TSIPRAS TELLS GREEKS: VOTE 'NO'
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has urged citizens to vote “NO” to international creditors’ austerity proposals in the June 5th national bailout referendum. Via a television link, Tsipras told more than 20,000 people gathered in front of the Greek parliament in Athens that he would be in a stronger position to renegotiate with creditors if Greeks soundly rejected the proposals.
ISIS ADMITS FATAL BOMBING
ISIS has claimed responsibility for a car bomb attack near a military hospital in Sanaa in which at least 28 people were killed and more than 20 wounded. ISIS said in a statement it had targeted Faycal and Hamid Jayache, two senior members of the Iranian-backed Houthis who have maintained a strong presence on the ground despite being attacked by Saudi-led airstrikes since mid-March. The Houthis launched a Scud missile attack inside Saudi Arabia earlier in June - the first attack of its kind inside the country.
POST-ATTACK ARRESTS
Seven people are being questioned over the June 26th massacre at a hotel in the Tunisian resort of Sousse, a source involved in the investigation has said. Tunisia's tourism sector has been badly hit by the attack, with British travel companies reporting 4,000 British nationals have flown back home and French travel agencies reporting 80 percent of flights booked by French nationals for holidays in Tunisia have been cancelled since the massacre.
MILITARY PLANE CRASH
At least 37 people are believed to have been killed after a military plane crashed in a residential area in Indonesia. The Hercules C-130 aircraft crashed into two houses in Medan, northern Sumatra, causing a car to catch fire. The plane, which had 12 crew members on board, reportedly went down shortly after take-off.
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