Simon Furness

Nigeria’s President Buhari appoints a committee to advise him on how best to tackle corruption and reform the legal system.
BBC News – Africa

The data watchdog is “making inquiries” after mobile firm Carphone Warehouse said details of up to 2.4 million customers may have been accessed.
BBC News – Business

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi unveils sweeping reforms aimed at cutting government costs and fighting corruption after protests.
BBC News – Middle East

Haitians vote in legislative elections that have been repeatedly delayed since 2011, in a test of stability for the impoverished nation.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Spanish vessels and helicopters committed a “clear violation of the international law” after entering UK waters in Gibraltar, the Foreign Office says.
BBC News – Europe

A debate about public ownership of companies is needed, but restoration of “Clause IV” is not a priority, leadership hopeful Jeremy Corbyn says.
BBC News – UK

Hundreds pause in silence in the US town of Ferguson to mark a year since the shooting of Michael Brown, a case that sparked angry protests.
BBC News – US & Canada

A Rwandan peacekeeper in the Central African Republic has shot dead four colleagues before killing himself, Rwanda’s Defence Ministry says.
BBC News – Africa

The US economy added 215,000 jobs in July, while the unemployment rate held at a seven-year-low of 5.3%, official figures show.
BBC News – Business

A Palestinian man whose 18-month-old child was killed in an arson attack blamed on Jewish settlers has died of his injuries.
BBC News – Middle East

Manuel Contreras – who headed Chile’s intelligence service during the Pinochet regime in the 1970s and 80s – dies in hospital, aged 86.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

The refugee crisis on three Greek islands is “total chaos”, the UN refugee agency says, as Italian police arrest five in connection with Wednesday’s drownings off Libya.
BBC News – Europe

Boiled water in Lancashire is “perfectly safe” to drink, health officials say, following the discovery of a microbial parasite in the mains supply.
BBC News – UK

A jury in the US state of Colorado spares gunman James Holmes the death penalty for killing 12 people at a cinema and he will serve life in jail without parole.
BBC News – US & Canada

Mali’s security forces storm a hotel in the central town of Sevare, ending a deadly siege and freeing several hostages.
BBC News – Africa

UK interest rates are held at 0.5% again by the Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee, but with the panel split 8-1.
BBC News – Business

Egypt has opened a major expansion of the Suez Canal, which deepens the main waterway and provides ships with a 35km (22 mile) channel parallel to it.
BBC News – Middle East

The US government announces that it will pay $ 5m (£3.2m) for information leading to the capture of fugitive Mexican cartel leader Joaquin Guzman.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Frenchwoman Isabelle Prime is released by her captors, after being taken hostage in Yemen in February, the French presidency says.
BBC News – Europe

Fraudsters trying to steal money from people’s pension funds are increasingly offering to invest the cash into other scams, says Citizens Advice.
BBC News – UK