World cup to the winter. Well have the latest from zurich. At least 94 people have drowned after a boat carrying migrants sank off the southern ital lan island of lampedusa. It was carrying hundreds of people trying to reach europe from africa. Many jumped into the water. Ita italys coast guard is looking for at least 250 people, 150 others have been rescued. Lampedusa is a major route for migrants trying to get into europe. The tiny island lies 113 kilometers from the coast of tunisia. We have more from the italian capital of rome. Reporter a devastating scene was described by the may r o of lampedusa who claimed the situation on land was so chaotic he was struggled to find a place to put the dead bodies pulled from the sea and where to find a place for the survivors to be care of. Theyre very traumatized following this horrific incident. It appears that the incident occurred in the early hours of thursday morning. A boat carries what is expected to be about 500 people on board suffer
Delhi. Plus another Senior Leader of the Muslim Brotherhood has been arrested in egypt. This picture is said to show esam elarian when he was taken from a house in a cairo suburb wednesday morning. Hed been in hiding since the coup in july, which ousted former leader mohamed morsi. Esam elarian was a deputy leader of the Muslim Brotherhoods political party. We speak to Dominique Kane who joins us from cairo. What do you know of the circumstances of the arrest, and what is the significance . What we understand is in the early hours of the morning the police went to a house in new cairo suburbs of the capital. Esam elarian was found, they arrested him. There were pictures of him collecting bags and being taken away. He was taken to tora prison, where many of his colleagues in the Muslim Brotherhood, the Senior Leadership, is being held. The prosecutor is moving to the prison to start investigations with esam elarian. This comes a day after the three leaders. Mohammed badie and two collea
Way back to france. Also. Im in the ecuadorian amazon where the government has gisent the green light to drill for oil. The u. N. Says the long drawn out battle between Government Troops and rebels in the democratic republic of congo is drawing to a close. Congolese soldiers are launching an assault to retake the last town held by armed fighters known as the m23 rebels. A bit of background. The m23 are a group of tute si fighters who defected from the government. The conflicts forced 800,000 people to flee their homes. The push by the congolese troops has been largely successful because they are backed by a u. N. Prevention brigade sent to crush the rebels. The m23 fighters abandoned their military positions in the east and are confined to a small down close to the ugandan border called rumanagabo. They have been fighting hard for days. They are getting ready to fight again. They are congolese Government Troops and have taken a string of towns back from the m23 rebels. The fighters hol
Assembly, which should mean a captive audience, but who is listening the rules are not the same for every country. The top story on this newshour thousands of protesters rally in sudan to voice anger at the rising cost of fuel and other commodities. Human Rights Groups say 50 have been killed in recent days. Harriet martin has the story. This is the reaction of Sudan Security forces against some of the people protesting here on friday. Gunfire is heard as demonstrators run for safety. It is a city 140km southeast of the capital. In carr toum demonstrators called for the downfall of the government. This protester explains how they ran from bullets. It was not a case of authorities trying to disperse peaceful protests, but trying to injure and kill protesters. They shot into the side street, ammunition. The protest began monday, after the Government Cut fuel subsidies. The price of petrol and cooking gas doubled. Sudan lost 70 of petrol revenue when it gained independence. Crude oil is t
Im in zamboanga where scores have been killed and the military operations trial to rescue what remained of the hostages. A Million People affected as mexico braces for what could be its third Tropical Storm in less than a week. And the rise of african art. Why paintings are now fetching hundreds of thousands of dollars on the international market. Ten days into a siege into the philippine city of zamboanga, and separatist rebels appear to be losing ground. The military says it now controls 70 of the areas that had been occupied by the moro liberation front. The Industrial City is said to lose a billion dollars a day. Zamboanga is the Third Largest in the philippines in terms of area. A Major Military offenses took back areas in Santa Barbara and Santa Catalina and theres heavy fighting in talon and more fightings in mapong. What does the Moro National liberation front . The moro people have been fighting for independence in the southern philippines. The group is one of the three in the