States accused of ignoring migrant boat distress calls
A rubber boat carrying dozens of people to Europe capsized in international waters off Libya.
The UN's migration agency has accused various states of doing nothing to try to save people on board a stricken boat that run into trouble off the Libyan coast.
Plus several African heads of state, and France's President Emmanuel Macron, attend the state funeral for Chad鈥檚 late President Idriss D茅by.
And Resident President Olushambles learns who鈥檚 in charge in Chad now.
Photo: A rubber boat is seen after having capsized with more than 100 migrants on board, during a search and rescue operation in the Mediterranean Sea, off the Libyan Coast. Credit: Flavio Gasperini/Sos Mediterranee via Reuters.
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