Craig Taylor

Egypt has opened a major expansion of the Suez Canal, which deepens the main waterway and provides ships with a 35km (22 mile) channel parallel to it.
BBC News – Middle East

The US government announces that it will pay $ 5m (£3.2m) for information leading to the capture of fugitive Mexican cartel leader Joaquin Guzman.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Frenchwoman Isabelle Prime is released by her captors, after being taken hostage in Yemen in February, the French presidency says.
BBC News – Europe

Fraudsters trying to steal money from people’s pension funds are increasingly offering to invest the cash into other scams, says Citizens Advice.
BBC News – UK

The top 10 Republican candidates, including Donald Trump, are gearing up for their first debate of the US 2016 election.
BBC News – US & Canada

Uganda’s Supreme Court rules that the practice of refunding a bride price on the dissolution of a customary marriage is unconstitutional.
BBC News – Africa

In the NBA, shooting is all about rhythm and comfort.
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The NIESR think tank predicts global economic growth will slow this year to the lowest rate since the financial crisis.
BBC News – Business

Israeli archaeologists say they are trying to decode ancient inscriptions written in Hebrew discovered at a dig in Jerusalem.
BBC News – Middle East

Mexican investigators release video surveillance footage of three suspects leaving the flat in which a photojournalist and four women were found murdered.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Turkey announces plans to escalate attacks on Islamic State (IS) fighters in Syria, in an operation co-ordinated with the US.
BBC News – Europe

There are “strong” links between June’s Tunisia beach massacre and the killings at the Bardo Museum in the country’s capital in March, British police say.
BBC News – UK

President Barack Obama continues his push to seal the Iran nuclear deal, framing a congressional vote on lifting sanctions as either a vote for war or for peace.
BBC News – US & Canada

Hundreds of migrants attempting to reach Europe are feared to have drowned after the boat they were on capsized off the coast of Libya.
BBC News – Africa

Once again, the Son of the Congo returned to Africa, spearheading his annual campaign to help those in need and grow the game of basketba
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Former City trader Tom Hayes is found guilty at a London court of rigging global Libor interest rates, and sentenced to 14 years in jail, in the first trial of its kind.
BBC News – Business

US allies in the Gulf back the nuclear deal with Iran, as the US promises them better intelligence-sharing and faster arms transfers.
BBC News – Middle East

Jose Dirceu, a former top aide to Brazil’s ex-President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, is arrested in connection with a corruption investigation.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

The main Athens stock index, the Athex, falls 16% on Monday, its first day of trading after a five-week closure.
BBC News – Europe

The UK is to extend air strikes by RAF Tornados against the Islamic State group by an extra year, to March 2017, the defence secretary says on a visit to Iraq.
BBC News – UK