Craig Taylor

Security forces in Liberia’s capital deploy to enforce a quarantine in a large slum area in Monrovia in order to contain the spread of Ebola.
BBC News – Africa

It was one of those February nights on the road in the NBA when nothing seemed to be going right for the Thunder.
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OKLAHOMA CITY, Aug.
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Rail passengers will learn on Tuesday how much their fares will go up by in January next year, amid protests about the high cost of tickets.
BBC News – Business

The five-day Gaza ceasefire is extended for a further 24 hours after talks in Cairo, Palestinian and Israeli officials tell the BBC.
BBC News – Middle East

Pope Francis lifts the ban on the beatification of murdered Salvadoran Archbishop Oscar Romero, imposed over his suspected Marxist views.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Many people died when rockets and mortars hit vehicles moving refugees from the Luhansk area of eastern Ukraine, the Ukrainian military says.
BBC News – Europe

Justice Secretary Chris Grayling says the prison service is facing challenges with violence, suicides and staff shortages, but insists it is not in crisis.
BBC News – UK

The US attorney general is to travel to the riot-hit town of Ferguson, as the authorities step up efforts to restore calm amid a tense stand-off.
BBC News – US & Canada

Liberia admits 17 suspected Ebola patients are “missing” after a health centre was attacked, as the UN calls for stricter screening at airports.
BBC News – Africa

A new tax on alcohol to fund abstinence-based treatment is among a number of measures to tackle drink and drug addiction recommended by a think tank.
BBC News – Business

Kurdish forces in northern Iraq are largely in control of the Mosul dam previously held by Islamic State militants, Kurdish officials say.
BBC News – Middle East

A group of victims of five decades of conflict in Colombia for the first time join government negotiators and Farc rebel leaders at peace talks.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

The first lorries from a Russian aid convoy to eastern Ukraine reach the border in a separatist-controlled area, but it is not known if it will cross over.
BBC News – Europe

Migrants rescued from a container at Tilbury docks in Essex are understood to be Afghans of the Sikh faith and had undergone a “horrific ordeal”, police say.
BBC News – UK

Missouri governor Jay Nixon criticises police for releasing CCTV footage which apparently shows shooting victim Michael Brown stealing from a shop.
BBC News – US & Canada

An Ebola quarantine centre in the Liberian capital Monrovia is attacked by protesters, prompting at least 20 patients to leave the unit.
BBC News – Africa

Starting with a back-to-back on the road, the Thunder begins the ever-unique journey that
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The UK economy grew by 3.2% in the second quarter compared with the same period last year, slightly higher than the original 3.1% estimate.
BBC News – Business

Islamic State militants in northern Iraq massacre at least 80 men from the Yazidi faith in a village and abduct women and children, reports say.
BBC News – Middle East