using spain as a gateway to europe they're travelling a short distance by boat through the strait of gibraltar from morocco marcus burnish reports. rescue teams have just pulled another twenty one people from the strait of gibraltar off southern spain they consider this a slow day compared to most but these twenty one arrivals present a problem for spain the maritime rescue service wants to take these migrants to the nearest port but the port refused permission a common occurrence. over the course of the entire past year we've rescued sixteen thousand people but this year after just seven months the number has already climbed to twenty two thousand. the ship carrying the rescued migrants docked at the nearby port of august the rest instead but the situation there is no better the migrants had been stuck on the ship for days now they're on land looking for shady places to rest. a few kilometers away jose antonio gomez is waiting for the daily food delivery more than six hundred rescued people were brought to this gym just over the weekend . they called us on saturday and then the people came th

the new gateway to europe with their roots cut all refugees are now turning to the straits of gibraltar to reach the continent that is causing problems for spain. well i'm sorry martin thanks for joining us two days after historic elections in zimbabwe the country's electoral commission says the rulings m.e.p. a party has won the most seats in parliament partial results show the senate has picked up one hundred nine seats in the nation's two hundred ten member assembly as compared to just forty one for the opposition movement for democratic change or m.d.c. the remaining states have yet to be announced and the victor of the country's presidential poll is not yet known monday's vote was the first since robert mugabe was ousted as president after thirty seven years in power. or correspondent melanie core of the ball is in zimbabwe covering the elections for us and she joins us now from harare it's clear the p.f. has won the parliamentary elections but the results of the presidential poll or not what sort of reaction are you seeing there are those points. well we haven't heard anything fro

spanish authorities are overwhelmed after talking to migrants it's clear that the strait of gibraltar is gaining in popularity as a crossing point. i was going from ivory coast to libya but they told me that morocco would be a better idea. by refugees want to go to say now before they chose libya or italy but that is close i was. just thirteen kilometers live between africa and europe at spain's southernmost tip with other routes closed the country has become the new gateway to europe for thousands of migrants. now to a major change in the way germany deals with asylum seekers the southern state above area has opened controversial processing centers for migrants the so-called anchor centers or part of interior minister whole city hope has disputed plans to reduce the number of migrants arriving in the country the government says the centers are designed to speed up asylum processing the aim is for each case to be decided within eighteen months asylum seekers whose claims are rejected would then be deported from the centers critics say concentrating so many asylum seekers in one place

traveling through the strait of gibraltar through morocco.hey rescued nearly a thousand migrants less we can along. refugees are choosing this route as other countries s such as ity crackdown on arrivals. reporter: rescue teams have just pulled another 21 people from the strait of gibraltar off of southern spain. the consider this a slow day compared to most. but these 21 arrivals present a problem for spain. the maritime rescue service wants to take these migrants to the nearest port, but the port refused, a common occurrence. >> over the course of the entire past year, we have rescued 16,000 people. but this year after just seven months, the number has already climbed to 22,000. reporter: the ship carrying the rescued migrants docked at another nearby port instead. but the situation there is no better. the migrants had been stuck on the ship for days. now they are on land looking for shady places to rest. a few kilometers away, jose gomez is waiting for the daily food delivery. more than 600 rescued people were brought to this gym over the

spanish authorities are overwhelmed after talking to migrants it's clear that the strait of gibraltar is gaining in popularity as a crossing point. i was going from ivory coast to libya but they told me that morocco would be a better idea. let's find refugees and want to go to spain before they chose libya or italy but that was. just thirteen kilometers live between africa and europe at spain's southernmost tip with other routes closed the country has become the new gateway to europe for thousands of migrants. from mr carlson now you see we've got a new way for migrants to get into europe are we going to have to come up with a new dio the way we did was turkey i mean how does your deal with this new form of migration. well it would be incredibly helpful if the european union would have or would not do the things it's been talking about for three years we need two things to souls a crisis like this the ability to quickly decide who of the people who arrive need protection europe and who doesn't if it takes like an incident in recent years four years until a final decision is made it ba

