Fifteen more people are killed in clashes between security forces and protestors in Iraq, raising the overall death toll to 222 since protests began this month. (Al Jazeera)(Reuters)
Sea-Eye, a charity which performs migrant rescue operations in the Mediterranean Sea, claims the Libyancoastguard circled their ship MV Alan Kurdi and fired warning shots into the air, with weapons pointed at crew and the migrants they were rescuing. (Deutsche Welle)
Disasters and accidents
Flooding in Japan kills nine people in Chiba and one more in Fukushima, with a further person missing in the latter. (Gulf News)
The driver of the lorry in which 39 bodies were found is charged with 39 counts of manslaughter, as well as immigration offences, money laundering, and people trafficking. Three other people remain in police custody suspected of manslaughter and people trafficking after 39 bodies were found in a lorry earlier this week. (BBC News)
