--- title: "While you were sleeping: 15 June 2016" description: "France ISIL attacker's 'hit list' to turn Paris into a \"graveyard\", Clinton wins final primary, and organic molecule found in space." type: "NewsArticle" publisher: "Daily Maverick" site: "https://www.dailymaverick.co.za" section: "Newsdeck" author: "John Stupart" author_url: "https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/author/johnstupart/" canonical_url: "https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-06-15-while-you-were-sleeping-15-june-2016/" published: "2016-06-15T06:24:03" lang: "en-ZA" word_count: 867 --- # While you were sleeping: 15 June 2016 > France ISIL attacker's 'hit list' to turn Paris into a "graveyard", Clinton wins final primary, and organic molecule found in space. By John Stupart · Published 15 June 2016, 08:24 SAST ## Content | \| \\| *"Your name is unknown. Your deed is immortal."* **–****Tomb of the Unknown Soldier (Moscow)** \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \| \| --- \| | | --- | | \| \\| # Story of the Day \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| \\\| ![Image](//gallery.mailchimp.com/6170d6a6d93cac57e83ba137f/images/2bece784-b6a3-4ee4-a583-6ec88c72c5b5.jpg) \\\| \\\| --- \\\|\\\| ## [Sexual assault charges: Fransman ready to face the music?](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-06-15-sexual-assault-charges-fransman-ready-to-face-the-music/#.V2DITbt95hF)From initially dismissing his accuser as a honey trap and a set-up, ANC Western Cape Provincial Chairman Marius Fransman intimated through his lawyer on Monday that he would be willing to face charges “sooner rather than later”. The announcement was prompted by the publication in Daily Maverick of a series of revealing WhatsApp messages sent by Fransman to a young Stellenbosch woman, Louisa Wynand, a few days before he allegedly sexually assaulted her en route to the ANC’s 104th celebrations in Rustenberg in January. By MARIANNE THAMM. [Read more](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-06-15-sexual-assault-charges-fransman-ready-to-face-the-music/#.V2DITbt95hF) \\\| \\\| --- \\\| \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| # While you were sleeping \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| ## French police killer had 'hit list'Larossi Abballa, the ISIL-linked murderer of a husband and wife, both members of the police force in France, apparently had a hit list. French authorities revealed a list of VIPs in France and messages from Abballa in which he threatened to turn Euro 2016 into a "graveyard". [Read more](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-06-15-is-linked-radical-in-french-cop-stabbing-had-hit-list) \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| ## British homophobic cleric expelledFarrokh Sekaleshfar, a homophobic cleric visiting an Islamic centre in Australia, has had his visa revoked and been sent packing. Sekaleshfar preached that death for homosexuals was "compassionate". Just this once Australia's rampant xenophobia became a force for good. [Read more](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-06-15-british-anti-gay-cleric-has-australian-visa-cancelled) \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| ## Clinton wins final primaryHillary Clinton has secured the final primary in Washington DC. Although purely ceremonial at this point, the victory raises two important questions. Firstly, what on earth will Bernie Sanders do now? And secondly, how will Clinton shift her campaign to counter the Trump machine? [Read more](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-06-15-clinton-wins-final-2016-primary-as-debate-turns-to-terror-fight) \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| ## Molecule discovered in outer spaceUS-based researchers have discovered an organic molecule capable of left or right-handedness. Known as 'chirality', the characteristics of this relatively complicated molecule are a first for interstellar space and could lead to further insight into the origins of life. [Read more](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-06-15-groundbreaking-discovery-of-organic-molecule-in-space) \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| # In Numbers \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| **2500** \\| \\| --- \\|\\| The litres of water saved per year, per person, if everyone peed in the shower instead of a flushing loo. \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| # Facts of the Day \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| Today in 1215 **King John signed the Magna Carta.** Undergoing almost a century of repeals and reforms, the revised 1297 version still stands in English law.Fact of the day: **Fist bumps**are scientifically proven to be more hygienic than handshakes. Bro'. \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| # Weather \\| \\| --- \\|\\| # Financial Data \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| BFN: min: 3° max: 19°, cloudy CPT: min: 13° max: 18°, rainy DBN: min: 17° max: 26°, cloudy EL: min: 16° max: 26°, rainy JHB: min: 5° max: 20°, sunny KIM: min: 7° max: 22°, sunny NLP: min: 6° max: 27°, sunny PMB: min: 6° max: 23°, sunny PKN: min: 6° max: 24°, rainy PE: min: 14° max: 18°, rainy PTA: min: 5° max: 21°, sunny \\| \\| --- \\|\\| Oil=$49.65Gold=$1,284.31 Platinum=$972.45 R/$=15.32 R/€=17.13 R/£=21.68 $/€=1.12 JSE All Share=51,394.31 DJIA=17,636.78 FTSE 100=5,923.53 [Source](http://dailymaverick.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6170d6a6d93cac57e83ba137f&id=6c17d969dc&e=371f6bebf2) \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| # Now on Daily Maverick \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| **FEATURED**\\\| ![Image](//ci6.googleusercontent.com/proxy/C4ZUBZv_CbkDvfddoEDIzXae524RjDUpcYbMgU67XyXZy41KlfDDCTa_ibsC2qraZJ3KfvnfeQu2-94hlBYDM63wu47yauPHrW-VTLyZ-vfRs_POvkurdjruakTckbGsSQfu2x86l6w7tFmabT0RLQ=s0-d-e1-ft#http://images.www.dailymaverick.co.za/images/resized_images/80x70q70Thamm-Fransmanfollowup.jpg)International Relations and Co-operation Deputy Minister announces the breakthrough in the case of Prof Cyril Karabus during a media briefing held in Cape Town. 19 March 2013. (Photo: GCIS)" /> \\\| [Sexual assault charges: Fransman ready to face the music?](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-06-15-sexual-assault-charges-fransman-ready-to-face-the-music/) By Marianne Thamm \\\| \\\| --- \\\| --- \\\| \\\| ![Image](//ci4.googleusercontent.com/proxy/t8Vh3sSFte8xDyyLpidwOqhDhXjXCyZQiq6Sbujbe2oYrFNhXyXBccQu3C5pytc3s31MlcoE9_68FQMHiz1SzlqAD4NDwcZ8FY2td6B6EfBYbXnRgKZhxY-eA6ebOJ5hAYICzoqHBR7us3gf9PLsCdVNDA=s0-d-e1-ft#http://images.www.dailymaverick.co.za/images/resized_images/80x70q70Trainspotter-DA-manifesto.jpg)at the launch of the party’s election manifesto in Johannesburg, South Africa, 23 April 2016. 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