Now playing Next world news Final bid to salvage drifting cargo ship off French coast A final attempt has been launched to salvage a cargo ship that has been adrift for almost a week. High winds and six metre waves have been hampering 01/02/2016
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Now playing Next world news Huge storms batter Biscay, Ireland, Norway Salvage teams on Friday managed to reach a Panamanian-flagged cargo vessel, which had been drifting in the Bay of Biscay. Spanish rescue helicopters 30/01/2016
Now playing Next France Stricken timber freighter drifts towards French coast French coastguards are scratching their heads as to how to prevent a freighter loaded with timber from Gabon from wrecking itself on the Atlantic 29/01/2016
Now playing Next Italy 900 migrants reach Italy as Renzi vows to support Libyan gov After three nights on a Norwegian rescue ship, some 900 migrants disembarked in the Italian port city of Palermo early on Monday morning. More than 28/12/2015
Now playing Next world news At least 18 migrants drown as boat sinks off Turkish coast Winter weather is not stopping some migrants from trying to get to Europe. At least 18 have drowned after a boat headed for Greece sank off the 19/12/2015
Now playing Next Turkey Fourteen dead as migrant boat sinks off Turkey's Aegean coast At least 14 people, including seven children, have died after their small boat sank off Turkey’s Aegean coast. The fatalities are the latest in the 11/11/2015
Now playing Next Bahamas Wreckage of missing El Faro cargo ship located The US Navy says it believes it has found the wreckage of a cargo ship which went missing off the Bahamas during Hurricane Joaquin last month. The El 02/11/2015
Now playing Next Greece More refugees drown off Greek and Spanish coasts It has been another deadly start to the weekend with more than 50 bodies of refugees recovered from the sea after failed attempts to get to Europe 30/10/2015
Now playing Next Canada 'No opportunity for Mayday' says Canada whale-watching operator The operator of a whale-watching boat which sank off the coast of Canada says there was no opportunity to send a Mayday distress call. Five Britons 27/10/2015
Now playing Next Canada Whale-watching holiday of a lifetime turns to tragedy in Canada Five Britons have been confirmed killed while on the holiday of a lifetime in western Canada. They were part of a group of 27 tourists who were 26/10/2015
Now playing Next Canada At least five die when whale-watching boat capsizes off Vancouver The five people who died when their whale-watching ship capsized off the west coast of Canada were all British nationals. UK Foreign Secretary Philip 26/10/2015
Now playing Next Portugal Haunting photos capture horror of Portuguese shipwreck These are the pictures (see below) that capture the horror of a fishing boat sinking off the coast of Portugal, leaving three dead and two still 08/10/2015
Now playing Next Belgium Pollution concerns as vessels collide in North Sea There are fears for the environment after a Dutch freighter and a tanker collided near the North Sea port of Zeebrugge, off the Belgian coast. The 06/10/2015
Now playing Next world news Thirteen migrants drown in collision with ferry off Turkish coast Greek and Turkish coastguards reported the deaths of at least 13 people off the coast of Turkey on Sunday when a rubber boat carrying migrants headed 20/09/2015
Now playing Next Greece 34 refugees with many women and children perish in Greek waters At least 34 people, nearly half of them women, babies and young children, have drowned in the Aegean Sea in the single biggest loss of life in these 13/09/2015
Now playing Next Turkey Five children among a dozen migrants to drown off Turkish coast Among the latest tragic deaths of people trying to reach Europe are some one dozen Syrians who drowned after they set out in two boats from Bodrum, a 02/09/2015
Now playing Next Libya Hundreds feared dead as migrant boats capsize off Libyan coast Reports suggest hundreds are feared dead after two boats capsized off the Libyan coast. Local residents and officials say one boat had up to 50 28/08/2015
Now playing Next Libya Migrant shipwreck: up to 300 missing after boat capsizes in Mediterranean A boat carrying up to 700 migrants has capsized off the Libyan coast. The Italian coastguard reports that 400 people have been rescued while 25 05/08/2015