Italy

EU seeks countries to take in migrants stranded at Italian port

Germany says it is ready to take some migrants, refused permission to disembark from an Italian coastguard vessel in Sicily.

30/07/2019

World

Mediterranean migrant sea rescues about to restart

Two charities dedicated to rescuing migrants in the Mediterranean are about to resume operations there - seven months after they were forced to stop using their ship, Aquarius. SOS Mediterranee and Doctors Without Borders (MSF) will restart operations using a new vessel, the Ocean Viking.

22/07/2019

World News

SOS Mediterranee and MSF restart migrant rescue mission

After the Aquarius, which sailed from 2016 to 2018, SOS Mediterranee is going back at sea with the Ocean Viking.

21/07/2019

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Toddler rescued from 9-metre-deep well in eastern China

Firefighters heroically rescued a two-year-old boy that had fallen into a deserted well on Tuesday in Xuzhou City in east China's Jiangsu Province.

10/07/2019

Europe News

NGOs push for decriminalisation of rescuing migrants

ProActiva Open Arms, a Spanish NGO that rescues migrants in the Mediterranean, brought one of their boats to Strasbourg to make a point. Euronews spoke with the crew and MEPs about the legal debate over rescuing migrants.

04/07/2019

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Sailor rescued by Spanish Civil Guard after vessel capsized

Members of Spanish Civil Guard rescued a yachtsman whose vessel capsized three miles off Vilassa de Mar in northeast Spain.

04/07/2019

Italy

Heroine or criminal? Sea-Watch 3 Captain Carola Rakete divides opinion

Carola Rakete, the captain of the rescue ship Sea-Watch 3, which defied the Italian government ban and docked at Lampedusa, has said she regrets any alarm caused when the ship trapped a police boat against the quay.

01/07/2019

The Cube

Why did Sea-Watch 3 decide to enter Italian waters?

Those on board tell Euronews that "the real solution to the problem is to have safe and legal passage for anyone fleeing and looking for safe harbour.”

26/06/2019

The Cube

Watch again: Defying Rome, migrant rescue ship enters Italian waters

Watch again: Defying Rome, migrant rescue ship Sea-Watch 3 enters Italian waters

25/06/2019

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Firefighters save driver after car swept away in flash floods

This is the moment firefighters rescued a woman from a car in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, after flash flooding.

07/06/2019

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Government warplanes 'bomb last rebel stronghold in Syria'

Syrian rescue workers and activists say government warplanes have again bombed the last rebel stronghold in the country, levelling a building and killing five people inside it, including three members of a single family.

30/05/2019

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Man clings onto ledge as building burns in Rome

A young man was forced to escape from his room and seek safety on a cornice when a fire ripped through his building in Rome.

23/05/2019

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Baby elephant rescued from lake in northeastern India

An elephant calf was rescued from a lake by forest authorities on Friday (May 10), after becoming separated from its mother in India's northeastern Kamrup district.

11/05/2019

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California firefighter rescues young deer from storm drain

Impressive rescue.

09/05/2019

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Police rescue three women and a dog from dangerous floods in Austin

The dramatic video shows officers freeing three women and a dog stranded in a car in fast-moving floodwaters.

08/05/2019

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Colombia: Heavy rains unleash deadly landslide

Heavy rains unleashed a landslide in a remote mountain town in southwestern Colombia on Sunday (April 21st), killing at least 14 people and injuring five more.

22/04/2019

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Teams of rescuers free horse from mud in United Kingdom

Teams of rescuers came together to save a horse stuck in deep mud on a beach in Burnham-on-Sea, western England, on Sunday (April 14).

17/04/2019

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Udderly petrifying: Helicopter rescues stranded cow in Italy

Italy's fire brigade rescued a cow stranded near the coast in Stintino, Italy.

02/04/2019

Italy

'The ports remain closed,' Italy's Salvini warns migrant rescue NGO

Matteo Salvini has reiterated Italy's ports are closed to migrant rescue boats after an NGO ship asked to dock.

19/03/2019

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Lucky dog rescued in Scotland by helicopter crew on training exercise

A dog missing for 48 hours in difficult weather conditions was rescued by a helicopter crew in Cairngorms, Scotland on Wednesday.

15/03/2019