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| Orlando shooter's wife tried to talk him out of attack - media reports | |  By Letitia Stein and Peter Eisler ORLANDO, Fla. (Reuters) - The wife of the gunman who killed 49 people at an Orlando gay nightclub over the weekend tried to talk him out of the attack, the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history, media reported on Tuesday, citing law enforcement sources. Omar Mateen, who was shot dead by police after a three-hour standoff at the Pulse club early on Sunday, called 911 during his rampage to profess allegiance to various militant Islamist groups. Federal investigators have said Mateen was likely self-radicalised and there was no evidence that he received any instruction or aid from outside groups such as Islamic State.
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| Bahrain court shuts down main Shi'ite Muslim opposition group | |  By Sami Aboudi DUBAI (Reuters) - A Bahraini court ordered the suspension of the main Shi'ite opposition group al-Wefaq and closed down its offices on Tuesday in what appeared to be an escalating campaign against dissent in the Western-allied Gulf Arab kingdom. The U.S. State Department said it was deeply concerned over the ruling and Bahraini opposition groups condemned the move. Al-Wefaq's lawyer, Abdallah al-Shamlawi, said the Bahrain administrative court had also set an October date for a hearing into dissolving al-Wefaq.
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| Moscow denies Russian involvement in U.S. DNC hacking | |  MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia on Tuesday denied involvement in the hacking of the Democratic National Committee database that U.S. sources said gained access to all opposition research on Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump. "I completely rule out a possibility that the (Russian) government or the government bodies have been involved in this," Dmitry Peskov, the Kremlin spokesman told Reuters in Moscow. (Reporting by Vladimir Soldatkin in Moscow; Writing by Doina Chiacu in Washington; Editing by James Dalgleish)
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| Sanders previews convention demands ahead of meeting with Clinton | |  Hours before rivals Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders were to meet on Tuesday when the Democratic presidential nominating contests conclude, Sanders said he would push for "the most progressive platform" ever passed at the party's convention next month and to reform the nominating process. Sanders, a U.S. senator from Vermont, said he was looking forward to his meeting Tuesday night with Clinton, which comes as the self-styled Democratic socialist is facing pressure to formally concede in the fiercely fought Democratic primary and begin working with Clinton to unify the party to take on Republican Donald Trump in November.
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| U.S. Senate leader McConnell says wants to deny guns to 'terrorists' | |  U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Tuesday said "nobody wants terrorists to have firearms" and that he was open to suggestions from experts on legislation that could address the problem. McConnell, a Republican, made his remarks amid blistering attacks by Democrats on the lack of action in Congress on legislation to prevent suspects on "watch lists" purchasing guns or explosives. The debate in Congress over firearms was reignited on Sunday after a gunman in Orlando, Florida armed with an assault rifle killed 49 people at a gay nightclub and injured 53 others before he was shot dead by law enforcement officers.
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| Police fire teargas, water cannon during Paris labour law protest | |  By Brian Love PARIS (Reuters) - Gangs of masked youths hurled stones and makeshift firebombs at riot police on Tuesday as tens of thousands of people marched through Paris in protest over a planned change of labour laws that would make hiring and firing easier. The Paris police department reported 58 arrests, including many foreigners, with 24 police and 17 protesters injured. The hardline CGT labour union had called for a large turnout in Tuesday's protest march to demonstrate that opposition to the labour reform remains strong despite waning turnout at rallies and strikes.
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| U.S. court backs landmark Obama internet equal-access rules | |  By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court upheld the Obama administration's landmark rules barring internet service providers from obstructing or slowing down consumer access to web content on Tuesday, dealing a blow to big cable and mobile phone companies. A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, in a 2-1 decision, backed the Federal Communications Commission's so-called net neutrality rules put in place last year to make internet service providers treat all internet traffic equally.
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| U.S. doctors call gun violence a 'public health crisis' | |  By Susan Kelly CHICAGO (Reuters) - The worst mass shooting in modern U.S. history has prompted the American Medical Association to call gun violence a "public health crisis" and urge that Congress fund research into the problem. The AMA, which lobbies on behalf of doctors, said on Tuesday it will press Congress to overturn 20-year-old legislation that blocks the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention from conducting research on gun violence. The AMA adopted the policy at its annual meeting in Chicago.
