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winter level on record, according to satellite data. hello. let s get more now on the italian island of lampedusa. the european commission president has laid out an emergency plan of action following the arrival of thousands of migrants. the italian prime minister says europe s future is at stake. earlier i spoke to giorgia linardi, from the migrant charity, sea watch. she described the current situation in lampedusa. the situation is peculiar because according to people on the island, this is the first time that we have really what we can call a record influx of people in such number of days. something like this can be recalled from 2011 with the arab spring and the libyan crisis. it s peculiar that this arrival of people coincides with the discussion in the european parliament last tuesday of the memorandum between tunisia and the eu. and we have news from tunisia about the tunisian authorities pushing migrants onto the coasts where they continue to depart from. so it ....
have arrived on the island over the past three days. that s more than lampedusa s local population which is around 6 or7,000. nearly 126.000 migrants have arrived in italy so far this year, almost double the figure by the same date last year. let s hear what giorgia meloni had to say. however, if somebody here in europe were to think that these global crisis that we are tackling and facing could be just solved within the italian borders, then it would be a very big, huge mistake on their side, because this massive flow of immigrants is something which requires the involvement and the responsibility by everybody to be tackled, because it s going to affect certainly the border, the frontier countries, but it will soon also involve all of the other countries. so we are all involved in this. we are all involved in trying to tackle and deal with this situation. and therefore the presence of president von der leyen is a sign of awareness in this respect. the head of the europ ....
up shortly here. first, however, history in the making for the wrong reasons. the son of a sitting president has been indicted. hunter biden indicted on three criminal counts tied to possession of a gun after the collapse of a plea deal with federal prosecutors. it s friday. you have made it. dana has the day off today. i m bill hemmer. good morning to you. sandra: i said this will be a big news day. friday. asme owe sandra smith. this is america s newsroom. unprecedented marking the first ever indictment of a sitting president s child. the timing could not be worse for the president. setting the stage for a potential trial during his campaign for re-election. not to mention the republican impeachment inquiry that s already underway. bill: prosecutors allege hunter lied on a federal government form when buying a gun where he claimed he was not using drugs. if convicted he could face up to 25 years in federal prison and $750,000 in fines. house speaker kevin mccart ....
hospitals in the region have seen an influx of wounded people, and the authorities are calling on residents to donate blood. and in the last few minutes we ve been hearing that morocco has declared three days of mourning. and the national flag will be flown at half staff throughout the country. the 6.8 magnitude quake struck in a remote area in the atlas mountains, around 45 miles south of the popular tourist destination, marrakesh. tremors were also felt in the capital rabat, some 350 kilometres away. president biden said he s deeply saddened by the events. china s president xi has also sent a message of condolence. charlotte wright has this report. the horrifying moment a powerful earthquake hit morocco. cctv shows people running for safety as buildings begin to crumble in marrakesh. elsewhere in the city, diners frantically flee a restaurant. outside the historic kutubiyya mosque, dust rises from the tower, prompting fears it might collapse. marrakesh is 45 miles f ....
so, as expected, spain and england into the last eight as the european championships. simple as that, right? doesn t quite tell the full story. we ll kick off sportsday in gelsenkirchen, where england were moments away from crashing out of the tournament. they needed extra time to beat slovakia 2 1. despite topping their group, gareth southgate s side have done little to capture the imagination, so it was little surprise slovakia kept it level. it took until the 95th minute for england to get a shot on target. not a bad one. jude bellingham getting the equaliser. it went to extra time. harry kane scored in the first minute of it to set up the quarter final with switzerland next saturday. in the celebrations of his goal, jude bellingham appeared to mouth the worlds who else? towards the crowd. he told us what was going through his head at the time. i think the adrenaline gets you, boys. it s a combination of a lot of things. playing for england is an enjoyable feeling ....