Craig Taylor

The World Health Organization classifies Kenya as a high-risk country for the spread of the deadly Ebola virus.
BBC News – Africa

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Electricity company EDF temporarily shuts down two of its nuclear power stations, Heysham 1 and Hartlepool.
BBC News – Business

US President Barack Obama says the nomination of Haider al-Abadi as Iraq’s prime minister-designate is a “promising step forward”.
BBC News – Middle East

Venezuela deploys 17,000 troops along its Colombian border, shutting in the first of a month of nightly closures to tackle smuggling.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Ukraine and Russia say they agree to a Red Cross-led humanitarian aid mission to the eastern Ukrainian rebel stronghold of Luhansk.
BBC News – Europe

There are warnings that anti-extremism measures for schools in the wake of the Trojan Horse inquiries are rushed and could have unintended consequences.
BBC News – UK

The family of an unarmed black teenager killed by police in the US city of St Louis have called for justice for their son, as the FBI investigates.
BBC News – US & Canada

Liberia will receive an untested experimental drug, Zmapp, to treat people infected with Ebola, the government says following a request to the US.
BBC News – Africa

Several UK firms have been hit by a Russian ban on food imports from a number of Western countries.
BBC News – Business

Israel and Palestinian factions accept a fresh 72-hour ceasefire in the Gaza conflict, paving the way for indirect talks in Egypt.
BBC News – Middle East

Venezuela says it will close its border with Colombia each night from Monday to try to curb large-scale smuggling of petrol and food.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Outgoing Turkish PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan wins the country’s first direct presidential election, with his main rival admitting defeat.
BBC News – Europe

The UK is to “step up” aid supplies and send more “humanitarian advisers” to parts of Iraq under threat from Islamist militants, Downing Street says.
BBC News – UK

The US military says it has carried out four new air strikes on militants to defend Yazidi refugees trapped in mountains in northern Iraq.
BBC News – US & Canada

Liberia’s information minister admits that the country’s health care system has been overwhelmed by the spread of the deadly Ebola virus.
BBC News – Africa

A British businessman and his American wife are sentenced to prison for illegally obtaining Chinese citizens’ personal data, at a high-profile trial in Shanghai.
BBC News – Business

Five people are reportedly killed in Israeli strikes on Gaza amid continuing Palestinian rocket fire, while tensions also flare up in the West Bank.
BBC News – Middle East

An Argentine musician who was taken from his parents during military rule speaks of his joy of being reunited with his grandmother, a top campaigner.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

The UK and US governments warn Russia not to use humanitarian assistance as a pretext for sending troops into eastern Ukraine.
BBC News – Europe