Amnesty Attacks European Union Over Migrants

Amnesty International says the European Union's action plan to stop migrants and refugees attempting to cross the Mediterranean will make the crisis worse rather than better.

Armed supporters of Venezuela's left-wing president, Nicolas Maduro, have besieged the opposition-controlled National Assembly, hours after a group stormed the building, injuring several politicians.

Hospital staff say that almost eighty people have died in a road accident in the Central African Republic.