W Africa Ebola deaths ‘pass 3,000’
The death toll from the world’s worst Ebola outbreak, in West Africa, passes 3,000, the World Health Organization says. BBC News – Africa
Craig Taylor
US-led air strikes ‘damaging IS’
The US armed forces head says air strikes are damaging Islamic State in Syria but will not alone defeat it, as jihadists close in on a Kurdish town. BBC News – US & Canada
Energy firms ‘too slow’ on complaints
Customers with complaints about their gas or electricity service typically have to contact their supplier six times before their issue is resolved. BBC News – Business
Cyprus ship migrants ‘won’t leave’
Almost 350 people, said to be Syrian refugees, are refusing to disembark from a cruise ship that rescued them from a small boat stranded off Cyprus. BBC News – Europe
Paraguay bishop fired over ‘cover-up’
Pope Francis dismisses the Right Reverend Rogelio Livieres Plano over his involvement in a scandal involving the alleged cover-up of sexual abuse. BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean
US releases IS oil strike images
The Pentagon releases footage and still photos of its air strikes on oil refineries controlled by Islamic State militants in eastern Syria. BBC News – Middle East