Open a bigger and better suez canal. Will it deliver on its economic promises . Test driving the latest offerings as gamescom opens to the public. Im terry martin. Welcome to the program. Military vessels and aircraft from several countries have been searching the waters off libya for survivors from a capsized vessel, plunging hundreds of migrants into the sea. Hopes of finding anyone alive are fading fast. Reporter they were the lucky ones. More than 20 200 people are feared to have drowns. People rushed to one side of the boat in desperation. Most of the migrants are believed to have been from syria. An irish naval ship arrived in sicily. The crew recovered about 25 bodies on their way to palermo. The second rescue ship belonged to doctors without borders, a global humanitarian group. They have called on the eu to invest more resources in the sech and rescue operation. We believe it is very important to manage this operation. To increase resources, specialized resources, people who a
The public. Im terry martin. Welcome to the program. Military vessels and aircraft from several countries have been searching the waters off libya for survivors from a capsized vessel, plunging hundreds of migrants into the sea. Hopes of finding anyone alive are fading fast. Reporter they were the lucky ones. More than 20 200 people are feared to have drowns. People rushed to one side of the boat in desperation. Most of the migrants are believed to have been from syria. An irish naval ship arrived in sicily. The crew recovered about 25 bodies on their way to palermo. The second rescue ship belonged to doctors without borders, a global humanitarian group. They have called on the eu to invest more resources in the sech and rescue operation. We believe it is very important to manage this operation. To increase resources specialized resources, people who are used to this kind of rescue. Also, most vital they are [indiscernible] reporter the irish naval vessel was part of the Triton Mission
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
Isil Suicide Attack kill at least 55 soldiers. The e. U. Asks its Member States to take in 40,000 Asylum Seekers over the next two years. Plus power to the people. A deal to resume fuel supplies in nigeria, days before the new president is inaugurated. Hello, there are calls for sepp blatter to resign. Seven executives were arrested in switzerland on wednesday morning and are expected to be extradited to the u. S. They include jack warner and jeffery webb, the former and current president s of the north american regional body. The suspects are accused of pay or receiving bribes of more than 100 million. In return for lucrative sponsorship deals. Switzerland has begun its own criminal investigation into money mismanagement, specifically relating to the world cup wins of russia and qatar. Reporter swiss police arresting officials from footballs world governing body. They are suspected of bribery totaling more than 100 million and face extradition to the u. S. The case is linked to commer