when richard gere heard news of the boat's plight, he reached out.ing with families and showing pictures of his baby son. in recent years, an escalating migrant crisis has led many countries to tighten controls, as tens of thousands land on their shores. 38,000 migrants have made it to europe by sea so far this year, according to the united nations. and 839 people have perished trying to make the dangerous crossing from north africa. back on land, gere compared the crisis to america's own immigration troubles on its southern border. >> and it will stop, if we say stop. >> reporter: a call for a solution to a tragedy that too many have ignored. >>> that's "cnn newsroom" for this hour. i'm natalie allen. i'll be right back with another hour. stay with us. cks and everything was up and running. i was printing out labels and saving money. shipstation saves us so much time. it makes it really easy and seamless. pick an order, print everything you need, slap the label onto the box, and it's ready to go. our costs for shipping were cut in half. just like th

hollywood actor richard gere has urged the italian government to help migrants who've been stranded onini, has repeatedly refused requests by migrant ships to dock. mr gere accused the minister, and also us president donald trump, of demonising migrants as gail maclellan reports. dawn on the open arms rescue boat, and still no safe port in sight. there are 32 children on board the boat which has been trapped as governments tighten control in the mediterranean. under the existing european union agreement, migrants risk rescued agreement, migrants rescued in open sea should be taken to the nearest safe haven. in this case, malta or italy. both have denied that ship access to their ports. richard gere visited the open arms ship on friday to express solidarity with people he say the refugees running away from fire. i grew up a christian. i am a buddhist now. i can't imaginejesus christ would be happy with a law which says it is illegal to help people. it makes no sense to me. it is completely crazy. iam ashamed. i am ashamed for all of this planet that it is illegal to help people. italy's

the actor richard gere urges the italian government to help migrants stranded in the mediterranean forore than a week. hello, and welcome to bbc news. i'm reged ahmad. the disgraced american financierjeffrey epstein, who once counted donald trump and prince andrew among his friends, has been found dead in his cell while awaiting trial for child sex offences. it appears he managed to take his own life at a prison in new york, considered one of the most secure in the us, despite having made a previous suicide attempt there last month. with the latest from new york, here's nedda tawfik. the body ofjeffrey epstein is taken away from a new york hospital this evening. the multimillionaire sex offender was found dead in his prison cell as he awaited trial for sex trafficking. once, epstein‘s extravagant lifestyle had seen him party with donald trump. the president had called him a terrific guy. he has since distanced himself from the convicted sex offender. originally a math teacher in manhattan, the financier mysteriously accumulated a fortune that gained him entrance into high society and r

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the actor richard gere urges the italian government to help migrants stranded in the mediterranean for

hollywood actor richard gere has urged the italian government to help migrants who've been stranded ontalian interior minister, matteo salvini, has repeatedly refused requests by migrant ships to dock. speaking at a news conference on the italian island of lampedusa, mr gere accused the minister and also us president donald trump of demonising migrants. ido i do think anyone is looking for confrontation about politics. they have no interest to this site at all. all this is is to help people who are in distress. and i've seen this all over the world, educated politicians i was trying to create conflict. taking away from the central point that it's about human beings. it's about us accepting that we are all brothers and sisters, this is one family. we kind district we can take care of each other. it's not that hard. itjust means saying yes. the environment agency said it was carrying out tests on part of the river froom, in somerset after it was turned bright blue by a mystery substance. results are expected on monday but it is being treated as a pollution incident. currently, there are

hello i'm richard gere's bird and you're at the listening post here are some of the media stories we're covering this week the communications shutdown in kashmir how can journalists get the story out when the blackout means most kashmiris can't even communicate with each other with 4 reporters murdered over the past month mexico is now the deadliest place in the world to be a journalist politics mixes with organized crime in albania and reporters there are in danger plus the internet. where the online search for a cure can be worse than the imaginary disease so we began with one of the most sweeping and lasting communications blackouts of the internet age india's attempt to silence the people of kashmir when prime minister narendra modi made good on his election promise to revoke article 370 of the indian constitution he swept away what little remained of kashmiri autonomy the region officially called jamu and kashmir in india is now set to come under complete control of the government in new delhi more indian troops have flooded it and communications have been cut off a near total shut

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