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Italy

Who should save migrants at sea?

The number of migrants arriving on Italy's shores has more than doubled this year, forcing the government to ask for help from the very NGOs it has tried to stop.

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WATCH: The search for victims of Hawaii's fire continues

Rescue workers from across the US are using tracker dogs as they search for the remains of the fire's victims. The authorities have warned the death toll is expected to rise.

World News

Police call off search for missing two-year-old Emile in French Alps

Hundreds of police officers, soldiers, and volunteers have led desperate efforts to locate the two-and-a-half-year-old, named Emile, who was last seen by neighbours leaving the family home alone on Saturday

Europe News

MEPs call for EU search and rescue mission over Med 'disgrace'

Members of the European Parliament will vote Thursday on a motion calling for a new EU-wide search and rescue mission in the Mediterranean.

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World News

Presumed human remains found from the Titan submersible wreckage

US Coast Guard says what is thought to be human remains have been found from the wreckage of the doomed submersible Titan.

Mobility

Victor 6000: The French underwater robot searching for Titan survivors

As hopes fade of finding survivors on the five-man Titan submersible, a French robot has arrived over the Titanic wreck site to join the search.

Canada

Implosion killed all onboard Titan tourist sub - US Coast Guard

“The debris is consistent with the catastrophic loss of the pressure chamber,” Rear Admiral John Mauger said on Thursday.

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WATCH: Ukrainians dodge bombs to rescue animals from floodwaters

Pet rescuers in boats rescued dozens of cats and dogs stranded after their homes were swamped when the Khakovka dam breached.

Italy

Banksy-funded migrant rescue ship impounded in Italy

The ship will be forced to remain inactive for 20 days at a time when migrant arrivals in Italy are reportedly on the rise.

Libya

Shots reportedly fired at rescue ship in Mediterranean

The Ocean Viking was responding to a distress call to help a rubber boat carrying migrants off the Libyan coast.

Nature

Life-saving dogs: How to train a search and rescue dog

These four-legged heroes have a sense of smell 100,000x better than humans

Syria

Drone footage reveals devastation of earthquake in northwest Syria

Drone footage reveals the devastation of the earthquake in northwest Syria as the number of victims continues to climb and the search for answers goes on

Turkey

Grief turns to anger in Antakya over earthquake response

One week after two devastating earthquakes struck southern Turkey, rescue operations in Antakya are still underway as loved ones look to turn their grief into anger.

Health news

How long can people survive in earthquake rubble?

Rescuers in Turkey are still pulling out people alive from collapsed buildings, a week after the country's worst earthquake in modern history.

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Emergency services continue to search for survivors

Since two earthquakes hit Syria and Turkey, search and rescue have been racing against time and freezing temperatures, to save the victims. So far the death toll has surpassed 33,000

World News

Hopes of finding quake survivors are fading fast in Turkey and Syria

In Turkey, cranes and bulldozers are being moved where search teams believe there is no one left to save. In Syria, a desperate lack of resources is having a detrimental effect on rescue efforts.

Turkey

Silence in the darkness: Watch the agonising search for survivors

Rescue crews listen for any noise that might indicate someone is still alive and trapped beneath the rubble of destroyed buildings in Antakya.

World News

Aid pours into quake-hit Turkey, Syria as death toll soars past 20,700

Rescuers pulled more survivors from beneath collapsed buildings Thursday night, but hopes were fading of finding many more people alive after the catastrophic earthquake that hit Turkey and Syria.

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Watch: Families hold out hope for missing loved ones in Turkey

Relatives of people trapped under the rubble of collapsed buildings in Turkey continued to wait for any signs of their missing loved ones on Thursday.

Turkey

As rescuers search the rubble in Kahramanmaras, looters target shops

The city and region of Kahramanmaras was at the epicentre of Turkey's earthquake on Monday. As rescuers search for survivors, shopkeepers guard their premises against looters.