spanish authorities are overwhelmed after talking to migrants it's clear that the strait of gibraltar is gaining in popularity as a crossing point. i was going from ivory coast to libya but they told me that morocco would be a better idea. refugees want to go to say now before they chose libya or italy but that was just thirteen kilometers lie between africa and europe that spain southern most tip the country once again has become the gateway to europe for thousands of migrants. i missed you see we've got a new way for migrants to get into europe are we going to have to come up with a new dio the way we did with turkey i mean how does your deal with this new form of migration. well it would be incredibly helpful if the european union would have or would not do the things it's been talking about for three years we need two things to solve a crisis like this the ability to quickly decide who of the people who arrive need protection in europe and who doesn't if it takes like in italy in recent years four years until a final decision is made it basically we don't need insight into somethi

a new gateway to europe with all the routes cut all the refugees are crossing the straits of gibraltar to reach the continent and that's causing problems for spain. and in sports we look ahead to the asian games later this month where an orphan boy born into poverty is seeking another gold after becoming a sprinting hero in his native indonesia. well i'm terry martin thanks for joining us two days after historic elections in zimbabwe the country's electoral commission says the ruling zana party has won the majority in parliament possibly as much as two thirds of the seats the winner of the presidential election has yet to be announced riot police dispersed a few hundred opposition protesters who attempted to enter the zimbabwe electoral commission has offices in the capital harare authorities also use water cannon and tear gas and one report says a man has been shot dead the main opposition party the movement for democratic change says it will dispute the official results if the rulings an appeal party does win two thirds of the parliamentary seats it will be able to amend the country'

to control the various sections of the fence and also the coastal area around the strait of gibraltar it's a well rehearsed team but it's reaching its limits. but it's stopping large groups of people is very complicated you need good cooperation between the moroccan authorities and our own. usually when both sides organize themselves well and everything goes well then we reach our goal. the young men in the mountains of morocco believe in strength in numbers saif and his friends are already planning their next attempt to storm the fence they're tired of the brutality of the hands of the police. they only find food at a nearby rubbish dump a soft drink a cucumber. amole potato life here is unbearable it in. morocco is teeming with police offices. all of my friends who left guinea with me made it to syria to see what am i supposed to do here i'll stay here until i can get in. their sense of desperation is what drives them for salif and his friends it's europe or nothing. now back to port a my do you ever thought of he now joins me in the studio and welcome on a very you know to or to ra

a new gateway to europe with other routes cut all the refugees are now turning to the straits of gibraltar to reach the continent and that's causing problems for spain. there in german.

spanish authorities are overwhelmed after talking to migrants it's clear that the strait of gibraltar is gaining in popularity as a crossing point. i was going from ivory coast to libya but they told me that morocco would be a better idea. refugees want to go to spain before they chose libya or italy but that is close i was just thirteen kilometers lie between africa and europe at spain southernmost tip the country once again has become the gateway to europe for thousands of migrants. it's over to helena humphrey now and we have news just in from the u.s. federal reserve the u.s. federal reserve leaving its key interest rates unchanged for now sarah after its regular policy meeting the fed was upbeat about the u.s. economy citing strong consumer spending and business investment a strong jobs market and inflation near that target over to the sense that probably puts the fed on course for a rate hike in september off its next meeting now fed chair during powell said at the start of the year that interest rates would continue to be raised in small to moderate steps they now stand in a ra

every day. 15,000 this summer.s this i now the most popular route, between mocco and spain, the strait of gibraltar and. tangi teese migrants are taken to reception cen. spain setting up a central command unit to cope with the summer surge. the prime minister sanchez in talks with morocco to try to stop the smugglers. translator: we will continue to strengthen cooperation with morocco and introduce a 30 million euro emergency plan to increase the number of receptios cent and for a new central command unit to coordinate migrant arrivals. reporter: it has become moret diffic for migrants to get to the north african coast. 850 deaths estimated this summer so far and thousands more migrants in m tocco waitingo try to cross the water. anchor: stay with us here news because still to come, heavy rains lash the american states of virginia. there are growing fears that a dam may be about to burst. >> thest qn was whether we wanted to save our people and japanese, as well, and win the war, or whe ter he wantedo take a chance of being able to win the war by killing our young men. >> the invasion began at 2:00

