10 things you need to know today: June 27, 2016

1. EU leaders urge Britain to consider Brexit fallout

Representatives from 27 European Union members agreed in Brussels on Sunday to give the U.K. some time to think about the Brexit fallout before giving official notice to leave the EU. At first, members of the 28-nation trading bloc had said they wanted the U.K. to announce it was leaving immediately in the aftermath of Thursday's non-binding Brexit referendum. German Chancellor Angela Merkel's chief of staff, Peter Altmaier, said that "politicians in London should take the time to reconsider the consequences of the Brexit decision‚ but by that I emphatically do not mean Brexit itself." Merkel is hosting her counterparts from France, Italy, and the European Council on Monday to discuss the Brexit strategy. French President Francois Hollande said Sunday that it's important for European leaders to have a united front on the "irreversible" referendum, since "separated, we run the risk of divisions, dissension, and quarrels."

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2. Clinton extends lead over Trump in new polls

Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton pulled further ahead of her Republican rival, Donald Trump, in two new polls released Sunday. A Washington Post/ABC News poll put Clinton up by 12 percentage points, 51 percent to 39 percent. A Wall Street Journal-NBC News poll gave Clinton a lead of just five percentage points. Trump was closer in similar polls a month ago, but his popularity has suffered over the last two weeks after he said a Mexican-American judge in a lawsuit against Trump University was biased against him, and congratulated himself on his terrorism rhetoric after the Orlando mass shooting.

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3. 10 wounded in violence at California white supremacist rally

Ten people were injured Sunday when violence broke out at a rally by white supremacists in Sacramento, California. Members of the Traditionalist Worker Party, a self-described "white nationalist" group, obtained a permit and were trying to hold their event at the state Capitol when they were blocked by about 300 counter-demonstrators. Some of the injured people were stabbed.

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4. Pride parades honor Orlando victims

New York City's annual gay pride parade opened Sunday with a moment of silence in honor of the 49 people killed and 53 injured in this month's mass shooting at an Orlando gay nightclub. Authorities tightened security at pride parades in New York and around the nation in the wake of the shooting, the deadliest ever in the U.S. The pride events also celebrated President Obama's designation of the area around New York City's Stonewall Inn as the first national monument to gay rights.

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5. West Virginia faces fresh alerts after floods kill 24

The National Weather Service issued flash flood watches in 22 counties in West Virginia for Monday. Twenty-four people were killed in flooding last week in the state. The new warnings did not cover Greenbrier County, where 16 people have been killed. The floods had not yet receded in the county as of Sunday. President Obama declared a federal disaster in the state, and impacted residents were able to start applying for Federal Emergency Management Agency aid as of Sunday.

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6. Pope Francis says church should ask gays for forgiveness

Pope Francis said Sunday that the Roman Catholic Church and Christians in general should ask gays for forgiveness over the way they have been treated. The church teaches that homosexual acts are sinful. "I think that the Church not only should apologize ... to a gay person whom it offended but it must also apologize to the poor as well, to the women who have been exploited, to children who have been exploited by (being forced to) work," Pope Francis said. "It must apologize for having blessed so many weapons."

7. Five killed in Colorado Amtrak train crash

An Amtrak train collided with a van in Colorado on Sunday, killing five people. Three of the dead were children. Law enforcement officials said the van — a 2005 Chrysler Town & Country — failed to yield right of way to the train, and was struck. The driver and four of the passengers in the van were killed. A girl was flown to an Aurora, Colorado, children's hospital with serious injuries. Authorities withheld the names of the victims pending notification of next of kin.

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8. Spain's conservative ruling party gains seats

The party of Spain's caretaker prime minister, Mariano Rajoy, gained seats in Sunday elections as Spanish voters distanced themselves from anti-establishment politicians seeking stability after the U.K.'s Brexit vote. Rajoy's People's Party won 137 seats, up from the 123 it won in December but still well short of the 176 seats needed for a majority in the 350-seat parliament. The rival Socialists fell to 85 from 90 seats, and the anti-establishment Podemos party, which had been expected to gain seats, kept the 71 seats it had before.

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9. Chile wins second straight Copa America final over Argentina

Chile beat Argentina in the Copa America final for the second straight year on Sunday. Neither team scored in regulation or 30 minutes of extra time, but Chile came out on top 4-2 on penalty kicks. Argentina's Lionel Messi, a five time FIFA Player of the Year, lost a final for the third year in a row, including an extra time loss to Germany in the 2014 World Cup. Messi, considered by many to be the greatest player ever, said after the game he was retiring from the Argentine national team. "I've done all I can," he said. "It hurts not to be a champion."

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10. Beyonce wins big at BET Awards featuring Prince tribute

The BET Awards honored the late Prince on Sunday with emotional performances by Sheila E., Stevie Wonder, Jennifer Hudson, and other performers. Grey's Anatomy actor Jesse Williams received the humanitarian award for his social activism, and brought the audience to its feet with a six-minute speech denouncing racism. Beyonce was the night's big winner. She was nominated for five awards and won four, including best female R&B/pop artist, video of the year for Formation, and the Coca-Cola Viewers' Choice award.

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