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• England pay the price against Russia for Roy Hodgson’s sense of containment

  12-06-2016 23:29
  
  • Last-gasp equaliser followed conservative changes from England bench
  • England manager must prepare to beat Wales in LensIt was a small thing in the context of the numbing deflation that pursued England from the Bouches-du-Rhône back to sleepy Chantilly, but it still irked. Harry Kane took as many corners, seven, at Stade Vélodrome on Saturday as he had in the top flight all season for Tottenham Hotspur and for all that Roy Hodgson spoke of the forward offering “th
  
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• Germany’s Schweinsteiger and Mustafi sink Ukraine in Euro 2016 opener

  12-06-2016 23:04
  
  One game gone and, as usual, three points chalked up. Germany began this major tournament in familiar fashion, easing their way in with a win.While not always totally convincing, Joachim Löw’s side suggested his blend of experience and exuberance are maturing at just the right rate. And to the delight of their large following, Bastian Schweinsteiger added the final touch with the last kick just minutes after coming on as a substitute. Continue reading...
  
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• Wales will stay on the attack, says Sam Warburton after All Blacks defeat

  12-06-2016 23:00
  
  • ‘We thought we’ve got to take risks and we’ve got to go for it,’ says captain
  • Luke Charteris will captain much-changed Wales XV v Chiefs on TuesdaySam Warburton has insisted that his Wales team will not be put off by having yet another potential victory in the southern hemisphere snatched from their grasp in the final quarter, as they prepare for two more cracks at the All Blacks.Far from wanting to tear out his hair after seeing his side surrender a 21-18 l
  
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• Eddie Jones’ artfully constructed ambush helps England to topple Australia

  12-06-2016 23:00
  
  • Australia 28-39 England
  • England register highest points tally in major Test in southern hemisphereIf this is “Bodyline” rugby, bring it on every week. Various England coaches have spent years seeking to outwit the southern hemisphere’s elite without understanding the answers primarily lie between the ears. Decisiveness, controlled aggression, clarity of execution; it is not a coincidence that it is an Australian head coach showing the Poms the best way to skin a W
  
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• Britain's authority within EU will rise after 'In' vote - Cameron

  12-06-2016 22:46
  By Kylie MacLellan LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's influence in the European Union will be stronger if it votes to remain in the bloc in a June 23 referendum, Prime Minister David Cameron said on Sunday with the latest polls showing Britons almost evenly split over whether to stay or go. In an interview on BBC television, Cameron - whose "In" campaign has been branded as scaremongering by pro-Brexit supporters for warning of the risks of quitting the 28-nation EU - highlighted the advantages of sta
  
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• Orlando nightclub shooter Omar Mateen was known to FBI, agent says

  12-06-2016 22:12
  
  US citizen, 29, was born in New York to Afghan parents
  Mateen reportedly had been enraged by seeing gay men in public
  Florida terror attack: live updatesObama condemns ‘act of terror’ after worst mass shooting in US history
  In the hours after the deadliest shooting in American history, a preliminary sketch of the perpetrator emerged. According to the FBI, he had claimed allegiance to the Islamic State. Reportedly, he had been enraged by seeing gay men in public. Related: ‘Every
  
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• Queer Muslims exist – and we are in mourning too

  12-06-2016 22:08
  
  This can’t be turned into a story of us v them – because the real world is far more complicated than thatA strange thing happened a few months ago. I got a news alert that my photo project, Just me and Allah, which documents queer Muslims and their diverse experiences, had been mentioned in a major LGBT magazine website. I didn’t recall having done an interview with them so I clicked on the article. The piece was about a 17-year-old Muslim girl in North Dakota allegedly having
  
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• Lewis Hamilton wins F1 Canadian Grand Prix to close gap on Nico Rosberg

  12-06-2016 22:07
  
  • Reigning champion’s strategy gets better of second-placed Sebastian Vettel
  • Valtteri Bottas is third for Williams; Rosberg is fifth and lead is cut to nineAfter all the nonsense conspiracy theories that Mercedes were somehow trying to scupper Lewis Hamilton’s bid for the Formula One world championship, how quickly things have changed. A superb run to a win here in Montreal, in a tense but ultimately perfectly judged race by both the driver and his team, means he has two
  
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• LA gay pride parade goes on after man is arrested with arsenal of weapons

  12-06-2016 22:02
  
  Santa Monica police intercept car of suspect who said he was headed to paradeMayor Garcetti: ‘We are out here to march, to celebrate and to mourn’Orlando: 50 killed and 53 injured in ‘act of terror’ – latest updatesOrlando shooting suspect named as Omar MuteenThe Los Angeles Pride festival went ahead on Sunday, despite the arrest of a man who had a car laden with weapons and was reportedly planning to attend the parade.Related: Florida nightclub shooting: 50 killed
  
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• Britain's Euro 2016 police chief lambasts 'tooled up' Russian fans

  12-06-2016 21:48
  
  Assistant chief constable Mark Roberts says some supporters wore gum shields during clashes with England fans in MarseilleThe head of Britain’s Euro 2016 policing operation has hit out at the Russian football fans behind the scenes of violence in Marseille – and vowed to help search for them.Assistant chief constable Mark Roberts said the attacks were the most serious and coordinated he had seen in 10 years specialising in football violence.Continue reading...
  
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• Germany v Ukraine: Euro 2016 – live!

  12-06-2016 21:38
  
  Live updates from the Group C match in LilleDavid Hytner: Germany confident of creating dynastyEmail [email protected] or tweet @michaelbutler18 8.38pm BST31 min: “The BBC panel were in fine form before the game,” notes Is Murray. “Earlier in the week they had John Hartson telling us -and I quote- that Thomas Muller is a nice player. This evening we had Shearer explaining that he (Muller) gets all sorts of goals (screamers, tap-ins) and looks ungainly and not as el
  
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• Gatwick flights diverted after hole discovered in airport's main runway

  12-06-2016 20:57
  
  Passengers face lengthy delays following closure of main runway at airport in West Sussex, which saw up to 20 flights divertedFlights have been diverted and passengers have faced lengthy delays at Gatwick after a hole opened up in the tarmac on the airport’s main runway.Between 15 and 20 flights due to arrive at Gatwick on Sunday afternoon were diverted to Stansted and Bournemouth airports, a spokesman said.Continue reading...
  
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• Alex Hales falls short of ton as England set Sri Lanka steep target to avoid defeat

  12-06-2016 20:50
  
  • England 416 & 233-7d; Sri Lanka 288 & 32-0Rain throughout the morning and some short sharp showers later on saw the fourth day of this final Test of the series docked by 43 overs. There is still adequate time, though, for England to win the match and claim a clean sweep in the series.England had reached 233 for seven, extending their overnight lead of 237 to 361, with Alex Hales making 94 – not without its mid-innings controversy – and Alastair Cook an uncharacteristic
  
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• See the brilliantly British photographs of people having a picnic in the rain for the Queen's birthday

  12-06-2016 20:21
  
  Long to RAIN over us.
  
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• Poland’s Arkadiusz Milik consigns Northern Ireland to Euro 2016 defeat

  12-06-2016 20:15
  
  Michael O’Neill stared into the middle distance as Kyle Lafferty covered his face in his green shirt, Jonny Evans sank to his haunches and despair was writ large on all Northern Ireland players. They had sought to make history in the country’s first appearance at a European Championship but Poland beat them to it, recording their inaugural victory in the competition after two fruitless campaigns. Anguish was legitimate but so was defeat. Related: Poland v Northern Ireland: Euro 2016
  
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• Martin Rowson on violence at Euro 2016 – cartoon

  12-06-2016 20:13
  
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• Paralysed cyclist completes world's hardest downhill course

  12-06-2016 20:08
  
  Martyn Ashton, who damaged spine at Silverstone Moto GP, releases film showing him hurtling along Fort William routeA British world champion cyclist paralysed from the waist down when a stunt went wrong has used a specially modified mountain bike to complete the world’s hardest downhill course.Martyn Ashton spent five months in hospital in 2013 after crashing heavily from a three-metre-high bar performing a stunt at a Moto GP event at Silverstone.Continue reading...
  
