Brexit vote: What the UK media has to say

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Brexit vote: What the UK media has to say

As United Kingdom votes in the key referendum on whether or not Britain must be a part of the European Union, polls indicate a contest ‘too close to call’.

Meanwhile, UK media seem to have made their positions clear.

The Independent even wrote on how the media in UK was favouring Brexit. The publication quoted a study by the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, which analysed 928 articles. From these, 45% were in favour of leaving, while 27% were in favour of staying. Around 19% of the remaining articles were 'mixed or undecided', while 9% had no position on the issue.

The Sun had already come out in support of leaving the Union. The Rupert Murdoch-owned tabloid, with a front page cover titled ‘BeLEAVE in Britain, it said that the nation ‘must exit to prevent from being engulfed by the German-dominated federal state.’ (more)

Britain carries out first Syria airstrikes

Britain on Thursday carried out its first airstrikes against Islamic State (IS) in Syria, hours after members ofparliament voted overwhelmingly to authorise military action.

Royal Air Force (RAF) Tornado jets took off from the Akrotiri base in Cyprus and the defence ministry later confirmed that they had carried out the "first offensive operation over Syria and have conducted strikes", The Guardian reported.

The Britain four RAF jets carried a range of munitions including Paveway IV guided bombs and precision-guided Brimstone missiles.

The strikes focused on six targets in an oil field under IS control in eastern Syria.

The strikes came hours after members of the House of Commons late Wednesday night voted by 397 to 223 in favour of sending Tornado jets to seek out IS targets in Syria.

A total of 66 opposition Labour Party MPs voted in favour with the government.

The defence ministry is expected to give details of the targets later on Thursday.

The targeting of oil infrastructure is part of its strategy to deprive the extremists of their funding and revenue streams.

The RAF was already carrying out operations against IS in Iraq.

Article Source: Business Standard.