Craig Taylor

Exclusive pricing deals between motor insurers and price comparison websites will be banned, the Competition and Markets Authority has said.
BBC News – Business

New air strikes have targeted Islamic State militants in Syria, hitting targets around the town of Kobane, near the border with Turkey.
BBC News – Middle East

Three Venezuelan men are sentenced to more than 20 years in jail for the murder of beauty queen Monica Spear and her British partner in January.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

A French court has suspended a corruption and influence-peddling investigation against former President Nicolas Sarkozy, media say.
BBC News – Europe

Parliament is expected to be recalled on Friday over the UK’s role in air strikes against Islamic State, the BBC understands
BBC News – UK

The fight against Islamic State may take years, a US military spokesman tells the BBC, as fresh air strikes are reported by Syrian activists.
BBC News – US & Canada

New figures suggest 70% of those infected in West Africa have died, higher than previously reported.
BBC News – Africa

Almost 1,700 jobs are to go at the failed mobile phone retailer Phones 4U, after the firm’s administrators confirmed that 362 stores will close.
BBC News – Business

The UN says Turkey urgently needs help to care for 130,000 Syrian refugees who have crossed the border fleeing Islamist militants.
BBC News – Middle East

Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro invests almost $ 50m in an initiative to disarm civilians, in an effort to cut down on the country’s high murder rate.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Militants linked to Islamic State have seized a French man in Algeria and demanded an end to French air strikes in Iraq, France confirms.
BBC News – Europe

Labour leader Ed Miliband will set out a 10-year plan to make Britain a “world class country” in his final conference speech before the general election.
BBC News – UK

The man who broke into the White House on Friday had 800 rounds of ammunition, a machete and two hatchets in his car, officials say.
BBC News – US & Canada

Authorities in Sierra Leone say a three-day curfew aimed at containing the Ebola outbreak has been a success and will not be extended.
BBC News – Africa

The minimum wage would rise to £8 per hour by the end of the next parliament if Labour wins the general election, leader Ed Miliband promises.
BBC News – Business

The Yemeni prime minister resigns after days of deadly clashes between Shia rebels and pro-government forces in the capital, Sanaa.
BBC News – Middle East

Former El Salvador president Francisco Flores is transferred to police custody after having his house arrest revoked by a court in the capital, San Salvador.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Tens of thousands of people attend a Mass by Pope Francis, as the pontiff hits out at extremists “perverting” religion to justify violence.
BBC News – Europe

Ed Miliband says a pledge of further devolution to Scotland will be fulfilled “no ifs, no buts” amid a row with David Cameron over how to implement it.
BBC News – UK

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon will take part in a protest march in New York this weekend to highlight global inaction on climate change.
BBC News – US & Canada