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The pound has fallen in response to a YouGov poll showing a narrow lead for Scottish independence for the first time.
BBC News – Business

The US hails the new Iraqi government ahead of a trip by Secretary of State John Kerry to the region to shore up support against IS.
BBC News – Middle East

A bomb has exploded in a shopping centre in the Chilean capital, Santiago, injuring eight people, three of them seriously.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

European Union member states formally adopt new sanctions on Russia over the Ukraine crisis, but do not specify when they will come in to force.
BBC News – Europe

The three main pro-Union parties are expected to announce their backing for more powers for Scotland, as a new poll puts the rival independence campaigns neck and neck.
BBC News – UK

Hundreds of children across the US have been treated for a rare respiratory virus and more cases are expected in the next few weeks, doctors say.
BBC News – US & Canada

Ebola is spreading exponentially in Liberia, with many thousands of new cases expected in next three weeks, the World Health Organization says.
BBC News – Africa

Commuter rail fares in England will be frozen in real terms for another year, Chancellor George Osborne announces.
BBC News – Business

Yemeni police deploy water cannon and tear gas to shift thousands of Shia protesters encamped on the road to Sanaa airport.
BBC News – Middle East

A former director of Brazil’s state oil company accuses dozens of politicians of involvement in a kickback scheme, weeks before an election.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

There has been fresh shelling near Donetsk airport, but European observers say the fighting is not sufficient to make Ukraine’s ceasefire collapse.
BBC News – Europe

UK Chancellor George Osborne promises a timetable for further Scottish devolution on the day a poll suggests a narrow lead for the pro-independence side.
BBC News – UK

US President Barack Obama is to set out his “game plan” against Islamic State militants this week, saying “we will defeat them”.
BBC News – US & Canada

Somali Islamists al-Shabab name Sheikh Ahmad Umar as successor to leader Ahmed Abdi Godane, who was killed in a US recent air strike.
BBC News – Africa

The Calgary Flames announced today that they have signed defender Corey Potter to a one-year contract.  Will he make the grade at this level? Well, we hope so but we are a little surprised at the move.

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The US economy added 142,000 jobs in August, latest figures reveal, less than expected partially as a result of a supermarket strike.
BBC News – Business

US President Barack Obama says a “core coalition” is ready to join the US in military action against Islamic State militants in Iraq.
BBC News – Middle East

A private plane tailed by US fighter jets when it failed to respond to air traffic control, crashes off Jamaica, with an American couple on board.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

A truce agreed between Ukraine’s government and rebels in the east appears to be holding, as President Poroshenko calls for full peace talks.
BBC News – Europe