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Such was its size that small vehicles would be able to travel within the tunnel, an AFP photographer granted access to it reported

Greece on Thursday pursued a grim search for survivors a day after a fishing boat overloaded with migrants capsized and sank in the Ionian Sea, with the number of victims feared to reach into the hundreds.

As relatives in the migrants' home countries frantically sought details of their loved ones, the coastguard said 78 bodies had been recovered so far.

The COVID-19 death toll in Spain has reached 4089 today, after 655 people died within 24 hours, the BNR reported, citing AFP.

This is a 19 percent growth compared to Wednesday.

The number of reported cases of COVID-19 in the country has increased to 56 188. Spain ranks second in terms of victims of the disease after Italy.

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Incoming French president Emmanuel Macron's centrist movement on Thursday unveiled 428 candidates for June's general election, 52% of whom are new to politics and half of whom are women, AFP reported.

Polish President Andrzej Duda has signed a law giving the government control of the state-owned media.

Duda signed this "controversial" bill "despite EU concern and condemnation from rights watchdogs," reported AFP.

A Bulgarian driver has been found dead behind the wheel of his truck on the A7 motorway in the department of Isere in southeastern France, AFP reported on Wednesday.

"The autopsy took place this morning and revealed blows that hadn't been detected during the initial examination," AFP quoted a French prosecution official as saying. "Obviously, he had been beaten."