Today’s main stories: As thousands continue on the incredibly dangerous voyages across the Mediterranean seeking safe refuge in Europe, we’ll be speaking to Médecins Sans Frontières about life on board their rescue ships. We talk to Jacob Goldberg, medical team leader on-board the Aquarius.
With the Paralympic Games now steeped in controversy, we speak to International Paralympic Committee Communications Director, Craig Spence and journalist David Owen from insidethegames.biz on how financial setbacks could impact on the quality of the Games this year.
The President of the European Parliament warned yesterday that democracy in Venezuela was "in danger" following an announcement that a number of civil servants who signed a petition supporting a presidential recall referendum, are to be removed from their jobs. We talk to Hugo Perez Hernaiz, Associate Professor of Sociology at the Universidad Central de Venezuela.
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