the un refugee agency is calling for hundreds of migrants who've been rescued in the mediterranean toe granted a place of safety. nearly 200 migrants have been taken off a rescue boat that was stranded near the near the italian island of lampedusa, north of the coast of libya. the italian coast guard took 49 of the most vulnerable passengers from the the louise michel, which is funded by the british graffiti artist banksy. simon jones has more. not too sure and to safety. 49 migrants who had initially been rescued by a ship longing to banksy, the louise michel. they we re banksy, the louise michel. they were taken to lampedusa by the italian coastguard. these are the lucky ones. the fate of hundreds more people still on the water remains unclear. the louise michel had picked up more than 200 people at sea. it became dangerously overcrowded and stranded off the coast of malta. some of the migrants had to stay on life rafts, floating alongside the boat. crew said nobody in the international community was to help. everyone that has been rescued was deeply traumatised. we will keep trying

the un refugee agency says a solution must be found and saving lives is a humanitarian imperative. ggs is assistant high commissioner for protection at unhcr, the un refugee agency. she joins us live from geneva. what do you think should happen to the migrants who have been taken on board the various vessels? good morning. yes, of course, the most important element is the rescue at sea, a important element is the rescue at sea , a rescue important element is the rescue at sea, a rescue of people seeking protection from typically conflict, persecution. their lives must be saved. that is the absolute fundamental point. but having been saved, and they are now by commercial boats, boats by ngos, the next is the opportunity to disembark, it cannot be humane to leave them drifting on boats that of course are not designed at all for large numbers of human beings. it is a very mixed practice. some countries are on an ad hoc basis allowing disembarkation for asylum. others are not, we have credible evidence of refusal and effectively push backs. who is not helping in that way? which countrie

the un refugee agency mr andre monitored mr magic while camera news. keeps insisting that repatriation of regular refugees to me and mine is its number one priority i'm wondering how the un seize it. well 1st and foremost to the repatriation is a preferred solution for most of the refugees and in fact this is the key point we should be listening to what the refugees are saying and the refugees themselves are saying that they wish to return as is the case in many other refugee crisis in the world however for this report ration to become a reality there will need to be some improvements on the ground in myanmar or it to ration needs to be 1st and foremost a voluntary one it needs to be a decision taken by the refugees themselves on the basis of good information about the situation back home about what they can expect in terms of conditions so what we would need to see is the lifting of the restrictions on the for example freedom of movement we would need to see access to livelihoods to jobs we would need access to education also being granted. also a path

you the un refugee agency says a solution must be found and saving lives is a humanitarian imperative spokesperosn for the rescue organisation, sea—watch. speaking to me earlier, she said european authorities need to act urgently in order to help stranded migrants. well, as we see, i think it is a disaster, what is currently happening in the central mediterranean. it is basically european authorities did not react at all and then punished search and rescue organisations. in my opinion and that of my organisation, it is good that european authorities are now reacting and doing their duty to assist in rescue people and bring them to a safe european port immediately. what is your organisation doing quiz mightjust explain how you help these people? at the end, we are doing search and rescue operations in the central mediterranean, and we have been foundered because there is a lack of governmental search and rescue activities in the mediterranean sea, so we are kind of now filling this gap of these actors and doing their job. you'll have heard the argument that some people put that the mor

the un refugee agency says a solution must be found and saving lives is a humanitarian imperative.of the rescue team and joins me live from the rescue ship — sea—watch 4. we have seen some of the images there. how difficult was that the operation and how many did you manage to get off in total? the operation last night, or yesterday in the afternoon, was quite difficult because the weather was worsening and the boat was rolling a lot so it was difficult to get people off the ship. a lot of them we re people off the ship. a lot of them were seasick and had spent too much time on the lifeboat. they were seasick, they showed signs of fuel burns, they were disorientated, dehydrated. it was not easy but it was a shipment, not a rescue operation because the louise michel had already stabilised the situation. people were wearing life vests. there were some reports they might have been a fatality or more on board, can you confirm that? there was not a fatality on board the louise michel but on the rubber boat before the louise michel arrived on scene. we were told there we re arrived on sc

