with time comes change. what matters in the end is that you are strong enough to support it. mufg, we build relationships that build the world. and now, bbc world news america. this is bbc world news america reporting from washington i am katty kay. hundreds more migrants are rescued from the mediterranean on the even of the emergency summit of how to deal with the crisis. saudi led airstrikes continue to pound who the rebels in yemen even though they say this phase of the fighting is over. on the eve of what they believe is shakespeare s birthday we discover the bard s relationship with his female characters. something happened to him where he suddenly got it about women. katty: welcome to our viewers on public television in america and around the globe. the italian coast guard rescued hundreds more people today trying to get to europe from north africa. so far 20,000 migrants have reached the italian coast so far. it is fewer than this time last year. the number of
endure the test of time. with time comes change. what matters in the end is that you are strong enough to support it. mufg, we build relationships that build the world. and now, bbc world news america. this is bbc world news america reporting from washington i am katty kay. hundreds more migrants are rescued from the mediterranean on the even of the emergency summit of how to deal with the crisis. saudi led airstrikes continue to pound who the rebels in yemen even though they say this phase of the fighting is over. on the eve of what they believe is shakespeare s birthday we discover the bard s relationship with his female characters. something happened to him where he suddenly got it about women. katty: welcome to our viewers on public television in america and around the globe. the italian coast guard rescued hundreds more people today trying to get to europe from north africa. so far 20,000 migrants have reached the italian coast so far. it is fewer than this time
court opened the floodgate of corporate spending on elections, a movement is growing to amend the constitution overturn the doctrine of corporate personhood. but some lawyers say the effort could backfire and make it hard to hold corporations accountable. we will host a debate. then to the hidden battles to collect your data and control your world. russia, china, iran tunisia are trying to push an internet sovereignty, nationalism movement, that gives them the ability and permission to subvert it on their citizens, whether it is surveillance or propaganda, censorship. these are all on the rise. the united states is, quite sensibly, pushing down against that that we need a free and open internet. it turns out at the same time they re doing these exact same things. amy: leading security and privacy research bruce schneier on his new book, data and goliath. all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i m amy goodman. i
i m bernard smith in luxor in egypt. it s the start of the tourist season. with the trouble elsewhere - it means no one is here. the syrian government has freed 60 female detainees as part of a complex prison arrangement. it illustrates how the conflict has pulled in ordinary countries in the region. most of the prisoners were released by the syrian government on wednesday at the poureder crossing between leb border crossing between lebanon and syria. most have returned to their homes. the 3-way deal began on saturday when nine host iges were released. two turkish pilots had been released in lebanon. they d been kidnapped to help free the lebanese hostages. let s go to the border crossing between lebanon and syria. our correspondent is there. is the prisoner exchange complete? will the syrian government release any more prisoners? one expects more prisoners will be released simply because the fact that actuality the syrian rebels put forward a list of 126 women who
they are frying to circle the wagons and save face, and the reality is they have been part of the problem all along. and snuffed out, how the campaign to stop promoting cigarettes to kids the e cigarette, and why it sparked a new effort to put out the fire. and good evening thank you for being with us. an escalating war of words as u.s. leaders sharper complaints against moscow over the cry israeli. tensions are growing as the government cracks down on pro russian forces in eastern ukraine. and the russian president threatens push back, certainly there have been many flash points over the last six months but this time, the u.s. nato and russia are all sharply flexing military and diplomatic muscle in what looks to be a spiraling. a note toe warship in the sea, and with the arrival of america paratroopers, the u.s. and european allies are pointedly flexing their military muscle. in response to this. forces just across the boarder from eastern ukraine. the forces have got