, europe's security, we have difficulty in finding a consensus. >> toe fair, at the time, the sort of mood within germany, the mood around many countries in europe was one of, we're living through a great humanitarian tragedy. these desperately poor afflicted people needed a place of refuge, and it was europe's job to provide that. now we're saying, you know, there's been some dreadful terrorist attacks and on reflection maybe that wasn't the right thing to do. well, you know, that's a little harsh. >> narrator: abaaoud now used the chaos of the refugee flow to get a team of militants into and around europe. two of the team entered europe with refugees on the island of leros. one used a stolen syrian passport flagged by interpol as possibly being used by terrorists. but greek authorities weren't checking interpol's database regularly, and the men were let through. bomb-maker najim laachraoui and one of the leaders of the cell, mohamed belkaid, are also thought to have entered europe through greece. >> they both had false belgian identity papers. it's a

not everyone is welcoming to migrants coming to europe. video from a group calling themselves the identitarian movement. not everyone is welcoming to migrants coming to europe. this is a promo video from a group calling themselves the identitarian movement. made up of mainly young, tech savvy members, they have been described as the hipster right. with headquarters in austria and france, they are a small but growing group and their aim is to campaign against immigration. senior membership of the group is known to have links with neo—nazis. their annual camp is all about physical strength and fitness, but with a definite sense of purpose. stop immigration now! this summer the movement tried to stop a medecins sans frontieres rescue ship from leaving port. the stunt ultimately failed but in just a few weeks the organisation raised over 70,000 euros and they have now chartered a ship they say they will use to disrupt trafficking and monitor the ngos in the mediterranean. i had heard that the group was developing plans for further action. their

i want to defend europe from mass immigration and multiculturalism. that in every city where multiculturalism is present there is also radical islam and violence regarding illegal immigrants and more. you want european culture, western societies, to just be white? it is not about white it is about the other side of multiculturalism. this is a different kind of migration. these are thousands of illegal migrants coming to our shores and flooding into our cities. lorenzo told me that it wasn'tjust new migrants that concerned him. his organisation has a policy of re—patronisation of the children his organisation has a policy of re—patriation of the children of existing immigrants. you want these people who live in europe, who are second or third generation, to go back to the home country of their own parents? i want them to respect our way of life or leave. it is simple. and the people who respect your way of life? sorry, the problem is not about them. most of them have some parents orfriends or people who are related to them. i can't trust anyone in this

there are critics who have accused ngos of acting as a taxi service to europe. i—immigration groups are exploiting the crisis for their own ends. so you would like to see this mosque closed 7 yeah, i would like to see a museum or something else. tensions here are rising, but what is the solution to italy's migrant crisis? this is the gateway from sicily to the rest of italy. a short passage for many towards their new lives. this is the route that hundreds of thousands of migrants follow to get to the mainland. many of them end up in the north, but some are being settled in the south of the country. i'm on my way to one of those towns. in this quiet corner of calabria, for centuries, the locals have only spoken italian. but in recent years, riace has suffered from an exodus of people in search ofjobs and better prospects. and things are changing. hello, ciao, how are you? today, over half the population are new arrivals from africa and the arab world. the mayor's initiative, with government and eu money, is breathing life into his town and providing a haven for re

nigeria to europe is a journey being made more and more. e third largest group of illegal migrants trying to enter europe. stephanie hegarty reports from nigeria for the bbc — we asked her why so many feel the need to leave. the journey from here thejourney from here in lagos all the way to europe, for illegal migrants, is long and difficult. the reasons they are going quite straightforward, there just are reasons they are going quite straightforward, therejust are not enoughjobs here. straightforward, therejust are not enough jobs here. the straightforward, therejust are not enoughjobs here. the country straightforward, therejust are not enough jobs here. the country has beenin enough jobs here. the country has been in recession for over a year, prices are rising still and although things are getting better it is still very tough for people. the official statistics on unemployment say it is about ia.2% but likely to bea say it is about ia.2% but likely to be a lot higher. even officially, one infour be a lot higher. even officially, one in

