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Senegal’s health ministry confirms a first case of Ebola, making it the fifth West African country now affected by the outbreak.
BBC News – Africa

Housing experts are calling for minimum standards in the private rental market to prevent landlords from exploiting vulnerable tenants.
BBC News – Business

The UN says Syria is now “the biggest humanitarian emergency of our era” with more than three million Syrians living outside the country as refugees.
BBC News – Middle East

Some 230 members of an Orthodox Jewish group begin leaving a village in western Guatemala after a bitter row with the local indigenous community.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

EU leaders are to meet in Brussels to consider how to respond to Russia following accusations that its troops are fighting inside Ukraine.
BBC News – Europe

David Cameron and Nick Clegg are to meet for talks to try to reach agreement on new measures to tackle the threat posed by Islamist extremists.
BBC News – UK

The US has imposed new sanctions on companies and individuals in connection with Iran’s nuclear programme.
BBC News – US & Canada

Soldiers in Lesotho have seized the police HQ and surrounded a key government building in a possible coup attempt, officials in the southern African nation say.
BBC News – Africa

Thunder players represent Oklahoma City throughout the course of the season and in the playoffs, but this summer, Serge Ibaka will have a
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Malaysia Airlines says the full financial impact of the two tragedies to hit the company will be seen in the second half of the year.
BBC News – Business

Islamic State (IS) militants appear to have killed “dozens” of Syrian soldiers captured after gaining control of the Tabqa airbase, activists say.
BBC News – Middle East

Sections of Argentina’s General Confederation of Labour are holding a 36-hour strike, which has caused disruption in the capital Buenos Aires.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Nato releases satellite images which it says show Russian forces inside Ukraine to help rebels fight government troops – a claim Russia denies.
BBC News – Europe

Tory MP Douglas Carswell has defected to the UK Independence Party – and says he will seek re-election in Clacton at a by-election.
BBC News – UK

The US supermarket chain Market Basket agrees to sell to former boss Arthur T Demoulas, ending a months-long strike amongst workers and customers.
BBC News – US & Canada

The UN’s health agency says the deadly Ebola outbreak in West Africa could infect more than 20,000 people, and urges airlines to resume flights.
BBC News – Africa

Royal Bank of Scotland is fined £14.5m by the Financial Conduct Authority for failing to ensure that it gave suitable mortgage advice to customers.
BBC News – Business

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The UN accuses IS militants of war crimes, and the Syrian government of using chemical agents in eight separate incidents in a new report.
BBC News – Middle East

Six Ecuadorean police officers who took part in a 2010 mutiny are sentenced to 12 years in jail for trying to assassinate President Rafael Correa.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean