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Migrants in the Med: Weather window sees crossing boom

A period of good weather has led to an increase in the number of migrants attempting make the journey to Europe from the north-African coast

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Italy: migrants arrive at the ports of Cagliari and Messina

A Norwegian ship arrives at the Italian port of Cagliari, carrying 1,100 rescued migrants.

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Venice Film Festival - launch pad for award season

There is much excitement in the air ahead of this year’s Venice Film Festival which is once again being seen as the launch pad for the industry’s award season.

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Mourners gather in Amatrice for funerals of quake victims

Under grey skies and rain, and surrounded by rubble, hundreds have gathered to remember the victims of Italy’s devastating earthquake.

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Drone video of Italian town damaged by earthquake

Italian firefighters have released a video, filmed by a drone, showing the town of Accumoli, severely devastated by the earthquake of August the 24th.

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Thousands of migrants rescued off Libya

More than 6,000 migrants and refugees, mostly from Eritrea, were rescued on Monday from the Mediterranean Sea by members of two NGOs and the Italian navy.

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Thousands of migrants are rescued at sea in the biggest operation so far

An estimated 6,500 migrants are rescued at sea, some 20km off the Libyan town of Sabratha. Forty operations took place in 24 hours.

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Death toll from Italy's earthquake tops 290

Almost a week after a devastating earthquake hit central Italy, emergency workers continue to recover the dead.

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Italian museums donate ticket proceeds to quake-rebuilding

After last week’s devastating earthquake, Italian authorities are looking at how to pay for the rebuilding work.

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Italy quake: restaurants launch pasta campaign for devastated areas

In a move aimed at showing solidarity with the victims of Wednesday’s devastating earthquake, chefs in Italy are serving up more pasta all’Amatriciana.

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Grieving relatives attend state funeral for victims of Italian quake

Weeping relatives hugged each other and reached out to touch the varnished coffins of victims of an earthquake at a state funeral held on Saturday (August 27) for some of the 290 people who died in th

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Italy holds state funeral for victims of earthquake

Mourners gathered in the Italian town of Ascoli Piceno on Saturday for a state funeral for some of the victims of Wednesday’s (August 24)powerful earthquake.

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Accumoli, inside the town near the quake's epicentre

Accumoli was near the epicentre, when the earthquake struck, taking the lives of 11 people in the hilltop village.

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'Lucky to be alive': farmer surveys Italy quake destruction

Illica is one of the closest villages to the epicentre of last week’s earthquake in central Italy – and one of the most damaged.

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State funeral for Italy quake victims

A state funeral on Saturday will lay to rest some of the 278 victims of Italy’s earthquake, among them many children.

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Italy quake: hopes fade of finding more survivors

More than 48-hours after the 6.

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Italy quake: state of emergency declared as rescue operation continues

The number of people killed in Wednesday’s earthquake in central Italy now stands at a least 278.

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Italy quake: Renzi calls for new homes initiative

Italy’s Prime Minister has declared a state of emergency and authorised an initial 50 million euros in crisis funding following the earthquake which left at least 267…

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Italy declares state of emergency in quake-affected areas

Rescue teams work tirelessly scouring the rubble to find survivors in Italy.

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'We escaped in the dark', Amatrice quake survivor

Luigi Botti considers himself lucky to be alive.

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