the bodies of 17 people arrived at port augusta on the italian island of sicily. they were found during friday's operations saving more than 4,000 migrants crossing the mediterranean sea >>> the european union condemned a travel ban on 89 politicians as arbitrary and unjustified. moscow says it's in response to e.u. sanctions imposed on russia and similar travel bans. >>> the unagency dealing with hunger says 10 million are in need of assistance after four years of war. a lack of security funding and access means it's proving hard to help everyone. as caroline malone reports, a new scheme is under way to help people help themselves. >> this farmer is helping to provide food for hungry people in syria. it was set up in an opposition held part of aleppo eight months ago. 30 families get a regular supply of eggs. others have an option of buying into a cooperative that makes a living off the farm. >> translation: the aim of the project is to achieve food security for aleppo. it's a means of protection if a blockade is imposed on the city's liberated areas. it's funded

stanford, al jazeera posalo sicily. >> almost 1800 people have died crossing the mediterranean. almost 40,000 have made that journey since january. officials expect the arrivals to top 200,000 in italy alone. it's estimated that smugglers make as much as $90,000 u.s. for each boat load. on a rescue boat in the middle of the mediterranean between malta and libya looking for hundreds of migrants they rescued on sunday and explain the harrowing conditions they were found in. >> migrants primary from eritrea, crammed on a boat, normal take 20-plus fishermen and in this case had 369 people crammed in. both on top and underneath. so people were crammed in a very small compartment basically up against the engine in oil and in pet role and in fumespetrol an in fumes. not only were the conditions very poor, the vessel was precariously overloaded. when we arrived we had to move swiftly to the people and bring them to our vessel, the phoenix. >> al jazeera has reached a remote village in northern nepal which has been affected by the earthquake. blocked by landslides, meaning vital aid reso

ahead the bodies of seven migrants who died trying to cross the mediterranean arrived at a port in sicily. >> the e.u. faces travel bans of european politicians. >> back to school for children in nepal. >> in iraq, eight isil suicide bombers attacked and army headquarters near fallujah. twenty soldiers were killed, another 13 died in a rocket attack on the air base east of ramadi. the city has seen some of the heaviest fighting in recent weeks. we have the latest from baghdad. >> with all of those attacks across anbar, we see isil using car bombs to devastating effect. the iraqi security forces have a problem. analysts say that the forces don't have the kind of row con sense and intelligence to be able to stop these suicide car bombs in advance. also, some of the weaponry they are using is ineffective against reinforced car bombs and this is something isil are now becoming very, very good at. they are splitting iraqi forces in half and able to attack military basis as well as military target. we are seeing the shelling of the air base where the majority of iraqi security forces are based

in the southern port here on the islands of sicily. seen a few people come off. the first people that came off a young mother with her child. we are being told that she gave birth ever soon before setting off across the mediterranean sea. these people have endured a difficult and dangerous journey. we are being told by medical workers is the try or at this to screen them for any transmittible diseases which is why they have been kept on the boat to sometime. they will be brought to shore we are being told because of the huge number they will be split in in nba two groups, northern taken somewhere else to be processed the other 500 here on the ground. that means medical checks, identification they'll stay here for a couple of days perhaps and then moved on. but we spoke to unof the aid workers and she said it's not really that they need more help in the water international waters with more ships what they need is a real solution on the other side in lib yeah, that's where most of these people are coming from. >>> that's the people in te

. ♪ stepping towards an uncertain future nearly 900 migrants arrive in sicily after being rescued byuropean coast guards. ♪ hello there i'm july in doha and coming up on the program [gunfire] thousands of black israelis protest against police brutality and the president says mistakes have been made in how they have been treated. heavily armed and who are they arab special forces are in yemen, saudi arabia denies it. plus plus. >>> i'm reporting from the island in the south china sea and we will tell you why this is at the center of one of the world east biggest security flash points. ♪ just under 900 migrants rescued by european coast guards are at the port and saved from people smuggling boats in the mediterranean see and it's navy as well as tugs and other commercial vessels joined forces in the rescue and more than 5,000 people have now been rescued from the mediterranean see over the past 48 hours and stephanie decker was in the port as the migrants arrived and she sent this report. >> reporter: they approached the port in silence. silhouettes in the dark sky. the boat has just s

>> they first have to arrive here in sicily and according to thecoast guard staggered arrivals. wherever there is an empty building, that is not an easy operation on a logistic opinion of view. localslocals are not happy to see a large group arriving, and a lot of italians tell me what we are most afraid of is these people are still in the process of being identified so we don't know who they are. by and large they are good people but maybe among them there are some bad people. you have to remember that be italians are afraid of the threat of i.s.i.s. or fighters or sleeper cells coming and hiding in their country certainly from the threats they have received from libya lately. >> what about the numbers of people? are the numbers of migrants increasing or just more of them being rescued? it looks like greater numbers we're hearing about in the headlines every other day. >> well, the numbers are increasing. if you compare this time last year, there is an increase of about 30% of rivals in italy alone. this isn't taking into consideration the arrivals in greece. the main reason be

she says that some are still held in sicily. they don't have money to pay for the bribe to be freed or for the if you gears to make the sea crossing. soon she will be on the move again. she wants to reach her cousin, who's already in denmark. >> i found europe just like i dreamed of it. i still don't know how i will travel. there are other people. i might travel with them. then i will study first learn the language, and then work. any job. whatever will give me some money. i have nothing now but i am happy. i am out of libya. here i can walk around, even sleep in the street, no one attacks you. here, there is appeals and safety. >> at the moment, this is her most prized possession, a piece was paper filled with phone numbers along with a dream that her new life could come true. >> an incredible emotional journey there. what happens to the majority who do make it safely? >> well, in the very short term, they will be relocated by italian authorities in the many reception centers that are now existing around the country but by and

. >>> 900 migrants arrive in sicily after being rescued by european coast guards. [ gunfire ] >> and two protesters killed in burundi's demonstrations against the president's bid to stay in office enters a second week. so the developing news out of israel is that lieberman has resigned. prime minister benjamin netanyahu may have to settle with a narrower majority. let's go to mike in jerusalem. this makes israeli politics more interesting at this point. >> it does, indeed, and is this a plow to benjamin netanyahu to get the seats he needs to gain control of the parliament. talks between lieberman and netanyahu say that lieberman insisted not only retaining the foreign minister portfolio but also taking control of relations with the united states. this had been carried out by former justice minister, another reason for liner man's decision, and the decision to bring in the coalition government and lieberman vehemently opposed to the presence of religious parties in the government. a blow to netanyahu getting those 61 seats in parliament. >> it makes life difficult for netanyahu but li

the most recent arrivals were brought into sicily on sunday morning. on board 454 migrants and the bodies of 17 people who died making that crossing were brought ashore. >>reporter: the bodies have been taken to the hospital where they will undergo autopsy and dna samples will be taken. none of them had any id so it's very difficult for authorities here to contact their families back home. eventually, they will be buried in one of the cemeteries around sicily. >>reporter: it's the moment she's been longing for, a chance for a new life. her journey started across the sea, 4,000 kilometers away. it took her nearly three years to reach the shores of europe. it's a world away from where we first met in a detention center back in libya. it was a few weeks ago. salom is the girl in back in white and orange tense and silent. there were no smiles at the time. >> the prison was awful. we knew nothing. where we were for how long i was thinking all the time what will i do? where will i go? how? i thought it was the end. the day you came to visit we were happy and

stephanie dekker al jazeera sicily. >> amnesty international say that war crimes are being committedagainst civilians on a daily basis in syria's second serie-a city of aleppo. rebels have been criticized for using weapons such as mortars which reportedly kill at least 600 civilians in the city in in 2014. >>> talks about syria have begun in geneva. they're meeting government and rebel representatives as well as regional players among them iran. but to have to biggest rebel groups the al-qaeda-linked al nusra and isil have not been asked to take part. >> give the fanfare that greeted them at the news conference in geneva on tuesday morning and the media presence there, he was actually modest in setting out the games for the next four or five weeks in the work he has ahead of him. he described this not a geneva three but as consultations. he described it not an one-off meeting but low-key consultations. his aim essentially is to try to find out what the situation can you rememberly is in syria. he described the talks as a situation report. what he wants to try to find out is whether t

you realized the incredibly long journey these folks make, how difficult, i see them disembark in sicily, the sea was quiet, just that whole back-story, it does bring home the challenges, the dangers, the determination these people have, to try and get out and look for something different. so yes, that was -- i felt that emotionally, certainly having covered that side and having seen one family from there disembark here in italy. >> like a trickle displacement of these people. stefanie dekker, thanks for joining us. that does it for this show. the conversation continues on our website, aljazeera.com/thirdrail. i'm imran garda, good night. >>> announcer: this is al jazeera. >>> welcome to the newshour fighting back against i.s.i.l. in ramada. iran deploys shia militia, and the coalition launches air strikes. myanmar signs off a population law that the u.s. says could fan the flames of intolerance >>> social revolution in ireland, the first country in the world to approve same-sex marriage through a

stephanie decker has more from sicily. >> they approached the port in silence. silhouettes in the dark sky the boat has just show a powerful moment standing silently as the boat came to shore. most have incredible difficult stories to tell, risked a lot to get here. many don't know where they're going from here, but this one of the first times they have felt safe in a very long time. >> almost 900 people were onboard. after being rescued saturday, they docked in sit lee in the early hours of monday morning. >> they never stopped so we talked about emergency because there i also not really a sudden emergency, but we know it is kind of chronic condition repeating again and again. >> it took hours to disembark. the medical emergencies first. it was show going. a hint of what they've been through on their faces, we were not allowed to talk to any of them. not all want to stay and will try to continue their journey to other countries. they're future remains uncertain but for now they've arrived to a new day after a voyage where they risked their lives. it's a journey

