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Added on the 25/02/2016 14:02:50 - Copyright : Reuters EN
Some 275 migrants rescued on Friday from overcrowded boats near Libya arrive safely in Sicily, days after more than 300 others died trying to make the crossover. Mana Rabiee reports.
Footage just released by the UK Coast Guard shows a dramatic helicopter rescue off the Scottish coast, where five men were plucked to safety after their fishing boat sank on Saturday. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
Images of the Spanish coast guard and emergency services on the Balearic Island of Cabrera, after the authorities, who initially said that they had found 11 bodies off the Balearic Islands, correct their assessment to say that 14 people have been found alive with no bodies found as yet. IMAGES
Footage showing a capsized cargo ship off the Georgia coast is released by the US Coast Guard as it searches for four crew members aboard the 656-foot vehicle carrier Golden Ray in St. Simons Sound, near Brunswick, Georgia. 20 people have been rescued after it was reported that the vessel was disabled, listing, and had a fire on board. IMAGES
A Russian sailor travelling solo from Stockholm to Spain was shipwrecked on a tiny bit of rock near the remote Swedish island of Stora Lundskar in the Baltic Sea last week, losing all his communication equipment in the accident. The unnamed Russian man wrote the word HELP in moss which he collected from the island in the hope that a passing aircraft might see it. A helicopter patrol saw the letters and brought to a nearby hospital in Linkoping for treatment.