Democrats Force Gun Control Vote

UK Set To Hold Rates Steady Ahead Of Brexit Vote The Bank of England is expected on Thursday to hold interest rates steady at 0.5 percent when it announces the results of its last meeting before the country holds an in-out referendum on EU membership next week. The bank’s governor has warned that a Brexit could lead to a “technical recession,” and sharp falls in the pound’s value. Sponsored by: EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW, RIGHT NOW. #IBTPulse --------------------------------------------------------------- Obama To Visit Orlando As Democrats Force Gun Vote The president and vice president Biden will travel to Orlando Thursday, where they will pay their respects to the victims of last week’s mass shooting and meet with their families. The visit comes after Democratic senators staged a 14-hour filibuster to force the chamber to vote on gun control legislation that would stop people on terror watch lists from buying firearms, and expanding background checks. UK Set To Hold Rates Steady Ahead Of Brexit Vote The Bank of England is expected on Thursday to hold interest rates steady at 0.5 percent when it announces the results of its last meeting before the country holds an in-out referendum on EU membership next week. The bank’s governor has warned that a Brexit could lead to a “technical recession,” and sharp falls in the pound’s value. Disney’s Great Leap Forward Disney’s massive new $5.5 billion Shanghai theme park seeks to defy China’s slowdown and the government’s crackdown on Western values, but with family ticket prices close to China’s average monthly wage — it doesn’t come cheap. Russia Angered By Euro Arrests Russian officials summoned the French ambassador in the country Wednesday to protest the arrest of Russian citizens attending the Euro soccer championships, and warned what it called an “anti-Russian mood” could damage relations between the two countries. There are fears of more violence on Thursday, after 36 people were arrested Wednesday in the city of Lille, where English and Russian fans are congregating. HERE'S WHAT YOU MISSED LAST NIGHT. Gay Muslims In Spotlight After Orlando Shootings The mass shooting at an Orlando gay club has cast into spotlight a subsection of the LGBTQ community that has long hidden in plain sight: Muslims. This sudden scrutiny both bolsters and imperils recent progress by LGBTQ people of Muslim faith to gain recognition and acceptance by their communities and the broader American public. Technician Arrested Over Panama Papers Data Theft Swiss police have arrested a computer technician at the Geneva offices of Mossack Fonseca, the law firm at the center of the Panama Papers scandal, on suspicion of stealing large amounts of data. The arrest was made days ago after Mossack Fonseca provided information to prosecutors, but the first reports of it were made public Wednesday. Mossack Fonseca has filed complaints in several jurisdictions, as it seeks to punish people associated with the data breach. Oakland Police Sex Scandal Claims Second Chief Just a week after Oakland’s police chief stepped down amid a sex scandal, the city’s mayor abruptly fired his replacement Wednesday. Mayor Libby Schaaf said that she had “lost confidence” in interim Police Chief Ben Fairow, but gave no more specifics on her decision. The department has been rocked by revelations that a large number of officers were engaged in sexual misconduct. EgyptAir Flight 804 Wreckage Found Egyptian officials said Wednesday that search teams have found the wreckage of EgyptAir Flight 804, which crashed into the Mediterranean Sea on May 19, killing all 66 people on board. Authorities said a vessel hired by the Egyptian government "had identified several main locations of the wreckage,” raising hopes that the aircraft’s black box recorders could be located, giving some clue as to what caused the crash. AND THEN THERE'S THIS... Alligator Attacks Rare, But On The Rise In a week of multiple tragedies for Orlando, emergency responders on Wednesday found the body of a 2-year-old boy who was snatched by an alligator at a Disney resort in the city. Though such attacks are rare, the development of much of central Florida’s swamp-and-lake dotted inland is increasingly putting humans in proximity to gators. A Back Door To Beat Chinese Censorship China’s movie market could be the world’s largest as soon as next year, and with only 34 slots per year allotted to productions made in the West and strict censorship rules, it can be hard for Hollywood to get much of its product into Chinese theaters. At Shanghai’s international film festival, however, it seems like the rules can be bent, or even broken. 7 Hanover Square, 5th Floor, New York, NY 10004 © 2015 IBT Media Inc. All Rights Reserved. Please add pulse@ibt-mail.com to your contacts [Unsubscribe] | Privacy Policy