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• Portugal’s Ricardo Quaresma steals last-gasp victory over Croatia

  25-06-2016 23:41
  
  Come back group stage, all is forgiven. Portugal advanced to the quarter-finals thanks to Ricardo Quaresma’s decisive goal three minutes from the end of extra time, but unbelievably it had taken that long to produce a shot on target.This was a shocking game, barely redeemed by a frantic last few minutes. Croatia were easily the better side but they were punished for playing too cagey a game and not making the most of their superiority. Cristiano Ronaldo was quiet throughout, like everyone
  
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• 'Surprised' and 'pleased'

  25-06-2016 23:25 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Leave voters give their reaction and share their thoughts after voting to take the UK out of the EU.
  
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• Eddie Jones’s wit and ruthlessness key to England whitewash of Australia | Eddie Butler

  25-06-2016 23:00
  
  Coach’s scene-stealing performances against his old mate and rival Michael Cheika were one of five reasons for the memorable series victoryThe legacy of 2003 hung over England. As in, there wasn’t one. A great team reached the end of its time and slipped into retirement or, in the case of Jonny Wilkinson, into injury. Having dared ask what came next, Sir Clive Woodward, a veritable bubble-making machine when it came to ideas, shook his head in despair and left rugby to make tea for H
  
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• Hilary Benn seeks shadow cabinet backing to oust Corbyn

  25-06-2016 22:59
  
  Shadow foreign secretary plans mass resignation following EU referendum result’s ‘existential’ threat to LabourJeremy Corbyn faces a coup this week by members of his shadow cabinet, led by Hilary Benn, the Observer can reveal. It is understood that the shadow foreign secretary called fellow MPs over the weekend to suggest that he will ask Corbyn to stand down if there is significant support for a move against the leader. He has also asked shadow cabinet colleagues to join him i
  
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• Cameron’s bad bet: the drama of a night that ripped Britain apart

  25-06-2016 22:49
  
  For the leaders of Remain, Thursday night’s early optimism soon shifted to despair as it became clear the PM’s gamble had failedAs they waited for the first results to come in on referendum night, members of the Stronger In campaign were sipping water and wine in a stiflingly hot room at the Royal Festival Hall in London. The Remain camp had reason to believe that a good night was in prospect. Final polls had shown them ahead, though not by enough to dispel the butterflies in their s
  
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• Savers’ trusted champion has a positive message: ‘This isn’t a Lehman moment’

  25-06-2016 22:42
  
  Martin Lewis, the money adviser and remainer, says Brexit is not catastrophic but may hit interest ratesMartin Lewis, the man most trusted by the British to inform them about their personal finances, is shocked by Brexit but calm about the consequences. After all, on his own assessment he was only ever 55% in and 45% out.“I don’t see any reason why financial products, apart from mortgages and savings, should change that much now. I don’t believe this is a Lehman moment. Ma
  
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• Lord Mayhew, former Northern Ireland secretary, dies aged 86

  25-06-2016 22:41
  
  Conservative politician was a key figure in the Northern Irish peace process of the early 1990sThe former Conservative cabinet minister Patrick Mayhew, who served as attorney general and Northern Ireland secretary during critical moments for both posts, has died at the age of 86, his family have said.In a statement, his family said he died peacefully at his home in Kent on Saturday, adding: “He had lived with cancer and Parkinson’s for several years. He worked hard for peace in North
  
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• Anthony Joshua v Dominic Breazeale: IBF heavyweight world title – live!

  25-06-2016 22:41
  
  Round-by-round updates as Joshua defends his crown at O2 ArenaPlus: George Groves v Martin Murray, Chris Eubank beats Tom DoranBreazeale acts as stepping stone on Joshua’s path to top
  Email [email protected] | Tweet @LawrenceOstlere 9.40pm BSTTom Doran battled bravely but he was a little out of depth. Eubank makes it five wins since his only defeat to Billy Joe Saunders in 2014, and defends the British middleweight title he won from Nick Blackwell. Surely next a much bigger
  
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• Lord Mayhew, key figure in Northern Ireland peace process, dies aged 86

  25-06-2016 22:24
  
  Lord Mayhew died peacefully at his home in Kent.
  
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• Brexit was a rejection of Britain's governing elite. Too bad the elites were right. - Vox

  25-06-2016 22:15 via vox.com
  
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  Brexit was a rejection of Britain's governing elite. Too bad the elites were right.
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  British Prime Minister David Cameron announces his resignation after the UK voted by 52% to 48% to leave the European Union, in London on June 24, 2016. Kate Green/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images. The British people have spoken. They have clearly said ...
  SIMON WATKINS: It's a mess... but now we must start to clear it up and negotiate our way through itThis is Money
  Europe is fed up, it is simmering wit
  
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• View from Wales: town showered with EU cash votes to leave EU

  25-06-2016 21:49
  
  In Ebbw Vale, with little immigration and perhaps more EU investment than any other UK small town, the sense of injustice is greater than the sum of the facts“What’s the EU ever done for us?” Zak Kelly, 21, asks me this standing next to a brand new complex of buildings and facilities that wouldn’t look out of place in Canary Wharf. It’s not Canary Wharf, though, it’s Ebbw Vale, a former steel town of 18,000 people in the heart of the Welsh valleys, where 62% o
  
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• Older ‘left-behind’ voters turned against a political class with values opposed to theirs

  25-06-2016 21:49
  
  The Ukip revolt has reshaped the traditional political landscape – and for both main parties the upheaval has only just begunOnce more, with feeling. The Ukip-led voter uprising that tore up the political map in 2014 and 2015 has now changed the face of British politics for ever. David Cameron promised a referendum on Britain’s membership of the European Union to see off the Ukip revolt. Instead, after a vote that drew the largest turnout in a nationwide poll for 20 years, it is the
  
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• View from Hampstead: cosmopolitan enclave feels insulated from Brexit turmoil

  25-06-2016 21:47
  
  The Hampstead tribe invoked by Andy Burnham is now a Tory-voting global elite, inflected with French, American and Russian accentsThe 210 bus winds up the hill to Hampstead Heath in north London, passing Harry Styles’s house on one side, a 17th-century highwayman’s inn on the other, under the overhanging branches of the ancient oaks and sycamores. At 6.45 on a Saturday morning, both decks of the bus were surprisingly packed, standing room only. Related: View from Wales: town showered
  
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• At least 14 killed in Somalia hotel attack; police say ended - Daily Mail

  25-06-2016 21:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
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  At least 14 killed in Somalia hotel attack; police say ended
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  MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Gunmen stormed a hotel in Somalia's seaside capital Saturday, taking guests hostage and "shooting at everyone they could see," before security forces pursued the grenade-throwing assailants to the top floor and ended the ...
  Somali Islamist militants attack hotel in MogadishuAOL News
  At least 14 killed in Somalia hotel attackHouston Chronicle
  Somalia attack: Hostage crisis aft
  
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• Glastonbury 2016: Saturday night live – Adele, New Order, Tame Impala and more

  25-06-2016 21:26
  
  It’s Saturday night at the greatest festival in the world – and we’re covering the whole thingShare your Glastonbury experience with the hashtag #GuardianGlasto or on GuardianWitness here
  See how the daytime at Glastonbury unfolded hereSee all our Glastonbury coverage here 8.26pm BSTAnother review has come in, this time from ... er, Kate Hutchinson again. Is anyone else doing any work or are they all in a group reiki healing session somewhere? Here’s what she had to say a
  
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• Croatia v Portugal: Euro 2016 – live!