a cargo ship came to their aid as the strategy was unfolding near sicily.s begging everyone to keep calm. some climbed up a rope to safety and others held on to life presbyterianers. -- preservers. five bodies were recovered. according to save the children dozens of people died in the rescue between libya and sicily. >>> brazil, check out this close call on a busy street in rio de janeiro a truck driver loses control unleashing a flood of soda bottles and crates across the road spilling on to the sidewalk. a pedestrian in the area was able to get away without any serious injury. >> we have an important warning for parents, a frightening new video experiment is show how easy it is for a stranger to steal and lure a child. >> hi. look at the puppy. >> puppy. >> look at the puppy. >> like the puppy. >> just like that, i got some more puppies. want to see the other puppies. >> a stranger holding a cute puppy lures the little girl out of the partner ambassador from mom and dad. another child falls for the same trick. and afternoon. an internet prankster filmed w

>>> take a look at this rescue south of sicily. take a look the migrants all packed into a small boat scrambling for help when a cargo ship comes by. you can see the migrants panicking looking for life preservers. some claim to safety on the rope. these africans are trying to make their way to europe. the rescued migrants arrived at a port in sicily. just last month, 800 people drowned. >>> california regulators approved rules to save money amid the drought emergency. those new rules impose mandatory water savings targets for hundreds of agencies and cities that supply water in california. the rules forced cities to limit watering on public property and encourage homeowners to do the say. jerry brown urged them to cut water levels from 25%. it's unclear how regulators will enforce the new rule. >>> it's 4:41. time for weather and traffic on the 1s. storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein tracking the potential for some storms today. >> yeah that could be affecting the afternoon commute. but as you're trying to work and dropping kids

. >>> it has been called a colossal humanitarian catastrophe by the major of catania sicily. many migrants made the journey across the mediterranean sea, more than 1800] perished. each week "third rail" will catch up with an al jazeera cornt from wherever they may be to get the story behind the story, to share their experience that you rarely get to hear. stephanie debor -- dekker has been there reporting on the migrant crisis. you have seen thousands of migrants come into europe, hundreds losing their lives along the way, what stood out for you the most, given the death, all this pain that you have seen? >> i think it's the determination of the people. they all will tell you they'd do it again, and the situation on the other side in libya is terrible, and it's a huge amount of people. when i arrived i came off the plane at midnight. there was a flow of people. during the next couple of days we heard rescue after rescue after rescue. they come to land. that is great news much what happens to them when they get here. we followed up on those stories. it's difficult. as journali

minutes, the bodies of 17 migrants who died trying to cross the mediterranean arrives at a port in sicily. >> i.s.i.l. launches more attacks on government forces. >>> the e.u. hits out at russia after it issues a travel map against 89 european politicians. a month after the devastating earthquake children in nepal get to go back to school. >>> let's begin on the italian island of sicily where bodies of 17 people are arriving at port augusta. they were found during a large-scale operation to save migrants in the mediterranean sea. more than 5,000 have been rescued since friday. we go live to the port to hoda abdel-hamid. the picture behind you of the coffins, it tells the story of how dangerous the migration is. >> absolutely i mean it's a telling picture. the bodies of the 17 who died during the crossing should be uploaded shortly. we know from the commander of the ship behind me the italian commander, that they were found actually dead on board one of those inflatable dinghies. the circumstances of the deaths are not clear yet. but you have to understand that the people travel on a rubbe

. >> the bodies of 17 migrants have died trying to cross the mediterranean rave at a port in sicily. >> a month after the earthquake, it's back to school for children in nepal. >> we begin this news our in iraq where fighters from the islamic state of iraq and the levant have launched a string of attacks. eight isil suicide car bombers targeted a headquarters near fallujah. in a separate assault another turn soldiers hide in a rocket attack on an air base east of ramadi. the city has seen some of the heaviest fighting in recent weeks. we have the latest from baghdad. >> with these attacks, we are seeing isil using car bombs to devastating effect. the iraqi security forces have a problem, iraqi military analysts say that the forces don't have the kind of reconnaissance and intelligence to be able to stop these suicide car bombs in advance. also some of the weaponry they are using is ineffective against reinforced car bombs and this is something isil are now becoming very very good at. they are splitting iraqi forces in half and are able to attack military bases, as well as civilian ta

stephanie decker followed the journey of one teenager from gambia trying to build a life in the sicilyporter: time seems to be standing still. and he was 17 years old when he arrived ten months ago from libya and taken to a center for minors and his dreams have been put on hold. >> i go to school maybe three times i go to school and the schools and after that we are just sitting in the community without doing anything. so all that has been wasting time. wasting time because some people before they move from their country their talents and they have knowledge. >> reporter: he applied for asuea asylum but it's a long process and system to deal with tens of thousands of applications leaving many in a legal limbo. around 70 young people are housed here and many supposed to stay here for a short time but there is no where else for them to go and they wait for the lengthy legal process to play out for an extremely long time. these young men complain about the conditions here. four or six to a room and often don't get the weekly pocket money they are promised but the people who run the center

