at least 79 migrants dead off Greece

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Like every day, the franceinfo evening news takes a tour of the news broadcast by European television channels. It’s Eurozapping on Wednesday June 14th.

A fishing boat, overloaded with migrants, leaving Libya for Italy, capsized off the Peloponnese (Greece), Tuesday, June 13. The Greek authorities have already recovered 79 bodies. There could be many more. Since Wednesday, June 14 in the morning, only a hundred survivors have been rescued at sea. Faced with the scale of the tragedy, Greece has announced three days of mourning.

Italians pay tribute to Silvio Berlusconi

In Italy, thousands of people gathered in Milan for a final farewell to Silvio Berlusconi. The funeral of the former head of government and businessman, who died of cancer at the age of 86, took place on Wednesday June 14 in front of supporters of AC Milan, the club he led , and many personalities. “A president who wins five Champions Leagues and eight national titles is huge”, says a Milan supporter. But other Italians deemed the state funeral and national mourning excessive.


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