england who have enjoyed broad public support thus far, are determined to win the same from the government here. vincent mcaviney, bbc news. migrants attempting to cross the mediterranean have told the bbc that nothing could stop them from trying to reach europe. recorded crossings in the central mediterranean in the first five months of 2023 are more than double the same period last year, according to eu border agency fro ntex. the bbc s alice cuddy witnessed the rescue of one boat in distress after it set off from libya. this is what it looks like to have gambled your life and one. most of these 86 migrants are under the age of 18. their lives ahead of them. but they said nothing could stop them from trying to cross the mediterranean stop. for migrant
the boys are now focused on a life in italy. as the teenagers disembark, it is unclear whether what europe will offer them will be worth the life or death risk they talk. they talk. alice cuddy, bbc news. the trial over the will of late singer aretha franklin, begins today. when she died in 2018 at age 76, the absence of a will meant her assets including homes, cars and jewellery were to be equally split among her four sons. but months later, hand written wills were found in a cabinet and under a sofa cushion at her home in the us state of michigan. now, her sons dispute which is the real will and a jury will decide which of the two documents should be counted. rethink franklin was known to be intensely private about her finances she said to have resisted preparing a formal well despite years of ill health. a couple of months after her funeral handwritten documents were found at her home in suburban detroit. 0ne
and i was just giving screen. we are not that far away, and i wasjust giving details screen. we are not that far away, and i was just giving details of the latest on f 16, and the training of ukrainian pilots, so perhaps, we will get more questions on that in the next few minutes. what we are going to do is leave these on your screen, so as soon as that news conference starts, we will carry it live. you can see we are pretty much good to go, but it will take a couple of moments to actually get to the news conference understatement, so whilst we are waiting, let s turn to one more story,. migrants attempting to cross the mediterranean have told the bbc that nothing could stop them from trying to reach europe. recorded crossings in the central mediterranean in the first five months of 2023 are more than double the same period last year, according to eu border agency frontex. our reporter alice cuddy witnessed the rescue of one boat in distress after it set off from libya. this is what it
months of 2023 are more than double the same period last year, according to eu border agency frontex. 0ur reporter alice cuddy witnessed the rescue of one boat in distress after it set off from libya. this is what it looks like to have gambled your life and why not. most of these 86 migrants are under the age of 18. their lives ahead of them, but they said that nothing could stop them from trying to cross the mediterranean. we have to choose. for migrant rescue charity we have to choose. for migrant rescue charity sos we have to choose. for migrant i rescue charity sos mediterranean, we have to choose. for migrant - rescue charity sos mediterranean, it is fast operation. the libyan coastguard are heading to the crew are buried they will stop the rescue and take the boys back to libya. but the vessel stops in the distance.