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| Any decision on charges against Orlando shooter's wife a long ways off - MSNBC | |  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Officials could decide to pursue charges against the wife of the Orlando, Florida, shooter but any decision is a long ways off, MSNBC reported on Tuesday. MSNBC, citing several unnamed sources, said the wife has told the FBI that she drove 29-year-old Omar Mateen to a couple of sights that she understood he was considering attacking, including the nightclub where the shooting took place. The cable network said she has told officials she was with him when he bought ammunition, and that she repeatedly tried to talk him out of doing anything violent. ...
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| Northern France cities ban alcohol ahead of Euro 2016 matches | | | Authorities in the French cities of Lille and Lens, where thousands of English and Russian football fans are due to arrive for the Euro 2016 football tournament, have ordered alcohol bans running from Tuesday to Friday, officials said. The regional police chief in Lille said in a statement the sale of alcohol would be banned from Tuesday evening until Friday morning and bars in the city centre would be closed from midnight Wednesday until Thursday evening. In Lens, the police chief said the sale of alcohol would be prohibited from Wednesday 0600 (0400 GMT) to Friday 0600 in shops, supermarkets close to car parks and petrol stations serving between Lille and Lens. |
| Police fatally shoot armed hostage-taker at Texas Walmart | | | An armed man who held two people hostage in an Amarillo, Texas, Walmart store on Tuesday was shot and killed by officers, while the hostages in the incident were unharmed, police said. Amarillo police described the case in the Texas panhandle city as workplace-related violence and said the suspect was shot by its SWAT unit. The three then moved to an office inside the store, said Deputy Danny Alexander, a spokesman for the Randall County Sheriff's Office. |
| South Korea probe into Lotte Group widens with more raids | |  By Joyce Lee and Erwin Seba SEOUL/LAKE CHARLES, La (Reuters) - South Korean prosecutors expanded their investigation into Lotte Group on Tuesday with raids on at least ten firms including its biggest listed unit Lotte Chemical , heaping further pressure on the country's fifth-largest conglomerate. The fallout from the probe has already seen the derailment of a planned initial public offering worth up $4.5 billion for Lotte's hotel and duty free unit, as well as Lotte Chemical bowing out of bidding for a U.S. company.
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| Russians arrested, alcohol banned as France tries to quell Euro fan violence | |  By Julien Pretot and Mathias Galante PARIS/NICE (Reuters) - Police on Tuesday detained 43 Russia fans suspected of taking part in clashes with England supporters in Marseille at the start of the Euro 2016 football tournament, and two cities in northern France imposed alcohol bans in a bid to avert more hooliganism. UEFA said Russia would be thrown out of the tournament if there was a repeat of the violence by Russia fans which marred the end of last Saturday's match against England. Lille is seen as a potential trouble-spot as Russia play Slovakia there on Wednesday and England fans are also congregating there ahead of their match against Wales in nearby Lens on Thursday.
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| Russia putting 'comprehensive security' in place for 2018 - FIFA | |  Global soccer body FIFA said that World Cup 2018 host nation Russia was putting in place a "comprehensive security concept" to prevent a repetition of the hooliganism which has marred the European championship in France. Russia fans have been at the centre of the troubles and tournament organisers UEFA imposed a suspended disqualification and a 150,000 euro ($168,300.00) fine on the Russian Football Union (RFU) on Tuesday. The incidents have raised more questions about security at the World Cup in two years' time, adding to existing concerns about racism at Russian football matches.
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| Burundi school sends home 230 students for defacing president's photo | |  A secondary school in rural Burundi sent home 230 students on Tuesday for defacing the portrait of President Pierre Nkurunziza in their textbooks, a regional head of education said. Burundi has been mired in a year-long crisis in which more than 450 people have been killed since Nkurunziza pursued and won a third term. Kwizera Guillaume, the provincial director of education in Ruyigi province, 200 km (124 miles) east of the capital Bujumbura, said they had sent home a total of four classes who were sitting an exam.
