To support new york city than you at the center of the corona virus pandemic there are now over one thousand deaths in the state with cases rising shop. Hello and thank you for joining us in the front twenty four newsroom im simon product. We start here in france where the governments and the nation continued that bustle against covert nineteen hospitals are starting to fill up where as medical staff are continuously trying to meet. The difficult and unprecedented demands that the fire springs with its and his direct elses system hostage. To with these difficult times. Health care. Doctor quickly effective to enter. The needs of the crisis our plan has allowed us to reschedule all of the non urgent surgeries in appointments and all of france. Weve been able to move healthcare personnel to the places where they are most needed. Like other people we strongly increased number of ventilators available and critical. Weve actually doubled them in a number of regions in both public. And priva
It wasnt enough to just redistribute migrants across the eu. One of europes Migration Choke Points is gasping. More than 8,000 arriving in Lampedusa Injust three days this week, more than the whole population of the italian island. The Migrant Centre built to hold 400 was at ten times its capacity. Congested, chaotic, some trying any futile way to get free. Today, two new arrivals rather more planned. The italian Prime Minister, giorgio meloni, and the eu president , Ursula Von Der Leyen to see for themselves the turmoil at europes door. Italys leader is under pressure, elected with promises to curb migration. Numbers are now double the same period last year. Translation what is at stake here is the future, future that l europe wants to set for itself. And it is very important to be able to tackle the huge, massive challenge challenges which lie ahead for us, especially in terms of illegal immigration. The eu president offered more help from the bloc s border force to crack the smuggle
Redistribute migrants across the eu. Mark lowen reports. One of europes Migration Choke Points is gasping. More than 8000 arriving in lampedusa in just three days this week, more than the whole population of the italian island. The Migrant Centre built to hold 400 was at ten times its capacity congested, chaotic, some trying any futile way to get free. Today, two new arrivals rather more planned. The italian Prime Minister, giorgio meloni, and the eu president , Ursula Von Der Leyen to see for themselves the turmoil at europes door. Italys leader is under pressure, elected with promises to curb migration. Numbers are now double the same period last year. Translation what is at stake here is the future, future that europe wants to set for itself. And it is very important to be able to tackle the huge, massive challenge challenges which lie ahead for us, especially in terms of illegal immigration. The eu president offered more help from the bloc s border force to crack the smugglers and
Which purchased endemol in 2020, said the bbc has issued a statement this Afternoon Saying brand was working for channel 4, the bbc, and Acting In Hollywood Films during the period of the claims, all of which he denies. Vincent mcaviney has the latest. His behaviour made him no stranger to the tabloids but, this weekend, serious sexual allegations mean Russell Brand has made all the front pages. Perhaps over the course of the evening, some of my accoutrements could make their way onto your body once one of the most ubiquitous faces on british tv and radio, working for mtv, the bbc and channel 4, before building a career in hollywood for a time. Its the way these organisations oversaw brands conduct which is now coming under the spotlight, with the Foreign Secretary saying the Entertainment Industry as a whole has questions to answer. There are some real challenges where you have these very, very acute differentials in power, whether that be in the Entertainment Industry, whether that b
You are watching france 24. It was a boat filled with migrants trying to reach an better life, but the ship caught fire and capsized, leaving over 80 dead with 200 missing. Passengers on board are thought to be coming from libya. Rescue operations are underway off the coast of the italian island of lampedusa, where the boat went down. Our correspondent has the latest. It is a massive tragedy with hundreds of migrants on the boat sinking off the coast of the island of lampedusa in italy. What we know so far is that the mayor has said at least 80 people have been killed. But officials warn the death toll could actually go up. The mayor described the situation, saying that the immigrants tried to call for help, but their phones could not reach anyone on the italian coast guard, so they hoped to draw attention to themselves by lighting a fire. That fire got out of control which is why we see a high death toll. We know so far that one person, a suspected people smuggler, has been arrested a