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• The Guardian view on business ethics: decency needed | Editorial

  12-06-2016 19:54
  
  There is a moral crisis in British capitalism that parliament on its own cannot resolveWhile parliament’s chief preoccupation is the letter of the law, it also has a duty to uphold the law’s spirit. That role is especially important in business and finance, where a tension exists between a raucous commerce that wants anything legal to be also acceptable and a broader social conception of economic activity that places certain behaviour beyond the pale, even when it is not explicitly p
  
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• Florida nightclub shooting: 50 killed and 53 injured in 'act of terror' – latest updates

  12-06-2016 19:43
  
  Casualty count rises after shooting attack on Pulse nightclubPolice recount raid that killed suspect named by media as Omar Mateen
  Suspect may have had leanings toward jihadi ideology, FBI saysVideo: Witnesses describe moment shooting started in nightclub 6.43pm BSTPope Francis has condemned “the terrible massacre that has taken place in Orlando, with its dreadfully high number of innocent victims”.He released a statement through a spokesperson, who said the attack “has caused
  
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• F1: Canadian Grand Prix – live!

  12-06-2016 19:41
  
  Lap-by-lap coverage from the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in MontrealHamilton relishing return to happy hunting groundEmail [email protected] or tweet @niallmcveigh 6.41pm BSTBrady speaks! He’s asked if he’s a big F1 fan. “I’m getting into it. It’s nice to be in Montreal, pretty close to home.” Not entirely convincing. Niki Lauda is better at building the excitement, saying that Hamilton and Rosberg must avoid battling too fiercely into that short fir
  
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• Will Netflix really steal traditional TV’s crown?

  12-06-2016 19:00
  
  The streaming service claims its impressive growth spells doom for its rivals – but it may be less revolutionary than it thinksNetflix is unquestionably an internet-era success story. From a domestic US DVD rental business to a global leader in on-demand entertainment in just 20 years is quite something. The numbers are undeniably impressive. Some 79 million subscribers, 192 countries, billions of dollars in revenues and here in Britain from zero to five million subscribing households in j
  
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• Omar Mateen identified as shooter in Orlando nightclub attack

  12-06-2016 18:53
  
  US citizen named by Florida congressman amid scant details
  Florida senator Bill Nelson cites possible link to ‘radicalism’
  The suspect in the shooting that killed 50 people at an LGBT nightclub in Orlando early on Sunday morning is believed to be a US citizen of Afghan heritage named as Omar Mateen, a 29-year-old man from Florida.The shooting, the worst such mass attack in modern US history, left at least 50 dead and 53 injured, according to police.Continue reading...
  
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• Guests shrug off rain as Queen praises charities at patron's lunch

  12-06-2016 18:45
  
  Thousands gather on The Mall for a street party on the final day of celebrations for the Queen’s 90th birthdayIt was a very British street party, and on the final day of celebrations for the Queen’s 90th birthday it did rain – very heavily – on her parade.But the stoic 10,000 on The Mall, there for a party to celebrate her charities in front of a Buckingham Palace backdrop, simply shrugged it off.Continue reading...
  
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• Andy Burnham to call for 'Hillsborough law' for bereaved families

  12-06-2016 18:43
  
  Shadow home secretary tables amendment to policing and crime bill to give families same resources as police at inquestsAndy Burnham, the shadow home secretary, is to call on the government to adopt a so-called “Hillsborough law”, that would give bereaved families the same resources as the police to make their case at future inquests.The families of the 96 football fans who died in the Hillsborough stadium disaster had to raise the money to pay for their own lawyers at the earlier inq
  
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• MPs draw up penalties for Philip Green if he fails to attend inquiry

