. >> a warning to moscow -- the eu threatens gas prompt with billions in fines -- has prompt -- the eu threatens gazprom with billions in fines. >> we begin with a call for action on the mediterranean migrant crisis. >> italy's prime minister says that europe should create centers in africa that would process asylum applications. >> is just one of the proposals on the table as the eu cares of for an emergency meeting on thursday. >> meanwhile, there's been no let up in the flow of migrants making that dangerous journey. a group has just arrived in italy after being rescued at sea. >> they arrived in italy alive and exhausted. over 500 migrants were rescued at sea on wednesday. many needed medical care. the italian coast guard brought them to the port town of salerno where they will be divided into smaller groups and transferred to reception centers across the country. italy is feeling the pressure from hundreds of refugees trying to reach its coast every day. the country is also still reeling from the shock of sunday's tragedy when almost 900 people drowned as they attempted the crossi

eu preparing to take gaszpr om. your watching live from paris. ♪ italian police say they have charged the captain of the boat involved in the mediterranean's worst migrant disaster. the u.n. says at least a hundred people died when it cap size off libya over the weekend. the man was among 28 survivors who arrived in physically and was arrested alongside a fellow remember. reporter: a long way from home among the 28th survivors of sunday's disaster are people from mali, senegal and bangladesh. many survivors are syrian, like the captain, charged with human trafficking and multiple human off-site. -- human homicide. >> we have arrested two alleged traffickers, the captain of the shipwrecked vesicle, and a crew member. reporter: the fishing boat left tripoli in libya at 8:00 a.m. on saturday carrying more than 800 people. it capsized. hundreds of passengers had been locked below deck, including children between the ages of 10 and 12. survivors say they climbed onto dead bodies to stay afloat. >> the 10 point action p

we've reduced the immigration outside the eu. but inside the eu not because we've created more jobs than the rest of the union put together, immigration has been very high. we need to bring that under control. here are the proposals that i'll put in place as prime minister. first if you're coming from the european union wu won't get unemployment benefits. if you've within here six month's don't have a job, you'll have to come home. third, if you come here and work you'll have to work four years paying into the system. and finally if you leave your family at home you won't be able to send child benefit back to your family at home. those are fair changes that i can deliver. >> david cameron thank you. nigel farage. >> i told you at the start they were all the same and they all agree. they should be part of the european union. as members of the eu what can we do to control immigration. let me tell you. nothing. nothing. the prime minister can talk about benefits. this isn't about benefits. this is about numbers. we have a total open

still coming another boat load of migrants reaches sicily a day after eu promises actions to tackle the traffickers. ♪ hello you are watching al jazeera live from london also coming up, yemen foreign minister insists there will be no peace until houthi rebels surrender. malaria breakthrough and close to finding a vaccine for the killer disease, the magnificent images from the far side of the solar system the hubble telescope celebrates its 25th birthday. ♪ hello, the eu says it will double the emergency aid it gives to italy, greece and malta to deal with influx of migrants crossing mediterranean from north africa and used to staff reception centers and provide medical aid to people like this dozens more who arrived in the sicily port on friday but eu divertingly resources to stop the people smugglers and appearing in a nearby court was this man, tunisia mohamed and prosecutors say he was at the helm of the boat which collided with a container ship and sank off the libyan coast and 700 people died. numbers contributed to an april record for migrant deaths at sea. more than 1300 migr

the eu still has no solution. the u.k.'s independent paper highlights the eu's failure. it asks the question how many more lives will be allowed to die before our leaders put shared humanity before political posturing. there is the same sense that politics is being put ahead of humanitarian concerns. genie: there's a lot of focus on what these people are running from. in many cases, it is war zones and conflicts. reporter: absolutely. that's being put into sharp relief by a new video that has emerged supposedly from the islamic state group, sharing the beheading of dozens of ethiopian christians in libya. this is "a new york -- a "new york times" article about that. essentially, outside of the home territory if you like, of syria and iraq, libya could be the next biggest place where i.s. exists. genie: violence has been continuing in south africa where there has been another xenophobic attack in a long line of them. reporter: and this just days after the government pledged to put an end to these attacks. we've got a shocking picture which was taken -- it is in "the south

