How well do you know the states of the European Union?

It's rare these days that political figures are willing to say exactly what they think in public - but the union movement might just have found themselves someone who might.

People from unrecognised states around the world play football in an alternative World Cup in Abkhazia by the Black Sea.

As the EU referendum approaches, people up and down the country will be discussing their opinions with relatives - BBC News spoke to three generations of one family about their contrasting views.

Here's your recap of Wednesday's main stories:

• Leave campaigners called for an Australian-style points based immigration system in the UK, saying it would be "fairer" and "more humane" and would help the government reach its target to cut immigration
• In repsonse, the Dutch prime minister warned that other countries could retaliate if the UK leaves the EU and adopted such a migration policy
• The UK's economy would suffer "a large negative shock" if it left the EU, the OECD said, while the TUC said a Leave vote would hit wages
• Britons living abroad are being urged by the Electoral Commission to register to vote in the UK's EU referendum before the 7 June midnight deadline
• Kent Police have been granted a further 12 months to investigate claims of improper election spending by the Conservative Party
• Jeremy Corbyn's communications chief claims the Labour leader's preparations for Prime Minister's Questions are being leaked by his own staff

Ahead of the EU referendum on 23 June, I've been looking at the relationship Scotland has with Europe and what implications there could be north of the border if the UK ends its membership.

Read full article here.

Watch Alan Little's programme Scotland: The Edge of Europe here.

BBC News Channel

Madeleine Sumption from Oxford University's Migration Observatory tells BBC News that, while discussion of Vote Leave's "points system" of immigration has dominated the day, there has been "very little discussion about how that system would be designed".

We do not know what the criteria will be, she says. Generally, points systems have been used to increase immigration rather than reduce it, she adds.

"In many cases they've admitted people without a job offer. Those people have often not fared that well because they've found it difficult to find skilled work."

However, Ms Sumption says, "there are ways of designing a points system that will not have those drawbacks".

The Scottish Parliament has voted to support an outright ban on fracking after SNP MSPs abstained.

Labour tabled an amendment saying there "should" be a full ban as part of an environment debate headed by new cabinet secretary Roseanna Cunningham.

After SNP members abstained, the motion was passed by 32 votes to 29.

Energy Minister Paul Wheelhouse said there needed to be proper research and a public consultation before a decision was taken on fracking.

Read more.

The Guardian

"George Osborne, the chancellor, and ministers from the UK’s extensive network of tax havens are among key witnesses that MEPs intend to call as part of a major inquiry set to be launched into the Panama Papers," the Guardian, external reports.

"Leaders of the European Parliament meet in Brussels on Thursday to approve the creation of an influential 65-member 'inquiry committee', which is expected to target the tax avoidance industry nurtured by Britain and other European member states.

"According to draft documents, the committee will have a mandate to investigate 'alleged contraventions and maladministration in the application of Union law in relation to money laundering, tax avoidance and evasion'.

"The final wording of the mandate will be decided at a meeting between Martin Schulz, President of the European Parliament, and leaders of the various political groupings before a vote by MEPs on 23 June."