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Italy blocking migrant rescue ships - would it be illegal?

As Italy ramps up pressure on the EU to help with the influx of mostly African migrants, there is a warning that any move to block rescue ships would go against humanitarian…

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Sniffer dogs join search for missing in China landslide

Italy

More than 30 migrant boats left Libya for Europe on Sunday

More than 30 migrant boats left Libya for Europe on Sunday.

China

Hopes fade of finding more China landslide survivors

A further ten bodies have been recovered from the scene of a massive landslide in the southern province of Sichuan

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China

First lives saved in Chinese landslide rescue effort

A family of three has been saved from the ruins of Xinmo village in Sichuan, China, but nearly 120 people remain trapped underground after a landslide.

China

More than 100 missing after landslide in China

Heavy rain is suspected to have caused the collapse of a mountain side in Sichuan, south-western China.

Italy

Italy and Spain rescue more than 1,000 stranded migrants in two days

Warm weather provides optimum conditions at sea for migrants trying to reach European shores

Kenya

Rescuers save young family from building collapse in Nairobi

Another building has collpased in the Kenyan capital Nairobi, but resuers have managed to save a young family from the rubble.

World News

Desperate rescue underway in Kenya

At least 15 are missing after a seven-storey building collapsed in a residential suburb of Nairobi.

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Australia: rescue efforts underway for 12-metre-long beached whale

A beached whale was discovered in the surf in New South Wales, prompting rescue efforts.

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Horse feathers in California as steed airlifted to safety

Vets in California have had to use a helicopter to airlift an injured horse to safety.

Italy

In 48 hours 5,000 migrants rescued from Mediterranean

There’s no let-up in the migrant influx to European shores.

Canada

Canada: flooding in Quebec forces hundreds to evacuate

In Canada, flooding caused by torrential rain has forced hundreds of families to evacuate.

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Italy to the rescue

Rescuers picked up 560 migrants from unsafe boats off the coast of Libya on Thursday (May 4), including the body of a young man who the migrants said had been shot by smugglers on the beach for his ba

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Rescue at sea

Rescuers picked up 560 migrants from unsafe boats off the coast of Libya on Thursday (May 4), including the body of a young man who the migrants said had been shot by smugglers on the beach for his ba

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UK: firefighters rescue a sheep wedged between rocks

A sheep named Dolly has been rescued by firefighters after getting stuck in a five-metre-deep rock crevice on moorland in West Yorkshire.

Iran

Iran: 21 killed and dozens hurt in coal mine blast

At least 21 people have died and scores more are injured after an explosion at a coal mine in northern Iran on Wednesday.

United Kingdom

Scottish surfer, 22, survives 32 hours at sea

A 22-year-old surfer from Glasgow, western Scotland, has survived a 32-hour-ordeal in the Irish Sea.

Nepal

Hiker, stranded in Himalayas for 47 days, returns home

A Taiwanese hiker who was rescued after being stranded in the Himalayas for 47 days has returned home.

Business Series

Alitalia workers reject rescue plan

Two thirds of Alitalia's workers have voted to reject a management restructuring plan. The loss-making airline is set to run out of cash in weeks.