  12-06-2016 18:32
  
  Sanctions could include finding billionaire in contempt of parliament or voting on whether he is “fit and proper” to run firmsMPs are preparing to invoke a list of sanctions against Sir Philip Green should the billionaire retailer fail to appear before this week’s parliamentary select committee examining the collapse of BHS.The move, which could include the Topshop tycoon being found in contempt of parliament or facing a Commons vote on whether he is a “fit and proper&rdq
  
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• J.W.Anderson cements A$AP Rocky sea change with men's collection

  12-06-2016 18:31
  
  On heels of collaboration with US rapper, designer leaves gender-neutral behind for playful, if eclectic retreat into schoolyard
  At his last menswear show in January, J.W.Anderson combined playful social media, gender-neutral dressing (silk pyjamas, Björk hair and chokers) and pre-web style designs (cartoon snails). As well as being a playground of ideas, the show demonstrated his position as the designer who best taps into the millennial’s mindset.But on the third day of the menwear
  
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• JW Anderson cements A$AP Rocky sea change with men's collection

  12-06-2016 18:31
  
  On heels of collaboration with US rapper, designer leaves gender-neutral behind for playful, if eclectic retreat into schoolyard
  At his last menswear show in January, JW Anderson combined playful social media, gender-neutral dressing (silk pyjamas, Björk hair and chokers) and pre-web style designs (cartoon snails). As well as being a playground of ideas, the show demonstrated his position as the designer who best taps into the millennial’s mindset.But on the third day of the menwear w
  
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• ‘Everyone get out and keep running': how the Orlando attack unfolded

  12-06-2016 18:28
  
  Fear, anguish and confusion as witnesses recount bloodshed at Pulse nightclub as families await news of loved ones’ fates“Everyone get out of pulse and keep running.”It was after 2.30am in Orlando, at least half an hour after the shooting began, when someone managed to post on the Facebook page of the Pulse nightclub, a haven for the vibrant LGBT community of central Florida.Continue reading...
  
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• Let's not give in to fear after the Orlando shooting | Steven W Thrasher

  12-06-2016 18:03
  
  LGBT Americans have been subjected to many forms of terror. We have responded with love, and grown stronger as a result. Let’s do the same this timeFor generations, gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender Americans have turned to night clubs and bars like Orlando’s Pulse – the scene today of the deadliest shooting in American history – as places of refuge. They have been our sanctuaries. When our homes would kick us out for being queer, there was the bar. When we were at r
  
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• Read Marcus Grimmie's emotional Facebook tribute to his sister Christina

  12-06-2016 17:58
  
  Marcus immediately tackled the gunman after he opened fire, and has been praised by police for his bravery.
  
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• Poland v Northern Ireland: Euro 2016 – live!

  12-06-2016 17:53
  
  Live updates from the Group C match in Nice‘We have nothing to fear’ says Michael O’NeillModric wonder goal gives Croatia opening winEmail [email protected] or tweet @Simon_Burnton 4.53pm BSTKyle Lafferty has played 337 minutes of league football this season, and 369 in all competitions. Robert Lewandowski has played 2,653 minutes of league football this season, and 4,236 in all competitions. That’s a difference of 64 hours and 27 minutes. 4.45pm BSTPlayer nam
  
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• Florida nightclub shooting: 50 killed and 53 injured in 'act of terror' – rolling updates

  12-06-2016 17:53
  
  Casualty count rises after shooting attack on Pulse nightclubPolice recount raid that killed suspect named by media as Omar Mateen
  Suspect may have had leanings toward jihadi ideology, FBI says 4.53pm BSTImam Muhammad Musri, president of the Islamic Society of Central Florida, was another of the speakers at the press conference just given by Florida authorities.He emphatically denounced the violence, and called for Americans to unite in the face of horror.I call on everybody in the community who
  
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• England v Sri Lanka: third Test, day four – live!

  12-06-2016 17:53
  
  Latest updates from the third Test at Lord’sAnderson given reprimand for disrespecting umpireMike Selvey: Woakes leads raid on Sri Lanka Email [email protected] BSTThat’s all from me. I’ll be handing back to Rob Smyth who will take you through to close. Email him here. Hales finishes the series with 292 runs at an average of 58.4. Have we at last found Cook's opening partner? pic.twitter.com/K5r4WPc72G 4.44pm BST65th over: 206-6 (Cook 32, Ali 0): Strong sweep from
  
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• Lead the EU, don't leave: Gordon Brown launches Labour push for remain

  12-06-2016 17:44
  
  Former PM to set out reforms he believes UK could achieve during EU presidency in 2017 as party steps up campaignLabour’s leading figures will hit the referendum campaign trail afresh on Monday, as Gordon Brown launches a final 10-day push to prevent Britain leaving the EU.The former prime minister will use a speech in Leicester to set out a series of reforms he believes Britain could achieve when it takes over the EU presidency of the council of ministers in the second half of next year,
  
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• Lead the EU, don't leave: Gordon Brown heads Labour's push to remain

  12-06-2016 17:44
  
  Former PM to set out reforms he believes UK could achieve during its 2017 EU presidency as party steps up campaignLabour will hit the referendum campaign trail afresh on Monday, as Gordon Brown leads a final 10-day push to prevent Britain leaving the EU.A speech from the former prime minister, setting out the case to “lead, not leave,” will be the centrepiece of a day of events led by Labour, but carefully choreographed with Number 10, amid fears that without a strong remain verdict
  
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• 50 killed in 'worst mass shooting in US history' as gunman opens fire at gay club in Florida

  12-06-2016 17:30
  
  The killer, who also took hostages, was later killed in a gunfight with Swat officers.
  
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• Florida terror attack kills 50 in deadliest mass shooting in US history

  12-06-2016 17:23
  
  Shots fired at Pulse LGBT nightclub early Sunday morning50 dead and 53 injured in Orlando nightclub shooting – live coverageOrlando attack is deadliest mass shooting in US historyFifty people were killed and 53 injured in a shooting attack at an LGBT nightclub in Orlando, Florida early on Sunday morning that became the deadliest mass shooting in American history. Related: Florida nightclub shooting: 50 killed and 53 injured in 'act of terror' – rolling updatesContinue reading...
  
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• England and Russia could be kicked out of Euro 2016 if Marseille violence is repeated

  12-06-2016 17:21
  
  “Such unacceptable behaviour by so-called supporters of the national teams of England and Russia has no place in football”, UEFA said.
  
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• Adolf Hitler's birth house likely to be demolished

  12-06-2016 17:21
  
  The Austrian government want to ensure it does not become a place of pilgrimage for neo-Nazis.
  
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• If we cast all football fans as thugs, only the hooligans win | Zoe Williams

  12-06-2016 17:14
  
  From Hillsborough to Marseille, supporters are stripped of their dignity by the same old mass misrepresentation that they’re all as bad as each otherIn BBC 5 Live’s magnificent Hillsborough documentary, the campaigner and survivor Neil Fitzmaurice talks about how fans were “infantilised” by the police narrative that “pens” three and four smelled of alcohol. The smell wasn’t alcohol: it was excrement and urine, vomit and ammonia, the battlefield cocktail
  
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• Queen Joins Guests At Giant Street Party

  12-06-2016 17:08
  
  The Queen has joined revellers at the Patron's Lunch in The Mall - the last of the official celebrations to mark her 90th birthday. Waving to the 10,000 ticket-holders, the Monarch, dressed in a bright pink coat and hat, was driven slowly down the thoroughfare from Buckingham Palace. With the Duke of Edinburgh at her side, she smiled at partygoers from the open top 'Queen mobile' as they cheered at her and her husband.
  
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• Luka Modric stunner for Croatia sinks Turkey in Euro 2016 Group D tie

  12-06-2016 17:04
  
  Croatia deserved the victory for their classier play and the narrow margin is down only to the spurning of chances as they reached for sharpness during this Group D opener. Related: Turkey v Croatia: Euro 2016 – as it happenedContinue reading...
  
