David Cameron: 'No turning back' on EU vote
The UK faces an "existential choice" in the EU referendum from which there would be "no turning back", Prime Minister David Cameron has said.
Mr Cameron said choosing to leave the EU in Thursday's vote would be a "big mistake" and lead to "debilitating uncertainty" for up to a decade.
However Michael Gove told the Sunday Telegraph the UK could become a "progressive beacon" by leaving the EU.
The Leave campaigner urged people to "vote for democracy".
Mr Cameron said the EU vote was the "ultimate democracy" and represented what Labour MP Jo Cox, who was killed on Thursday in her West Yorkshire constituency, had stood for.
'Watershed moment'
Writing in the Sunday Telegraph, Mr Cameron, who is campaigning for Remain, said Mrs Cox had "embodied Britain at her best - a country that is decent and compassionate".
Thousands protest at US bases on Okinawa after Japanese woman's murder
Protest marks new low for US and Japanese relations over Okinawa and threaten plans to have US air station moved to another part of the island
Thousands of people gathered on the Japanese island of Okinawa on Sunday in one of the biggest demonstrations in two decades against US military bases following the arrest of an American suspected of murdering a local woman.
The protest marks a new low for the United States and Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe in their relations with the island and threatens plans to have the US marines’ Futenma air station moved to a less populous part of the island.
The US and Japan agreed in 1996 to close the Futenma site, located in a residential urban area, after the rape of a 12-year-old Japanese schoolgirl by three US military personnel spurred mass demonstrations against the American presence.Why are we so reluctant to label white attackers as terrorists?
We must wonder, if an attacker had yelled “Allahu Akbar”, would it be labelled a terrorist attack from the outset?
There are a number of terms we use to describe the kind of people who shoot innocent civilians. Many are described as “alienated”, “psychopathic narcissists” or “troubled”. But it seems like you have to satisfy a particular criteria to be labelled a “terrorist”.
Jo Cox’s alleged attacker identified himself in court as “death to traitors, freedom for Britain” and yet we have responded to her a death in a way that has become tragically routine – a search for a mental health issue, surprise at reports of links neo-Nazi groups.
We must wonder, where an attack takes place and words like “Allahu Akbar” are used, would we be labelling it a terrorist attack from the outset?
Laying Down the Gauntlet
Corruption can rot a state from the inside out. It destroys people's faith in government institutions and threatens societal stability. More than 1.3 trillion euros are lost every year to graft around the world. As part of its sustainable development goals, the UN has identified the battle against corruption as a key element in building peaceful and inclusive societies.
What, though, might such a battle look like? Who has the courage to lead it? And what are the daily obstacles? SPIEGEL ONLINE traveled to Ukraine, the most corrupt country in Europe, in the search for answers.
By Annette Langer
The Patrol Police
Young, Engaged -- and a Fig Leaf
It's time for a shift changeover at the Boryspil Patrol Police. Lieutenant Maya Breslavska is standing in front of two orderly rows of young men. Dressed in black uniforms with hands folded behind their backs, they are staring down at the asphalt of an unadorned courtyard not far from Kiev.
Some of the tall young men could easily spit onto the top of the 31-year-old Breslavska's head. But they don't. She is, after all, their commanding officer -- and a unique one, at that.
China: Wukan leader arrested ahead of planned protests
Residents dispute authorities' claim that Lin Zulian was detained for misusing power in village known for mass protests.
The chief of a village that became a symbol of resistance against corruption has been arrested for allegedly accepting bribes, Chinese authorities said, as a large police operation moved in to head off dissent.
Lin Zulian, detained on Saturday, was elected head of the Wukan village committee in 2012, after protests over land grabs led to rare concessions from the Communist Party and the ousting of local leaders.
The regional office for public security said Lin, who is 72 years old, had "used his power to elicit bribes".
Two Al Jazeera employees sentenced to death in Egypt
An Egyptian court on Saturday sentenced six people, including two Al Jazeera employees, to death for allegedly passing documents related to national security to Qatar and Al Jazeera
CAIRO — An Egyptian court on Saturday sentenced six people, including two Al Jazeera employees, to death for allegedly passing documents related to national security to Qatar and the Doha-based TV network during the rule of Islamist President Mohammed Morsi.
Morsi, the case's top defendant, and two of his aides were sentenced to 25 years in prison. Morsi and his secretary, Amin el-Sirafy, each received an additional 15-year sentence for a lesser crime. El-Sirafy's daughter, Karima, was also sentenced to 15 years in prison.
Morsi, Egypt's first freely elected leader, was ousted by the military in July 2013 and has already been sentenced to death in another case. That death sentence and another two — life and 20 years in prison — are under appeal. His Muslim Brotherhood was banned and declared a terrorist organization after his ouster. Khalid Radwan, a producer at a Brotherhood-linked TV channel, received a 15-year prison sentence.
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