sfax is a ci of remind us what it was like.round 1200 migrants were forcibly bused out of sfax and dumped in the desert without food or water. and it seems many locals i spoke to did not have much sympathy for them. if you listen to the words of this market trader i spoke to... i trader i spoke to... translation: i saw than the — trader i spoke to... translation: i saw than the other _ trader i spoke to... translation: i saw than the other day _ trader i spoke to... translation: i saw than the other day of _ trader i spoke to... translation: i saw than the other day of the - trader i spoke to... translation: i saw than the other day of the fish i saw than the other day of the fish market. _ saw than the other day of the fish market, they were stealing, the police _ market, they were stealing, the police arrested dampen can you imagine — police arrested dampen can you imagine that? the fish market point of the _ imagine that? the fish market point of the moving groups and they are troublemakers.— of the moving groups and they ar

four survivors are quoted as saying it all started here from the tunisian city of sfax.took a boat to italy before sinking in rough seas. sfax has become a hot spot for tunisian and african migrants who seek to reach italy for what they think a better future. in sfax the city center, dozens of migrants are still gathering here looki for a way out. for over a month they've been chased from their homes, some were left in the desert and 20 at least were reportedly dead. >> it's not the first time we've seen an incident like this. our reporter has been analyzing and looking at the crime statistics. >> this video from the rescue group doctors without borders shows one of their vessels going to the aid of a boat packed with migrants in the mediterranean on monday this week. the central mediterranean route from north africa to europe is one of the deadliest in the world. take a look at this map from the international organization for migration and shows deaths through migration since 2014. globally there have been over 57,000. you see the majity of those are in the mediterranea

from the two new zealand coastal city of sfax. they took a boat before sinking in rough seas.me a hotspot for two new zealand and other african subs harbouring migrants who seek to reach italy for what they think is a better future. in fact the city centre, dozens of migrants are still gathering here looking for a way out. for over a month they have been chased from their homes. some were dumped in the desert, 20 at least were reportedly dead. some of the first time we have seen an incident like it's not the first time we have seen an incident like this. 0ur reporter nicky schiller has taken a look at the numbers. this video from the rescue group doctors without borders shows one of their vessels going to the aid of a boat packed with migrants in the mediterranean on monday this week. the central mediterranean route from north africa to europe is one of the deadliest in the world. take a look at this map from the international organization for migration. it shows deaths through migration since 201a. globally, there have been over 57,000, but you can see the majority of those a

41 people have died after their small boat capsized as they were trying to make the crossing from sfaxa to italy. four survivors were rescued by a merchant vessel and then handed over to the italian coastguard. the shipwreck took place near the island of lampedusa, which has become a gateway for people seeking safety and a better life in europe. i'm joined now by our diplomatic correspondent, caroline hawley. what more do we know about what happened? well what we know is from those four survivors that there were 45 migrants and they were heading from sfax to italy. they left last thursday. a few hours into their journey the boat was hit by a wave and capsized. most on board didn't have life jackets. you can see how small and crowded the boat is. so the survivors were picked up. two men, one woman, unaccompanied 13—year—old. they apparently survived by holding on to life jackets and the inner tubes of tires. had they not survived, we wouldn't have known about this, because the un said some boats just sink without trace. the reason we know is because of the survivors and one un official

we are just a few miles off the coast of sfax.boat. rescue number three. it's an emotional and and costly and dangerous journey. tunisia is a poor country. we do not know where we will go. we do not have a house here. translation: people here attack us all the time. - they steal our phones and things. and if you see us trying to cross the sea, it's not because we like to. it's because we have no choice. the crew work tirelessly, intercepting five boats and less than an hour. these numbers may sound high, but for them it's become a daily occurrence and sometimes it can turn violent. translation: we see a high level of violence at sea, especially from sub—saharan african and tunisia. some threaten to throw babies in the sea. others have threatened to set themselves on fire. overtaking libya, seen as a riskier option. their mode of transport — these makeshift boats that have been piling up on the city's beaches. this is one of the newest sailing boats. there are cheap and large. but there are also flimsy and dangerous. over 2000 peop

, including three children, had been aboard the vessel which had set off from the tunisian city of sfaxtguards after being brought ashore.

, including three children, had been aboard the vessel which had set off from the tunisian city of sfax — originally from the ivory coast and guinea 7 gave their accounts to coastguards after being brought ashore. the three men and a woman had initially been rescued by a cargo ship. according to a recent report from the international organization for migration, at least 441 refugees drowned betweenjanuary and march, marking the deadliest three month period since 2017. the report also reveals over the past decade, the mediterranean sea has claimed around 25,000 lives. these grim numbers do not fully capture the extent of the tragedy as the actual death toll might be even higher. we can show you some pictures from over the weekend. in recent days there have been a number of rescues from the island and these pictures from the weekend show rescue workers helping migrants in trouble on the lampedusa coast. live now to 0slo where we can speak to social anthropologist heidi mogstad. you have looked into this very issue, especially around the language we use to describe migrants, and how these

