Village of 1,000 sealed off over Ebola
A Sierra Leone village of nearly 1,000 people is put under quarantine after a dead woman’s body tested positive for Ebola. BBC News – Africa
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Phone scammers’ tricks caught on tape
Three men who tricked their victim into handing over her £12,000 savings on the phone have been caught on tape, thanks to her son’s premonition. BBC News – Business
IS ‘blows up Palmyra tower tombs’
Islamic State (IS) militants continue their destruction of the ancient Syrian site of Palmyra by blowing up three funerary towers. BBC News – Middle East
Guatemala ex-leader denies corruption
Jailed Guatemala’s ex-president Otto Perez Molina rejects corruption allegations during court hearing – and asks to be placed under house arrest BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean
Migrants bussed to Austria border
Thousands of exhausted migrants cross into Austria after Hungary’s surprise move to provide buses to take them to the border. BBC News – Europe
Councils ‘offer refugee sanctuary’
More than 40 UK councils say they are ready to offer sanctuary to refugees fleeing fighting in Syria, Labour’s Yvette Cooper says. BBC News – UK