Hello, I'm Zoe Diamond with the BBC news.
It's now been confirmed that at least 30 of the 38 people shot dead at a Tunisian beachresort were British nationals. The gunmen has been identified as a student linked to theIslamic State militant group. Mark Lowen reports.
"The scale of this tragedy is becoming ever-clearer, the identification of victims is a slowprocess, but it's now confirmed that at least 30 British nationals were killed in the attack,among them three generations of the same family. This is now one of the largest counter-terrorism investigations since the 2005 London bombings, with Scotland Yard saying that over600 officers and staff are involved in the operation."
Greek banks and the Athens stock market were not open on Monday because of the country'sfinancial crisis. The Greek Prime Minister Alexi Tsipras hasn't said how long the closure willremain in place, but the BBC understands that it would be at least six working days. In atelevised address, Mr Tsipras appealed for calm, assuring people that their savings, salaries andpensions were safe. This report from Andrew Walker.
"Mr Tsipras had little choice, the Greek banks have become dependent on emergency centralbank loans to replace the funds taken out by increasingly worried depositors. The decision bythe European Central Bank to allow no more would have left the banks unable to meet furtherdemands. The last few days have brought Greece closely to leaving the Euro Zone though it'snot getting inevitable. But a long period of bank restrictions, if that is what Greek faces, will dofurther damage to economy, whose tentative recovery last year had already come to an endand which was back in recession."
Police in the United States have shot and captured a convicted murder who made an audaciousescape from prison in New York State nearly a month ago. Tom B has this report.
"Police say David Sweat was captured just miles from the Canadian border. He was shot and isnow in custody in hospital. The convicted killer had been on the run for three weeks with fellowprisoner Richard Matt, who was shot and killed by police on Friday after they discovered himhiding out in a hunting cabin. The pair had been making their way through the vast wildernessof upstate New York, stealing foods and guns from woodmen's cabins along the way.
The African union has said that they will not provide observers for Burundi's parliamentaryelection on Monday, because conditions for a free and fair vote have not been met. Oppositionparties have boycotting the vote and protest at President Pierre Nkurunziza's decision to runfor a third term next month, a move which has sparked a wave of violence.
The authorities in Armenia has threaten to use force to break up protest against a steep risein their electricity prices. Demonstrators have continued their week-long rally despite a promiseby the Armenian president that the government would bear the cost. Protesters say the powercompany is rattled with corruption.
This is the latest world news from the BBC.
Talks aimed at reaching a nuclear deal with Iran now look likely go beyond the deadline set forthis Tuesday. Officials from both sides say big differences remain, but the EU's Foreign PolicyChief Federica Mogherini remains confident a deal can be reached. C N in Vienna.
"Miss Mogherini has said that she's confident that they can reach an agreement in the next fewdays. She says that if we go beyond the 30th of June by a day or two, they're happy to dothat. But she was adamant that there's not going to be an extended sort of extension tothese talks and they're hoping to reach an agreement in the next few days."
An unmanned rocket carrying supplies to the international space station has exploded shortlyafter take-off in Florida. It's being seen as a major setback for NASA. The mission had beendesigned to help the US to take astronauts to space again without having to rely on Russianrockets.
The solar-powered plane that aiming to circumnavigate the world has taken off on the mostambitiously leg of this journey. Rebecca M has more.
"It will take with pilot Andrew Borschberg, who's flying alone five days and five nights to reachHawaii. If the craft fails to soak up enough sunshine during its journey, the pilot could beforced to bail out into the ocean. But if its latest attempt succeeds, it will be the furthest asolar pane has ever flown, as well as the longest duration solo flights in the aviation history."
An Egyptian woman has been sentenced to a year into prison on charges of incitingdebauchery over an online video in which she dances suggestively. R F was arrested in Mayafter the video went viral. In it, she dances in a tight short dress and mimes to a song calledSpaghetti or Let Go off My Hand.
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