An 11-year-old girl from Sierra Leone was rescued after three days at sea off Italy’s Lampedusa island, a rescue charity said Wednesday. She was the sole survivor after the boat, which had more than 40 people on board, capsized.
A Spanish police unit is making lasting relationships with women it rescues from slavery.
A Spanish police unit is making lasting relationships with women it rescues from slavery.
Assad’s downfall was met with unbridled joy and relief among Syrians and Syria’s expatriate community.
Some regional leaders appear inclined to unveil key initiatives under the next president, giving him the glory.
TikTok signals it will appeal after a federal court sided with the Justice Department and upheld a law to force its sale or ban it. But Donald Trump could offer a way out.
The one-time great European hope for the battery industry faces an uphill task to secure a financial rescue
Rescue operation under way, Zelenskyy says, after more than a dozen also wounded in Dnipropetrovsk region. What we know on day 1,012See all our Russia-Ukraine war coverageA Russian missile strike on a town in Ukraine’s central Dnipropetrovsk region on …
Footage shows the moment a DHL cargo plane crashed as it came in to land at Vilnius airport in Lithuania. According to officials, one person was killed and three others on the aircraft were injured. Rescue services said the plane hit the ground and sli…
Thirty-one people died or disappeared when their dinghy sank on November 24, 2021, with no rescue services helping them. Despite an increase in police and sea rescue resources since then, the number of people trying to reach England in small boats has …
Visiting doctors share eyewitness accounts after a U.N. inquiry accused Israel of war crimes by targeting Gaza’s health system.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered two rescue planes be sent to the Netherlands on Friday after violence targeting Israeli football fans broke out in Amsterdam overnight. Netanyahu condemned on Friday what he described as a premeditated…
The Dutch prime minister said the assailants would be “tracked down and prosecuted.”
Israel’s national security ministry urges citizens in Dutch city to stay in their hotel rooms after ‘very violent’ incident’The Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has directed two rescue planes to be sent to Amsterdam after “a very violent inc…
Dutch Prime Minister Dick Schoof said on Friday that the violence targeting Israeli citizens was “unacceptable”. The police said 57 people were arrested amid violence surrounding a football game between Dutch and Israeli teams. Israel said it was send…
Dutch media AT5 reported that fights broke out Thursday night between fans at a Europa League match involving Maccabi Tel-Aviv and Ajax.
“Fans who went to see a football game, encountered anti-Semitism and were attacked with unimaginable cruelty just because of their Jewishness and Israeliness,” Israeli Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir said.
From energy and trade to finance and defense, here’s how Donald Trump’s second presidency will impact EU policy.
With hundreds dead and Spaniards turning on their leaders, parallels are being drawn with the 2004 Madrid train bombings.
Rescue teams drain underground garages in search for missing people in Valencia
Foreign ministers’ meeting in Moscow forges closer ties amid imminent deployment of thousands of North Korean troops against Ukraine. What we know on day 983See all our coverage of the Russia-Ukraine warThe North Korean foreign minister, Choe Son Hui, …
Several people have died, with dozens of rescue workers searching for survivors under the rubble.
Videos circulating on social media show damage to the structure and paramedics at the scene.
Death toll climbs to at least 158 people with many more unaccounted for, with Valencia region worst hitResidents in Spain’s Valencia region have been warned to brace for more rain, days after rivers of mud-coloured waters left a trail of devastation an…
At least 95 people have been killed as questions raised over the government’s preparedness and response to torrential rainAs we’ve been reporting this morning, there are ongoing efforts to find survivors.However, Emiliano García-Page, the president of …
Rescue workers are set to comb through debris in worst hit areas like Valencia, after at least 95 people were killed in deadliest floods in a generationRescue workers in Spain continued to search for more victims after deadly floods, as questions were …
National government blamed local authorities after at least 73 people died as heavy rainfall swept through homes, shops and roadways.
Rescue workers are searching for missing people after Spain was hit by severe flooding.
The Israeli military has stepped up its offensive in northern Gaza.
Tycoons have gotten in trouble for running their own foreign policy before. History has not been kind.
In eastern North Carolina, the former president tells voters why the pandemic caused inflation, not Democrats, and prescription-drug prices are on the ballot.
Ukraine president urged world leaders to pile ‘tangible pressure’ on Pyongyang as South Korea urges Russia to stop its ‘illegal cooperation’ with North Korea. What we know on day 976Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has warned that Russia was pla…
Since the beginning of the year, 54 people have died at sea trying to reach England. Casualties are occurring increasingly close to the coast. Despite a reinforced stronger search and rescue system, the fatality rate is rising.
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The French president’s mixed signals on Israel and Gaza are undermining his approach to the region.
The documents, marked top secret, describe satellite images of Israeli preparations for a potential strike on Iran, according to media reports.
