Craig Taylor

Kurdish forces in northern Syria say they have captured a military base from IS north of the militants’ self-declared capital of Raqqa.
BBC News – Middle East

Venezuela’s election body sets the date of 6 December for legislative polls, following weeks of pressure from the opposition.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Eurozone leaders express hope that a deal to stop Greece defaulting on its debt can be struck within days, while cautioning that more work remains.
BBC News – Europe

Three men are arrested on suspicion of murder following a house fire that killed three people in Derbyshire
BBC News – UK

The South Carolina governor calls for the removal of a Confederate flag from the statehouse grounds, after a church shooting believed to be racially motivated.
BBC News – US & Canada

Rwanda’s intelligence chief Karenzi Karake, who is wanted in Spain for war crimes, has been arrested in London, BBC Newsnight has learned.
BBC News – Africa

Russian state accounts frozen by Belgium in a move condemned by Moscow have been unblocked, Belgium’s foreign minister says
BBC News – Business

Activists say Islamic State fighters in Syria are planting bombs in Palmyra, an ancient city that has some of the Middle East’s most important ruins.
BBC News – Middle East

Argentina captain Lionel Messi is “sorry” banned Brazil forward and Barcelona team-mate Neymar will miss the Copa America.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

EU leaders intensify efforts to reach a deal over the Greek debt crisis ahead of Monday’s emergency summit in Brussels, as thousands rally in Athens.
BBC News – Europe

Thousands of foreign nurses in junior posts could be forced to leave the UK under new migrant salary rules, causing “chaos” in the NHS, unions warn.
BBC News – UK

The names of nine parishioners shot dead at an African-American church in South Carolina are read out in the church’s first service since the attack.
BBC News – US & Canada

At least three die as Somali jihadist group al-Shabab launches an attack on intelligence headquarters in the capital, Mogadishu.
BBC News – Africa

Oklahoma City, Saturday, June 20, 2015 – The following statement was released tonight by Oklahoma City Thunder Chairman
Oklahoma City Thunder

German Chancellor Angela Merkel says a solution to Greece’s debt crisis must be agreed before Monday’s emergency EU summit.
BBC News – Business

Peace talks in Geneva between Yemen’s warring factions fail to produce a ceasefire agreement after a week of diplomacy.
BBC News – Middle East

The head of two of Brazil’s leading construction firms are arrested as part of a major investigation into corruption at state-owned oil giant Petrobras.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

A Greek minister says new proposals will be put to creditors to “get closer to a solution” ahead of a crisis summit on Monday.
BBC News – Europe

A three-week old baby dies after being bitten by a dog in Sunderland.
BBC News – UK

Racism remains “a blight” on society, US President Barack Obama says, after the killing of nine African-Americans in a Charleston church.
BBC News – US & Canada