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‘A message’: Why has Biden dispatched a US strike group during Gaza war?

Experts say direct US involvement in conflict is unlikely despite sending an aircraft carrier to Eastern Mediterranean.

Al Jazeera

UK to send navy ships and spy planes to support Israel

British PM says aim is to support efforts to ensure regional stability and prevent further escalation’

The Guardian - UK

PM sends Royal Navy vessels and surveillance planes to support Israel

Rishi Sunak said the deployment to the eastern Mediterranean would ‘support efforts to ensure regional stability and prevent further escalation’.

The Independent UK

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Roberto Saviano faces defamation verdict for remark about Giorgia Meloni

Writer could be imprisoned if found guilty over comments castigating Italian PM for her vitriol about Mediterranean rescues

The Guardian - UK

France's Corsica rocked by blasts claimed by separatist group

A separatist group on Monday claimed a series of explosions in Corsica overnight, a new upsurge of violence after President Emmanuel Macron last month offered the French Mediterranean island a form of autonomy.

Radio France Internationale

The US will send a carrier strike group to the Eastern Mediterranean in support of Israel

Two U.S. officials say the Pentagon has ordered the Ford carrier strike group to sail to the Eastern Mediterranean to be ready to assist Israel

The Independent UK

Lebanese army rescues over 100 migrants whose boat ran into trouble in the Mediterranean

Lebanon's state-run National News Agency says the army has rescued more than 100 migrants after their boat faced technical problems in the Mediterranean off the coast of the northern city of Tripoli

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A 'fanaticism of indifference': Is a divided EU deaf to pope's plea to welcome migrants?

"Those who risk their lives at sea do not invade, they look for welcome." With these words, Pope Francis admonished Europe for failing to treat migrants with dignity. Speaking during his recent visit to the melting-pot French Mediterranean city of Marseille, the pontiff lamented what he called a "fanaticism of…

France 24

Italy impounds charity ship that rescued nearly 200 migrants at sea

Italian authorities have impounded a vessel operated by a Spanish charity, the group said on Thursday, after it carried out multiple rescues of migrants stranded in the Mediterranean.

Radio France Internationale

Macron breaks French taboo on autonomy for Corsica – now for the hard part

French President Emmanuel Macron has proposed granting a degree of autonomy to Corsica, seeking to “turn a page marked by sombre hours” in the Mediterranean island scarred by decades of conflict with Paris. His long-awaited overture sets in motion a protracted and complex push for constitutional reform that is littered…

France 24

Germany's government and Elon Musk spar on X over migrant rescue ships

Germany’s government has rebuked X owner Elon Musk after he criticized the recent work of migrant rescue ships that German humanitarian groups operate in the Mediterranean Sea

The Independent UK

Europe's ‘Med9’ leaders meet on migration crisis in Malta

The leaders of nine Mediterranean and southern European countries, the so-called "Med9" met on Friday in Malta for talks focused on exploding numbers of migrants. An EU agreement to deal with the problem, however, may still be out of reach.

Radio France Internationale

Over 2500 dead, missing as 186,000 people cross Mediterranean to Europe in 2023

Over 2,500 people died or have gone missing while trying to cross the Mediterranean to Europe so far this year. Read further on Dynamite News:

Dynamite News

More than 2,500 migrants dead or missing in Mediterranean this year, UN says

The U.N. refugee agency said Thursday that some 186,000 migrants and refugees arrived in southern Europe so far this year, the vast majority in Italy.

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More than 2,500 dead, missing as 186,000 cross Mediterranean in 2023

UN refugee agency says ‘no end in sight’ to the lives lost in Mediterranean and on land routes to sea departure points.

The Guardian - UK

Europe’s olive oil supply running out after drought – and the odd hailstorm

Heatwaves around Mediterranean have damaged harvests and forced producers to import from South America

Radio France Internationale

President Macron proposes 'autonomy' for French island of Corsica

French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday gave his backing to a status of autonomy for the Mediterranean island of Corsica, a region that is often at odds with rule from Paris.

The Independent UK

Macron proposes limited autonomy for France's Mediterranean island of Corsica

French President Emmanuel Macron is proposing granting limited autonomy for Corsica in a modest step toward nationalist sentiment on the Mediterranean island

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France's Macron backs ‘autonomy’ for Corsica ‘within the French Republic’

French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday threw his weight behind a status of autonomy for Corsica “within the French Republic”, though warning that any devolved powers for the Mediterranean island must be agreed with the French state – and not “against” it.

The Guardian - UK

Italian PM ‘astonished’ at Germany paying charities for refugee rescues

In stern letter to Olaf Scholz, Giorgia Meloni criticises support provided for saving people in the Mediterranean

The Guardian - UK

Libyans pick up the pieces after devastating floods – photo essay

In the two weeks since floods struck the Libyan port city of Derna, the photojournalist Stefanie Glinski has been on the ground speaking to victims of the disaster alongside rescue workers struggling to deal with the devastation

France 24

Russia woos Haftar, but can the Derna floods give Libyans another chance?

Moscow seized the disaster diplomacy initiative after the deadly Derna floods, with Russian Deputy Defence Minister Yunus-bek Yevkurov arriving in eastern Libya with a promise of aid. Russia is helping Libyan strongman Khalifa Haftar while seeking geostrategic payback. But the Derna tragedy has also drawn the US back into Libya,…

The Independent UK

The threat of wildfires is rising. So is new artificial intelligence solutions to fight them

Wildfires fueled by climate change have ravaged communities from Maui to the Mediterranean this summer, killing many people, exhausting firefighters and fueling demand for new solutions

Radio France Internationale

Pope calls for pan-European action on migration to avoid 'sea of death'

Addressing huge crowds in Marseille, Pope Francis urged European governments to act together to welcome migrants and prevent the Mediterranean, where thousands have drowned, from becoming a "sea of death".

The Independent UK

Watch Live: Pope Francis meets French President Emmanuel Macron in Marseille after pro-migrant plea

Watch live as Pope Francis and French President Emmanuel Macron attend the closing session of the Mediterranean meetings on Saturday 23 September.

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