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| Gunman shot dead in Germany appeared to be disturbed - state minister | | | BERLIN (Reuters) - A gunman who police shot dead on Thursday after he took hostages at a German cinema appeared to have been a "disturbed man", the interior minister of the state of Hesse said. The gunman had a rifle or "long gun" and special forces intervened and shot him, interior minister Peter Beuth told the Hesse state parliament. There was no evidence that anyone besides the gunman was injured or killed, Beuth added. A police spokeswoman also confirmed the gunman had been shot and said nobody was injured. (Reporting by Ralph Banser and Noah Barkin; Writing by Paul Carrel) |
| Police shoot dead gunman who took hostages in German cinema | | | A gunman took hostages at a cinema in western Germany on Thursday before police shot him dead, a police spokesman told the N-TV television channel, adding that no other people were injured. German television showed pictures of heavily armed police, wearing helmets and body armour, storming the Kinopolis complex in Viernheim and a couple fleeing the building. |
| German gunman took hostages before being shot, no others hurt - police | | | BERLIN (Reuters) - A gunman took hostages at a German cinema in a small town in western Germany on Thursday before police shot him dead, a police spokesman told the N-TV television channel, adding that no other people were injured. German television showed pictures of heavily armed police, wearing helmets and body armour, storming the Kinopolis complex in Viernheim and a couple fleeing the building. (Reporting by Berlin bureau; Writing by Madeline Chambers; Editing by Paul Carrel) |
| German cinema gunman dead - local newspaper | | | BERLIN (Reuters) - A gunman who reportedly opened fire in a cinema complex in the western German town of Viernheim has been shot dead after police stormed the complex, the Mannheimer Morgen newspaper reported on Thursday, citing the interior minister of the state of Hesse. Earlier, Focus Online magazine reported that German police had arrested the gunman. Police were not immediately available to comment. (Writing by Madeline Chambers; Editing by Paul Carrel) |
| Paris protesters march under huge police presence | |  By Ingrid Melander and Brian Love PARIS (Reuters) - Thousands of demonstrators marched under massive police presence in Paris on Thursday to demand that President Francois Hollande scrap labour reform plans that have sparked months of protests marked by serious violence. CGT leader Martinez accused Prime Minister Manuel Valls of pinning the blame for the escalating disorder on his group.
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| Pistorius says murdered girlfriend would want him to go free - ITV | |  By Pete Vernon JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Oscar Pistorius said that Reeva Steenkamp, the girlfriend he was convicted of murdering on Valentine's Day 2013, would want him to go free, in a television interview due to be broadcast on Friday. The Paralympic athlete, who shot Steenkamp dead through a locked toilet door, told British broadcaster ITV she would want him to dedicate his life to charity, not waste it behind bars. Steenkamp's family have not commented on his decision to give his first television interview since her death - though prosecutors have questioned why he felt unable to give testimony but was willing to talk to journalists, accusing him of showing no remorse.
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| Two England fans still in hospital, police issue witness appeal | | | Two England fans remain in hospital with serious injuries after violent disorder before, during and after their Euro 2016 opening match against Russia in Marseilles, British police chiefs said on Thursday. In a statement appealing for witnesses to attacks carried out by Russian fans, the National Police Chiefs' Council said the violence was the worst seen for many years. While a minority of England fans were involved in trouble in the French city, the worst excesses appear to have been committed by Russian fans, some of whom stormed into an enclosure occupied by England fans inside the Stade Velodrome at the end of the 1-1 draw on June 11. |
| SE Asian Islamic State unit being formed in southern Philippines - officials | | | By Randy Fabi and Manuel Mogato JAKARTA/MANILA (Reuters) - Southeast Asian militants who claim to be fighting for Islamic State in the Middle East have said they have chosen one of the most wanted men in the Philippines to head a regional faction of the ultra-radical group, security officials said on Thursday. The claim was made in a video that was recently posted on social media, possibly last week, a military intelligence official in the Philippines told Reuters. The video is significant, experts say, because it shows that Islamic State supporters are now being asked to stay home and unify under one umbrella group to launch attacks in Southeast Asia, instead of being drawn to the fight in the Middle East. |
| World watches as Britons vote on EU membership after tight campaign | |  By Elizabeth Piper and Estelle Shirbon LONDON (Reuters) - Britons were voting on Thursday on whether to stay in the European Union in a referendum that could change the face of Europe and is being nervously watched by financial markets and politicians across the world. Prime Minister David Cameron, who is for "Remain", called the vote under pressure from the anti-EU wing of his Conservative Party and the surging UK Independence Party (UKIP), hoping to end decades of debate over Britain's ties with Europe. The "Leave" campaign says Britain's economy would benefit from a Brexit.
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| French riot police out in force ahead of protest against jobs reform | | | By Brian Love PARIS (Reuters) - France steeled itself for more clashes between demonstrators and riot police in Paris on Thursday after the government reversed course and authorised a union-led street protest against its labour reform plans. As more than 2,000 police deployed around the capital's Place de la Bastille square to control the march, President Francois Hollande said his government would not back down in pushing for legislation that will make hiring and firing easier. "We will take this bill through to the finish line," Hollande told reporters. |
| Russian weightlifters to appeal IWF ban at CAS - Russian sports minister | |  MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko said on Thursday Russian weightlifters would challenge a ban imposed on them by the International Weightlifting Federation at the Court of Arbitration for Sport, Russian news agencies reported. The appeal will be filed by the Russian Weightlifting Federation, TASS news agency cited Mutko as saying. (Reporting by Jack Stubbs; Writing by Maria Tsvetkova)
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| Kremlin: detention of state firm's ex-boss is matter for investigators - Ifax | | | MOSCOW (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin has not discussed the detention of Yevgeny Dod, the former head of state power generator Rushydro, with the company's current general director, the Kremlin said on Thursday. "This issue is purely under the jurisdiction of investigative bodies," Interfax news agency quoted Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov as saying. (Reporting by Jack Stubbs and Maria Tsvetkova; Writing by Dmitry Solovyov) |
| Bahrain summons senior Shi'ite clerics for questioning - lawyer | |  The clerics were called to a police station west of the capital Manama as an administrative court began hearing a justice ministry petition to dissolve the main opposition Shi'ite Muslim group al-Wefaq following a court order last week. The court adjourned the hearing until September 4 to give al-Wefaq time to prepare its defence, the group's lawyer Abdallah al-Shamlawi said on his Twitter account. The Bahraini government says it is acting against people and groups it accuses of fomenting sectarian tensions and of being linked to non-Arab Iran.
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| Jurors in Led Zeppelin copyright trial to deliberate for 2nd day | |  Jurors in Led Zeppelin's copyright infringement trial were due to begin a second day of deliberations on Thursday to decide whether the English rock band ripped off the opening chords of "Stairway to Heaven" from an American group. The lawsuit was brought in 2014 by Michael Skidmore, a trustee for the estate of the late Spirit guitarist and songwriter Randy Wolfe. It accuses Led Zeppelin of copying the opening riff to "Stairway to Heaven" from Spirit's 1967 instrumental "Taurus." The trial started on June 14, and Led Zeppelin lead singer Robert Plant and guitarist Jimmy Page testified that they were largely unfamiliar with Spirit's music.
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