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Prayers are held in South Carolina and across the US after the killing of nine people at an African-American church in Charleston.
BBC News – US & Canada

The head of the Liberia Football Association says he wants to replace Sepp Blatter as the president of Fifa.
BBC News – Africa

The US central bank , the Federal Reserve, has kept its main interest rate at 0%, where it has been since the 2008 financial crisis.
BBC News – Business

A series of explosions in the Yemeni capital causes dozens of casualties, officials say, in an attack claimed by Islamic State.
BBC News – Middle East

Federal prosecutors in Brazil say the government must stop the eviction of communities from an area of the Amazon jungle that will be flooded for a dam.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Greece’s central bank warns for the first time that the country could be on a “painful course” to default and exit from the eurozone and the EU.
BBC News – Europe

The three sisters and nine children from Bradford feared to be going to Syria were stopped before taking a flight from the UK in March, the BBC learns.
BBC News – UK

An Uber driver in California is deemed an employee, not a contractor, in a ruling that could mean higher costs for the app-based taxi service.
BBC News – US & Canada

Chad bans people from wearing the full-face Islamic veil, saying it is to counter militants after Monday’s twin suicide bombings.
BBC News – Africa

It was an exciting prospect for the Thunder organization to bring its Development League team, the Blue, to Oklahoma City.
Oklahoma City Thunder

Transport costs helped the UK’s CPI inflation rate to rise to 0.1% in May, up from -0.1% in April, official figures show.
BBC News – Business

Al-Qaeda confirms that a key commander – Nasser al-Wuhayshi, who headed Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula – has been killed in a US drone strike in Yemen.
BBC News – Middle East

The Vatican is to put its ex-ambassador to the Dominican Republic, Jozef Wesolowski, on trial on sex abuse and child pornography charges.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

EU interior ministers are to discuss the Mediterranean migrant crisis, as Italy threatens a strong response if no deal is reached.
BBC News – Europe

The UK’s EU referendum will not take place on the same day as national and local elections next May, the government says.
BBC News – UK

Former Florida Governor Jeb Bush has officially launched his US presidential campaign, promising to “take nothing and no one for granted”.
BBC News – US & Canada

A militant Islamist group in Libya denies that a US air strike killed Mokhtar Belmokhtar, one of North Africa’s most feared jihadists.
BBC News – Africa

Talks with Greek and EU officials in Brussels have failed to reach an agreement despite Greece submitting counter-proposals.
BBC News – Business

The Israeli government issues a report into the 2014 war in Gaza, saying that its military actions were “lawful” and “legitimate”.
BBC News – Middle East

The Colombian army says it has killed a top military commander from the country’s second largest guerrilla group, the National Liberation Front.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean