In the month since an Iraqi forces-led operation began to liberate Mosul from so-called Islamic State (ISIL), more than 47,000 people have been displaced.

They have fled for their lives to a camp for the displaced – escaping the frontline of the fight for Mosul.

The United Nations has said it is deeply concerned about the plight of people who flee Mosul as fighting intensifies amid the Iraqi offensive.

As reports from Russia suggest it is sending more warplanes to Syria, the offensive by President Assad’s military on the ground is stepping up a gear.

Aid convoys have reached some besieged areas of Syria where hundreds of thousands of civilians are trapped.

Some 3,000 migrants have been rescued in the Mediterranean over the weekend.

Striking footage has emerged of children being pulled from the rubble of a building flattened by air strikes in Syria.

The United Nations says it is talking to Russia about getting a longer halt to hostilities, to help the two million people trapped in the divided Syrian city of Aleppo.

Caracas (Venezuela) - The foreign ministers of Venezuela and Colombia have met to discuss moves to open up their joint border, a year after Caracas closed crossings in a crackdown on smuggling.

Around 1,000 migrants have arrived in Italy from North Africa in the last three days.