Florida Pulse gay club attacked in Orlando - mass casualties

A shooting inside a gay nightclub in the Florida city of Orlando has caused mass casualties, police say. Orlando Police also said in a tweet that the shooter inside the Pulse Club, located in the heart of the city, is now dead. A bomb squad and hazardous material team were at the scene, and a controlled explosion was carried out. Relatives have been gathering at local hospitals desperate for news. Live updates Image copyrightORLANDO...

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Former Voice contestant Christina Grimmie shot dead in Orlando

Singer Christina Grimmie, who had competed on the US TV programme The Voice, has died of her wounds after being shot in Florida, police say. They say a man opened fire on her when she was signing autographs after a concert in Orlando. The assailant - who was tackled by Ms Grimmie's brother - then shot and killed himself. The 22-year-old singer died in a local hospital. In 2014, Ms Grimmie finished third during season six of The...

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Euro 2016: France kick off tournament amid security, strike and weather fears

Euro 2016 Host: France Dates: 10 June to 10 July Coverage: Live commentary on BBC TV, BBC Radio, the BBC Sport website and app. Live text commentary on every game on BBC Sport website. Euro 2016 kicks off on Friday when hosts France face Group A opponents Romania at the Stade de France amid an unprecedented security operation. France remains under a state of emergency after last November's attacks on Paris, when 130 people were killed. More than 90,000 police, soldiers and private guards...

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Udta Punjab, Nihalani, Nehru and the case for less censorship in a democracy

What has escaped attention during the boiling outrage over Udta Punjab is the bizarre state of film censorship in India. To take recent examples, Quentin Tarantino's mystery thriller The Hateful Eight (2015) which featured Samuel L Jackson and Kurt Russell, was randomly hacked by Pahlaj Nihalani-led CBFC ostensibly because of its "gory scenes and violence against women." Shahid Kapoor and Alia Bhatt at a publicity...

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Woman from Kolkata abducted in Kabul; officials trying to secure early release

Late on Thursday, a 40-year-old Indian woman, hailing from Kolkata, was abducted in Afghanistan's Kabul, reports said. According to a report by CNN-News 18, the woman was identified as Judith D'Souza and the report added that she was working as a senior technical advisor for an NGO Aga Khan Development Network. "She was abducted around 10:40 pm on Thursday from the Taimani area of Kabul," CNN-News18 reported. However, NewsX report said that the abduction took place...

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