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Video sites such as YouTube will be forced to pay more to musicians and record companies under plans to reform European copyright laws.
BBC News – Business

Israeli ex-President Shimon Peres is responsive after suffering a serious stroke, with doctors describing his condition as critical but stable.
BBC News – Middle East

Brazil’s new government announces a privatisation plan aimed at reviving the country’s struggling economy.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

The EU needs a military headquarters to work towards a common military force, Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker tells MEPs.
BBC News – Europe

Seventeen care workers are to bring the biggest ever legal claim in the sector over alleged non-payment of the minimum wage.
BBC News – UK

New York’s attorney general says he is investigating alleged impropriety by Donald Trump’s foundation, an inquiry dismissed by the Trump team as politically motivated.
BBC News – US & Canada

Britain’s 2011 military intervention in Libya was based on “erroneous assumptions”, according to MPs who blame ex-PM David Cameron for the lack of a coherent strategy.
BBC News – Africa

With two on and two out and a one-run lead, beleaguered Royals reliever Joakim Soria surrendered a two-run double to left-handed pinch-hitter Yonder Alonso in a four-run eighth as the A’s rallied for a stunning […]

Oklahoma City Thunder

With just 19 games remaining, the defending World Series champion Royals can’t afford many more losses. So the start of an eight-game homestand against two non-contending teams was supposed to serve as a potential […]

The richest 1% of the UK population owns more than 20 times the wealth of the poorest fifth, according to new analysis by Oxfam.
BBC News – Business

An internationally-brokered cessation of hostilities begins in Syria, but it is unclear whether rebel factions will abide by it.
BBC News – Middle East

Supporters of gay and lesbian rights march to Mexico City’s Metropolitan Cathedral in response to protests on Saturday opposing same-sex marriage.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Three women suspected of terrorist conspiracy and ties to the so-called Islamic State group, appear in court as part of foiled Notre Dame plot.
BBC News – Europe

Jeremy Corbyn and George Osborne are among the MPs facing reselection battles as draft Parliamentary boundaries for England and Wales are published.
BBC News – UK

Hillary Clinton says in a phone interview she plans to return to the campaign trail in a “couple of days”, after falling ill at a 9/11 commemoration.
BBC News – US & Canada

South Sudan’s political and military elite have made themselves rich while the country has struggled under a civil war of their making, a report says.
BBC News – Africa

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Oklahoma City Thunder

The Mariners are surging at the right time, and thanks to a run-scoring single in the ninth inning from Ketel Marte, Seattle outlasted the A’s, 3-2, to complete a series sweep at the Oakland Coliseum on […]

Union body calls for action over the pay of top bosses at FTSE 100 firms, saying executive salary increases far outstrip those of workers.
BBC News – Business