The Trump administration has denied permission to U.S. embassies overseas seeking to fly the rainbow banner on embassy flagpoles during gay pride month.The State Department issued the denials, in a reversal of policy from the Obama administration.U.S. embassies in four nations – Israel, Germany, Brazil and Latvia – had sought permission to fly the rainbow flag, which has appeared in shops and homes during gay pride events and parades.The U.S. ambassador to Germany, Richard Grenell, is the senior-most gay official in the Trump administration, and has pushed efforts to discourage laws that criminalize homosexuality overseas.

"I was face to face with this murder terrorist who was holding the rifle and looking straight at me."A rabbi has told US reporters about the synagogue shooting near San Diego on Saturday, in which one woman died and three people were wounded.Rabbi Yisroel Goldstein was one of those injured, losing the index finger on his right hand.A 19-year-old man named as John Earnest was arrested shortly afterwards in Poway, north of the Californian city.America's gun culture in 10 chartsAs Pittsburgh reeled, its teenagers mobilisedThe attack comes exactly six months after a shooting in Pittsburgh in which 11 people were killed, thought to be the worst anti-Semitic attack in recent US history.