french, german and italian interior ministers have been holding talks with senior eu officials, in paris, to work out a joint strategy for dealing with italy s growing migrant crisis. so far this year, more than 83,000 people have been rescued in the mediterranean, and taken to italy, while attempting to cross from libya. that s up almost 20% on last year. a source close to the talks told the afp news agency that the meeting was aimed at finding a coordinated and concerted response to the migrant flux in the central mediterranean . italy said the talks went well but no other details have been released. 0ur correspondent rami ruhayem has been witnessing the relief effort that s underway in the central mediterranean, and sent this report from sicily. no, no, no. leave it, leave it, leave it! rescuing migrants in the central mediterranean. a delicate task, even in fairly calm waters. no, go back! as the rubber boat deflates, people panic, and the rescuers lose control. go back,
the recent release of saif al islam gaddafi by the bolivian group holding him has led to the international criminal court in the hague, the icc, demanding his arrest. he s been indicted by the court for alleged crimes against humanity, murder and persecution. the icc was set up in 2002 as a court of last resort to try such individuals, but it s met a barrage of criticisms principally that it has an anti african bias because only africans have been convicted and nearly all the cases before it are from the continent. my guest is the prosecutor of the icc, fatou bensouda, a lawyer from gambia. what does she say in the court s defence? fatou bensouda, welcome to hardtalk. thank you for having me. you were born in gambia to a muslim family. you studied law in nigeria. then you returned to gambia in 1987 to work as a public prosecutor. why did you want to go into law? i believe it is this, you know, sense of right and wrong, and justice that s something which isjust in me. and
good morning. let s start with the front page of the ft. what are they reporting? the setting minister, the former city minister will go to brussels to talk about try to get a free trade deal and this comes on the back of a political lifetime away before the french presidential elections and how elections. it was said we could not expect to find financial services included in any free trade deal and that scared the city a lot. they want to be based here and they are going to negotiate their deal. whether they can do that, remains to be seen. it is not a government delegation. it is led bya a government delegation. it is led by a former minister, financial secretary finance under david cameron. we are short of negotiators that know their stuff and who are not used to negotiating on that scale and the city of london is stepping in and say we are doing the speed, is that what is happening?m is to speed, is that what is happening?m istoa speed, is that what is happening?m is to a
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