Phobic violence talk to al jazeera and a volcano in chile sends ash into the sky european leaders are due to hold an emergency summit in brussels on the crisis in the mediterranean sea. More than 1,000 people arrived in italian ports. Many on rickety overcrowded boats. Live to catania in sicily. Al jazeeras correspondent Barnaby Phillips. Behind you an italian vessel bringing the latest batch of immigrants and refugees. Yes, thats right, a handful of women and men, four pregnant women. We have a few details. They were picked up off the libyan coast. One group on a crowded dingy the other on a more secure vessel. They have been brought back to catania, and all of them have disembarked in a Processing Center away to my right. You cant see it. Theyll be loaded off on buses and taken to various camps around sicily later during the day. Camps which are full to overflowing, so this is the context in which european leaders are meting and the meting and the reason why here calling the summit.
European leaders are to hold an emergency summit in brussels on the crisis in the mediterranean see, more than a thousand people have arrived at italian ports in the past 24 hours many on rickety boats. Lets go on live to barnaby phillips. We know the Italian Coast Guard is still pick up hundreds of people. Reporter yes, thats right darren and perhaps you can see them on the boat behind me. The latest information we have been given is some 220 african american, i am not seeing any women or children so far on that coast guard boat, they were picked off some picked up at sea Something Like 15 miles 15 nautical miles off the libyan coast. Not far off the libyan coast. They were brought in to catania within the last half hour and will be disembarking now and well get more information about what sort of condition they might be in. What sort of vessel they were traveling off. The circumstances of how they were picked up. But the Important Information to convey i suppose is that the Italian C
European leaders hold an insurgent summit in brussels on the crisis in the mediterranean sea. More than a thousand have arrived in the last 24 hours many on rickety overcrowded boats. Lets go there on Barnaby Phillips. Bring us uptodate on the latest of what has happened today. The eye inning coast guarda apparently still pick up hundreds of people. Reporter you can probably see the last handful of migrants getting ready to business embark. 220 all from africa. Almost all men. The Aid Organization said there were four pregnant well on board. 220 picked up overnight off the libyan coast and brought are brought back to catania. Its a daily occurrence and there is no sign of any ebb if you like, to this tide of migrants prepared to fake enormous risks in crossing the made train vinnie, 90 of the departures coming from libya but also some from countries like egypt and the Italian Coast Guard the italian navy, is working day and night to cope with the consequences of this. And the italian P
Incredible images from the front lines in independence square. As i said, new video taken shortly before ukraines president announced the truce just after midnight local time. The state department calling it a glimmer of hope. Remains to be seen whether it will actually take. There have been other hopeful moments that have evaporated with talks giving way to confrontation. Yesterday Security Forces moving in. Of course scenes like this. Now fighting has left more than two dozen police and protesters dead, sparking tough warnings from nato and president obama and fears that a vital buffer between russia and the west is coming apart at the seams. Nick paton walsh joins us now from kiev. Nick, theres a talk of a truce from the ukrainian president. Whats the latest there tonight . And what are the chances the truce is actually real . Reporter at this point the truce is basically been the president saying he wants one, hes agreed one with the opposition and they want to talk about ending bl
As i said, new video taken shortly before ukraines president announced the truce just after midnight local time. The state department calling it a glimmer of hope. Remains to be seen whether it will actually take. There have been other hopeful moments that have evaporated with talks giving way to confrontation. Yesterday Security Forces moving in. Of course scenes like this. Now fighting has left more than two dozen police and protesters dead, sparking tough warnings from nato and president obama and fears that a vital buffer between russia and the west is coming apart at the seams. Nick paton walsh joins us now from kiev. Nick, theres a talk of a truce from the ukrainian president. Whats the latest there tonight . And what are the chances the truce is actually real . Reporter at this point the truce is basically been the president saying he wants one, hes agreed one with the opposition and they want to talk about ending bloodshed. The opposition saying theyd like a ceasefire, too, and