Classified material to his mistress. Plus the home of the cat video, youtube, turns ten. Hello there. Its been one of the deadliest weeks for migrants trying to cross the mediterranean. The capsize of one boat is thought to have killed as many as 900 people. Now the European Union has acted. Eu leaders have approved a tripling of funding for search and rescue operations in the mediterranean. The border operation which patrols the sea will now have 9. 7 million a month at its disposal. Now, thats roughly the same as italys program which was scrapped last year after eu countries withdraw funding because they thought it was encouraging migration. Earlier, they established a military and civilian mission to capture and destroy the trafficker boats before migrants board them. Reporter these are the bodies of some of the few recovered in the mediterranean laid to rest in malta. The deaths have now prompted a complete rethink from europe about its commitment to humanitarian obligations on its
Gather for a once banned sport. The italian Prime Minister is leaving calls for an Emergency Response to europes deepening migration crisis and talks with ministers in luxonburg and they are still bringing the bodies ashore from the latest tragedy north of libya and happened when an overloaded vessel capsized on sunday with hundreds of people on board and survivors have been taken to the italian island of sicily and being cared for the u. N. For refugees. First of this little group of the survivors has been brought to the hospital here in catania and i talked to the director of the hospital and says that this guy from bangladesh a very young guy, is pretty well now and he is reporting that they were really many, many persons including children on the boat so he is confirming the terrible news. Reporter Human Rights Group called the loss of life in the mediterranean a manmade tragedy and search and rescue mission saved 100,000 people at sea in 12 months and discontinued last year after
A number of survivors have been found. Speaking a short while ago, the italian Prime Minister said italy needs more help to tackle human trafficking. The u. N. Has warned 90,000 people are running for their lives in iraq. A Yemeni Military commander and 15,000 of his troops have thrown their support behind president mansur hadi backing the saudiled campaign against the Houthi Rebels entering the 25th day. Mosh more on the situation in yemen in the saudi arabia close to the border. What more can you tell us militants commander has announced this today and it was also announced on the local radio. The ministry of haramot, an interesting area vast and it flanks saudi arabia from the southeast earn border. Almost half of the border with yemen is flanked by it. The commander is head of the First Military district, very important there in its strategic location. It is interesting progress. At the beginning, didnt have loyalty of one military brigade. Now, the report suggests he has almost te
Is america losing the global competition for influence in the world . Whispers have turned to loud proclamations. I heard them last week when i was in washington for a meeting of the worlds most powerful financial leaders. I hear it when i talk to key players around the globe. But before we go down this road, we have to answers answer three questions. Is americas influence declining, two, if it is, which is gaining . And three, taking a half foot foot step back from the world stage is it a bad thing . Situation in ukraine morphed into an International Crisis . In one bold strike last week Vladimir Putin announced plans to sell sophisticated missiles to iran, deploying those missiles in iran would thwart possible attacks by the u. S. Or israel on Irans Nuclear installations, advantage russia. The u. S. Confirmed by saying it was sending 300 paratroopers to help train ukrainian military. And to destabilize ukraine and advantage america, maybe. But almost on cue, the ceasefire talks began
Is america losing the global competition for influence in the world . Whispers have turned to loud proclamations. I heard them last week when i was in washington for a meeting of the worlds most powerful financial leaders. I hear it when i talk to key players around the globe. But before we go down this road, we have to answers answer three questions. Is americas influence declining, two if it is, which is gaining . And three taking a half foot foot step back from the world stage is it a bad thing . Situation in ukraine morphed into an International Crisis . In one bold strike last week, Vladimir Putin announced plans to sell sophisticated missiles to iran, deploying those missiles in iran would thwart possible attacks by the u. S. Or israel on Irans Nuclear installations, advantage russia. The u. S. Confirmed by saying it was sending 300 paratroopers to help train ukrainian military. And to destabilize ukraine and advantage america maybe. But almost on cue the ceasefire talks began to