Devastating floods caused by relentless rain in south and southeast asia. Hello there, a warm welcome to the program 2015 will likely be one of the deadliest years yet for migrants crossing the mediterranean see from north africa according to new factors for the International Organization for migration and says since january 2000 people died making the attempt, that is about 400 more than the same period last year. Approximately 188,000 migrants still have been rescued and that number will continue to rise as more people take advantage of warm and calm weather conditions. Once they reach italy many migrants try to go to Northern Europe and between 35,000 people are camping in cali hoping to get across the English Channel and into the uk and more on that in a moment but first we will hear who works from the International Organization for migration. Many migrants unfortunately died on the boat because the especially the migrants are forced to embark in the hole of the boat and in the eng
Confessed to the crime under torture. And they say Charity Begins at home. Take a look at this, a german politician giving to refugees from eritrea a helping hand and a place to stay. Im brent goff. Welcome to the show. It has been a debt crisis for the German Government. Treason, state secrets, government overreach, all volatile parts of the story. The Justice Minister fired, the countries chief prosecutor today in the fallout from an investigation into possible treason committed by bloggers. It was the first time in a half century that treason allegations had even been made against our list here in germany. It has led critics to call the probe of crackdown on press freedom. The Justice Minister has now fired the man who started it all. The chief prosecutor, as you see right here, saying he had lost trust in him. It was a brief and dramatic statement to the waiting press in berlin. The Justice Minister told the assembled reporters he was sacking the federal prosecutor. The statements
Arrest. Stuart i am Stuart Norval with delay with todays live from paris. Relatives and friends from the 200th or 9 People Killed when a Malaysian Airlines jet disappeared without a trace on march 8 of last year. In the next hour or so in france, the case containing the wing parts found washed up on the French Island of lot reunion of la reunion. Boeing employees and representatives from china, the country that lost the most passengers. For the latest on the investigation, our correspondent. A single piece of debris many are hoping will solve the mystery of missing Malaysian Airlines flight mh 370. The wreckage washed out on the shore of reunion washed up on reunion island leslie is in the french city of toulouse. Will undergo a physical and chemical analysis in an effort to discover how it was damaged. It needs to be determined whether it belonged to mh 370. It will be looked at, the serial number, to see if it matches the boeing 777 that disappeared. The paint is also specific climat
Well be taking a look at tomorrow mornings papers in a moment. First, the headlines. Hurricane irma is battering cuba with heavy rain and winds of more than 150 miles per hour, hitting the north of the country after already devastating several caribbean islands and killing at least 20 people. Meanwhile officials in southern florida have told 6. 3 million people, a quarter of the states population, to evacuate their homes before the storm arrives tomorrow. The United Nations is warning of an unprecedented refugee crisis in myanmar. It says more than a quarter of a million Rohingya Muslims have crossed the border into bangladesh. A special concert has been held tonight at the manchester arena, which has re opened amid heavy security after the suicide bomb attack which killed 22 people in may. Hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. With me are ruth lea, Economic Advisor at Arbuthnot Banking group and the author and journalist Yasmin Alibha
To what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. With me are ruth lea, Economic Advisor at Arbuthnot Banking group and the author and journalist Yasmin Alibhai brown. Tomorrows front pages starting with the devastation wrought on cuba by Hurricane Irma is marked by the photograph on the observers front page it says caribbean residents are begging for help. The paper also headlines research from the local Government Association which claims some of the poorest families will be 50 pounds a week worse off by the end of the decade. According to the sunday times, former Prime Minister tony blair claims that if the government brought in proper immigration controls it would be possible to take back control of the uks borders without leaving the eu. The mail on sunday headlines news that the independent inquiry into child sex abuse is being widened to examine a separate Police Inquiry which investigated allegations against former Prime Minister sir edward heath. The sunday telegraph reports th