  25-06-2016 21:26
  
  Euro 2016 round of 16 latest from the 8pm BST kick-off in LensMatch report: Wales 1-0 Northern IrelandTournament wallchart – knockout fixtures and more!Email [email protected] or tweet @bglendenning8.26pm BST24 min: Ivan Perisic trips Ronaldo and concedes a free-kick in line with the left side of the Croatia penalty area. The ball’s sent into the penalty area, where Pepe out-jumps Domagoj Vida, but is unable to keep his firm header down. Over the bar, but he should ha
  
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• At least fourteen have died as gunmen linked to al Shabab group stormed a hotel in Somalia

  25-06-2016 21:14
  
  Security forces hunted down the attackers and ended an hours-long assault.
  
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• Tens of thousands take to London's streets for annual gay pride parade

  25-06-2016 20:37
  By Yesmin Dikmen LONDON, June 25 (Reuters) - - Tens of thousands of people took to the streets of London on Saturday for an annual parade celebrating gay and transgender rights, with many expressing concerns as Britain gears up to part ways with the European Union after Thursday's referendum. One of the attendees, Andrew Bailey, said that even though the EU's human rights charter is incorporated into British laws he was worried that a great deal could now change. Britain is under pressure to set
  
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• Al-Shabaab launches fatal attack on Mogadishu hotel

  25-06-2016 20:24
  
  At least 14 killed and nine wounded following suicide bombing and gun battle at the city’s Naasa Hablood hotel At least 14 people were killed when gunmen stormed a hotel in Somalia’s capital and took an unknown number of hotel guests hostage, police and medical workers said on Saturday. Security forces then hunted down the attackers and ended the assault, which began with an explosives-laden vehicle blowing up at the hotel gate and lasted for hours. Continue reading...
  
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• Al-Shabaab launches attack on Mogadishu hotel

  25-06-2016 20:24
  
  At least 14 killed and nine wounded following suicide bombing and gun battle at the city’s Naasa Hablood hotel At least 14 people were killed when gunmen stormed a hotel in Somalia’s capital and took an unknown number of hotel guests hostage, police and medical workers said on Saturday. Security forces then hunted down the attackers and ended the assault, which began with an explosives-laden vehicle blowing up at the hotel gate and lasted for hours. Continue reading...
  
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• Labour MP Urges Commons Vote To Block Brexit

  25-06-2016 20:07
  
  Senior Labour MP David Lammy has urged Parliament to "stop this madness" and vote to overturn the result of the EU referendum. The former minister said the Commons should "bring this nightmare to an end through a vote in Parliament". "The referendum was an advisory, non-binding referendum.
  
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• Euro 2016: Wales Nets Quarter-Final Place

  25-06-2016 20:02
  
  Wales has secured its place in the Euro 2016 quarter-finals after an own goal by Northern Ireland.
  
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• Nadia Rose: ‘There’s no point doing this if you’re not confident’

  25-06-2016 20:00
  
  The young UK rapper has burst on to the scene fully formed. She talks guerrilla videos, the new wave of female MCs and taking notes from her cousin Stormzy‘Everything we’ve done has stemmed from the fun factor. I can’t do boring,” says Nadia Rose emphatically. The 22-year-old Croydon rapper’s first music video, last year’s Station, found her dancing on railway tracks, unperturbed by the train pulling into the platform behind her. “We didn’t have pe
  
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• Wales 1-0 Northern Ireland: Euro 2016 – as it happened

  25-06-2016 19:58
  
  A scruffy but engaging game was decided by Gareth McAuley’s unavoidable own-goal after a sensational cross from Gareth Bale 7.01pm BSTAnd here is David Hytner’s match report: Related: Gareth McAuley’s own goal takes Wales past Northern Ireland at Euro 20167.01pm BST Related: Gareth McAuley’s own goal takes Wales past Northern Ireland at Euro 2016Continue reading...
  
