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Increasing NHS spending in England by the £8bn health bosses warn will be needed by 2020 will be tough but possible, the health secretary says.
BBC News – UK

Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper has vowed to strengthen the nation’s terror laws one day after a gunman rampaged through parliament.
BBC News – US & Canada

Dozens of women and girls have been abducted from two villages in north-eastern Nigeria by suspected militants despite a reported truce, residents say.
BBC News – Africa

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Home Retail Group says that store closures at Homebase will be accelerated, with the number of outlets cut by 25% by 2019.
BBC News – Business

The Islamic State group has released an undated video that appears to show an elderly Syrian man stoning his daughter to death for alleged adultery.
BBC News – Middle East

Press freedom in the Americas has seen a “marked deterioration” in the past six months, according to the Inter American Press Association.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Naval vessels scouring Swedish waters for a suspected foreign submarine focus on a bay near Stockholm on the fifth day of their search.
BBC News – Europe

The UK’s spending watchdog criticises ministers for failing to deport more foreign national offenders – saying performance has barely improved over eight years.
BBC News – UK

The US Pentagon says it is examining an Islamic State video appearing to show militants with a weapons bundle intended for Kurdish fighters.
BBC News – US & Canada

Treatments to tackle the Ebola outbreak in West Africa should become available in the coming weeks and months, says the World Health Organization.
BBC News – Africa

Tonight is the final tune-up for the Thunder before its regular season slate begins next week, so the team views its last preseason tilt
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The mark of a high-performance team isn’t tied to the final outcome on the scoreboard on a given night, but rather how the team responds
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Christophe de Margerie, chief executive of French oil company Total, has died in a Moscow air crash, a Vnukovo airport official confirms.
BBC News – Business

Iranian police arrest four men following a string of acid attacks against women allegedly for not following the country’s strict dress code.
BBC News – Middle East

Mexican federal police are put in charge of security in towns surrounding Iguala, the city where 43 students went missing more than three weeks ago.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Fierce fighting breaks out in the Syrian town of Kobane, ending two days of relative calm after defenders pushed back Islamic State militants.
BBC News – Europe

Heathrow cancels around 10% of flights with the 20 biggest carriers into and out of the London airport as the remnants of Hurricane Gonzalo are set to hit the UK.
BBC News – UK

The US has paid dozens of exiled Nazi war criminals millions of dollars in social benefits after forcing them to leave the country, a new report finds.
BBC News – US & Canada

Vital supplies to tackle Ebola are beginning to arrive in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone – the worst-hit countries, Ghana’s president says.
BBC News – Africa