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The Mare Jonio ship (right) is flanked by Italian Coast Guard and finance police boats off the coast of the Lampedusa island, Italy, today
ITALY’S far-right interior minister once again refused to allow migrants rescued in the Mediterranean Sea to come ashore today.
A ship operated by Italian NGO Mediterranea Saving Lives pulled 49 people from a sinking rubber boat 42 miles off the coast of Libya yesterday after they were discovered by a “spotter plane” operated by another NGO called Sea Watch.
The charity posted dramatic footage of the rescue on social media soon afterwards and called on the Italian government to provide a “safe haven” for the migrants.
Italians reject controversial judiciary reforms in a referendum that boosts the left, reports NICK WRIGHT
While Hardie, MacDonald and Wilson faced down war pressure from their own Establishment, today’s leadership appears to have forgotten that opposing imperial adventures has historically defined Labour’s moral authority, writes KEITH FLETT