A boat carrying would-be immigrants to Italy capsized in the Mediterranean, killing at least 22 people and leaving dozens more missing.

Talks between British, American and Libyan officials about the Lockerbie bombing are making progress, with negotiators from the North African country reportedly “closer” to accepting responsibility for the 1988 attack.

Libya is willing to pay more than £1.5bn (€2.25bn) to the families of victims of Pan Am Flight 103 after accepting “civil responsibility” for the 1988 explosion over Lockerbie.

Libya’s preliminary €2.9bn offer to families of 270 people killed in the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 is not the only step needed for a lifting of sanctions against the country, the US administration has said.