Emily Taylor

The Ukrainian army says it has seized the town of Avdiivka, near the rebel stronghold of Donetsk, amid intense fighting in the area around the downed MH17 flight.
BBC News – Europe

The Ebola virus, which has killed more than 670 people in West Africa, poses a threat to the UK, Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond warns.
BBC News – UK

The US economy grew by 4% in the second quarter, according to a preliminary reading by the US Department of Commerce, beating expectations.
BBC News – US & Canada

Militant Islamists in Somalia have shot dead a Muslim woman for refusing to wear a veil, her relatives say.
BBC News – Africa

Along the baseline at the Thunder Events Center, a dozen children sat, crawled and scrambled to get closer to the man in the middle, Thun
Oklahoma City Thunder

Two years ago, Thunder players were an integral part of the 2012 Olympics as the United States and Spain battled for the Gold Medal.
Oklahoma City Thunder

Lloyds Banking Group is fined £218m for “serious misconduct” relating to key interest rates including Libor.
BBC News – Business

Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu warns of a “prolonged” military campaign in Gaza, following an upsurge of violence from both sides.
BBC News – Middle East

The UN blacklists the operator of a North Korean ship seized near the Panama Canal in July 2013 with undeclared Cuban weapons on board.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Russia has violated an arms treaty by testing a nuclear cruise missile, the US says, as Barack Obama discusses sanctions on Russia over the Ukraine crisis.
BBC News – Europe

The UK is to cut from six to three months the amount of time out-of-work EU migrants can claim benefits without realistic job prospects.
BBC News – UK

A US judge rules that the LA Clippers basketball team can be sold, despite the objections of banned co-owner Donald Sterling.
BBC News – US & Canada

Most border crossings in Liberia are closed and communities hit by an Ebola outbreak face quarantine to stop the virus spreading.
BBC News – Africa

Profit warnings from UK companies have hit a three-year high despite the continuing recovery in the wider economy, a report finds.
BBC News – Business

Hours after Hamas announces a ceasefire in Gaza, Palestinian militants resume firing rockets into Israel and Israel rejects the pause.
BBC News – Middle East

Venezuela’s governing United Socialist Party holds its first congress since the death of President Hugo Chavez last year.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Sending an international military mission to secure the crash site of MH17 in eastern Ukraine would be “unrealistic”, Dutch PM Mark Rutte says.
BBC News – Europe

The public should be able to question the prime minister in Westminster every week, just as MPs do, Labour leader Ed Miliband tells the BBC.
BBC News – UK

Two fast-moving wildfires in California threaten homes and could result in the evacuation of hundreds of people, officials say.
BBC News – US & Canada

Boko Haram militants are suspected of carrying out two high-profile abductions in Cameroon and a church bombing in northern Nigeria.
BBC News – Africa