the un refugee agency says a solution must be found and saving lives is a humanitarian imperative.d the louise michel was rolling a lot, so it was difficult to get people off the ship. a lot of them were already seasick and had spent too much time on their rubber boat and later on the much moving louise michel. and on the life raft, so they were seasick, they showed signs of fuel burns, they were disorientated, dehydrated. it was not easy but it was a transshipment, it was definitely not a rescue operation because the louise michel had already stabilised the situation, all the people had life vests. so that was a very good cooperation. that is good news. there were some reports there might‘ve been a fatality or more on board. can you confirm that? there was not a fatality on board on the louise michel but on the rubber boat before the louise michel could intervene and could arrive on scene. but people on board told us there were probably two more fatalities, who already went overboard during theirjourney because none of the european institutions, none of the european authorities wa

southern gaza it's the 4th straight night in bombardment on wednesday a school in gaza run by the un's refugee agency was damaged by a strikes the school was empty at the time israel says it's been targeting hamas facilities because the armed groups been sending balloons which start fires into its territory the russian government says it plans to release every one arrested in anti-government protests on friday morning nearly 7000 that been rounded up during demonstrations of often turned violent that he was president lukashenko of rigging the election which he won in a landslide. the new k. is re-imposing travel restrictions on france and the netherlands as coronavirus places across europe france and germany are seeing their highest number of cases in 3 months in spain the government says there are 675 active outbreaks. security forces in mozambique are battling to retake a northern port town from fighters into ice on this the 3rd time this year that mushroom boda price has been seized the town is now a $23000000000.00 natural gas project those are the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera

the un refugee agency says a solution must be found and saving lives is a humanitarian imperative.ch. shejoins me from berlin. what do you think should be done to undertake these people undertaking perilously dangerous journeys? good morning. the disaster what is currently happening in the central mediterranean. it is basically european authorities do not react at all and it is up to rescue organisations. in my opinion, and the opinion of the organisation, it is needed the eu authorities react to what is happening and doing their duty to actually assist and rescue people and bring them to a safe european port immediately. what is your organisation, sea—watch, doing? explain how you help? we are doing search and rescue operations in the central mediterranean and we have been founded because there is a lack of governmental search and rescue activities in the mediterranean sea. we are filling this gap and we are doing theirjob. he will have heard the argument that some people put that the more you do to help these people, whether rescuing them, on bigger boats, allowing them to disemb

the un refugee agency says a solution must be found and saving lives is a humanitarian imperative. bake? dusting off your running shoes? well 14—year—old hamish brodie has just achieved the highest grade possible on the piano after only taking up the instrument two years ago when his mother died. he did it, in part, with a piece of music he composed in memory of his mum. here's his story. it was 2018 when i lost my mum. that was at sort of the same time i was discovering music and just really flourishing in that, so i think i put a lot of emotion and my feelings into that. it was not as sad, almost, because i had something to focus on, a drive which i could almost think, every day, after i came home from school, right, this is what i am going to do and i'm going to do it really good. she was really, really great, really great cook and really great music taste as well, like eva cassidy and all that. i've got a lot of different styles of music and inspirations from my dad and my mum, and i'm reallyjust trying to soak in as much different genres as possible. i think, once you get some

only a few international organization still maintain an office in tripoli one is the un refugee agency or u.n.h.c.r. which is holding a press conference here the u.n. agency are tries to obtain the release of his many migrants as possible but it has to focus its efforts on people who would be entitled to apply for asylum were allowed to visit the official centers for we've carried out about a 1000 visitors this year and they've always managed to get out refugees almost one pounds 900 this year for civil place listen to this. yeah they're from god as art does. so to go they tie the women up to this it is that if they want to sleep with a woman they tie up her arms and legs and hang her from the right part of the law or that are that are so. so cerebral that is horrible and painful to hear because what can be done to help her. so it sounds like one of the unofficial detention centers in the official ones conditions computer but not as terrible as the us if she's in the hands of traffickers now international aid organization can gain access to oxy. so that's heartbreaking yes it's a terri

