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Britain will take “whatever steps are necessary” to keep the country safe, following the killing of hostage David Haines by Islamic State militants, says Prime Minister David Cameron.
BBC News – UK

An American man in North Korea is sentenced to six years of hard labour for “hostile” acts against Pyongyang, state media say.
BBC News – US & Canada

Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf sacks 10 government officials who are “out of the country without an excuse,” amid a national Ebola crisis.
BBC News – Africa

With the end of the school day approaching, teachers are always looking for ways to keep their students engaged.
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The BBC learns that leading retailers are planning a joint warning of higher business costs should Scotland become independent as the war of words heats up.
BBC News – Business

US Secretary of State John Kerry is due to arrive in Egypt for talks on defeating Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria.
BBC News – Middle East

Chilean MP Rosauro Martinez is charged with the killing of three left-wing militants during the dictatorship of Gen Augusto Pinochet.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

The US imposes new sanctions on major Russian banks, defence and energy firms, hours after a similar move by the European Union.
BBC News – Europe

A multi-million pound University of Nottingham chemistry building is destroyed in a “significant” fire.
BBC News – UK

Scandal-plagued Toronto Mayor Rob Ford withdraws from October’s mayoral election after being diagnosed with an abdominal tumour.
BBC News – US & Canada

A building linked to TB Joshua, one of Nigeria’s best known preachers and televangelists, collapses in Lagos, killing at least three people.
BBC News – Africa

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Nine million private tenants in the UK could be given extra protection from landlords who try to evict them.
BBC News – Business

Forty-five Fijian UN peacekeepers captured by an al-Qaeda-affiliated rebel group in the Syrian Golan Heights have been released, the UN says.
BBC News – Middle East

New figures show destruction of the Amazon rainforest in Brazil has risen again, with more than almost 6,000 sq km (2,315 sq miles) being cleared.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

New EU sanctions against Russia will take effect on Friday over its role in Ukraine, with Russia warning of retaliation.
BBC News – Europe

Scotland is on the “cusp of making history” by voting for independence, the country’s first minister has predicted as he addressed the international media.
BBC News – UK

Ten Arab states, including Saudi Arabia, agree to rally with the US in tackling the threat posed by Islamic State jihadists.
BBC News – US & Canada

The judge in the Oscar Pistorius trial rules out murder, but leaves it to Friday to announce whether the athlete is guilty of culpable homicide.
BBC News – Africa

After helping students pick out a book then handing them a wristband and bookmark, Thunder center Steven Adams decided to encourage more
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