horrible things have been happening to migrants trying to get to europe. tell us about that. >> yes. it's really just a quirk of geography that has made this tiny island so important. it's something like eight square miles. there is only one village. you can see it behind me. otherwise, it's a scrubby, barren place but though those thousands of people sitting out on ricketing badly may tained boats from the north african shore, typically from the libyan shore, this is the first part of europe which they reach. ? >> it's been voted the most beautiful beach in europe, but how easy it is to forget the drama, the tragedy that plays out every day just a few miles offshore from lampedusa. the italian navy has sent one of its biggest ships to help with the crisis. we were allowed on board and in the hole found a pathetic cargo: 318 people picked up at sea the previous night. most of the africans are young men. many are aratrayans who paid smugglers thousands of dollars to flee their country. >> it is very dangerous. >> and then there are the syrians of all ages.

it is a human tragedy that's happening in the immediat meditn and in europe. you can't turn a blind eye -- >> what can be done? >> well, of course there should be done, there should be real solidarity and concrete action, in terms of patrolling and making sure that we don't -- we as a country, the southern part of europe, don't take all this influx alone. and the thing is that europe needs to -- they need to patrol, we need to patrol better, with joint operations from europe and also make sure that immigrants and others will be treated the best possible way. they should be distributed on other countries and given options and given a new life. we've seen mothers and fathers this morning, we were helping, rescuing and helping these people. there are children, five-year-olds, four-year-olds, i'm sure they remain traumatized from this experience. they need a future, they -- we as a country are making sure that we help but you all of you should make sure that these people are given a better future. >> mr. faruja, thank you very much. that's curt faruja talking on b

but so did parts of europe. in fact, germany, we have pictures of snow on pumpkins to show you. just to let you know there's going to be a chill in the air coming back from parts of the united states. in fact we'll probably have snow on the ground in some areas of montana as you get into halloween holiday. as we get into what's going on for the rest of the globe, we've got strong winds out there. not only are there strong winds forecasted from alaska to montana but we're also getting them for europe. gusts up to 70 miles an hour for the northern coast lines of switzerland germany france spain we're going to see these gusts up to 70 miles an hour up to the coast, and u.k, experiencing strong gusts as well because of low pressure passing by. the low pressure in the northwest impacting the strongest winds in california up in nevada, utah and montana. the most snow, most likely is going to be in montana but now we've got a concern of freezing rain. coming up i'll show you where the freezing drizzle will most likely happen in parts of wyoming coming up next in your forecast. jonathan

beautiful beach in europe. how easy it is to forget the drama and tragedy that plays out a few miles offshore from lampedusa. the italian navy sent a big ship to help with the crisis. we were allowed on board. in the hold we found a pathetic cargo - 318 people picked up at sea the previous night. most of the africans are young men, many are eritreans, paying smugglers thousands to flee their country. >> we are here from sudan, by sub-sahara. it is very dangerous. so many young. >> then there are the syrians. of all ages. none of them know what will happen next. some are too young to understand where they are. they are registered straight away. the navy will take them to sicily, because lampedusa is struggling with the migrants it has. this is not just an italian problem. >> definitely not, because the biggest part of the immigrants that wish to go in germany, norway, other parts of europe. at this moment they have a more flourishing economy. this is an historical situation in which people are leaving their home

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over in europe, there's open racism. every time i go back this, my children and i spend our summers there, and we have some sort of verbal attack or physical attack or threats, and that's just part of being romany. and my children are darker skenned. in places like the czech republic, safety is not usually an issue here, but honestly, i have to say this week, watching the person next to me on the subway, with an article, huge letters, entitled gypsy kidnap case twists, and it is what my kids are going to school with. >> and using the word, gypsy, there's ambivalence on whether it's okay or not? >> in general, it's not okay of course but the etymology of the word comes from two different roots. so in western europe it came from the misnomer that romany people came from egypt and it is not really offensive. >> because originally, they probably came from india. >> yes, 1,000 years ago or something like that. and then in eastern europe, it's a problem because the root means untouchable. >> there's serious segregation going o

>> wait, that negotiation in europe was canceled because we could not pay airfare? >> we had a delegation from the u.s. trade rep going over to brussels on monday to negotiate what is free trade with europe. guess what, mike fromm called from brussels sand said sorry, we can't come because we don't have the money for our staff to show up. >> you're sitting in london. you're involved with the e.u. what does it look like to e.u. members when the united states can't afford to show up to negotiation a trade deal? >> well, the trade deal on the table at the moment is very significant for both partners, both for the u.s. and the european union. we expect to generate up to 1% of gdp. they're very eagle for make this happen quickly. any delay is having an negative affect oveeffect over here. it's been very clearly stated that it will have an effect, and only now we're trying to emerge from years of austerity and low growth. if this continues and the worst happens it will have very negative effects as a whole. >> i know you're involved in negotiating sovereign debt and you'r

