Jonathan Ditchburn

Romance scams rose by 64% in the first half of the year, figures show, as fraudsters target victims directly.
BBC News – Business

The kingdom maintains that Iran was behind drone attacks on two of its oil installations this month.
BBC News – Middle East

The measure is the latest effort from the US aimed at forcing President Nicolás Maduro to step down.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

The committed Europhile whose later years were blighted by corruption scandals dies aged 86.
BBC News – Europe

The prime minister says he deplores threats to MPs, adding that “tempers need to come down” in Parliament.
BBC News – UK

Attempts were made to “lock down” information about the phone call to Ukraine’s leader, report says.
BBC News – US & Canada

The decision comes after a feud between Mugabe’s family and the government over his burial place.
BBC News – Africa

A Changing of the Guard at QB?
Week three of the 2019 season may go down as the week when we saw the QB’s of the future take their first tentative steps into the limelight and for one – Daniel Jones Sunday must […]

Power company EDF says “challenging conditions” mean the final bill could now be up to £22.5bn.
BBC News – Business

Greek police release Mohammed Saleh after concluding they have the wrong man in the 1985 incident.
BBC News – Middle East

President Jair Bolsonaro insists that the Amazon rainforest is his country’s sovereign territory.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

After the UK parent company’s collapse, the German subsidiary tries to save its national brands.
BBC News – Europe

The attorney general says he will consider publishing the advice he gave the PM on prorogation as MPs demand answers.
BBC News – UK

The party accuses the US president of improperly pressuring the Ukrainian president in a phone call.
BBC News – US & Canada

Said Bouteflika was accused of conspiring against the state as people protested against his brother.
BBC News – Africa

The Cream is Floating to the Top
Week Four, as expected began to separate the contenders from the pretenders and for the PAC 12, it probably ended any faint hopes they had of getting a team into the CFP playoffs. […]

The government says the official probe into Thomas Cook’s failure must look at bosses’ actions.
BBC News – Business

PM Benjamin Netanyahu and his main opponent Benny Gantz held talks after inconclusive elections.
BBC News – Middle East

An Associated Press photographer is hit in the face after a senator drew a gun outside Congress.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

The Swedish teenage activist makes an emotional plea at a special UN climate summit in New York.
BBC News – Europe