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• Gareth McAuley’s own goal takes Wales past Northern Ireland at Euro 2016

  25-06-2016 19:58
  
  In many respects it was fitting that an own goal proved decisive, because this was one of the tougher watches of Euro 2016. Wales did not care and their delight knew no limits when Gareth McAuley stretched out a leg to divert Gareth Bale’s cross into his own net.Wales have added the latest chapter to a historic campaign – their first at the European Championship and their first at a major finals since their appearance at the 1958 World Cup, when they reached the quarter-finals. They
  
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• Last night was mad real: Kanye's new video depicts nude Trump, Taylor Swift

  25-06-2016 19:57
  
  West unveils video for Famous featuring grainy footage of nude wax models in bed including Bill Cosby, George W Bush and Rihanna, as ‘a comment on fame’Donald Trump lies naked with Taylor Swift, Kim Kardashian, Bill Cosby and Kanye West in a grainy video released with West’s new single, Famous, in a line-up of wax models the rapper says is “a comment on fame”.West released the video on Friday night in conjunction with a party in Los Angeles and an interview in Vanit
  
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• Jessica Ennis-Hill back to her best as fellow athletes lament Brexit

  25-06-2016 19:48
  
  • Ennis-Hill excelled in shot put during final heptathlon before Olympics
  • Rio hopefuls concerned about Team GB’s future after referendum voteJessica Ennis-Hill produced her best shot put performance since London 2012 as the Olympic champion led her first heptathlon of the year after day one, in Ratingen, Germany.The 30-year-old started the IAAF Combined Events Challenge by running the 100m hurdles in 13.13sec into a headwind and driving rain, before clearing a respectable 1.84m
  
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• Met police officers proposed to their partners during London Pride parade

  25-06-2016 19:44
  
  The feels.
  
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• More than 2 million and rising sign UK petition for new EU referendum

  25-06-2016 19:40
  Just days after voting to leave the European Union, more than 2 million Britons and UK residents had signed a petition calling for a second vote, forcing lawmakers to at least consider a debate on the issue. Parliament has to consider a debate on any petition posted on its website that attracts more than 100,000 signatures. The proposal, posted before the June 23 referendum, said the government should hold another plebiscite on EU membership if the support for Leave or Remain in a referendum was
  
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• Petition to hold second EU referendum reaches 2m signatures

  25-06-2016 19:23
  
  House of Commons website sees unprecedented traffic for record-breaking petitionThe backlash against Brexit has strengthened with more than 2 million people signed a parliamentary petition calling for a second EU referendum.Demand for a fresh vote was so high that it crashed the parliament.uk website on Friday as the petition was shared widely on social media and new signatures were added at a rate of more than 100,000 an hour.Continue reading...
  
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• Pride in London 2016 - in pictures

  25-06-2016 19:17
  
  Sadiq Khan joins revellers in London at the annual LGBT+ parade Continue reading...
  
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• Germany's Merkel signals sober separation from EU 'partner' Britain

  25-06-2016 19:13
  By John Irish and Andreas Rinke BERLIN/HERMANNSWERDER, Germany (Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel called on Saturday for clear-headed negotiations with "close partner" Britain over its departure from the European Union. Foreign ministers of the EU's six founding members had earlier said Britain should leave the bloc as soon as possible after Britons voted on Thursday to quit the 28-member bloc. "Britain will remain a close partner, with which we are linked economically," she said, addin
  
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• Glastonbury 2016: Saturday daytime, with Madness, Lady Leshurr and more – as it happened

  25-06-2016 19:06
  
  The sun shone over Worthy Farm as festivalgoers got back into the party spirit and the music poured outShare your Glastonbury stories and pictures with the hashtag #GuardianGlasto or on GuardianWitness here 6.06pm BSTThanks for sticking around – we’re off to see Adele, see if the much-rumoured Lady Gaga appearance becomes a reality, and make eyes at Lady Leshurr’s backing dancers. Kicking off at 7pm will be Tim Jonze’s liveblog of the evening’s action. See you then!
  
