Macedonian police fire stun grenades to disperse protesters outside the parliament and clear the way for the evacuation of lawmakers still in the building.

Greece begins evacuating thousands of stranded migrants from the makeshift Idomeni camp on its northern border with Macedonia.

Macedonia has said it will no longer let any migrants through its border with Greece, effectively blocking the Balkan route north.

The European Union is preparing to spend hundreds of millions of euros on humanitarian aid, as Greece struggles to cope with an influx of migrants.

More than 7,000 migrants have been stuck in worsening conditions on the Greece-Macedonia border at a camp designed to support just 1,500 people.

Croatia closes seven of its eight road border crossings with Serbia following a huge influx of migrants.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban calls on the European Union to give Syria's neighbours €3bn (£2.2bn; $3.4bn) in financial aid to help those displaced by the civil war.

The Italian navy organizes the rescue of around 4,400 migrants in waters off the Libyan coast, prompted by requests for help received from nearly two dozen boats, in one of the biggest multi-national operations so far.

Shooting breaks out for a second day on Sunday in northern Macedonia after clashes in the restive Balkan nation left at least eight officers and 14 gunmen dead, police said.

At least 14 migrants are killed after being hit by a train on a well-trodden route across Macedonia to Western Europe, police say.