the un refugee agency says a solution must be found and saving lives is a humanitarian imperative.have been told to self—isolate, after some on board tested positive for coronavirus. health officials say seven people from three different parties on tui flight 6215 on tuesday have tested positive for covid—19. public health wales is now contacting the rest of the passengers. president trump will visit kenosha in wisconsin on tuesday, where a black man shot by a police officer last week. the shooting that left jacob blake paralysed from the waist down. meanwhile, in the north—western us city of portland, 0regon, a white man is reported to have died after a shooting on saturday night — it followed skirmishes between pro—trump and black lives matter protesters. it isn t clear if the shooting arose from the clashes in the city centre. local media said the dead man was wearing a hat bearing the insignia of a right—wing group. and north american corresponded gave us this update. it certainly is very volatile and the authorities are still trying to figure out exactly what happened, what we

a school in gaza run by the un's refugee agency has been damaged in israeli military strikes the palestinian education ministry has condemned the attack which came on the 3rd consecutive day of bombardment the school was empty at the time they've been no reports of casualties israel says that it's targeting hamas facilities in response to the group launching balloons laden with in century material a senior leader of the muslim brotherhood has died in cairo's notorious scorpion prison egyptian authorities have reportedly refused to hand over the body of. his family saying that they will bury him 10 people will be allowed to attend the 66 year old's funeral and was a doctor m.p. who worked to promote democratic principles within the muslim brotherhood he was arrested in 2013 after the revolution and had been in jail ever since. reports. what's significant about dr samadi on is that he is somebody who was one of the icons of the muslim brotherhood not just within egypt but also internationally he was the spokes person for the group he was one of the few who could speak english amongst its leade

the un refugee agency says a solution must be found and saving lives is a humanitarian imperative.parents that they will put a "huge dent" in their children's future life chances if they don't send them back to school. gavin williamson has written an open letter to parents, as children in england, wales and northern ireland prepare to return to the classroom this week. in it, he says the health risk to children from covid—19 is "extremely low". new research shows that care homes in england had the largest increase in excess deaths at the height of the pandemic, compared to the rest of the uk. the study, which was led by the university of stirling, also shows that care home residents have accounted for a0 per cent of all coronavirus deaths in the uk. professor david bell led the research, he says more information needs to be collected to avoid the impact of a potential second wave on the care sector. there are, for example, many more care homes than there are hospitals and there is a lot that goes on around care at home that we don't really know about. but i think the past few month

southern gaza it's the 4th straight night of bombardment on wednesday a school in gaza run by the un's refugee agency was damaged by airstrikes the school was empty at the time israel says it's been targeting hamas facilities because the armed group has been sending balloons which start fires into its territory. all right time for a short break here al-jazeera when we come back under i still control a critical port in mozambique folds for the 3rd time this year. and what president trump is doing to restrict mail in voting for the upcoming election stay with us. we're seeing some severe storms in central parts of canada western and central kind of the big clump of thundery downpours here moving across the northern plains of the u.s. and all easing further race was over towards the great lakes ahead of that plenty of heat him play off around 26 celsius 28 there for toronto and also for new york some wet weather to just around the mid atlantic states other side of the appalachians and again that's going to continue making as well little further east with as we go through the next few days further toward

southern gaza it's the 4th straight night of bombardment on wednesday a school in gaza run by the un's refugee agency was damaged by a strikes the school was empty at the time israel says it's been targeting hamas facilities because the armed groups been sending balloons which start fires into its territory. the latest now on the corona virus pandemic in the u.k. is really imposing travel quarantine restrictions on france and the netherlands as coronavirus cases rise again across europe france is seeing its highest number of cases since restrictions were eased in may in spain the government says there are 675 active outbreaks or germany has its highest increase of cases in 3 months this strain in state of victoria has reported another 14 deaths new delhi infections have also gone up by about 100 the state capital melbourne's under a 6 week lockdown with nightly curfews and compulsory proves new zealand's waiting to hear of prime minister just in the are done will extend or ease the lockdown in its biggest city in auckland where a new covered 900 cluster continues to grow the government's just confirm

southern gaza it's the 4th straight night of bombardment on wednesday a school in gaza run by the un's refugee agency it was damaged by strikes a school that was empty at the time israel says it's been targeting hamas facilities because the armed group has been sending balloons which start fires into its territory. security forces in mozambique are battling to retake a northern port town from fighters linked to i so it's the 3rd time this year that mushroom boa deprived has been seized by armed groups the town is near a 20 $3000000000.00 natural gas project. of america is ever search over the institute for security studies he says mozambique is strategically important for groups linked to eyesore. i think. trying to establish a foothold in southern africa. around for these for one. region. a significant muslim population. region which is not being disempowered in is even we mentioned that the portrait has been kept. the transfer true for. indian with of investment but this is this is not reflected in the living conditions of the people in this particular programs of muslim be so it has been a fertile

the un refugee agency says that almost a00 refugees and migrants have been rescued by a total of threeof safety. the return of live cricket to the bbc this afternoon for the first time since, well, for the last century. also, arsenal, once again, another trophy within the space of a month. already them picking up two pieces of silverware! it might feel like deja vu for liverpool, beaten in the community shield on penalties for the second year in a row. this time it was arsenal, with that man pierre—emerick aubameyang proving just how important he is to this side, as they picked up their second piece of silverware at wembley in the space of a month. the gunners took the lead early in the first half thanks to this spectacular finish from piere—emerick aubamanyang, his fifth goal at wembley for arsenal. liverpool were back on level terms in the second half. subsitute takumi minamino with the finish to force penalties which was settled by aubamanyang. remember they won the rescheduled fa cup on august 1st so that's two trophies for arsenal at the home of football in a month! well, it was a

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the un's refugee agency mr andre my church mr magic welcome news. keeps insisting that repatriation of running your refugees to me and mine is its number one priority i'm wondering how the u.n. seize it. well 1st and foremost to the repatriation is a preferred solution for most of the refugees and in fact this is the key point we should be listening to what the refugees are saying and the refugees themselves are saying that they wish to return as is the case in many other refugee crisis in in the world however for this. to become a reality there will need to be some improvements on the ground in me and are there it the appreciation needs to be 1st and foremost a voluntary one it needs to be a decision taken by the refugees themselves on the basis of good information about the situation back home about what they can expect in terms of conditions so what we would need to see is the lifting of the restrictions on the for example freedom of movement we would need to see access to livelihoods to jobs we would need access to education also being granted. a

well it is only august and the un refugee agency says the number of migrants arriving in italy by boat has already surpassed the total for all of last year so far there have been more than $15000.00 sea arrivals with many people rescued by the coast guard in italian waters that's up almost $4000.00 on last year islands off southern italy like lampedusa and sicily have attracted the majority with more than 40 percent of migrants arriving from tunisia in north africa our correspondent sunder reports now from the cecilia town of health and it sets where authorities say they are struggling to cope the coronavirus pandemic has made life even more challenging for some of the most vulnerable people here in the south of sicily. there is no justice for migrants no justice each month they should pay bills how can i possibly do this. that this man from somalia tells us he's stuck here without work or a place to sleep authorities at the migration center promised to return his passport last december but he still has received any papers people who showed up for their appointments this morning tell u

