Gates of Vienna News Feed 6/4/2015

Gates of Vienna Newsfeed
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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has reacted to the latest scandal over revelations about Turkish government complicity in weapons shipments to Syrian jihadis: he wants a newspaper editor to spend life behind bars. Can Dundar, the editor of Cumhuriyet, has been charged with “espionage” and “revealing state secrets”. The charges carry a possible life sentence.

In other news, more than 75 people have now been confirmed dead in the Yangtze cruise ship accident in China. Hundreds more are still missing.