. ♪ welcome to the news hour i'm from al jazeera news center in doha and the top stories eu promises more money to stop deaths of migrants at sea and go after human traffickings 100 years later remember the forces killed by ottoman forces. they worry about the power supply from the largest capitol. images from the far side of the solar system the hubble telescope celebrates its 25th birthday. ♪ the u.n. refugee agency says the eu plan to tackle the migrant crisis in the mediterranean is an important step to collective european action eu agreed to triple funding for navel mission and lay the ground work for military action against trafficics and comes after hundreds are rescued from the italian coast guard on thursday and we are joined just outside a migrant detention center so eu is talking about the possibility of using a military force to stop the boats leaving libya, how feasible is that and is that going to work? >> well i have to say standing on this side of the mediterranean and looking at the situation, it seems quite difficult. the eu will probably have to come up with some

moscow is feeling the pinch of eu sanctions, something both countries opposed. putin clarified their plans. >> i want to assure you that we are not going to use any kind of situations within the european union in order to bit by bit resolve the issue of improving relations with the european block as a whole. >> this could meet loans for greece in exchange for economic cooperation. vladimir putin is keen on shoring up bilateral trade which is fallen 40%. they also discussed extending the turkish pipeline project into greece, a move that could turn athens into a major european energy hog. -- energy hug. tsipras said it is eager european problem that needs it european solution. >> i can say that today is an important day for russian and greek relations. >> as the new friendship is forged, it's unclear what it means for greece and the eu. tsipras said this trip to russia won't be his last. brian: what do the talks hold for both greece and the eu and russia as well? our correspondents, marcus let's start with you. you were following the talks today. what kind of econ

reporter: the eu is finally moving. triton will be turned into the european search and rescue mission. more boats, more money, and a new mandate being talked about. help shall be given t italy and greece. particularly help with processing the refugees that arrive. the problem that many european interior ministers have here is that people just sort of float away from italy, they make their way to the north in an illegal manner. nobody knows where they are and who they are. they want to change that. plus there will be a step in the way of the redistribution of recognized war refugees, people who have to be protected in the european union. they will be distributed according to an allocation key. brent: more equality there. what you are talking about is improving what already exists. a lot of the criticism at this meeting has been of things outside of europe, for example, the crisis in libya or the problem with human traffickers in africa. these are things that europe really cannot change. is there a sense of almost helples

♪ the eu promises more money to stop the deaths of migrants at sea and plans to get rid of human traffickers. ♪ hello i'm darren live from al jazeera headquarters in doha and also on the program 100 years later armenians remember the masses killed by ottoman forces as the fighting rages in yemen medical workers worry about the power supply of the largest hospital in the capitol. remembering the fallen 100 years after one of world war i's bloodiest battles. ♪ the u.n. refugee agency says the european union plan to tackle the crisis in the mediterranean is important step to collective european action and eu agreed to triple funding for navel mission and european leaders will lay ground work against trafficics as hundreds of people are rescued from italian coast guard on thursday and nearly all of the people rescued in the mediterranean were from libya and we are from misrata outside a migrant detention center so the eu talking about the possibility of using military force to stop the boats that the people traffickers are using and how feasible is that and will it work? >> well standing her

the eu is diverting resources to stop the people smugglers. appearing in a court nearby was this man, tunisia man at the helm of a boat which collided with a container ship and sank off the libya coast and at least 700 people died. those numbers contributed to an april record for migrant deaths at sea. more than 1300 migrants thought to have died making the periless crossing and to men appearing in court in sicily in connection with the deaths of the migrants and paul is following the case for us and, paul this was only supposed to be a preliminary hearing but it's taking an awful long time isn't it? >> reporter: it is. and it's still ongoing and it started just after 9:00 here in sicily 9:00 a.m. and it's just gone 7:00 p.m. and they are still hearing inside. it's a very important case. i mean it's a landmark case and the first high profile case and not just because of the numbers involved, the number of victims because this is relating to the big disaster a week ago, it's also a test i think of the italian judiciary for it and we had a numbe

the eu is still playing hardball with greece over its bailout. the greek prime minister goes to moscow for a high-profile trip with a vladimir putin. a white u.s. police man is charged with murder over the death of a black and. that is after amateur video shows the officer shooting the man in the back eight times as he is running away. and a bitter family feud at the heart of the french far right. current leader marine le pen tries to distance herself from her hard-line father and founder of the national front. also coming up for you this hour, you need to spend it to make it. we will have details of the french government's plan to have businesses invest in themselves. and former british prime minister tony blair weighs in on the upcoming edition election -- british election. he has hard words for david cameron and his lands for a referendum on leaving the eu if his conservative party retains power. genie: the european union is still coming down hard on greece for its bailout program but greek prime minister alexis tsipras appears to be trying a

