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Now playing Next Belgium EU leaders agree migrant plan, while Greek debt deal remains elusive Tens of thousands of migrants who have arrived in Italy and Greece will be relocated to other EU states over the next two years. That is the decision 26/06/2015
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Now playing Next world news NATO 'won't be dragged into arms race' with Russia The head of NATO has said the organisation will not be forced into a new arms race with Russia. But Jens Stoltenberg said what he called Moscow’s 24/06/2015
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Now playing Next Italy Coastguards rescue 3,700 Mediterranean migrants in two days More than 3,700 migrants were rescued on Monday and Tuesday in the Mediterranean as part of the EU’s coastguard operation. On Monday 2,741 were 23/06/2015
Now playing Next world news New EU Sentinel satellite launched to improve Earth-watching operation A new European satellite has been launched with powerful image-taking capabilities designed to improve the monitoring of natural disasters and global 23/06/2015
Now playing Next world news EU launches "intelligence gathering " mission against migrant smuggler gangs One person was killed and another seriously injured when a rubber dinghy carrying migrants headed for Italy came under fire off the Libyan coast on 23/06/2015
Now playing Next world news EU takes aim at Mediterranean migrant traffickers A naval force against migrant traffickers in the Mediterranean has been forged by the 28-nation European Union. Called EU NAVFOR Med, it aims to 22/06/2015
Now playing Next world news EU foreign ministers agree new operation against people smugglers Ending the trade in migrants run by people smugglers. That’s the aim of a fresh operation launched on Monday by the EU. It’s expected the first 22/06/2015