FOREIGN SCENE

• Maradona urges Messi not to quit the national team
• Researchers say they have found the first clear evidence that the thinning in the ozone layer above Antarctica is starting to heal.
• The US military has lifted its ban on transgender members serving openly in the country's armed forces.
• Portugal reached the semi-finals of the European Championship for the fourth time in five tournaments with a penalty shootout victory over Poland.
• Egypt's President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi has celebrated the 2013 overthrow of the country's first democratically-elected  president by ordering a lavish military display in the capital and celebrations across the country. A growing number of egyptians are loosing patience with the government following the increasing hunger, poverty, corruption and unemployment.