Emily Taylor

British banks may have to hold more funds to guard against the risk of a future economic downturn, the Bank of England has proposed.
BBC News – Business

Iraqi Kurdish Peshmerga fighters cross the Turkish border to help defend the Syrian town of Kobane from Islamic State militants.
BBC News – Middle East

The Uruguayan government announces the start of registration for licensed cannabis growers as part of its plan to legalise the drug.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

The EU is to launch a limited operation in the Mediterranean to help Italy stem the flow of migrants from North Africa.
BBC News – Europe

The use of police cautions – where those who commit minor offences are given a formal warning – is set to be scrapped in England and Wales.
BBC News – UK

At least one person is dead and another injured after Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo space tourism craft crashes in California.
BBC News – US & Canada

Burkina Faso’s President Blaise Compaore resigns following violent protests, with army chief Honore Traore taking over as head of state.
BBC News – Africa

LOS ANGELES – Every game in the NBA is a challenge, but the Thunder kicked the 2014-15 season off with quite a tough tes
Oklahoma City Thunder

The UK housing market is showing signs of slowing down, the Nationwide says, with the annual rate of price growth slowing to 9% in October.
BBC News – Business

The Palestinian leader’s spokesman calls the closure of a disputed Jerusalem holy site after the shooting of a Jewish activist a “declaration of war”.
BBC News – Middle East

Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto meets the families of 43 students who went missing more than a month ago, sparking nationwide protests.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

An investigation begins after France’s state-owned EDF power company says unidentified drones have flown over seven of its nuclear plants.
BBC News – Europe

A Libyan man can sue the UK government over claims he was illegally sent back to Libya and tortured, the Court of Appeal rules.
BBC News – UK

A US nurse who returned from treating patients in Sierra Leone defies a voluntary quarantine order, leaving her house in Maine for a bike ride.
BBC News – US & Canada

Protesters angry at plans to allow Burkina Faso’s President Blaise Compaore to extend his 27-year-rule set fire to parliament in the capital.
BBC News – Africa

PORTLAND – Opening night is finally here, and the Thunder knows Game One of the 2014-15 regular season is set up i
Oklahoma City Thunder

Deutsche Bank swings to a loss in the third quarter because of higher legal costs to settle investigations.
BBC News – Business

A group of 150 Iraqi Kurdish fighters arrive in Turkey from where they plan to cross into Syria to battle militants besieging the town of Kobane.
BBC News – Middle East

Mexican authorities looking for 43 students who disappeared after clashing with police last month investigate another suspected mass grave.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

US Secretary of State John Kerry warns Russia that it will violate international agreements if it recognises an election planned by rebels in eastern Ukraine.
BBC News – Europe