US concerned by Russia’s Syria moves
US Secretary of State John Kerry voices concern to Moscow amid reports of a Russian military build-up in Syria in support of President Assad’s forces. BBC News – Middle East
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UK’s longest rail line in century opens
Trains return to the Scottish Borders with the opening of the longest new domestic railway built in Britain for over a century. BBC News – Business
UK aid budget ‘to go to councils’
Money from the UK’s international aid budget is to be used to help councils to house refugees from Syria, Chancellor George Osborne says. BBC News – UK
Activist convoy picks up migrants
A convoy of private cars crosses from Austria to Hungary to collect stranded migrants, as thousands continue to make their way to western Europe. BBC News – Europe
Guatemala poll amid political crisis
Guatemalans vote for a new president amid a corruption scandal that forced the arrest of the previous incumbent. BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean
Rally for jailed Kentucky clerk
Hundreds gather in support of a county clerk in the state of Kentucky jailed for refusing to issue marriage licences to gay couples. BBC News – US & Canada