Sepp blatter promises to clean up after winning a third fourth time as fifas president. And the claims of preeminence in the South China Sea. A massive rescue operation in the be mediterranean in the past 24 hours. The total number of people rescued on friday is one of the highest in recent years. Coast guard said distress calls were made from 22 different boats on friday. Stefanie dekker is here in the studio shes recently returned from reporting from the sicilian town of catania. Over 4,000 people in one day what is this a record . It is not a record which goes to show how many people are attempting this crossing, just in the period of 24 hours we have had reports from these dinghies, seven wooden boats packed with people, they had many boats dealing with this operations just the italians hang on, some days you had over 4,000 people . I was there and the number was over 10,000 in just two days. The assess are calm, when the smugglers will set off the boats. The people when they come
Prince Ali marks birthday today
By JT - Dec 23,2020 - Last updated at Dec 23,2020
AMMAN Wednesday marks the 45th birthday of HRH Prince Ali, who was born on December 23, 1975, to Their Majesties the late King Hussein and the late Queen Alia.
Prince Ali began his primary education at the Islamic Educational College in Amman, and continued his studies in the UK and the US, before graduating from Salisbury School in Connecticut in 1993, where he excelled in sports, particularly wrestling.
He then joined the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, where he was awarded the Brunei Medal for Excellence and was commissioned as an officer in 1994.