After being brought ashore. The three men and a woman had initially been rescued by a cargo ship. According to a recent report from the International Organization for migration at least 4m refugees lost their lives due to drowning 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. Live now to sofia bettiza whos in rome. Another tragedy in the med, what details do we have from this particular incident . Details do we have from this particular incident . Thats right, this is not the particular incident . Thats right, this is not the first particular incident . Thats right, this
Ministers questions. It is always a little different, the pmqs ahead of the budget. He has vacated the chair for the Deputy Speaker. She will be going through some of the notices ahead ofjeremy hunt, the chancellor, delivering his Budget Statement. He will take to his feet shortly and will probably speak for about an hour shortly and will probably speak for Aboutan Hourand shortly and will probably speak for about an hour and then it will be the turn of the leader of the opposition, keir starmer to respond. We will take both of those live and uninterrupted and we will then have reaction from the Chief Secretary to the treasury, laura trott, part of the treasury, laura trott, part of the Treasury Team and her shadow for labour. Here isjeremy hunt. Madam Deputy Speaker, as we mourn the loss of life in israel and gaza, the loss of life in israel and gaza, the Prime Minister reminded us of the Prime Minister reminded us of the need the Fight Extremism and heal divisions. I start today by r
this is bbc news. the headlines: the first picture of king charles since his cancer diagnosis. the king and queen camilla seen here leaving clarence house. he has now started his treatment. prince harry has arrived back in the uk from california to see his father. in other news, a us appeals court has ruled that donald trump doesn t have immunity from charges that he plotted to overturn his 2020 election defeat. and we are here from michael] fox, who opens up about his parkinson s diagnosis ahead of a new documentary about his life. time for a look at the business news now with ben thompson. in the last few hours, the european commission has proposed new ambitous climate targets. it wants the eu to slash greenhouse gas emissions by 90% compared to 1990 levels by the year 2040. the eu s climate commissioner called for a fair transition that will allow eu businesses to thrive, and emphasises the urgency with which countries needed to act. we have just lived through the hotte
since he took over from bernard looney, who was forced out after a scandal over workplace relationships. bp s share price has languished while rivals such as exxonmobil have soared some investors are uneasy about its huge and costly investments in green technology. some analysts say it is a potential takeover target. earlier i spoke to cornelia meyer, ceo of meyer resources an energy consultancy. she was a former senior executive at bp. you are damned if you do and you re damned if you don t. some investors would preferfor bp to do more on the green agenda and others, you know, sort of more activist investors who are after the quick short term return, favour the fossil fuel the hydrocarbons strategy. and i think bp is trying to walk a middle way and they have to straddle that middle way. your next story is about the net zero targets of europe. and bp is in europe. it has big operations in europe. it s ftse listed, so it has to deal with european and uk regulators, which m