Four survivors originally from the ivory coast and guinea gave their accounts to coastguards after being brought ashore. The three men and a woman had initially been rescued by a cargo ship. On monday, according to a recent report from the International Organisation for migration at least 4m refugees drowned between january and march, marking the deadliest three month period since 2017. The report also reveals over the past decade, the Mediterranean Sea has claimed around 25,000 lives. These grim numbers do not fully capture the extent of the tragedy as the actual death toll might be even higher. In recent days there have been a number of rescues from the island and these pictures from the weekend Show Rescue Workers helping migrants in trouble on the lampedusa coast. 0ur rome correspondent sofia bettiza has been following the story. This is not the first tragedy in the Mediterranean Sea this year. As you mentioned, we do know that 41 migrants died, and they were killed in a shipwreck
Filing, citing this social media post from trump that reads, if you go after me, im coming after you. Trumps campaign defended the post as the definition of political speech. And said it had nothing to do with the case. Now smith wants the judge to ban trumps defense team from sharing sensitive evidence with the former president. He argues trump may publicly disclose that information, as hes done in the past. And yesterday, the former president also entered a not guilty plea to three new charges. Those are in the classified documents case. The filings mark the second time in 24 hours that the former president entered a not guilty plea. The former president s extensive legal troubles dont appear to be slowing his campaign. Last night in alabama, he called the cases election interference. Every one of these many fake charges filed against me by the corrupt biden d. O. J. , could have been filed two and a half years ago, they didnt want to do it two and a half years ago, they wanted to wa
Respond to the dojs request for protective order. D. C. Judge says, mondays deadline stands. Earlier today, trumps team had asked for three more days to respond. Again, the judge just denied that request. The doj, filing includes trumps ominous truth social post last night that read, quote, if you go after me, i am coming after you. Trump also called Special Counsel jack smith a, quote, Deranged Human Being and a gop dinner in alabama. If the judge does grant the protective order, trump wont be allowed to share testimony or any other Trial Materials with the public. This comes as one of the top witnesses against trump is already being harassed. Former Vice President , mike pence. In new hampshire, heckled with names like traitor, just days after the doj revealed he took careful notes on trumps coup attempt. You didnt uphold the constitution. You committed treason. You committed treason you committed treason hey pence on the fence. Rolling stone reports, the attacks on pence are even mo
Apologise for the enormous damage caused by the actions of its president who has been suspended by fifa. The current president of the federation has written a Letter Distancing the organisation from ruby alices actions. Englands Mens Foootball squad have been training at St Georges Park ahead of their euro 2024 qualifier with ukraine. Amongst them jordan henderson, who has given his first interview to the media after leaving liverpool to join the Saudi Arabian pro league. The interview was with the athletic website. In it, henderson says he was really hurt after being criticised forjoining al ettifaq. Henderson has been a vocal ally of the Lgbtq Community and his move was criticised by some campaigners, as same sex Sexual Activity is illegal in saudi arabia. In the interview he says. Mason greenwood has been welcomed by getafe fans as he trained for the first time with his new club. Thats ahead of him being offcially presented to fans by the spanish side later on this afternoon. Last w
Of the mehdi hasan show tonight, gop dysfunctions, driving us towards a Government Shutdown. Even House Republicans are pointing to figure at one man, Kevin Mccarthy. Plus, the white house just created the First Ever Office devoted to curbing gun violence. I will speak with former Gun Violence Activists turn gen z congressman maxwell frost. And, covid rates are on the rise, again. My conversation with americas doctor, Anthony Fauci. Good evening. At this moment, we are about six days away from a potential Government Shutdown. The first, since the start of 2019. And its a shutdown that we are facing, because House Republicans are completely dysfunctional, behaving in a pathetic way, and pushing for a completely meaningless shut down, because they want to burn the whole place down. Those are not my words, those are the words of House Republicans themselves. We are, completely dysfunctional. There needs to be a realization, that you are not going to get everything you want. And, just thro