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they use video cameras toumani toure the fences various sections as well as the sea in the strait of gibraltar the team has reached their limits. but i want to put this together it's no simple thing to hold off huge crowds of people. the moroccan authorities around ours you do very good working relationship. both sides coordinate their efforts and things go smoothly we achieve our objectives for years. the young man in the hills of morocco have also realized there is strength in numbers salif and his friends are planning their next attempt now they also want to escape the brutality of the moroccan police. they'll get their food from a nearby garbage dump a soft drink a cucumber amole potato life here is unbearable. teeming with cops all my friends who left me with me have made it as far as they want. why should i stay. morocco i'll stay until i eventually get in god willing those guys that aren't. it can be hard to distinguish courage from desperation for salif and his friends it's europe or bust. even after migrants to cross to europe they find there are no guarantees they'll be able to state

a new gateway to europe with all the routes cut all refugees are now crossing the straits of gibraltarreach the continent and that's causing problems for spain. and in sports we look ahead to the asia.

use cameras to control various sections of the fence and also the coastal area around the straits of gibraltar it's a well rehearsed team but it's reaching its limits. but when it is stopping large groups of people is very complicated you need good cooperation between the moroccan authorities and our own. usually when both sides organize themselves well that everything goes well then we reach our goal where's. the young men in the mountains of morocco believe in strength in numbers. salif and his friends are already planning their next attempt to storm the fence that time of the brutality at the hands of the moroccan police. they only find food at a nearby rubbish dump a soft drink a cucumber a moldy potato and. life here is unbearable. and. morocco is teeming with police offices. all of my friends are left guinea with me made it to syria. what am i supposed to do here i'll stay here until i can get in. their sense of desperation is what drives them. just friends it's europe or nothing . now he's believed to have been the last no nazi collaborators still living in the united states but ninety

the strait of gibraltar between tangier and the reception centre at algeciras, just a few dozen kilometreso reception centres. spain now setting up a central command unit to cope with the summer surge. prime minister pedro sanchez in talk with morocco to try to stop the smugglers. translation: we will continue to strengthen our cooperation with morocco and we will introduce a 30 million euros emergency plan, to increase the number of places in reception centres, and for a new central command unit to co—ordinate migrant arrivals. it has become more difficult for migrants to get to the north african coast, but those that do face an increasingly perilous journey, with 850 deaths estimated this summer so far and thousands more migrants in morocco waiting to try to cross the water. andrew plant, bbc news. more than 500 people have died in heavy rains in india so far this year, and there's still a month of the monsoon season to go. the north—eastern state of assam has been badly hit with more than 100,000 people affected by flooding. because of the devastation, several camps have been set up for

the strait of gibraltar between tangier and the reception centre at algeciras, just a few dozen kilometresntres. spain now setting up a central command unit to cope with the summer surge. prime minister pedro sanchez in talk with morocco to try to stop the smugglers. translation: we will continue to strengthen our cooperation with morocco and we will introduce a 30 million euros emergency plan, to increase the number of places in reception centres, and for a new central command unit to co—ordinate migrant arrivals. it has become more difficult for migrants to get to the north african coast, but those that do face an increasingly perilous journey, with 850 deaths estimated this summer so far and thousands more migrants in morocco waiting to try to cross the water. andrew plant, bbc news. heatwave stories are usually tales of joy and icecream, but europe sweat its way through yet another. in portugal and spain they're bracing themselves for the continent's highest—ever temperatures. on friday, thermometer readings nudged 46.1; degrees in el granado in southern spain, near the portugese borde