At least 15 people died in a collision between a speedboat carrying migrants and a coastguard vessel off the coast of Greece, authorities said Wednesday. The incident occurred off the coast of Chios, an island in the eastern Aegean Sea, according to Sky News.
Coastguard officials recovered the bodies of 11 men and three women from the sea. A woman later died in a hospital, Sky News reported. A search and rescue operation was underway in the area.
In other news, severe weather triggered widespread flooding, power outages, and infrastructure damage across Portugal, Euronews reported. The report, updated Wednesday, indicated road closures along the Tagus River. Authorities warned that another storm could bring further impacts to both Portugal and Spain. Rising waters along the Tagus River forced local authorities to close riverside roads and pedestrian paths in Vila Franca de Xira, Portugal. Officials said the area remained on high alert due to a combination of high tides, heavy rainfall and upstream dam releases from Spain affecting low-lying zones, according to Euronews.
In Texas, a 45-year-old man was reportedly charged with assault after he was filmed fighting high school students during a protest against immigration enforcement agency ICE, Al Jazeera reported on Tuesday.
Also on Tuesday, Sky News reported on a 13-year-old Australian boy, Austin Appelbee, who swam for approximately four hours to shore after he and his family were swept out to sea on Friday. Appelbee described battling "massive" waves during his swim. He said he was thinking happy thoughts to get him through the ordeal, while the rest of his family were singing and joking to keep their spirits up while they waited for rescue, according to Sky News. Appelbee swam approximately 4 kilometers to raise the alarm.
Sky News also reported on emails revealing repeated attempts by Jeffrey Epstein to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin. The emails, dating from 2013 onwards, show Epstein made several bids to meet Putin through the former Norwegian PM Thorbjorn Jagland. While Putin's name appears more than 1,000 times in the files, his inclusion does not imply any wrongdoing, and there's no evidence the two ever met, according to Sky News.
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