Craig Taylor

The UN says “much more is required” to prevent fatalities among migrants fleeing to Europe, after hundreds are reported dead in recent days.
BBC News – Europe

Home Secretary Theresa May joins other European ministers for emergency talks in Paris following last week’s foiled gun attack on a French train.
BBC News – UK

Former US President George Bush returns to New Orleans 10 years on since Hurricane Katrina, a crisis his administration was criticised for over its slow response.
BBC News – US & Canada

The UN warns warring sides in South Sudan they face an arms embargo and sanctions if they do not honour a truce due to come into force on Saturday.
BBC News – Africa

Shares rise and oil prices jump 10% after revised figures show the US economy grew by far more than previously thought between April and June.
BBC News – Business

A British man described as a “top cyber jihadist” has been killed in a military drone strike in Syria, US officials say.
BBC News – Middle East

Venezuela announces it will keep a crucial border crossing with Colombia closed despite a “productive” meeting between their foreign ministers.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Police in Austria work through the night to establish how many people died in a lorry found abandoned on a motorway near the Hungarian border.
BBC News – Europe

Net migration to the UK is at an all-time high, reaching 330,000 in the year to March, as the government calls the figures “deeply disappointing”.
BBC News – UK

The father of Alison Parker, one of two journalists killed live on air, appeals to US President Barack Obama to push through tougher gun laws.
BBC News – US & Canada

Hundreds of people are feared dead after two boats carrying up to 500 migrants capsize off the Libyan city of Zuwara.
BBC News – Africa

European stock markets zig-zag after spending most of the session in negative territory, as fears of a China-led economic downturn persist.
BBC News – Business

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad says he is confident of continuing support from Iran and Russia amid a fresh push to resolve the country’s war.
BBC News – Middle East

Guatemala’s former military leader Efrain Rios Montt must face a retrial for genocide despite suffering from dementia, a court rules.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Chancellor Angela Merkel urges Germans to take a stand against “shameful” anti-migrant protests, on a visit to an asylum seekers’ shelter.
BBC News – Europe

Relatives of two men who remain missing following the Shoreham air crash make appeals to trace them, as investigations continue at the crash site.
BBC News – UK

Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump again clashes with Fox News host Megyn Kelly while also rowing with a Spanish-language journalist.
BBC News – US & Canada

Two Kenyan runners test positive for doping at the World Athletics Championships in Beijing, the IAAF announces.
BBC News – Africa

Chinese stocks have fallen 6%, a day after the worst plunge since 2007 saw markets fall around the world on concerns that its growth could be slowing.
BBC News – Business

The UN’s cultural agency condemns the destruction of the ancient temple of Baalshamin at Palmyra by Islamic State militants as a war crime.
BBC News – Middle East