he believes in staying in the eu. i feel he's being dragged by his party to exit from the eu. begin, again, i've got to say to this audience, i think that would be a real problem for our country. >> all right. the woman up there at the back. yes, you. >> hi. if your party were in power the gaps between the richest and the poorest? >> what's your name? >> shirley. >> shirley. >> yeah. >> it's a great question shirley. let me answer it directly. yes. there's a rule shirley is referring to called the nondom rule. some may know that and some may not. you can live here/work here, be permanently settled here but not pay taxes here. been in place, believe it or not, for 200 years. that's 40 prime ministers. ss sministers. i'm going to it get rid of it. i believe in a country that has one rule for all. david cameron worked to defend that rule. i think he's wrong about that. we have to tackle tax avoidance wherever we find it and make people at the top live up to their responsibilities. >> i hope we can -- [ applause ] i hope we can reach the man sitting right behind me here yes. >> a

the eu only recognizes one. most of the departures especially lately have been from the western side where there's the court-appointed government in tripoly. the eu has no dealings with that government and they announced yesterday they would stand against any kind of eu military intervention intervention. and then the other issue, the migrant who is have traveled thousands of kilometers and have reached this point and are adamant they want to risk their lives and reach europe. according to international law, you cannot send a refugee back to their country if there's a war or any kind of persecution going on there. most people in the detention center come from war-stricken countries. plus, there are no more embassies in tripoly. the people inside don't have passports or money. how do you get them out of libya and get them back home? it's certainly a very complicated issue to handle. and this summer it will probably be very difficult to stem the flow trying to reach europe. >> they're willing to risk everything in

refugee agency says the eu plan to tackle the migrant crisis in the mediterranean sea is an important step to collective action eu agreed to triple funding for the navel mission and they will lay the ground work for military action against traffickers as hundreds of people were rescued from the italian coast guard on thursday. and nearly all of the people it rescues in the med train -- mediterranean and we are in misrata. >> standing here it's difficult to see how the eu could carry out military intervention against smugglers, it's a very shadow network and has 2000 kilometers of libya coastline and another issue which is the current political situation here in libya, there are two rival governments, the eu only recognizes the one based in tobrook but most departures especially lately have been from the western side where there is a court-appointed government in tripoli, the eu has no dealings with that government and actually heard from senior officials of that government just yesterday that they will stand against any kind of eu military intervention. then there is the other issue,

we want to reduce immigration from outside the eu. inside the eu, because we created more jobs than the rest of the european union put together. immigration has been high. we need to bring under control. here are the proposals i will put in place. first, if you're coming from the european union, you won't get unemployment benefits. if you have been here for six months and don't have a job, you have to go home. third, if you come here, you have to work for four years paying into the system before you get something out of the system. if you leave your family at home, you won't be able to send child benefit back to your family at home. those are fair changes that i can deliver. >> thank you. >> i told you that they were all the same. they all agreed. as members of the eu, what can we do to control immigration. nothing. nothing. the prime minister talks about benefits. this is not about benefits to this is about numbers. we have a total open-door to former communist countries and the eurozone, where people are suffering badly. i don't bla

official have been down to a monumental failure of compassion on the part of eu leaders. and there is huge pressure to come up with a solution. there was a ten-point plan put forward on monday by the foreign ministers which the leaders will now consider. we've seen a draft which has been leaked. they include, for example, at least doubling the current amount of resources which is being put into searching and rescuing the mediterranean trying to save lives tut but even doubling the current level of resources would not match the resources put into that operation last year. so i think there will be some criticism in that quarter. the other issue is whether or not the root causes will be addressed. parliament talked about conflict oppression poverty. those he said were the root causes causing people to flee their homes in various places in the world in the middle east and africa and try to make this perilous journey. and without addressing those root problems you're only looking at the symptoms. the legality is also questionable. for example, the idea that they can target tra

but inside the eu, not least because we created more jobs than the rest of the eu put together, immigration has been high. here are proposals i would put in place. first, if you're coming from the eu you won't get unemployment benefits. second, if you've been here for six months and haven't had a job you will have to go home. third, if you come here to work you have to work for years putting into the system before you can take out of it. those are fair changes that i can deliver. farage: i told you at the start that they are all the same. they all agree that they should be part of the european union. as members of the eu, what can we do to control immigration? nothing. ed miliband can talk about benefits, the prime minister can talk about benefits. this is about numbers. we have a former -- a total open-door to 10 former communist countries and to the eurozone. i don't blame a single migrant who comes to britain from eastern europe. it has led to such a crisis in housing. we have to build a new house every seven minutes just to cope with current levels of immigration. we have to change our

we've already heard from the eu as well as the foreign minister of iran. let's summarize what we've just heard. fundamentally, they will find new ways to put to use the uranium they have including a development center there in iran. and they will hammer out the details of a final agreement over the worst of the next three months with the expectation of a deadline june 30. fundamentally the broad outlines of an agreement, to limit the capacity of enriched nuclear materials, the uranium has been reached there in switzerland. we have iran agreeing to limit production of the same time that the eu and the world powers have agreed to lift sanctions. the lifting of those sanctions will not take place until july 1.

