Desperate journeys - the migrant trail across Italy and France  - BBC News

Desperate journeys – the migrant trail across Italy and France – BBC News

Italy’s prime minister has warned that Europe will be overwhelmed by migration unless the EU finds solutions. Most of the people smugglers’ boats carrying migrants into Europe arrive in Italy. More than 130,000 people have arrived there so far in…

41 migrants drown after boat sinks off Italy - BBC News

41 migrants drown after boat sinks off Italy – BBC News

41 migrants have died after their boat sank off the Italian island of Lampedusa. Four people who survived the disaster told rescuers that they were on a boat that had set off from Sfax in Tunisia and sank on its…

Russia accused of using cluster bombs as fighting rages in Ukraine’s cities - BBC News

Russia accused of using cluster bombs as fighting rages in Ukraine’s cities – BBC News

Heavy fighting has taken place in several cities across Ukraine. Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second city, has seen some of the fiercest battles with Russian forces accused of using cluster munitions. Many civilians are reported to have been killed. Thousands more people…

Mother describes fleeing Ukraine with her 10-month-old baby - BBC News

Mother describes fleeing Ukraine with her 10-month-old baby – BBC News

Liza Grach, who is now in Germany, is one of hundreds of thousands of Ukrainian civilians who have escaped the country since conflict broke out. Watch the emotional interview as she recounts the moment she fled her home with her…

Migrant crisis: one family’s desperate efforts to reach the EU from eastern Europe - BBC News

Migrant crisis: one family’s desperate efforts to reach the EU from eastern Europe – BBC News

Across Eastern Europe, from Belarus to the Balkans, people fleeing conflict and poverty are trying to reach the European Union. One popular route into the EU is through Bosnia and Herzegovina, into Croatia. According to the United Nations, since 2018…

Abandoned refugees living on Libya's streets in appalling conditions - BBC News

Abandoned refugees living on Libya’s streets in appalling conditions – BBC News

Libya is the main hub for migrants and refugees hoping to cross from Africa to Europe via the Mediterranean. Thousands of migrants were detained in early October 2021 in a crackdown by the Libyan authorities. But detention centres are dangerously…

Toxic gas fear as Spanish volcano lava reaches ocean - BBC News

Toxic gas fear as Spanish volcano lava reaches ocean – BBC News

Red-hot lava from a volcano erupting on the Spanish island of La Palma has reached the sea, sending out vast clouds of steam, and it’s feared, toxic gases.   Many homes and crops have been destroyed and thousands of people forced…

La Palma volcano engulfs village minutes after residents flee their homes - BBC News

La Palma volcano engulfs village minutes after residents flee their homes – BBC News

People on the Canary Island of La Palma have fled their homes minutes before lava from the erupting a volcano engulfed their village. Thousands of people have been forced to flee and hundreds of homes have been left since the…

Record number of migrants cross English Channel on a single day - BBC News

Record number of migrants cross English Channel on a single day – BBC News

At least 430 migrants have crossed the English Channel to the UK, according to the government, a new record for a single day. Some 50 people were seen landing on the beach at Dungeness in Kent. The group included women…

UN chief warns of “uncontainable crisis” as 42 Palestinians killed in single day - BBC News

UN chief warns of “uncontainable crisis” as 42 Palestinians killed in single day – BBC News

The United Nations Secretary General has warned that the latest Israeli-Palestinian conflict is heading for “an uncontainable security and humanitarian crisis”. António Guterres appealed for an immediate end to the fighting, at a special meeting of the UN Security Council.…