Former Muslim Brotherhood candidate Mohammed Morsi has been elected as Egypt's new president, but his power is being limited by the ruling military council. Lonesome George, the last surviving member of the Pinta Island tortoise sub-species, has died in the Galapagos Islands. Turkey is now saying that its missing jet has been shot down by Syria over international waters and not over Syrian airspace as NATO officials meet to discuss a response. On July 1 a new Mississippi law will make it impossible for the state's only clinic performing abortions to operate, meaning the state could become the first without an elective abortion provider. It turns out that world leaders (and their surrogates) do use their Twitter accounts to talk to each other.