actually signed up and uk refused for example saying it encouraged migrants to make the journey and eu meeting will take place in luxonburg where dominick cane is and what can we expect out of the eu minister's meeting there? >> reporter: well sammy, the meeting is well underway in the building behind me to my left and shortly before the meeting began the eu foreign policy chief spoke to the press and said she felt that having seen and witnessed the events of resent days felt for eui was imperative to act. >> i felt a moral duty to concentrate on our responsibility as europeans to prevent this kind of tragedies to happen again and again. let me say that the main issue here is to build together a common sense of european responsibility of what is happening in the mediterranean knowing there is no easy solution and no magic solution but there is a responsibility we have to exercise together as europeans and in consistent and coherent way. >> reporter: well the minister's meeting is going to be enhanced by the presence of interior ministers from the european union and a clear sign of the

coming up eu leaders agree to triple funding for search and rescue operations as the migrants keep coming. >> i take full responsibility for all our counterterrorism operations. >> the u.s. reveals two hostages were killed in an operation on the afghan pack stand border. >>> former cia chief david patreus gets two years probation for giving classified information to his mis-tress. >>> it's been one of the deadliest weeks for migrants trying to cross the mediterranean. the capsize of one boat is thought to have killed as many as 900 people. now the european union has access at an emergency summit in brussels. funding has been tripled for search and rescue operations. they'll now have $9.7 million a month and that's roughly the same budget as italy's which was scrapped last year at funding was withdrawn because they thought it was encouraging migration. other nations may also contribute vessels and helicopters to help with the rescue effort. let's go now live to lawrence lee. have they done enough to silence the critics do you think? >>reporter: no, they haven't. i think the eu will in some

but in other polls you do not have a majority favoring the eu either. so i would quite agree with you that you'd need to not simply look at the top-line response and what is the majority but what are the levels of resistance in different parts of the country. because a small number of people, as we know can create a lot of trouble in the effort to create a coherent country and ukraine is already pretty precarious country and catherine can speak to this better than i with the mixed language the mixed religion and mixed links to europe and russia and so on. so it's not as coherent a nation as most european nations. >> i believe dr. kelleher wanted to address your point. you were at the defense department during the bosnian war. >> right. at nato. >> at nato as well. so you might have an interesting perspective on that. >> let me say, the right to have questions about the future with, in an association with the eu and -- because, quite frankly when the choice was posed at any point in the last two decades, there are several european nations who steadfastly

mark: the eu could issue charges against google a soon as this week. they are accusing them of violating competition laws. google is accused of tampering with their own search results. the fines and constraints could be on the table. hans, can you give us the worst-case and best case? hans: the best case will be from the eu commission it is not as harsh as we expect. google might be able to slow this down by litigating it in a variety of ways. the worst-case scenario is hefty fines. if you look at the market share google has they have 90% of the market share in europe. that is compared to 65% in the united states. google is braced for this decision all stop here is what was said this is obviously disappointing news, we have a strong case with especially good argumentation when it comes to better services for users and increased competition. the worst-case is not just a hefty fine, google would have to change its search engine. it could affect overall revenues. 35% of google's revenues come from europe. if you take the potential fine 10% of total, we co

it receives more asylum seekers than any other eu country. and while ministers say their welfare is important, they also say solutions need to be found in the countries the migrants are leaving. >> our very first priority has to be improving sea rescue operations so fewer people die. that is obvious. secondly we know that the push back of migration won't let up as long as conditions remain unstable in north africa. >>reporter: if anything long term is to be achieved both of these problems will need to be solved at the eu leader's summit on thursday. >>> coming up later in the program, we're going to hear from one man who made the journey across the mediterranean and what his advice is to those planning a similar journey. imilar journey. >>> the war in yemen now. the capital has been rocked by one of the largest explosions since the saudi-led air campaign began. air strikes targeted a missile base being used by houthi fighters. it triggered a huge blast flattening nearby buildings. 46 people have died and hundreds are wounded. >>reporter: in m

the eu has to vote on extending sanctions. it has to unanimously approved extending sanctions at the end of june or july at the latest. you have got come in general, a sort of easing of tensions around ukraine. they see this as an effort, or will see this as an effort to antagonize them. it really comes down to the detail of the complaint itself. if the european union wants, it can fine gazprom to the tune of 10%k of their export revenue globally. the russians would say this is another chapter in the war against russia. guy: economic war antagonize. ryan: they are off to athens. as much as people talk about use of gas as a political weapon, it can be a cartrot. you do not hear greeks complaining about gazprom. the greeks are seeking a discount. like 1% overall. lyrically they are close. francine: this is in russia's interest because they are less than other countries. guy: it will annoy the germans. ryan: you would be surprised. the germans get one of the biggest discounts of all of the countries. but absolutely, geopoliticall

them come on the podium the first two people who will speak, the iranian foreign minister, and the eu representative. although john kerry has been here all this time technically, this process has always been led for the international community by the european union. catherine ashton was deeply involved in these nuclear negotiations for a long time. >> for a moment thank you. we're going to keep with those live shots i think from the press conference in switzerland. let's take you now to washington d.c. and speak to al jazeera's correspondent there. james was alluding to a little earlier all this being very very carefully watched by congress. >>reporter: it really is. i want to give you a scheduling update. president obama was scheduled to go to louisville about two hours ago for a speech but he's still at the white house. officials are not saying if we'll hear from the president or not. they've been putting out stories that the president is intimately involved with this process, knows the number of centrifuges, has been keeping abreast of every step. and one reason he's put so much on

to june the eu. that includes the separatists, the east and the south. and finally 51% as i said steven mentioned, 51% of all ukrainians would find it acceptable or tolerable for ukraine to join nato. now, steve mentioned that's only 51%. well, 51% of ukraine having watched this movement of ukrainian sentiment for an against nato over the years 51% saying now they would either prefer or would find acceptable joining nato is remarkable. that is a change from when i was there. it was in the 20s, 20% 25% would support joining nato. my first point is they've clearly decided to move toward europe ukraine has. second ukraine is more united now than ever in the face of russian aggression. 85% of ukrainians surveyed across the whole country prefer a united ukraine. 85% want a united ukraine. 63% just as is governed now, another 22% when you add in some autonomy for the regions. so that's a pretty strong number i would say. 85% prefer a united ukraine. even in the east it's 68%. in the separatist held region

we have reduced immigration from outside the eu. inside the eu, not least because we have created more jobs than the rest of the european union put together. immigration has been very high so we need to bring that under control. here the proposals i will put in place. if you're coming from the eu, you want to get unemployment benefits. if you have been here for six months and do not have a job, you have to go home. if you come here and work, you have to work for four years before you get out of the system. if you leave your family at him, he won't be able -- at home, you won't be able to send back money to them. mr. clegg: they all agree to be part of the european union. they ask you a question. what can we do as members to control immigration? nothing. the prime minister can talk about benefits. this is not about benefits. this is about numbers. we have a total open door to 10 former communist countries and the eurozone more people are suffering very badly. i don't blame a single migrant wanting to better their lives. it is depress

. >>> the eu presidency called on the union's executive arm to urgently propose new measures to beef up the blocks border agency. eu foreign ministers meeting in luxonburg and top of agenda is the migrant emergency in the mediterranean and german chancellor is appalled by the situation that europe needs answers and the maltise says it's the key to the problem and starting point for 90% of migrants reaching italy by sea and follows the worst maritime disaster in the mediterranean and 700 feared dead after the boat capsized and 28 survived and now been taken to italy, 24 bodies that have been recovered from the disaster have arrived in malta and the meeting will take place in luxonburg where al jazeera dominick cane is and talking about the cold air for new measures and new policy what are we expecting to get out of the european union ministers' meeting behind you? >> well sammy, it's a day of meetings and of high-powered meetings of minister the foreign ministers who were due to be here today and interior people have been invited as well perhaps the indication of seriousness of which

the town's mayor told me he was in perilous last week demanding eu assistance. >> i baked my fist on the table and said it's not a temporary emergency. it's a problem we will have to deal with for many more years. there needs to be a european policy on immigration and help for the desperate people who ask for asylum in our countries. >> in the vatican, the pope urged europe's leaders to recognize the migrants not just as numbers but as human beings. >> i make a heart felt appeal to the international community to react decisively and quick that's correct see to it that such trat employees are not repeated. >> the it al ran prime minister was briefed by his naval commanders and gave a televised news conference. his words aimed not just at the italian public but also directed towards his fellow eu leaders. >> we think that the fight against human trafficking should be a priority not just for italy and malta but for the whole eu. >> reporter: >> his appeal produced a response. the foreign policy see chief weighed in saying we have said too many times never again. now is the time for the

>>> eu leaders agree to triple funding for search and rescue operations as the migrants keep oncoming. >>> coming up. >> on behalf of the united states government i offer our deepest apologies to the families. >> the u.s. reveals two hostages held by al quaeda were killed in an operation on the afghan pack stand border >>> former cia chief david petreus gets two years probation and a huge fine for giving classified material to his mistress. plus -- ♪♪ >> the home of the cat video, youtube, turns ten. >>> hello there. it's been one of the deadliest weeks for migrants trying to cross the mediterranean. the capsize of one boat is thought to have killed as many as 900 people. now the european union has acted. eu leaders have approved a tripling of funding for search and rescue operations in the mediterranean. the border operation which patrols the sea will now have $9.7 million a month at its disposal. now, that's roughly the same as italy's program which was scrapped last year after eu countries withdraw funding because they thought it was encouraging migration. earlier, they establi

