BBC Speaking on the BBC's "The Andrew Marr Show", British Prime Minister David Cameron says that Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt "acted wisely" in his handling of the BSkyB takeover bid.
Japan Police in Japan arrest Naoko Kikuchi, a member of the Aum Shinrikyo cult and one of the two fugitives still at large wanted over the deadly sarin gas attacks on the Tokyo subway in March 1995.
Chinese Police in China crack down on political activists marking the 23rd anniversary of the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests.
U.S. Defense Secretary United States Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta visits a former U.S. base in Cam Ranh Bay, the first visit by an American official of cabinet rank to Vietnam since the Vietnam War.
Crashes A plane carrying 153 people on board crashes in a residential neighborhood in Lagos, Nigeria, killing everyone on board and 10 people on the ground.
Diamond jubilee The Diamond Jubilee of Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom reaches its peak with a pageant on the River Thames.
Suicide car bombing A suicide car bombing outside a church in the Nigerian city of Bauchi kills 15 people and injures 42 others.
Drones launch A U.S. drone attack in Pakistan's South Waziristan tribal region kills at least 10 suspected militants.
Tripoli Sporadic fighting continues in Tripoli, Lebanon, between supporters and opponents of Syrian president Bashar al-Assad.