Italian rescuers recover 10 bodies after migrant boat capsizes off Malta

Coastguard says about 48 people were rescued alive after vessel left Libya carrying about 60 passengers

Italian rescuers have recovered 10 bodies after a migrant boat capsized in waters off Malta, a coastguard statement said on Sunday.

The vessel, which had departed from Libya carrying about 60 people, overturned about 45 nautical miles east-south-east of Malta, the Italian coastguard said.