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According to Reuters, a global gauge of stock markets fell below a two month low. On May 29th, MSCI's all-country world stock index fell about 1-percent with losses stretching across Asia, the US, and Europe. In Europe, the Stoxx 600 index fell 1.4-percent, while the euro was steady after two days of losses. On Wall Street, the top three markets on the New York Stock Exchange lost about 1-percent each. The Dow Jones Industrial Average plunged 270-points, dropping over 1-percent.
The company flag flies at full mast in front of Goodyear's European headquarters in Machelen, Belgium as investigators searched three European sites belonging to the American tyre giant, according to French prosecutors. The investigation forms part of an involuntary homicides probe into crashes caused by burst truck tyres. IMAGES of Goodyear's European headquarters
French President Emmanuel Macron lays a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Paris to commemorate the Victory of 8 May 1945 -- the date of the German surrender in WWII. IMAGES
EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen hails the EU parliament's adoption of a contentious asylum policy reform as a "huge achievement for Europe". The parliament's main political groups overcame opposition from far-right and far-left parties to pass the new migration and asylum pact -- a sweeping reform nearly a decade in the making. SOUNDBITE
Activist Greta Thunberg says that a ruling by Europe's top rights court that Switzerland was not doing enough to tackle climate change is "only the beginning". SOUNDBITE
The first official budget figures since Britain voted to leave the EU show a smaller-than-expected budget surplus. As post-referendum data continues to trickle in, attention is turning to what sort of access Britain will seek with its main trading partners in the EU. Kirsty Basset reports.
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