Weapon. And. Im fez jamil. The government is creating numerous jobs in the next deca decade. Burkina fasos government says 33 hostages including a government minisr have been freed from a hotel taken by gunmen in the capital. Other reports say at least 60 people have been rescued. The splendid hole in ouagadougos Central Business district, at least 20 are dead. A group associated with al qaeda claims responsibility for the attack. With us from the burkina faso capital, whats the situation there now . Whats the latest youre hearing sir . The latest is that the Security Forces are very, very close to storming the building and hopefully free the remaining hostages. Any idea how many hostages were taken . We know a number were killed, thought only in the hotel, but in a coffee shop opposite the hotel. Any idea how many hostages are remaining . Hard to say. The hotel himself was ready to host 200 people influences for a cocktail dinner. And if you add the people who were staying there, its
In saudi arabia on the 2nd of january including a notable shia cleric, that exacerbated relations and, of course, subsequently there was rioting, protests outside the Saudi Arabian em bay is in teheran. So relations between those countries very tense at the moment. And saudi arabia feeling very uncertain and not at all happy about the idea of this new age of [ inaudible ] between iran and the west as a whole. Jacky, thanks very much. I want to taking now to washington d. C. And speak to our correspondent there, Patty Culhane. Jacky was speaking about internationally there were various countries like israel and saudi arabia who were certainly not fans of this deal. Domestically in the u. S. Many people have criticize third degree deal with iran. Reporter republicans particularly yeah, they have said basically they have two complaints, one, they said, that the president shouldnt be making any deal with iran over its Nuclear Program while american while americans were being hemmed prisone
Beheaded in libya by groups links to i. S. I. L. Hello, the European Unions Foreign Policy chief says an emergency summit this week will consider a ten point plan to deal with the crisis in the mediterranean where as many as 950 migrants are feared to have died in the last few days. Ships have been responding to distress calls from two more boats carrying around 400 people. Well have more on the uplan in aeu planin a minute but first paul brennan has more from catania the sicilian city. Migrants leaving north africa for tajt italian waters, this child was saved three people are already confirmed dead, including another youngster its not known how many are still missing. On malta bodies from saturday nights drowning catastrophe are being brought ashore. Just 24 corpse ves courses have been course corpse 24 corpses have been recovered. Survivors are on their way to the sicilian port of catania. This is a deadly period for migrants trying to cross into europe. Some 11,000 people have been
The situation is saying hes not to blame. And injuries in a school in barcelona. European countries migrant crisis together. The assessment of the eu chief in luks luxembourg. Boat capsized in the mediterranean 125 kilometers northwest of libya. 950 may well have been on board. On monday, a sailboat ran aground off the greek island rhodes and at least 90 were rescued. After the european foreign minister met Frederica Mogherini presented a plan she said would hopefully address the crisis. To solve the crucial elements of one of the ways of access to libya through its southern border. Weve talked about other measures intelligence cooperation Regional Protection programs and also the issue of destroying ships. The second element that emerged as consent yul isial is the duty to save lives at sea. This means more funds more coverage with more links to rescue obligations and to address certain rescue in a more structured long term way. The third element that emerged is for sure, a need to sh
The eu says more time and effort is needed, on the eve of a huge greek repayment. Hello into the low courts rather than on the pitch well hear from our man lee wells in wellings in the spanish capital. The growing problem of people smuggling and trafficking which has become increasingly urgency for governments in europe and asia. First the European Union has asked the u. N. For help to tackle migrant smuggling across the mediterranean. Theyre seeking a mandate for action to stop people smugglers greece and malta by sea huge increase on last year. Addressing the u. N. Security council the eus Foreign Policy chief asked for help to dismantle smuggling groups Frederica Mogherini spoke. Our message to all the European Union is ready to support you to make sure, in the meantime, we need to Work Together in partnership europeans and libyans to fight trafficking and smuggleing organizations. The European Union is ready to do its part. It is not always the case i know but now i believe we are