Algeria has abandoned more than 13,000 people in the Sahara Desert over the past 14 months, including pregnant women and children, expelling them without food or water and forcing them to walk, sometimes at gunpoint, under the blistering sun. Some never make it out alive.

One of the most talked about topics in British media and political circles is the National Health Service (NHS) and how it is funded. Week after week there are discussions about how the quality of care is suffering due to insufficient government funding, on the one hand, and the coming challenges of providing adequate care for the elderly with a reduced young workforce, on the other.

On June 24, Turks in Turkey will face a date of presidential and legislative elections, in which the president aims to turn the regime into a presidential system. According to opinion polls of institutions close to the Ankara government, between 45 and 55 percent will vote for President Rajab Tayyib Erdogan.

On 14 June IA "Memo.ru" reports: "In the lead-up to the World Cup in Russia, "Memorial" published the lists of political prisoners. The list of those persecuted in connection with the realization of the right to freedom of religion and religious affiliation grew from 97 to 108 people.