Muslims begin annual Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia

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

• Muslims begin the annual Hajj pilgrimage in the holy city of Mecca, with no one from Iran attending the event because of Riyadh’s failure to provide safety guarantees.
  
• At least 24 people are killed in Saudi Arabia's fresh airstrikes on Yemen.
  
• A UN report blames the government of South Sudan for a recent escalation of violence in the world’s youngest nation.
  
• Palestinians hold a funeral for a young man in the besieged Gaza Strip who was shot dead by Israeli troops.
  
• 2 people lose their lives in fresh clashes between government forces and pro-independence ralliers in the Indian-controlled Kashmir.