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Kurdish and Iraqi forces say they have gained ground from Islamic State militants in northern Iraq and near Baghdad, amid intense US-led air strikes.
BBC News – Middle East

Polls open in Brazil, as Dilma Rousseff and Aecio Neves contest what correspondents say is the tightest presidential election for decades.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Twenty-four European banks fail stress tests of their finances, the European Banking Authority announces.
BBC News – Europe

The last UK base and a key US base in Afghanistan are handed over to Afghan security forces, ending British combat operations in the country.
BBC News – UK

A US nurse quarantined for Ebola after working in Sierra Leone criticises her treatment, as the US’s UN envoy starts a visit to West Africa.
BBC News – US & Canada

The US envoy to the UN begins a visit to Ebola-hit West Africa, criticising nations who offered support but “failed to take responsibility”.
BBC News – Africa

For the first three years of his NBA career, Lance Thomas had to scrap his way onto a roster by making a team through his work in trainin
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Better protection is needed for consumers buying used cars, says a commission studying the high level of complaints against the sector.
BBC News – Business

Egypt declares a three-month state of emergency in parts of the Sinai Peninsula after two attacks there killed at least 31 soldiers.
BBC News – Middle East

An Argentine ex-police chief and ex-interior minister are among 15 people given life sentences for involvement in a torture centre in the 1970s.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

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Vladimir Putin says for the first time that Russia helped Ukraine’s ex-President Viktor Yanukovych to flee after he was ousted in February.
BBC News – Europe

The cost of getting a driving licence is being cut following a recent public consultation, the government says.
BBC News – UK

Two nurses infected with Ebola while treating a patient in Dallas are declared free of the deadly virus, a day after the first infection in New York.
BBC News – US & Canada

Health officials fear many people have been exposed to Mali’s first Ebola victim, a girl who showed symptoms while travelling and has since died.
BBC News – Africa

Every year, there’s a unique lull in the schedule in late October. The way that teams use that time can pay massive dividends.
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Tesco shares close 6.5% down after the retailer announced that profits were overstated by £263m, £13m more than the original estimate.
BBC News – Business

US-led air strikes against Islamic State (IS) militants in Syria have killed 553 people since September, including 464 IS fighters, activists say.
BBC News – Middle East

The mayor of the Mexican town of Iguala, where 43 students went missing last month, is wanted for allegedly ordering police to confront them.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

The chief executive of Russia’s Vnukovo airport and his deputy resign after a plane crash this week that killed the head of France’s Total, Christophe de Margerie.
BBC News – Europe