welcome to bbc news. i m vishala sri pathma. our top stories: almost 60 people including 12 children have drowned trying to reach europe, after their boat was shipwrecked off southern italy. translation: we can t be abandoned by the rest of europe. this type of tragedy should have been avoided, not lived how we re having to live it today. the british prime minister prepares to meet the president of the european commission, in a bid to finalise a new brexit deal for northern ireland. israeli settlers in the occupied west bank set fire to palestinian homes and businesses, killing one man, after two israelis are shot dead in their car. and one of the most hyped bouts in the history of boxing tommy fury wins his grudge match by a split decision.