Greek debt ;Deadline payment Deal

Greek debt crisis: Country will not make deadline for key payment to IMF, finance minister says.

Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis says his country will not make the deadline for a key payment to the International Monetary Fund, placing it on course to default.

The government owes about 1.5 billion euros to the IMF by June 30, but Mr Varoufakis said he was hoping to clinch a last-minute deal with creditors on an aid package.

The banks remain closed until July 6, but the streets are still full in central Athens.

A referendum this weekend will see the country decide whether to accept the terms that come with the latest bailout package.

Greek prime minister Alexis Tsipras urged citizens to vote "No" to the austerity measures, calling the bailout package insulting.

Many believe a "No" vote will almost certainly see Greece leaving the eurozone.

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France announces terrorism charge

France announces terrorism charge against Yassin Salhi, man accused of beheading boss at gas plant.

A man arrested last week in France on suspicion of beheading his boss and trying to blow up an industrial gas plant will be kept behind bars pending an inquiry on terrorism charges, the country's chief public prosecutor has said.

Prosecutor Francois Molins announced the news at the end of an initial 96-hour custody following the arrest of Yassin Salhi, 35, who was arrested on the scene of the crime near the southern city of Lyon on Friday.

The severed head of his boss was found hanging on the fence of a site belonging to US-based gas and chemicals company Air Products, next to flags bearing professions of the  Muslim faith.

Tunisia attack: First arrests

Tunisia attack: First arrests made over beach massacre, interior minister says.

Tunisia has made its first arrests in connection with last week's jihadist attack at a popular beach resort that killed 38 people, interior minister Najem Gharsalli said.

"We have started by arresting a first group, a significant number of people, from the network that was behind this terrorist criminal," Mr Gharsalli said at a joint press conference with his German, French and British counterparts.

Mr Gharsalli gave no further details, but said officials were still verifying whether the attacker had been trained in neighbouring Libya in jihadist camps.

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Greek debt crisis: Latest

Greek debt crisis: EU Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker says he feels 'betrayed'

European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker has defended proposals rejected by Greece to resolve its debt crisis, adding that he feels a "little betrayed".

The comments came after Greek prime minister Alexis Tsipras blindsided creditors by calling a referendum on the austerity cuts in the aid package proposed by the creditors andannouncing capital controls to prevent banks from collapsing.

The Greek government will keep banks shut at least until after July 5 — the date of the referendum — and withdrawals from automated teller machines have been limited to 60 euros a day.

The stock exchange will also stay shut.

Mr Juncker said the referendum was a "moment of truth" for Greece, adding that Greek voters would be rejecting the European Union if they voted 'No' on Sunday.

"After all the efforts I deployed from the commission, I feel betrayed because these efforts were insufficiently taken into account," Mr Juncker said, adding it would have led to no wage or pension cuts and created more social fairness.

"This is not a stupid austerity package."

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Glastonbury: Kanye West

Glastonbury: Kanye West delivers headline set.

US rapper Kanye West has delivered his highly anticipated Glastonbury festival set, telling fans he is "the greatest living rock star on the planet".

West's headline booking had caused some controversy and his performance divided opinion among the crowd on site.

He opened with number one hit Stronger and performed on a largely bare stage with a bank of white lights above.

But his set was briefly interrupted by a stage invasion by British comedian and prankster Lee Nelson.

The prankster, real name Simon Brodkin, wrote on Twitter: "Some people were saying Kanye shouldn't headline Glastonbury so I thought I'd give him a hand."

But he was swiftly bundled off stage by a security guard and West resumed his song Black Skinhead.

At one point, he left the stage to travel above the heads of the crowd in the cradle of a cherry picker for the songs Touch the Sky and All of the Lights.

His performance came after more than 134,000 people signed a petition objecting to his booking, and Glastonbury organiser Emily Eavis had death threats on Twitter from a disgruntled fan.

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Lions to be re-introduced to Rwanda

Lions to be re-introduced to Rwanda two decades after human genocide wiped them out.

