for me, etna is mamma etna. it is a volcano, amazing but is in my heart.and monitoring alone won't reassure many travellers. but of course, faith and monitoring alone won't reassure many travellers. when boris and his team find activity, they send their findings to a special organisation. they use the data to set restrictions on where people can go on etna. there is no universal system to tell you the chances of an eruption. each place has its own, and fortunately, in etna's case, the lava moves very slowly. etna has killed no more than 77 people in the last 2,700 years. so here's the thing. intense local monitoring and strong regulation can protect people but by visiting, you put your trust in others and individual tour operators. what you can do is research what's happening at your volcano to help you understand the risks. in coming here, all the people i've met have reconciled themselves to living in mamma's shadow in their own unique way. for me, etna is a little bit like a person. a very. . .slightly lunatic person. a person that you adore but at the

for me, etna is mamma etna. it is a volcano, amazing but is in my heart. years. so here's the thing. intense local monitoring and strong regulation can protect people but by visiting, you put your trust in others and individual tour operators. what you can do is research what's happening at your volcano to help you understand the risks. in coming here, all the people i've met have reconciled themselves to living in mamma's shadow in their own unique way. for me, etna is a little bit like a person. a very. . .slightly lunatic person. a person that you adore but at the same time you have difficulties in understanding but if you adore, you love the person, you accept that person. for me, with etna, the incredible experience of seeing one of nature's most stunning displays is worth that risk. well, if that made you want to find out more, but you don't want to step foot on an active volcano, there are some travel show recommendations for you. head to tanzania, to africa's largest mountain, kilimanjaro. at dormant volcanoes like this, you are free to explore wit

turkey's president threatened to launch attacks against syrian government forces in the war stricken etna province which up to also accused moscow of targeting civilians in the rebel held region which has provoked a furious denial from moscow senior correspondent mark costive has more. rebels and the islamists are facing catastrophe in the span of a little over a month they've lost a 3rd of their territory so you're going to stand why turkey which fled which paid armed and trained those rebels as outraged at the gun is beside himself he needs to vent strike out. the syrian regime as well as russian forces and iran by militants and sing with it and live it continuously attacking civilians committing massacres a kurd in syria might find strange of the guns concern for civilian casualties but russia took those accusations seriously pointing out rebels had launched ceaseless drone attacks on the russian base violated the cease fire again and again and again al-qaeda linked jihad its control 90 percent of and who turkey despite promising to do so hadn't been able to separate from moderate rebe

united states the russian representative called claims that syrian forces had killed civilians in etna province unsubstantiated as moscow blamed terrorists for using human shield tactics while targeting established humanitarian corridors we are appalled by the significant escalation and syrian regime and russian violence in the escalation and it is not due to the operations of the syrian armed forces but the constant and deliberate provocations of the terrorists the lives of millions of civilians are now even greater risks as the combined forces of the assad regime russia the iranian regime and has escalate their offensive the problem of can't be resolved as long as the terrorists that have been recognized as such by the security council continue to rain their. the syrian army if we captured one of the provinces largest and most strategic towns that's not the full hotspot for anti government protests had been under rebel control since 2812 russia had opened humanitarian corridors for people to need the area before the operation washington though has insisted and stopped but as more out