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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 weekend, one of several rescues in recent days. live now to sofia bettiza who's in rome. what bettiza who's in rome. more do we know about thi rescue? what more do we know about this rescue? , , ., ., ., , rescue? this is another tragedy in the mediterranean _ rescue? this is another tragedy in the mediterranean sea. _ rescue? this is another tragedy in the mediterranean sea. only - rescue? this is another tragedy in the mediterranean sea. only four| the mediterranean sea. only four people survived, the three men and a woman from guinea and the ivory coast. they said they were on board

a ship with 45 people in total, including three children. they described it as a very small metal boat about seven metres long. they said that after a few hours at sea, the boat capsized and sank, apparently because of a big wave. it threw everybody into the water and they said that only 15 people were wearing life jackets and they had to wait in the water for hours before finally being rescued by a cargo ship. those four people who survived are now in lampedusa, in the south of the country. they are safe, according to local media that they are in shock and being questioned by the authorities who are trying to get to the bottom of what happened. tell me more about the numbers of migrants arriving in italy, they

have been rising.— migrants arriving in italy, they have been rising. migrants arriving in italy, they have been risinu. , ., g , ., have been rising. they have. just to cive ou a have been rising. they have. just to give you a number, _ have been rising. they have. just to give you a number, this _ have been rising. they have. just to give you a number, this year, - have been rising. they have. just to| give you a number, this year, nearly 94,000 migrants reached italy by sea. if you take that number and compare it to last year, that has more than doubled. the number of people trying to get to europe through italy is going up. this is a very dangerousjourney, through italy is going up. this is a very dangerous journey, according to the un, it is by far the most dangerous migrant route in the world. that is because since 2014, more than 17,000 people died or disappeared in the central mediterranean trying to reach europe in search of a better life. thank ou ve in search of a better life. thank you very much- _ police officers in northern ireland say they're 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 officers are now worried about their safety and fear dissident republican groups could use the information to target them. the uk information commissioner has launched an investigation. 0ur ireland correspondent chris page reports. police officers everywhere deal with danger. but in this part of the uk, the risks are especially stark. members of the police service of northern ireland take steps to protect their identities, and the media agree not to show theirfaces. so the publication of personal details online has caused distress. this has the potential to be a major security breach. it's a serious loss of data. 0ur officers trust the psni to make sure that when they have their data that they hold it and hold it

appropriately, and not to be disclosing things like this into the public domain. the problem came about after a routine request for data under freedom of information laws. the response should have focused on the number of staff working at different grades, but the police also released a spreadsheet by mistake. it contains the surname, initials, rank and work department of every employee. the data was published on this website for around two hours yesterday afternoon. i do apologise to officers. this is unacceptable. in terms of the security for individuals, there is nothing at the moment to suggest there is any immediate security concerns, but we have put actions in place to ensure that if anything does arise, we will be aware of that. tomorrow there will be an emergency meeting of the policing board, which holds senior officers to account. politicians who will be there want to know how the data breach could affect staff

in different areas. what is a realistic assessment of the threat level against these individuals? that threat level will not be uniform. i would imagine somebody who is an officer working undercover, for example, will feel at more risk than a civilian with a deskjob at police headquarters. we need a really realistic assessment of the implications of this leak. earlier this year, the official terrorism threat level here was raised from substantial to severe. that came after the attempted murder of a senior detective. john caldwell was shot by the new ira, a dissident republican paramilitary organisation which is opposed to the peace process. the police have said the data breach was the result of human error, but there are questions, concerns and fears about the potential consequences. live now to belfast and our news reporter sara girvin. who is outside psni headquarters.

has there been more reaction from officers within those groups that have been affected? absolutely. when we talk about — have been affected? absolutely. when we talk about their _ have been affected? absolutely. when we talk about their reaction, _ have been affected? absolutely. when we talk about their reaction, they - we talk about their reaction, they are concerned, worried and fearful. we have heard stories from police families, people who have disclosed to their friends and families for the first time after keeping their jobs are secret. parents who haven't told their children and officers who check under their cars for explosive devices every morning, that is the reality of being a police officer in northern ireland. they work under severe terrorist threat every day because of dissident republicans. we have an update from the psni in the last few minutes. a statement has

described this as a very serious situation and they say they have established an emergency threat assessment group that will look at the welfare concerns of their people. they have issued a safety advice to psni staff, given the concern this has caused that simply will not be enough. there may be 10,000 people, friends and families who may be affected by this and will be listening carefully to what the chief constable has to say tomorrow at a policing board meeting that has been called as an emergency. he finished a family holiday early to attend. they will want reassurance about their safety and security and they will want a guarantee that nothing like this will happen again. thank you very much. live now to mike nesbitt, the former leader of the ulster unionist party and a member of northern

