On the rocks directly in front of where we are now. I can confirm that eight people have been declared dead, and according to the health services, they were all reportedly adult men. The foreign Secretary David Lammy gave his reaction to the deaths on the Laura Kuenssberg show. Its awful. It is a further loss of life. What i can say is actually, before i left for ukraine, with tony blinken, i sat with the Prime Minister, the home secretary, the Attorney General and others at the national Crime Agency actually looking at the awful Rubber Dinghies that people are coming across the channel with. Many of them, of course, not able to make it in these contraptions, discussing how we go after those gangs, in Co Operation upstream with other european partners. And i know that the Prime Minister will be in italy tomorrow with the italian Prime Minister discussing these issues and the work that they have done particularly with albania. Our Paris Correspondent Hugh Schofield has more. The prefect
For the longest time, many of its ancient stone towns have been rapidly declining. But now the call s going out around the world for people to live, buy and invest here. This is unbelievable. Look at these views. This is totally unique, and a rooftop pool, forfree, from the government. Come on. But how will it keep that balance between staying authentic and affordable. Buongiorno buongiorno, buongiorno . Whilst opening up to the world . This week, im in puglia. Now ive travelled a lot through italy. I love this place. Theres great food, theres great wine. But this is my first trip into the heel of the country. In recent years, the area has become more popular with tourists, but also with the government, thats been trying to entice people back to live in the south. So im in a town called presicce acquarica, and here, theyre offering people 30,000 euros to buy a home. Sounds like a total bargain. So far, 20 people have applied for the grant. But there may be one more. Hi, you must bejess
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