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The government’s flagship welfare policy, Universal Credit, is set to be introduced in 90 jobcentres across north-west England, the work and pensions secretary says.
BBC News – Business

Human Rights Watch says Kurdish authorities ruling parts of northern Syria have committed rights abuses including arbitrary arrests and beatings.
BBC News – Middle East

Mexican officials discover a mass grave with more than 30 bodies in the eastern state of Veracruz, where rival drug gangs have been fighting.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

At least 10 people are killed and several are missing after torrential rain and heavy floods hit the Bulgarian Black Sea city of Varna.
BBC News – Europe

The government is at risk of breaching its self-imposed limit on welfare spending due to the rising costs of the main sickness benefit, leaked documents say.
BBC News – UK

President Obama says the US is sending up to 300 “military advisers” to Iraq and may take “targeted military action” against Islamist insurgents.
BBC News – US & Canada

The White House announces visa restrictions and other measures on Uganda for anti-gay laws it says are “counter to universal human rights”.
BBC News – Africa

OKLAHOMA CITY, June 19, 2014 – Oklahoma City Thunder forward Nick Collison underwent successful arthroscopic surgery on
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The US Federal Reserve cuts its growth forecast for 2014 because of the unexpectedly harsh winter and trims back its stimulus programme.
BBC News – Business

Iraq formally asks the US to launch air strikes against jihadist militants who have recently seized key cities.
BBC News – Middle East

The International Monetary Fund warns that Argentina’s legal defeat in its fight against hedge fund investors may have wider implications.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Ukraine’s president sets out proposals for a peace plan for eastern Ukraine involving a unilateral ceasefire by government forces.
BBC News – Europe

David Cameron warns of the threat to the UK from jihadist terrorism if an “extreme Islamist regime” is created in the centre of Iraq.
BBC News – UK

The internet trade in images that show child sex abuse is now “an epidemic”, according to the head of the global initiative to combat the problem.
BBC News – US & Canada

The number of people killed by the deadly Ebola virus in West Africa has risen to 337, the World Health Organization (WHO) says.
BBC News – Africa

He didn’t see action on the floor for the Thunder, but rookie forward Grant Jerrett got an up-close view of how the team operates by spen
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Lower fares for flights helped to push the rate of inflation down to its lowest level in four-and-a-half years in May, new figures show.
BBC News – Business

Iraqi troops are engaged in heavy clashes with Sunni Islamist militants in Baquba, about 60km from the capital Baghdad, reports say.
BBC News – Middle East

Following his re-election, Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos tells the BBC that voters want him to continue peace talks with the Farc rebels.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean