BBC News with Neil Nunes.
Reports in the American media say the outgoing head of FIFA, Sepp Blatter, is being investigated by the FBI as part of a corruption inquiry in the world’s
football governing body. The news emerged hours after Mr Blatter announced that he was stepping down. From New York, Nick Bryant.
The US authorities have refrained from public comment, following Sepp Blatter’s decision to step down. But privately law enforcement officials have made it
clear that the outgoing FIFA president is a focus of their ongoing investigation.The New York Times and Washington Post are both reporting that investigators
will attempt to seek the cooperation of those already indicted to build a case against Mr Blatter, on the eve of his resignation. They’d also let it be
known that they believed his right-hand man Valcke was linked to a series of payments connected to the World Cup in South Africa that they suspect were
bribes.
President Obama has signed it into law a measure passed by the US Senate to limit the government’s collection of phone data as part of its surveillance
operations.The National Security Agency will now have to get a warrant to access the phone records of American citizens.
Officials in China say they haven’t given up hope of finding survivors from a capsized cruise ship after a second night searching for anyone trapped inside
its upturned hull. More than 400 people are still missing.The Eastern Star overturned within minutes as Joe Floater reports from Beijing.
One survivor who was interviewed by the state media here said that he only had time to notice that the boat was listing, turned to his friend and said “I
think we are in trouble here”, and all of sudden the boat was on its side, the cabin was filling with water. He just had time to grab a life jacket and open
the window, and the boat was gone.The captain is saying that a catastrophic weather event, something like a cyclone descended on the Yangtze at that point,
but the questions remain: how bad was it that it managed to turn over a 75-meter long boat and in a river that is full of traffic, and nothing else happened
to any other boat on that evening.
The Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras travels to Brussel today for the latest talks aimed at ending his country’s debt crisis. Greece’s creditors, from
the European Commission, the European Central Bank, and the IMF have drawn up a draft agreement. All details in this report from Chris Morris.
After a month of acrimonious negotiations between Greece and its credits, patience is wearing thin. And while this deal may not quite be a 'take it or leave
it' offer, there appears to be little room for maneuver. It’s been put together by the institutions monitoring Greece’s international bailout after talks
with Chancellor Merkel and President Hollande, and it would now be given directly to Alexis Tsipras in Brussels. He’s already said he’s put forward new
proposals of his own that would involved painful concessions. But the creditors want him to go even further.
World news from the BBC.
The head of the European Parliament Martin Schulz says the Russian ambassador to the EU will be refused access to the institution. The move is in response to
the publication by Moscow of a list of 89 European politicians and officials who have been barred from traveling to Russia. Mr Schulz said Russian MPs would
only be allowed in on a case by case basis.
El Salvador has suffered its worst month for violent deaths since the country’s civil war ended more than two decades ago. More than 630 homicides are
recorded in May. Police said most involved rival gang members.
Colombia military officials say land mines and heavy rains are hampering attempts to restore power supplies to the port city of Buenaventura more than 48
hours after an attack by FARC guerrillas. The bombing of a transmission tower caused a massive power failure and has practically halted activity at Colombia
’s main Pacific port.
Indigenous rangers in northern Australia are leading the fight to stop the spread of a destructive walking fish. The climbing perch, which is endemic to
parts of southeast Asia has been found on two of Australia’s most northerly islands. It is feared that it might be disrupting local ecosystem. From Sydney,
Phil Mercer.
With sharp spines over its gills, the climbing perch can drag itself over dry lands as it moves from one waterhole to another. It’s the spines that can
choke predators, including sea birds, turtles and other fish. Academics are working with indigenous rangers to try to stop this aggressive invader
infiltrating pristine wetlands in northern Australia.The walking fish has a specialized lung that enables it to live out of the water for up to 6 days.
Should it reach the Australian mainland, experts say it could wreak a huge environmental damage. Phil Mercer.