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• There are liars and then there’s Boris Johnson and Michael Gove | Nick Cohen

  25-06-2016 19:05
  
  The Brexit figureheads had no plan besides exploiting populist fears and dismissing experts who rubbished their thinkingWhere was the champagne at the Vote Leave headquarters? The happy tears and whoops of joy? If you believed Boris Johnson and Michael Gove, the Brexit vote was a moment of national liberation, a day that Nigel Farage said our grateful children would celebrate with an annual bank holiday.Johnson and Gove had every reason to celebrate. The referendum campaign showed the only argum
  
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• Republic of Ireland unhappy with France’s Euro 2016 advantages

  25-06-2016 19:04
  
  • Republic of Ireland get less than 5,000 tickets for 59,000-capacity stadium
  • Martin O’Neill: allocations ‘totally disproportionate’ and ‘seriously one-sided’Martin O’Neill has criticised the disproportionate ticket distribution for Republic of Ireland’s last-16 tie with France, but backed his players to overcome the advantages loaded in the host nation’s favour at the Stade de Lyon.Ireland were allocated 4,500 tickets for the game agai
  
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• Britain's Hill, an EU convert, steps down after Brexit vote - The West Australian

  25-06-2016 19:03 via au.news.yahoo.com
  
  Britain's Hill, an EU convert, steps down after Brexit vote
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  Brussels (AFP) - Britain's European Commissioner Jonathan Hill, a eurosceptic convert to the EU who announced his resignation Saturday, is a pragmatic dealmaker given a plum job as an olive branch to London by his boss Jean-Claude Juncker. A member ...and more »
  
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• Adil Rashid ignores the armchair ‘experts’ to give England confidence | Vic Marks

  25-06-2016 19:00
  
  With a little help from Shane Warne, the England leg-spinner has developed into England’s most reliable bowler in the series against Sri LankaBleary-eyed, the circus heads to Bristol, scarcely believing what has just happened. The old certainties have been uprooted. As we sleepwalk over the Clifton Suspension Bridge, always a dangerous journey, we have to pinch ourselves. Is this a dream or a nightmare? No, it is true: England did manage to defeat Sri Lanka by 10 wickets at Edgbaston with
  
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• A rather bitter Go Fund Me page aims to 'buy up as much British land as possible' in response to Brexit

  25-06-2016 18:56
  
  Tensions between countries are further heightened.
  
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• EU referendum: Corbyn tells activists 'I did all I could' - BBC News

  25-06-2016 18:50 via bbc.co.uk
  
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  EU referendum: Corbyn tells activists 'I did all I could'
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  Jeremy Corbyn has told angry Labour activists he did all he could to prevent the UK leaving the EU. The Labour leader is facing a no confidence vote over his "lacklustre" campaign for a remain vote. He vowed to fight off any leadership challenges, and ...
  Labour MUST kill vampire Jezza: If MPs don't vote for 'Jexit' now their party is doomed, says DAN HODGESDaily Mail
  Labour members need to do something about Jeremy Cor
  
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• Nicola Sturgeon to lobby EU members to support Scotland's remain bid

  25-06-2016 18:35
  
  First minister to set up panel to advise her on Scotland’s relationship with EU, as Labour considers endorsing independenceNicola Sturgeon is to lobby EU member states directly for support in ensuring that Scotland can remain part of the bloc, after Scots voted emphatically against Brexit on Thursday. The first minister has disclosed that she is to invite all EU diplomats based in Scotland to a summit at her official residence in Edinburgh within the next two weeks in a bid to sidestep the
  
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• Andy Murray seeks to defeat and inspire British opposition at Wimbledon

  25-06-2016 18:33
  
  Murray wants British interest at Wimbledon, such as Liam Broady, Aljaz Bedene, James Ward and Kyle Edmund in the men’s singles, to progress – but first he wants to eliminate Broady in first roundFor Britain’s best player, this Wimbledon (as any other) might well be all about Novak Djokovic, but Andy Murray is keeping an avuncular eye on all his compatriots in both draws, and says he is happy if his success has helped inspire any of them.Murray will almost certainly eliminate on
  
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• Q&A: What will be the immediate and long-term impact of Brexit vote?

