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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. on monday, according to a recent report from the international organisation for migration at least 4m refugees drowned 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. 0ur rome correspondent sofia bettiza has been following the story. this is not the first tragedy in the mediterranean sea this year. as you mentioned, we do know that 41 migrants died, and they were ki ....
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 who s in rome. another tragedy in the med, what details do we have from this particular incident? details do we have from this particular incident? that s right, this is not the particular incident? that s right, this is not the first particular inciden ....
and career. live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news. it s newsday. glad you could join us. it s newsday. glad you could join us. it is 7am in singapore, midnight in london and 7:30am in pyongyang, where north korea s state television is reporting that officials are considering a missile attack on the us territory after donald trump up his rhetoric dramatically over north korea s nuclear ambitions, saying pyongyang would be met with fire and few we threatens the us. mr trump spoke after a washington report cited us official said north korea had produced a nuclear warhead small enough to fit inside its missiles. let s have a listen to his comments. north korea best not make any more threats to the united states. they will be met with fire and fury like the world has never seen. he has been very threatening beyond a normal state, and as i said they will be met with the fire and fury and, frankly, power, the likes of which this world has never ....
1am in london and 8:30 in the morning in pyongyang where north korea s official news agency said it was considering missile strikes near guam, where us strategic bombers are based. it follows news from us intelligence officials who say north korea has produced a nuclear warhead small enough to fit onto its ballistic missiles. earlier donald trump warned north korea that any further threats would be met, as he put it, with fire, fury and power. north korea best not make any more threats to the united states. they will be met with fire and fury like the world has never seen. he has been very threatening beyond a normal state, and as i said they will be met with the fire and fury and, frankly, power, the likes of which this world has never seen before. our correspondent nick bryant has the analysis from washington. american presidents have often sent the strongest rhetoric at north korea. you will remember george w bush described the country as being part of the axis of e ....
known as obamaca re. the incoming trump administration has promised to repeal it as soon as possible and with the republican party now in control of both houses the democrats will struggle to save it. laura trevelyan reports from washington. they swarmed across capitol hill today with rival entourages and duelling missions. one to protect his signature health care law, the other to drive a stake through it. president obama and vice president elect mike pence met with their respective lawmakers to plot their opposing strategies. according to those present, mr obama encouraged democrats to fight republicans hard, nickname their attempts trump care and not rescue them by helping to pass a replacement law. for his part, mr pence confirmed dismantling obamacare is mission number one for the incoming administration. my message to members of congress is that we are going to be in the promise keeping business and the first order of business is to keep our promise to repeal ob ....