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Campaigning to the EU referendum in Britain has been suspended after a member ofparliament was killed in an attack in Northern England. The Labor MP Jo Cox was shot andstabbed outside the library where she was meeting her constituencies in West Yorkshire. She'sthe first serving British MP to be murdered in 25 years. A 52-year-old man has been arrested.An eyewitness Clarke Rothwell said he shouted 'Britain First' during the attack. Our politicalcorrespondent Rob Watson have this to say about the possible motivation. I think there's stillconsiderable confusion because despite that eyewitness's accounts that happen, othereyewitness'accounts which in a way muddy the waters whether she absolutely definitely wasclearly the intended target of her attacker. So I just think, given one's experience of coveringthese sources of event, one has to be incredibly, incredibly careful to draw conclusions.
President Obama has challenged the Republican-controlled congress to rise to the moment onpass gun control legislation. After meeting relatives of those killed in the mass shooting at agay nightclub in Orlando on Sunday, Mr. Obama said U.S. politics have conspired to make iteasy for a terrorist or a disturbed person to buy powerful weapons. I am pleased to hear thatthe senate will hold votes on preventing individuals who were possible terrorist ties from buyingguns, including assault weapons. I truly hope the senators rise to the moment and do the rightthing. I hope the senators who voted no on background checks after Newtown have a changeof heart. And then I hope the House does the right thing and helps to end the plague ofviolence that these weapons inflict on so many lives.
Brazil's Tourism Minister Henrique Alves has resigned a day after being accused ofcorruption. He's the third minister to leave President Michel Temer's interim government afterbeing implicated in the scandal in gulf state oil firm Petrobras. On Wednesday, the SupremeCourt police testimony by a former Petrobras executive Sergio Machado, implicating 20 high-profile politicians,including President Temer. Mr. Temer and Mr.Alves both strongly dinedsoliciting illegal campaign donations.
Zambian police say 18 Somali migrants have died after being smuggled into the DemocraticRepublic of Congo inside a container load of fish. A Zambian police commissioner HudsonNamachila said the trucks stopped just inside the Congo's border when the migrants bang onthe container's walls to attract the truck drivers as they were suffocating. World news from theBBC.
Mali has appealed to the United Nations to bolster the peacekeeping mission there to combatthe increasing deadly attacks by Islamist militants. The Malian Prime Minister Modibo Keita toldthe UN Security Council that the deterioration was a threat to all nations in the region.
The U.S. city of Philadelphia has introduced a tax on sweet fizzy drinks, despite a multimilliondollar campaign by the beverage industry to block it. Health advocates say sugar drinks causeobesity and diabetes. Critics say the tax will fall disproportionately on poorer residents.
Scientists have launched an international mission to reveal a secret of a deep north AtalanticOcean. The Atlas project involving research institutions around Europe and North America willspend 4 years exploring unknown eco-systems. With more details here is Victoria Gill. TheAtlas Project will launch 25 research expeditions to a dozen deep sites throughout the NorthAtalantic. Scientists will use sensor laden submersible vehicles to explore eco-systems morethan mile beneath the surface. And now measured the changing ocean currents that directlyaffect our climate. Mineral deposits found in the last 20 years on the Atlantic ocean floor havealready raised the possibility of mining bed in the future. The aim of this ambitious project is tounderstand the life and dynamics of the deep sea before we exploite it.
And in the latest match of the Euro 2016 Football Tournament in France, Poland held Germanyto a goalless draw, a result means Ukraine who lost two mil to the Northern Ireland areeliminated. In the day’s other match, England scored a last minute winner to beat Welsh twoone. BBC news.
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