Italy PM accuses rescue-boat captain of "unbelievably serious" move

Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte accused the captain of a charity-run rescue ship of taking "unbelievably serious" action this week in deciding to sail the ship into Italian waters in defiance of a ban from Rome. "This captain ... who has taken this decision, and for 10 days has been keeping people in that situation, has acted in a way which I consider unbelievably serious," Conte told reporters in Japan on Thursday, in comments broadcast in Italy.

"It's something that concerns not the Italian government but Italian magistrates," he added.