Obama cuts short Spain trip after US shootings

US President Barack Obama has decided to cut short his first trip to Spain in the wake of the shootings of black men by police in Louisiana and Minnesota and the killing of five police officers by a sniper in Dallas.

Instead of spending two days sightseeing in southern Spain and tending to more pressing business in the capital of Madrid, the White House has scrapped some of Mr Obama's events - including a staple of his foreign travels, a question-and-answer forum with young people - and crammed the rest of his schedule into Sunday.