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Images showing a boat belonging to the Italian coastguard in the harbour of Lampedusa island in Sicily, after they rescued migrants in the Mediterranean sea. IMAGES
A US destroyer "operating in the northern Red Sea" shot down three missiles and several drones launched by Houthi forces in Yemen, Pentagon spokesperson Pat Ryder announces during a press conference. SOUNDBITE
A boat believed to be carrying hundreds of migrants is safely towed to the Greek island of Crete after a dramatic rescue complicated by near gale-force winds, a coastguard said. IMAGES
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson says that the navy would take over patrolling the Channel for migrants trying to cross from France. SOUNDBITE
Migrants rescued by a ship chartered by NGOs disembark in Sicily and are taken care of by the authorities. The Ocean Viking, chartered by SOS Méditerranée in partnership with the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), rescued 114 people on December 16, including minors and two newborns who were on an inflatable boat in distress in international waters off the coast of Libya. IMAGES
Two patrol boats sent by the United States to strengthen the Ukrainian navy arrive at the southern port of Odessa amid Western fears that Russia might be plotting to invade its neighbour. IMAGES
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