Lions will return to Rwanda for the first time in more than two decades after the endangered animal was wiped out in Rwanda's human genocide.

Seven lions, two males and five females, are being transported from South Africa and will arrive by air in Rwanda on Monday, where they will be taken and released after a two-week quarantine into the eastern Akagera National Park.

Lions in Rwanda were wiped out during the 1994 genocide, which left an estimated 800,000 people dead.

Fleeing refugees and displaced people occupied part of the park, with the lion being driven out or killed as people tried to protect their livestock.

Peter Fearnhead, the head of African Parks — which helps run the 112,000-hectare Akagera bordering Tanzania — said the reintroduction was "a ground-breaking conservation effort for both the park and the country of Rwanda".

As part of preparations for the re-introduction, the Akagera park team worked with nearby communities to promote harmonious co-existence with lions.

"Their return will encourage the natural balance of the ecosystem," said Yamina Karitanyi, head of tourism at the Rwanda Development Board

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500 Injured at Water Park explosion. Taiwan

Taiwan Formosa Water Park explosion injures hundreds.

More than 500 people have been injured in a fire and explosion at anamusement park outside Taiwan's capital Taipei.

Saturday's incident happened on the main stage of the Formosa Water Park. A flammable powder is believed to have exploded as it spread into the crowd.

Footage showed people panicking and screaming, and rescuers carrying the wounded on stretchers.

More than 180 people have serious injuries. Some of them breathed in the powder, causing respiratory problems.

The cause of the incident is still being investigated. The BBC's Cindy Sui in Taipei says officials believe the fire caused the coloured powder spray used to create a party atmosphere to explode.

The incident occurred about 20:30 (12:30 GMT). More than 1,000 people were near the stage at the time.

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Two Arrested South Carolina Flag Protest

Confederate flag at South Carolina State House pulled down.

A black woman has climbed the flagpole in the grounds of the South Carolina State House and removed its controversial Confederate flag.

Bree Newsome climbed the 30ft (9m) steel pole just after dawn on Saturday despite police telling her to come down, Associated Press reported.

Ms Newsome and a man were later arrested and the flag returned.

There have been calls for it to be removed since nine people were killed in a racist attack in Charleston.

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London Pride march 2015

Thousands attend London Pride march.

Thousands of people are taking to the streets of London for the annual Pride parade.

More than 250 groups are taking part in the parade, which started in Baker Street at 13:00 BST.

Police said there was extra security on the route following terror attacks in France, Tunisia and Kuwait on Friday.

The United States flag will join Ireland and Mozambique's at the front of the march, recognising recent gay rights progress in the three countries.

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suicide;Kuwait mosque 27 dead

27 killed in suicide attack on Kuwait mosque; Islamic State affiliated group claims responsibility.

Twenty-seven people have been killed in a suicide attack on a Shiite Muslim mosque in Kuwait City, the health ministry says.

Health minister Ali al-Obaidi told the state-run Kuwait Television an additional 222 people had been wounded. Kuwait City's governor Thabet al-Muhanna said eight were in a critical condition.

The attack came on a day of bloodshed worldwide, with at least 37 gunned down at a beach resort in Tunisia and a suspected Islamist launching an assault on a gas factory in eastern France.

A witness said the Kuwait City bombing happened when the Al-Imam al-Sadeq mosque was packed with some 2,000 worshippers during Friday prayers.

A group affiliated with Islamic State (IS), calling itself Najd Province, has claimed responsibility for the deadly attack, according to a statement posted on social media.

The statement identified the bomber as Abu Suleiman al-Muwahed and said the target was a "temple of the rejectionists" — a term used by the Islamist militant group to refer to Shiite Muslims — and said dozens were killed or wounded.

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Tunisia dead:Majority British

Most of Tunisia dead 'were British'

At least five Britons have been confirmed dead by the Foreign Office.

'He took a bullet for me.

Islamic State extremists say they carried out the attack. Tunisia's prime minister Habib Essid says the majority of the 38 people killed were British.

The prime minister said his "thoughts and prayers are with the loved ones of those killed or injured".

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Tunisia attack: British survivor

Tunisia attack: British survivor hit by bullet

A man who survived a gun attack on a popular tourist beach in Tunisia has spoken of the moment two gunmen struck.

He described how they began firing on people on the beach in Sousse, leaving dozens dead.

Officials say one gunman has been shot dead and another is being pursued.

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Five Britons Among Dead:Tunisia

Tunisia attack: Five Britons among dead.

At least five Britons are among the dead after an attack on a beach near the popular Tunisian resort town of Sousse, UK Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond has said.

Tunisia's health ministry has said at least 37 people are dead, mostly foreigners.

The UK death toll could rise, Mr Hammond said, with a "high proportion" of casualties expected to be British.

Tunisian officials say one gunman was shot dead and another is being pursued.

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They said one attacker, who had posed as a swimmer but was carrying a rifle under a parasol, was shot dead in an exchange of fire with police.

Local media reported that a second attacker had been arrested, but this has not been confirmed.

Tunisians, Germans, Belgians and at least one Irish citizen are among the dead. A further 36 people are injured, the health ministry said.

Tourists described "bullets whizzing around us" and scenes of "panic" at the Port El Kantaoui district.

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Human Rights,Thailand BLOCKS

Thailand halts Human Rights Watch event on Vietnam,

Thailand's military-run government has forced Human Rights Watch (HRW) to cancel an event in Bangkok to launch a report into alleged abuses in Vietnam.

Thai officials said the event, which was halted minutes before it was due to start, could have affected relations between the two countries.

The HRW report focuses on the treatment of a Christian group in Vietnam.

The group said the Thai response showed how freedom of speech had beeneroded since the army seized power last year.

Thai police said the event at the Foreign Correspondents Club of Thailand could "have an impact on the country's security or could affect the friendship and cooperation between Thailand and Vietnam".

It is the third human rights event at the venue that has been halted by authorities in the past month.

The HRW report describes what it says is the persecution of Montagnard Christians in Vietnam's central highlands. Their religious practices have been described by the Vietnamese government as "evil".

Sunai Phasuk, Human Rights Watch's senior researcher in Asia, said the decision to cancel the report's launch was "very disappointing".

"Thailand is now going to be known as the defender of human rights violators in [Southeast Asia], which adds more damage to Thailand's already tarnished international reputation under the military rule," he added.

Thai authorities have launched a crackdown on critics since the military seized power from a civilian government in May 2014.

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Alaska.Plane Crash 9 Killed

Alaska sightseeing plane crash kills all nine occupants, police say,

A sightseeing plane has crashed in southeast Alaska killing all nine people onboard, US police said.

Emergency crews were able to reach the aircraft that crashed against a granite rock face and confirm the deceased, according to Megan Peters from Alaska's Department of Public Safety.

The victims included eight passengers and the pilot.

"Due to inclement weather, the body recovery effort will not be attempted until tomorrow," she said in a statement.

The National Transportation Safety Board said on Twitter it was sending a "go-team" to the crash site to investigate.

The plane, a single-engine DHC-3 Otter, went down near a town called Ketchikan.

The aircraft is reported to have been part of an excursion launched from Holland America Line, acruise line operating in the area.

"We are incredibly distressed by this situation, and our thoughts and prayers are with those onboard the plane and their families," the cruise line said in a statement.

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Europes Ongoing Crisis;Escalate

Migrant talks escalate as European leaders struggle to agree on plan to confront ongoing crisis.

Fractious European leaders argued into the early morning on Friday over how to handle the EU's current migration crisis.

In the build up to the summit held in Brussels,reports emerged showing crowds of migrants attempting to board and hide in lorries around the French port of Calais, where the entrance to theChannel Tunnel is located which connects France to Britain.

Leaders eventually reached an agreement to share the responsibility of desperate people fleeing warand poverty in North Africa and the Middle East.

The criteria system replaces unpopular proposals for mandatory quotas on each country, which Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary and others fought against, arguing their ex-Communist economies still lacked the capacity to cope.

