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…

Carnage in wake of Typhoon Rai with thousands homeless in Philippines - BBC News

Carnage in wake of Typhoon Rai with thousands homeless in Philippines – BBC News

It’s nearly a week since the Philippines were struck by a typhoon, the strongest this year. At least 375 people lost their lives and hundreds of thousands have been left without shelter. The Red Cross says there is “carnage” in…

Barbados removes Queen as head of state to become Republic - BBC News

Barbados removes Queen as head of state to become Republic – BBC News

Barbados is holding a ceremony to mark the island’s transition to a Republic, with the Queen removed as head of state. The Barbadian government said the time had come to fully leave the Caribbean island’s colonial past behind. Barbados gained…

Climate deal “falls short” as China and India block end to coal power - BBC News

Climate deal “falls short” as China and India block end to coal power – BBC News

World leaders and environmental experts have welcomed a UN climate deal that for the first time targets fossil fuel as the key driver of global warming. However many expressed disappointment with the agreement and warned that the world was still…

FW de Klerk dies: South African leader who freed Nelson Mandela and ended white rule .- BBC News

FW de Klerk dies: South African leader who freed Nelson Mandela and ended white rule .- BBC News

FW de Klerk, the man who released Nelson Mandela from prison in South Africa and helped end white-minority rule, has died. The 85-year-old had been diagnosed with cancer earlier this year. He came to power in 1989 under apartheid, a…

Greek island evacuated as wildfires rage in worst heatwave for 30 years - BBC News

Greek island evacuated as wildfires rage in worst heatwave for 30 years – BBC News

Hundreds more residents and tourists have been forced to leave a Greek island as wildfires rage out of control across the region. Scorching temperatures have blighted much of southern Europe and Greece itself is seeing the worst heatwave in 30…

Italy warns of new migrant surge with “tens of thousands” planning to cross from Libya - BBC News

Italy warns of new migrant surge with “tens of thousands” planning to cross from Libya – BBC News

Italy is warning it needs more help to deal with a big increase in the number of migrants arriving there via boat from Libya. There are reports that tens of thousands of people are waiting to cross the Mediterranean. The…