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Federal police officers in Brazil are offered a 15.8% pay rise in an effort to stop them from going on strike during the football World Cup.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

President Barack Obama announces plans for a $ 1bn fund to increase US military deployments to Europe, during a visit to Poland.
BBC News – Europe

The European Commission says the UK should raise taxes on higher value properties, build more homes and adjust the Help to Buy scheme to help boost growth.
BBC News – UK

Seattle’s city council votes unanimously to raise the city’s minimum wage to the highest level of any major US city – $ 15 (£9) per hour, twice the national minimum.
BBC News – US & Canada

Nigerian police cite security reasons for banning protests in Abuja for the release of more than 200 schoolgirls seized by Islamist militants.
BBC News – Africa

2013-14 Exit Interviews – Day Two
Thunder News

The government is expected to unveil plans to allow workers to contribute to Dutch-style collective pensions, which it says could boost income for members.
BBC News – Business

Fifa is facing fresh allegations of corruption over its controversial decision to award the 2022 World Cup to Qatar.
BBC News – Middle East

Former left-wing rebel leader Salvador Sanchez Ceren is sworn in as El Salvador’s president following his narrow election victory in March.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Prosecutors say a Frenchman being held over a fatal shooting at the Jewish Museum in Brussels admitted the killings in a video.
BBC News – Europe

There have been at least 500 reports of abuse by Jimmy Savile, NSPCC research for Panorama finds.
BBC News – UK

US parties clash over the deal to swap Guantanamo Bay detainees for a Taliban-held soldier, with Republicans warning it could put Americans at risk.
BBC News – US & Canada

At least 14 people are reported killed in an explosion targeting people watching football in the north-eastern Nigerian town of Mubi.
BBC News – Africa

2013-14 Exit Interviews – Day One
Thunder News

Regaining Defensive Toughness
Thunder News

House prices in England and Wales were 6.7% higher in April than a year earlier, the fastest pace of growth in four years, Land Registry figures show.
BBC News – Business

Almost 2,000 people have been killed by Syrian government air attacks in the northern city of Aleppo so far this year, activists say.
BBC News – Middle East

A federal judge in Argentina summons Vice-President Amado Boudou to appear in court to defend himself in a corruption case.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Some 25,000 police are reportedly deployed in Istanbul after Turkey’s PM warns youths to ignore protest calls on the anniversary of a deadly crackdown.
BBC News – Europe

The mother of missing Briton Gareth Huntley calls on Prime Minister David Cameron to urge the Malaysian government to step up the search for her son.
BBC News – UK