Simon Furness

The Israeli military begins a ground offensive against Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip, extending its Operation Protective Edge.
BBC News – Middle East

Mexican prosecutors say they will examine whether previous complaints against a children’s home raided on Tuesday amid abuse allegations were ignored.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

All 295 passengers and crew are believed dead as a Malaysian airliner crashes in the east Ukraine conflict zone, amid claims of a missile attack.
BBC News – Europe

At least nine Britons were on board Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, which crashed in eastern Ukraine, with some passengers’ nationalities still to be identified.
BBC News – UK

Microsoft will cut up to 18,000 jobs marking the deepest cuts in the technology firm’s 39-year history.
BBC News – US & Canada

At least 14 Tunisian soldiers are killed in a militant attack, said to be the most deadly incident in the country’s history.
BBC News – Africa

Thunder rookie forward Mitch McGary’s last three weeks have been a whirlwind.
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US media giant Time Warner has rejected an initial takeover approach from rival 21st Century Fox estimated at $ 80bn (£46.6bn).
BBC News – Business

Israel warns thousands of Palestinians in Gaza to evacuate as it resumes air strikes amid continuing militant rocket fire directed at Israel.
BBC News – Middle East

Mexican police rescue more than 450 children they believe were abused at a children’s home in the western state of Michoacan.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

A Dutch court rules that the Netherlands bears responsibility for some of the 7,000 deaths of Bosnian Muslim men and boys in Srebrenica in 1995.
BBC News – Europe

Hundreds of suspected paedophiles, including doctors and teachers, are held as part of six-month operation led by the National Crime Agency.
BBC News – UK

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Jose Antonio Vargas, an undocumented immigrant, is released by border agents in Texas after hours in custody.
BBC News – US & Canada

The Aids epidemic can be brought under control by 2030, according to a report by the United Nations Aids agency.
BBC News – Africa

OKLAHOMA CITY, July 15, 2014 – The Oklahoma City Thunder acquired the rights to Sofoklis Schortsanitis and a trade excep
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OKLAHOMA CITY, July 14, 2014 – Oklahoma City Thunder forward Perry Jones underwentsuccessful arthroscopic surgery on his
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Plans for a cap on interest rates on payday loans from January 2015 are announced by UK regulator the Financial Conduct Authority.
BBC News – Business

Israel accepts Egypt’s proposal to end Gaza air strikes in return for militants stopping rocket fire, but Hamas’s armed wing calls it a “surrender”.
BBC News – Middle East

Ray Whelan, the British boss of a World Cup hospitality firm, surrenders to a Brazilian judge amid a probe into alleged illegal ticket sales.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

MEPs are expected to approve the nomination of Jean-Claude Juncker as head of the European Commission, despite UK opposition.
BBC News – Europe