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The German chancellor’s allies urge her to change course on refugees after her party is beaten in a regional election by an anti-immigrant party.
BBC News – Europe

More than 200 people have been prosecuted under a new revenge porn law, a CPS report shows, while rape, domestic abuse and sexual offences convictions hit record levels.
BBC News – UK

US President Barack Obama calls off a meeting with Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, who had earlier called him a “son of a whore”.
BBC News – US & Canada

Gabonese Justice Minister Seraphim Moundounga becomes the first senior minister to resign in protest over the disputed presidential election.
BBC News – Africa

It took a two-out replay review in the eighth inning for the A’s to get their first hit against Red Sox starter Eduardo Rodriguez, but they avoided a series sweep with their second hit one inning later when Khris […]

Japan’s government has warned that the country’s firms could move their European headquarters out of the UK as a result of Brexit.
BBC News – Business

A Yazidi girl from northern Iraq who was enslaved by Islamic State militants tells how she was forced to build bombs for them.
BBC News – Middle East

The World Health Organization says there have been no confirmed cases of Zika among travellers or athletes at the Rio Olympics, despite some warnings.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Angela Merkel’s ruling CDU party is beaten into third place by the anti-immigrant AfD in a north-eastern German state, exit polls suggest.
BBC News – Europe

UK PM Theresa May comes under pressure at the G20 summit over Britain’s trade links with the US and other countries after it leaves the EU.
BBC News – UK

Storm Hermine regains strength as it moves up the US eastern seaboard, threatening the north-east with dangerous coastal surges.
BBC News – US & Canada

Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe says the decision by judges to allow anti-government protests to go ahead showed a reckless disregard for peace.
BBC News – Africa

A’s catcher Josh Phegley has been released from the hospital after receiving treatment for synovitis in his right knee, but he is not expected to play again this season, manager Bob Melvin said Saturday.
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New students risk being blinded by deals – such as discounts on fashion brands – when choosing a bank account rather than guarding against debt.
BBC News – Business

Three hundred people are leaving a besieged rebel-held suburb of Syria’s capital, Damascus, as part of what the government has described as an amnesty.
BBC News – Middle East

The president of Colombia announces that a peace deal between the country’s government and Farc rebels will be formally signed on 26 September.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

A Hungarian police advert is recruiting for 3,000 “border-hunters” to join guards at a razor-wire fence built to keep migrants out.
BBC News – Europe

Theresa May travels to the G20 summit in China later for her first international conference since becoming prime minister.
BBC News – UK

Hurricane Hermine, the first to hit Florida for more than a decade, inflicts severe damage, kills one person and knocks out electrical power.
BBC News – US & Canada

A Kenyan MP is pushing the country’s parliament to pass a law to recognise a third-gender to end discrimination of some 100 citizens who identify as intersex.
BBC News – Africa