Counting is under way in a referendum that will decide whether the UK remains a member of the European Union The avocado shortage that’s ripping the heart out of breakfast bagels and guacamole across the country.

Oscar Pistorius has given his first television interview since killing Reeva Steenkamp saying he does doesn’t want to go to jail. Britons have been voting in a referendum on whether or not to stay in the European Union A New Zealander's mural of Prince has been unveiled in the musician's hometown of Chanhassen, Minnesota

COMMENT: If the Brexodus does transpire, you know what we have to do. Build a wall. And make them pay for it, writes Toby Manhire.

COMMENT: David Shearer's article last week, "Border decisions condemn countries to conflict", seems conflicted.

A New Zealander and at least two Australians have been kidnapped in southern Nigeria by gunmen who killed their local driver. Former All Black Byron Kelleher has been arrested in France for "destruction and violence". Paris Jackson has defended her father Michael after police reports painted him as a "sex-crazed predator".

Dramatic scenes in America's House of Representatives in Washington where about 30 Democratic members are staging a sit-in over gun control. Boxing legend David Tua is going to sleep in his car for one night next week, joining a growing national movement calling for houses for homeless families.

Josie Pagani has written for UK think-tank Policy Network, which invited her to the 2016 Progressive Governance Conference in Stockholm this month.

The Queen has been canvassing opinion on the EU debate by asking dinner companions: "Give me three good reasons why Britain should be part of Europe."

The EU has overreached its remit in many respects, yet the world is better when Europe is together. Britain should stay.

Eddie Izzard, one of Britain's most famous comedians, is on a manic, multi-city tour to save the United Kingdom from becoming an isolationist state.

In the 1930s, they didn't like Jews. Today, they don't like Muslims.

Australian politician Bob Katter has refused to back down from a controversial election video despite growing criticism as it involves a gun.

COMMENT: Trump's post-Orlando massacre tweets congratulating himself for having warned of the Islamist terror threat was just preposterous.

COMMENT: There are two certainties about next week's referendum in Britain on whether to leave the European Union.

COMMENT: Dear land of the free and home of the brave, gidday from New Zealand.

COMMENT: To maintain stability in South China Sea, outside interests must have the same goal.

Clinton's top State Department aide added a major Clinton Foundation donor to a national security board despite having no experience.

It had been billed as Bernie Sanders' big day in Washington. Making a last stand as a presidential candidate, he was set to meet Obama and other Democrats.

Hillary Clinton has never been a dazzling campaigner, and an FBI investigation into her email certainly didn't help. But the presumptive nominee had faith in her plan.

Hillary Clinton has been part of the United States' national consciousness for so long that it is easy to forget how far she has pushed the edges.

Observers trying to understand Trump's rise have traditionally pointed to two separate but equal drivers of his popularity: economic and racial anxieties.

A growing number of Republican lawmakers and strategists fear that Trump's remarks about minorities and his unorthodox strategy have imperiled his campaign.

Pity the British. Here in NZ we have referendums on subjects such as the flag; they have them on the make-up of their nation and its place in the world.

COMMENT: Four months of primaries turn out Clinton versus Trump. America has 350 million people - is that the best it can do?

Donald Trump has taken his message of walls and deportations to the doorstep of America's busiest border crossing.

Barack Obama has chosen to break an unwritten rule by talking about Donald Trump while on foreign soil, writes Juliet Eilperin.

President Barack Obama taped the second part of an interview with CNN celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain before leaving the Vietnamese capital.

Hours before the relevant authorities had a clue what had caused EgyptAir Flight 804 to plunge into the Mediterranean, one man was in little doubt.