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Torture is still rife in Mexico and routinely used to extract confessions, human rights organisation Amnesty International says.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Western countries prepare further sanctions against Russia over its intervention in Ukraine ahead of peace talks due to be held on Friday.
BBC News – Europe

David Cameron says he will not rule out air strikes against Islamic State, which is holding a British hostage.
BBC News – UK

Television host Joan Rivers, best known for her acerbic wit, has died in New York, says her daughter, a week after suffering cardiac arrest during surgery on her vocal cords.
BBC News – US & Canada

South Africa’s opposition leader Helen Zille is handed the “spy tapes” which she hopes will lead to corruption charges being reinstated against President Zuma.
BBC News – Africa

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The UK service sector records its fastest growth for almost a year, but recovery in the eurozone slows, closely-watched surveys suggest.
BBC News – Business

An Iranian man seeking asylum in Australia has been declared brain dead after an infected cut led to septicaemia, a refugee activist says.
BBC News – Middle East

Julio Ponce, chemicals billionaire and former son-in-law of Chile’s military ex ruler Gen Augusto Pinochet, is fined for illegal share trading.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Ukraine’s President Poroshenko says he has agreed with Russian President Putin in telephone talks on a “ceasefire process” for the east.
BBC News – Europe

The UK ‘will not waver’ in its aim of defeating terrorism, David Cameron says after the killing of a second US hostage and threats made against a British man.
BBC News – UK

President Obama says “justice will be served” on militants who beheaded journalist Steven Sotloff and vows the US will not be intimidated.
BBC News – US & Canada

Lesotho’s prime minister returns home after fleeing the mountain kingdom to neighbouring South Africa on Saturday, alleging there had been a coup.
BBC News – Africa

Premier League clubs have been on a player buying spree, with spending at £835m, as the end of the transfer window passes.
BBC News – Business

Iraqi Shia and Kurdish forces capture an Islamic State stronghold, as a BBC team enters Amerli the day after a two-month siege ends.
BBC News – Middle East

Spain returns to Colombia hundreds of indigenous artefacts that were seized from drug gangs in 2003, but later smuggled out of the country.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Russia has launched a ‘great war’ that could claim tens of thousands of lives, Ukraine’s defence ministry warns amid rebel offensive.
BBC News – Europe

The number of people struggling with payday loans has risen by 42% in the past year, according to the debt charity StepChange.
BBC News – UK

The White House says securing the release of three American citizens detained in North Korea is a “top priority”, after they appealed for help.
BBC News – US & Canada

The Nigerian army claims to have repelled an attack by Islamist militants Boko Haram on the town of Bama in the country’s north-east.
BBC News – Africa