ECM WORLD WATCH: NATIONAL AND GLOBAL NEWS

June 15, 2016 (San Diego's East County) -- East County Magazine's World Watch helps you be an informed citizen about important issues globally and nationally. As part of our commitment to reflect all voices and views, we include links to a wide variety of news sources representing a broad spectrum of political, religious, and social views. Top world and U.S. headlines include:

U.S.

• After Orlando, do Americans support a ban on assault weapons? (CBS)
• Democratic senators stage filibuster to demand action on gun bills (USA Today)
• Why the foodstamp cuts in the farm bill affect a third of states (Washington Post)
• Shock poll: Gary Johnson leads Clinton among independents (Politics Breaking)
• Trump to meet NRA about banning gun sales to terror list suspects (The Hill)
• Hillary Clinton wins DC primary, as she meets with Sanders (ABC)
• Trump shuts out the Washington Post. How did we get here? (CS Monitor)

WORLD

• How Panama’s indigenous peoples are using drones to save the rainforest (CS Monitor)
• French police couple killed in attack claimed by Islamic State (Reuters)
• Is China trying to stockpile US jet engines? (CS Monitor)
• Archaeologists uncover hidden medieval cities in Cambodia (CS Monitor)
• China uses SWAT teams, prison terms to crack down on entrance exam cheats ( Japan Times)
• China's Other Cultural Revolution (Reason)
• 'We want food!' Looting and riots rock Venezuela daily  (Reuters)
• Bonds Pay Less Than Zero As Investors Flee To Safety (NPR)

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U.S.

After Orlando, do Americans support a ban on assault weapons? (CBS)

In the wake of the nation's deadliest mass shooting in Orlando, Florida, a new CBS News poll has found that a majority of Americans now support a nationwide ban on assault weapons. The survey, conducted in the days following the massacre at a popular Orlando gay night club, shows 57 percent of Americans now favor such a ban.

Democratic senators stage filibuster to demand action on gun bills (USA Today)

Senate Democrats led by Chris Murphy of Connecticut ground the Senate floor to a halt Wednesday, vowing to speak as long as necessary to force the Senate to take action to address gun violence.

Why the foodstamp cuts in the farm bill affect a third of states (Washington Post)

When the president signs the farm bill on Friday, he’ll be enacting a huge set of policies including an $8.6 billion cut to food stamps over the next decade. But the cuts are concentrated: they will only affect individuals in about a third of states and Washington, D.C.

Shock poll: Gary Johnson leads Clinton among independents (Politics Breaking)

A Fox News survey released Thursday found Clinton leading overall with 39 percent support, followed by Donald Trump at 36 percent and Johnson at 12 percent.But among independents, Trump leads at 32 percent, followed by Johnson at 23 and Clinton at 22.

Trump to meet NRA about banning gun sales to terror list suspects (The Hill)

Donald Trump plans to meet with the National Rifle Association (NRA) to discuss potentially banning gun sales to those on the terrorism watchlist, he tweeted Wednesday.

Hillary Clinton wins DC primary, as she meets with Sanders (ABC)

Hillary Clinton brought a close to the presidential primary season with a win Tuesday in the nation's capital and a meeting with dispatched rival Bernie Sanders, hoping to set a tone of Democratic unity heading into next month's party convention in Philadelphia.

Trump shuts out the Washington Post. How did we get here? (CS Monitor)

The Washington Post is the latest publication to have its press credentials revoked by Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, a pattern that experts say is unprecedented and yet not unexpected.

WORLD

How Panama’s indigenous peoples are using drones to save the rainforest (CS Monitor)

Drones are becoming an increasingly important tool in combatting deforestation.

French police couple killed in attack claimed by Islamic State (Reuters)

 A Frenchman who pledged allegiance to Islamic State stabbed a police commander to death outside his home and killed his partner, who also worked for the police… also took the couple's three-year-old son hostage in Monday night's attack. The boy was found unharmed but in a state of shock after police commandos stormed the house and killed the attacker.

Is China trying to stockpile US jet engines? (CS Monitor)

A California woman has been convicted of attempting to export US fighter jet engines to China.

Archaeologists uncover hidden medieval cities in Cambodia (CS Monitor)