5 things happening in the world that you need to know about

These are the most important things happening in the world right now…

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A file of approximately 3 terabytes of data, which includes corporate records, emails, finances and more has been leaked – and it’s 100 times larger than the 2010 file dumped by Wikileaks. The file, containing 11 million records dating back 40 years comes from the internal database of Panamanian based law firm, Mossack Fonesca and reveals the offshore holdings of 140 politicians, public officials and athletes around the world. It’s set to cause serious disruption and disgrace all over the world.

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A new EU rule stating that refugees in Greece who hadn’t applied for asylum would, starting from today, be sent to Turkey. The scheme is set to start in full effect this week in a bid to help manage the migrant crisis, and to make the influx of migrants easier on fragile countries such as Greece. For every Syrian migrant that arrives in Greece, another will be sent back to Turkey and one Syrian in Turkey will be resettled into the EU. The deal is expected to bring violence amongst migrants, who feel as if they are being treated as criminals rather than victims of warfare.

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Tesla Motors, where Elon Musk is CEO, has said that orders for its highly anticipated Model 3 sold 253,000 in the first 36 hours, even though it’s not set to reach customers for another 18 months or so. This is the company’s first mass market vehicle and each car will be sold at an average price of $42,000 – equating to this initial rush of orders totalling a estimated retail value of $10.6 billion.

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This Friday, more than a million British workers will receive a pay rise as the national minimum wage comes into play. It’s said that the national living wage debate is what fed into a tense political debate on whether the country should leave or stay within the EU. Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne, announced a series of increases in the wage that will leave it being 13 percent higher than it otherwise would have been in 2020.

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The next generation may be the ones that are affected most by Brexit, if it happens, but they are also the votes that the government depend most on. It’s been stated that some 49% of people aged 18-23 as it currently stands have no interest in voting, so a vote in sufficient numbers on 23rd of June is essential to get the result Britain needs. An online survey by Opinium puts the Leave side of 43%, four points ahead of Remain which is on 39%. 18% of voters said that they were still undecided, and 1% refused to say.