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Hillary Clinton has thanked her supporters for helping her reach a historic moment for women – the Democratic nomination for president. “Thanks to you, we’ve reached a milestone,” she told cheering crowds at a rally in New York. She hailed “the first time in our nation’s history that a woman will be a major party’s nominee”. Earlier Mrs Clinton won ...

Hillary Clinton is looking to tighten her grip on the Democratic presidential nomination, after an AP count said she had already won enough delegates. Six states are going to the polls, with California (543 delegates) and New Jersey (142) the big prizes. Associated Press said Mrs Clinton had already reached the 2,383 delegates needed, taking into account pledges of support ...

An explosion in central Istanbul has left several people injured, Turkish media report. The blast, caused by a bomb, targeted a police bus in the district of Vezneciler, the reports say. Several ambulances have been sent to the area. Violence has escalated in Turkey recently as a result of tensions with Kurdish separatists and the conflict in neighbouring Syria. BBC

Hillary Clinton has clinched the Democratic nomination for US president after reaching the required number of delegates, an AP tally suggests. The count puts Mrs Clinton on 2,383 – the number needed to make her the presumptive nominee. She will become the first female nominee for a major US political party. But rival Bernie Sanders said Mrs Clinton had not ...

A Frenchman detained last month with a large cache of arms was planning mass attacks during the Euro 2016 football tournament, which starts on Friday, Ukrainian officials say. The man, identified by French media as Gregoire Moutaux, 25, was arrested on the Ukrainian border with Poland. Intelligence chief Vasyl Hrytsak said the man had planned 15 attacks and was driven ...

Three people are confirmed dead after massive storms flooded rivers, uprooted trees and tore into beaches along Australia’s east coast. Rain and wind continue to batter southern New South Wales, Victoria and Tasmania. Erosion at Sydney’s Collaroy Beach has forced the evacuation of multi-million dollar homes, which are now in danger of collapsing. The storms cut power to 86,000 homes ...

Hillary Clinton will win the Puerto Rico Democratic primary, according to a CNN projection, putting her on the cusp of clinching the party’s presidential nomination. Clinton is not expected to win all 60 delegates that were at stake Sunday, which would have put her over the top in the nomination battle against rival Bernie Sanders. She remains shy of the ...

Projections from a referendum in Switzerland suggest voters have rejected a plan to introduce a guaranteed basic income for all. Some 78% of voters opposed the plan, a GFS projection for Swiss TV suggested. The proposal had called for adults to be paid an unconditional monthly income, whether they worked or not. Supporters said since work was increasingly automated, fewer ...

Switzerland is voting on whether to introduce a guaranteed basic income for every citizen, becoming the first country to hold such a vote. The proposal calls for adults to be paid an unconditional monthly income, whether they work or not. Supporters of the idea say 21st Century work is increasingly automated, with fewer jobs available for workers. But polls suggest ...

Tributes have poured in from across the world for boxing legend Muhammad Ali, who has died at the age of 74. “Muhammad Ali shook up the world. And the world is better for it,” said US President Barack Obama. The three-time world heavyweight champion – one of the world’s greatest sporting figures – died on Friday at a hospital in ...