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| Minor scuffles in Lille as Russia, England fans arrive for Euro games | | | By Benoit Tessier LILLE, France (Reuters) - A small group of Russian and English fans briefly scuffled in the northern city of Lille where thousands of supporters arrived in the area for the Euro 2016 soccer tournament. Lille is seen as the next potential Euro 2016 trouble spot as Russia play Slovakia there on Wednesday, and England fans also congregate in the northern French city ahead of their match against Wales in nearby Lens on Thursday. UEFA fined the Russian Football Federation and gave it a "suspended disqualification" for attacks inside the stadium on Saturday. |
| Obama says curbs on assault weapons could help prevent attacks like Orlando | |  President Barack Obama said on Tuesday lawmakers could help prevent attacks like the one that killed 49 people at a gay nightclub in Florida by making it harder for people who want to kill Americans to get their hands on assault weapons. Speaking after a briefing from top national security officials, Obama said the United States is doing everything it can to prevent attacks against the U.S. homeland but lawmakers could help by reinstating the ban on assault weapons. "If we really want to help law enforcement protect Americans from home-grown extremists, the kind of tragedies that occurred at San Bernardino and now have occurred in Orlando, there is a meaningful way to do that," Obama said.
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| French knife attacker wanted to "hunt infidels" | | | By Chine Labbé PARIS (Reuters) - A knife-wielding Islamist militant suspected of killing a French police commander and his partner at their home before being killed by police commandos had vowed five years ago to "hunt infidels" and been trained to slit the throats of rabbits. Larossi Abballa, 25, a Frenchman who pledged allegiance to Islamic State chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in an 12-minute video uploaded inside the victims' home on Monday evening hours before he was shot, had been under police surveillance for years. In 2011, after he was arrested for helping Islamist militants travel to Pakistan, Abballa threatened an attorney for another indicted suspect: "I'll have your head off", a source close to the matter told Reuters. |
| Eritrea accuses Ethiopia of being behind U.N. crimes report | | | By Tom Miles GENEVA (Reuters) - Eritrea accused Ethiopia on Tuesday of having orchestrated evidence in a landmark U.N. report last week that accused Eritrean leaders of committing crimes against humanity including torture, murder and enslavement. The report by independent experts called for the case to be referred to the International Criminal Court. The U.N. Human Rights Council, which is holding a three-week session in Geneva, is expected to consider a resolution to recommend future action on Eritrea. |
| U.S. in touch with France over IS-inspired police killing - White House | | | U.S. officials have been in touch with French authorities about the killing of a French police commander and his partner by a man who may have had an affiliation with Islamic State militants, the White House said on Tuesday. White House spokesman Josh Earnest said President Barack Obama was aware of the reports of the killing by Larossi Abballa, 25, a Frenchman who pledged allegiance to IS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in a video uploaded from the victims' home. |
| Vatican leaks trial to end in July, key defendant gives birth | | | The trial of five people charged over the leak of sensitive Vatican documents was adjourned on Tuesday until early next month, when court officials said it is expected to end. The case centres on the publication last year of two books based on leaked documents that depict a Vatican plagued by graft in which Pope Francis faces stiff resistance to his agenda. Lawyers for a key defendant, Francesca Chaouqui, 35, told the court that she had given birth to a boy on Tuesday morning. |
| EU envoy to Turkey resigns amid tensions over migration deal | |  By Tulay Karadeniz and Ece Toksabay ANKARA (Reuters) - The European Union's top envoy to Turkey has resigned, EU officials said on Tuesday, after displaying what a Turkish minister said was disrespect for national values and for President Tayyip Erdogan. The resignation of Hansjoerg Haber was a further sign of strained ties as Brussels tries to keep on track a landmark deal credited with curbing the flow of migrants to Europe. It comes a month after Haber was summoned by Turkey's foreign ministry over comments critical of Ankara's handling of the migration accord.
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