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At least one person is dead and 16 more injured after two massive tornadoes sweep through parts of Nebraska.
BBC News – US & Canada

A new attack near Kenya’s coastal town of Mpeketoni leaves at least 10 dead, a day after al-Shabab militants killed at least 48 there, police say.
BBC News – Africa

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The Bank of England says productivity is 16% below its pre-crisis trend – but says it is at a loss as to why this is.
BBC News – Business

The Sunni extremist group that has taken territory across Iraq has posted photos online that appear to show its fighters massacring a large number of Iraqi army personnel.
BBC News – Middle East

Incumbent Juan Manuel Santos has been re-elected as Colombian president with nearly 51% of the vote, seeing off his right-wing challenger.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Russian gas giant Gazprom reaffirms its 06:00 GMT deadline on Monday for Ukraine’s payment of its debts after EU-brokered talks fail.
BBC News – Europe

Campaigners hail a law coming into effect in England and Wales making it a criminal offence to force people into marriage as “a huge step forward”.
BBC News – UK

A US aircraft carrier is to take up position in the Gulf to provide President Obama with military options if the situation in Iraq deteriorates.
BBC News – US & Canada

Suspected Islamist militants attack hotels and a police station in the Kenyan coastal town of Mpeketoni, military officials say.
BBC News – Africa

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Mortgage lenders say that a cap on the size of mortgage loans is unlikely to be “the first tool in the box” to cool the housing market.
BBC News – Business

Iran’s President Rouhani says Tehran is ready to help Iraq in its battle against extremist Sunni Islamists, but sending troops is not on the cards.
BBC News – Middle East

Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff, targeted by obscene chants during the World Cup opening match, says “verbal aggression” will not bother her.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko vows to retaliate after pro-Russia separatists shoot down a military plane in the east, killing 49 people.
BBC News – Europe

The UK will provide an initial £3m of emergency humanitarian aid for civilians fleeing the insurgency by Islamic extremists in Iraq, the government says.
BBC News – UK

President Barack Obama says he will take several days to decide what action to take over the Iraq crisis, but says no US troops will be deployed.
BBC News – US & Canada

The survival of Africa’s elephants is under threat, with estimated poaching levels well above their birth rate, an environmental report says.
BBC News – Africa

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