41 migrants have drowned off the italian island of lampedusa after their boat capsized. 45 people, including three children, had been aboard the vessel, which set off from the tunisian city of sfax last thursday. 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. These pictures show Rescue Workers helping migrants in trouble around the lampedusa coast at the weekend, one of several rescues in recent days. Live now to sofia bettiza whos in rome. What bettiza whos in rome. More do we know about thi rescue . What more do we know about this rescue . ,. ,. ,. , rescue . This is another tragedy in the mediterranean rescue . This is another tragedy in the mediterranean sea. Rescue . This is another tragedy in the mediterranean sea. Only rescue . This is another tragedy in the mediterranean sea. Only four| the mediterranean sea. Only four people survived,
Hi there. Thank you for being with us. We begin with some Breaking News from the brazilian city of belem, where leaders of eight South American countries which share the amazon have been meeting fora landmark summit. At the end of the talks they issued a joint declaration saying they have now established a new alliance aimed at preventing the amazon from reaching a point of no return. But leaders appear to have stopped short of pledging an end to deforestation by 2030, as brazils president lula, who is hosting the event, had hoped. Our South America Correspondent Katy Watson reports from para, which is the state with the highest Deforestation Rate in the country. Virgin forest still exists here in the amazon, but every day the illegal loggers get closer. From up high, you can see the damage done, the large patches of land totally cleared. This part of brazil has the highest rate of deforestation in the country. Underjair bolsonaro, Illegal Logging soared. President Lula Da Silva has pr
The lengthy roadmap outlined in the city of belem promotes sustainable development, an end to deforestation, and fighting the organised crime that fuels it. Lets take a look at the rainforest thats at stake the amazon stretches nearly Seven Million square kilometres, with two thirds of it in brazil. Another seven countries and one territory share the remaining third. Under brazils former president , jair bolsonaro, years of deforestation in the amazon worsened. The orange on this map shows the areas of deforestation between 2019 and 2022 in the state of para where the summit is. But new data shows a positive Shift Deforestation in the amazon fell by 66 last month compared to the year before. Its now at its lowest rate in six years. Our correspondent katy watson is in the amazon at the summit. We have had day one of the summit, and already, the country participating have issued a statement saying they are forming an alliance to Work Together to protect the amazon. Sadly, this city is re
Chief constable has apologised to officers, saying this is unacceptable. Chris page has the story. Police officers everywhere face risks when doing theirjobs. But, in this part of the uk, the dangers are particularly stark, given the Terrorism Threat is a daily reality. The Police Service of Northern Ireland is now dealing with whats thought to be the most serious data breach in its history. So what was within that data was the surname, the initial, the rank or grade, the location in the department for each of our current employees across the Police Service. We operate in an environment at the moment, where theres a Severe Threat to our colleagues from Northern Ireland related terrorism and this is the last thing that anybody in the organisation wants to be hearing this evening. The information was on a website for about two hours yesterday afternoon. It was released in response to a request made under freedom of information laws, which focused on how many officers work at different le
Hi there, thank you for being with us. We begin with some Breaking News from the brazilian city of belem, where leaders of eight South American countries which share the amazon have been meeting for a landmark summit. The leaders have issued a joint declaration, saying they have established a new alliance, aimed at preventing the amazon from reaching a point of no return. But leaders appear to have stopped short of pledging an end to deforestation by 2030, as brazils president lula, who is hosting the event, had hoped. Our South America Correspondent Katy Watson reports from para, which is the state with the highest Deforestation Rate in the country. Virgin forest still exists here in the amazon, but every day the illegal loggers get closer. From up high, you can see the damage done, the large patches of land totally cleared. This part of brazil has the highest rate of deforestation in the country. Underjair bolsonaro, Illegal Logging soared. President Lula Da Silva has promised to fix