. >>> and storms bearing down on europe, canceling hundreds of flights. >> europe is looking for answers concerning u.s. surveillance programs as more spying allegations are come to go light. "el mundo" report that national security agency spied there as well. they will now summon an explanation. it comes as an european delegation is visiting the u.s. >> reporter: erica ferrari has more. >> reporter: a nine member of european lawmakers will be in washington this week seeking sense. they'll meet with u.s. government and intelligence officials overall gas stations of widespread spying by the national security agency against e.u. leaders. allegations that president obama approved spying on german chancellor angela merkel. >> i can tell you that the president assured the chancellor that the u.s. is not monitoring and will not monitor the communications of the chancell chancellor. >> reporter: and it's not just the european who is are upset. over the weekend thousands marched on washington to express their outrage. >> we're against mass surveillance and i'm truly honored to speak for all whis

between the united states and europe. they have been seen in recent years. angel merkel grew up under a regime that spied as a matter of course. she might have expected better from the united states. this summit was meant to focus on immigration, and the economy. it's been overwhelmed with the controversial. western governments always knew that the u.s. was watching its citizens but the extent of the operation revealed by whistle blower edward snowden has shocked and angers politicians. it is already prompting calls for the suspension of the cooperation on certain data sharing. what h washington will have to move swiftly to calm the mood. >> meanwhile, in berlin, john d was summoned to answer allegations that his phone had been tapped be i the u.s. let's go live, who joins us now. do we know what was said in the meeting between the u.s. ambassador? we don't know what was said, but we have a pretty good idea that it amounts to dressing down the german foreign minister, he said he wanted to find out the extent of the spying and that this could not go on, and w

speaking of east, let's go to europe where an area of low pressure is bringing in winds to the coastline - especially the coastline of spain, france, germany and switzerland. we'll see the potential of wind gusts in these areas up to 70 miles per hour. we are bracing - an area of low pressure, again, the cull prit and air is rushing in to fill in the area of low pressure, causing the wind. germany - earlier this month heavy, heavy snow. you want to see snow on the pumpkin - well, not all of us do. it will be a cool start to halloween, with warming coming in to the north-north-east. we'll get to 65 for dc and new york. after a chilly start it will be a chilly end for parts of montana. >> new video surfacing showing the deadly bombing attack on egypt's interior ministry who the military says was depend the violence. >> deaths from refugees is not deterring others - they continue to put their lives on the line. >>> new video has surfaced showing last month's attempted assassination of egypt's interior minister. the video was posted seat showing a white suv driving up to the interior ministe

but some of the refugees chose to intend the cash on illegal boats to europe. there is concern here some of the former residents may have died off the coast last week. a few hundred people turned down the money, and decided to stay. >> i would like to get a better life. but i don't know how to get it. because without food and medicine, so how i can get a better life. i don't know. >> tanzania is closest to italy, but many are leaving on boats like this because there's less security there. they have been drifting for days. >> tanzanians are leaving too. he made fit this coastline and then to france. but returned after he couldn't find work. mo ham mad wanted to try his luck again. >> when we got there i felt like i crossed the seas and then i went back home with nothing. i didn't achieve anything there, i really regret coming home. >> in 2011, the italians made a deal with the government to deport illegal tans kneian immigrants. >> they think they would find a big deal, they expect to find money easily there, a lot of people manage to get lucky, and others not s

it's been voted the most beautiful beach in europe. but how easy it is to forget the drama and tragedy that plays out every day jug just a few miles offshore from la lampedusa. the italian navy has sent one of it's biggest ships to help in the crisis. 380 people picked up at sea the previous night. most are african young men. and they have paid to flee their country. >> it'so many young persons are dead. and there are the people of all ages. none of them will no what will happen next. some too young to understand where they are. they are registered straight away. the navy will take them directly to sicily. because lampedusa is struggling with the mik migrants that they have. >> the biggest part of the immigrants wish to go to germany and other parts of europe have a more flourishing economy. this is a historical situation in which people are fleeing their homeland because of the wars and it's a massive activity. this is the sen center the italn authorities built to house migrants on lampedusa. it's built for 300 people. there are over

we are europe's frontiers. these desperate people are looking for a future in europe, and europe, our colleagues, cannot turn a blind face towards this. >> reporter: it could have been far worse. around 200 people were rescued. maltese and italian rescue ships work quickly on the scene. these images were filmed by the italian navy. we can see people swimming for their lives. dozens are floating in the water waiting to be picked up. here a toddler is quickly handed on to a ship. once on board they sit wrapped in foil blankets recovering from their ordeal. on the nearby island of lampedusa this child was brought in with his mother and father, but his three-year-old brother didn't make it. >> when we knew about this, we knew that helicopter with ten injured people were on the way. we activated a group of doctors and anesthesiologists and cardiologists. we're all here ready to take action. >> it is barely a week the last my grant boat di it was certificatedeserters.there appeo this human traffic. thousands are stil

