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At least 34 people are killed and dozens injured after two separate bomb explosions in and around Iraq’s capital city of Baghdad.
BBC News – Middle East

President Dilma Rousseff promises to re-unite a divided Brazil after narrowly winning re-election with 52% of votes in Sunday’s presidential poll.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Ukraine’s president and prime minister are to publish a draft coalition deal after an apparent parliamentary election victory for pro-Western parties.
BBC News – Europe

The last UK troops leave Helmand province in Afghanistan, as a poll suggests 68% of the UK public think the 13-year campaign was not “worthwhile”.
BBC News – UK

A nurse quarantined in New Jersey after treating Ebola patients in Sierra Leone is to be discharged after being symptom-free for 24 hours.
BBC News – US & Canada

South African police launch a major investigation and offer a large reward to find the killers of South Africa football captain Senzo Meyiwa.
BBC News – Africa

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Profit warnings by UK-listed firms rise to the their highest summer level for six years, according to forecaster EY.
BBC News – Business

Kurdish and Iraqi forces say they have gained ground from Islamic State militants in northern Iraq and near Baghdad, amid intense US-led air strikes.
BBC News – Middle East

Polls open in Brazil, as Dilma Rousseff and Aecio Neves contest what correspondents say is the tightest presidential election for decades.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Twenty-four European banks fail stress tests of their finances, the European Banking Authority announces.
BBC News – Europe

The last UK base and a key US base in Afghanistan are handed over to Afghan security forces, ending British combat operations in the country.
BBC News – UK

A US nurse quarantined for Ebola after working in Sierra Leone criticises her treatment, as the US’s UN envoy starts a visit to West Africa.
BBC News – US & Canada

The US envoy to the UN begins a visit to Ebola-hit West Africa, criticising nations who offered support but “failed to take responsibility”.
BBC News – Africa

For the first three years of his NBA career, Lance Thomas had to scrap his way onto a roster by making a team through his work in trainin
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Better protection is needed for consumers buying used cars, says a commission studying the high level of complaints against the sector.
BBC News – Business

Egypt declares a three-month state of emergency in parts of the Sinai Peninsula after two attacks there killed at least 31 soldiers.
BBC News – Middle East

An Argentine ex-police chief and ex-interior minister are among 15 people given life sentences for involvement in a torture centre in the 1970s.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

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Vladimir Putin says for the first time that Russia helped Ukraine’s ex-President Viktor Yanukovych to flee after he was ousted in February.
BBC News – Europe