  25-06-2016 18:21
  
  This could answer some of your burning questions.
  
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• UK business leaders caution against hasty EU exit

  25-06-2016 18:08
  
  Heads of commerce groups say they do not like the uncertainty Brexit has heralded but nor do they want a rushed dealUK business leaders have cautioned against kickstarting the process to leave the EU too quickly, after European governments piled pressure on Britain to leave the bloc as soon as possible.Acknowledging that the climate of uncertainty that came with the referendum result was bad for the economy, the heads of the UK’s biggest business groups urged the government not to rush to
  
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• Facebook and YouTube use automation to remove extremist videos, sources say

  25-06-2016 17:59
  
  Video-sharing websites are taking down Isis videos and other violent propaganda with technology used to remove copyright-protected materialSome of the web’s biggest destinations for watching videos have quietly started using automation to remove extremist content from their sites, according to two people familiar with the process.The move is a major step forward for internet companies that are eager to eradicate violent propaganda from their sites and are under pressure to do so from gover
  
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• Scotland seeks to remain in EU, ready for new independence vote

  25-06-2016 17:56
  By Elisabeth O'Leary and Gabriela Baczynska EDINBURGH/BRUSSELS (Reuters) - First Minister Nicola Sturgeon vowed on Saturday to protect Scotland's European Union membership and said a fresh independence referendum was possible after Britain voted to leave the bloc. "We will seek to enter into immediate discussions with the EU institutions and with other EU member states to explore all possible options to protect Scotland's place in the EU," said Sturgeon, speaking outside her official residence i
  
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• Poland hold nerve after Switzerland’s Granit Xhaka blazes penalty wide

  25-06-2016 17:53
  
  Saint-Étienne loves making history. Beyond Hervé Revelli, Michel Platini and Les Verts’ European Cup conquests of the 1970s, this atmospheric corner of the Loire Valley has carved itself a reputation in internationals. Eighteen years after Argentina ousted England from the World Cup on penalties in the last knockout tie here, Poland beat Switzerland in the same manner to become the first team in Euro 2016’s quarter-finals. Related: Switzerland v Poland: Euro 2016 &ndash
  
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• Corbyn Heckled Over EU Vote: 'It's Your Fault'

  25-06-2016 17:44
  
  Jeremy Corbyn has been heckled at a gay pride event and told to resign over not being able to get Labour voters in Wales, the Midlands and the North to back Remain. As Mr Corbyn is surrounded by a group of minders, Mr Mauchline approaches him and shouts: "It's your fault Jeremy. But Mr Mauchline continues to ask him about resignation, shouting "You ran on a platform of mobilising ... working class votes and you failed", Mr Corbyn continues to refuse to engage and steps away.
  
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• Free tampons will be handed out to schools, homeless shelters and jails in New York

  25-06-2016 17:35
  
  The new measure will provide an estimated two million tampons and 3.5 million pads per year in shelters alone.
  
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• Texas dance studio shooting leaves two dead and several injured

  25-06-2016 17:34
  
  Incident in Forth Worth occurred during a party involving a group that was not authorized to be on the premises, according to the studio’s ownerTwo people were killed and several others injured early on Saturday in a shooting outside a dance studio during a party involving a group that the facility’s owner said was not authorized to be there.Officers found one victim dead outside Studio 74 in Fort Worth, and several people were transported to hospitals – one of whom died from h
  
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• Merkel sees no need to rush Britain into quick EU divorce

  25-06-2016 17:31
  By Michael Holden and Paul Carrel LONDON/BERLIN (Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel sought on Saturday to temper pressure from Paris, Brussels and her own government to force Britain into negotiating a quick divorce from the EU, despite warnings that hesitation will let populism take hold. Eurosceptics in other member states applauded Britons' decision to leave the European Union in a referendum that sent shockwaves around the world, with far-right demands for a similar vote in Slovakia
  
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