Eleven dead and dozens missing in shipwreck

At least 11 people have died and more than 60 are missing as a result of two shipwrecks off the coast of southern Italy. According to the BBC, German charity RESQSHIP said it picked up 51 people from a sinking, wooden boat and found 10 bodies trapped in the lower deck near the island of Lampedusa on Monday. In a separate incident on the same day, more than 60 people were reported missing, with 26 of them feared to be children, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) said.