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Scientists are working on the 'biggest and most complicated' attempt ever to save the coral on the Great Barrier Reef in Autralia.

The Libyan authorities have taken dozens of migrants from a cargo ship after about a week and a half. They were rescued at sea and refused to disembark in the North African country because they wanted to be brought to Europe.

A new speed camera in an Italian village registered 58,000 offenses in two weeks.

An unsuspecting swimmer off the coast of Tasmania was stabbed to death by a stingray. The man was struck by the tentacle of the animal in his abdomen.

Because of an accident with a refugee boat off the coast of Sardinia, at least two people drowned and eight others are missing. This was reported by the Italian Coast Guard on Saturday.

A year after his disappearance, the Argentinean submarine ARA San Juan may have been recovered. This report media in Argentina. The navy would have confirmed the find on Saturday.

Dozens of rescued migrants refuse to land in Libya. They have embarked on board a container ship in the city of Misrata, says a member of the Libyan Coast Guard.

At least five people were killed when a boat with migrants sank off the coast of Turkey. Three of the dead are children, says the Turkish Coast Guard.

Spouses who fly helicopters to a dinner, expensive gold coins as gifts, drinking parties at the expense of the state: the Swiss army gets a lot of criticism because of excessive expense reports. As the Swiss newspaper Tages-Anzeiger said on Monday, in recent years several dinners were accompanied by a lot of wine and drinks.

Three people were rescued from the water with a helicopter on Thursday after a ferry and a yacht collided at the coast of Gran Canaria. That reports El Monde. The victims were taken to the hospital.

Off the coast of Hordaland in Norway, an oil tanker and a ship from the Norwegian navy collided on Thursday morning. According to local media, the frigate KNM Helge Ingstad makes a lot of water, but there is no danger of sinking. The ship has partly run aground and is kept upright.

For the island of Malta, 149 refugees were rescued in the Mediterranean on Tuesday. The group was in a big dinghy, which had been 'in trouble' about 60 nautical miles from Malta, the Maltese forces said.

President Trump has already voted early by post. And with him a record number of Americans. Everything seems to indicate a big turnout for these congressional elections. In spite of rain along almost the entire east coast, polling stations report great pressure.

Nine British tourists were rescued from a burning yacht off the coast of the Thai island of Phuket. The fifteen-meter-long vessel was hit by lightning and caught fire, the BBC reports.

A Scottish fisherman was taken from a rock wall by rescue workers after he had sought refuge there because he was being attacked by a group of about fifty aggressive seals. That is what the Scottish Coast Guard reports on Saturday.

The death toll due to the severe weather that Italy has been tormenting for three days has risen to eleven on Tuesday. Someone is also missing. A large part of Venice came under water. On videos you can see how tourists waded through the water of the flooded St. Mark's Square and how a restaurant, despite a low water of at least twenty centimeters, still served pizzas.

Three Palestinian youths were killed by an Israeli air strike. That says the Palestinian Ministry of Health in the Gaza Strip, which speaks of teenagers aged twelve to fourteen.

Hurricane Willa landed on the Pacific coast of Mexico on Tuesday evening. The storm swept with wind speeds of up to 180 kilometers per hour across the coastal area and was accompanied by heavy rainfall. There are no reports of victims or damage.

The hurricane Willa, which races towards the Pacific over Mexico, has increased in strength so far that it now falls into the highest category. The US National Hurricane Center (NHC) in Miami reports wind speeds of 260 kilometers per hour with highs. Willa lands in the course of Tuesday afternoon or evening (local time). That will be accompanied by abundant rainfall, up to 450 millimeters.

Hurricane Willa, which is currently raging across the Pacific Ocean, has grown in strength to category 4. In and around the depression wind speeds are measured up to 210 kilometers per hour.

The tropical storm Leslie caused much damage during the night from Saturday to Sunday along the coast of Portugal. Trees and electricity poles fanned, roofs flew from houses, roads were blocked and there was a lot of flooding, especially in the province of Estremadura north of the capital Lisbon.

A white with gold dress, or was it black with blue? The shoes that crossed the internet were gray with green, right? Or white with pink? People are often fond of such games online. Now we have a nice new puzzle. On Twitter a photo was shared with the text: 'I thought it was her neck'. But, what is it?

Hurricane Michael has landed in the American state of Florida. The eye of the hurricane passed the coast near Mexico Beach, some thirty kilometers southeast of Panama City, in the so-called Pannensteel of Florida. The hurricane remains strong above the country and leaves a trail of destruction behind.

A boat with migrants has sunk off the coast of Turkey. At least eight people were killed and another 25 are missing, reports the Turkish Coast Guard.

Hurricane Michael approaching the east coast of the United States can become a storm of the fourth category when he lands in western Florida or in the Big Bend area of ​​Florida around the city of Tallahassee.

Around the cargo ships that collide on Sunday in the Mediterranean Sea is an oil slick of hundreds of square meters. The oil has leaked from one of the ships, according to ARD.

The tropical storm Michael, who travels across the Gulf of Mexico towards the United States, has developed into a hurricane. 'With a maximum speed of 120 kilometers per hour, Michael is now a hurricane of the first category', reports the American hurricane center NHC. Michael is on his way to the US state of Florida.

A large natural fire broke out in a national park on the coast of Portugal. The newspaper Jornal de Notícias reports that more than five hundred firefighters fight the conflagration spreading over the natural park of Sintra-Cascais, west of the capital Lisbon. The inhabitants of neighboring villages are evacuated as a precaution.

The Maltese forces have picked up 120 migrants from a boat on the Mediterranean. The refugees in distress were accidentally discovered during a routine check-up off the coast of Malta, let the army of the Mediterranean island know. It is expected that the crew will be brought ashore on Sunday.

The EU and Albania have signed an agreement on cooperation and the deployment of the European Border and Coast Guard Frontex in Albania to combat illegal migration and cross-border crime. With the permission of the government, Frontex can also take action on Albanian territory if necessary.