News Headlines - 29 June 2014

▽BBC News - Japanese man sets self on fire over military rule change

A man set himself on fire in central Tokyo in protest at a proposed law which could allow Japan to deploy its military overseas. The man was taken to hospital after being hosed down but his condition was not immediately known, officials said.

▽ISIL declares new 'Islamic caliphate' - Al Jazeera English

The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), the armed group fighting governments in Iraq and Syria, has announced the establishment of a "caliphate" straddling the two countries.
In an audio recording distributed online on Sunday, the ISIL declared its chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi as "the caliph" and "leader for Muslims everywhere".
Baghdadi is believed to be the leader of ISIL, which announced that it is now called "The Islamic State".

▽First UK poll after Juncker battle shows rising support for EU exit | Reuters

Public support for Britain to leave the EU is growing again after falling to a multi-year low, according to the first survey published since EU leaders nominated Jean-Claude Juncker to become the next president of the European Commission.

▽Sex video is new twist in GSK China bribery scandal | Reuters

GlaxoSmithKline on Sunday confirmed the existence an intimate video recording of its former China head Mark Reilly, which the Sunday Times reported kicked off a bribery investigation that has damaged the drugmaker's business in China.

▽Spaceflight Now | Europe plans to build world's biggest X-ray telescope

A half-year after the European Space Agency formally prioritized high-energy astrophysics for its next flagship-class science mission, officials announced Friday the selection of a European-led X-ray observatory named Athena for launch in 2028.