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• If we’re to win the climate struggle, we must remain in Europe | Caroline Lucas and John Ashton

  12-06-2016 17:02
  
  Concerted EU diplomacy helped secure a landmark agreement at the Paris climate change summit. We should not leave the field just as the battle is turningOur security and prosperity depend on a successful response to climate change, the most urgent challenge of our time. So does any prospect of a transition to a way of living together that is just and sustainable. And if we fail on climate, we lose the very capacity to shape our destiny that makes sovereignty worth having. Related: David Cameron
  
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• Orlando Pulse club attack: gunman behind shooting that killed 50 'named as Omar Mateen'

  12-06-2016 16:54
  
  Gunman who opened fire with assault rifle, and equipped with ‘suspicious device’, reportedly a 29-year-old US citizen Florida nightclub shooting – rolling updates
  The gunman behind a suspected terrorist attack that killed 50 people at an LGBT nightclub in Orlando is believed to be a US citizen of Afghan heritage named as Omar Mateen, a 29-year-old man from Florida.He is alleged to have opened fire at the Pulse Club in the early hours of Sunday, taking hostages, killing many and
  
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• WikiLeaks to publish more Hillary Clinton emails - Julian Assange

  12-06-2016 16:50
  
  New release likely to fan controversy and provide further ammunition for Republican presidential rival Donald Trump Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, has said his organisation is preparing to publish more emails Hillary Clinton sent and received while US secretary of state.Clinton, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, is under FBI investigation to determine whether she broke federal law by using her private email in sending classified information. A new WikiLeaks release of C
  
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• Thousands take part in street party for Queen's 90th birthday

  12-06-2016 16:50
  Ten thousand guests braved rain to take part in a giant street party in front of Buckingham Palace on Sunday to celebrate the official 90th birthday of Queen Elizabeth, Britain's longest-reigning monarch. Hundreds of tables lined the Mall, the grand avenue leading to the palace, for the Patron's Lunch which saw representatives of the more than 600 charities and other organisations of which Elizabeth is patron enjoying food from wicker picnic hampers. Organised by her grandson, Peter Phillips, th
  
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• Euro 2016 venue guide: Stade de Nice, Nice – video

  12-06-2016 16:46
  
  The Stade de Nice will host four Euro 2016 games, including Northern Ireland’s opener against Poland on Sunday. An array of seafront marathons and the construction of the new Allianz Riviera stadium have made Nice the sporting capital of the south. It is also home to France’s national sports museumEuro 2016: The complete guide to every team and playerContinue reading...
  
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• Unidos Podemos: Spain's leftwing alliance hoping to end political impasse

  12-06-2016 16:38
  
  Grouping of Podemos and United Left could, polls suggest, beat the once-dominant PSOE and have chance to form governmentPablo Bustinduy is a typical Podemos MP: although holding the grand title of secretary for international relations, he travels with a rucksack, and wears jeans and a sweatshirt. Bustinduy, 33, spent much of his 20s pursuing a career in academia in France and the US, gaining a doctoral thesis in political philosophy at the New School in New York and publishing papers on Descarte
  
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• Russian hooligans were savage and organised, say England fans

  12-06-2016 16:37
  
  Some were disguised in English club shirts and equipped with gumshields and truncheons for violence in MarseilleEngland fans embroiled in violence in Marseille on Saturday night have said groups of Russian hooligans launched “savage coordinated attacks” around the city, disguised in English club shirts and equipped with gumshields and telescopic truncheons.Roaming Russian fans approached the violence, which occurred before and after England’s opening Euro 2016 game in Marseille
  
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• England and Russia could be thrown out of Euro 2016 if there is more violence

  12-06-2016 16:32
  
  • Uefa expresses ‘disgust’ and threatens England and Russia with expulsion
  • Police say 35 people were wounded in clashes before and after Euro 2016 gameUefa has warned England and Russia their teams could be disqualified from the Euro 2016 if their fans are involved in further violence.European football’s governing body expressed its “utter disgust” and opened disciplinary proceedings against Russia for crowd disturbances, racist behaviour by fans and fir
  
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