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firefighters battling to get the blaze under control in the ionian sea. the euroferry olympia was travelling a routine nine hourjourney from igoumenitsa in greece to brindisi in italy when the fire broke out early on friday. in the dark, passengers were woken and told to get into life rafts, but some passengers are still missing. their relatives face an agonising wait for information. translation: i spoke to another driver that was also in the hold in the cars. i asked him if he had news of my father. he said they had seen him, but, after they took us out of the ship, the passengers gathered together and we were looking for your father but could not find him anywhere. and not only him but three others as well. some relatives have criticised the conditions on board for lorry drivers. translation: he was afraid of coronavirus. l he had health issues and, because he was afraid of catching the virus due to the overcrowding,
saying officers faced aggressive resistance from protesting truck drivers. more than 170 people have been arrested and 38 vehicles seized as officers, some on horseback, continued the second day of a massive crackdown which has become one of the country s biggest ever policing operations. reports from niger say an air strike by the military from neighbouring nigeria has killed seven children by mistake. the governor of the maradi region told the bbc that five others had been wounded in the strike. nigerian officials said an investigation was underway. the two countries have been conducting joint military operations against armed gangs responsible for kidnappings in the region. the first body has been found on a ferry that caught fire near greece on friday. another ten people are unaccounted for. all the missing people are thought to be lorry drivers from bulgaria, greece, turkey and lithuania. 280 passengers and crew were evacuated from the euroferry olympia after a fire broke out on f
the euroferry olympia was travelling a routine nine hourjourney from igoumenitsa in greece to brindisi in italy when the fire broke out early on friday. in the dark, passengers were woken and told to get into life rafts, but some passengers are still missing. their relatives face an agonising wait for information. translation: i spoke to another driver that was also in the hold in the cars. i asked him if he had news of my father. he said they had seen him, but, after they took us out of the ship, the passengers gathered together and we were looking for your father but could not find him anywhere. and not only him but three others as well. some relatives have criticised the conditions on board for lorry drivers. translation: he was afraid of coronavirus. l he had health issues and, because he was afraid of catching the virus due to the overcrowding, he often preferred to sleep in the truck. especially if it was not a long trip. tugs are trying to tow the ferry
she is experiencing mild cold like symptoms but does expect to continue light duties at windsor this week. britain warns russian is planning the biggest conflict in europe since world war two. it s as russia and belarus take part in huge military exercises near the ukrainian border. the legal requirement to self isolate after catching covid in england is expected to be dropped from next week as part of the government s living with covid plans. the first body has been found on a ferry that caught fire near greece on friday. another ten people are unaccounted for. all the missing people are thought to be lorry drivers from bulgaria, greece, turkey and lithuania. 280 passengers and crew were evacuated from the euroferry olympia after a fire broke out on friday. firefighters battling to get the blaze under control in the ionian sea.