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Greek court drops shipwreck charges
Court has no jurisdiction over nine Egyptian men accused of killing hundreds in shipwreck.
A Greek court has dropped charges against nine Egyptian men accused of responsibility for a shipwreck in the Mediterranean last year in which hundreds of migrants drowned.
Also in the programme: Israeli medics say Palestinian detainees are routinely shackled to hospital beds, treatment they say is dehumanising; and how the war in Ukraine is changing the habits of a rare eagle.
(Photo: Suspects greeting each other after case was dropped by Greek court in Kalamata. Credit: Shutterstock)
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