Refugees Break Through Police Barricade
Hundreds of refugees at a holding centre in the southern town of Roszke have broken through police barricades. They then began walking north along a highway, towards Budapest, shouting ‘Germany.’ On Monday, Germany pledged 6.7 billion dollars in aid to asylum seekers who arrive in the country. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has said the EU should be giving financial aid to non-EU countries instead. He says non-EU states should deal with the refugee influx instead.
Maduro Closes More of Border
President Nicolas Maduro has closed another border crossing with Colombia. He also said he’d send 3 thousand soldiers to the area. Three weeks ago, three Venezuelan soldiers were shot and critically injured. Maduro blamed Colombian paramilitaries and declared a state of emergency. He has closed several border checkpoints and deported more than 1,000 Colombians. About 15,000 Colombians have since fled the country. 5.6 million Colombians live in Venezuela.
Cameron Admits Strike Killed Citizens
Prime Minister David Cameron has announced that for the first time a drone strike has been used to target a British citizen in Syria. The attack killed three people. Two were Britons accused of fighting for ISIS and plotting attacks in the UK. The British Royal Air Force didn’t have a parliamentary mandate to carry out the strike. But Cameron called it an act of ‘self-defence. ‘He described one of the victims as a ‘terrorist.’ He said the UK took the action
‘because there was no alternative.’
Running Out of Anti-venom
Doctors Without Borders has warned that the world is running out of effective snakebite treatments. It says that the last batch left of the most effective treatment, Fav-Afrique, is set to expire in 2016. The anti-venom’s manufacturer says it’s been priced out of the market and that it would share its formula with other companies. But a replacement may not be available in time. The World Health Organization says about 5 million people are bitten by snakes each year. About 10 thousand die.
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