
More bodies found in Sicily yacht search
Search teams in Italy have found four bodies in the wreck of a yacht which sank during a freak storm off the coast of Sicily.
Divers in Italy have been looking for six missing people, including the British tech entrepreneur Mike Lynch. Jonathan Bloomer, the international chair of the American bank Morgan Stanley, is also unaccounted for. The identities of the bodies have not yet been revealed. The vessel went down in the early hours of Monday. We speak to our correspondent in Sicily.
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Presenter: Luke Jones.
(Photo: Rescue personnel transport a body bag after a luxury yacht, which was carrying British entrepreneur Mike Lynch, sank off the coast of Porticello, near the Sicilian city of Palermo, Italy, August 21, 2024. Credit: Louiza Vradi/Reuters)
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