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| UEFA opens disciplinary proceedings against Russia after crowd violence | | | PARIS (Reuters) - European soccer's governing body, UEFA, said on Sunday it had opened disciplinary proceedings against the Russian Football Union following crowd disturbances at the end of the Russia-England Euro 2016 match in Marseille. Russian fans charged their English counterparts moments after the final whistle on Saturday, punching and kicking retreating England supporters, some of whom were forced to scale barriers to escape. UEFA said a decision on sanctions would be made within the next few days, once Russia had been able to submit written statements. ... |
| French government backs police after Euro 2016 fan violence | |  The French government on Sunday rallied behind police in city of Marseille after three days of fan violence marred the opening days of the Euro 2016 soccer tournament and raised questions over policing tactics and security inside the stadiums. Several hundred English and Russian fans squared off in Marseille on Saturday, hurling beer bottles and chairs and drawing volleys of tear gas from riot police who struggled to contain the skirmishes in the narrow streets of the Old Port. Then there were ugly exchanges along the Mediterranean coast between Northern Irish fans and locals in the city of Nice, where riot police again intervened.
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| Many injured at Florida gay club shooting, gunman dead - police | | | (Reuters) - Gunfire erupted at a gay nightclub in Orlando early on Sunday, causing mass casualties before one suspected gunman was found dead inside, police said. Police said in a Twitter message that there were "multiple injuries". |
| Modi notches Rajya Sabha gains, eyes Uttar Pradesh battle | |  By Rupam Jain ALLAHABAD, India (Reuters) - Prime Minister Narendra Modi has notched up gains in elections to the Rajya Sabha, and is seeking to drive home the advantage when his nationalist ruling party meets to devise a strategy to win Uttar Pradesh, India's biggest state. Modi drew standing ovations from U.S. lawmakers this week on a visit to Washington D.C. but, like President Barack Obama, has faced a struggle in his two years in power to get legislation through a hostile second chamber. BJP leaders were due to meet later on Sunday to finalise their strategy to win the 2017 election in Uttar Pradesh, India's most populous state, knowing that defeat would handicap Modi and sap his chances of winning a second term.
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| One killed in Istanbul explosion, gas leak suspected - CNN Turk | | | ISTANBUL (Reuters) - An explosion in central Istanbul killed one person and injured another on Sunday after what could have been a gas leak, CNN Turk reported. Emergency crews found the body of a street vendor at the scene in an apartment block in the upscale Cihangir neighbourhood, the channel said. A taxi driver was badly hurt when falling cement hit his car, it added. It was too early to say what caused the explosion which also sparked a fire in the unoccupied flat, the TV station said. ... |
| CIA chief expects release of 9/11 documents to clear Saudi Arabia | |  CIA chief John Brennan said on Sunday he expects 28 classified pages of a U.S. congressional report into the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks on the United States to be published, absolving Saudi Arabia of any responsibility. People shouldn't take them as evidence of Saudi complicity in the attacks," Brennan said in an interview with Saudi-owned Arabiya TV, according to a transcript provided by the network. The withheld section of the 2002 report is central to a dispute over whether Americans should be able to sue the Saudi government, a key U.S. ally, for damages.
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| Kazakhstan says all Islamist attack suspects detained | | | ALMATY (Reuters) - Kazakh security forces detained three men on Sunday suspected of being Islamist militants linked to deadly attacks a week earlier in the city of Akrobe, the National Security Committee said. Everyone linked to the June 5 attacks had now been detained or neutralised, it added, without going into further detail. At least 25 people including 18 attackers died during the assaults on a national guard base and firearms shops, and in the subsequent manhunt. ... |
| Russian Football Union will probably be fined after Marseille clashes - R-Sport | | | MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Russian Football Union will probably by fined by UEFA for the behaviour of Russian fans in Marseille, Russia's Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko said on Sunday, R-Sport news agency reported. "We will have a fine from UEFA, so I understand. We behaved incorrectly," Mutko said, adding that Russian officials will investigate what happened and there were "many nuances". His comments follow violent scenes at a Euro 2016 game between England and Russia on Saturday evening. (Reporting By Jason Bush; Editing by Elaine Hardcastle) |
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