most end up on the italian islands of lampedusa or sicily but want to move on. european countries have been unable to agree on rules and quotas for accepting them and migrants are too desperate to care. allen pizzey cbs news, rome. >>> this morning britain's royal family is getting to know its newest member. the second child of prince william and the duchess of cambridge is just 2 days old, but we still don't know what they're calling the young princess. susan mcginnis is in london. susan, good morning. >> reporter: anne-marie, good morning. there's been a lash rush of last-minute betting on what this little princess is called but it won't be long before we find out what they named their little princess. it all happened so quickly. kate gave birth after three hours of labor. she and prince william left the hospital with their daughter just nine hours after she was born, but the duke and duchess of cambridge are taking their time revealing the name of their new princess. one newspaper dubbed her sleeping cutie but london shops keep riding on the name. >> they kee

and it does happen, and it is taking its toll on the people of sicily and italy as a whole. >>> as regardants who have been picked up and they'll be taking ever taken to the nearest port, the island. and once they disempark they'll go to security checks and medical checks, and, they will try and identify them, and, i migrants many of them don't want to be fingerprinted because they know if they are, they'll have to start their asylum process here and, they want to continue to other countries to find work and make a better life. >>> benefits being a lot greater in northern europe, and italy was bearing the brunt of this, that asked europe to help it out >>> have you managed to send more resources? >>> well, if you remember, that emergency meeting, that was called over a week ago after more than 800 migrants drowned and they said that they were going to enforce immediate actions to make sure they didn't see those kind of deaths again and they were going to triple the budget and deploy more forces and we spoke to them, and the border control and they said those pledges of more money have not

augusta, on the italian island of sicily, 126 people children were also on board. further north in calabria, several children were among the 700 migrants brought to shore a number of newborn babies and pregnant women were aboard. accommodate people reaching the shore and preventing further death. stefanie dekker witnessed the overnight arrivals. >> they approached the port in silence. silhouettes in the dark sky. >> the boat has just docked and it's quite a powerful moment as the migrants stand silently as the boat has just come to shore. many of them of course with incredibly difficult stories to tell. they've risked a lot to get here. many won't know where they're going from here but certainly this one of the first times they will have felt safe in a very long period of time. more than 900 people were on board, they finally docked in sicily the early hours of monday morning. >> they never stopped so we talk about fractural emergency we know this is not a sudden emergency but this is the kind of controversy repeating again and again. >> took hours to embark. thoro

stefanie dekker reports from sicily. >> the italian coast guard said there are still a few ongoing operations in the mediterranean. just an indication of how many people are trying to make the crossing. smugglers taking advantage of the good weather set to last. it takes around 24 hours before themigrants are allowed to come to shosh. shore.they getshore. they get rigorous checks and move on. very difficult conditions. they have been through har harrowing times. we managed to speak to one man on the boat. he said there were 6 palestinians from a refugee camp in syria that has been besieged from the syrian government, very difficult for people to make a very very long journey dangerous journey expensive journey and finally arriving, when they arrive in europe yes they are happy but uncertain future to unfold. >> stefanie dekker, live in sicily. >>> peurng toeuropean union to do more to address the struggle. >> so difficult when so many people arrive in one day. we are talking about around 7,000 people. the system of course is under pressure. >> the number of migrants will spike, whenever the w

we're live in catania in sicily. a very dramatic day on the seas. some awful and some very good. talk us through what happened. >> well, as you said over the past 24 hours the navy not only the italian but the irish and german have been very busy off the coast of libya. now apart from the 700 migrants that you talked about another thousand have arrived in the past hour or so in the port here in southeast sicily, and we're expecting many more to start arriving throughout the afternoon and the night. as we understand it the 17 who have lost their lives will be arriving tomorrow morning in the port of algust. but since 22 distress calls were made many other calls were also made. the german navy is at the moment off the coast of libya and in rescue operation. we don't have the details of that yet but we also know that the italian navy has rescued at least throw boats. there were rubber dinghies, zodiacs, and on board each there were 100 people. as you see the numbers just keep on increasing, and with the good weather, the calm seas the worry is that we'll see that flow over the next

. >> just over 900 migrants have arrived at the italian port of sicily. a young mother when her child we're being told she gave birth very soon after setting off across the mediterranean sea. what we're being told here by medical workers on the ground is the priority is to screen them for any transmittible diseases, which is why they have been kept on the boat for quite some time. because of the huge number, founder will be taken to one place, the other founder will be checked medically and then moved on. but we spoke to one of the aid workers and she said really it's not that they need more help in the water international waters whatever it is with more ships. what they need is for a real solution on the odor site in lib -- other side because that's where these people are coming from. >> the rallies turned violence and israeli police say at least 46 officers were injured. tensions rose when footage of a jewish ethiopian soldier emerged last week. mike lana has this report. >> violence after hours of peaceful operation. rahrabin square, named after a jewi

have covered other places in north africa, when you are across the mediterranean in a place like sicily, and you are talking to these survivors does it feel like you're covering the same story from the other side now? >> yeah, it's interesting you asked me that. because one of the first stories i covered when i got here, 900 migrants, it was a tugboat, they came in at night and the back of the boat was open. we saw these silhouettes of hundreds and hundreds of people they were standing still as they came into port, it was dead silent it was incredibly powerful for team. as the sun was up there was a family towards the end of the boat and i heard them speaking arabic i have pigeon arabic. i was talking to one of the girls asking her where are you from. one of the men approached me, again the authorities don't want you to speak. he said to me we're from yarmouk camp in syria. i felt that emotionally i had covered one of the most recent problems there. this is a palestinian camp that has gone through an absolutely horrendous situation for the last few years. i looked at him and said yarmou

almost 2,000 of those rescued will be brought to sicily. smugglers are taking advantage of the good weather, and it is set to last. numbers reaching the shores are the highest it's ever been. thousands and thousands more will be attempting the crossing over the next few months. >>> the libyan coast guard brought 470 people back to sure who are trying to reach italy. we have more from misrarta. >> about 470 people were rescued by the libyan coast guard. they have sailed off in the middle of the night on board the zoedia. they have been -- zoediac. they have been brought to misrata. the question is where do the people go. the holding center in misrata is overcrowded. they'll have to be dispatched to other cities along the coast. this is a huge problem for this country. it doesn't have the capacity to deal with staggering numbers of people that want to cross the mediterranean, and they'll increase in the coming months because of the summer. we heard from officials complaining there's no assistance from the e.u. or no coordination with the ital

we talk about the human traffic from the north african up to malta and sicily. you alluded to it and i want to to ask you about it. the traffic from syria to turkey and then they go to greece. how much of a problem is it there in the northern part of the mediterranean? >> you know trafficking networks are much ahead of the policies in this moment and this is why it's so important to bring refuses out of this. the worst thing is not only we have trafficking networks operating with different more or less in libya, in asia in turkey, but there are trafficking networks operating in europe on the very same european land. >> so how many people are trying to make that journey as well? how much of a problem is it for them and for, let's say, the greek authorities? >> well you know, the numbers the people that are trying to make the journey is likely increasing from turkey to greece. mainly it is syrian refugees all of them. some iraqis also. and then the people that are trying to cross the mediterranean in the central part from libya to italy, this is a trend that is co

al jazeera sicily. >> a secular blogger in bangladesh has been hacked to death by a masked gang.'s the third such killing this year. he wrote for a number of websites including one moderated by another writer killed in february. crossing over to dhaka for more about this and circumstances that led to this. >> what we know so far that around 9:30 or 9:00 in local time, he was attacked by four masked men. nobody knows who they were. they stabbed him brutally. by that the time he was in the hospital, he died. just a few minutes before he left the home, he left a blog saying he was critical of ruling party m.p. who made a comment about a university teacher that he will whip him that nobody knows if that had anything to do with it. we just also heard that an al-qaeda indian splinter group that twittered a claim for this particular incident. another group tweeted are also claiming indicate for this particular incident. this has been done before but nobody really knows if these people are just buying credit or they were actually involved. what the people are upset about is the governmen

they finally docked in sicily in the early hours of monday morning. >> it never stops. there is not really an emergency but we know this is a chronicle chronicle condition occurring again and again. >> emergency cases first and then one by one thorough screening processes of so many meant that it was slow going. their exhausted-looking faces a hint of what they had been through, we were not allowed to talk with any of them. italy's minister will decide where they will go next. their future remains uncertain but for now they have arrived to a new day after a voyage where they risked their lives. it's a journey that many more will attempt. many will not make it alive. >> well, a spokesman for the international organization for migration says that the european union must take more steps to ensure that migrants are saved at sea. >> part of the problem is there is not enough life saving going on at one level and on the other hand there are many more people trying to cross. we're getting an endless rise in numbers. this weekend thankfully, the numbers who died was quite small

. >> stepping towards an uncertain future, 900 migrants arrive in sicily after rescued by european coast guards. >> i'm reporting from the south china sea. we'll tell you why this is the center of one of the world's biggest security flash points. >> how robots and computer games are helping stroke patients on their road to recovery. in breaking news, the israeli foreign minister liner man has resigned. the two term top diplomatic said he will not be part of prime minister benjamin netanyahu's incoming government. he will join the opposition. the latest now with mike hanna in jerusalem. what's happened here, mike, why has this turn of events come about, do you think? >> significant developments, in deed. i understand from sources president at the coalition talks between lieberman and benjamin netanyahu said lieberman insisted not only on retaining his portfolio of foreign minister but being responsible for relations with the united states something that had been carried out by the former justice minister. the significance of this is that netanyahu had been relying very strongly on lieberm

