RBS boss to hand back £1m allowance
The chief executive of the Royal Bank of Scotland, which is largely owned by the UK government, is to forgo a shares allowance worth £1m. BBC News – Business
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Fears grow for Christians held by IS
There is growing concern over the fate of dozens of Christians abducted by Islamic State militants, amid continuing fighting in north-east Syria. BBC News – Middle East
Ex-Guatemalan president freed in US
Former Guatemalan President Alfonso Portillo is released from jail in the United States after serving a sentence for taking $ 2.5m in bribes. BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean
Austria passes Islam law reforms
Parliament in Austria passes a controversial new bill that reforms a century-old law on Islam, despite claims it will treat Muslims unequally. BBC News – Europe
Hospital staff ‘told of Savile abuse’
A report into sexual abuse by Jimmy Savile at Stoke Mandeville Hospital is to say staff were told of 10 complaints at the time, the BBC understands. BBC News – UK
Ebola kills man who helped orphans
A Sierra Leonean who worked with children orphaned by Ebola in the West African state dies of the disease himself. BBC News – Africa