An overloaded migrant dinghy headed for the UK from France on Thursday night capsized and sank, killing one baby. Despite French maritime authorities managing to rescue 65 people from the ship, this latest sinking makes 2024 the deadliest year since 2…
“We’re punished for doing our jobs,” said one foreign doctor who volunteered in Gaza.
A POLITICO analysis of more than 20 of his rallies and campaign events shows Trump has demonized minority groups in all of them.
The state is now conducting damage assessments after the hurricane made landfall late Wednesday, but early indications are that the damage could have been worse.
It made landfall along the Florida Gulf Coast on Wednesday evening; DeSantis warned earlier in the day of the likelihood of storm-related deaths in the state.
The billionaire is using the power of his social media platform to spread falsehoods that officials say are hampering recovery efforts.
The floods follow an unprecedented summer drought which caused many rivers and lakes to dry up, and affected agriculture and the supply of water to urban areas throughout the Balkans and much of Europe.
A dance track and online video game hyping mass deportations are some of the ways extreme-right groups are reaching the country’s youth.
The president went from mired in crisis on Monday to an unexpected Friday victory lap.
Rescue teams in the south said several people were missing and called on volunteers and the army to assist with search and rescue operations as roads were closed and houses left without electricity.
At least 14 people died in floods in Bosnia and Herzegovina on Friday and others were missing as torrential rain and landslides destroyed homes, roads and bridges across the centre of the country, officials said. Bosnia’s presidency said it had request…
The Falcon 9 is temporarily grounded after an anomaly was detected following the launch of a Dragon capsule to the International Space Station.
At least nine people have died and 48 are missing after vessel carrying 87 people sinks off island of El HierroPatrol boats and helicopters were searching on Sunday for about 48 people missing after their migrant boat sank near the Spanish island of El…
Rescue services say they saved 27 of the 84 people aboard the vessel believed to have come from MauritaniaNine people are confirmed drowned and at least 48 are missing after a boat carrying migrants capsized off Spain’s Canary Islands overnight, rescue…
New legislation targets planes working with NGO vessels.
Spain’s maritime rescue service said on Saturday that a boat carrying 84 migrants capsized overnight in the Canary Islands, killing at least nine people.
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Mozambican soldiers operating out of TotalEnergies’ natural gas plant abducted, raped and killed dozens of civilians.
Piyush Goyal’s showmanship and negotiating savvy have made him a weapon for India as it takes up its mantle as a global superpower. But is his aggressive approach at risk of backfiring?
Economy Minister Robert Habeck will meet with carmakers — but he has few weapons to stave off a car industry crisis.
Destructive interplay between human influence on rain and land can be seen in municipalities such as St PöltenBy the third night of rain, the situation in the command centre had escalated from tense to critical. Mateusz Fryn, the deputy firefighter chi…
Pounding rain has battered the region of Emilia-Romagna in northern Italy after Storm Boris reached the country. The storm has already killed at least 24 people in central and eastern Europe since last week, bringing widespread flooding and torrential …
German woman was travelling on UK-flagged catamaran when incident happened, says Spain’s rescue serviceA court in Spain has opened an investigation into the death of a German woman who died after being attacked by a shark while sailing 270 nautical mil…
Zelenskiy expected to present plan to UN general assembly next week; Microsoft says Russia behind Harris disinformation. What we know on day 938See all our Ukraine war coverageUS secretary of state Antony Blinken was briefed during his trip to Kyiv on …
The 30-year-old woman lost a leg in the attack and died of a heart attack while being transported in a Spanish rescue helicopter on Monday.
Nothing the West says or does will convince the Houthis to halt their campaign. But the Indian prime minister is perfectly suited to the task.
Keir Starmer wants to ape Italy on tackling irregular migration. He should brace for controversy.
Emergency services have been deployed to rescue and evacuate residents stranded by floods.
Battery start-up struggles to gain backing for latest fundraising amid Europe’s slowing take-up of electric vehicles
David Miliband-led humanitarian organisation urges Labour to make ‘effective and compassionate’ decisionsUK politics live – latest updatesKeir Starmer should drop the pursuit of Italy’s “costly and ultimately ineffective” migration deterrence policies …
Italian Deputy Prime Minister and Lega leader Matteo Salvini risks six years in prison as he has been charged with kidnapping and neglect of duty by preventing the NGO vessel Open Arms from docking in Lampedusa in 2019.
One dead and dozens injured in guided bomb attack, says city’s mayor, as Ukraine president says at least 100 such airstrikes are happening every day. What we know on day 936See all our Russia-Ukraine war coverageOne person has died and at least 41 peop…
Prosecutors in Sicily have accused Salvini of alleged kidnapping after he decided to leave a migrant rescue ship stranded at sea for 19 days.
