Iraqi forces enter Kirkuk as Kurds flee
Iraqi forces take over key buildings three weeks after a Kurdish independence referendum. BBC News – Middle East
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Venezuela elections neither ‘free nor fair’, says US
The state department in Washington says “the voice of the Venezuelan people was not heard”. BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean
Malta blogger Daphne Caruana Galizia dies in car bomb attack
Government critic Daphne Caruana Galizia dies in an attack the PM calls “barbaric”. BBC News – Europe
Brexit negotiations should accelerate, say May and Juncker
Theresa May and Jean-Claude Juncker say their working dinner was “constructive and friendly”. BBC News – UK
Trump drug czar nominee accused of hindering opioid crackdown
The lawmaker whose state is ravaged by painkiller abuse is accused of being a drug industry stooge. BBC News – US & Canada
Somalia attack: 165 unidentified bodies buried
Saturday’s truck bombing in the capital is the deadliest attack in Somalia’s 10-year insurgency. BBC News – Africa