Determined not to be dragged into negotiations over Greece's debt debacle, leaders instead found themselves sparring for seven hours about whether to take in 40,000 Syrian and Eritrean asylum seekers now in Italy and Greece, and another 20,000 people currently outside the EU.

Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker described the plan as one of "modest ambition" adding that he did not give a damn about objections to the plans methodology, "it is whether it can help 60,000 refugees".

Mr Juncker said he hoped to set a precedent for Europe-wide action that limited national opt-outs.

During the summit, Italian prime minister Matteo Renzi rebuked his fellow leaders for their reluctance to support an emergency plan that was meant to respond to the tragedy of 2,000 migrant deaths in the Mediterranean this year, which he alleges is overshadowed by less important European differences.

"If we think Europe is only about budgets, it is not the Europe we thought of in 1957 in Rome," Mr Renzi said, referring to the EU's founding treaty.

While the political deal was a breakthrough, implementing the plan still faces hurdles, and the mood was a long way from the unity showed by EU ministers in April following the deaths of 900 migrants off the Libyan coast in a single weekend.

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Thai Troubles;Coup Leader Iament

Coup leader’s lament tells of Thai troubles

The leader of Thailand’s military junta rarely misses a chance to speak his mind or have a go at journalists. But his latest rant to the media quickly segued into a lament on the kingdom’s troubles.

“I guess you are all rich,” he told reporters on Wednesday. “Well, keep writing. Soon this country will just collapse. And then, you won’t have salaries any more.”

Prayuth Chan-ocha listed problems gripping his country and its embattled rulers including a poor climate, unpaid farmers and calls for wage rises from workers in a still-stalling economy that long ago shed the mantle of southeast Asian tiger.

He pleaded for help from a media, which — like the population — he has alternately cajoled and scolded and threatened since seizing power in May last year after more than six months of anti-government street protests. “Let me ask you: can you write and help the country be peaceful?” he demanded.

observers of the general’s speeches noted how he wove his familiar polemical blasts with something more melancholy. “No one writes about what I have done,” he said, “or when they do, they write so little.”

“In the end, we cannot fix anything,” continued the man whose ultra-paternalistic style has led some opponents to call him “Uncle”.

“You have disrupted and brought down the whole system. It doesn’t matter how many reforms or coups there are. There’s no point. Things will be the same.”

While criticism of the junta’s management and its curbs on public debate has been growing, even among some people sympathetic to the coup, Gen Prayuth did not dwell on worries including Thailand’s role in the regional people smuggling crisis and its blacklisting by the International Civil Aviation Organization.

The general, who is also prime minister, has also been forced to dismiss persistent speculation about a possible counter-coup by other elements in the military.

Above it all looms the future of King Bhumibol Adulyadej, the world’s longest-ruling monarch, who was readmitted to hospital barely a week before this month’s 69-year anniversary of his accession to the throne.

The king is a figure from whom many dominant ideas about Thailand’s national identity and governance — including the authority of the army — flow. Reporting on the monarchy remains tightly controlled by draconian lese majesty laws.

The general did have one reason to be cheerful about the junta’s stuttering campaign to bring happiness back to Thailand. The country topped the medal table at the just-concluded South East Asian games in Singapore. “This makes me smile,” he told a reception for the victorious athletes — although, even at this moment of celebration, he made time to deplore the deepening political battles around him.

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UK;QUEEN on EUROPE

Queen: 'Division In Europe Is Dangerous'

The Queen has used a speech in Berlin to warn against divisions in Europe, saying such a path would be "dangerous".

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The Queen has warned about the dangers of division in Europe, as leaders grapple with the Greece crisis and the UK Prime Minister seeks reforms before a referendum.

At a state banquet at the Bellevue Palace, the home of Germany's President Joachim Gauck, Her Majesty used her only speech of the state visit to the country to talk about her thoughts on a united Europe.

She said: "In our lives, Mr President, we have seen the worst but also the best of our continent. 

"We have witnessed how quickly things can change for the better. But we know that we must work hard to maintain the benefits of the post-war world. 

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