Xinhua world news summary at 1530 GMT, June 24

The Leave camp has won Britain's Brexit referendum on Friday morning by obtaining nearly 52 percent of ballots, pulling the country out of the 28-nation European Union (EU) after its 43-year membership.

With ballots from all the 382 polling stations have been counted, chief counting officer of the Electoral Commission announced that around 17.4 million people voted for Brexit while 16.1 million others chose to to stay at the bloc. (Britain-EU-Referendum)

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WASHINGTON -- U.S. Democrat candidate Bernie Sanders said Friday that he will vote for the party's presumptive presidential nominee Hillary Clinton in November, saying stopping Donald Trump from becoming president must be an overarching goal.

Asked on the MSNBC's Morning Joe program whether he would vote for Clinton in November, the Vermont Senator answered "Yes". (US-Sanders-Clinton)

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EDINBURGH -- Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said here Friday a second independence referendum was "highly likely" after Britain voted to leave the EU.

It was "democratically unacceptable" that Scotland faced the prospect of being taken out of the EU against its will, Sturgeon said at a press conference held inside the First Minister's official residence. (Scotland-First Minister-Brexit)

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BRUSSELS -- In his response to Britons voting to withdraw from the European Union (EU) on Thursday, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg on Friday said the United Kingdom would retain its position in NATO despite the change in the EU's political landscape.

"The British people have decided to leave the European Union," he said in a statement. "As it defines the next chapter in its relationship with the EU, I know that the UK's position in NATO will remain unchanged." (NATO-Britain-Exit)

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NICOSIA -- Four people died in a gangland shootout Thursday night at Cyprus' popular Ayia Napa sea resort in an incident which the police said Friday may be related to local gangs feuding for control of tourist spots.

Police said the dead were a local businessman, a policeman and his wife, and a foreign national, believed to be a hit man from Albania. (Cyprus-Resort-Shooting)

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KUALA LUMPUR -- Malaysian authorities rescued 22 people, including 12 Chinese tourists on Friday who were stranded at sea overnight in Malaysia's Sabah state on North Borneo.

Authorities said the catamaran carrying the 22 people were broken and started taking in water in bad weather after leaving the Mantanani Island, a popular swimming and snorkeling spot Thursday afternoon. (Malaysia-Sabah-Rescue)

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BRUSSELS -- European Council President Donald Tusk has said the European Union (EU) as a bloc is determined to stay unified after Britain voted to leave in a historic referendum on Thursday.

"Today, on behalf of the 27 leaders I can say that we are determined to keep our unity as 27," Tusk told reporters in Brussels Friday morning, admitting that the EU has expected a different outcome of the referendum.(EU-Tusk-Brexit)

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LONDON -- British Prime Minister David Cameron on Friday morning announced his intention to step down after his country has voted to leave the European Union (EU).

"I do not think it would be right for me to be the captain that steers our country to its next destination," he told media outside his Downing Street office in London. (Britain-PM-Resignation) Endi