The Italian navy says rescue operations are underway after a ship carrying migrants sank off Libya. It is the latest in a series of tragedies as refugees flee conflict zones in North Africa and the Middle East.
Deutsche Welle: Italian navy says migrant ship sinks with scores dead and hundreds rescued
The Sevastopol mistral warship is on its way for its first sea trials, on March 16, 2015 off Saint-Nazaire.
