Emily Taylor

Investigators try to identify suspected Western jihadists in an Islamic State video that shows the murder of US aid worker Abdul-Rahman Kassig.
BBC News – Middle East

The Colombian President‎ Juan Manuel Santos suspends peace talks with the Farc rebel group after the apparent kidnapping of an army general.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

The 25th anniversary of the Czech Republic’s Velvet Revolution is marked by angry protests, with eggs thrown at President Milos Zeman.
BBC News – Europe

Officials confirm a case of bird flu at a duck breeding farm in East Yorkshire, but say the risk to public health is very low.
BBC News – UK

A surgeon from Sierra Leone who was being treated for Ebola in the US has died, a Nebraska hospital announces.
BBC News – US & Canada

One of northern Nigeria’s most influential Muslim leaders, the Emir of Kano, calls on people to defend themselves against Boko Haram militants.
BBC News – Africa

It was a gritty, physical battle and even though it wasn’t pretty, the Thunder gave itself a chance to win.
Oklahoma City Thunder

David Cameron pledges to put “rocket boosters” behind plans for an EU-US free trade deal, following a meeting with fellow leaders at the G20 summit.
BBC News – Business

America’s top general tells troops in Iraq that momentum is turning against Islamic State, the militant group controlling parts of Iraq and Syria.
BBC News – Middle East

A judge in north-eastern Brazil sentences three people to 20-23 years in prison for killing and eating a homeless woman.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Work has begun to remove wreckage from the MH17 crash site in rebel-held eastern Ukraine, Dutch officials say.
BBC News – Europe

Inmates in England and Wales who carry out assaults or other serious crimes will face harsher measures from next year, the Ministry of Justice announces.
BBC News – UK

A video released onto the internet claims to show that Islamic State militants have killed the captured US aid worker Abdul-Rahman Kassig.
BBC News – US & Canada

A surgeon from Sierra Leone, who is critically ill with Ebola, arrives in the US where he is being treated at an isolation unit in Nebraska.
BBC News – Africa

The gymnasium at Classen School of Advanced Studies is hallowed basketball ground in Oklahoma City, so it was serendipitous that it house
Oklahoma City Thunder

The Thunder battled all night and rallied back against every run the Detroit Pistons made.
Oklahoma City Thunder

Oil prices are likely to continue falling well into 2015, the International Energy Agency forecasts.
BBC News – Business

Iraqi forces have driven out Islamic State fighters from the oil refinery town of Baiji, north of Baghdad, officials say.
BBC News – Middle East

Brazilian police have carried out a series of raids and arrested 18 people as part of a corruption investigation into the state-run oil firm Petrobras.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

The Russian foreign ministry accuses international monitors in conflict-racked eastern Ukraine of bias towards the government.
BBC News – Europe