Axa stubs out €1.7bn tobacco investment
Axa, the world’s largest insurer, plans to stop investing in the tobacco industry to help highlight the human and economic cost of smoking. BBC News – Business
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Iraq PM announces Falluja assault
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi announces the start of a military operation to retake Falluja from so-called Islamic State (IS). BBC News – Middle East
Garcia Marquez’s ashes laid to rest
The ashes of the late Nobel Prize winning novelist Gabriel Garcia Marquez are laid to rest in the Colombian city of Cartagena. BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean
Brexit ‘would spark year-long recession’
Treasury analysis says Brexit would tip the UK into a year-long recession, but Vote Leave dismisses the study as “deeply biased”. BBC News – UK
Postal votes to decide Austria election
The far-right and independent candidates in Austria’s presidential run-off are neck-and-neck with the result now depending on postal ballots. BBC News – Europe
Hinchcliffe returns for Indy 500 pole
James Hinchcliffe secures pole position for the 100th Indianapolis 500, a year after suffering a serious injury at the same race. BBC News – US & Canada