on the southern than island of sicily. this shows us how deadly even a rescue can be. >> the ding gi is taking in water, people are panicking. many can't swim. we spoke to survivors. so we are trying to get the boat on the sea. but that was not for user to climb on. it was to tie the boat, and they threw a ladder. we should use the ladder, but there was no more rom to climb up so many people jumped inside the water. there were no life jackets but these people tried their best. they threw life jackets they threw -- people were jumping inside the water many of them lost their lives like this and five of them lost their life inside the boat. >> it is hard to confirm how many dies and how many were recovered what some tell us is as many as 40 people could have lost their lives in the panic, even reaching the safety must have take an huge effort. now safely in port, they el the us they all came from libya. >> libya isn't easy, they have no problem killing people there's no law over there. it is why all of us have come here even

when you are across the mediterranean, in aplation like sicily and, you know, these boats are coming in and you are talking to these survivors, does it feel as if you are covering the same story basically from the other side now? >> yeah. it's interesting you ask me that because one of the first stories i covered when getting here was an arrival of a boat with 900 migrants. that's a huge number actually to be brought in in one boat. and it was a tug boat so they came in at night. the back of the boat was open. so we just saw these silhouettes of hundreds and hundreds of people and they were just standing still as they came into port. it was dead silent an incredibly powerful moment for the team. they were watching this and kept on the boat throughout the night as they did these health checks. as the sun was up and there was a family towards the end of the boat and i heard them speaking arabic. i have pigeon arabic and i heard them say six palestinians. i was trying to communicate with one of the girls, asking her where are you from? one of the men approached me. again, it had to be d

. >>> more than 600 migrants, landed in sicily. most of them were in good health, and some were suffering. >>> thailand, and then doe knee sha have been turning them away. >>> mostmost of them are muslim us. and on friday, fishermen receiptscud more than 700 people, and the center of where they are being treated. >>> they were on the boat for 3 months and their condition is still very, very weak. and they're here at a shelter. and after they were rescue had by fishermen initially, the navies have rejected them and now, they are helping them. giving them medical assistance. >>> great relief, and, they are able to call them, and they were very lucky that they met the fishermen, instead of the navy, and, the navy says they will send away every boat. they will give aid at sea. it's hard to man the ordeal that they went through, 3 months on the boat, bringing their small children on this journey, and when they were facing fighting and hunger, and thursday and and now, uncertain future. >>> oil spills, and overfishing are threatening to

eventually they will be buried in cemeteries around sicily. authorities will question the other migrants on that rubber dinghy. as sad as the story is it's the story of hundreds of survivors 400 alone on the ship that inspired so many migrants to take their chance across the mediterranean. we met one young lady, from air trea it took her three years before she set foot in southern italy. her namely is salam and this is her story. >> this is the moment she has been looking for a chance for a good life apart from the life she was born into. it took salam years to reach. salam is the girl in the back in white and orange, tense and silence. there were no smite at the time. >> translator: the prison was awful, we knew nothing where we were for how long. i was thinking all the time, what will i do? where will i go? how? i thought it was the end. the day you came to visit we were happy we were hoping you could get us out but the next day they took us to tripoli they put us in a building and were not allowed out no. we paid. we paid the sea smuggler $

al jazeera sicily. >> let's cross to las vegas now boxers floyd mayweather and manny pacquiao has justn weighed in ahead of their much-anticipated fight in las vegas. this fight isn't only about the sport. the two are also making an impact on the city's economy. >> it's the neon city in the desert, a place where just about anything goes. but even here the buzz surrounding the flight around floyd mayweather and manny pacquiao has others excited. pound for pound, they are considered the greatest boxers of their generation, and this has been a fight years in the making. it has brought in thousands of fans between them will bring in millions of dollars. >> at the lucky transportation company business is booming. the firm has more than 200 vehicles not enough to cope with the influx of people. >> i have been booked solid for the weekend for the fight. >> the company's owner said that the fight is one of the biggest events the city has seen. >> this has a huge economic impact it also has a huge moral impact that las vegas is back, and it's going to be economically great for our community. >>

has carried out three separate rescue operations off the coast of libya, bringing 294 migrants to sicilyamongst them are several women and children. during the course of the last 48 hours, an estimated 3600 people have been rescued from overcrowded boats, which have been headed romp north africa to europe. last month, a shipwreck in the same waters claimed the lives of an estimated 800 people. the estimate is based on the testimony of survivors and the discovery of more bodies inside that sunken vessel. now for a third day, the jury in the boston marathon bombing trial have been deliberating over what sentence should be handed to dzhokhar tsarnaev. his older brother died four days after the initial attack at the finish line of that font. the 21 year old chechen who was convicted last month could be headed the death penalty, or he could also face life behind bars. we are just receiving word from boston that the jury has reached a decision on that sentencing. we can expect to hear from them an announcement in the hours ahead. we will, of course, bring you that as soon as we get it. witness

