45 people, including three children, had been on 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. 0ur rome correspondent, sofia bettiza, has been following the story. This is another tragedy in the mediterranean sea. Only four people survived, the three men and a woman from guinea and the ivory coast. They said they were on board a ship with 45 people in total, including three children. They described it as a very small metal boat about seven metres long. They said that after a few hours at sea, the boat capsized and sank, apparently because of a big wave. It threw everybody into the water and they said that only 15 people were weari
vladimir putin of sending russian conscripts to their death in ukraine by forcing them to fight in the war. a british man freed after being held by russian backed forces in ukraine describes how he was stabbed by a russian officer and thought he was going to die in captivity. hello and welcome to bbc news. voting is under way in italy s general election. polling stations opened two hours ago. 0pinion polls taken during the campain suggest the country will get its first ever female prime minister, and its first far right leader since mussolini, in giorgia meloni. a win for her party would be expected to see the return of silvio berlusconi and matteo salvini to government, two men who ve had ties to russia s president putin. 0ur rome correspondent, mark lowen, reports. there are some things that italians agree on they ve got the best coffee and food and many they don t. politics is one of them, and it s at the fore today in a crunch election. it was sparked injuly when the
which would usher in the country s most right wing government since world war two. heavy rains and huge waves cutting power to tens of thousands of people in canada. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. speaking at the labour party conference in liverpool in the last few minutes, its deputy leader angela rayner has told delegates that britain is at a crossroads moment, claiming that the rights of ordinary people are under attack from a government more interested in the rights of big business. earlier the party leader sir keir starmer told the bbc that labour would reverse the government s cut to the top rate of income tax , saying the move was the wrong choice during a cost of living crisis. so long as i have breath in my body i will defend those rights and including the right to strike. and when in power, we will repeal the anti worker and anti trade union laws this conservative government has enacted, all of it. the tories are not on the s
good afternoon. a serving metropolitan police officer has appeared in court charged with the kidnap and murder of sarah everard. sarah, who was 33, disappeared whilst walking home in south london 10 days ago. her body was discovered in woodland in kent a week after she went missing. 48 year old wayne couzens appeared before magistrates this morning. as our correspondent, helena wilkinson, reports. arriving at westminster magistrates court this morning, pc wayne couzens believed to be in this police van. the 48 year old met police officer joined the force two years ago. today he appeared in the dock charges of kidnap and murder were formally put to him. it s ten days since sarah everard disappeared in south london. her body was found here in woodland, near ashford, in kent. extensive searches are continuing close to where her body was found. 13 miles away, the police officer s house in deal, in kent, is also a focus. and an old garage, in dover, where he used to work is b
good afternoon, and welcome to bbc news. a serving metropolitan police officer has appeared in court charged with the kidnap and murder of sarah everard. sarah, who was 33, disappeared whilst walking home in south london 10 days ago. in south london ten days ago. her body was discovered in woodland, in kent, a week after she went missing. 48 year old wayne couzens appeared before magistrates this morning as our correspondent, helena wilkinson, reports. arriving at westminster magistrates court this morning, pc wayne couzens believed to be in this police van. the 48 year old met police officer joined the force two years ago. today he appeared in the dock charges of kidnap and murder were formally put to him. it s ten days since sarah everard disappeared in south london. her body was found here in woodland, near ashford, in kent. it was identified through hard dental records. extensive searches are continuing close to where her body was found. 13 miles away, the police o