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A 15-year-old British boy who plotted to behead police officers at an Anzac Day parade in Australia is sentenced to life, and must serve at least five years in custody.
BBC News – UK

Federal agents find six weapons at the college where a gunman killed nine and seven weapons at the gunman’s apartment, all purchased legally.
BBC News – US & Canada

Two blasts have rocked the outskirts of the Nigerian capital, Abuja, with casualties reported, officials say.
BBC News – Africa

The first week of training camp, filled with a number of two-a-days and hours spent at the practice facility, can be a grind.
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Government advisor and former chief executive of B&Q says George Osborne’s plan for living wage should be re-assessed in two years – once we understand its impact on business
BBC News – Business

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has told the United Nations he is prepared to “immediately” resume peace talks with the Palestinians.
BBC News – Middle East

A week after a key deal on transitional justice was reached at peace talks, Colombia’s Farc rebels say they will halt their military training.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov defends his country’s air strikes in Syria, saying they target the same militants as the US-led coalition.
BBC News – Europe

Volkswagen is suspending the sale of 4,000 vehicles in the UK as a result of the emissions scandal.
BBC News – UK

At least 10 people have been killed in a shooting at Umpqua Community College in the US state of Oregon, US media report.
BBC News – US & Canada

Gen Gilbert Diendere – the leader of last month’s short-lived coup in Burkina Faso – is now in the custody of the country’s security forces, sources say.
BBC News – Africa

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Sainsbury’s shares jump after the supermarket group says profits will be better than expected, despite another fall in like-for-like sales.
BBC News – Business

Sixteen Turkish construction workers kidnapped a month ago in the Iraqi capital Baghdad have been freed, Turkey’s prime minister says.
BBC News – Middle East

US President Barack Obama meets his Cuban counterpart in New York, the second time the two leaders meet face to face after announcing a thaw in relations.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Russia’s upper house of parliament votes to allow military deployments to Syria, paving the way for air strikes on Islamic State militants.
BBC News – Europe

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn rules out using Britain’s nuclear weapons if he were prime minister.
BBC News – UK

The US state of Georgia executes a woman for the first time in 70 years despite a number of last-ditch appeals, including one by the Pope.
BBC News – US & Canada

Burkina Faso’s interim government says the army has retaken the barracks of the presidential guard that staged a coup earlier this month.
BBC News – Africa

The walls of the INTEGRIS Thunder Development Center pulsated for two-plus hours on Tuesday morning.
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