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41 migrants have drowned off the italian island of lampedusa after their boat capsized. 45 people, including three children, had been aboard the vessel, which set off from the tunisian city of sfax last thursday. Four survivors originally from the ivory coast and guinea gave their accounts to coastguards after being brought ashore. The three men and a woman had initially been rescued by a cargo ship. These pictures show Rescue Workers helping migrants in trouble around the lampedusa coast at the...

To abortion until fetal viability, which is about 2k weeks into a pregnancy. Tuesdays ballot proposal called issue one asked voters if changes to The State Constitution By Public Vote should pass with 60 of the vote instead of the current 50 Majority Threshold needed. That measure failed. Celebrations by opponents of the measure followed with Voting Rights groups calling it a win. And a statement, President Biden said democracy won since the Us Supreme Court overturned federal abortion protectio...

How to make repression work . Nathan law, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you so much for having me again, stephen. Well, its a pleasure to have you back in the studio. We talked last soon after you fled from hong kong. Youve been living a life in exile for pretty much three years now. But your situation has changed recently because the chinese authorities or the hong kong authorities, i should say have put a bounty on your head of1 million hong kong dollars. What difference has that made . Well, its...

President guillermo lasso. Mr lasso vowed that this crime will not go unpunished. He called for an an urgent meeting of his top officials to address the killing. The countrys attorney general� s office said on social media that the suspect in the attack had died from injuries sustained in a shootout with police. Ecuador� s election is scheduled to take place on august 20th. Well have more on this story as it develops. Wildfires are raging across the us state of hawaii. Officials there say th...

The lengthy roadmap outlined in the city of belem promotes sustainable development, an end to deforestation, and fighting the organised crime that fuels it. Lets take a look at the rainforest thats at stake the amazon stretches nearly Seven Million square kilometres, with two thirds of it in brazil. Another seven countries and one territory share the remaining third. Under brazils former president , jair bolsonaro, years of deforestation in the amazon worsened. The orange on this map shows the a...

Jamaica 1 0 and will now face england. As David Brindle reports it was a tense and nervous game with so much at stake. At the stadium where canada, brazil and the United States were eliminated. Colombia and jamaica hoped to avoid a similar fate for the winners. England await. The first half was physical and tense, but ultimately goalless. That was nothing new forjamaicas defence, whove been impenetrable in this tournament. But when Catalina Guzman brought a long ball down in the area perfectly, ...

The amazon from reaching, quote, a point of no return. The lengthy roadmap outlined in the city of belem promotes sustainable development, an end to deforestation, and fighting the organised crime that fuels it. Lets take a look at whats at stake the amazon stretches nearly Seven Million square kilometres, or nearly Three Million square miles. About two thirds of that is in brazil. Another seven countries and one terrority share the remaining third. Under brazils former president jair bolsonaro,...

Out the truth behind them. Police officers in Northern Ireland say theyre shocked and angry after a data breach revealed Sensitive Information about them. Yesterday the Police Service of Northern Ireland published the names, roles and Work Locations of all its staff by mistake. It blamed human error and apologised. But now, details are emerging of a second data breach, in which a document contraining the names of over 200 officers was stolen from the back of a police vehicle. Psni staff are worr...

The truth behind them. We start in brazil and a crucial summit to protect the amazon rain forest. The leaders of eight South American countries that share the amazon are gathering the first time in 45 years theres been a meeting like this. Scientists are concerned that deforestation in the amazon may be approaching an irreversible Tipping Point. Brazils president Lula Da Silva is hoping for a co ordinated regional approach, to tackle illegal mining and logging as well as other environmental crim...

The amazon from reaching a point of no return. The lengthy roadmap outlined in the city of belaine promotes sustainable development, an end to deforestation, and fighting the organised crime that fuels it. Lets take a look at whats at stake the amazon stretches nearly Seven Million Square Kilometres or nearly Three Million square miles. About two thirds of that is in brazil. Another seven countries, and one territory share the remaining third. Under brazils former president , jair bolsonaro, yea...