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Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn will plead with the whole of the British Labour movement to get behind the Remain campaign, with just nine days to go before the EU referendum on 23 June. The left-winger will appear alongside his shadow cabinet colleagues at Trades Union Congress (TUC) House in central London to make the pro-EU speech on 14 June. “Today sees my shadow cabinet and the trade union movement join together, in the interests of the people of this country, to make Labour’s case to remain in the European Union and bring reform to strengthen workers’ rights,” he will say. “That’s…

“Don’t have your own. When instructions are given to you in the house of God, not only are you required to act on them swiftly. Let it also be according to the Divine order” -Rev Dr Chris Oyakhilome DD, DSc

Shkodran Mustafi and Bastian Schweinsteiger were on target as world champions Germany defeated Ukraine 2-0 in their Euro 2016 Group C opener on Sunday (June 12).The Germans, eyeing their fourth Euro title and their first since 1996, opened the scoring when central defender Mustafi, starting in place of the injured Mats Hummels, rose high to head in a pinpoint Toni Kroos free kick in the 19th minute.Joachim Loew’s men, who also lost central defender Antonio Ruediger to injury earlier this week, were far from convincing and had Jerome Boateng to thank for producing a stunning goalline clearance in the first…

Lewis Hamilton dedicated his victory in the Canadian Grand Prix to the late Muhammad Ali.The world champion referenced one of the former heavyweight champion’s famous quotes on his slowing down lap saying: “Float like a butterfly; sting like a bee.”He added later: “Ali was someone who inspired me so much throughout my life.Hamilton, who met Ali a few years ago, said: “The last 15 laps, for some reason all I could think of was him and Rumble in the Jungle. It was really, really weird.

South African Paralympic gold medallist Oscar Pistorius arrived at Pretoria High Court on Monday (June 13) to be sentenced for the 2013 murder of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, ending years of legal twists and turns.Pistorius, 29, known as “Blade Runner” for the carbon-fibre prosthetic blades he used to race, faces a minimum 15-year jail sentence and cannot appeal after the country’s top court ruled in March that he had exhausted all his legal options.The track star, whose lower legs were amputated when he was a baby, initially received a five-year sentence for culpable homicide, South Africa’s equivalent of manslaughter. The…

Sports Direct’s Mike Ashley is making another attempt to save parts of BHS, claiming there is still time to save thousands of jobs.The retail tycoon wrote to BHS administrators over the weekend regarding the collapsed high street chain – days after he admitted to MPs there are issues over his treatment of contract workers. It comes after administrators to BHS called time on trying to find a buyer earlier this month, resulting in the loss of up to 11,000 jobs and leaving behind a £571m pension black hole.The administrator Duff & Phelps has made no comment after receiving a Sports Direct…

Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 finished Monday’s session down 3.5% at 16,019.18 as a rise in the value of the yen hurt big exporting companies such as Toyota.Investors remained cautious ahead of meetings later this week by the US Federal Reserve and the Bank of Japan, although no rate cuts are expected.Uncertainty over the UK’s EU referendum is also affecting the markets.The yen is often regarded as a haven in times of uncertainty, and the dollar weakened to below 106 yen.Shares in Toyota closed down by more than 3.5%, Honda’s shares were 4% lower, while Nissan’s fell by 4%.The Nikkei’s close on Monday…

Hopes are high among analysts and investors of a major shake-up of the Volkswagen (VW) supervisory board, given that such a measure was imminent following its involvement in the recent emissions scandal. However, CEO Matthias Müller, who is set to announce his long-term vision for the company — dubbed Strategy 2025 — on Thursday (16 June), does not seem to have included any board changes in his plan.The focus of Müller’s long-term vision is expected to be on fixing the US cars affected by the emissions scandal, saving costs and increasing the company’s profitability.The German automaker had suffered a major setback after,…

The European Court of Human Rights has ruled this week that the French courts did not discriminate on the grounds of sexual orientation, when it declared a ‘marriage’ between a same-sex couple to be invalid.It also ruled that if a state does not recognise same-sex ‘marriage’, this does not constitute “discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation”.The Chapin and Charpentier v. France case involved a same sex couple, Mr Chapin and Mr Charpentier, who submitted a marriage application to the civil registry department of Bègles municipal council, in May 2004. At the time, same-sex ‘marriage’ was not permitted in France.

The French government has urged cities hosting Euro 2016 matches to ban alcohol near venues and fan zones.It follows three days of clashes between fans and police in Marseille.Uefa is investigating after Russia supporters appeared to rush at England fans in the stadium after their draw on Saturday. It has threatened to ban both teams if there is further fan violence.The UK government has offered to send extra British police ahead of England’s next match in Lens on Thursday.