
Dozens die after a ferry sinks in Iraq
An overloaded ferry has sunk on the Tigris River near the city of Mosul in Iraq
Dozens of people have died after an overloaded ferry sinks on the Tigris River near the city of Mosul in Iraq. Our reporter gives us the latest on this developing story.
Also, the British Prime Minister Theresa May is in Brussels today at an EU summit, where she is asking leaders to postpone Brexit for three months. We bring you expert analysis.
And we hear the latest from southern Africa, where the fallout from Cyclone Idai continues. The World Food Programme says 400,000 people have been driven from their homes in Mozambique. Our correspondent on the ground tells us more.
(Photo: A passenger ferry on the Tigris River in central Baghdad, Iraq on 13 February 2016. Credit: EPA/ALI ABBAS)
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