in brussels europe's leaders wish this problem would go away. but europe with all of its problems is still a place where migrants hope they will find peace and prosperity. >>> al jazeera examination of the global refugee crisis continues this weekend with a special day of extensive coverage. we have teams around the world in special locations. and more analysis from barnaby phillips. that is escape routes, a news special this sunday right here on al jazeera. >>> dna tests have confirmed a bulgarian woman is the biological mother of a young girl who was found last week. she said she gave up her daughter born in greece as she didn't have the means to support her. officials are investigating whether the child was sold, which could result in a jail sentence. in greece a roma couple have now been charged with the abduction of the girl. >>> that is it for the moment. i'll have more news from europe a little later in the program. now back to doha. ♪ >>> kenya's interior minister has accused somalia refugees of abusing his country's hospitality to pla

. >>> roma people fighting segregation that they say they face in europe. >> the person in charge of implementing president obama's healthcare reform law was on the hot seat today on capitol hill. health and human services secretary kathleen is he begout facing hours of questions from lawmakers over the troubled insurance website and others issues as well. several republican lawmakers on the committee using the hearing to make the comparison to a famous state where sebelius was governor. >> well, madam secretary, while you're from can kansas, we're nn kansas any mother. some might say that we're in t "the wizard of oz" given the parallel universe. while some think things are great. you, apparently, and you apologized and said it was a debacle, you also seem this think that the affordable care act is great while myself and others have a different view. >> and again kathleen sebelius, the health and human services secretary did apologize for the problems but that was not enough for some members of congress. here to talk about some of the glitches that are framing these hearings is andr

. ♪ >> europe searching for answers about u.s. surveillance programs as new spying revelations come to light. el mundo reported that the national security agency spied on 60 million phone conversations there alone. it comes as an european delegation now visiting the u.s. al jazeera now join us from the white house. how has the white house responded to these latest allegations of spying on world leaders. >> reporter: as far as the latest allegations on the spanish, the millions of spanish who have been monitored by the nsa, nothing yet. we have a briefing coming up in an hour or so where we expect questions to be asked. as far as previous allegations we have an anonymous leak to the wall street journal saying that president obama knew nothing about this until this summer when he had an internal review--there wasn't an internal review, he found about it then and immediately put a stop to the spying on german chancellor angela merkel. but other reports say that he knew about the surveillance of angela merkel in 2010. there have been

relations, not just in germany, but across europe. >> with regards to the national security agency, i have made it clear to the american president that spying between friends is unacceptable. i said it in june when he was in berlin, in july, and also yesterday in a phone call. it's not about me, it's about the privacy of all german people. between allies, there must be trust and this trust must now be rebuilt. >> reporter: inside, the german chancellor turned to french president francois whose country is another nsa target. u.s. ambassadors in berlin and paris have already been summoned. but by day's end the two leaders appear to have coordinated an action plan. merkel says she wants a pact that would put limits on spying between the u.s. and its european allies. >> france and germany submit aid proposal to the other member states, we'll see to it that by the end of the year we come to an understanding of the cooperation of the services between the united states, germany and france. so that we have a framework for how our intelligence services work together. germany and france worked

. >> this is the backdoor of europe. the small land of lampedusa is close and it's a treacherous boat ride escaping war, famine and persecution every year. according to the agency 30,000 migrants reached the shores by boat this year. alongside somalia they escaped the conflict back home and marks a change from 2012 when 10,000 migrants crossed in italy and most africans esskating intervention in libya and when over 64,000 people left their homeland for italy and molta following the arab spring which toppled the country's president and many died trying but never so many at once. divers are still looking for bodies from thursday's shipwreck and may reach 350. and the island mayor said the island and italy cannot cope alone. >> translator: we felt abandoned in the past but after the visit of pope francis we feel solidarity nationally and internationally. what we expect now is europe go from verbal solidarity to concrete action. >> reporter: there is policy on illegal in the union and every one has issues to deal with it and

. >> bill, how wide spread is resentment toward refugees in europe right now? >> i think this is a bit of manipulation that is going on here. it's information that can be used by democrat goin demogoges to whip up support. and lampedusa shouldn't be the end of the line. there is no reason that the island should be over crowded and the island should be made to suffer. you use lampedusa as a welcome sinister you ca center you can have them moved in 24 hours. these things can be managed and organized and europe as a whole needs a more equitiable burden sharing and so the onus doesn't fall on maul at tha maul at mald greece. it shouldn't be because of the happenstance of geography left holding the bag here. it's something that ought to be shared and the european union has failed to do that thugs far. far -- thus far. >> thank you for joining us and bringing attention to the humanitarian crisis that has gotten little attention here in the united states. it's important to know what is going on. thank you to to you both. >>> we still don't have the flying cars of the

it is unpopular in europe and i think it's more than that. iif you listen to angela merkels comments, this is not posturing. she's mad. she's ticked. yes, it's possible expected but it depends on national interests but it depends on personal relationships and trust. i think these folks are mad at us even though they would do it if they had a chance to do it. >> the new manager of the affordable care act website is vowing to fix it. it will take about a month and promises most people will be able to use it by the end of november. healthcare.gov will no longer be overscene by medicare and medicaid. kathleen sebelius spoke about the site's problems while visiting a support center in texas. >> well actually i didn't realize that it wouldn't be operating. i think that we knew that, we would have been touched further. volume also exposed some problems. >> some republicans in congress have called for sebelius to resign for her role in the launch of healthcare.com. pakistan has condemned the drone strikes in its tribal areas and says officials never

waves of people trying to get to europe set off from northern africa every day. some make it, some don't as the tragedy demonstrated last week. >> reporter: this is a camp close to tunisia's border near libya. the un left in june. some people were given more than a thousand dollars to move into tu knee shan towns, but some refugees chose to spend the cash on illegal boats to europe. there is concern some of the former residents may have died in the accident last week. a few hundred people turned down the money and decided to stay. >> well, i would like to get a better life, but i don't know how to get it because i am living here with out anything. so how i can get a better life, i don't know. >> tunisia is close to italy, but most africans are leaving on boats like this to libya, because there is less security there. these refugees have been drifting for days. this man made it to lampedusa to this coastline and then made it to france, but returned after he couldn't find work. and wants to try his luck again. >> translator: when we got there, i really felt like i

sometimes, it doesn't pay off as you are seeing at the moment in germany and across europe. >> okay. let's talk about that because there seems not to be any equilibri equilibrium, a balance, if you will. talk more about the relationship between the u.s. and its allies. there is a lot of information sharing that goes back and forth. >> right. >> within the spy community. is there a risk now that the u.s. possibly won't be trusted by its allies because so much information has been leaked? >> i can almost guarantee you that that will be a key concern in the u.s. intelligence community, especially at the senior level because information sharing is absolutely critical to the national security of the united states. you need -- and for that to happen, an intelligence service has to trust that the united states can protect the sources and methods of a foreign intelligence service. so when you have these leaks, the snowden leaks continuing, and such a significant way, and that he was able, as a contractor to gain access to so much information, the merkel targeting operation would be what's ca

you may remember over the weekend he was saying on the sunday talk shows that europe should in fact be grateful for all the surveillance keeping them safe. much talk after that meeting those, a frank dialogue, ongoing dialogue but this is how the chairman of that european delegation put the problems as europe sees it off all of this nsa surveillance. >> we want to figure out why this kind of mass itch activities -- massive activities happening. in the end we're fighting a battle in terms of security, we need to get that balance right. we're concerned too about security and we made that pretty clear. but also, there is balance to be struck in the privacy of citizens. >> in addition the chairman of the foreign affairs committee of the european parliament is also part of that delegation, apparently suggesting that trade talks between the u.s. and europe maybe put in jeopardy if the surveillance isn't addressed to their satisfaction >> and have we had any response from the white house about these latest spying on individuals? >> we are monitoring that very closely. nothing official yet. un

a hot topic in europe right now. and even pope francis has mentioned it. he lamented what he called the world's indifference to the plight of refugees fleeing their homelands. referring to thursday's deadly migrant shipwreck, the pontiff declared friday a day of tears. he was visiting the birthplace of his namesake, hosting a lunch for the poor and urged the faithful to fol he his example of serving those in need. >>> among the stories still to come out of europe this news hour. can two sides become one? the german chancellor holds talk withs the rivals forming a coalition. >>> and we will be walking the red carpet in asia. >>> and two men battling for the number one ranking in world tennis. that and the rest of the sport news is coming up. >> joining me now is jen mishory, deputy director of young invincibles, she's in washington d.c. and yevgeniy feyman, a research assistant at the manhattan institute. thank you for being with us. i want to start with you yevgeniy feyman. the young people are crucial to the success

