Thursday, June 30, 2016

#USA - F-35B First Transatlantic Flight: Breaking Defense

Published on 30 Jun 2016
B-Roll of the F-35B making its first transatlantic flight, headed to the Farnborough International Airshow. Three F-35s flew from MCAS Beaufort, South Carolina and landed at RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire, England. They were assisted by two KC-10’s, and refueled 15 times over the Atlantic. (Footage courtesy of Cpl. Brian Burdett)

TheStreet: Lions Gate and Starz Is a Deal Made in Heaven Says Jim Cramer: TheStreet

Published on 30 Jun 2016
The Lions Gate deal to acquire Starz is a match made in heaven and could bring about more media deals, said TheStreet's Jim Cramer. Lions Gate Entertainment, the studio behind the Hunger Games franchise and hit Netflix series Orange is the New Black on Thursday announced it would buy premium cable channel operator Starz for $4.4 billion in cash and stock. Under the deal, which the companies expected would close by year's end, holders of Starz Series A common shares will receive $18 in cash plus 0.6784 nonvoting Lions Gate shares for each Starz share. Holders of Starz Series B common shares will receive $7.26 in cash plus 0.6321 nonvoting Lions Gate shares and 0.6321 voting Lions Gate shares.

#UK - Michael Heseltine launches scathing attack on Boris Johnson. "I have concluded that person cannot be me": Michael Gove: Boris Johnson wasn't up to the job: BBC News

Published on 30 Jun 2016
Conservative grandee and former leadership contender Lord Heseltine has launched a scathing attack on Boris Johnson, accusing him of creating the "greatest constitutional crisis in modern times". Mr Heseltine, a former deputy prime minister, told the BBC the former London mayor had "ripped the (Conservative) party apart." Lord Heseltine described Mr Johnson as "like a general, that led his army to the sound of guns, and at the sight of the battlefield abandoned the field."
Published on 30 Jun 2016
Boris Johnson, announcing he will not stand as Conservative leader says: "Having consulted colleagues and in view of the circumstances of Parliament I have concluded that person cannot be me."
Published on 30 Jun 2016
Michael Gove has said he chose to run for the Conservative Party leadership after deciding "reluctantly but firmly" that Boris Johnson was not capable of uniting the party or the country. "It had to fall to someone else... I felt it had to fall to me," the justice secretary told the BBC. Mr Gove - who was expected to back Boris Johnson's candidacy - said he made his decision on Wednesday evening. Following his surprise announcement, Mr Johnson withdrew from the race.

#USA - New technology gives hope to brain cancer patients: Fox News

Published on 30 Jun 2016
Dr. Marc Siegel tests medical tools on 'Fox & Friends'

#France - Hollande pledges tax cuts ahead of France's 2017 elections: FRANCE 24 English

Published on 30 Jun 2016
The French president has pledged to implement a tax cut of up to €2 billion in the next year to help middle-class households. François Hollande told the Les Echos newspaper that the country would still be able to meet its EU-mandated budget deficit target of 2.7 percent next year. Also, US President Obama says the UK vote to leave the EU raises “longer-term” concerns for global economic growth.

#Ukraine - Heavy Rains Cause Flood: Zakarpattya region of Ukraine suffers from massive disaster: UKRAINE TODAY

Published on 30 Jun 2016
Zakarpattya region in western Ukraine suffers from massive floods. Numerous heavy rains made the river banks overflow with water, with cars floating in the massive street currents.

George Soros Says 'Brexit' Will 'Unleash" Financial Crisis: TheStreet

Published on 30 Jun 2016
Legendary investor George Soros says 'Brexit' will unleash a crisis in financial markets similar to the global financial crisis of 2007 and 2008. he told the European Parliament in Brussels that Britain's decision to leave the European Union could lead to a disaster because the European banks never really recovered from the financial crisis. Despite that, U.S. stocks have made up 60% of their losses since the Brexit vote last week. Lionsgate

#UK - economy to go into recession then grow in 2017: IG UK

Published on 30 Jun 2016
30 June 2016: Charles Dumas, chief economist at Lombard Street Research, says the drop in GBP will have a positive effect on the UK economy. He is pencilling in Q2 and Q3 negative growth then, Charles says, the UK economy will start to 'bottom out'.

#UK - BORIS JOHNSON SPEECH not running for leadership | Michael Gove running Prime Minister UK Sky News

#EU - hardens UK stance, Maltese citizenship for sale | FirstFT: Financial Times

Published on 30 Jun 2016

#España - Titulares Noticias 14.30 h / Buenos días Castilla y León (30/06/2016): Radio Televisión de Castilla y León


Published on 30 Jun 2016
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#Iraq - Airstrikes hit huge ISIS convoy: CNN

Published on 30 Jun 2016
Airstrikes hit a convoy of more than 500 vehicles leaving Falluja, killing dozens of ISIS militants trying to flee the city, Iraqi officials said.

USA - Senate passes Puerto Rico financial rescue bill: Al Jazeera English

Published on 30 Jun 2016
The US Senate has passed a bill to help Puerto Rico deal with crippling debt. The island owes creditors more than 70 billion dollars and is expected to miss a two billion dollar repayment on Friday.

Puerto Rico has lost around 10 percent of its population over the past decade, with many moving to Florida for better opportunities.

Al Jazeera's Andy Gallacher reports.

#USA - Oscars Invites 683 New Members to the Academy: ABC News

Published on 30 Jun 2016
The motion picture academy invites more members, in a new push for diversity.

#UK - Theresa May Full Candidacy Campaign Speech: Sky News

Published on 30 Jun 2016
Theresa May's full speech to launch her Conservative leadership campaign

Enertopia (CNSX:TOP) "very excited" by first analysis numbers for lithium recovery from brine: ProactiveInvestors Stocktube

Published on 29 Jun 2016
Robert McAllister, chief executive at Enertopia (CNSX:TOP, OTCBB:ENRT) talks to Proactive Investors about the group's deal with a leading North American brine water recovery for lithium recovery.

"We've been looking at how we can recover lithium in the most economically and environmentally-sensitive way to make sure we're on site for a better environment and also to make money for our shareholders. So we decided that brine, from all our research, was the cheapest way to extract lithium and improving on that we've looked at technology around the world for water processing. Our clean energy partners of the last several years then steered us in the direction of this company," he explains.

McAllister says he is "very excited" by the first analysis numbers for lithium recovery from brine.

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#Turkey - Suspects Detained After #AtaturkAirport Istanbul Raids: Associated Press

Published on 30 Jun 2016
Turkish state media reports 13 suspects were detained in connection with the Istanbul Airport attack. Police in Istanbul conducted raids on Thursday, targeting Islamic State group suspects. (June 30)

#Afghanistan - military convoy attacked in Wardak by suicide bomber, 40 suspected dead: Oneindia News

Published on 30 Jun 2016
Suicide bomber targets a bus of Afghan military convoy carrying policemen from Wardak province to Kabul, killing as many as 40 people. No group has claimed the responsibility so far.

#UK - Brexit family divide: BBC News

Published on 29 Jun 2016
The Hannons are just one of many families in the UK dealing with the fallout from the EU referendum. They are seven people divided by the outcome they backed last week. Connor, 20, is the middle child of five and like most of his siblings he wanted to remain. But his parents Anne and Mike disagreed and the debate goes on.
According to YouGov data, 75% of young people aged 18-24 voted to remain, but only 39% of those over 65 did the same. We joined the Hannons in their home in Salford to find out why their age seems to divide them. 

Video produced by India Rakusen and Alvaro A Ricciardelli