News Headlines - 16 June 2016

▽Jo Cox dead after Labour MP is shot and stabbed by man in Birstall | Daily Mail Online

A Labour MP has died after she was shot three times and repeatedly stabbed in a shocking attack as she arrived at her constituency surgery.
Married mother-of-two Jo Cox, 41, who became an MP last year, was airlifted to hospital after a gunman opened fire on her in Birstall near Leeds.

▽Brexit poses global financial risk, Bank of England warns - BBC News

The Bank of England has warned that uncertainty about the EU referendum is the "largest immediate risk" facing global financial markets.

▽Germany to end unofficial tolerance of polygamy | The Independent

Germany is to end its unofficial tolerance of polygamy - including marriages involving minors, the country's justice minister has vowed.
Heiko Maas said the move was designed to prevent people in Germany committing to more than one marriage.

▽Fake bomb detector seller James McCormick to forfeit ￡8m - BBC News

A British businessman serving a 10-year jail term for making bogus bomb detectors has been ordered to forfeit cash and assets worth nearly ￡8m.
James McCormick, from Langport, Somerset, made a fortune selling his detectors to Iraq and other countries.

▽Pistorius walks on stumps in court as seeks to avoid jail | Reuters

Oscar Pistorius shuffled through a Pretoria court without his prosthetic legs on Wednesday to show how vulnerable he is as the Paralympian seeks to avoid prison for murdering his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.