barnaby fhillips has more. >> it's been noted the most beautiful beach in europe. how easy it is to forget the drama and tragedy playing out a. >> the italian navy sent one of its biggest ships to help with the crisis. >> we were allowed on board. in the hold found a pathetic cargo. 318 people picked up at sea the previous night. most of the africans are young men. many are eritreans, paying smugglers thousands to flee their country. >> it is very dangerous. so many young persons are dead. >> then there are the syrians. of all ages. none of them know what will happen next. some are too young to understand where they are. they are registered straight away. the navy will take them to sicily, because lampedusa is struggling with the migrants it already has. this is not just an italian problem. >> definitely not. the biggest part of these immigrants - they wish to go to germany, norway, other parts of europe. at this moment there's a more flourishing economy. this is an historical situation in which people are leaving their home lands because of the change of the clima

of europe that most refugees ever see. what are some of the dangers people face trying to even get to that point? >> well, they have to come across hundreds of miles in some cases on badly maintained boats often with not enough fuel, without the navigational skills or abilities, and that's why you see so many tragedies out in the middle of the mediterranean, the significance of where i am. i am on that little island, lampadusa, a few square miles of barren rock and scrub but if you are coming on one of those boats, say, from libya or tunisia, for example, this is the first part of europe that you will reach. it's been voted the most beautiful beach in europe. but how easy it is to forget the drama and tragedy that plays out every day just a few miles offshore from lampedusa. the italian navy has sent one of its bigger ships to help with the crisis. we were on board and at the hold found a pathetic cargo: 318 people picked up at sea the previous time. most of the africans are young men. many are aratrayans. they paid smuggl

. >> but it could be in europe? but it could be somewhere else, could be in the united states by a fisa warrant, is that correct? >> that's correct. and so you share information with our european allies and if i understood you they share information they have with us. >> they do, chairman. >> so the very certain accusation that the national security agency was collecting information on these citizens of the respected nation states i just want to get on the record again, is false? that did not happen. >> that's correct. those screen shots that show where at least lead people to believe, that we, the united states, collected that information is false. and it's false that it was collected on european citizens. it was neither. >> well, it certainly has created an international row, but what i would argue is very poor reporting something that we are going to have to deal with here in the future. i am glad you clarified that, incredibly important. i am going to ask you this. about leaders that may or may not have been col

the united states, europe, russia want a political process going. i think they believe that this is the only way to try to force both sides to recognise that they can't win, and that they have got to stop fighting and try to reduce the amount of refugees flowing out of the country, perhaps - you know, reverse the flow of refugees, and certainly to take the pressure off jordan, lebanon, iraq, turkey, the countries overflowed with the refugee problem. the winter will be tough. they want to get going and will have to drag the opposition to this meeting. there's no doubt about it. >> you mentioned russia and the u.s. who else needs to be at the negotiating table for the talks to yield results. there's a lot of talks of the iranians having to attend and it's unlikely you'll get all the opposition groups we were telling our viewers about to attend. who are the important players here? >> it is clear that iran, saudi arabia, turkey are the major players that are funding rebels, helping the rebels and so forth. hezbollah is one of them. iran , saudi arabia a

and we are joined live from tunesia which is another departure point from migrants to europe. why do we see migrants using libya as a route? >> the reason is it's more difficult to leave from tunesia as there is a clamp down on migrants and boats leaving from here and law an order basically in many parts of libya has broken down. so the military in charge particularly around the area of misrata and it's easier for migrants to get in libya and head to the coast and leave on boats. we know it's very well organized having spoken to migrants who made the journey from libya and talking about a multi million dollar business. so a boat of 500 at $2000 each from each migrant, that is a lot of money. we are also looking at bigger vessels being used at the moment and vessels being involved. all in all it's a lot easier to leave from libya and the european union control agency they have been desperate to try to get into libya to try to help the libyans and the libya coast guards and they have not managed to do that so far. that is one of the priorities so far for the european union to so

the danger has not stopped people from trying to reach europe's shores. barneby phillips has more. >> it's been voted the most beautiful beach in europe but how easy it is to for get the drama and tragedy that play had as out every day just a few miles offshore from lampedusa. the italian navy has sent one of its biggest ships to help with the crisis. we were allowed on board and in the hull found a pathetic cargon 0318 people picked up at sea the previous night. most of the africans are young men. many are aratrayans. they paid thousands of dollars to free their country. >> it is very dangerous. so many young persons that day. >> and then, there are the syrians of all ages. none of them know what will happen next. some are too young to understand where they are. they are registered straight away. the navy will take them directly to sicily because lampedusa are struggling with the my grants it already has --igrants it already has -- the biggest part of these immigrants who wish to go germany and norway and at this moment have a more flourishing economy. t

they want europe to establish a humanitarian corridor so that refugees can come to europe safely. >>> now kenyan deputy president must at tend his crimes against humanity trial at the international criminal court in the hague. the appeals chamber has reversed an earlier decision excusing him of attending some of the sessions. he is accused of organizing the violence after elections in 2007. >>> kenya's interior min store says it's refugee camps for somalis are being used as a training ground for rebels. joseph orly says this has to stop, and he is encouraging some refugees to return home voluntarily. peter can you tell us more about these allegations by the interior minister. >> reporter: well the allegation aren't particularly new. there have long been suspicions that the somali refugee camps are being used to organize plan and infiltrate attacks from somali into kenya itself. they insist they are doing everything they can to try to monitor the movement of people in and out of the camp. there was a series of grenade attacks and so on some years ago. the un has since tightened up its

. >> from the latest news from europe. former french president nicholas sarkozy, corruption charges. >>> and winter games in russia. >> so security forces in egypt have come under attack in several locations. the sinai on the suez canal even in cairo itself. in the sinai incident a suicide attacker drove a car into a gate at the national security headquarters. four people were killed. >>> more than 50 people were killed over the weekend, all points to a country still divided and under enormous political pressure. >>> an update from our correspondent in cairo who we are not nawrming for security reasons. >>> the bomb left a crater 3 meters deep. the police general at the station says he thinks it contained 500 kilograms of explosives. he describes how it knocked out the windows in the nearby buildings. forensic investigation later discovered it had been a suicide attack. >>> security in altour wasn't tight. it was in southern sinai, just an hour of sharm el sheik even though, tourism has droppe dropd significantly since ear

more austerity cuts in europe. thousands take to the streets in italy and portugal to protest. >> the u.s. is releasing more than a billion dollars in economic military aid to pakistan. white house officials and congressional aid say 1.6 million will be pumped into the country in the next few months. it was suspended when relations between the two countries deteriorated over the capture and drone strike. relations between pakistan and the u.s. improved enough to allow for the money to flow again - days before pakistan's prime minister sharif heads to washington for talks with president obama. >> two countries hit hard by the financial crisis say budget cuts are coming this week. anti-austerity protests broke out in portugal and italy. portugal demonstrations were peaceful. violence erupted in italy after demonstrators clashed with police. al jazeera had reporters on the ground. we begin in portugal with fips brings us the latest details. >> the first hints of economic growth are showing after recession. here in por

we are the border of europe and work as europe police force and border and surveillance. the evening before the boat arrives was 180 at 9:00 p.m. and add midnight were more with a lot of women and children. >> thank you very much. of course, the opinion perhaps that this is not really a problem for the people of lampadoosa and the mayor said this is a situation which they had to deal with for years and there needs to be a larger help and european help to get concerted effort to get more humanitarian help and aid to people who are fleeing dangerous situation, conflict in africa and middle east and they come here traumatized and european wide assistance to the situation really needs to be put in practice now, steven. >> thank you for that. let's go to mogudishu and peter. peter, they estimate about 30,000 have made the periless journey to italy and tell us more about people smuggling in east africa and the horn of africa. >> yeah, absolutely, steve. there was a recent study i'm looking at that suggested that of the refugees that are crossing from africa into europe between

europe is also watching closely. phil how is the european market reacting to the potential threat of a default. >> reporter: the markets here are slightly down around the continent. but we are hearing from analysts in the city of london. that's the financial sector, the financial district here in the capitol, that there is -- there are large sales of u.s. treasury bonds going on currently. so definitely some trepidation but no real run on the markets as yet. >> and there is talk of a glimmer of hope in washington, but we have been here before, so what type of fallout is europe expecting should the u.s. actually default? >> reporter: well it will be catastrophic for europe. they are just limping their way out of recession as it is, and there has been years of austerity for them. but the general atmosphere here in europe is disbelief, and nobody thinks that there actually is going to be a default. they just can't fathom why america would do that to itself. so they are watching, they are waiting, there is trepidation, b

the people from the horn of africa tend to go to somali left-hand and the move into eastern europe that way. others as we've seen with this particular group that was trying to cross into lampa dusa they try to move further to the west try to go through libya to take advantage of the collapse of the state there and perhaps the slightly more -- the more lax security processes. the other things that we're seeing is the colossal involvement, enormous involvement of organized crime. i was just looking at a study frr from a few years ago that surveyed the number of people in africa that was using the services of smugglers. they said between 97 and 99% of all of those people were using the smugglers. you find brokers that are canvassing the refugees looking for people who have a few hundred maybe a few thousand dollars to be able to pay for a crossing into europe. >> and just how difficult and desperate must life be in the horn of africa for so many people there that forces them to take this very perilous journey? >> one of the things you realize when you speak to the refugees, is no one makes

these people are looking for a future in europe and europe our colleagues cannot turn a blind face to all this. >> it could have been far worse. around 200 people were rescued. maltese and european rescue ships were on the scene. these were shot by italian navy. does dozens of people waiting to be picked up. here a toddler is handed onto the shim, once on board, they are coughed with blankets overcoming their ordeal. this child was brought in with his mother and father but hits three-year-old brother didn't make it. >> we activated our group which is is made up of doctors, anesthesiologists, cardiologists, we are ready to take action. >> it is barely a week since the last migrant disaster, the worst yet are claiming over 350 lives. the coffins make their journey back to the country they hoped to escape. despite the risk thousands are willing to risk everything in the search for a better future. al jazeera malta. >>> an overcroi overcrudded trud off a are road into a river, authorities say bodies were found as far away at 330 feet from the crash site. the cause of the accident has not

by europe to do that. since there was a lot of solidarity, that was expressby europe and in particular by baroso and by the home affairs commissioner cecilia monstrom? that will involve more european countries to help pout italy and malta. but also today the prime minister said that the action needs to be taken on more fronts. he also says it is important to tackle the problem at its source, of course in libya where most of the migrant boats leave from and the relations from europe and this country need to improve so the problem can be tackled from there at the source felicity. >> of course it is people who are involved william what happens to people who survive the journey, where are they ending up? >> well those who survive the journey felicity unfortunately realize very soon that the nightmare is not over once they reach the shores of italy. most of them reach lampedusa, immigration center built for 250 people. just recently there were 850 in in in pretty poor condition. many have been moved to the main

. >> reporter: covering the news in europe. including:the angry response to the european chief's visit to lamedusa where hundreds of my grants were killed. >> i do not really think that these elections are free or fair. >> reporter: claims of vote rigging as azerbaijan's president sets for re-election. >> the head of the global chemical weapons watch daughter has called for a cease-fire to meet the deadlines. we have more from the hague. >> reporter: in the hague, the head of the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons, this is the first progression report from syria. >> it's we are at the beginning at a difficult process. there are significant challenges. >> can you tell us something about the interaction between your officials and those of the syrian government? what is the nature of the dialogue and the contact that you're having for the syrian government? >> reporter: the corporation has been quite cooperative. >> reporter: the inspectors are being reinforced by a further 12. it's a small team and will rely on

they will reach. >> it's been voted the most beautiful beach in europe. but how easy it is to to are get the drama and tragedy that plays out every stay jus every day jus offshore from lampedusa. the italian navy has sent one of it's biggest ships to help with the crisis. in the hold 318 people picked up at sea the previous night. most of the africans are young men. they paid smugglers thousands of dollars to flee their country. >> from here to sudan. it's very dangerous. so many young persons every day. >> and then there are the syrians. of all ages. none of them know what will happen next. some are too young to understand where they are. they are registered straight away. the navy will take them directly to sicily. because lam lamb pe lampedusa ig with the migrants they have. this is not just an italian problem. >> the biggest part of these immigrants wish to go to germany and norway and other parts of europe that at this moment have a more flourishing economy. this is a hi historical situatin where people are leaving their homeland because of the chang

>> a lot are coming now towards europe. if we look at the neighbouring country, there's 2 million syrians in neighbouring countries - jordan, turkey, lebanon. still the most are nearby in neighbouring countries, and only a token are coming to europe. >> what is the future when the refugees arrive in europe? what is the future for them and what services are they given? >> they do have an asylum procedure here. they are received and are going to transit centres here in italy. however, many of the syrians do have family members further up north and they prefer to migrate towards countries like switzerland, germany, sweden, where they find other family members >> are there issues with other european countries taking in refugees. we heard of germany offering temporary houses to some. how prepared is the rest of europe to help the refugees? >> we have one good action going on at the moment. so that 17 countries in europe have offered to take 500 syrians. this is a good start. it's an initial program. but when you multiply 17 time

but sunday night to monday we see things become quite dangerous for us in europe. the isobars, weather feature works its way towards us. south of that where we've got isobars crushed close to us. the channel where we have the worst of the weather there so all the bitter coastline really needs to take care. because there will be winds at least up to 140 kilometers per hour, possibly as much as 160 and on either side of that we're going to see those strong winds, they gradually ease as you head your direction north ward. we could see winds gusting up to 100 kilometers per hour. very, very dangerous heading towards monday. on top of that we are going to see heavy rain but really the winds are going to cause us most damage. towards the southeast of europe, 21 in bucharest. >> thank you, terrible weather over the u.k. but better things when it comes to growth for the country. its economy has been on decline but now the greatest improvement in years. .8%, five millions of if families across britain is struggling against poverty. >> construction is up, manufacturing up, s

. >> reporter: more news from europe, uganda withdraws from the commonwealth. >> and fifa in zurich where day one of the committee meeting has been dominated by 2022 world cup in qatar. >> more than 100 people were "r" known to have died and more missing after a boat carrying african my grants sank off the e italian island of lamped usa. they apparently boarded the cressel in libya. many jumped in the water after the boat caught fire. lamedusa is a major route for migrants trying to get into europe. >> reporter: a grim scene on an island where many had hoped to start a new life. a boat carrying hundreds of my grants from africa sank as they tried to reach the italian island of lamped ua. italy' coast guard said that it sent off flares, which likely started the fire. >> the boat caught fire and because of this everyone started to panic. they pushed forward, and caused the boat to capsize. >> reporter: rescuers arrived in the scene in the early hours of the morning. more than a hundred people were pulled from the water and taken ashore. but it's believed 500 were on board, including pregnan

and a new tunnel connecting europe and asia opens, after a decade in the making. how it's providing relief to drivers in that region. >>> congressman tom foley was a veteran of countless battles on capitol hill in the late "80, and "90s. he was remembered in a memorial service. he served 30 years in congress and was speaking from 1989 to 1985. he served as the u.s. ambassador to japan. president obama and former president clinton attended the memorial. the eternal flame is burning at the grave site of president john f kennedy. a temporary flame was visible at arlington national cemetary during a 6-month restoration project. repairs began to restore the burner, which was in use for more than four decades. the flame serves as a memorial to the 35th president who died 50 years ago next month. >> for the first time there's a tunnel connecting europe and asia. the $4.5 billion tunnel in turkey, known as the marmaray is buried 200 feet below sea level. as omar al saleh tells u it's hailed as a marvel of modern engineering. >> the marmaray project is a 150-year-old ottom

. >>> i'm in london with the news from europe, including angry protest in france over the arrest and deportation of a schoolgirl to kosovo. >>> and often by illegal hunting the russian bear cubed being raised for return to the wild. ♪ >>> well it's been less than three weeks since international inspectors arrived in syria to destroy its chemical weapons. and now the watchdog overseeing the mission says the team has made significant progress. syria's ability to manufacture or even use chemical weapons will be eradicated by november 1st. >> reporter: for the first time since the mission started in early october, chemical weapons inspectors in syria were denied access. >> the syrian government is, yes, principally responsible for ensuring permissive environment for our inspectors to do their work, but it's also understood that they don't control all of the territory in syria, and in a few of these sites they are in contested areas where the syrian government is not in a position to provide guarantees. >> reporter: but the spokesperson said the first phase is on track and half complete

. >> peter described the risk journey they take to reach europe. peter tell us more about people smuggling in east africa, and of course the horn of africa too. >> reporter: it is incredibly well organized steven, every time you go into the refugee camps you hear stories of bro r brokers from smug -- smugglers looking for people with enough money to take them across into southern italy and southern spain. interestingly enough there was a study done not so long ago that surveyed the refugees making the journey, and they said between 97 and 99% of all of the migrants from africa at some point in their journey used the services of some people smugglers. it is an incredibly well organized underground, undercover criminal network involved here. the international organization or migration believes the people smuggling is as profitable as narcotics. so it is a very lucrative business. >> the estimates vary about how many have made this per journey across the sea. this the early days of the arab spring a lot were coming from the migration. but has that cha

. >> bill, how wide spread is resentment toward refugees in europe right now? >> i think this is a bit of manipulation that is going on here. it's information that can be used by democrat goin demogogesp support. and lampedusa shouldn't be the end of the line. there is no reason that the island should be over crowded and the island should be made to suffer. you use lampedusa as a welcome sinister you cacenter you can hd in 24 hours. these things can be managed and organized and europe as a whole needs a more equitiable burden sharing and so the onus doesn't fall on maul at tha maul at mald greece. it shouldn't be because of the happenstance of geography left holding the bag here. it's something that ought to be shared and the european union has failed to do that thugs far. far -- thus far. >> thank you for joining us and bringing attention to the humanitarian crisis that has gotten little attention here in the united states. it's important to know what is going on. thank you to to you both. >>> we still don't have the flying cars of the jetsons but the new tech

this has been a tough season for parts of europe. this is snow in germany, where they have gotten more into halloween the last few years. early season snow system went all the way to southern parts of bolivaria. we are back with the winter whether here, as well. >> we return now to our top story going in depth, the latest allegations with the n.s.a. newspapering on overseas governments and their leaders approximate it has ruffled a lot of feathers. joining us is the senior editor of foreign affairs. thanks for being with us. there are knows german press reports that indicate that president obama was aware that the u.s. was spying on german chancellor angela mechanical. he said he was not. does it make a difference if you're the german leader? >> i think it does if the relationship is base said on a certain level of trust. i think there would be surprise from a head of state to know that his personal communications were being monitored. i expect that the expressions of understanding that the german chancellor offered months ago, when