ireland's policing board, an independent public body which seeks to hold the police in northern ireland accountable. let me ask you, what is your reaction? i let me ask you, what is your reaction?— let me ask you, what is your reaction? ~' ., , . ., , reaction? i think the only certainty at the moment _ reaction? i think the only certainty at the moment is _ reaction? i think the only certainty at the moment is the _ reaction? i think the only certainty at the moment is the size - reaction? i think the only certainty at the moment is the size of - reaction? i think the only certainty at the moment is the size of the l at the moment is the size of the shock wave that has run through policing families and it is unprecedented just as the size of the leak is unprecedented. what isn't clear is the level of risk against the 10,799 people who are named in that document and that is something i hope we will start to get to the bottom of when we meet with the chief constable tomorrow. previously, that level of risk is not uniform to every member on that list, three categories which are critically at risk are undercover officers, that is officers who have

an unusual surname, they will be easier to trace and the third category is officers from a catholic nationalist background. it is that last category of officer who have been most in touch with me over the last day. most recently i spoke to an officer who said he had no difficulty in making the decision to join the psni but he is now extremely angry that hume may now become exposed. as i said before, i know officers who can't go and break bread with their family because they aren't able to tell their family that they are members of the police, coming from a nationalist background. that is still a real threat in 2023. the threat level has been raised to the most serious, severe, which means an attack is

highly likely and we look back to february and the attempted murder of detective john caldwell who survived but with life altering injuries that he will carry with him to the grave. i were going to see a number of police officers wanting to leave or move away from theirjobs? i understand the number of officers leaving is at an all—time high, there are a lot of difficulties here. the pay is not great, particularly for newly qualified officers. prospects are not great, the budget is crushing the psni, even with a cut that they are going to make, the chief constable has made clear that he has a deficit that he cannot manage of £38 million. actually, this data breach could cost the psni a huge amount of money. they may get fined 5% of

their budget which is around £850 million. that is a not inconsiderable fine. underarticle inconsiderable fine. under article 82, inconsiderable fine. underarticle 82, each individual on that list would be entitled to compensation. even at a token £1000 per head that is taking well over £10 million. these issues of cost of probably for another day, my focus is on the safety and security of officers and police staff. safety and security of officers and police staff-— police staff. people watching this ma be police staff. people watching this may be wondering _ police staff. people watching this may be wondering why _ police staff. people watching this may be wondering why is - police staff. people watching this may be wondering why is it - police staff. people watching this may be wondering why is it still. police staff. people watching this | may be wondering why is it still so dangerous to be a police officer in northern ireland in this day and age. northern ireland in this day and me, ., , northern ireland in this day and ace. . _, northern ireland in this day and ae, ., , , , ., northern ireland in this day and ace. . y,, ., age. largely because of so called dissident republicans. _ age. largely because of so called dissident republicans. people - age. largely because of so called | dissident republicans. people who want to continue the so—called armed struggle. what they are focusing on is discouraging members of the nationalist communityjoining the nationalist community joining the psni. nationalist communityjoining the

psni. 0ver recent years i would say the majority of attacks on police officers have been targeted at catholics from the nationalist community. one officer got horrific injuries, the big threat is from dissident republicans and their motive is to try and destabilise the psni. , ., ., ., ., ., psni. this information was out there for two hours — psni. this information was out there for two hours before _ psni. this information was out there for two hours before being _ psni. this information was out there for two hours before being taken - for two hours before being taken down, how will we know who had access and if they recorded it or where it is going? is there any investigation been done into that area? i investigation been done into that area? ~' ., , investigation been done into that area? ~ ., , ~' ., area? i know there is. i know the officer responsible _ area? i know there is. i know the officer responsible has _ area? i know there is. i know the officer responsible has said - area? i know there is. i know the officer responsible has said that l officer responsible has said that they are trying to figure out the fingerprints, the electronic fingerprints, the electronic fingerprints that will lead them to establish exactly who accessed that data. but what you do after is an

open question that we will try to explore with him and the chief constable tomorrow. what you have done information, there are properly ways to make sure that you can forward it on in a way the police cannot trace. it forward it on in a way the police cannot trace.— forward it on in a way the police cannot trace. ., , ., ., ~ ., cannot trace. it was good to talk to ou thank cannot trace. it was good to talk to you thank you _ cannot trace. it was good to talk to you thank you for _ cannot trace. it was good to talk to you thank you for talking _ cannot trace. it was good to talk to you thank you for talking to - cannot trace. it was good to talk to you thank you for talking to us. - breaking news from france. that fire which happened in a holiday home, which happened in a holiday home, which hosted a number of people with learning disabilities, the number of people who have died has now reached 11. 11 people confirmed died in that fire. we had a number of nine earlier with two missing, this happened in france. emergency services were called into the fire, 17 people were evacuated, the fire has been extinguished but it is

