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Same-sex marriage is now legal across the U.S. –
Same-sex marriage is now legal in the United States. The Supreme Court handed down a historic 5-4 ruling that state-level bans on gay marriage are unconstitutional. The court agreed to hear cases filed by gay and lesbian couples from Kentucky, Ohio, Tennessee, and Michigan in January, setting the stage for the decision that has been highly anticipated by gay rights groups ever since. The Obama administration supported the cause. After the ruling came down, the White House changed its official Facebook photo to a rainbow variation. [The Daily Dot]
The White House Facebook Page official photo today

Hilary Clinton made a similar change to her logo when the Supreme Court was earlier ruling in April.
Hilary Clinton Twitter (April 28 2015)

British And Irish Tourists Die In Beach Horror –
A gunman disguised as a holidaymaker has killed at least 37 people, including five Britons, in an attack on a popular tourist resort. Terrified sunbathers ran for their lives as the attacker, dressed in shorts and hiding his Kalashnikov inside an umbrella, opened fire on the beach in Port el Kantaoui on the outskirts of Sousse, Tunisia. He then entered the Imperial Marhaba hotel through the swimming pool area, shooting people as he went and also threw an explosive, witnesses said. The gunman in Tunisia was a young student from the city of Kairouan who was reportedly unknown to authorities. He was later shot dead by police. [Sky News]

France attack: Man decapitated at factory near Lyon –
A van driver who was investigated for links to Islamist radicals has attacked a gas factory near the south-eastern city of Lyon, a French prosecutor says. Yassin Sali, 35, caused an explosion by ramming his car into an area containing flammable liquids and was arrested at the scene, Francois Molins said. Mr Sali’s boss, the owner of a delivery firm, was found beheaded alongside flags containing Arabic inscriptions. The attack put France back on to its highest terror alert. An investigation has been launched by French anti-terror police. [BBC]

Bobbi Kristina Brown: Legal action filed against boyfriend –
The boyfriend of Bobbi Kristina Brown has been accused of assault and theft, on the same day her family announced she was being moved into hospice care. Brown, the only child of Whitney Houston, was discovered face down in a bath at her Atlanta home in January. She has never regained consciousness. Her boyfriend Nick Gordon has now been accused of causing her “substantial bodily harm” in a $10m civil case. [BBC]

Bobbi Kristina Brown and Whitney Houston in 2009

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Armed conflicts and attacks

• Al Shabaab militants attack an African Union base in the Leego district of Somalia and kills more than 70 African Union soldiers and seizes control of their military base. (Reuters) (VOA News)
• Saint-Quentin-Fallavier attack
  • A man is decapitated and at least two others are injured during an attack in Saint-Quentin-Fallavier as a man carrying an Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant flag attacks a factory near the French city of Lyon. (The Local)
• 2015 Kuwait mosque bombing
  • At least 27 people are killed and 227 injured after a suicide bombing at the Shia Imam Sadiq mosque in Kuwait City, Kuwait. ISIL claims responsibility for the attack. (Al Jazeera), (Reuters)
• 2015 Sousse attack
  • Two hotels in Sousse, Tunisia came under attack from an unknown number of gunmen; at least 37 people have been killed and 36 injured. Libyan branch of ISIL is suspected. (Sky News), (BBC), (USA Today)
• Syrian civil war
  • June 2015 Kobani attack
    • Islamic State kills 146 civilians in Kobani, the second largest massacre since the start of conflict when the extremist group executed 700 members of the al-Sheitaat tribe in eastern Syria. (IBT), (VOA NEWS)
  • An Islamic State suicide bomber kills at least 20 people in the city of Hasakeh. (AFP via Yahoo! News)

Business and economy

• The Prime Minister of Greece Alexis Tsipras says that Greece will hold a referendum on a bailout deal with creditors on July 5. (BBC), (Reuters)

Disasters and accidents

• An early monsoon arrives in India resulting in floods in Gujarat state that have killed 60 people so far this week. (Hindustan Times)

International relations

• The European Union has reached agreement to share at least 40,000 migrants over two years. (Reuters), (BBC)
• Authorities in Thailand stop the launch of a report by Human Rights Watch on alleged persecution of Montagnard Christians in Vietnam. (AP via ABC News America)

Law and crime

• A South Korean court rules that South Korea is not obliged to pay compensation to its nationals who were victims of the Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki who have not been compensated by Japan. (Yonhap)
• Obergefell v. Hodges:
  • In a 5-4 decision, the United States Supreme Court declares state bans on same-sex marriage unconstitutional and effectively legalizes it across the United States. (CNN)
• 2015 Clinton Correctional Facility escape
  • Richard Matt, one of the two escapees, has been shot dead south of the town of Malone, New York. (New York Times)

Politics and elections

• Sri Lankan parliamentary election, 2015
  • Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena dissolves the Parliament to pave the way for the upcoming parliamentary election. (BBC)

Sports

• 2015 NHL Entry Draft
  • The NHL Draft is held at the BB&T Center with the Edmonton Oilers selecting Connor McDavid as their number 1 pick. (Bleacher Report)

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