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The UK is to send an extra 125 military trainers to Iraq to help in the fight against Islamic State, PM David Cameron announces at the G7 summit.
BBC News – UK

The escape of two murderers from a maximum security jail in New York is described as a “crisis situation” by the state’s governor.
BBC News – US & Canada

A BBC investigation sees evidence showing what happened to the $ 10m sent from Fifa on behalf of South Africa to accounts controlled by former vice-president Jack Warner.
BBC News – Africa

The US economy adds 280,000 jobs in May, much better than analysts had expected and the biggest increase this year.
BBC News – Business

Saudi Arabia shoots down a Scud missile fired from across the border by Yemen’s Houthi rebels and its allies, the state news agency says.
BBC News – Middle East

There have been several incidences of violence around Mexico as the country prepares for Sunday’s mid-term elections.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Only “an insane person in a dream” could imagine that Russia would attack Nato countries, President Vladimir Putin says.
BBC News – Europe

UK Prime Minister David Cameron will urge world leaders at the G7 summit to take corruption more seriously in the wake of the Fifa scandal.
BBC News – UK

Serena Williams wins a dramatic French Open final against Czech 13th seed Lucie Safarova to claim her 20th Grand Slam title.
BBC News – US & Canada

Egypt’s appeals court overturns an earlier ruling that listed the Palestinian group Hamas as a terrorist organisation, court officials say.
BBC News – Africa

Swatting shots, bewildering ball-handlers and swishing jumpers, Thunder forward Serge Ibaka’s other-worldly athleticism was on display Fr
Oklahoma City Thunder

State-backed Lloyds Banking Group is fined a record £117m for mis-handling payment protection insurance (PPI) complaints by the City watchdog.
BBC News – Business

The UN warns more than half of its critical aid operations could be halted or cut back due to funding shortfalls, leaving millions in need.
BBC News – Middle East

The US House of Representatives votes to keep restrictions on US citizens travelling to Cuba, despite a recent thaw in relations.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Greece tells the International Monetary Fund it will delay Friday’s €300m (£216m) debt repayment and bundle all four of its June payments together.
BBC News – Europe

The NSPCC urges the UK government to intervene amid a row over a “dreadful and disturbing” Facebook video of a baby being immersed in a bucket of water.
BBC News – UK

Chinese hackers are suspected of carrying out a “massive breach” affecting the personal data of millions of US government workers, officials said.
BBC News – US & Canada

Some 175 people die in a massive fire at a petrol station in Ghana’s capital, Accra, officials say, as the city grapples with serious floods.
BBC News – Africa

The US Federal Reserve says the economy expanded between April and May in its latest assessment of the economy, rebounding from a contraction in the first quarter.
BBC News – Business

More than 10,000 Islamic State fighters have been killed since a US-led coalition launched a campaign against it nine months ago, the US says.
BBC News – Middle East