germany has accepted more asylum seekers than any other nation in the past decade according to the un refugee agency we spoke with petter from the alternative for germany party he believes the inflow of migrants has been devastating for the country. everybody knows that the policy wasn't. if the target was not to destroy the german society we are facing a very massive rise of criminality. committed by didn't. look at the board breaks it was cost from a big part because of this migration prizes and because of the migrants. european union saw and breaks it is the beginning of the end of the you so does this was a big big problem and you see also the pensions now between the countries in the european union between on one side and germany on the other side. between the countries up to the sugar are the group on one side and germany on the other side so this this problem is making european union falling apart. to another very headline stories french president and money is paying his 2nd official visit this month to lebanon he's pushing for reform now the time of political turmoil in beirut following the

germany has accepted more asylum seekers than any other nation in the past decade according to the un refugee agency we spoke with petter bison from the alternative for germany party he believes that the inflow of migrants has been devastating for the country. everybody now that the policy was a success if that target was not to destroy the german society we are facing a very massive rise of criminality. committed by the may grant a look at the bars the brakes it was caused from a big part because of this migration cries when because of the migrants policy of the european union sought and directed at the beginning of the end of the you so this this was a big big problem and you see also the tensions now between the countries in the european union between italy on one side and germany on the other side. between the countries of the vishakha or other droop on one side and germany on the other side so this this problem is making european union falling apart. china has introduced new restrictions on tech exports in a move that could block the sale of tick tocks operations in the us want to thank you tay

accepted more asylum seekers than any other country in the past decade that's according to the un refugee agency and many politicians in germany have said the government took the wrong approach. we go live now to peter by storm for more on this he's the alternative for germany party as a foreign policy speaker in the now it's been 5 years since chancellor merkel opened germany's doors to migrants saying we can do it do you think that policy has been a success. everybody knows that the policy was. if the target was not to destroy the german society we are facing a very massive rise of criminality. committed by the morans we have just last year 95000 over 95000 crimes committed by the migrants. you know i am now talking from munich from and we have here a case just a few weeks ago 20 years old woman was stabbed by by her ex boyfriend who was an afghan in front of his one. child and this is something else such a crime 10 years ago it would be a big blow in the media now it becomes a kind of normality in germany and this is thanks to the mattress policy so we have. a really big tension in the societ

a school in gaza run by the un's refugee agency has been damaged in israeli military strikes the palestinian education ministry has condemned the attack which came on the 3rd consecutive day of bombardment the school was empty at the time and have been no reports of casualties israel says it's been targeting hamas facilities in response to the group launching balloons laden with incendiary material a senior leader of the muslim brotherhood has died in egypt's dettori a scorpion prison in cairo the age of 66. there was a doctor an m.p. and a founding member of the egyptian organization for human rights he was arrested in 2013 off the revolution and remained in jail until his death. we'll go live now. israel's benjamin netanyahu who is speaking after that announcement about a peace deal with the united arab emirates let's listen in. tonight it's israel and the arab world and hour ago i had a whole. bunch of united states i'll try. and check inside. we decided on the. twenty's and. the strongest and most of. the world. will include a diplomatic relation with. embassy. and move it will be benefi

our top stories: the un refugee agency calls for hundreds of migrants who've been rescued in the mediterraneanal easing of restrictions in auckland and makes masks compulsory on all public transport. for auckland, i want to say thank you for all of your effo rts thank you for all of your efforts to date but also, keep going. more protests across europe from demonstrators angry at measures designed to combat covid—19. and president trump visits areas devastated by hurricane laura as hundreds of thousands of people remain without power and water.

