european union is complicit in the abuse of refugees in libya it says european governments ignore rights violations and violent tactics used by the libyan coast guard so will this report help refugees this is inside story. hello welcome to the program i'm still robin the mediterranean refugee crisis was the top story on every channel has fall out of the spotlight in recent months and that may be because refugee and migrant deaths are down significantly but amnesty international says many refugees are actually better off as migration routes to europe closed down hundreds of thousands have been forced back into detention centers in libya where they're often facing physical and sexual abuse amnesty says the european union hasn't just been aware of these abuses but it's been complicit in them will get to our guests in a moment but first this report from in the hours there these images sparked outrage around the world african migrants at risk of being sold at auction in libya the accusation of modern day slavery triggered international concern and you pledges to address the issue. but in a re

community we explore alleged slavery in libya and stories about exploitation and abuse of refugees and migrants. sit this secret wish. subst. libya is a gateway for many africans hoping to escape at home but the thousands they dangle traveling through a nation in political turmoil can be just as perilous and there. has once again put the refugee cry. in the spotlight the u.n. backed government in tripoli has condemned the trafficking of migrants and both the e.u. and african union say they help evacuate people stuck in libya but some human rights groups accuse them all of failing to provide legal pathways to safety this story sparked a huge reaction online with people using hash tag libyans against slavery to express solidarity with their fellow africans and to dispel what they were myth about racism in libya so what can be done to any or be a slave trade and prevent the continued of peace of people hoping to find safe haven in europe here with us to talk about this then a door spokesman for the u.n. affiliated international organization for migration he joins us from geneva switze

detention camps in libya where they are mistreated abused even sold into slavery those images reinforce the pressure on european politicians to stem both the flow of migrants and their suffering pressure that has severely tested even the end of medical. she sees a common interest on both sides can europe and africa truly work together to give young africans a future on their own continent are they not only neighbors but truly equal partners that's the question we want to pose today on quadriga and here are the guests all after it it's a pleasure to welcome christine wondered why she is a business journalist whose reporting focuses on southern africa she says africa is changing rapidly but much of the way the west approaches the continent is. caught up in the old ways and it's a pleasure to welcome thorsten because he's co-founder and director of the global public policy institute here in berlin he says more development in african states will in the short to medium term likely increase migration flows to europe and finally very glad to have kids they merriam grammar of old with us once again

traffickers in libya but critics of the move say he has no right to intervene in the country which has not yet recovered from the destruction inflicted by the nato intervention twenty eleven. with the top stories from the past seven days on right up to the moment developments well this is the weekly on r.t. international this hour's top story north korea saves the u.s. is begging for nuclear war the statement comes just days after pyongyang launched a new missile. demonstrates significant technological process well washington strongly condemned the test on issued a stern threat to the north's leadership. the dictator of north korea made a choice yesterday that brings the world closer to war not farther from if for comes make no mistake the north korean regime will be utterly destroyed little rocket man rocket fuel for the americans because. he is a sick puppy the korean crisis enter the new stage with the north pole missile test as it's widely believed is now capable of hitting the us mainland according to both north and south korea the missile reached an altitude of four and a hal

crimes is up. the french president calls for military action against human traffickers in libya a country left in ruins of twenty eleven watching a weekly here our look back at the last seven days and also and later north korea says the u.s. is begging for nuclear war the statement comes just days after pyongyang launched a new ballistic missile which it says is capable of reaching anywhere on the u.s. mainland that caused quite a reaction from washington and also a counterproposal from russia. a little rocket man rocket fuel for the american because. he is a sick puppy the dictator of north korea made a choice yesterday that brings the world closer to war not farther from it and if four comes make no mistake the north korean regime will be utterly destroyed. the americans should start with explaining their intentions to sleep it was really looking for an excuse to destroy as the u.s. envoy to the u.n. said at a security council meeting let them spell it out clearly and let the u.s. leadership confirm it then we will decide how to react well right after the launch south korea did

a reaction against human traffickers in libya but critics say he has no right to intervene but the country's not yet recovered from the struction inflicted by the nato led intervention twenty that. follow their welcome to r.t. this sunday evening you're watching weekly our look back at the last seven days and also the latest developments. north korea says the u.s. is begging for nuclear war the statement comes just days after pyongyang launched a new missile which it says is capable of reaching anywhere on the u.s. mainland that caused quite a reaction from washington and also a counterproposal from russia. little rocket man rocket fuel for the american because. he is a sick puppy the dictator of north korea made a choice yesterday that brings the world closer to war not farther from it and if war comes make no mistake the north korean regime will be utterly destroyed because of those who the americans should start with explaining their intentions to us all if they are really looking for an excuse to destroy north korea as the u.s. envoy to the un said it's a security council meeti

from libya in the program this hour we get reaction to those accusations from the european parliament's human rights commission. less than the price of a cup of facebook how much it believes russia spent on its so-called campaign to influence the u.k.'s brayton referendum. from moscow every hour of the day this is r.t. international my names you know neil welcome to the program we begin first this hour in turkey where a meeting of the organization of islamic cooperation muslim nations have called on the international community to recognize east jerusalem the capital of palestine shara dubin ski has been following the emergency session for a. while i'm standing just outside of damascus in east jerusalem which now has according to the. organization of islamic cooperation been named the capital of palestine interact contradiction to what we heard from donald trump of the u.s.a.'s position just a week ago where they said jerusalem an undivided jerusalem was in their mind the capital of israel that extraordinary meeting came as fifty seven leaders from muslim countries across th

this the concern for libya. okay. maybe they won't be up north but down south in libya. if they can control a little bit of territory in libya, is that sufficient in the border region areas. i think the sinai is similar. if they control a little territory in the sinai and can threaten cairo, which is basically what they are doing now, is that sufficient? i think it's not as big as what they did in mosul and in raqqa, but i think is it sufficient -- is it a concern? yes. is it sufficient for us for them to hold territory and not to rebuild? absolutely. that's how it ends. >> does that islamic state, then, resemble iraq and syria, an adoption of tactics that may be an adjust for a region. things we should be watching? >> this is a problem with these groups. so not to go too far out but let's take yemen, major crisis, chronic civil war. you have aqap saying let's not beat up the tribes to try and maintain our safe haven. they just couldn't bring themselves to do it. they still use these oppressive measures on the local population. so i think that is going to be the key if they can hold

. the french president among mccrone have tabled a new plan to combat human trafficking in libya involving military action but his palms have been widely criticized as the previous that french led intervention in libya left the country in ruins and explain. slavery and human trafficking of violent offenses sadly common now in libya but no need to fear president macron is here he has the solution for libya's problem send in the troops. zone we are proposing police military action we are not waging war but this is a country in a political transition political transition he calls it does sound better than savage civil war more politically correct nevertheless a number of african and e.u. states are ready to help fight this war or rather not really a war says macron but a military operation still round two for france in libya. today were intervening in libya we are intervening in order to enable the libyan people to choose their own destiny it must not be deprived of its rights by violence and terror the fact that slavery is so rampant in libya is because the country's army and polit

trying to reach europe from libya and the misery that they encounter any do work amnesty international is accusing the european union of being complicit in the abuse carried out against migrants by libya's coast guard and police amnesty says the e.u. has turned a blind eye to dangerous detention facilities and alleged brutality by the libyan coast guard of refugees held in libya are fleeing civil wars persecution and famine in africa the e.u. has been working with libya to curb migration across the mediterranean more than one hundred thousand of them have arrived on the shores of the e.u. so far this year. well joining me now here at the big table is ruben noise about where he is with c. watch and the german nonprofit organization which is conducting search and rescue missions in the mediterranean sea and you also helped amnesty for peer this report so i take it you agree with the report you know we are told me agreeing with this report what we see at the moment is that the european union is paying off libyan militia they called the libyan coast guard to do the dirty work

