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The value of Manchester United’s brand has been hit by a disappointing season, according to a branding agency report.
BBC News – Business

Pope prays at Israel’s West Bank separation barrier after urging an end to the “increasingly unacceptable” Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
BBC News – Middle East

Results from Colombia’s presidential election show incumbent President Juan Manuel Santos will face his main rival, Oscar Zuluaga, in a run-off vote.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Eurosceptic and far-right parties seize ground in elections to the European parliament, in what France’s PM calls a “political earthquake”.
BBC News – Europe

UKIP is on course to win the European election in the UK, with Labour and the Tories vying for second and the Lib Dems losing nearly all of their seats.
BBC News – UK

US police confirm that the man who killed six people in a rampage in Santa Barbara, California was 22-year-old Elliot Rodger.
BBC News – US & Canada

Malawi’s High Court has rejected a decision by President Joyce Banda to annul this week’s general election – in which she was a candidate.
BBC News – Africa

Thunder Confident and Resilient
Thunder News

Pressure is mounting on energy suppliers to cut the amount they charge customers who do not pay their bills by direct debit.
BBC News – Business

Pope Francis praises Jordan for its “generous welcome” to Syrian refugees at the start of a three-day visit to the Middle East.
BBC News – Middle East

Spanish oil firm Repsol ends its operations in Argentina two years after having its assets in local company YPF seized by the government.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

A gunman opens fire at the Jewish museum in the Belgian capital Brussels, killing three people and wounding another before fleeing the scene.
BBC News – Europe

Cheeki Rafiki skipper Andrew Bridge will be “dearly missed by everyone who knew him”, his family say after the yacht’s wreck was found.
BBC News – UK

A gunman kills six people in drive-by shootings in Santa Barbara, with police investigating a video by a young man expressing anger at women.
BBC News – US & Canada

At least 10 people are reported killed as al-Shabab militants attack parliament in the Somali capital Mogadishu.
BBC News – Africa

Regrouping, Getting Back to Thunder Basketball
Thunder News

Oklahoma City Thunder center Steven Adams was named to the All-Rookie Second Team for the 2013-14 season, it was announced earlier today by the NBA.
Thunder News

A report published on Friday is to say there are several billion barrels of oil in shale rocks spanning large parts of southern England, intensifying the debate over “fracking”.
BBC News – Business

Mortar fire has hit a pro-Assad rally in the southern Syrian city of Deraa, killing at least 20 people, state media and activists say.
BBC News – Middle East