migrants arriving in italy by boat has already surpassed the total for last year according to the un refugee agency so far there have been more than $15000.00 see arrivals with many people rescued by coast guards in italian waters that's up almost $4000.00 on the last year. islands off of southern italy like lampedusa and sicily have attracted the majority with more than 40 percent of migrants arriving from tunisia in north africa our correspondent max sander reports now from the sicilian town of content qahtani seta where authorities say they are struggling to cope. migrants know justice each month they should pay bills how can i possibly do this. that this man from somalia tells us he is stuck here without work or a place to sleep authorities at the migration center promised to return his passport last december but he still hasn't received any papers people who showed up for their appointments this morning tell us the pandemic has delayed processes here not having the necessary paperwork can affect their legal status in the country and ability to work life underneath the bridge is the only option

the headlines: the un refugee agency is calling for hundreds of migrants who've been rescued in the mediterranean to be granted a place of safety. nearly 200 people have been taken off a rescue boat that was stranded near the italian island of lampedusa, north of the coast of libya. new zealand's prime minister jacinda ardern has announced the partial easing of restrictions in auckland as the country continues to fight the coronavirus pandemic. social gatherings will be allowed, but limited in number. face masks will be mandatory on public transport across the whole country. police in berlin have arrested 300 demonstrators during protests against germany's coronavirus restrictions. about 200 were arrested at one rally, which the authorities blamed on right—wing agitators, who were said to have thrown stones and bottles. there were also protests in other european cities. now on bbc news, the untold story of 13—year—old hazel hill and her crucial role in the design of the famous spitfire and hurricane fighter planes in the run—up to the battle of britain. it's a wonderful aircraft, absolutely wonde

regulations and none of our guidance there are simply people who don't respect anything the un's refugee agency says as of last month there were $9000.00 refugees in bosnia accounting for 60 percent of refugees in the western balkans the vast majority are from pakistan and afghanistan $600.00 arriving in bosnia each week up from 50 in may. even migrant camps are full. they keep coming every day it would be ok if they were inside camps but they keep coming from everywhere coordinating their movements by phone. then they tried to walk to the croatian border just 3 kilometers that way but get turned back to us. became a bottleneck for thousands of europe migrants and $27.00 tane as other migration routes closed up resulting in a $34.00 would increase of arrivals these migrants are finding themselves on the wrong side of the tracks china ballasts 0 afghanistan's army says it's killed dozens of taliban fighters in the past 4 days afghan forces attacks taliban are posts and condemns province killing 44 fighters an interim dozens more the army says the operation was retaliation for a series of taliban

southern gaza is the 4th straight night of bombardment on wednesday a school in gaza run by the un's refugee agency was damaged by the airstrikes the school was empty at the time israel says it's been targeting hamas facilities because the armed group has been sending balloons which start fires into its territory. ethiopian police have arrested more than $9000.00 people since the killing of a popular musician in june which sparked days of violence among those detained is opposition activist. tougher who was driving traumas harassed by police in the middle of the night catherine saw reports. i saw. 2 says her husband dead janet has been in cassidy in ethiopia says july and has tested positive for harvard 19 he's a political activist being held without charge alongside many others rounded up after protests against the killing of a popular musician and activist a child who death the capital addis ababa with death as death sparked days of violence in which at least 178 people were killed and property destroyed across this and their army a region. we never anticipated the occurrence of a situation we fe

regulations and none of our guidance there are simply people who don't respect anything the un's refugee agency says as of last month there were $9000.00 refugees in bosnia accounting for 60 percent of refugees in the western balkans the vast majority are from pakistan and afghanistan $600.00 arriving in bosnia each week up from 50 in may. even migrant camps are full. they keep coming every day it would be ok if they were inside camps but they keep coming from everywhere coordinating their movements by phone and then they try to walk to the croatian border just 3 kilometers that way but get turned back to us. new became a bottleneck for thousands of europe migrants in 2017 as other migration routes closed up resulting in a 30 fold increase of arrivals these migrants are finding themselves on the wrong side of the tracks. 000 s. 1000000 it sure ports on anger among locals against the refugees. citizens of b. cards are gathering for the 9th time to protest and the reason is still the same like it was for the last 3 years they demand all levels of authority here in bosnia-herzegovina to do some ur