unclear as to the cause of the fire. this happened in the area close to the german border around 50 miles south of strasbourg. we now know the number of dead in that fire in the french holiday home housing people with learning difficulties has reached 11. more of that on our website. around the world and across the uk you are watching bbc news. let's look at some other stories making news. a court has heard that the victims of a fatal car crash in cardiff had been drinking and inhaling laughing gas before the accident. rafeljeanne, darcy ross and eve smith were all killed — two other passengers survived. their car crashed into trees on saturday the fourth of march, but wasn't found for two days. the uk may be on course for five years of lost economic growth, according to a leading think tank.

the national institute of economic and social research says brexit, covid and russian�*s invasion of ukraine have badly affected the british economy. it says �*stuttering growth�* may widen the gap between the wealthier and poorer parts of the country. the financial conduct authority is warning about the dangers of fake loan offers, as more people turn to credit. loan fee fraud — where someone pays a fee for a loan they never receive — typically results in a £260 loss. the fca says last year there was a 26 per—cent increase in complaints from consumers about these scams. you're live with bbc news. the second and final day of the amazon summit, aimed at protecting the rainforest, is under way in the brazilian city of belem. on tuesday, the eight countries sharing the amazon signed a declaration agreeing to work together to fight illegal logging, mining and organised crime. but no date was set to end deforestation, as the brazilian president luiz inacio lula da

silva had advocated. live now to david shukman, former bbc news science editor. give us a understanding of what impact this will have that this particular agreement wasn't reached. it is clearly a disappointment that they didn't manage to agree to all eight countries, to end deforestation by 2030. that had been the hope of the brazilian government, the host of this event and clearly behind the scenes there was disagreements over that particular objective. 0n the other hand, the brazilians should be congratulated, for staging this eventin congratulated, for staging this event in the first place. bringing together these eight nations, highlighting the plight of this globally important forest because it stores so much carbon, if we want to

tackle climate change, we simply can't do that if we don't save the great trees of the amazon. with that in mind, it is interesting that in the communication that the leaders and ministers did manage to agree, they talked about trying to avoid they talked about trying to avoid the point of no return for the great forest. for many years, scientists have been warning that if you chop down a certain proportion of the trees, you do cross a kind of threshold beyond which the forest can't recover. and then it enters a spiral of decline and becomes drier and drier and more trees die and you lose all of the benefits. the moisture creation, the carbon storage that the forest provides. the fact that they collectively recognised this yet to be determined

tipping point, but clearly it does exist and we don't want to test whether it is. we perhaps are getting closer to it. the fact they put that in the final agreement does signify that they at least understand how important it is to try and stop the felling of the trees. , ., , ., , trees. there is hope in that this meetin: trees. there is hope in that this meeting is _ trees. there is hope in that this meeting is happening, - trees. there is hope in that this meeting is happening, that - meeting is happening, that deforestation is not as bad as it was during the tenure of the previous brazilian president that believed in business over conservation.— believed in business over conservation. , ., , �* ., ., conservation. the previous brazilian president said _ conservation. the previous brazilian president said i _ conservation. the previous brazilian president said i don't _ conservation. the previous brazilian president said i don't understand i president said i don't understand why the world is on about, i want development at all costs. president lula da silva does understand, he has made an effort in massively reducing the scale of deforestation.

brazil does own nearly two thirds of the amazon rainforest, even if there are one or two countries that own bits of the forest that haven't signed up to the idea of ending deforestation by 2030, at least brazil is committed to that and i think that is enormously significant. i think brazil will continue on its current path and make it much harderfor illegal loggers, illegal miners to operate and that is something to be welcomed ljy and that is something to be welcomed by all. and that is something to be welcomed b all. ., ~' and that is something to be welcomed b all. . ~ ,, and that is something to be welcomed b all. ., ~ ,, y and that is something to be welcomed b all. . , . hundreds of firefighters have been tackling wildfires in portugal. although the country often suffers summer fires, these come amid a ferocious heatwave, with temperatures reaching 46.4 degrees celsius this week. 15 hundred residents and tourists have been evacuated from an area around 0demira. 0ur correspondentjenny hill reports from the affected region.

scorched earth still smouldering. the fires consumed 40 square miles of land. here, flames swept up the valley, right up to the southern town of 0deceixe. 0n the outskirts, destruction. but somehow the community itself was spared. there is a really strong smell here. it is notjust of the smoke, it is eucalyptus and pine — those are the trees which line this landscape, and they have been consumed by the fire. after three heatwaves, the ground is now extremely dry and extremely vulnerable. it is five days since this fire started. firefighters have contained much of it but they are still battling on the southern front. it is difficult, dangerous work. for those who live here, these are traumatic days. translation: it was horrible. there was fire everywhere and we had to fend for ourselves.

