Emily Taylor

Volkswagen had warnings about illegally cheating in emission tests years ago, German media cite an internal inquiry as saying.
BBC News – Business

Iran’s supreme leader calls for Saudi Arabia to apologise for Thursday’s Hajj stampede which killed 769 people, adding to a raft of criticism by Tehran.
BBC News – Middle East

The parents of 43 students missing in Mexico lead a march of thousands of people in the capital to mark one year since their disappearance.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

France has carried out its first air strikes against IS militants in Syria, destroying a training camp in Deir al-Zour, President Hollande says.
BBC News – Europe

Jeremy Corbyn admits he faces a battle to persuade his shadow cabinet to back him on scrapping nuclear weapons, at the Labour conference in Brighton.
BBC News – UK

Pope Francis meets victims of sex abuse in Philadelphia and promises those responsible will be held accountable, as his US visit concludes.
BBC News – US & Canada

Deadly clashes break out in Bangui, the capital of the Central African Republic, after a Muslim motorbike taxi driver was killed.
BBC News – Africa

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Pensions Minister Baroness Altmann has told the BBC she considered helping women who have had their state pension deferred twice but could not find a way to do so.
BBC News – Business

A group of US-trained Syrian rebels has handed over their vehicles and ammunition to fighters linked to al-Qaeda, the US military admits.
BBC News – Middle East

The parents of the Brazilian football star, Neymar, deny their son has done anything wrong, after a judge formally accused him of evading $ 16m in taxes.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Switzerland temporarily bans the sale of some Volkswagen diesel-engine models in the wake of the emissions-rigging scandal in the US.
BBC News – Europe

Labour must respect policy dissent, shadow chancellor John McDonnell says as he pledges support for a fiscal charter proposed by George Osborne.
BBC News – UK

The Speaker of the US House of Representatives, John Boehner, is to resign at the end of October, citing “leadership turmoil”.
BBC News – US & Canada

A unit of guards that carried out a week-long coup in Burkina Faso are to be disbanded, the reinstalled interim cabinet announces.
BBC News – Africa

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The head of French company EDF, which owns the Hinkley Point nuclear power station, defends its plan to build a new plant at the Somerset site.
BBC News – Business

Saudi Arabia’s King Salman orders a safety review for the Hajj pilgrimage after at least 717 people died in a stampede near the holy city of Mecca.
BBC News – Middle East

Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos and Farc rebel leader Timochenko agree to sign a peace deal within six months to end a five-decade long conflict.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean