Iraq mourns victims of Baghdad suicide bombing
The Iraqi government declares three days of national mourning after a huge bomb in the capital Baghdad kills at least 125 people. BBC News – Middle East
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Brexit: Osborne pledges to cut corporation tax
Chancellor George Osborne plans to cut corporation tax to less than 15% to encourage businesses to still invest in the UK following the referendum vote. BBC News – Business
Tory leadership: Theresa May says voters want more than ‘Brexit PM’
Theresa May rejects rivals’ claims that the next Tory leader must have supported a Leave vote in the EU referendum, saying people want more than a “Brexit prime minister”. BBC News – UK
Italians among Bangladesh victims
Bangladesh begins two days of national mourning for those killed when Islamic militants stormed a cafe in the capital, Dhaka. BBC News – Europe
Mexico teachers protest: Food airlifts to relieve Oaxaca blockade
Mexico’s air force flies grain into southern Oaxaca state to deal with dwindling food supplies there caused by roadblocks set up by protesting teachers. BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean
Entebbe pilot Michel Bacos ‘saw hostage murdered’
The French captain of a hijacked plane at the centre of a famed 1976 Israeli rescue operation says he saw a passenger killed by a hostage-taker. BBC News – Africa