Meanwhile, Nato foreign ministers debate increased weapons spending as police investigate the bloc’s purchases of military equipment
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At least 50 killed in Florida gay nightclub - Suspect names as 29-year-old Omar Mateen - Man arrested near LA Pride
President hoped to give voters chance to decide on 8-hour work days and double pay for holiday work
AT LEAST 50 people were slaughtered in a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida, yesterday morning at the hands of a man with an automatic rifle.
Local authorities said that they were investigating the massacre as an act of terrorism.
The gunman, named by authorities as Omar Mateen, was killed later in a shoot-out with armed officers who had exploded a small device to distract him.
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