Storms battered eastern Romania on Saturday, flooding several neighbourhoods, where emergency workers found four people dead in a search and rescue mission. The stormy weather comes as several central European nations anticipate severe flooding to hit…
Decision will mean a net loss of 400 jobs and a threat to thousands more
The deliberate policies of the EU and its member states have turned the Mediterranean into a mass grave – as we watchIn 2019 the city of Paris offered me the Grand Vermeil medal, an honor for bravery, to recognize work I’ve done as a captain in civilia…
Few are celebrating the appointment of the EU’s Brexit negotiator as the country’s new prime ministerMichel Barnier, France’s new conservative prime minister, has yet to appoint a government, still less lay out its agenda. But three-quarters of voters …
The flights, using Air Zermatt rescue helicopters, had to be approved by the Federal Office of Civil Aviation (FOCA).
Irregular crossing of EU borders has decreased by over a third in 2024 so far.
Tuesday’s sinking underlines how security around Calais has led to dinghies launching further along the coast – and taking bigger risks at seaThe local fishing crews had been finishing their long night’s work catching lobster and crab off the northern …
At least 12 migrants died off the northern French coast on Tuesday (3 September) trying to cross the Channel to England in the deadliest such disaster this year, the French government said after a major rescue operation.
At least 12 people have died and two others are in a critical condition after a boat carrying dozens of people seeking asylum in the UK was ‘ripped open’ in the Channel. The French interior minister, Gérald Darmanin, said several people had been injure…
French emergency services rescue over 50 people after small boat ran into trouble on Tuesday morning
Nicholas Winton’s ‘Kinder’ return to Prague to honour man who organised rescue of 669 childrenAt the age of seven, Alexandra Pfeifer was taken by her father and two brothers to Prague railway station, and told she was going on holiday. “I didn’t know w…
More people may be trapped under the rubble after ballistic missile attack, Ukrainian president added.
France led by caretaker administration since July snap election. This live blog is closedThis blog is now closing. Please follow the latest on a developing situation in the Channel here.A large search-and-rescue operation is under way in the English Ch…
A rescue mission for an oil tanker still ablaze after being attacked by Houthi rebels off the coast of Yemen last month, is about to begin, the European Union’s Red Sea naval mission said late Monday (2 September).
Images of a 50-day-old infant rescued on the small Greek island of Tilos have made the rounds of social media, which have hailed the islanders’ ‘humanity.’
A group of tourists were visiting the Breidamerkurjokull glacier in Iceland when an ice cave partially collapsed. Two people are still missing and rescue operations are ongoing.
A group of tourists were visiting the Breidamerkurjokull glacier in Iceland when an ice cave partially collapsed. Two people are still missing and rescue operations are ongoing.
Inflammatory statements of Itamar Ben-Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich have drawn widespread condemnationMiddle East crisis live – latest updatesEurope’s most senior diplomat will call for sanctions on two far-right Israeli ministers, as the EU battles to res…
Dutch captain Karsten Börner witnessed loss of Bayesian in violent storm before assisting survivors
Dutch captain Karsten Börner witnessed loss of Bayesian in violent storm before assisting survivors
Group needs €2.7bn to manufacture vessels whose prices were negotiated when costs were lower
Tech tycoon, 59, was among six people missing since early hours of Monday morning when Bayesian yacht capsizedThe British tech entrepreneur Mike Lynch has been confirmed dead by search and rescue authorities after his yacht sank off the coast of Sicily…
Felipe David says he acted ‘without thinking’ when he saw the boy was dangling from a balcony in AlicanteA Brazilian man living in Spain risked his own life to rescue a young child who was dangling precariously off a second-floor balcony in the coastal…
Italian Sea Group chief executive says superyacht was ‘absolutely safe’
Italian rescue divers recovered a fifth body on Thursday from the wreckage of British tech magnate Mike Lynch’s family yacht, which sank earlier in the week during a severe storm off the coast of Sicily. The search for the sixth and final victim conti…
English banker Jonathan Bloomer and American lawyer Chris Morvillo reportedly confirmed as among bodies recovered by Italian rescuersReuters, citing a source, reports that one of the two bodies found by divers is a “heavily built man.”Italian rescue di…
What we know about four Britons and two Americans still unaccounted for after boat sank during stormSicily yacht sinking – latest newsFears are growing for six people who are missing after a superyacht, the Bayesian, sank off the coast of Sicily when i…
A helicopter and divers were deployed at the scene where a yacht sank, as rescue operations continue.
CHICAGO — Kamala Harris arrived in Chicago still in a Democratic era of exuberance. But as the Democratic National Convention burst to life Monday, even Democrats here were preparing for a series of challenges ready to meet her on the other side of the balloon drop. In fact, they were right in front of her: […]
Four Britons, two Americans and a Canadian are missing after a superyacht with 22 people onboard sank in a storm off the coast of Sicily. The tech entrepreneur Mike Lynch, 59, known for being the founder of Autonomy, is understood to be one of the four…
After a series of mass mortality events, it is more common to find these huge Mediterranean clams dead. Which is why the species’ ‘biggest fangirl of all’, Susan Smillie, is thrilled to see a thriving population in Greece I swim and I stare as my shado…