nobody was there to help us but luckily i had three friends who came. the firemen who where there found themselves surrounded by fire and we asked them for help but it wasn't possible. in spain, too, a heightened risk of wildfires. the authorities have warned that heatwave conditions will peak today. temperatures in the south could hit 44 celsius. translation: we already know that summers are getting hotter- and hotter with climate change, so we will have to prepare and train ourselves to cope as well as possible with this heat. portugal remains on high alert. even as communities assess the damage, the fire is not yet done. straight to lisbon — our correspondent alison roberts is there. how are things changing as portugal wakes up for another day?

local and national fire commanders say that big fire has been under control since mid morning but they also said that the expected readmissions particularly in the southern front going into the algarve region through the rest of the day, given the condition. the wins have been changeable and bringing more community and that is helping, but it is a huge perimeter, around 50 kilometres around and there are more firefighters in action there, 1100 more than they were overnight. the focus has now shifted inland to central and northern portugal, the interior there along with spain is suffering very high temperatures and that is not going to ease in the next few days. that is where the maximum fire risk is seen. b,

days. that is where the maximum fire risk is seen-— risk is seen. a lot of disruption for locals _ risk is seen. a lot of disruption for locals and _ risk is seen. a lot of disruption for locals and tourists. - risk is seen. a lot of disruption for locals and tourists. that. risk is seen. a lot of disruption - for locals and tourists. that region is a little bit _ for locals and tourists. that region is a little bit off— for locals and tourists. that region is a little bit off the _ for locals and tourists. that region is a little bit off the beaten - for locals and tourists. that region is a little bit off the beaten track i is a little bit off the beaten track but in recent years it has been developing and some of the people evacuated were indeed tourists. some were foreigners who had been staying at accommodation in the area. we know that one tourism accommodation unit was affected directly by the flames. some of the buildings were burned. but we are still talking about a region that is far away from the resorts in the southern algarve so they won't be affected by this particular fire. live pictures now from norway,...

this is the power plant in eastern norway, we have been told that 10—15 homes have been evacuated and the authorities are considering a controlled blast to improve water flow. there is a lot of water coming around the power plant, the entire area has been cordoned off. water has penetrated the power plant and this has led to a lot of damage. assessments are now being made as to whether or not they should blast open a hatch to try and sort the situation out. these pictures coming from norway. we will have the latest news for you in a few minutes' time. stay with us on the bbc. behind me it's rather murky

weather, but for many there is sunshine on offer. a brief lived burst of summer. we have got weak weather fronts around, that is what is bringing the murky weather around, it is giving some drizzle to northern ireland moving to scotland. the high pressures moving northwards drying out the atmosphere and clearing the cloud. we will have some sunshine around but we have seen the best of that in scotland, rather more cloud throughout the rest of the afternoon. still windy and cool in 0rkney and shetland, 23 further south with sunshine. we will keep some cloud around the irish sea coast, a little bit of fog forming inland but what is notable tonight is it is much milder in northern england and scotland because we have pulled in this humid air. the southerly winds drawing that heat northwards, so temperatures will get

into the 20s on thursday. the morning fog will rush through the first part that clears away quickly and they could be the odd shower with cloud and then cloud comes into the south—west later but it is a fine day. 25 in the central belt, 23 in northern ireland, 26 further south across england and wales. a brief burst of summer warmth because the next low pressure comes in and weather front is through friday. starting to clear away friday morning but it drags the weather across eastern areas and then there will be a peppering of showers behind. it is still quite warm, a warm starting point on friday so we can still get 25 or 26 in southern and eastern areas but most places behind the weather front will feel fresher. a fresh feeling we can with low pressure sat to the west of us,

showers with longer spells of rain, if wish i was the further south and east you are. no promises, it is a showery picture. there will be some lively showers again with hail and thunder. more can be found online.

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the italian island of lampedusa after their boat capsized. 45 people, including three children, were aboard the vessel. 11 people have died after a fire broke out at a holiday home in france. yemen's hospitals on the brink of collapse — a bbc special report from the city of taiz. sport and for a full round—up, from the bbc sport centre, here's hugh ferris. with just two days to go until the new premier league season starts wolves have made a managerial change. gary 0'neil has been appointed to take over from julen lopetegui who left after a long—running disagreement with the club about transfers. 0'neil has signed a three year deal after being sacked by bournemouth despite helping them avoid relegation last season. their first match of the new campaign is on monday against manchester united. it boosted gary 0'neil�*s standing in the game and i think wolves have

decided that is the way to go.