Egyptian naval forces have rescued three more people and recovered four bodies, a day after a tourist yacht carrying 44 passengers sank in the Red Sea coastal town of Marsa Alam after facing rough weather.

Authorities in Egypt say a luxury yacht that set off with 44 people from the Red Sea port of Ghalib for a week-long diving trip sank, with 32 rescued and 8 still missing.

Egyptian authorities said more than a dozen people, mostly foreigners, were still missing after a tourist yacht capsized in the Red Sea on Monday, with 28 others rescued.

A British couple remains missing in the Red Sea after a tourist yacht capsised in Egypt. Seven people – including a couple from Devon – are still missing after the vessel carrying 31 holidaymakers and 13 crew sank off the Egyptian coast on Monday.