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BBC news 2013-07-01

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Hundreds of thousands of Egyptians have joined protests in Cairo and other cities demanding the resignation of the Islamist President Mohamed Morsi, a year after he took office. The crowd in Tahrir Square is the biggest since the revolution in 2011. The BBC's Aleem Maqbool is there. "Tens and tens of thousands of people spread out through every entrance and exit of this square. There is another huge demonstration across the city at the presidential palace. We are hearing of some trouble a short distance away at the Muslim Brotherhood's headquarters. Apparently there have been some petrol bombs used there, but no injuries we hear as yet. There have been some injuries in other demonstrations around the country. But as I see here for this remarkable crowd in terms of numbers, there has been no trouble at all."

Thousands of police have been deployed in Rio de Janeiro to stop protesters approaching the Maracana football stadium while Brazil are due to play Spain in the final of Confederations Cup. From there, Julia Carneiro reprots. "The protesters started up early and started moving towards the Maracana before the area was blocked. But as soon as they approached the stadium massive police lines formed at every crossing keeping them away. Eleven thousand police officers have been deployed to ensure safety for the Confederations Cup final outnumbering the few thousand at the protest. They marched against the privatization of the Maracana recently handed over to private concession by the state and the frictions related to the World Cup and Olympic projects."

The French and German governments are demanding an explanation from the United States following allegations that American intelligence services have been spying on European Union offices. The French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said that if the U.S. National Security Agency had indeed been bugging meeting rooms and hacking into emails, it will be completely unacceptable.

President Obama has urged young South Africans to fulfill the legacy of the former President Nelson Mandela. Speaking at the University of Cape Town, Mr. Obama said Mr. Mandela had shown that one man's courage could move the world. Mr. Mandela remains critically ill in hospital. The U.S. president also announced a multibillion dollar plan to double the number of people across sub-Saharan Africa with access to electricity. "We're gonna start by investing $7 billion in U.S. government resources. We're gonna partner with the private sector who themselves have committed more than $9 billion in investment and in partnership with African nations. We're gonna develop new sources of energy. We'll reach more households not just in cities but in villages and on farms. We'll expand access for those who live currently off the power grid. And we will support clean energy."

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A bombing at a football pitch in a suburb of the Iraqi capital Baghdad has killed at least nine people. One report said most of the casualties are boys. No one has yet said they carried out the attack which is the latest in a series targeting people watching or playing football.

At least 45 people have been killed in bomb attacks in Pakistan in the deadliest incident. A suicide bomber attacked a Shiite mosque in the southwestern city of Quetta killing at least 28 people. The attacks came on the day Pakistan's Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif promised to tackle, what he called, the menace of terrorism with renewed vigor. Richard Galpin reports from Islamabad. "In the first attack on Sunday, a powerful car bomb exploded in a crowded market area just outside Peshawar as troops of the frontier corps were driving past. Some of them were injured. But 17 civilians including several children were killed. Then on Sunday evening came a second even more deadly attack, this time in a Shiite area of Quetta. So far it's not clear which extremist groups were behind these attacks."

Chile is holding its first-ever primary elections to choose candidates for a presidential poll in November. The former President Michelle Bachelet is favored to win the candidacy for the left-wing opposition coalition, New Majority. In the governing conservative Alliance for Chile, the race is between the former Defense Minister Andres Allamand and the former Economy Minister Pablo Longueria.

And crowds have gathered in the Croatian capital Zagreb to celebrate the moment the country joins the European Union. Croatia officially becomes the EU's 28th member at midnight local time. There will be fireworks and music while customs posts will be removed from Croatia's border with other EU nations. The Croatian President Ivo Josipovic has described the event as a historic moment for the country. But enthusiasm for joining the EU has been dampened by the Euro zone crisis.

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