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The government plans to sell its stake in the Royal Bank of Scotland, Chancellor George Osborne announces in his annual Mansion House speech.
BBC News – Business

Two assailants are killed in an attempted suicide bomb attack at the Temple of Karnak in Luxor, one of Egypt’s most popular tourist sites, police say.
BBC News – Middle East

The bidding process for the 2026 World Cup is postponed amid allegations surrounding the 2018 and 2022 tournaments.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Campaigners fighting a decision to take a paralysed man off life support have sparked controversy in France by releasing a video of him in hospital.
BBC News – Europe

A man is charged with murder following the discovery of a woman’s torso inside a suitcase.
BBC News – UK

The United States is to send up to 450 military advisers to Iraq to help train local forces fighting Islamic State, President Obama says.
BBC News – US & Canada

Africa’s leaders sign a deal to create the continent’s largest free-trade zone, covering 26 countries in an area from Cape Town to Cairo.
BBC News – Africa

In a rush of unbridled joy, a mob of 10 to 16 year olds swarmed the triumphant camper immediately after one of their own converted the ba
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Payments using the new Apple Pay system are likely to be limited to £20 when it launches in the UK in July, the BBC understands.
BBC News – Business

The brutality and oppression of life under IS is revealed by exclusive video and testimony from Iraq’s second city of Mosul, a year after it fell.
BBC News – Middle East

A woman goes on trial in France for allegedly operating a scam in which thousands of Chileans paid millions to make a supposedly “magic cheese” for use in cosmetics.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Cash-strapped Greece submits a revised reform plan to the European Union and International Monetary Fund.
BBC News – Europe

HSBC, Europe’s biggest bank, has announced plans to cut up to 25,000 jobs globally and rename its UK branches.
BBC News – UK

The US army temporarily takes down its website after a hacking attack, claimed by the Syrian Electronic Army group.
BBC News – US & Canada

Burundi’s electoral commission sets 15 July as the new date for controversial presidential elections after third-term bid protests.
BBC News – Africa

A few hundred feet away from his teammates, with a team doctor by his side, laying on top of the trainer’s table was not where Serge Ibak
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The CBI cuts its UK growth forecasts and warns that a possible “messy” end to the Greek crisis and uncertainty over the EU referendum both pose further risks to the British economy.
BBC News – Business

Russia and Qatar could lose the 2018 and 2022 World Cups respectively if evidence emerges of bribery, says a Fifa official.
BBC News – Middle East

Mexico goes to the polls in mid-term elections, which come after a campaign of violence and protests.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Turkey’s ruling AK party has lost its parliamentary majority for the first time in 13 years, but remains the largest party.
BBC News – Europe