Craig Taylor

Columbia condemns the expulsion of over 1,000 of its citizens by Venezuela as part of a crackdown on the two countries’ long border.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

The vast majority of carbon credits generated by Russia and Ukraine do not represent cuts in emissions, according to a new study.
BBC News – Europe

Britain’s Foreign Office says it is “urgently working” with Canadian authorities to learn the identity of the victims of a plane crash in which six people died.
BBC News – UK

Two individuals associated with the leak of Ashley Madison customer details are reported to have taken their lives, police in Canada say.
BBC News – US & Canada

Kenya’s Supreme Court says that the government should abide by a lower court’s decision to give teachers a pay rise of at least 50%.
BBC News – Africa

Stock markets in the Middle East fall sharply after a difficult week for all major global share indexes.
BBC News – Business

Lebanese PM Tammam Salam promises to take action against police who used force to disperse demonstrations against piles of uncollected rubbish.
BBC News – Middle East

Organisers of the 2016 Rio Olympics threaten to switch sailing venue from polluted Guanabara Bay to Atlantic Ocean.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Thousands of migrants resume their journey north through Macedonia and into Serbia, after Macedonia reopens its border with Greece.
BBC News – Europe

The death toll from the Shoreham air crash where a vintage jet plummeted into traffic is thought to have risen to 11, police say.
BBC News – UK

Activists with the Black Lives Matter have released a 10 point plan to address abuses by US police forces, responding to critics who say the group lacked direction.
BBC News – US & Canada

Suspected Boko Haram militants ambushed a convoy carrying the new head of the Nigerian army through Borno state, the military says.
BBC News – Africa

Stock markets around the world have fallen as poor manufacturing figures in China exacerbate global economic fears, with the FTSE 100 seeing its worst week this year.
BBC News – Business

A deputy leader of Islamic State, Fadhil Ahmad al-Hayali, is killed in a US military strike in northern Iraq, the White House says.
BBC News – Middle East

The Venezuelan president declares a state of emergency in a border region near Colombia following an attack by smugglers, in which three soldiers and a civilian were injured.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Three American men are hailed as heroes for overpowering a heavily-armed gunman on a train in northern France.
BBC News – Europe

Labour officials are “rigorously, robustly and fairly” verifying that voting applicants in the party’s leadership contest do support it.
BBC News – UK

Two 13-year-old girls accused of repeatedly stabbing a classmate to please the fictional character Slender Man plead not guilty to attempted murder.
BBC News – US & Canada

Three Ugandan soldiers have been charged over the killing last month of civilians at a wedding in Somalia, the African Union says.
BBC News – Africa

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