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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