. >> some will be taken to sicily. we're expecting 400 to arrive here now that ship will stay at large and will be brought back by smaller vessels of the italian coast guards. that number 4,000 is probably going to rise in the next few hours because since that number was announced there were many more rescue operations under going by the german navy and italian navy. with these better weather conditions the sea is flat at the moment, so the italians are expecting that flow and that number of migrants trying to reach here will increase dramatically in the next hours and days. >> i suppose in some ways that the good news about this is that they've been rescued and largely rescued. a few weeks ago we were talking about hundreds of people dying so in some ways things have improved but there is still the issue of what happens to these people when they get there isn't there? >> yes that's probably an issue that is bigger for the authorities and. when they get here they're penallyless, italy is just a transsit transit point t

have been brought ashore in sicily, the rescue vessel the british ship adopted catania those migrantsued on wednesday off the coast of libya. >> the 68 canes festival, have the next 12 days but the industry still dominated by men. and women who make movies. the women showcasing their film at the most prestigious festival. >> on the red carpet, it looks like they dominate this festival while they command attention, when they get question hind it they aren't so celebrated. only five of the 33 films in this festival line-up directed by women. about a nurse trying to precure a heart for her patient. in iran's a drama about a women going through a device. only 9% of the films in competition were filmed by females. mindle of the criticism cannes is trying to shine a light. and her daughter is here talking about the roll of women in the industry. >> it is a cultural thing so it needs to change culturally all together, all of us the hardest venue is to integrate with my professional life. >> the french new movement, and the show piece the festival is proud to open with this feature directed b

. >> i'm charlie angela in sicily. boats like these are taking on the rescue efforts of migrants. >> eem in the u.s. city of baltimore have been celebrating the decision to charge six police officers for the death of freddy gray, a little over two hours ago police in riot gear enforced the curfew. john hendren was there. >> the protests have been transformed. largely a day of celebration after days that included violence and rioting and many arrests by police, it has been relatively peaceful. it's after curfew now. police arrested a number of people for violating that curfew but those protests were largely peaceful a celebration in part because six officers were charged, one of them charged with second degree murder. the mayor of baltimore told police that there was no play in the department for officers who were going to carry out racist acts or violence against citizens. so people here have been happy that he have been celebrating the fact that that happened. but it grew complicated when the mug shots of three of tho

they dock in sicily in the morning hours of monday morning. >> they never stopped. we talked about the emergency because there is not really a sudden emergency but we know there is a continue peaking again and again. >> it took hours for the migrants to disembark. the emergency case is first but it's thorough one by one medical screening process of so many meant that it was slow going. they're exhausted looking faces a hint of what they had been through they were not allowed to talk to any of them. they will decide where they'll go next. but not all will want to stay and travel to other countries. their future remains uncertain but for now they face a new day. it's a journey that they will attempt. not all will make it alive. >> conflicting accounts from yemen this morning where witnesses from the port city of aden say they have seen saudi forces on the ground. so far the u.s.-backed coalition insists the ongoing air campaign is enough to take down houthi rebels. a new report said that the saudi coalition has probably been using cluster bombs against the houthi rebe

q.hundreds of rescued might go grants have been arriving in sicily. >>> nearly 7,000 have been pulled out the sea the number of might go grants risking their lives continues to rise. hundreds, have been pulled from the sea pie fishermen and unlike libya, it has secured its borders. >>> they try to reach europe by boat and now they're back where they started in africa. >>> these people are among almost 500 rescued since march. the u.n. is helping those from syria, or so mol area, and these people being sheltered here are west africans and registered as economic might go grants and it makes it difficult to claim asylum. >>> things are not good. >>> i'm from guana. >>> no work. >>> that's where it is. >>> we need help. >>> it is no longer an escape route for might go grants, because its borders are secure, and they patrol the waters, and they say they're worried that lawlessness will send more people out to sea. >>> these fishermen are concerned too they're trying to make a living, and often end up rescuing boats in trouble. >>> each trip costs $5,000 and we have to stop our fishing and

almost 900 people were on board after being rescued on saturday they finally docked in sicily in the morning hours of monday morning >> they never stopped so we talk about an emergency because there is not really in a sudden emergency but we know it's a chronicle condition, a repeating again and again. >> reporter: it took hours for the migrants to disembark. the emergency cases first, but one by one medical screening process of so many meant it was slow going. they are exhausted looking faces a hint of what they have been through, we were not allowed to talk to any of them. italy's ministry of interior will decide where they will go next but not all want to stay and will continue their journey to other countries and their future remains uncertain but for now they have arrived to a new day after a voyage where they risked their lives, a journey thousands will attempt and not all will make it here alive. stephanie decker al jazeera, sicily. >>> let's take a look at some of the numbers now four months into this year 1783 people have died trying to cross the mediterranean, that is more