. >> the eu filed anti trust charges against russian energy giant gazprom. reaction from moscow. >> the saudi-led coalition launched more strikes in yemen despite an announcement that the air campaign is over. fighter jets struck houthi targets in taiz and aden in the south. fierce battles are taking place on the ground in aden between supporters of president adou rabbo mansour hadi and houthi fighters. let's bring in al jazeera's muhammed on the saudi-yemeni border. we were entering a new phase announced yesterday so why are we seeing new airstrikes in taiz? >> it is a new phase but is not completely a different phase. for those who thought that the announcement yesterday night by the leadership of the coalition is the end of the war they might be disappointed today. the saudi arabia and its allies launched a series of strikes at least two confirmed to us. one was after the announcement of the end of the war in aden when tanks in possession of the houthis were seen moving to areas from which they were expelled a few days ago in the area of the coastal line

reporter: italy says it is fed up with the northern neighbors in the eu not pitching and more. they u.k. has signaled willingness to help with rescue missions at sea but says it does not want to take in more refugees. >> people we deal with are taken to the nearest safe country. we do not have immediate recourse to claim asylum in the u.k.. reporter: francois hollande spoke abo the reasons for migration, serving up harsh criticism of his predecessors 2011 military intervention in libya. president francois hollande:he real question is why no one question which happen after that mission. reporter: chancellor merkel we -- germany's chancellor merkel warned there was no time to lose and a lot at stake. chancellor merkel: it is about putting a stop to human trafficking and addressing the reasons why people flee. above all it is about saving human lives. reporter: that is a sentiment these demonstrators no doubt agree with. but they want to see more than just words. brian: county's words be translated into action? from the latest, let's go to our bureau chief max hoffman. you have he

deutsche vella says the estimated deaths of he 700 migrants makes it high time for the eu to act. mourning from politicians who deem search and rescue operations too expensive. >> in china thousands of competitors are welcoming the spring season with a colorful festival of kites. the high flying tradition dates back centuries. and as margaga ortiga reports. >> a sign of better days ahead. no one can stop kite enthusiasts in wee weifung. he comesweifung. he comes from a generation of kite enthusiasts deemed impure in the cultural revolution. >> translator: the difference in chinese kites and foreign kites chinese ones focus a lot on shapes and paintings of kites. >> reporter: it is a traditional art form that he has turned into a business. when completed each kite tells a story. with shapes and colors symbolizing everything from harmony to prosperity to long life. they become flying works of art. tens of thousands of people come to weifung every year for kite festival. there are competitors from all around the world all vying for the honor of becoming a kite master. anyone can fly

. >> reporter: a final eu decision could come by the end of the year. however, corporate governance experts say google should resolve this issue as quickly as possible. otherwise they say such charges can have an impact on recruitment, employee morale and brand reputation. for "nightly business report" i'm josh lipton in san francisco. >> victor anthony now joins us to tell us what it means for google stock and investors who own it. victor welcome. good to have you with us. you hear some of the thing that josh lipton just said. what is the risk here? what is the potential cost here for google in terms of fines. josh had one number. in terms of business model risk and in terms of risk to profitability. >> googleas to the eu investigation is one of multiple defense overhangs that the stock faces this year. specifically on the eu i've heard $6 billion number maybe goes to $10 billion. the company should end the first quarter with 67 $68 billion in cash on the balance sheet to generate between $12 and $15 billion in cash this year. so it would be somewhat o

we want to reduce immigration from outside the eu. inside the eu, because we created more jobs than the rest of the european union put together. immigration has been high. we need to bring under control. here are the proposals i will put in place. first, if you're coming from the european union, you won't get unemployment benefits. if you have been here for six months and don't have a job, you have to go home. third, if you come here, you have to work for four years paying into the system before you get something out of the system. if you leave your family at home, you won't be able to send child benefit back to your family at home. those are fair changes that i can deliver. >> thank you. >> i told you that they were all the same. they all agreed. as members of the eu, what can we do to control immigration. nothing. nothing. the prime minister talks about benefits. this is not about benefits to this is about numbers. we have a total open-door to former communist countries and the eurozone, where people are suffering badly. i don't bla

sicily. >>> let's get more on those eu emergency talks. the crisis was discussed from germany where dominick caine reports. >>reporter: a moment of silence. after a day of meetings here the eu foreign policy chief said it was now imperative to act. >> i think that today we are developing a truly european sense of urgency and solidarity solidarity in fighting human trafficking. finally. >>reporter: the proposed new measures include strengthening its mission in niger, destroying boats used by traffickers which are often unseaworthy or illegal. to strengthen and give more money to rescue operations and to get member states to share responsibility for the resettlement and relocation of refugees. because the country that has borne the brunt of the migrant wave says it can no longer cope on its own. >> it's a european emergency. it's not the problem to help italy. it's a problem to help europe. you can't have a european emergency and an italian answer. >>reporter: that's the answer to the operation which cost more than $100 million during the 12

in collaboration -- in calabria, local people are calling on the eu for help. we are asking the government to give us a hand with the clandestine boats. it's not about being racist, we do not have the resources. we're also asking the eu to take an interest because the program cannot face emergencies on their own. >> according to the u.n. high commission for refugees, 219,000 migrants crossed the mediterranean last year. 3500 lives were lost. genie: the european parliament asking turkey to recognize the murder of 1.5 million armenians a century ago as a genocide. days after the pope used that word, calling the tragedy he first genocide of the 20th century. the term has long been a source of tension between armenia and turkey. the turkish government refuses to use the word "genocide," preferring to say the mass killings came through civil war. here is olivia. >> who is in favor? it was against? oliviaer: asa bolick looked from the parliament as a majority of lawmakers encouraged -- a symbolic vote from the parliament as a majority of lawmakers encouraged the gove

our lead -- in europe, google faces the biggest threat to its bigness after -- business ever as the eu files a formal trust complaint. how did it come to this? it's all started five years ago when the eu began investigating such practices after rivals like microsoft and expedia complaint. uggla try to settle three times to no avail. now that eu has file formal charges against google called a statement of objection in europe, accusing uggla being anti-competitive and abusing its dominance. specifically, they claimed google favors is shopping service over its rivals. for instance, when you start for an item like a laptop, google shopping results come up first and that prominently displayed. leading the charge, eu competition commissioner a top danish politician. >> today's statement of objection on comparison-shopping is of course limited. it is also the first place were we got a complaint. the first place where we got a complaint that google is favoring as products as such for a long period of time. however, we will continue to look at google's conduct in other areas. emily: she also op

putin would try to exploit divisions between the eu countries. greece and russia have historical and economic ties. it is also an orthodox country. with all of that, he will try to have someone on his side when the time comes for the sanctions to be renewed. also, it helps his profile that it is not just you who is deciding. caroline: a long-time relationship that we have to keep in mind. anything concrete? we heard hands -- weird hans talking about train being increased or sanctions being reduced, what do we think will be tangible? anna: yesterday, the kremlin spokesman said he doesn't rule out some loans and discounts. but honestly speaking, the russian budget is also stretched out. we have a deficit this year. international reserves are at the level that they were in the previous crisis during 2008-2009. there is not much russia can do in terms of loans, deftly not as much as greece needs right now. also some officials are saying that russia considers lifting the food ban that were counter sanctions after russia was sanctioned by the eu. now,

was announced by the eu foreign policy chief on how to combat this problem, right? >> reporter: that's right. i mean there are ten points and it's a wide ranging set of proposals tackling indeed both the problem of the boats which are setting out from libya and also the idea that perhaps europe could do more to allow legal migration, for example, the setting up of asylum centers to more speedily process legitimate asylum claims but there are issues that spring out at me and one is for example the idea that they will reenforce and upgrade the current operation triton and one figure is to double the amount of funding with boats that are out there and doubling it would still not bring it up to the level of last year because currently it's a third of the type of the level of operations of last year. so doubling it simply would not bring it up to last year's level. the other thing that went out to me is point two the effort to capture or destroy vessels used by smugglers. reality is out here in the mediterranean is that the type of boats being used are an ramshackle coll

eu finance ministers gather in riga latvia. we consider the future of cuba amidst a complex latin american calculus. shannon o'neil joins us from the council on foreign relations. now what for brian roberts and comcast? this is bloomberg "surveillance," live from our world headquarters. friday, a pattani for. -- a pattani for. -- april 24. i am tom keene. top headlines. here's olivia. olivia: this was supposed to be the crucial meeting for greece and european countries who hold the purse strings. meeting in riga and growing more frustrated with greek prime minister alexis tsipras. tsipras was supposed to come up with economic reforms needed to unlock $7 billion in bailout money. minister say they are still wide differences. the eu economic commissioner talked about what he hopes to hear. >> the overall issue is about the review of the present program. reforms that can change the face of the greek economy.

