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Dramatic scenes as migrants rescued off Libyan coast

An Italian Coast Guard video shows what happened when rescuers approached an overcrowded boat.

Libya

Dozens of migrants feared drowned off Libya

Children and pregnant women are among up to 40 people missing after their rubber boat went down

Italy

Italy: 'seven missing' following building collapse

Rescuers dig by hand to try to reach those missing following a building collapse near Naples.

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China: a narrow escape from a flooded car park

A man helping others to escape a flooded car park in south China narrowly avoids being swept away.

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Europe News

Italy wants new rules for Mediterranean rescue workers

Italy is seeking new rules for NGOs who rescue migrants at sea.

Europe News

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

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