, morocco, egypt, libya and achieving academic estimates are somewhat higher academic as this go-between tan and 13,000 from these five countries. let's start with a 7500. of the 7500 foreign fighters officially, these countries who traveled to syria and iraq only about 1600 or 22% have already returned home. these are again official numbers from those countries. comparatively speaking, , 22% ia very low number. the previous panel mention the afghan arabs and the returnees in the mid-1990s. we had as many as 70% of those from algeria return directly home. other countries it was about 80% return specifically helped the 22% so far is not too bad, but then as also the previous panel wa mentioning you have to widen your aperture and say maybe they didn't return to their home countries but to return to the region, sinai, libya. if you brought that out this about 900 900 foreign fighterso fought in sturgeon will always return to libya. about half of those are from north african countries. there's also a significant saudi population. looking at 2000 foreign service fighters have operati

. intensified over the news of a sale of migrants in libya. of migrants in libya. migration has bought back about 14,000 to their various countries. 14,000 to their various countries. it hopes to increase that to 15,000 next year. next year. many have been recounting terrible experiences. terrible experiences. bbc that a 30—year—old returnee who had been sold into slavery in libya. had been sold into slavery in libya. —— met. ghana, after many months of detention in libya. detention in libya. left for libya in 2016 in search of greener pastures. greener pastures. bartee faced the exact opposite. exact opposite. captured, tortured, and sold as a slave. —— paid traffickers. -- paid traffickers. the driver sold me to a ghana man. driver sold me to a ghana man. he said i should pay him money. said i should pay him money. he needed money in ghana. needed money in ghana. 100 people, in one small room. just beating us. every day. i spent almost three months in that room. so it is not easy. easy. didn't pay money, what they would do to you... to you... so, they give you a number in

torture of migrants trying to reach europe from libya. deadly explosion at a major gas up in austria puts europe on high alert with prices soaring and a state of emergency declared in italy. thanks for joining us this morning is the you watching international. the west bank city of bethlehem has been thrown into turmoil since donald trump's announcement last week that he was recognizing jerusalem as the capital of israel according to the palestinian health ministry four people have been killed almost two thousand injured in six days of clashes while protests erupted throughout tuesday journalist reports from gaza tensions is increasing on the buffer zone nothing knows each year yet we can see and hear we just right now know. the live. shot just right now a palestinian kid got shot just right now in a live bullets from days rallies to seniors are still protesting the demonstrations and protests are struggling in gaza strip west bank and bet let him flourish. that sixth day today and palestinians have been protesting since. thursday night oh we can also see their tear gas pumps that is

international countries are complicit in quote the horrific abuse of migrants coming from libya. quite literally less than the price of a cup of tea facebook estimates how much russia spent on its so-called meddling campaign to influence the. referendum. from moscow to the world this is r t international my names you know neal good to have your company we begin in turkey where leaders of the muslim world have held an emergency summit on called on the international community to recognize east jerusalem as the capital of palestine charlotte dubinsky was the organization of islamic cooperation meeting for us well i'm standing just outside of damascus gate in east jerusalem which now has according to the organization cooperation named the capital of palestine into rights contradiction to what we heard from donald trump position just a week ago where they said to slow. i'm an undivided jerusalem was in their mind the capital of israel that extraordinary meeting came as fifty seven leaders from muslim countries across the world continents met together at that meeting means buy tickets president juan n

attack highlight how large a threat isis still is in the region. in libya, we see rival factions in weak institutions undermine the capacity to govern the country. leaving few partners to work with the fight against terrorism. the by-product is freedom of movement for terrorists to plan, train, and finance their activities. at the same time, countries around the region are competing for influence and power rather than helping the domestic leaders build capacity and effective institutions to governor their own country. this only undermines counterterrorism efforts. however, this challenge is not something that can be con front solely to military force. targeted u.s. air strikes have been helpful, but political resolution in libya is vital to building long-term partner capacity and actually rooting out terrorism. if factionalism persists, we will never get beyond military action. also, i worry that the broader region is becoming not just a training ground for terrorist camps, but a base of operation as deeper affiliations with international terrorist organizations are growing. this has pro

