LIVE | From the South: Evacuation requests made by the migrant rescue NGO Open Arms for two babies on board its vessel in the Mediterranean Sea have been rejected by Italy and Malta as its wait for a safe European port enters day 12. And the government of South Africa has hailed the solidarity late Cuban leader Fidel Castro extended to the country's liberation movements during the struggle against apartheid on the 93rd anniversary of his birth. More on these and other stories now.