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900 refugees killed last week in Mediterranean Sea: UN

The UN says some 900 refugees were killed in the past week, in a series of shipwrecks in the Mediterranean Sea.

These are some of the headlines we are tracking for you in this edition of Press TV's Top 5:

  • The UN says some 900 refugees were killed in the past week, in a series of shipwrecks in the Mediterranean Sea.
  • A memorial ceremony is held in Gaza to mark the 6th anniversary of Israel’s attack on the first Gaza freedom flotilla which killed nine activists.
  • Amnesty International says the number of internally displaced Afghans has doubled to one-point-two million over the past three years.
  • Belgians rally against the government’s austerity measures following a strike by public sector workers that’s caused travel chaos.
  • Germany warns that Britain’s possible exit from the EU would create a negative dynamic among the bloc’s member states.