Good morning,
Our morning briefing for Friday 29th June follows:
News about an agreement between European Leaders on migration during the European Council meeting broke at dawn. It was European Council President Donald Tusk who announced the agreement via Twitter.
The Government of Malta said that following recent events that brought to the fore information that was previously unknown, Malta needs to ascertain that operations being conducted by entities using its port services and operating within the area of Maltese responsibility are in accordance with national and international rules. This includes, but is not solely limited to, the certification or registration of vessels involved.
Forces loyal to commander Khalifa Haftar said on Thursday they had taken full control of the eastern Libyan city of Derna from an armed coalition of local fighters and Islamists.
Pope Francis gave the Catholic Church 14 new cardinals Thursday, exhorting them to resist any temptation toward haughtiness and instead embrace “the greatest promotion” they could hope to obtain: tending to those neglected or cast aside by society.
Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte will meet U.S. President Donald Trump in Washington on July 30, the White House said in a statement.
The Kremlin and the White House say the summit between Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump will take place in Helsinki on July 16.
At least five people were killed when a gunman fired at a local newspaper in Annapolis, Maryland, on Thursday, police said in a press conference.
Prince William has expressed hope for “lasting peace” between Israelis and Palestinians during a visit to the occupied West Bank. The Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, told William during their meeting that he hoped his homeland would be a fully independent state by the next time he visited the Middle East.
A security failure in a popular quiz app on Facebook left millions of people’s data exposed for almost two years, a cybersecurity activist revealed Thursday.
Queen Elizabeth II is costing British taxpayers a bit more this year. Official financial figures published Thursday reveal that overall costs have gone up in part because of a 10-year program to refit aging Buckingham Palace, the queen’s official residence in central London.
Brexit negotiations cannot go on with a divided British cabinet, Jean-Claude Juncker has said, as European leaders expressed concern that they do not know who is in charge
The Chairman of the National Oil Corporation (NOC), Mustafa Sanallah, stated on Wednesday that the parallel Oil Corporation in east Libya has a history of manipulating oil prices and has already offered to sell oil at a price lower than the official prices in the market
US secretary of state Mike Pompeo will visit North Korea next week in a bid to press forward with the Trump administration’s efforts to secure the country’s denuclearisation, according to four people familiar with his plans.
France should invest more in surveillance of outer space to ensure it never becomes an arena for future wars, the country’s defence minister said on Thursday.
A small chartered plane crashed Thursday in a busy area of Mumbai, India’s financial and entertainment capital, killing at least six people including two on the ground, police said.
Online retailing giant Amazon announced plans to purchase a delivery-focused pharmacy on Thursday.
Booker, a major UK wholesaler owned by Tesco has confirmed that it’s limiting customers such as bars and grocers to 10 cases of beer (300 cans) per brand a day, the most dramatic consequence to date of a shortage that also threatens food production across Europe.
Belgium wins match against England to qualify for next round as top of the table in its group. Japan edges Senegal on Fair Play criteria as both teams ended up with equal points and goal difference.
