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Added on the 04/07/2022 21:31:16 - Copyright : Euronews EN
Dario Gambarin is at it again!
The migrant crisis is surging once again in Italy. 31 thousand people have either been rescued or landed on Italy's shores since the start of the year. That's four times more than the same period last year and the year before. The government in Rome has just declared a six-month state of emergency. And like many Italian prime ministers before her, Georgia Meloni has been unable to convince the rest of the EU to help. FRANCE 24's Seema Gupta is in Southern Italy. She tells us more on why the Italian government declared the state of emergency now.
Italy’s farmers suffered through record-breaking droughts last summer. Winter has brought little relief.
The bomb was found by fishermen on the banks of the River Po, which has all but dried up in the valley's worst drought for 70 years.
The Po River valley in northern Italy is in the grip of its worst drought for 70 years. These pictures help show just how bad it has become.