Lewis Walker

Islamic State (IS) militants appear to have killed “dozens” of Syrian soldiers captured after gaining control of the Tabqa airbase, activists say.
BBC News – Middle East

Sections of Argentina’s General Confederation of Labour are holding a 36-hour strike, which has caused disruption in the capital Buenos Aires.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Nato releases satellite images which it says show Russian forces inside Ukraine to help rebels fight government troops – a claim Russia denies.
BBC News – Europe

Tory MP Douglas Carswell has defected to the UK Independence Party – and says he will seek re-election in Clacton at a by-election.
BBC News – UK

The US supermarket chain Market Basket agrees to sell to former boss Arthur T Demoulas, ending a months-long strike amongst workers and customers.
BBC News – US & Canada

The UN’s health agency says the deadly Ebola outbreak in West Africa could infect more than 20,000 people, and urges airlines to resume flights.
BBC News – Africa

Royal Bank of Scotland is fined £14.5m by the Financial Conduct Authority for failing to ensure that it gave suitable mortgage advice to customers.
BBC News – Business

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The UN accuses IS militants of war crimes, and the Syrian government of using chemical agents in eight separate incidents in a new report.
BBC News – Middle East

Six Ecuadorean police officers who took part in a 2010 mutiny are sentenced to 12 years in jail for trying to assassinate President Rafael Correa.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

IMF head Christine Lagarde says she has been placed under formal investigation for negligence in a French fraud case but has not been charged.
BBC News – Europe

The Police and Crime Commissioner for South Yorkshire vows to stay in the job despite calls for him to quit over a damning report into child abuse in Rotherham.
BBC News – UK

A nine-year-old girl kills her shooting instructor by accident while being shown how to use an Uzi submachine gun at a firing range in Arizona.
BBC News – US & Canada

Nigerian schools are ordered to remain shut, delaying the new academic year until 13 October as part of measures to prevent the spread of Ebola.
BBC News – Africa

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Fast-food giant Burger King says it is in takeover talks with Tim Hortons, the Canadian coffee and doughnut chain.
BBC News – Business

The US was “caught off-guard” by air strikes on Libya reportedly carried out by the UAE with Egyptian help, a senior official tells the BBC.
BBC News – Middle East

Prisoners who began a riot in the Brazilian city of Cascavel on Sunday agree to end the unrest, in which they killed four fellow inmates.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Ukraine’s president dissolves parliament and calls a snap election for October, as his forces fight pro-Russian separatists in the east.
BBC News – Europe

Scotland’s First Minister Alex Salmond and Better Together head Alistair Darling clash in a heated final TV debate ahead of next month’s independence referendum.
BBC News – UK