Rescuers found a 29-year-old man in serious condition on the volcano’s eastern slope on Sunday. He was later pronounced dead at a hospital in Catania.

The armed group, based in Yemen and backed by Iran, said it had launched missiles near the vital maritime trade route, in a conflict that shows no sign of abating.

Emergency services said they were working at the scene of a derailment near Lewes, in East Sussex, on Thursday. Eighteen other people were less badly hurt.