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The Columbian government and FARC rebels say they wish to join ceasefire to end more thanfive decades of conflict. The announcement follows three years of peace talks in Cuba.Candace Piette reports. The bilateral ceasefire comes after the two sides reached agreement onone of the biggest hurdles in the peace talks - the disarmament of the rebels. This comesalmost a year after the FARC declared a unilateral ceasefire, which resulted in a significant dropin violence. But to disarm means the FARC must trust state security forces to protect them.Both sides said the details of the agreement will be made public on Thursday.
Democratic Party members have staged a sit-in on the floor of the Lower House of US Congressto press their demands for tighter gun controls in the wake of the shootings this month at agay nightclub in Florida. From Washington here's Laura Bicker. This is one of the mostextraordinary scenes ever witnessed in Congress. The interruption came just as the Housepresiding officer moved to declare a recess. Nearly 100 Democratic Congressmen and womencame to front of the chamber. Some of them sat down, and together they chanted "No bill, nobreak". The House speaker Paul Ryan has refused to schedule a vote for gun controllegislation and the aftermath of the Orlando shootings that left 49 people dead. But theprotesters led by Congressman John Lewis, a veteran of the civil rights movement in the1960s, said thousands of lives had been lost and the House had done nothing.
The North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has described missile tests on Wednesday has provedthat his country has the capability to attack US interests in the Pacific. His comments werereported in state media. Mr Kim is said to have personally supervised the tests.
A new study indicates that the number of women in Latin America seen to terminate theirpregnancies rose sharply following health warnings last year about the effect of the Zika viruson unborn children. James Gallagher has the details. Terminating a pregnancy is illegal inmany parts of Latin America, but women still have them through abortion services like Womenon Web, which advises people online and then delivers the pills to end the pregnancy.Scientists at the University of Cambridge and the University of Texas analysed data from thewebsite to show demand for abortions in Brazil in Ecuador doubled after the warnings on Zika.The pregnant women said they were concerned, alarmed and did not want to seek baby.
Campaigning has drawn to a close in Britain's referendum on whether the country should leaveor remain in the European Union before polls open on Thursday. The Prime Minister DavidCameron urged people to vote to stay in the EU. He said the country would be stronger, saferand better-off. But the prominent Leave campaigner Boris Johnson said Britain should takeback control of its finances, its immigration system and its democracy. World News from theBBC
The Prime Minister of Pakistan Nawaz Sharif has condemned the murder of one of thecountry's best-known singers. Mr Sharif said he had ordered an investigation into the killing ofAmjad Sabri, a performer of Sufi devotional music. He was shot as he drove through a busyneighbourhood in Karachi. The Pakistani Taliban says it carried out the attack.
The Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has held talks in Caracas with a senior US envoy totry to ease tensions between their countries ahead of the key debate on Thursday of theOrganisation of American States. The OAS is to discuss whether Venezuela has broken thedemocratic principles of the organisation's charter, something that could eventually lead toits expulsion.
The Spanish Interior Minister Jorge Fernandez Diaz has rejected calls for his resignation afterleaked recordings appear to link him to efforts to smear his political rivals. Audio tapespublished by the an online newspaper appear to feature Mr Diaz and the head of Catalonia'santi-fraud office discussing ways to discredit the region's pro-independence parties. Theaudio was made public ahead of general elections on Sunday, which Mr Diaz's party is expectedto win.
The smallest nation at the Euro 26th football tournament, Iceland, has made it through to theknockout stages. Iceland beat Austria with a dramatic last-minute goal. The former Icelandicfootballer Gudni Bergsson watched the match against Austria. He says it's a huge moment forthe country. "I am speechless. I don't know what to do with myself to experience this with theboys and our supporters. It's amazing. The resilience and fighting spirit that brings this victoryis unique. It's a historic day for Iceland and Icelandic sports." Elsewhere Ireland also qualifiedafter a surprised 1-0 victory over Italy, and Portugal just made it through with a 3-3 draw withHungary. BBC News
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