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The UK is to send a team of NHS medical experts to help people who have been injured because of the fighting in Gaza, Downing Street has said.
BBC News – UK

The US conducts its second drop of aid to Iraqis fleeing jihadist fighters in the north, hours after fresh air strikes against the militants.
BBC News – US & Canada

Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan declares the outbreak of Ebola “a national emergency” and approves funds to help contain the deadly virus.
BBC News – Africa

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Rudy Kurniawan is sentenced to 10 years in jail and ordered to pay $ 20m for his role in selling millions of dollars worth of fake wine.
BBC News – Business

The United Nations Security Council condemns attacks by Iraqi jihadists, after the largest Christian town was seized by militants.
BBC News – Middle East

Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos warns peace talks could falter if left-wing rebels do not halt attacks, as he starts a second term.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Russian PM Dmitry Medvedev announces a total embargo on food imports from Western countries in response to sanctions over Ukraine.
BBC News – Europe

A pioneering new breast cancer treatment will not be routinely available on the NHS in England, the official drugs advisory body is proposing.
BBC News – UK

Hawaiians are bracing for their first hurricane in 22 years as Iselle threatens the US island chain, closely followed by Julio.
BBC News – US & Canada

South African athlete Oscar Pistorius is accused of being a “deceitful witness” as his murder trial resumes for closing arguments.
BBC News – Africa

In the spring, Ray Brunk, father of 15-year-old Jordan Brunk, asked his son to pick where he wanted to go to basketball camp this summer
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High Street chemist Alliance Boots is to be bought up by US pharmacy giant Walgreens, with the new firm to be called Walgreens Boots Alliance.
BBC News – Business

Indirect talks begin in Cairo between Israel and the Palestinians, after a four-week conflict in Gaza that has claimed more than 1,900 lives.
BBC News – Middle East

An Argentine activist who traces babies snatched from their parents by the 1970s military junta has found her own grandson after 36 years.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Italy has fallen back into recession after the country’s economy contracted by 0.2% in the second quarter of the year.
BBC News – Europe

Two British medical students from Newcastle University – named as Neil Dalton and Aidan Brunger – are stabbed to death in Borneo, police say.
BBC News – UK

The US military pays tribute to Maj Gen Harold Greene, who was killed in an insider attack in Afghanistan on Tuesday, as a true hero.
BBC News – US & Canada

Global experts begin two days of emergency talks at the World Health Organization in Geneva on new measures to tackle the Ebola outbreak.
BBC News – Africa