. the french president calls for military action against human traffickers in libya but critics of the proposal say he has no right to leave the country which has not yet recovered from the destruction inflicted by the nato led intervention of twenty eleven. by the actual seven day summary of the week's biggest stories as reported right here on r.t. on welcome to the weekly first off they're going to bring you up to date on some breaking news that we brought you about half an hour ago from new york police there are searching for a driver who rammed his car into pedestrians killing one person and critically injuring three others the incident happened just over three hours ago now at about four forty five am local time it happened in the borough of queens reportedly after a dispute one witness there says there was a knife fight outside a bar during which a white sedan was then driven into a group of people the associated press news agency are citing a police detective who says that the incident is not believed to be terror related . to sunday's news north korea says the u.s. is begging f

slavery auctions in libya the emergency measures will see the evacuation of nearly four thousand people stranded there but the african union says there could be actually as many as seven hundred thousand migrants trapped in libya a good number of them at the mercy of the highest bitter. french president among them are let the way by saying that migrants should be hauled to leave libya as quickly as possible delegates from the african and european union summit an ivory coast agreed on an action plan and a crisis meeting on the sidelines of the summit it involves increased spending i'm setting up a ta schools to facilitate the rapid repatriation of migrants. next year the stimulus we must act quickly we must evacuate those who are willing to help them get back to their home countries. mccall was talking about people like adam from the ivory coast adam was abducted on his way to europe by people traffickers in libya and sold on many times you know often we don't see him is on. the look and a house which up and then someone gave me a telephone to call my mother he took a knife and cu

. welcome back italy is to send almost five hundred troops to the border between asia and libya saying it wants to control human trafficking and the smuggling of migrants italy's prime minister branded michette the main transit country in africa for europe migrants troops will be deployed to fort madama on the border between asia and libya an area described as a gateway for refugees who want to cross the mediterranean a top european officials have already called for military action however the toughest deals being sailed by italy as interior minister is raising eyebrows after boasting about his murphy attack takes. the oath. i want to make them out. only when i reassured them that i was from calabria a region which deals in alliances a suit with blood that they finally agreed to sign. monitors were shocked by what they witnessed thousands of the massey ated and traumatize men women and children piled on top of each other locked up the hunger is with no access to the most basic necessities and stripped of the human dignity. some tough words from our community there and let's cros

libya today african and european leaders announced an emergency plan to evacuate thousands of stranded migrants in libya before they go to the highest bidder that's coming up later on the day. in sweden a group of winners of the so-called alternative nobel prize have read out a letter of protest to the eyes are by john government now they are calling for the journalist dijon is my you know to be allowed to leave the country she and three others will be awarded the right livelihood award which is also known as the alternative nobel prize in stockholm tomorrow the award is for courage an excellent it's in fields not recognized by the nobel committee. is my alone and will not be there due to a travel ban a travel ban that she says was imposed on her after she criticized the government in eyes or by john one of this year's four winners of the right livelihood award of that alternative nobel prize is collin gunn solve and he is a human rights lawyer from india he was among the protesters in stockholm who delivered that letter protesting the government in azerbaijan. my running away

the french presidency manuma cruel calls for military action against human traffickers in libya despite the chaos caused by the last intervention there. it's the day of the draw for the twenty eighteen feet for world cup we'll bring you all the latest from a special studio by the kremlin. is right about now there are thirty two managers there are thirty two squads of players and there are millions of fans from each of those particular countries all nervously waiting to find out who their side will play next year we got a month and call it all down on the red carpet he's talking to v.i.p.'s lots of buildup lots of interest but more in a few minutes. i'm kate partridge and you're watching the latest headlines here at r.t. international on an historic day for football fans thank you for joining us. french president in my new micro has tabled a new plan to combat human trafficking in libya involving military action but his plans have been widely criticized as the previous a french led intervention in libya left the country in ruins as what i'd guessed if explains. slavery and human

and it happened under the pressure of people here in tunisia. an explosion it hit libya's largest oil pipeline causing major disruption to supplies triggered an instant spike too in the global crude price which reached up to sixty six dollars a barrel the highest since mid twenty fifteen the incident has reduced libya's all supplies by about one hundred thousand barrels per day according to officials the blast is believed to being caused by a militant group is the latest setback for libya's already struggling economy which has been devastated by more than six years of conflict since the overthrow of newmarket daffy two rival governments are still battling for control of the country . oil expert and told us the pipeline blast adds to the deep uncertainty i believe years or the industry terms of the global market is actually quite small if you recall we're still have a north sea pipeline outage of the forty's field which has taken off about four hundred thousand barrels a day of oil supplies but what's really important to remember in libya is that it shows the instability in the mar

in libya despite all the chaos caused by the last military intervention in that country. in moscow hours away now from the drool for the cup finals that is when the. stage next summer it is the day of the final. world cup. to be joined by his football legend co-host draw special coverage you can find out who that is in just a few. conducted in the united states. of the country's young people's. political party here on the program. a very well welcome to you from all of us here at the international in moscow you come your latest friday headlines. the french president has tabled a new plan for preventing human trafficking in libya and even involves military action it's already been widely criticized especially in light of the french led western military intervention in libya that left the country in ruins. reports on this. slavery and human trafficking of violent offenses sadly common now in libya but no need to fear president macron is here he has the solution for libya's problem send in the troops it's in cities we are proposing police military action we are not waging war but this

not to the international humanitarian law. no explosion has had a major pipeline in libya we'll have a story and more still to come off of this short break stay tuned a lot international. welcome back to r.t. international an explosion has hit libya's largest oil pipeline causing a major supply disruption because that instant spike in the global crude price up to sixty six u.s. dollars a barrel the highest since mid twenty fifteen the incident has reduced libya's oil supplies by up to one hundred thousand barrels per day that's according to officials there the blast is believed to have been set off by a militant group it's the latest setback for libya's economy which has been devastated by more than six years of conflict since the overthrow of colonel gadhafi are two rival governments are still battling for control of the country. well let's bring in paul president of all associates to get some more insight into this thanks for joining us on the program so good to have you with us tonight now as we mentioned the last it's caused a pretty major supply reduction at least in libya in te

. people but because they are dying. repatriations since the news of a sale of migrants in libya. sale of migrants in libya. countries and hopes to increase that number to 15,000 next year. number to 15,000 next year. the migrants have recounted terrible experiences in libya. experiences in libya. bbc that one returnee, 30 years old, who had been sold as a slave. who had been sold as a slave. many months of detention in libya, he is home again. he is home again. he set out in 2016 in search of greener pastures. in search of greener pastures. he found the opposite. found the opposite. captured, tortured, and sold as a slave. they sold me to one ghana man. he told me i had to pay money. we had over 100 people inside one small room. small room. they were beating us, every day. every day. i spent almost three months in that room. so it is not easy. we are facing problems. some people are dying. people are dying. if you didn't pay money, what they would do to... money, what they would do to... was mac number in ghana, you would call yourfamily. was mac number in ghana, you would call your f

trying to reach europe from libya. but i welcome the latest developments in a look back at what's been happening over the last seven days to you watching weekly here on r.t. international. now deadly violence between palestinians and israeli security forces still shows little sign of abating it follows donald trump's incendiary decision earlier this month to recognize the disputed city of jerusalem as israel's capital . city ok. i. think. it's right oh yeah there's parts that are feeling that place. was i. i . we are still not here as buffer zone and tensions are to be cut to take at least. i. hope well throughout the week we have been hearing impassioned reaction to the resurgence of violence in the region. people can open the bible and to count how many times jerusalem is invention there they will find out also that jerusalem is not mentioned even one time in the koran not even one time people will find out that jerusalem is the capital of israel since nine hundred forty eight the whole world is condemning this action because simply it's against the international law it's and ag

calls for military action against human traffickers in libya a country left in ruins by the nato intervention of two thousand and eleven. broadcasting live for our studios in moscow recapping the week's top stories with our weekly program this is our team international in north korea says the u.s. is begging for nuclear war this statement comes just days after pyongyang fired a new ballistic missile which it says is capable of reaching anywhere on the u.s. mainland the test launch provoked an angry response from washington and a call for caution from russia. little rocket man rocket fuel for the american because. he is a sick puppy the dictator of north korea made a choice yesterday that brings the world closer to war not farther from it and if war comes make no mistake the north korean regime will be utterly destroyed. those who are the americans should start with explaining their intentions to assume that if they are really looking for an excuse to destroy north korea as the u.s. envoy to the u.n. said it's a security council meeting let them spend it out clearly and let the u.

military action against human traffickers in libya but critics of the move say he has no right to intervene in the country which has not yet recovered from the destruction inflicted by the nato led intervention of twenty eleven. a summary of the big stories are reported right here this is r.t. international. also today's top stories as well that's where we're starting north korea says the u.s. is begging for nuclear war the statement comes just days after pyongyang launched a new missile that experts say demonstrates significant technological progress washington strongly condemned the test and issued a stern threat to the north leadership. the dictator of north korea made a choice yesterday that brings the world closer to war not farther from it if war comes make no mistake the north korean regime will be utterly destroyed little rocket man rocket fuel for the american. he is a sick puppy. the north korean crisis centers a new stage with a ballistic missile test as it's widely believed that pyongyang is now capable of hitting the u.s. mainland according to both north and south kor

in libya i'll tell you who after the break. join me every thursday on the alex salmond show and i'll be speaking to guest of the world of politics sports business i'm sure business i'll see you there. what was russia gave is now quickly becoming f.b.i. gate who will investigate the investigators also does the u.s. have a real north korea policy and the end of net neutrality and the start of internet apartheid. because the vessel only forty a day play a short tournament. and it's ask you all your life by beautified all it's everyone so make. wise whatever somehow six times well it's a list of the story. welcome back islamic state has reportedly claimed responsibility for an attack on an afghan intelligence training center in kabul armed militants stormed a partially constructed building at the complex triggering intense fighting with security forces local journalist bill are so ari reports. one car bomb has exploded there's another one that the attackers had brought in with them it's quite an embarrassment to say the least because these areas should be protected these are areas w

response to the shocking reports of people being sold as slaves in libya . but while i was screaming he can't shouting i want money i want money she he cut my negative again and again want to cry and. european and african leaders agreeing on a merge and see measures to evacuate thousands of my green stranded in libya before they go on the auction block. plus the countdown to next year's. world cup in russia begins with excitement growing ahead of today's draw for the tournaments groups. i'm brian thomas a very warm welcome to the show pope francis is in a bangladesh right now where he's praised the south asian nation for giving shelter to refugees fleeing mean more the pontiff led an open air mass for some one hundred thousand roman catholics in the bangladeshi capital dhaka but he did not directly mention the i think identity of the me and more muslim group francis has stayed away from allegations that me and mars army is waging in a campaign of ethnic cleansing against the ro hinge on the possible need some real hinge or refugees later today. pope francis is asia tour has taken him

the headlines. the french president calls for military action against. libya. by the last military intervention in that country. just hours away now from the draw for the finals that is when the. next summer. it is. joined by. special coverage you can find out who. poll conducted in the united states reveals. the country's young people. there on the program young americans why. a worldwide headlines live from moscow this is. the french president has tabled a new plan for preventing human trafficking in libya and it involves military action it's already been widely criticized especially in light of the french led western military intervention in libya that left the country in ruins. investigates. slavery and human trafficking of violent offenses sadly common now in libya but no need to fear president macron is here he has the solution for libya's problem send in the troops to tunisia to zone we're proposing police military action we are not waging war but this is a country in a political transition political transition he calls it does sound better than a savage civil war more polit

libya despite the chaos caused by the last intervention there. and it's the day of the draw for the twenty eighteen feet for world cup we'll bring you all the latest from a special studio by the kremlin. so i'm stuck in a blizzard on the top of a very tall building out my sky absolutely but i'm sure you've a mind and nothing compared to the people who come to moscow for the day's draw for the two thousand and three world cup finals and i'm sure plenty of nobody coming up to the door three hours time stay with us for all the buildup. thank you for joining us here at r.t. international broadcasting live from all over central moscow. to the football later but first french president a man you might call has tables a new plan for preventing human trafficking in libya and it involves military action is being widely criticized as the earlier french led western military intervention in libya left the country in ruins as what i'd guess that explains. slavery and human trafficking of violent offenses sadly common now in libya but no need to fear president macron is here he has the solution fo