Emily Taylor

Manuel Contreras – who headed Chile’s intelligence service during the Pinochet regime in the 1970s and 80s – dies in hospital, aged 86.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

The refugee crisis on three Greek islands is “total chaos”, the UN refugee agency says, as Italian police arrest five in connection with Wednesday’s drownings off Libya.
BBC News – Europe

Boiled water in Lancashire is “perfectly safe” to drink, health officials say, following the discovery of a microbial parasite in the mains supply.
BBC News – UK

A jury in the US state of Colorado spares gunman James Holmes the death penalty for killing 12 people at a cinema and he will serve life in jail without parole.
BBC News – US & Canada

Mali’s security forces storm a hotel in the central town of Sevare, ending a deadly siege and freeing several hostages.
BBC News – Africa

UK interest rates are held at 0.5% again by the Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee, but with the panel split 8-1.
BBC News – Business

Egypt has opened a major expansion of the Suez Canal, which deepens the main waterway and provides ships with a 35km (22 mile) channel parallel to it.
BBC News – Middle East

The US government announces that it will pay $ 5m (£3.2m) for information leading to the capture of fugitive Mexican cartel leader Joaquin Guzman.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Frenchwoman Isabelle Prime is released by her captors, after being taken hostage in Yemen in February, the French presidency says.
BBC News – Europe

Fraudsters trying to steal money from people’s pension funds are increasingly offering to invest the cash into other scams, says Citizens Advice.
BBC News – UK

The top 10 Republican candidates, including Donald Trump, are gearing up for their first debate of the US 2016 election.
BBC News – US & Canada

Uganda’s Supreme Court rules that the practice of refunding a bride price on the dissolution of a customary marriage is unconstitutional.
BBC News – Africa

In the NBA, shooting is all about rhythm and comfort.
Oklahoma City Thunder

The NIESR think tank predicts global economic growth will slow this year to the lowest rate since the financial crisis.
BBC News – Business

Israeli archaeologists say they are trying to decode ancient inscriptions written in Hebrew discovered at a dig in Jerusalem.
BBC News – Middle East

Mexican investigators release video surveillance footage of three suspects leaving the flat in which a photojournalist and four women were found murdered.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Turkey announces plans to escalate attacks on Islamic State (IS) fighters in Syria, in an operation co-ordinated with the US.
BBC News – Europe

There are “strong” links between June’s Tunisia beach massacre and the killings at the Bardo Museum in the country’s capital in March, British police say.
BBC News – UK

President Barack Obama continues his push to seal the Iran nuclear deal, framing a congressional vote on lifting sanctions as either a vote for war or for peace.
BBC News – US & Canada

Hundreds of migrants attempting to reach Europe are feared to have drowned after the boat they were on capsized off the coast of Libya.
BBC News – Africa