i don't see this as an eu versus a u.s. issue this is an issue where we deal with the substance of our case. >> you said you're talking to a lot of americans looking asquans at european policy as it relates to american companies. the competition chief said this is is nothing to do with the company being american japanese or whatever. do you believe that? do you think google is not being penalized for being american? >>. >> we've seen a set of preliminary concerns from the european commission and an opportunity to address them. we're not being penalized, we're being scrutinized, we're fine with that process. >> adam i i'm wondering of the implications of the commission saying they're looking into how google handles android. haven't decided whether they're going to have any kind of a complaint specific about that. they did something similar with apple and itunes and didn't go further with it what do you see the issues being there? is google doing, being fairly by encouraging people when they take the latest flavor of android,

gas prom will get a complaint from the eu. the probe was delayed amid political tensions in ukraine. they are checking to see if it prevents customers from reselling it. the eu president has called a summit on april 23 to address the growing demand carrying crisis in the mediterranean after a boat capsized. missed estimates hampered by poor weather in australia. they have continued to expand despite a sharp drop in prices. the news has not negatively affected rio's share price. you can find more on that story at bloomberg.com. caroline: take cash call -- a cash call in greece. the prime minister orders people to -- moves like this are totally unprecedented. who else has taken similar measures and how much does greece hope to find in the coffers by doing this? hans: good morning, caroline. 2 billion euros is what they hope to find according to people familiar with the matter. argentina did this for 24 billion by taking over pension reserves in 2008 and 2010. in 2012, they took over some of their form reserves. it is an indicati

only 170,000 eu citizens signed the petition. damien: so it looks like we won't be seeing a legalization of cannabis anytime soon. that's all for today. thanks for watching and see you next week. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] steves: i'm meeting my florentine friend tommaso at i fratellini, a venerable hole in the wall much loved among locals for its tasty sandwiches and wine sold by the glass. -grazie. -tommaso: thank you. and when you're done, you leave it on the rack. steves: boy, it's intense in the city. tommaso: yes, it is. well, if you want to leave the tourists, let's cross the river, and let's go to where the real florentines live and work. -steves: what's that? -tommaso: the oltrarno area. steves: there's much more to this town than tourism, as you'll quickly find in the characteristic back lanes of the oltrarno district. artisans busy at work offer a rare opportunity to see traditional craftsmanship in action. you

francine: that is with the eu competition commissioner. we will ask her about the antitrust charges. guy: gm's joint venture in china steps up investment to compete for market share in the world's largest car market. shanghai. gm targets a market share of more than 10% in five years. francine: labonte monitor -- the bond manager who has been 99% of his peers says the impact of the fed's policies have yet to be felt in the market. he says the feds extreme policies have been very well-intentioned. he says a june rate hike is very unlikely. guy: european union foreign ministers today will meet to address the issue of illegal tracking of migrants. the meeting comes after fishing boats packed with 700 people sinking refuge -- seeking refuge in europe capsized. it could be the most deadly such tragedy in the mediterranean sea. the italian prime minister called for more eu action to crack down on the traffickers. >> our priority is human dignity , as well as national security, to stop trafficking of human beings. the new slave drivers cannot thin

we've already heard from the eu as well as the foreign minister of iran. let's summarize what we've just heard. fundamentally, they will find new ways to put to use the uranium they have including a development center there in iran. and they will hammer out the details of a final agreement over the worst of the next three months with the expectation of a deadline june 30. fundamentally the broad outlines of an agreement, to limit the capacity of enriched nuclear materials, the uranium has been reached there in switzerland. we have iran agreeing to limit production of the same time that the eu and the world powers have agreed to lift sanctions. the lifting of those sanctions will not take place until july 1. there is a lot of work to be done yet. double overnight negotiating sessions that one into the wee hours, but an agreement has been reached. now julie hyman is with us with a look at the oil markets and the world markets as well. julie: we have seen oil extended losses. we've seen volatility, both up and down, perhaps investors and traders assessing wha

damien: wow, a million trees to be destroyed -- had eu with fishers -- have eu officials gone crazy you can let me know what you think by getting in touch with us on twitter or by e-mail. now to romania, a country which over the last decade has lost around 3 million people who have left to find work elsewhere. the advantage is they send large amounts of money back home, which is an important source of revenue for romania. it's also causing depopulation, which is leading to a rather unexpected results in one particular village. >> the streets of certeze are in line with villas and mansions, one fancier than the next -- are lined with villas and mansions. where did the money come from? >> 90% of our citizens have had jobs for years. we are very happy to say that. they are working construction and agriculture legally, and that's all right. >> one thing certeze is short of his people. most of the year, the houses stand empty. their owners are in western europe earning the money to pay for them. nikolai and his son live in france near versailles. he works in construction and his son in heati