News Headlines - 14 June 2014
▽Tony Blair rejects 'bizarre' claims that invasion of Iraq caused the crisis | The Observer
Tony Blair has strongly rejected claims that the 2003 US-UK invasion of Iraq was to blame for the current crisis gripping the country, pointing the finger instead firmly at the Maliki government and the war in Syria.
▽Pakistan Warplanes Attack North Waziristan, Killing 150 -- News from Antiwar.com
Pakistani warplanes have launched a major flurry of air strikes against targets in Data Khel, in North Waziristan Agency, with officials putting the overall death toll in the strikes at 150, labeling them all “foreign terrorists.”
▽Afghans Tally Votes in Landmark Presidential Runoff Election
Saturday was the second time in just over two months that millions of Afghans defied constant Taliban threats and headed to the polls to cast a vote in run-off between the two former government ministers, Abdullah Abdullah and Ashraf Ghani.
▽BBC News - Up to 50,000 London homes to be built in brownfield scheme
Up to 50,000 new London homes are to be built on 20 brownfield sites, in a ￡400m scheme announced by the Treasury.
The homes will be built on "housing zones", where planning restrictions are removed to get homes built quickly.
England lose their opening World Cup Group D match in Manaus
Claudio Marchisio put Italy ahead with a 25-yard shot
Sturridge equalised from close range after Wayne Rooney's cross
Balotelli planted a header past Joe Hart for Italy's winner
