Extremism, greece [indiscernible] those are the headlines. We begin with the latest fighting in syria. The conflict there has taken another grisly turn. Dozens of people have been killed in violence between rebel fighters with links to al qaeda. Hundreds have been killed in recent days. Now the much feared group [indiscernible] as lost control of its headquarters in the city of aleppo. Amateur footage posted online and reportedly filmed by syrian rebels. They say theyve gained control of this base, a former childrens hospital, until now in the hands of Al Qaeda Linked militants. These pictures are impossible to verify. They show prisoners allegedly executed by members of a jihadist group. We have conquered the headquarters. We have found around 70 dead, including journalists and soldiers from the free syrian army. Their killers claimed to be muslims, but they dont represent islam. It is unclear what happened to these fighters. According to the syrian observatory for human rights nearly
Europes next parliament will still have a proeuropean majority. Seats. Have won 214 won 189. S d together with smaller, proeuropean parties, they will hold a clear majority in the parliament. Even if the number of eurosceptic members will more than double, many analysts believe it will be business as usual in brussels. We will have a majority in the next european parliament. 72 if it diminishes from to 64 . Who will lead the European Commission is still up for debate, as is how he or she will be picked. Europes president is chosen by the leaders of the 28 countries, rule requires them to take the results of the vote into count. Junke i am fully aware of [indiscernible] i am fully aware of the clearly stated wish of some to ignore the results of these elections. Five parties have already submitted candidates for the job in an attempt to keep backroom deals to a minimum. Successorl barrosos is expected to be elected in july. Those disastrous results already seeing Francois Hollande addre
As rescue efforts in the Mediterranean Sea flagged last week, and bodies were found more frequently than survivors from among the more than 500 people missing after an overcrowded fishing trawler sank, the European Commission's president was asked for her thoughts.