survivors told italian media that the boats had set off from the tunisian port of sfax.d in lampedusa in the past few days. now it's time for a look at today's sport. defending champions usa have been knocked out of the women's world cup by sweden in dramatic fashion. it finished 0—0 in melbourne after normal time, despite the americans dominating — lindsey horan coming close. the sides couldn't be separated in extra—time either and so it went to penalties. with the shootout tied at 4—4, kelly o'hara missed for the usa, hitting the post. that gave arsenal's lina hurtig the chance to win it. it looked like alyssa naeher had kept it out but a var check showed itjust crossed the line. so sweden go through to face japan in the quarterfinals whilst the four—time champions are out. us legend megan rapinoe missed one of the penalties in her last game before retiring. it doesn't matter if you dominate, that does not win games. you have to put the ball in the back of the net. but to staff. + it is tough. we finally were able to express ourselves, we played so well. there was more

the only four to survive the disaster told rescuers that their boat had set off from sfax, in tunisia is another tragedy in the mediterranean sea. there were only four survivors, two men and a woman in their 20s and a 13—year—old boy. they told rescuers that they were on a boat that was carrying 45 people, including three children. they described it as a very small metal boat, about seven metres long, and they said after only a few hours at sea the boat capsized and sank, apparently because of a big wave that threw everybody on board into the water. the survivors said that only 15 people were wearing life jackets. and according to the red cross, they said that they survived by hanging onto life jackets and other inflatable rubber devices. they then found another empty boat at sea and they got onto that boat and managed to survive for several days without food or water. they were finally rescued by a cargo ship and brought to lampedusa on wednesday. now, migrant arrivals in italy have gone up. this year nearly 94,000 people have reached italy so far by boat. so far by sea. this is by f

people, including three children, had been on the vessel, which set off from the tunisian city of sfax. 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. our rome correspondent sofia bettiza has this report. this is the moment three young adults and a child were found adrift in the mediterranean. it is really important and urgent, if you could support these people, possibly taking them on board... they were spotted by the crew of a plane run by a migrant charity, which called out to a passing ship for help. to give them food and water... their original boat had capsized and sank, throwing the 45 people on board into the water. they are getting them on board... but these four, originally from the ivory coast and guinea, were the only ones to survive and make it safely on board the cargo vessel. translati

they were crossing from sfax in tunisia, hoping to reach italy.here were just four survivors, rescued by a merchant vessel and then handed over to the italian coastguard. the united nations agency, the international organisation for migration, says the first quarter of 2023 has been the deadliest for six years in the med. sofia bettiza has our top story from rome. this is the moment three young adults and a child were found adrift in the mediterranean. it is really important and urgent, if you could support these people, possibly taking them on board... they were spotted by the crew of a plane run by a migrant charity, which called out to a passing ship for help. to give them food and water... their original boat had capsized and sank, throwing the 45 people on board into the water. they are getting them on board... but these four, originally from the ivory coast and guinea, were the only ones to survive and make it safely on board the cargo vessel. translation: the four migrants | rescued by the coastguard arrived at lampedusa this morning. they

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 b

, including three children, had been aboard the vessel which had set off from the tunisian city of sfax. 0ur correspondent sofia bettiza has been following the story from rome. there's not much we know at the moment. as you mentioned, 41 migrants have been killed in a shipwreck off italy's lampedusa island, that is in sicily in the south of the country. this is all being reported by the italian news agency ansa, and they are citing accounts from survivors. three men and one woman who survived the shipwreck and were trying to reach italy from guinea and from the ivory coast. they were rescued by the italian coastguard, and they told rescuers that they were on a boat that set off from tunisia on thursday. they said that 45 people were on board, including three children. they described the boat is a very small vessel, about seven metres long. and they said that about six hours after they had set off from tunisia, when they were sailing in the sicilian sea, the boat capsized and sank because of a very big wave. they also said that out of the 45 people who were on board, only 15 people were

people, including three children, had been aboard the vessel, which set off from the tunisian city of sfaxnally 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. bring us up to date with what more we know about this tragedy. yet another we know about this tragedy. yet another tragedy in the mediterranean sea. as you just mentioned, only four people survive, three men and a woman from the ivory coast and from guinea. they spoke to the italian coastguard today and they said that they were on board of a ship that had 45 people on board including three children. the ship set off from tunisia on thursday but after only a few hours, about six hours at sea it capsized and it sank, apparently because of a wave that through everybody who was on board into the water. they described this as a very smal

