Libya floods: search and rescue efforts continue
The UN says the death toll in the north east of the country has reached 11,300
The United Nations says the number of people known to have been killed in last week's floods in north-eastern Libya has reached about 11,300. It says another 10,100 people are still missing in the city of Derna alone.
Also in the programme: the President of the European Commission, Ursula Von Der Leyen, will visit the Italian island of Lampedusa today as unprecedented numbers of people have been arriving; and EuroPride, the international festival highlighting issues affecting LGBTQ+ communities, ends today in Malta.
Joining host Audrey Brown to discuss this and more are Taran Khan, an Indian journalist and writer and Marcus Chown, British science journalist and writer.
(Picture: Rescuers search for possible survivors and bodies of victims under a collapsed building. Credit: EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)
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