Protesters break into Baghdad's Green Zone breaking into Iraq's parliament

Supporters of cleric Moqtada al-Sadr gather in the courtyard of celebrations after breaking into Baghdad's Green Zone. (AFP)

These are some of the headlines we are tracking for you in this edition of Press TV's Top 5:

  • Thousands of protesters break into Baghdad's heavily fortified "Green Zone" and rampage through the parliament building after lawmakers fail to approve new cabinet ministers again.
  • Former London mayor and senior member of Labour Party, Ken Livingstone, says he is not sorry for saying that Adolf Hilter helped Zionism.
  • Israel continues with its crackdown against Palestinians. Israeli authorities issue administrative detention orders against 27 Palestinians.
  • Austria is holding talks with the EU to extend border controls beyond mid-May to stem the flow of refugees into the bloc.
  • The US announcement that its airstrike on an Afghan hospital did not amount to a war crime angers Doctors Without Borders charity organization and local Afghans.

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