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
worthjust reminding you about the origins of the alliance and its central article of collective defence. the north atlantic treaty organisation was established in 1949 in a bid to stop soviet expansion following the second world war. it was initally made up of 12 countries including the us uk canada and france. since then, the membership has grown to 31 with finland the very latest to join. the central principle of nato, is its commitment to collective defence. under article 5 of the treaty, all member countries agree to help each other, if one of them is attacked. and it s that commitment which makes many countries wary about allowing ukraine to join. let s cross live to my colleague lewis vaughanjones in vilnius. over lewis vaughanjones in vilnius. to you. over lewis vau:han jones in vilnius. to ou. ., , plenty of warm words and support for ukraine in the last couple of hours, or updates like denmark, training f-165, or updates like denmark, training f 16s, fighterjets, ukr
the sport s next world cup was due to take place in france in two years time, but this afternoon the host nation has pulled out, with the sport now looking into alternative options. the international rugby league chair said. there is no secret as to how important the strengthening of france as a rugby league nation is to our strategic plans. they are of drawing as i can t guarantee the financial viability of the tournament. it is leicester city s turn to take centre stage as the race to avoid relegation continues in the premier league this evening. they face champions league chasing liverpool at the king power. leicester were resoundly beaten by fulham last monday and go into this one inside the relegation zone. victory for leicester moves them out of the bottom three but they take on a liverpool side who ve just won six in a row, and who are hunting down a place in the top four. we have to expect a team who wants to stay in the league and will site for we have to expect a t
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threat today. that faction is seeking to overturn the will of voters in future elections should they prevail in 2022. they made that point abundantly clear as if it was not already at back-to-back rallies over the weekend, headlined by the ex-president in two key battleground states. this election in 2024 they pledge to do that in arizona and nevada. here is what the republican nominee for secretary of state in nevada had to say. jim marchand. president trump and i lost an election in 2020 because of a rigged election. i ve been working since november 4th, 2020 to expose what happened, and what i found out is horrifying. when i m secretary of state of nevada we re going to fix it. when my coalition of secretary of state candidates around the country get elected, we re going to fix the whole country and president trump is going to be president again in 2024. so that really happened. just a little fact-check here along the way, he lost because the voters weren t into either