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A Sunni armed group which controls large areas of Iraq and Syria has announced the establishment of a "caliphate" straddling the two countries, urging other groups to pledge allegiance. In an audio recording released on Sunday, the group formerly known as the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant declared its chief, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, "the caliph" and "leader for Muslims everywhere".

ALJAZEERA

Today, as conflict rages again in Iraq, four Blackwater guards involved in the Nisour Square shooting are on trial in Washington on charges stemming from the episode, the government’s second attempt to prosecute the case in an American court after previous charges against five guards were dismissed in 2009.

NYTIMES

C’est un accord commercial dont personne ne parle, négocié dans l’opacité la plus totale. 50 pays, parmi les plus fervents défenseurs de la libéralisation, discutent en ce moment de l’ouverture du « marché des services » à la concurrence internationale. Éducation, santé, transports, télécommunications, services financiers... Tout est sur la table des négociations. Sans que les citoyens ou parlementaires aient leur mot à dire. Les négociateurs – soumis à la forte pression des lobbys – sont cette semaine à Genève pour le 7ème round de ces pourparlers internationaux, qui pourraient gravement menacer les services publics et les tentatives de régulation du secteur financier. Enquête.

BASTA MAG

Russia said on Thursday it had finally got Brussels and Kiev to include it in talks over a landmark association agreement between Ukraine and the EU to be signed this week. Much to Russia's chagrin, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko on Friday is set to sign the final chapters of the landmark EU pact that has been at the heart of a raging crisis in his country.

EUBUSINESS

What the US Supreme Court decides in a key court case involving Argentina and its bondholders will greatly impact how sovereign debt restructuring is done in the future.

BBC

A historical "première", this common statement results from a historical video-conference, organised on May 27th by LEAP in partnership with FEFAP and in collaboration with the Fudan University, Shanghai, which gathered 28 representatives from Brazil, China, France, Germany, India, Netherlands, Spain, Russia and Ukraine, on the following theme: “The impact of the Ukrainian crisis on Euro- BRICS, Euro-U.S. and BRICS' relations. Finalised and signed on June 25th, Newropeans is one of the co-signers of this joint-statement.

NEWROPEANS-MAGAZINE

quoi qu’il en soit de l’Ukraine, cette crise est en train de considérablement rapprocher François Hollande et Angela Merkel qui jouent ensemble cette partie au moment même où d’autres et difficiles compromis se cherchent, entre Paris et Berlin ceux-là, sur les futures politiques de l’Union. Ce n’était certainement pas son but, mais Vladimir Poutine est en train de resserrer les rangs des Européens.

FRANCE INTER

Africa is making progress towards a regional military force by the end of next year, a senior African Union official said on Wednesday, as local leaders urged less reliance on foreign intervention.

REUTERS

Nearly three quarters of Germans would oppose NATO having permanent NATO military bases in eastern Europe as requested by Poland and the Baltic states because of a perceived threat from Russia, according to a new poll released on Wednesday.

REUTERS