Eric Sevareid From London:

1). German bombing planes launched another big attack on Britain, in Southwestern England. British public doesn't know what the Germans are specifically targeting.

2). Britain has the moral advantage and England will fight on. Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret will not be evacuated. 50,000 Brits have asked that their children be evacuated. English families are leaving and French families are arriving.

3). The idea of civilian defense is being taken seriously in England. Instructions for how to make a Molotov cocktail were given out.

From the Far East:
1). Japanese army leaders have presented to the cabinet a formal statement disagreeing with Japan's new foreign policy. The cabinet statement was criticized as being too mild and too conciliatory toward the Democratic nations.

From Berlin:

1). German police authorities in Amsterdam have ordered all Jews there to register within a few days.

2). Germans warn Latin American countries.

3). German release official casualty figures from the war.

Cecil Brown from Rome:

1). An attack on Italian forces by the British in Africa was repulsed.

2). Italian and French armistice commissioners are meeting today.

3). Marshall Balbo was buried today.

4). Official Italian casualty figures were released.

5). Italian journalists were put under the direct control of the government.

British troops seize French ships in British harbors.

A British naval group arrives at Oran and Mers-el-Kebir in Algeria, requesting the surrender of the French fleet. The French refuse, and the British ships open fire. Battleship Bretagne blows up, Dunquerque run aground, battleship Provence is beached, and torpedo cruiser Magador explodes. 1300 French sailors die.