Craig Taylor

Russia’s upper house of parliament votes to allow military deployments to Syria, paving the way for air strikes on Islamic State militants.
BBC News – Europe

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn rules out using Britain’s nuclear weapons if he were prime minister.
BBC News – UK

The US state of Georgia executes a woman for the first time in 70 years despite a number of last-ditch appeals, including one by the Pope.
BBC News – US & Canada

Burkina Faso’s interim government says the army has retaken the barracks of the presidential guard that staged a coup earlier this month.
BBC News – Africa

The walls of the INTEGRIS Thunder Development Center pulsated for two-plus hours on Tuesday morning.
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Audi and Skoda say they have a total of 3.3 million cars fitted with the software that allowed parent company Volkswagen to cheat US emission tests.
BBC News – Business

Divisions among world leaders on Syria have been laid bare at the UN, but the US and Russia suggest there can be compromise.
BBC News – Middle East

South American neighbours Venezuela and Guyana agree to restore ambassadors, despite a dispute over the region west of the Essequibo river.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

German prosecutors begin an investigation against former Volkswagen chief executive Martin Winterkorn.
BBC News – Europe

Four high-profile British jihadists who are fighting or recruiting for Islamic State militants in Syria are made subject to UN international sanctions.
BBC News – UK

Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump outlines his tax plan, which would eliminate income tax for millions of Americans.
BBC News – US & Canada

Hundreds of inmates escape from a prison in the Central African Republic as a wave of violence leaves dozens dead.
BBC News – Africa

With mic firmly in hand accompanied by a thoughtful countenance and a sturdy posture, Thunder Head Coach Billy Donovan fielded several qu
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Volkswagen had warnings about illegally cheating in emission tests years ago, German media cite an internal inquiry as saying.
BBC News – Business

Iran’s supreme leader calls for Saudi Arabia to apologise for Thursday’s Hajj stampede which killed 769 people, adding to a raft of criticism by Tehran.
BBC News – Middle East

The parents of 43 students missing in Mexico lead a march of thousands of people in the capital to mark one year since their disappearance.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

France has carried out its first air strikes against IS militants in Syria, destroying a training camp in Deir al-Zour, President Hollande says.
BBC News – Europe

Jeremy Corbyn admits he faces a battle to persuade his shadow cabinet to back him on scrapping nuclear weapons, at the Labour conference in Brighton.
BBC News – UK

Pope Francis meets victims of sex abuse in Philadelphia and promises those responsible will be held accountable, as his US visit concludes.
BBC News – US & Canada