we want to ensure that europe stays in europe this is what some people call racism . i think the european union should feel ashamed now they want to use sicily as a rallying point for disgusting racism that does not belong to our culture i know that our welcoming culture is disliked by european sashes but we won't give up we are not going to be silent in the face of this call to violence against desperate human beings these peoples need to buy history books we're not trying to provoke a situation where anybody's life is that risk so you're not attacking them i know we're not attacking migrants we're not going to attack the n.g.o.s we would just try to document what they're doing. and we want to make sure that these n.g.o.s are not working as some kind of proxy for the human traffickers what happens if you see that someone's life is in danger we will also come and rescue them really and what are you going to do one a refugee or a migrant ends up on your boat we will try to bring them to africa again. people of sicily have gotten used to migrants to the many n.g.o.s that

activists see how migrants headed to europe. and n.g.o.s are accused of having a racist agenda we confront them on the issue. very good evening to you my name is neil harvey you're watching international we start this hour with breaking news coming out of east jerusalem where there have been chaotic scenes outside the holy location of temple mount as israeli police moved in there to disperse hundreds of protesting palestinians they used tear gas stun grenades and water cannon. i. i i know. altera bricks correspondent ali in the mall reports from the scene. and we were standing here and after the prayer had finished and there was schippers hundreds of for shippers were broke were blocking the street and they were foisting slogans against the closure of the locks almost also warning israel against the ongoing closure off the mosque on the slogans if police car try to enter through the worshippers and they blocked its way that's when the israeli police officers who were standing at the barrier behind me now empty. role and sound gre

major joint project with russia the nord stream two pipeline it's aimed to bring gas from russia to europe through the baltic sea for germany austria france and the netherlands agreed to pay hoffa of the cost of the pipeline and invest almost five billion euros to the project the list of companies fear being affected include some of the world's biggest players in the industry has some of them including anglo dutch shell french company and the u.k.'s b.p. and germany's that when shell and the head of winchell has declared that the sanctions shouldn't be used to push someone's economic interests referring of course to the u.s. pirating its liquid natural gas peter oliver has more on the reaction. all of the potential impact that these sanctions could have on both the the business and energy sectors here in europe that has you officials hot under the collar there are potentially huge fines for businesses that would enter into energy projects with russia many of those blue chip european companies of course are heavily involved there what we've heard from the german foreign ministry is them say

to be a winner sanctions. it's a it's a blown methodology. i think europe after the first sanctions we've seen that they came out of the loser comparative to the united states. second time around i don't think they want to be in that position russia although unpleasantly affected has made the most of it as we've seen a number of other areas that has forced development i mean if we look at the relationship between the u.s. and russia. how are these measures going to affect it if it indeed goes ahead if it's signed and. you know these restrictions all going to help much as all that we've seen an awful lot of like a private eye. since seventy six that i've been dealing with the soviet union and russia i've never seen relations with such a low. it's an almost it's in no way exact situation very very sad. it is now if we look at the concerns of europe because this is quite unique particular it's we've seen such nina negative rhetoric anti russian rhetoric for more lova but the situation as it stuns a lot of european countries have said they are really no happy a

from africa to europe but this initiative been. in place before and nothing really came out of it two thing to watch this time well maybe africa something else that's going on so actually you have taken the words right out of my about because it is not the first time that africa or migration or infrastructure or poverty alleviation are either g twenty priorities chief seven or you priorities and of course germany and other major western powers at any given time or chairing one of these bodies and they're always shifting their priorities so i don't think there's anything new i think there is an acute illness obviously to the migration particularly coming out of africa and the arab world that is that is front and center in the german political system right now so i'm not surprised that they've developed decided to do this but let's also remember most importantly is that the barcelona process of the european that goes back to the early one nine hundred ninety s. was a significant diplomatic focus on north africa on the need for investm

going to explode it to europe you've got to reverse the relationship of dependency germany and other others on russian gas so this gas play here this energy play is deep and behind the scenes comically for the united states here now at this point russia sells the european union thirty eight percent of its natural gas with only two percent of european union natural gas imports coming from the united states you can bet that some slick wall street syndicates would like to reverse that lineup so is everyone happy about it while absolutely not the european commission is planning out what its response will be if european businesses are hurt by the new sanctions from the united states we are following the spruces suite some concern regarding the european union's energy independence and the g. security interests cable mopp and r.t. new york. the commission has already prepared a list of major european energy projects that could be affected by the proposed sanctions it includes both future expansion projects and existing ones like the north stream pipelines hitting big german and french compa

, fought and trained with isis and returned to europe to carry out an attack. this cell contained isis member whose had entered europe from syria after makingfalse asylum claims. while the majority of syrian refugees are not tied to terrorism, germany has seen a sharp up tick in the threat it faces.there was an eight fold increase in plots between 2015 and 2016. largely due to a surge of those involving refugees. in fact, germany faced more plots last year than it did in the entire 2000 to 2015 period. as the u.s. has experienced with the attacks in san bernardino and orlando, european governments also have a very significant problem with home grown radicals. to give an idea of the scale of this threat, the uk hasapproximately 23,000 terror suspects on the radar. within this, a 3,000 suspect assessed to be the most imminent threat. however, such assessments will never be foolproof and always lies the possibility that the likes of westminster bridge attacker khalid masood slips through the net. the second aspect is the breadth of terrorism through

the sea crossing from libya to europe has claimed more than 2,000 lives so far this year. s been in libya, trying to stop the people smugglers who send thousands of migrants across the mediterranean. coastguards have taken to burning smugglers‘ boats to stem the flow, although that can leave migrants more vulnerable in less seaworthy dinghies. this from our europe editor katya adler. italy is keen to crack down on the people smugglers, but charities working on the front line accuse the eu of cutting back on rescue missions, in an attempt, they say, to put other migrants off trying to come to europe. more than 85,000 people have arrived at this year with thousands more expected. in total, italy has received over 600,000 newcomers over the last four years. alongside the human tragedy the political and economic impact is huge. italy says it simply can't cope. amnesty international is warning 2017 is set to become the deadliest year on what it calls the deadliest migration route in the world. italy is keen to crack down on the people smugglers, but charities working on the fron

of all ofman rights these people trying to cross over to europe. genie: thank you, meabh mcmahon. military strongman in libya has announced what he called the total liberation of benghazi. codenamed his offensive operation dignity targeting several armed militant groups. military campaign to recapture all of benghazi has finally paid off. libyan national army have retaken the central neighborhood from extremist and regained control of the entirety of the country's second city. libya's eastern commander announced the news on tv. >> we declare the city of benghazi has been liberated. it is a victory for national army and dignity over terrorism. it is a triumphant thick three from god almighty. >> local residents poured onto the streets to celebrate. many held the libyan flag. others opted for portraits of the man many here see as their hero. may god bless the general. eternal thanks to the man who went into battle and congratulations on the victory. he launched his operation dignity in may 2014. after that his troops became embroiled in a series of battles with jihadists east of the

it is a privilege to be invited to speak to you today. europe is facing a sustained threat from the islamic state. it's an estimated more than 5,000 europeans have travelled to syria to join isis. the percentage of european foreign fighters who have returned to their countries of departure is estimated as high as 30%. in the united states, some 250 americans have travelled or attempted to travel to isis controlled territories. of the 250, the program on extremism has identified more than 60 u.s. based individuals who successfully migrated to syria. there's not a typical profile of an american or european isis recruit. they vary in socio economic background, age, gender, location and the degree of religiosity. until recently, isis operated a relative safe haven from which to plan attacks. despite recent territorial losses it continues to maintain a codre of sympathizers who feel an obligation to help the caliphate. this has hit europe and the united states in the last month. since 2014, we have identified 51 attacks in europe and north america. t

