Financial markets are nervously watching on as Britons vote on whether to stay in the European Union. A Brexit would send political shockwaves across the continent and put political pressure on Prime Minister David Cameron
Brexit voters are being urged to #UsePens amid fears that the outcome will be rigged if they use pencils instead. Others on social media have poked fun at the idea of a conspiracy, with the rival hashtag #penisbest also emerging on Twitter
Here's what's coming up:
7:00am: Polling closes in the referendum to decide whether Britain will remain in the EU
7:38am: Foreign Minister Julie Bishop will be speaking to RN Breakfast
8:00am: Greens leader Richard Di Natale will be interviewed by ABC's AM
9:30am: The medal of Australia's youngest Victoria Cross recipient will be handed to the War Memorial
9:30am: Sydney investment banker Oliver Curtis is expected to be sentenced for engaging in insider trading
2:15pm: Former Victorian Liberal Party director Damien Mantach is expected to be sentenced for stealing $1.5m from the party through fake invoices
Britons are voting on whether to stay in the European Union in a referendum that could change the face of Europe and is being nervously watched by financial markets and politicians across the world.
A gunman takes hostages at a cinema in a small town in western Germany before being shot dead by police, police say, adding that no other people were injured.
Opposition Leader Bill Shorten fends of accusations of a scare campaign, telling Australians the Government plans to privatise Medicare and that their vote on July 2 will determine the future of publicly funded healthcare.
A Northern Territory tour company is convicted and fined after admitting to health and safety failures in the case of a British backpacker who fell to her death while posing for a photo at a popular tourist spot in Central Australia.
Snow could fall on Melbourne's outskirts and in parts of New South Wales as a cold front pushes across the country, bringing freezing temperatures and rain.
The US Supreme Court blocks President Barack Obama's bid to shield millions of migrants from deportation and thrusts the charged issue to the frontline of the battle to succeed him.
Researchers identify a protein released by our muscles when we exercise that also stimulates nerve growth in the part of the brain associated with memory.
Democrats in the US House of Representatives hold an all-night sit-in and vow to continue pushing for gun safety legislation in the wake of the Orlando nightclub massacre.
President Joko Widodo visits remote Indonesian islands on a warship in an apparent show of force following clashes with Chinese vessels and growing fears Beijing is seeking to stake a claim in nearby waters.
A video showing a truck pass just centimetres from a cyclist has led to calls for Victoria to introduce safe passing laws to protect cyclists on the road.
An Icelandic commentator's passionate call of his national team's win over Austria becomes an internet sensation, as the team's coach calls for a national holiday to mark the victory.
An endangered Papua New Guinean tree kangaroo is born at Perth Zoo for the first time in 36 years, becoming the fifteenth male in the global breeding program.
You received this email because you are subscribed to ABC News email alerts.
This message was sent to you at starnewsposting@gmail.com.
Please add newslists@your.abc.net.au to your email address book to see images by default and stop the email being treated as spam. This email address is not monitored - Please don't reply to this email.
This service may include material from Agence France-Presse (AFP), APTN, Reuters, AAP, CNN and the BBC World Service which is copyright and cannot be reproduced.
0 comments:
Post a Comment