Craig Taylor

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad tells Russian media that he will not leave under foreign pressure and says Iran is “at Syria’s side”.
BBC News – Middle East

Guatemala’s former first lady Sandra Torres will stand against television comedian Jimmy Morales in next month’s presidential run-off vote.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

The first group of migrants reaches Croatia after Hungary closes the main entry into the European border-free zone.
BBC News – Europe

New Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn is making his debut at Prime Minister’s Questions, promising a “different” approach to quizzing David Cameron.
BBC News – UK

Flash floods in the US state of Utah kill at least 16 people, with one person still missing.
BBC News – US & Canada

Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe summons MPs to a special parliamentary session, a day after he read out the wrong speech at the opening of parliament.
BBC News – Africa

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The recruitment industry says it has concerns about government plans to end the ban on using agency workers to replace striking staff.
BBC News – Business

Egypt’s prime minister apologises after 12 people, including eight Mexican tourists, are mistakenly killed in an anti-terror operation.
BBC News – Middle East

Argentine soldiers were tortured by their own superiors during the 1982 Falklands War, according to files released by Argentina’s armed forces.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Tough new laws come into force in Hungary, allowing police to arrest and charge migrants entering the country illegally.
BBC News – Europe

Jeremy Corbyn is to address union leaders and members in his first major policy speech since becoming Labour leader.
BBC News – UK

A gunman is on the run after killing a professor on the campus of Delta State University in Cleveland, Mississippi.
BBC News – US & Canada

A United Arab Emirates (UAE) woman is suing the Kenyan authorities, saying she was kidnapped by police, taken to Somalia and Ethiopia, and tortured.
BBC News – Africa

It took seven days for the baklava to travel the 6,147 miles from Istanbul to downtown Oklahoma City, but for Thunder center Enes Kanter,
Oklahoma City Thunder

Growth in China’s investment and factory output in August has come in below forecasts, in a further indication that the world’s second-largest economy is losing steam.
BBC News – Business

Israeli police clash with Palestinian youths after entering the al-Aqsa mosque complex in East Jerusalem.
BBC News – Middle East

Venezuelan film Desde Alla by Lorenzo Vigas wins the top Golden Lion prize at the Venice International Film Festival.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Germany is to introduce temporary border controls with Austria, the interior minister says, as thousands more migrants arrive this weekend.
BBC News – Europe

Labour MPs are urged to get behind new Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, as a number of MPs rule themselves out of serving in his shadow cabinet.
BBC News – UK