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Russian PM Dmitry Medvedev announces a total embargo on food imports from Western countries in response to sanctions over Ukraine.
BBC News – Europe

A pioneering new breast cancer treatment will not be routinely available on the NHS in England, the official drugs advisory body is proposing.
BBC News – UK

Hawaiians are bracing for their first hurricane in 22 years as Iselle threatens the US island chain, closely followed by Julio.
BBC News – US & Canada

South African athlete Oscar Pistorius is accused of being a “deceitful witness” as his murder trial resumes for closing arguments.
BBC News – Africa

In the spring, Ray Brunk, father of 15-year-old Jordan Brunk, asked his son to pick where he wanted to go to basketball camp this summer
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High Street chemist Alliance Boots is to be bought up by US pharmacy giant Walgreens, with the new firm to be called Walgreens Boots Alliance.
BBC News – Business

Indirect talks begin in Cairo between Israel and the Palestinians, after a four-week conflict in Gaza that has claimed more than 1,900 lives.
BBC News – Middle East

An Argentine activist who traces babies snatched from their parents by the 1970s military junta has found her own grandson after 36 years.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Italy has fallen back into recession after the country’s economy contracted by 0.2% in the second quarter of the year.
BBC News – Europe

Two British medical students from Newcastle University – named as Neil Dalton and Aidan Brunger – are stabbed to death in Borneo, police say.
BBC News – UK

The US military pays tribute to Maj Gen Harold Greene, who was killed in an insider attack in Afghanistan on Tuesday, as a true hero.
BBC News – US & Canada

Global experts begin two days of emergency talks at the World Health Organization in Geneva on new measures to tackle the Ebola outbreak.
BBC News – Africa

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Insurers have warned that proposed changes to the Riot Damages Act could lead to higher premiums or reduce access to insurance.
BBC News – Business

The Israeli military announces the withdrawal of all of its troops to “defensive positions” outside the Gaza Strip.
BBC News – Middle East

US rabbis urge President Obama to negotiate the release of US prisoner, Alan Gross, from a Cuban jail.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

More than 300 Ukrainian troops cross into Russia during heavy fighting with pro-Russian rebels – but Kiev denies they are “defectors”.
BBC News – Europe

The parents of a murder victim call for an explanation after hearing a judge say impact statements made by bereaved families made “no difference” to Parole Board judgements.
BBC News – UK

A US man who became sick after visiting West Africa last month is being tested for Ebola in hospital in New York, health officials say.
BBC News – US & Canada

Amnesty International says it has uncovered evidence of war crimes in north-eastern Nigeria, where the military is fighting Islamist militants.
BBC News – Africa