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Budget airline Monarch receives a temporary extension to its licence to sell package holidays and says it has secured “significant” new investment from shareholders.
BBC News – Business

World leaders extol the life and legacy of former Israeli leader Shimon Peres, one of the country’s founding fathers, at his state funeral in Jerusalem.
BBC News – Middle East

The IOC should be helping to compensate child victims of police violence at Rio 2016, says children’s rights groups.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Russia’s increasing military action in Syria is forcing moderate elements within the opposition into the hands of extremists, a US state department spokesman says.
BBC News – Europe

Sickness benefits claimants will no longer have to go through reassessments to keep their payments if they suffer from chronic illnesses, Work and Pensions Secretary Damian Green is to announce.
BBC News – UK

Donald Trump attacks a former beauty pageant winner who criticised him for alleged sexist and misogynistic remarks as “disgusting” in a Twitter outburst.
BBC News – US & Canada

US hedge fund Och-Ziff agrees a $ 412m fine to settle charges over bribery in its dealings in Africa, in the first ruling of its kind.
BBC News – Africa

A’s pitcher Kendall Graveman provided stability to a rotation that had very little all year. Graveman never skipped a start, totaling a career-high 31 of them, and his performance only bettered with time, further […]

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A’s pitcher Sonny Gray, who spent nearly two months rehabbing a forearm injury, made his first appearances since Aug. 6 on Wednesday, as he tossed a scoreless first inning against the Angels.
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The UK Government and French energy giant EDF sign the key contract for the new £18bn Hinkley Point C nuclear power station.
BBC News – Business

Russia says it will continue bombarding rebel-held eastern Aleppo, where thousands are trapped, despite US demands for Moscow to stop.
BBC News – Middle East

Relatives of prisoners who died during a riot in 1992 in a Sao Paulo jail are appealing after a Brazilian court threw out convictions against 74 police officers.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

An elderly man left for dead by two jihadists who murdered a priest in the French city of Rouen has spoken of his terrifying ordeal.
BBC News – Europe

International Trade Secretary Liam Fox says he wants the UK’s trade with the European Union to be “at least as free” after Brexit.
BBC News – UK

A woman is killed and dozens of other people are injured, some of them critically, as a commuter train crashes at a railway station in New Jersey.
BBC News – US & Canada

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Armed groups in the Central African Republic (CAR) are told to leave the schools they are occupying or face forceful eviction by UN troops.
BBC News – Africa

A’s rookie Matt Olson perfectly fits the mold of a prototypical first baseman, yet the A’s power-hitting prospect, who stands 6-foot-5, has spent more time in right field than any other position in recent […]

The night started off very emotionally, with a mixture of tears and remembrance.
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