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00:00 Italy grapples with the influx of migrants on Lampedusa, while officials confirm European
00:05 Commission President Ursula von der Leyen will visit the island on Sunday.
00:10 Aid groups urge authorities in Libya to stop burying flood victims in mass graves in a
00:15 bid to stave off disease in the devastated city of Derna.
00:20 The EU wants to reform the bloc's fiscal rules and is set to strike an agreement, balancing
00:25 debt cuts against investment over the coming months.
00:30 In memory of Masha Amini, hundreds of demonstrators gather in the EU's capitals to commemorate
00:35 the 22-year-old who died in police custody in Iran last year.
00:41 The Italian island of Lampedusa still overwhelmed by an influx of migrants.
00:46 Authorities say some 2,500 migrants are still staying at its overcrowded immigration centre.
00:51 It can house a maximum of 400 people.
00:55 Earlier this week, 8,500 people landed on the Mediterranean Isle in the space of three
00:59 days.
01:00 EU officials have confirmed Commission President Ursula von der Leyen will travel to Lampedusa
01:05 on Sunday after Italian Premier Giorgia Maloney requested she visit.
01:10 Maloney says the country is under "unsustainable pressure" after Italy's Interior Ministry
01:14 announced migrant arrivals by sea this year have almost doubled compared to 2022's figures.
01:21 French President Emmanuel Macron has since pledged to support for Italy while the Interior
01:25 Ministers of France, Germany and Italy joined EU representatives for a virtual meeting on
01:30 Saturday to discuss the crisis.
01:32 Back on the ground, the Red Cross is continuing to provide essential supplies to the new arrivals.
01:41 In the devastated Libyan city of Derna, thousands of corpses continue to wash up or decay under
01:47 the rubble following a flood that caused two dams to collapse and swept people to sea.
01:54 The World Health Organisation has urged authorities in Libya to stop burying flood victims in
01:59 mass graves, highlighting the potential health risks if located near water.
02:05 More than 11,200 are confirmed dead and around 10,000 remain missing.
02:12 A team of Italian firefighters have been working along the Wadi Derna river valley.
02:19 They were among multiple rescue teams still searching for bodies in Libya's eastern city
02:23 on Saturday.
02:29 Authorities have launched a probe into the collapse of the two dams and several reports
02:33 now suggest the structures had cracks as early as 1998 which were never repaired.
02:45 A roadmap for reforming the European Stability Pact.
02:48 At an informal Ecofin Council in northwest Spain on Saturday, EU ministers sat down to
02:53 discuss a compromise on fiscal rules.
02:56 The goal, to strike a balance between the need to contain public debt and ensure further
03:00 investment to fuel economic recovery, all before October.
03:04 Volodymyr Dombrovsky, the executive vice president of the European Commission, says the plan
03:09 is an ambitious one.
03:11 This has led to reassessment on how to maintain EU's traditional openness while shoring up
03:18 our economic resilience, how to maintain our standing in a world marketplace and stay competitive.
03:26 If an agreement is reached by October, EU member states are expected to come to a technical
03:31 understanding in November and conclude the process by the end of the year.
03:35 Spain's economy minister Nadia Colvino says representatives have already agreed to 70
03:40 per cent of the new regulations.
03:46 Remembering Masha Amini, the Kurdish-Iranian woman who died in police custody in Tehran
03:51 last year after she was arrested for allegedly wearing the hijab incorrectly.
03:56 Hundreds gathered in central London on Saturday to commemorate the 22-year-old.
04:00 In the French capital, demonstrators came together in support of the Iranian people.
04:04 Mayor Anne Hidalgo announced that Amini will be declared as a posthumous honorary citizen
04:09 to honour her memory and all women fighting for their freedom in Iran and elsewhere.
04:14 Moving south to Rome, hundreds of people gathered in front of the Iranian embassy, with banners
04:18 quoting the slogan "Women, Life, Freedom".
04:21 Crowds demonstrated outside the Iranian embassy in Vienna too. Armed with Iranian flags, protesters
04:27 chanted Masha Amini's name.
04:32 Meanwhile human rights groups say Iranian authorities prevented Masha's family from
04:36 holding a ceremony to mark the first anniversary of her death and briefly detained her father
04:41 in his home.
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