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The US will “surge” its response to the worst-ever outbreak of Ebola by sending at least 50 public health experts to West Africa.
BBC News – Africa

The US economy added 209,000 jobs in July, latest Bureau of Labor Statistics data reveal, adding to optimism that the recovery continues apace.
BBC News – Business

Israel carries out fresh strikes on Gaza and militants launch more rockets into Israel, as a hunt continues for a missing Israeli soldier.
BBC News – Middle East

In the first hearing since Argentina defaulted on its debts, US judge Thomas Griesa calls for negotiations to be resumed urgently.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

A senior adviser to rebels in eastern Ukraine confirms that extrajudicial killings have been carried out “to prevent chaos”.
BBC News – Europe

The Foreign Office says operations at the British embassy in Tripoli are to be temporarily suspended as violence worsens in Libya.
BBC News – UK

A medical examiner has ruled that a police officer’s “chokehold” caused the death of a man in New York.
BBC News – US & Canada

The Ebola outbreak is spreading faster than efforts to control it, the head of the World Health Organization tells West African leaders.
BBC News – Africa

When the Thunder organization’s community relations department settled into its offices back in 2008, the phones had just been plugged in
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Oklahoma City, Monday, June 16, 2014 – The Oklahoma City Thunder will host open auditions for the 2014-15 Thunder Girls
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Tens of thousands of broadband customers in the UK are having to pay “costly” charges to change supplier, Citizens Advice warns
BBC News – Business

Israel and Hamas agree to an unconditional 72-hour humanitarian ceasefire to begin on Friday morning, after 24 days of fighting between the two sides.
BBC News – Middle East

Argentina blames the US for its default, calling the mediator in debt negotiations which ended in failure “incompetent”.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

International forensic scientists reach the site of the flight MH17 crash in east Ukraine after the government halts military operations for a day.
BBC News – Europe

A project aiming to revolutionise medicine by unlocking the secrets of DNA is under way in centres across England.
BBC News – UK

A still-secret Senate report on CIA enhanced interrogations “tells a story of which no American is proud”, a leaked White House memo states.
BBC News – US & Canada

The World Health Organization and presidents of West African nations affected by the Ebola outbreak are to announce a joint $ 100m response plan.
BBC News – Africa

The big six energy firms are set to double their profit margins over the next year, according to estimates by the regulator, Ofgem.
BBC News – Business

At least 15 people are killed and 160 wounded in an Israeli air strike that hit a market near Gaza City, Palestinian officials say.
BBC News – Middle East

No deal is in prospect in Argentina’s debt talks in New York as Wednesday night’s default deadline approaches.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean