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Guinea’s President Alpha Conde is declared the winner of last Sunday’s election despite allegations of fraud by the opposition.
BBC News – Africa

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Tata Steel is to announce 1,200 job cuts at its UK steel operations next week.
BBC News – Business

Fresh violence has erupted between Israel and Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza, leaving three Palestinians dead, Palestinian sources say.
BBC News – Middle East

Brazilian prosecutors say the speaker of the lower house of Congress, Eduardo Cunha, hid millions of dollars in undeclared foreign bank accounts.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Hungary closes its border with Croatia in an effort to stem the flow of migrants moving through the country en route to western Europe.
BBC News – Europe

The health secretary accuses the BMA of misleading junior doctors over planned changes to their contracts in England ahead of a protest in London.
BBC News – UK

Canadian liberal leader Justin Trudeau said US-Canada relations are “crucial” and have been “soured” under Conservative prime minister Stephen Harper.
BBC News – US & Canada

A military court in Nigeria sentences a general to six months in jail for his involvement in one of the army’s worst defeats by Boko Haram militants.
BBC News – Africa

In a family, each sibling has their own personality, ideas and communication style.
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Tesco is selling off more than a dozen sites that it no longer wants to develop to a property company in a £250m deal.
BBC News – Business

Syrian government forces launch an offensive in the central province of Homs, following intense air strikes by Russian warplanes.
BBC News – Middle East

Video footage shows more details of the escape of Mexico’s top drug lord Joaquin “Shorty” Guzman – and the reaction from guards upon discovering it.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Volkswagen says it will recall 8.5 million cars in Europe, while Italian police raid VW offices in Verona and Bologna.
BBC News – Europe

Scottish prosecutors say they want to interview two Libyans they have identified as suspects over the 1988 Lockerbie bombing that killed 270 people.
BBC News – UK

President Barack Obama confirms plans to keep 5,500 US troops in Afghanistan beyond 2016, in a shift in policy.
BBC News – US & Canada

Olympic and Paralympic athlete Oscar Pistorius is to be released from prison to house arrest on Tuesday, South African parole board says.
BBC News – Africa

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