Lewis Walker

Hundreds of people attend the funeral in Missouri of the black teenager Michael Brown, who was shot dead by a white policeman.
BBC News – US & Canada

Hundreds of Nigerian soldiers cross into Cameroon following fierce fighting with Boko Haram militants, but Nigeria denies they fled.
BBC News – Africa

US Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen says there is still “remaining slack in the labour market”.
BBC News – Business

Iraqi forces say they have defeated a suspected Islamic State attack on the country’s largest oil refinery.
BBC News – Middle East

Argentina’s plan to ask investors holding defaulted bonds to swap them for new locally issued debt is ruled “illegal” by a US court.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Pro-Russian rebels parade captured Ukrainian soldiers in the city of Donetsk, as Ukraine’s president announces a major boost in military spending.
BBC News – Europe

A British national who contracted the Ebola virus in Sierra Leone is being flown back to the UK on an RAF jet, UK health officials say.
BBC News – UK

An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.0 shakes northern California, with at least three serious injuries reported.
BBC News – US & Canada

Authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo confirms the country’s first cases of Ebola in the current outbreak.
BBC News – Africa

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BT warns millions of customers it is increasing prices by up to 6.5% from December this year.
BBC News – Business

Suspected Shia militants kill at least 68 worshippers at a Sunni mosque, in a blow to a government push for sectarian unity against IS militants.
BBC News – Middle East

Members of Colombia’s armed forces meet Farc rebel leaders for the first time at Havana peace talks, to discuss ways of implementing a ceasefire.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

German Chancellor Angela Merkel is due to arrive in Ukraine, after calling Russia’s decision to send an unauthorised aid convoy an “escalation”.
BBC News – Europe

New measures to fight extremist groups are being brought forward by the government, the home secretary confirms, as she defends its counter-terrorism strategy.
BBC News – UK

Islamic State militants in Syria and Iraq are the most dangerous threat the US has faced in recent years, senior American officials warn.
BBC News – US & Canada

The World Health Organization says the speed and extent of the Ebola outbreak is “unprecedented”, as it confirms more deaths from the disease.
BBC News – Africa

Bank of America agrees to pay a record $ 16.7bn (£10bn) to US authorities for selling toxic mortgage loans that helped trigger the financial crisis.
BBC News – Business

An Israeli air strike kills three senior Hamas military commanders as Israel vows to pursue its Gaza campaign until it achieves “full security”.
BBC News – Middle East

The chief of the armed forces in Guatemala, General Rudy Ortiz, has died in a military helicopter crash near the border with Mexico, the Guatemalan government says.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean