs on. but if the region is going to fall the obama administration has seen various regimes fall come and islam is come to power and gain strength whether it's libya, yemen, egypt and they do nothing to stop it. so i do have great confidence that we would do anything to stop the regime falling in pakistan.

they are a handful of 10,000 people who have arrived in europe from north africa since friday. we have reports from catania in southern italy. >> it's not even peak season for migrants yet but the reception center on the island of lampedusa is already heaving. 1400 rescued refugees are crammed into an unit made 250. ports along italy's southern coast boats are bringing in hundreds of rescued averages. the latest count 10,000 have been plucked from the water since last friday alone. but the risks are high. on monday, more than 400 people are believed to have drowned before rescue could arrive. panic and then tragedy. >> we spoke to them. >> there were 550 people approximately, and only 145 were rescued while the others are believed unfortunately to have died in the mediterranean. >> the traffickers are becoming bolder and more ruthless. boats are no longer just being abandoned. they're too valuable to lose. >> last monday one of the vessels to italy within the framework of operation tritan witnessed warning shots fired by the smugglers who were attempting to take the boat origin

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there is undoubtedly going to be more people setting sail setting to sea from north africa in the comingbut it is a breathing space, a welcomed breathing space for the over-pressured over heave stretched authorities here on sicily some new arrivals will be taken to northern italy under the government's orders. more than $4 million of taxpayers' money is being spent to help look after migrants in mantua. many locals are furious about it. >> reporter: there is a storm on the way in mantua, and not just in the literal sense. the migrants keep coming here to italy's atfluent north. public money is being earmarked to house them. people are not happy. >> this historic town has barely changed over the years, but its population has especially recently because like much of italy, it is struggle to go cope with the huge number of migrants who keep arriving. you know the thing about the north is that typically, it's the more prosperous end of the country. there is a lot of manufacturing, a lot of industry a lot of money here but for the people who live in these parts, they say, you know what? we ha

hundreds of thousands made the journey from north africa. so many need to be rescued. about 3,500 people died at sea last year. let's bring in ben wedeman live in sicily this morning with the latest on the investigation. some 900 people as many as 900 could be dead. >> reporter: good day, john. this crisis continues unabated. according to the italian coast guard we just spoke to now, yesterday, alone, they rescued 638 migrants in six separate operations. a while ago, we had the opportunity to speak with two medics from the order of malta who were involved in the rescue of the ill-fated ship. one of the medics was telling us about how they were in a dinghy at 1:00 in the morning after it capsized. he described a carpet of dead bodies floating in the sea. among the dead bodies they found two men who were alive. one of them telling them in perfect english that they were now, these two medics were their best friends. that gives you an idea of the difficulty of the operation that's going on here. not only of course when disaster strikes like it did late saturday night, but

is sending reinforcement to the waters of north africa to fight the houthis in rebel. the move comes as iran is cooperative in the nuclear negotiations with the west. correspondent kevin corke is at the white house tonight. >> reporter: the defense department confirms the uss roosevelt is spanning the red sea and gulf of aden and into the arabian sea to intercept any ships that may be carrying weapons to assist the houthi rebels. tehran's support of the insurgence comes as the arms talk continue and the p5+1 coalition and anti-american rhetoric from tehran. >> translator: americans europeans and some apple polishes fabricated the myth of nuclear weapons to say that the islamic was a threat. no. the threat is america itself. >> reporter: meanwhile, at the white house, president obama welcomed to the oval office the crowned prince of the united arab emirates as concerns grow about tehran's role of instability and nuclear capability. >> the crowned prince of the uae does have concerns about the ability of iran to obtain a nuclear weapon. that's why we are going to prevent

hundreds of migrants have died this week after their boat sank on the journey from north africa across the mediterranean. the eu is going to invest more money in the patrolling operations on the mediterranean but they also want a more visible roles in africa. >> when a person is ready to put his life at risk because he needs to get out from a situation where he could be beheaded you cannot discourage the departures with a simple statement. you can do it by enforcing unhcr officers in niger and sudan. you do it by taking action in the countries and keeping ourselves even more human. >> only 28 of the people on board the smuggler's ship on sunday survived. al jazeera has spoken to one of them a 16 year old from somolia who is now recuperating from sicily. paul brennan has this exclusive report. >>reporter: it looks like a normal youth club with its table tennis and television blaring but these teens are a lucky few who have endured hardships few in europe can even imagine. the latest to arrive here are probably the luckiest of all. we're calling him jamal to protect his identity. he was

. >> the mediterranean and north africa and full of terrorist. >> reporter: the chaos syria leaving themnerable to attack and a memorial service for the german wings plane crash in the alps. ♪ we begin in south africa where street bats have been fought through the night as anti-immigrant violence spreads to downtown johannesburg and fired rubber coated bullets to disburse a group of migrants armed with machetes after attempted break-ins on foreign owned shops and 12 people were arrested overnight. [gunfire] south africa hit by a wave of attacks against foreigners over the past two weeks and at least six people were killed in the port city of durban and hundreds forced out of their homes and sheltering in camps and police stations. and south africa is a country of more than 50 million people and thought to be around 5 million foreigners but it's hard to be precise because many are living and working illegally there. most around 3 million are thought to be from zimbobwae and the jobless rate in south africa is 25% and more dramatic for young people, youth unemployment is at 40%, not surpri

i mean, there is, but we've shown in certain countries in the middle east and north africa and the muslim world that when a regime is going to topple, we're not going to do much maybe to stand in the way or to assist the more democracy-minded forces. and pack stab to me -- pakistan, to me, is one of the top three most dangerous issues right now. because the imminent possibility for the past several years, it continues, that jihadists could overthrow the pakistani regime and get ahold of those nuclear weapons. and then, look we're talking iran. you already have the islamic bomb in pakistan. and if jihadists seize pakistan, all bets are off. to me it's a massive threat, a calderon. of course we're keeping tabs on it. i can't speak from firsthand experience there are, i would hope we're keeping tabs on it. but if the regime's going to fall, the obama administration has seen various regimes fall and islamists come to power and gain strength whether it's libya, yemen egypt, and they've done nothing to stop it. so i don't have great confidence that we do anything to stop the regime falling in p

. >>> still to come in the newsroom a spike in the number of migrants fleeing terror in north africa. hundreds killed in a capsized boat this weekend, and today more killed in another migrant ship sinking. cnn's karl penhaul joins us from italy. i care deeply about the gulf. i grew up in louisiana. i went to school here. i've been with bp ever since. today, i lead a team that sets our global safety standards. after the spill we made two commitments. to help the gulf recover and become a safer company. we've worked hard to honor both. bp has spent nearly 28 billion dollars so far to help the gulf economy and environment. and five years of research shows that the gulf is coming back faster than predicted. we've toughened safety standards too. including enhanced training... and 24/7 on shore monitoring of our wells drilling in the gulf. and everyone has the power to stop a job at any time if they consider it unsafe. what happened here five years ago changed us. i'm proud of the progress we've made both in the gulf and inside bp. financial noise financial noise financial noise financial n

and that number is just a tiny proportion of the almost 10,000 who have arrived in europe from north africa since friday. from catania on the finally island of sicily, paul brennan sends us this. >> reporter: the tugboat over my shoulder brought in 277 refugee migrants who are currently being processed over to my right-hand side where they'll be given identification bracelets. the problem is that the number is just a small number of those who have been found here. the total of nearly 10,000, and they're taken to ports all across sicily and on the italian mainland and even to sardinia, too. the number of dead are estimates, but the figure put forward by the save the children from some 400 dead from one boat which sank from the tail end of last week. even though the italian coast guard said it is has not found any trace of any bodies, the figures that are being put forward for the whole quarter of 2015 suggests that ten times as many people have died in the mediterranean alone and so far the same that died in the period of last year. >> they said there would be more my grant deaths when italy

italian prime minister matteo renzi met with president obama, and the subject of the migration from north africa came up there. from the american point of view it was to do with security. matteo renzi said it's not just about security, and i quote "it's to do with justice and the dignity of mankind." >>> israel agreed to pay nearly half a billion in revenue to the palestinian authority. israel froze it funds in retaliation for their decision to join the international criminal court. israel agreed to release the money after deducting utility debts. the palestine jans threatened to take the matter to the i c c if israel didn't pay the full amounts. the united states condemned a car bomb attack next to its consulate in erbil, the capital in the north. the blast killed three people. u.s. officials said no consulate star were harmed. i.s.i.l. claimed responsibility. in western iraq shelling in the town of baghdadi killed eight soldiers. in ramadi the capital of iraq's anbar province, i.s.i.l. fighters look set to take the city. they've been in control of 75% of the province despite air strikes by the

the italian coast guard rescued hundreds more people today trying to get to europe from north africa. so far 20,000 migrants have reached the italian coast so far. it is fewer than this time last year. the number of people who have died trying to make the crossing is much much higher. there will be an emergency summit on the crisis in brussels tomorrow. in rome, our editor has more. tourniquet -- >> bringing in a new country, a new reality. they arrived in the hundreds. the old, the very young, and the not even born. for them, a sense of relief and joy. they cheated death at sea and left persecution at home behind. thousands more are lining up to do the same. italy says this cannot go on. speaking before parliament at of tomorrow's emergency summit the italian prime minister demanded a comprehensive political and financial solution, not an emotional reaction. from europe and all its member states. the people of italy want to put the rest of europe under pressure. italians feel they are struggling to cope between a deep economic downturn and what they call the migrant invasion on the o

the flow of boats coming out of north africa in particular from libya shows no signs of slowing down.ow these migrants from different boats. it's about 60 kilometers off the coast of libya. and then they were taken to an italian naval vessel. in a separate incident 80 more people were rescued by tunisian fisherman and they were taken to the coastal town of zarzise. >>> now before they set off from libya, many of the migrants already faced terrible difficult journeys across different parts of africa. ethiopia one of the main countries they try to leave. people trying to rescue rescue people from smugglers as they try to reach europe. >> everyone here knew least five young men who were killed by isil in libya last week. the plan was to cross the mediterranean see to sea to italy. they were inconsolable. the pain hard to describe. >> they were looking for a better life. many of their friends here are also desperate to leave. those we talk to say that life is difficult and staying in ethiopia is not an option. these are some of the childhood friends who saw them off two months ago. they h