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Vince Cable tells the Lib Dem conference that anyone who claims to be able to eliminate the deficit without increasing taxes, as the Conservatives are, is “lying”.
BBC News – UK

The US Supreme Court rejects appeals against gay marriage in five US states, increasing the number where it’s legal to 30, in a move applauded by campaigners.
BBC News – US & Canada

Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta says he will attend the International Criminal Court this week, and puts his deputy in charge while he is away.
BBC News – Africa

The first full Thunder game experience of the 2014-15 season was on display on Sunday.
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Long after Friday’s practice was over, Thunder center Steven Adams was bodying up assistant coach Mark Bryant.
Oklahoma City Thunder

In his first interview since leaving Pimco, former boss Bill Gross says he is ‘uniquely exuberant’ at leaving management responsibilities behind.
BBC News – Business

The Pakistani Taliban express support for Islamic State militants in Syria and Iraq, calling on Islamists worldwide to “forget rivalries”.
BBC News – Middle East

More than 142 million Brazilians are going to the polls to choose the country’s next president, a federal parliament and state governors, following a dramatic election campaign.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Pope Francis urges bishops not to impose an “intolerable moral burden” on believers, as a synod gathers to discuss controversial issues affecting the Catholic Church.
BBC News – Europe

Nick Clegg says taxes must be increased to reduce the deficit and accuses the Tories of wanting to do it by “beating up on the poor”.
BBC News – UK

The parents of US hostage Peter Kassig appeal to Islamic State militants to “show mercy” and release him, in a video statement.
BBC News – US & Canada

Somali government troops backed by African Union forces have surrounded a key port that is a major stronghold of al-Shabab Islamists, a spokesman says.
BBC News – Africa

A team that challenges itself every day is one that can count on one another when the stakes are highest.
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The US economy added 248,000 jobs in September and the unemployment rate dipped to a six-year low of 5.9%, official figures show.
BBC News – Business

Intense clashes have erupted as Islamic State militants advanced on the Syrian town of Kobane, while Turkey vows to help stop it falling.
BBC News – Middle East

Thousands of Venezuelans, including President Maduro, attend the funeral of lawmaker Robert Serra and his partner, who were murdered this week.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Heavy fighting erupts at Donetsk airport in eastern Ukraine, as both government troops and pro-Russia rebels claim control over the facility.
BBC News – Europe

A video purporting to show the beheading of British hostage Alan Henning is released by Islamic State militants.
BBC News – UK

A man described as an American aid worker has appeared in an Islamic State video in which he has his life threatened by a masked militant.
BBC News – US & Canada

Nine UN peacekeepers in Mali are killed after their convoy was ambushed in the north-east, the deadliest attack on the force so far, the UN says.
BBC News – Africa