because it will lower the price of profits they want to export it particularly to europe well if you're going to export it to europe you've got to reverse the relationship independency germany and other others on russian gas so this gas play here this energy play is deep and behind the scenes economically for the united states here so is everyone happy about it while absolutely not the european commission is planning out what its response will be if european businesses are hurt by the new sanctions from the united states we are following the spruces suite some concern regarding the european union's energy independence and dollar energy security interests well one thing they can do is they can make sure that what the u.s. is seeking to do doesn't apply to european companies that the focus of this debate is the nord stream to pipeline which western europe is very very committed to actually seeing completed and that investment at the moment is being threatened by this u.s. initiative now at this point russia sells the european union thirty eight percent of its natural gas with only two per

to begin shipping liquefied natural gas overseas so there you have it but what does selling gas to europe have to do with protecting the sanctity of america's voting machines america's european allies are now crying foul saying that the usa is interfering with their energy policies with these sanctions and this conflict the relationship between russia and germany is not always free of conflicts but i cannot see how the politics of sanctions is hoping that says there is an american saying if you're in a hole stop digging i think this would be the right's approach to this issue the united states wants somehow to have a bigger share of the european market especially in german germany because germany isa biggest market. so far what i saw is that the russian you know is somehow an enemy for the u.s. guy. from each state. and we have a very longstanding relations with the russian federation. in a market where you know you have longstanding relations and i see. a good example to mention. at this point russia counts for thirty eight percent of the european union's natural gas while the usa only a

to the most extent favor of mass migration towards europe from africa so they of course will just start to die and argue about this but i think it's the people within the countries that make these choices and probably at least at the late next election they will remember who lied to them about this topic robert thank you so much for talking to us thank you so this was robert tim who is the spokesperson for. the german branch of the europe that is a movement who are seeking to document violations of n.g.o.s. are saying that their mission is to help the migrants that are crossing the mediterranean sea trying to go from the port of sicily back to you know the euro. the cia chief explains why he thinks the russians meddled in the us elections. coming up after this break. player. playing. in case you're new to the game this is how it works now the economy is built around corporations corporations run washington washington controls the media the media and the. voters elected to businessman to run this country business because. you must it's not business as usual it's business like it's

come to europe maybe will. make economy work even better there is migrants and there's migrants there's refugees and then there's ph d.'s right and those are two different things i actually went to high school in germany or partially grew up there at the time you know a lot of people thought i was turkish though i'm indian actually but i speak german german so i fit in but when you you know new migrants who are coming in who think they're coming in just temporarily don't necessarily have it you know skills that the that the host country needs just because their bodies you know human bodies it doesn't mean they're not going to fill the specific gaps in german society their particular every country knows what there is it mechanics is it teachers is it cleaners is it doctors is it technicians right the labor shortage that exists across europe generally is in multiple categories professionals so that means you need people from india and from brazil and from russia not from mali right or people in the elderly care in

to. europe for the g. twenty summit that meeting between put an interim face expected there and i think what's interesting is that it's is that both france and germany at kind of angling for and mediating role between moscow and washington why would they be interested in something like that. well you know i think that the europeans have their work cut out for them and that their priority right now is figuring out how to work with donald trump because trump's first visit to europe did not go very well the needy meeting at nato and then the g. seven in sicily it led to a situation in which uncle a miracle said hey europe may have to be on its own so number one priority i think is going to be let's figure out how to work with trump the second priority will be can we improve the relationship with moscow and there i think the meeting with trump and putin is a very important moment i hope they're able to establish a good reporter to my knowledge this will be the first time that they've met face to face but again

to sell its liquid gas in europe. well you know the comments recently of jamie dimon the c.e.o. of j.p. morgan apologizing to the world for the stupidity of america the stupidity of politicians in washington and for once i agree with jamie diamond on this this is a very stupid policy it's like america committing economic suicide it's similar to bragg's it in a lot of ways breaks it is economic suicide for great britain this type of sanctions imposition is economic suicide for america because they're pushing germany into the arms of russia and germany is the centerpiece of nato and they will disintegrate and america's hope to control ukraine with genetically modified seeds which of course russia is vietnam lee against it is going to go up in smoke this is stupid it the policy of morons why because the deep state in america wants to keep feathering their nests by warring all over the world killing innocent civilians dollars trump hopefully will stand up to this veto this ridiculous stupid initiative and we can talk about something a little bit more constructive and this is the last

activists say monitoring how migrants heading to europe are dealt with by coast guards and n.g.o.s are accused of having a racist agenda we confront them on the issue. very good evening to you mind neil harvey you're watching international. and we'll start this hour with breaking news coming from east jerusalem where there have been chaotic scenes outside the holy site of the temple mount israeli police there moved in to disperse hundreds of praying palestinians by using tear gas. i i i. i was i i i was. i palestinians had gathered to pray outside the site after new security measures were put in place that by the israeli government by works were laid off near ambulances that were trying to make it through the crowns several people reportedly injured an r.t. correspondent was also caught up in the unrest there we hope to bring you reports of what she experienced a little later this hour. saturday's violence is the latest in a week of protests against the installation of security cameras metal detectors at the revered x. a mosque security was stepped up after two israeli policemen were k

to fascism. mirador part of. europe will be on trial for genocide this will be a second nuremberg trial maybe not in the courts but in the history books because of this ongoing genocide in the mediterranean and it's all because the indifference of certain states in the european union the e.u. has to recognize the freedom of movement as a human right this is very serious and i think the european union should can i say feel ashamed. almost ninety thousand migrants have arrived in italy by sea this year alone and more than two hundred twenty thousand are expected by the end of the year marriage palermo also condemned an anti islam movement the so-called identity tarion saying that they should be ashamed a group of either to tarry in the mission to defend europe in the mediterranean sea they say the mission is to expose humanitarian groups they say they are working with the people smugglers to provide a so-called taxi service for african migrants into europe. to overwatch. and inform the libyan coast guard about the doing a

year and ma ny efforts to europe has risen this year and many efforts are made to create reasons for stay in the country where they live. we will look at the example now of ethiopia, the united nations refugee agency has opened a new project to train refugees and stop them from taking the risk of travelling to libya and beyond. we have been there, to find out more. lucky to be alive, walking for two days from eritrea, they have been shot at by government soldiers. like many from their country, they have run away from what they say is forced conscription in the military. translation: we walk through the bushes, hiding, not to be seen by the soldiers. we fled our country because they keep on forcing us to join the national service. we are wa nted join the national service. we are wanted in our homeland. recent weeks have seen hundreds of religious arrive at refugee camps and reception centres like this one in the north, authorities say the numbers are overwhelming. these are the latest refugees to cross over into europe, walking under the cover of darkness along a heavily guarded and d

thank you to peter, walter, helmut's family. it's the leaders of europee ministers and officials who are here. i ask you to think about something not in my notes. i was looking around this crowd today at all of us who used to be in office. all of us who came. why? because helmut kohl gave us the chance to be involved in something bigger than ourselves, bigger than our terms of office, bigger than our fleeting careers. because all of us sooner or later will be in a coffin like that. and the only gift we can leave behind is a better future for our children and the freedom to make their own choices, including their own mistakes. i loved him. hillary said i loved him because he was the only person with a bigger appetite for food than i have. he came to washington so much, once he took me to his favorite restaurant in the capital of my country. it's still there, i recommend it. why am i saying this? because the 21st century in europe, as you see, really began on his watch, because he had really five big questions to answer. which all have ramifications today.

holding banners that read no more drowning and freedom frontex not being a reference to europe's borders agency the city's mayor branded the defend europe in a provocation trying to challenge one of the group's members and also gauge reaction from locals were at the port of. among the ships that come into the sport you will every now and then see boats full of migrants but we're here to talk to an activist who is expecting the arrival of a very different kind of boat with a very controversial purpose. so somewhere around here. probably going to be. what we cherish of course is a cultural identity are you a racist or an extremist organization your final purpose is what. we want to control europe stays in europe this is what some people call racism. i think the european union should feel ashamed. the national weather service in sterling virginia has issued a special memory warning for chesapeake bay from pools island to sandy point maryland from sandy point to north beach maryland chester river to queenstown eastern put up school river including baltimore harbor until four fifteen pm to te

meanwhile a group of identity ariens has launched a mission to defend europe in the mediterranean sea they say the mission is to expose humanitarian groups working with people smugglers who provide what they call a taxi service for african migrants into europe over what the engineer was listening for diligent costarred about there doing anything you would trust the military will see when you get the password signal to the west or to people in distress and make sure that they would be brought back to the libyan coast. the mission is being carried out on a four hundred twenty two ton vessel carrying twenty five crew members it's already crowded funded over one hundred twenty five thousand dollars here on the map you can see the route the ship is following it's set sail from the east african nation of djibouti and is heading towards the italian city of cantina from where they're going to patrol the waters atienza. i spoke with tim a spokesperson for the german branch of defend europe he's going to join the mission soon let's listen to what he had to say. i've spoken to many people here i

refugees have reached a town and coast that's eighty five percent of all migrants who journey by sea to europe are days in the air trying to has been to rural areas of the country to see how the crisis is affecting life there italy's come up with a plan to ease the migrant crisis make them settle across the country even in the most remote areas one neighborhood saw an abandoned hotel turn into a refugee shelter overnight there was a divided community and a mere launching a protest. room bed to a small town in the mountains which after a government decision was forced to accommodate dozens of migrants. i hope the mayor of this town mr cheever talk explain the system to me. on jordan oh can we see the hotel now i'll bet a block and to be on the other just ok thank you. the prefecture didn't tell us in advance that migrants were coming i thought everything would work out as the government told us that it would help us to cope with the migrants there already many problems here like unemployment issues with infrastructure health etc that's why some people around here are angry because the governmen

america is committed to maintaining peace and security in central and eastern europe. re working with poland in response to russia's actions and destabilising behaviour. with as many as 5000 american troops based in poland, donald trump repeated his demand that it was past time for other members of the nato alliance to get going, as he put it, with their financial obligations. but his most direct comments were again reserved for north korea, the american leader calling on all nations to confront what he said was the global threat after pyongyang's latest missile test. it is a shame they are behaving this way but they are behaving in a very very dangerous manner. and something will have to be done about it. the polish government is delighted that donald trump chose here to set out his vision for america's relations with europe. the president will have been soothed by his enthusiastic reception in poland, when his style and leadership is often ridiculed elsewhere on the continent. the crowd chanting his name as donald trump began one of the most important speeches of his

also this hour former islamic state fighters returning to europe leaving the authorities struggling for a coordinated way to deal with the. reasons why they went if we can get them back and wanted to them reeducate them put them on the extremist courses and dave radicalized them then i think they have an opportunity should be no difference whether it's man woman or child who got thousands of jihadists already ruled in our streets which has been put out by the government why do we need more. of an undercover operation exposes how the pentagon give away a million dollars worth of military equipment to fake policeman. for me in the team here they are. right thanks for choosing this for you news this hour first up the e.u. has issued a stern warning to washington over the latest anti russia sanctions after they were passed by the u.s. house of representatives the european commission president thinks they could damage your obscenity sector the u.s. bill could have unintended unilateral effects that impact the use energy security interests america first kind of mean that europe's interests co

reports on how people have reacted to other similar cases in europe. i saw is crumbling in syria and iraq rapidly losing territory strongholds and most importantly followers an estimated five thousand fighters traveled to the middle east from europe twenty to thirty percent are said to be returning now the specter of returning jihadi is wrecking havoc on european streets has haunted governments for a while but tackling this growing threat has proved problematic weeding out extremists who pose the biggest risk is the greatest challenge with many seemingly slipping through the net all willing to fight to european law and justice on their own terms . i don't want to come back permanently my return will be purely for the lawsuit i know i have no future in the neverland's a big stamp has been printed on me you retire or ists you've joined the battle in syria and i want to defend myself the netherlands as it respects the rule of law so which suspect must have the right to defend himself in a court i think the charge against me is unfair the biggest obstacle i