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india students standoff and the police are blocked from a college campus and now there is a proposal to diffuse the crisis. okay, top story and starting the program with the continuing refugee crisis in europe, the international organization for migration says that since the beginning of this year more than 100,000 refugees and migrants arrived in greece and italy and most of them 97,000 people landed on the greek islands and more than 7,000 crossed into italy, more than 400 people lost their lives so far this year mainly on that sea crossing from the turkish coast to the greek islands and afghan refugees remain stranded at bashed wire fendss on greece macedonia border after being blocked from crossing and restrictions on afghans and allowing people from syria and iraq to cross over and those have a sit in on the greek side of the border and we have two reporters tracking that story for you and we are in kabul and hamad is in greece as well. hoda is in on the border b ....
and the real life super hero story that is running for an oscar. i ll be here with the day s sport including manchester united are through to the quarter finals of the english f achl cup and putting pressure on the manager louis van howe. afghan refugees remain stranded this hour at bashed wire fences at greece, macedonia border after being blocked from crossing and restrictions of afghans entering territory and allowing people from syria and iraq to cross over as one part of a crisis that shows no sign of slowing, the international organization for migration has just announced that 100,000 refugees and migrants have already arrived on european shores this year. well they are covering the story from both sides and we are in greece and standing by for us in kabul to explain the latest factors pushing afghans to push for a better life abroad, life to both of our correspondents in a moment first the report to bring us up to speed with tensions along the border. repor ....
syria can become a reality. and keeping old cultures alive, why schools in zimbabwe are teaching children to play this traditional instrument. reporter: and i ll be here with all of the day s sport, including the prince requests a secret presidential election be suspended with the vote just days away. we begin the news hour with the continuing refugee crisis in europe. more than a hundred thousand refugees and migrants have already arrived on european shores this year alone. most of these, 97,000 people landed on the greek islands while more than 7,000 crossed to italy. more than 400 lost their lives so far this year mainly on the sea crossing from the turkish coast to the greek islands. meanwhile, afghan refugees remain stranded at barbed wire fences. the macedonians imposed restrictions on afghans entering their territory, while allowing people there syria and iraq to pass through. those refused entry have been staging a sit-in on the border. reporter: onl ....
running for an oscar. very warm welcome to the program. u.s. president barack obama has finally set out his plan for shutting down guantanamo bay, seven years after he first pledged to close it. of the 91 detain east still at the site, he said 35 have been approved for transfer. in that means they can be released to another country willing to take them. for those who won t go to foreign countries, the president says he will work with congress to establish a location where they can be sent. this is about closing a chapter in our history, it reflects the lessons we have learned since 9/11. lessons that need to guide our nation going forward, so even as we use military commissions to close out the cases of some current detainees, which, given the unique circumstances of their cases, make it difficult for them to be tried in article 3 courts, this this type of use of military commissions should not set a precedent for the future. rosiland jordan joins us live now fr ....
are talking about. find out why shortly. hello. we begin in syria where the u.n. says it has delivered the first air drop of aid to daraa zor. our diplomatic editor, james bayes is at the united nations in new york, and joins us live. do we have any more details, james? reporter: yes, we have been getting more details when this was announced to the u.n. security council. this is very important that this aid is getting to daraa zor, as you say a place effectively surrounded by isil. it s important that the humanitarian aid is getting in too, as part of the political process to try to encourage everyone this is seen as one of those items that could encourage sides involved in the conflict to take part in the cessation of hostilities, which is supposed to take place from saturday.com mat cuss time. the announcement was made by the u.n. s humanitarian chief, steven o brien. earlier this morning a wfp plane dropped the first cargo of 21 tons of items into daraa zor. ....