new laws are intended to limit asylum seekers coming into the eu. eu member states and the parliament have agreed on this overall law on an approach to asylum seekers. it is intended to speed up and standardise the amount of people coming into the black. it proposes to do that with five new eu laws. the first of which would be the speedier vetting of arrivals using biometrics. that could be facial recognition technology, fingerprinting. which could be done at one of these new border detention centres that are being thirdly, an accelerated consideration of asylum cases, so the eu wants to speed up the time it takes to determine whether a migrant has a valid asylum claim. they want to do that in six months or less, if it s not a valid claim, they say they will accelerate the deportation of that person. finally, and crucially, allows its proposed for solidarity measure. this is a way for countries in the eu to financially support or even to help with an influx of migrants by acc
under investigation. he was detained on thursday on suspicion of criminal damage and dangerous driving. now on bbc news, sudan fighting: caught in the shrapnel. gunfire. it s mid april. as violence breaks out in sudan, disturbing images of possible war crimes are emerging, being carried out on medical facilities and staff by both sides. the warring factions of formerly allied militia empty the streets of the capital. we wanted our contact on the ground to verify what s going on, but it s impossible. using satellite data and mapping tools, we analysed user generated content on a huge scale and spoke to dozens of doctors to build a picture of whether war crimes are being committed and the impact this is having on millions of people. so how did this conflict begin? on the one side, there s the government sudanese army often referred to as the saf, led by this man, general fattah al burhan. opposing him is general mohamed dagalo hemeti, who runs the rapid support force, or rsf. t
police have begun a new search for the british toddler madeleine mccann who disappeared during a holiday in portugal 16 years ago. these are the latest pictures. police divers have gone into the the reservoir thirty miles from where the british girl was last seen. officials are hoping to find evidence linking the main suspect a german sex offender christian brueckner was made a formal suspect, or an arguido , by portuguese prosecutors last year. german state prosecutor hans christian wolters issued the statement, saying, these measures are being carried out with legal assistance from portuguese law enforcement authorities, with support from officials from the federal criminal police office . our correspondent navtej johal is at the barragem do arade reservoir in the algarve where the search is taking place. this where the search is taking place. research has bee around this research has been taking place around this vast expanse of water you can see behind me and they
these are the latest pictures. police divers have gone into the the reservoir thirty miles from where the british girl was last seen. officials are hoping to find evidence linking the main suspect a german sex offender christian brueckner was made a formal suspect, or an arguido , by portuguese prosecutors last year. german state prosecutor hans christian wolters issued the statement on the search: these measures are being carried out with legal assistance from (ani) portuguese law enforcement authorities, (ani) with support from earlier i spoke to navtej johal who is at the barragem do arade reservoir. divers have been seen entering the water and a police motorboat has been on the water as well. that was about an hour ago. where we are is about an hour ago. where we are is about 30 miles away from where it madeleine mccann disappeared in 2007. we are expecting official confirmation imminently from german police that they are beginning their search here today and that s
semifinal on tuesday. earlier today, the draw for the champions league last 16 was made. at this stage, teams from the same country or who came through the same group are kept apart. the holders manchester city look to have been given an easy path to the quarters, they will face the lowest ranked team left in the competition the danish side fc copenhagen. these are the other ties as they were drawn at uefa headquarters in nyon. premier league leaders arsenal face porto while italian champions napoli face barcelona. german giants bayern munich also face italian opposition in lazio. the current serie a leaders inter milan play atletico madrid while there is a daunting task for rb leipzig against the iii time champions real madrid. those ties will be played over two legs in february and march. here is the reaction of manchester city director of football txiki begeristain to facing copenhagen. of course we remember the two games we played, and they went well, at least at etihad