The story of 11-year-old Yousif can only be described as a devastating miracle. While the floodwaters here in Derna swept his entire family out to sea, the waves washed him back along the shore. His legs are covered in scratches and there’s a bandage wrapped around his right foot. “The water lifted us up and
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The central dock in the port of Lampedusa now stands at the meeting point between the developed and the developing world – a point of conflict between the affluent EU and the inequities and poverty of the global south. This reality is uncomfortable and unacceptable for those who govern Italy’s most southerly point. With some
The chief prosecutor of Libya’s eastern government has said he will prosecute those responsible for the neglect of two dams in Derna as the city struggles to cope with the thousands of corpses washing up or decaying under rubble. It comes as the World Health Organisation and other aid agencies urged Libyan authorities to stop
The centre of the eastern Libyan city of Derna is like one big graveyard – a mass of flattened buildings, wrecked lives and upended vehicles amid torn trees. Huge nine-storey buildings have been ripped off their foundations and smothered by volumes of mud. From where I stood, I could see at least three huge bridges
The sheer numbers of people dead or unaccounted for in the Libyan city of Derna is overwhelming survivors, who say they had minutes to get away before the coastal city was devastated by flooding. A Sky News TV crew has reached the devastated port city where people have been using their bare hands to dig
A potential cholera outbreak could add to misery in the Libyan city of Derna, where the sheer number of people dead or unaccounted for after a massive flood is overwhelming survivors. The number of fatalities has soared to 11,300, according to the Libyan Red Crescent, with a further 10,100 reported missing as hopes of finding
Libya is a country in anguish. Her people are suffering a fresh kind of horror after years of civil war, fighting, corruption, greed and people smuggling. Now floods have devastated the port city of Derna and the communities and villagers around. And what’s so much worse is that the natural disaster caused by Storm Daniel,
Vladimir Putin has accepted Kim Jong Un’s invitation to visit North Korea, according to the country’s state news agency. While there was no immediate confirmation from Moscow, KCNA reports the Russian president will visit “at a convenient time”. Kim is currently in Russia, where he has vowed to support the Kremlin’s “sacred war” against Ukraine,
At least 30,000 people have been displaced in the town hardest hit by floods in Libya. Meanwhile, a minister has said 5,300 bodies in the country’s east have been recovered – with the number of fatalities expected to rise significantly. Officials are appealing for international help, and have warned Libya doesn’t have the necessary experience
Kim Jong Un has pledged his support to Russia in what he has described as the “fight against imperialism”. The North Korean leader praised Russia and its president for a fighting a “sacred war” against the “hegemonic forces” of the West. “We will always support the decisions of President Putin and the Russian leadership …
About 10,000 people are thought to be missing after major flooding in Libya, the International Federation of the Red Cross (IFRC) has said. A quarter of the eastern city of Derna was wiped out by floodwaters after dams burst in a storm, with more than 1,000 bodies recovered so far. It is estimated that as
A rare summit between reclusive North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and Russia’s Vladimir Putin underlines a growing pariah alliance that could impact global security. Moscow, locked in a bloody war of attrition with Ukraine and squeezed by an unprecedented array of Western sanctions, is desperate to secure large quantities of munitions, including artillery shells
Five children who travelled from the UK to Pakistan with Sara Sharif’s father have been recovered from her grandfather’s home in the city of Jhelum, police have told Sky News. Police also added they are now “hopeful” they can locate Sara’s father Urfan and her stepmother Beinash Batool. The address is where police believe they
The village of Derevyannoe in Karelia, northwest Russia, has a well-kept feel to it. Apple trees heavy with fruit and tidy vegetable gardens, boats on trailers ready for sailing in the nearby lake and wood stacked up high for winter. Up above you can just about make out the sound of woodpeckers tapping away in
The large rotary blades of a military helicopter fire up, lifting emergency supplies towards villages otherwise cut off from the world. They’re also shuttling the injured and dead away from the epicentre. An enormous cloud of dust engulfs dozens of survivors and emergency teams who have descended on the town of Talat Nyakoub, at the
A few months ago, my friend drove through Amizmiz on holiday. It was a lively, colourful and welcoming town, a stop-off for many who want to visit the Atlas Mountains. Now, it has been ripped apart. Everywhere you go in Amizmiz, you smell dust and see rubble. CCTV shows moment earthquake struck – latest updates
Thousands of people who survived the Morocco earthquake have spent the night sleeping rough – with many losing their homes or too fearful to head indoors. At least 2,012 people have died following the powerful 6.8 magnitude tremor on Friday night, and 1,404 others are critically injured. These numbers are only expected to rise as
Kyiv has hit out at a G20 leaders’ summit statement calling for “durable peace in Ukraine”, but failing to condemn Russia over the war. Leaders of 20 nations reached a consensus declaration at the summit in Delhi on Saturday, calling on all states to refrain from the use of force to seize territory. The consensus
Dozens of people have been killed following a 6.8 magnitude earthquake in Morocco, officials have said. Many of the fatalities are said to be in hard-to-reach areas south of Marrakech. The earthquake struck late on Friday – damaging buildings in major cities and sending panicked people pouring into the streets. Witnesses in Marrakech told the
The Spanish prosecutor has filed a lawsuit against the Spanish FA chief Luis Rubiales for sexual assault and coercion. Marta Durantez Gil’s decision comes after Jenni Hermoso filed a complaint with the prosecutor’s office on Wednesday. With the complaint, Rubiales could face criminal charges, in addition to the ongoing inquiry by Spain‘s top sport court
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