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Brazil’s Rio de Janeiro state declares a financial emergency, citing a tax shortfall, less than 50 days before the start of the Olympics.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Police in Belgium make 12 arrests in a huge anti-terrorism operation, nearly three months after deadly bomb attacks on Brussels.
BBC News – Europe

Thomas Mair gives his name as “Death to traitors, freedom for Britain” as he appears in court charged with the murder of Labour MP Jo Cox.
BBC News – UK

Bernie Sanders promises to work with the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, Hillary Clinton, but stops short of endorsing her.
BBC News – US & Canada

An official body in South Africa rules that university bursaries offered to proven female virgins are unlawful and should be scrapped.
BBC News – Africa

Max Muncy hasn’t had many opportunities at the Major League level, but his ninth-inning double in Thursday’s 5-1 loss to the Rangers helped the A’s avoid being on the wrong side of history.
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The Bank of England warns that uncertainty about the EU referendum is the “largest immediate risk” facing global financial markets.
BBC News – Business

More than 50 US diplomats sign an internal memo sharply criticising US policy on Syria and urging military strikes against President Assad’s government.
BBC News – Middle East

Guatemala’s former president and vice-president have been formally charged with corruption and money-laundering.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

France is to deport the far-right leader of the Russian football supporters’ association and 19 of his fellow fans after violence in Marseille.
BBC News – Europe

Vigils are held to remember Labour MP Jo Cox, who died after being shot and stabbed in the street in her constituency.
BBC News – UK

Discrimination against LGBT people must be tackled at home and abroad, US President Barack Obama says after meeting relatives of Orlando attack victims.
BBC News – US & Canada

A court in Kenya dismisses a case brought by two men who were allegedly forced to undergo anal testing by police to prove they were homosexual.
BBC News – Africa

Robinson Chirinos and Rougned Odor enjoyed two-homer games, the former belting his second in the seventh off reliever John Axford for the go-ahead shot that propelled the Rangers to a 7-5 victory over the A’s at […]

Sir Philip Green apologises to MPs for the ‘sad’ demise of BHS and claims he is working on a ‘solution’ to the £571m pension scheme deficit.
BBC News – Business

More than 50 humanitarian organisations operating in Syria accuse the UN of breaching its principles by effectively letting the government control aid deliveries.
BBC News – Middle East

An ex-government minister in Argentina was arrested after he was spotted trying to hide millions of dollars in cash in a monastery.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Anti-doping officials in Russia are being stopped from testing athletes, says a damning report by the World Anti-Doping Agency.
BBC News – Europe

Tear gas is fired by police at fans in Lille amid reports of renewed violence at Euro 2016, after Russia’s match against Slovakia and ahead of England’s game against Wales.
BBC News – UK