stephanie dekker, catania sicily. >> calling on governments to find and rescue hundreds of migrants believedat sea. on monday malaysia detained a thousand people from myanmar and bangladesh including dozens of children. around 2,000 people have reached ma lie i can't and indonesia in the past two days. >> the russian opposition activists have unveiled a report that indicates that russians were fighting in ukraine. >> the 65 page or is called simply putin: war. it contains damning claims of russia's direct military involvement in the ukraine conflict. we collected and analyzed exhaustive evidence that russian troops are present in ukraine as well as mercenaries recruited financed, trained and sent to take part in the war in ukraine with the armed forces. >> the russian army made two major incursions into the ukraine, helping the separatist fighters gain vital ground. the report said that thousands of russian soldiers were ordered to resign from the army and go to war as volunteers. at least 220 russian soldiers are believed to have been killed, at least 70 here in the town of debaltseva. oppo

they were brought to sicily on tuesday. >>> more into the investigation on sunday's attempted terrorck in texas. both men were being watched by federal investigators. they were not considered the most likely to pull off an attack. isis is claiming responsibility but experts question that. edward lawrence is in washington. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. what role direction from overseas played in the garland attack. the fbi and homeland security are helping local police. it's unclear whether simpson or soofi were -- the terror group claimed responsibility for the attack. they remain skeptical. >> i think it's a sign of weakness on is momentum slowed a bit. >> reporter: they are examining the gunmen's contacts and online activity. in a twitter posting, simpson pledged allegiance to isis. before that affiliate wcco says he began communicating with a jihadist fighting withal shahbaab shabaab? somalia. 12 people were killed. the paper's editor is rejecting compare sonisons between the two. >> they are organizing anti-islamic contest. it's an obsession. we don't have this obsessi

bodies of 17 people are arriving at port augusta on the italian island of sicily found during massive operations that saved many migrants trying to cross the mediterranean sea >>> a suicide bombing has blown off a mosque roof and follows a boko haram attack in maiduguri. ahmed idris reports that it's the first big challenge for president muhammadu buhari. >> reporter: as people gathered for afternoon procedures at the mosque a suicide bomber blew himself up. it's an area in the city of maiduguri. witnesses say the bomber posed and was pushing a wheelbarrow. >> we saw him. so far no one claimed responsibility for the bombing. and it wasn't the only violent attack in maiduguri. more civilians were killed in the western suburbs when rocket propelled grenades hit homes. it was believed that boko haram carried out these attacks. these are the first test in fighting a group that killed thousands, displacing more than a million people. in response, they promised swift action to punish those responsible >>> burundi's president won't be attending a summit in tanzania focussing on the crisis in

. >> the bodies of 17 migrants have died trying to cross the mediterranean rave at a port in sicily.a month

. >>> and i'm in sicily, where fishermen like these are taking on the but burden to search for migrants♪ >>> people in the u.s. city of baltimore have been celebrating the decision to charge six police officers, over freddie gray, a little over 3 hours ago police enforced nightly curfew and, a few were arrested. >>> john was there. >>> the protests in the street, of baltimore have been transformed. it was a day of sell brailings after a day that included violence and rioting and many arrests by police, it's been peaceful and it's after curfew and, they arrested a number of people for violating the curfew, and it was peaceful and, there was a celebration because six officers were charge he will with a variety of charges one charged with second-degree murder, and, the mayor told police there was no place in the department for officers, who wanted to carry out racist acts or violence against citizens, so people here have been happy and thee been celebrating. and, it got complicated when the must go shots came out. 3-6 are african-american, and that caesar goodson was driving the van in whi

we are in sicily and the island of lampadusa to the south and hearing migrants there have been movedre to make space for more and more arrival and now when they do arrive here the first thing doctors without borders will be here to give them an initial medical check, those that need more care will be taken to hospital and it's up to the ministry of interior to take them to centers where they are held and some of them will make their own ways for smuggling networks off to northern europe and many do not want to stay here but it's an incredibly difficult situation and the journey takes money and many of the people talking about numbers but have individual tragic story and minors arriving here without their parents so it's extremely difficult situation to control and we had a warning earlier on this month from the head of the eu border in charge of operations and he warned and talking huge number 500,000 to 1 million migrants could be waiting to make the crossing so because this weather now is perfect, the summer is just about to start, it's a real concern. how many more will be arrivin

stephanie dekker, al jazeera, sicily. >>> the murder rate in most parts of the south africa is slowing everywhere apart from the city of cape town. in an interview we've spoken to the leader of one of those gangs. >> 11:00 at night in lavender hill. smoking crystal meth in a portable toilet. these are members of one the gangs running the drug trade in cape town. roland is a gang leader. he believes taking and selling drugs is the only life possible here. >> for young boys, they don't have money for school fees. they don't have food for college. now they take drugs as an escape. >> but there is a price in this drug world. nicole was hit by a stray bullet. >> they are dead set. they are dead set. >> they would die quickly. if they see a shooting, they would get killed very quickly. >> you get killed just for witnessing it? >> yes you get killed for witnessing something. >> their gang leader believes the government does not care about the mixed race or the colored communities, as they call themselves, and they have allowed their neighborhood to become a ghetto. >> when the for us, for the