1. 'No concrete proposals' from Greek PM Tsipras at summit
Greece’s prime minister, Alexis Tsipras, has met his country’s eurozone creditors at an emergency summit in Brussels. But a tweet from Malta's PM said he had put forward "no concrete proposals" for a new bailout. Tsipras had been expected to ask eurozone leaders to write off 30% of Greece's debts in return for concessions, but Germany says cancelling debts will endanger the euro.
Greece finally reaches deal to release €12bn bailout funds
2. Britain remembers 7/7 attacks, ten years on
Events across the country today have been marking the tenth anniversary of the terrorist attacks in London on 7 July 2005. There was a minute’s silence at 11.30am in memory of the 52 people killed by four bombs which detonated on Tube trains and a bus. Survivors, the PM, the Duke of York and Boris Johnson attended a memorial service at St Paul’s Cathedral.
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3. Budget: Osborne to extend supermarket Sunday hours
Larger shops in England and Wales could stay open longer on Sundays under measures expected to be announced tomorrow by George Osborne in his budget. The Chancellor intends to give local authorities the power to decide how long traders in their area stay open. Currently the limit for larger shops is six hours.
July Budget 2015: George Osborne's key announcements
4. UK ‘should lay on charter flights for jihadis’
A former head of counter-terror policing in the UK, Robert Quick, says the government should lay on charter flights to Syria for British would-be jihadis. He said it might be better for those anxious to join the caliphate to surrender their passports and go, rather than “fester” in the UK. Around 700 Britons have gone so far.
5. 'Bank bosses knew,' says Libor charge trader
A City trader on trial for manipulating the Libor rate has told a court that senior managers knew what he was doing. Former UBS and Citigroup trader Tom Hayes told Southwark Crown Court that he "acted with complete transparency" and that bank bosses were aware of his actions. He denies eight counts of conspiracy to defraud between 2006 and 2010.
6. World’s oldest man dies in Japan at 112
The world’s oldest man has died at the age of 112. Sakari Momoi died of kidney failure in his Tokyo care home, 11 months after acquiring his title from Guinness World Records. The world’s oldest man is now Yasutaro Koide, a month younger than Momoi. The oldest person is American woman Susannah Mushatt Jones, 116.
7. Music magazine NME to become free
Music magazine the NME (New Musical Express), published weekly since 1952 and sung about by the Sex Pistols in Anarchy in the UK, is to be a free sheet from September. After a decade of sliding sales, the NME will also branch out into fashion, film, politics and gaming. One media expert called it a “last throw of the dice”.
8. Briton gored in Pamplona bull run
A British man is one of three people to be gored in the annual Running of the Bulls in Pamploma, northern Spain. The other two victims were American but none of them are said to be in a serious condition. A further eight people suffered minor injuries in the event which sees bulls chase competitors through the town's streets.
9. HSBC fires six staff over I.S execution parody
HSBC has fired six of its employees for taking part in a video showing a mock Islamic State-style execution. The online footage, apparently shot on a team-building exercsise, shows five men in balaclavas, one holding a fake knife, standing behind a kneeling Asian colleague, dressed in an orange jumpsuit.
HSBC staff sacked over mock Islamic State execution
10. Briefing: the Srebrenica genocide, 20 years on
Services are taking place across Europe in the run-up to Srebrenica Memorial Day on 11 July, marking the 20th anniversary of the 1995 genocide, widely considered to be the worst massacere in Europe since World War Two. In 1999 UN Secretary General Kofi Annan wrote: "Through error, misjudgement and an inability to recognise the scope of the evil confronting us, we failed to do our part to help save the people of Srebrenica from the Serb campaign of mass murder."
Srebrenica: how genocide returned to Europe 20 years ago
