Iraq ‘loses western border control’
Iraq’s government loses control of its western borders after Sunni militants seize crossings into Syria and Jordan, reports say. BBC News – Middle East
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Tracking all Syria Britons ‘impossible’
Security services will not be able to monitor all of the Britons who return to the country after fighting in Syria, a former MI6 counter-terrorism official says. BBC News – UK
Putin ‘supports’ Ukraine peace plan
Russia’s President Putin gives conditional backing to Ukraine’s peace plan, calling for Kiev to compromise with pro-Russian rebels. BBC News – Europe
Dozens killed in Nigeria attacks
Dozens of people are killed in a suspected Boko Haram attack on two Nigerian villages near where more than 200 schoolgirls were abducted in April. BBC News – Africa
Canada airlift prisoners recaptured
Canadian police recapture three prisoners in Montreal who escaped by helicopter from a jail outside Quebec City. BBC News – US & Canada
Show of force raises Iraq tensions
Thousands of Shia militia loyal to powerful cleric Moqtada al-Sadr parade in Baghdad, raising sectarian tensions amid fighting in northern Iraq. BBC News – Middle East