___9:05 a.m.A former Conservative Party chair has switched sides in Britain's upcoming European Union referendum, accusing campaigners promoting an exit from the 28-nation bloc of peddling hate and xenophobia. LONDON (AP) " The Latest ahead of Britain's referendum on continued membership in the European Union (all times local):5:30 p.m.Harry Potter creator J.K. Rowling says she knows something about creating fictional monsters and villains " and sees both sides in the British campaign on European Union membership conjuring "monsters calculated to stir up our deepest fears." He told reporters at an EU foreign ministers' meeting in Luxembourg that "all Europeans are looking to the British people, because we have - history reminds us - a long life in common." ___10:20 a.m.With an ABBA-esque appeal, Sweden's biggest financial daily has joined the chorus of European newspapers urging Britons to remain in the European Union. We would be losing the history and traditions of Great Britain in the European Union."

Source: New Zealand Herald June 20, 2016 08:45 UTC