Craig Taylor

UKIP is on course to win the European election in the UK, with Labour and the Tories vying for second and the Lib Dems losing nearly all of their seats.
BBC News – UK

US police confirm that the man who killed six people in a rampage in Santa Barbara, California was 22-year-old Elliot Rodger.
BBC News – US & Canada

Malawi’s High Court has rejected a decision by President Joyce Banda to annul this week’s general election – in which she was a candidate.
BBC News – Africa

Thunder Confident and Resilient
Thunder News

Pressure is mounting on energy suppliers to cut the amount they charge customers who do not pay their bills by direct debit.
BBC News – Business

Pope Francis praises Jordan for its “generous welcome” to Syrian refugees at the start of a three-day visit to the Middle East.
BBC News – Middle East

Spanish oil firm Repsol ends its operations in Argentina two years after having its assets in local company YPF seized by the government.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

A gunman opens fire at the Jewish museum in the Belgian capital Brussels, killing three people and wounding another before fleeing the scene.
BBC News – Europe

Cheeki Rafiki skipper Andrew Bridge will be “dearly missed by everyone who knew him”, his family say after the yacht’s wreck was found.
BBC News – UK

A gunman kills six people in drive-by shootings in Santa Barbara, with police investigating a video by a young man expressing anger at women.
BBC News – US & Canada

At least 10 people are reported killed as al-Shabab militants attack parliament in the Somali capital Mogadishu.
BBC News – Africa

Regrouping, Getting Back to Thunder Basketball
Thunder News

Oklahoma City Thunder center Steven Adams was named to the All-Rookie Second Team for the 2013-14 season, it was announced earlier today by the NBA.
Thunder News

A report published on Friday is to say there are several billion barrels of oil in shale rocks spanning large parts of southern England, intensifying the debate over “fracking”.
BBC News – Business

Mortar fire has hit a pro-Assad rally in the southern Syrian city of Deraa, killing at least 20 people, state media and activists say.
BBC News – Middle East

A court in New York sentences former Guatemalan President Alfonso Portillo to five years and 10 months in jail for taking bribes from Taiwan.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

A dawn attack on a checkpoint in eastern Ukraine leaves at least 14 soldiers dead, in the worst loss of life for government forces to date.
BBC News – Europe

UKIP’s support surges, with Labour also making gains as Tories and Lib Dem lose seats in the English local elections, with most results still to come.
BBC News – UK

A man accused of kidnapping a teenager and holding her captive for 10 years and forcing her to marry him is charged in a California court.
BBC News – US & Canada

The UN Security Council approves sanctions against the Nigerian militant group Boko Haram, five weeks after it kidnapped more than 200 schoolgirls.
BBC News – Africa