survivors told italian media that the boats had set off from the tunisian port of sfax.ed in lampedusa in the past few days. today marks six months since a huge earthquake hit turkey and syria, killing over 50 thousand people and leaving many more homeless. but amidst the tragedy there were stories of hope, such as baby afraa who was born beneath the rubble of her collapsed home before being rescued. the bbc has caught up with her and herfamily. hanan razek reports. it was seen as a miracle, a moment of hope. following the earthquake in syria and turkey the baby was rescued after being born beneath the rubble of a building. all over her family were killed. but now she has a new life. adopted by her uncle the man who pulled herfrom a new life. adopted by her uncle the man who pulled her from the a new life. adopted by her uncle the man who pulled herfrom the rubble. i started i man who pulled her from the rubble. i starte: , ., ., , i started i started to dig with my hands and _ i started i started to dig with my hands and i _ i started i started to dig with my hands and

people, including three children, had been on the vessel, which set off from the tunisian city of sfaxounts 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. our rome correspondent, sofia bettiza, has this report. —— our reporter has been taking a closer look. this video from doctors without borders shows one of the vessels going to be a of a boat packed with migrants in the mediterranean this week. the central mediterranean route from north africa to europe is one of the deadliest in the world. take a look at this map from the international organisation for migration. it shows deaths through migration since 2014. globally, there have been over 57,000, but you can see the majority of those are in the mediterranean region. indeed, the organisation says this year alone, more than 1800 people have died or are missing in the central mediterranean. and you only have to take a look at so

their boat was carrying 45 people, including three children when it set off from the tunisian port of sfax last thursday. they say the vessel, which was around 7 metres long overturned early on friday. the four survivors, originally from the ivory coast and guinea were initially rescued by a cargo ship before being transferred to a coastguard vessel. according to a recent report from the international organization showing one of their vessels going to the aid packed with migrants in the mediterranean on monday this week. the central mediterranean route from north africa to europe is one of the deadliest in the world. take a look at this map from the international organisation for migration. it shows deaths through migration. it shows deaths through migration since 2014. globally there have been over 57,000 but you can see the majority of those are in the mediterranean region. the organisation says this year alone more than 1800 people have died or are missing in the central mediterranean. you only have to take a look at some of the reports on the bbc news website to see how that figure com

dozens are still missing from another shipwreck near the tunisian port city of sfax. the number of asylum seekers fleeing from tunisia has dramatically increased in recent months due to the persecution of black africans by tunisian authorities and president kais saied. on wednesday, at least 27 people were found dead in the desert after they were expelled from tunisia. this is a pregnant asylum seeker who was expelled from tunisia. >> i was in tunisia. my husband is a day laborer. we wanted to good italy and it was beating at insults. after that two days ago, after we reach the borders, they took us, beat them in and left us. we walked on the road toward libya but we don't know the direction. we walked for 3, 4 hours. then the libyan police found us. amy: venezuela has won a major legal battle to recover about $1.5 billion that had been confiscated by the portuguese bank novo banco which is largely owned by the u.s. private equity firm lone star. for years, the venezuelan government has decried international sanctions that has led to foreign banks freezing its oversea

people, including three children, had been aboard the vessel, which set off from the tunisian city of sfaxsday. 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. i'm joined now by nicola dell'arciprete, the national response coodinator for unicef in italy. thank you forjoining us on our programme. your organisation says that 11,600 children have made the dangerous crossing this year, twice as much as the same time period last year. why? there are many reasons why children are travelling, but what is more important is that we need to prevent them from dying at sea. we have seen them from dying at sea. we have seen the number of this journey increasing but also the dangers increasing. 0nly increasing but also the dangers increasing. only for the first six months of the year we have recorded at least 489 child

authorities also said they had found the bodies of another 10 people on a beach near the port city of sfaxich has become a hub for migrants hoping to reach europe for refuge. here in the united states, a federal appeals court friday struck down a jim crow-era law in mississippi that permanently revoked voting rights for people with certain felony convictions, . the conservative panel ruled 2-1 that the law, which disproportionately affects black mississippians, is unconstitutional, writing, "in the last 50 years, a national consensus has emerged among against permanently disenfranchising those who have satisfied their judicially imposed sentences and thus repaid their debts to society. mississippi stands as an outlier among its sister states, bucking a clear national trend in our nation against permanent disenfranchisement." a texas judge ruled friday the state's abortion ban is too restrictive in cases of dangerous pregnancy complications, and doctors must be allowed to perform abortions in such instances without risk of criminal prosecution. hours later, texas' attorney general's office

survivors told italian media that the boats had set off from the tunisian port of sfax. operation last month. it marks a further escalation in a wave of violence over the weekend. and 2a people have died in morocco after the minibus they were travelling in plunged down a ravine in a mountainous area. authorities have said the bus was taking people to market in central morocco. you're live with bbc news. an inquest is due to begin today into the death of a 27—year—old man, which his family believe was linked to mould in their privately rented home. luke brooks died from respiratory problems last year. the case will be heard by the same coroner who investigated the death of two—year—old awaab ishak, who died due to mould exposure in 2020. our north of england correspondent, fiona trott, reports. he had plans. he's never going to experience love. he's never going to have children. i've got a great grandchild on the way and he's not going to see it. we've shouted from the top of the mountain, haven't we? nothing. nobody�*s helped us — no—one. what is life like for you at the