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Dozens missing in Mediterranean after boat capsizes

A search and rescue operation is under way for dozens of people missing after a migrant boat en route to Italy from Libya capsized in the central Mediterranean.

The New Daily

Thirty people dead after boat carrying nearly 50 migrants capsizes in bad weather

The boat reported to be carrying 47 people had capsized 110 miles (176km) north-west of Benghazi, Libya resulting in the death of 30 passengers

Daily Mirror

Thirty migrants missing in shipwreck off Libya, charity blames Italy

Thirty people are missing and 17 were rescued in the central Mediterranean on Sunday after the boat in which they were travelling from Libya capsized in bad weather, Italy's coastguard said.

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Italy Fears Huge Numbers of Migrants Might Sail from Libya

Intelligence reports indicate nearly 700,000 migrants are in Libya awaiting an opportunity to set out by sea toward Italy, a lawmaker from Premier Giorgia Meloni’s far-right party said Sunday. Tommaso Foti, the lower parliamentary house whip for the Brothers of Italy Party, told television channel Tgcom24 the Italian secret services…

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Italy fears huge numbers of migrants might sail from Libya

An Italian lawmaker says intelligence reports indicate 680,000 migrants in Libya are awaiting an opportunity to set out in smugglers' boats toward Italy

The Independent UK

Libyan Elections Are Possible This Year, UN Envoy Says

UN Libya envoy Abdoulaye Bathily said on Saturday that if a clear road map and electoral laws are in put in place by June, national elections could be held by the end of the year. A political process to resolve more than a decade of conflict in Libya has been…

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Algerian Chief of Staff Pledges to Help Libya Resolve its Crisis

The Chief of Staff of the Algerian People’s National Army, Lieutenant General Said Chenegriha, pledged on Thursday to help Libya overcome its security and political crisis, the Algerian Defense Ministry said in a statement. Chanegriha met with the Chief of the General Staff of the Libyan Army, Lieutenant General Mohamed…

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Police increase patrols to protect Didsbury Mosque following Arena bomb inquiry criticism

Although it played no part in the radicalisation of the bomber, the leader of the south Manchester mosque was accused of 'wilful blindness' and 'unreliable' evidence which 'downplayed' links to the Abedi family

Manchester Evening News

Italian NGO Rescues 105 Migrants Off Libyan Coast

The Italian maritime rescue NGO Emergency rescued 105 people who were adrift in international waters off the coast of Libya in the early hours of Tuesday morning. The NGO’s vessel ‘Life Support’ has set course for the port of Brindisi, on Italy’s southeast coast, where it is scheduled to dock…

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US Official Discusses in Algeria Arms Proliferation in Sahel

Bonnie Jenkins, the US undersecretary of state for arms control, would discuss with senior officials in Algeria security, counter-terrorism, and arms proliferation in Sahel and Libya. Jenkins also has the Russian “Wagner” threats on her agenda. “Jenkins will meet with senior government officials to discuss issues of mutual concern, including…

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'To think they had him on their radar': Mum of Manchester bombing victim on agony at knowing atrocity might have been stopped

June Tron's son Philip, from Gateshead, was killed in the 2017 terror attack at an Ariana Grande concert

Chronicle Live

Britain took its eye off Libya and the Manchester bomb victims paid the price

Salman Abedi was the product of an unstable country and a radicalised diaspora. How did MI5 not see the signs?

The Guardian - UK

To stop the next Manchester attack, MI5 must find the next young man growing up in a petri dish of hate

Salman Abedi’s family radicalised him, and the security services failed to contain that threat,, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff

The Guardian - UK

Migration and asylum reform: How should the EU fix a broken system?

The news of another migrant drama off the coast of Italy on February 26 has prompted familiar expressions of shock by EU leaders, as well as familiar calls for the EU to rethink its approach to migration and asylum. Dozens of people are thought to have died in the Mediterranean…

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Manchester Evening News

Didsbury mosque responds to stinging Manchester Arena bombing inquiry criticism

Leaders of the mosque attended by Arena bomber were accused of 'wilful blindness' to highly-charged debate about Libya conflict before atrocity

Manchester Evening News

Manchester Arena: Others 'probably knew' what bomber Salman Abedi 'intended to do' and he was 'likely provided with help'

Report finds it 'likely' the Abedi brothers received practical instruction on how to assemble a bomb and avoid detection

Daily Mirror

'Manchester bombing tragedy weighs heavily on MI5 after mistakes and judgment errors'

Salman Abedi had been on MI5’s radar aged 15 and had been to Libya several times - nobody in the UK security system will be blaming themselves more than those in MI5 who failed, writes Chris Hughes

Al Jazeera

Libya approves constitutional changes in move towards elections

UN envoy has described the amendment as ‘controversial within the Libyan political class and general citizenry’.

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The Independent UK

An extremist ‘Petri dish brimming with germs’: How Manchester Arena bomber Salman Abedi was radicalised

Terrorist had extremist parents who took him to fight in Libyan civil war, as well as Isis-supporting friends

ABC News

'Significant opportunity' to prevent Manchester Arena bombing missed by MI5, inquiry finds

A damning report finds the UK's domestic security service failed to act on key pieces of intelligence that the Manchester Arena bomber was plotting the attack.

The Independent UK

Authorities ‘underestimated’ national security risk from Libya returnees

UK-born bomber Salman Abedi flew in from the North African country four days before his attack on the Manchester Arena.

Daily Mirror

MI5 boss 'profoundly sorry' after failure to stop Manchester Arena bomber

Manchester Arena Inquiry chairman Sir John Saunders released his findings on Thursday, which determined MI5 officers failed to take appropriate action on two key pieces of intelligence received in the months before the attack

The Guardian - UK

How family and Libya conflict radicalised Manchester Arena bomber

Parents’ extremist views and civil war in the country of their birth set Salman Abedi on path to terrorism

Manchester Evening News

Leaders of Didsbury Mosque attended by Arena bomber guilty of 'wilful blindness' to highly-charged debate about Libya conflict before atrocity, inquiry finds

But the mosque was not an ‘active factor or cause’ in the radicalisation of suicide bomber Salman Abedi and his accomplice brother Hashem, the inquiry concluded

Evening Standard

MI5 missed opportunity that could have avoided Manchester Arena terror attack, inquiry finds

A “significant” missed opportunity by MI5 to act over a key piece of intelligence might have prevented the Manchester Arena terror attack, the inquiry into the bombing has found.

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