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Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper announces he is dissolving parliament and calling a parliamentary election for 19 October.
BBC News – US & Canada

A close aide of Burundi’s President Pierre Nkurunziza is killed in an attack on his car in the capital, Bujumbura.
BBC News – Africa

OKLAHOMA CITY, July 30, 2015 – The Oklahoma City Thunder have signed forward Josh Huestis to a contract, it was announce
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Lloyds Banking Group’s claims bill for PPI tops £13bn as it sets aside a further £1.4bn to compensate customers.
BBC News – Business

Israel vows to catch arsonists, suspected to be Jewish settlers, who killed a young Palestinian child in an attack on a West Bank village.
BBC News – Middle East

Alejandro Burzaco, a former Argentine sporting executive, pleads not guilty in the corruption case involving football’s world governing body Fifa.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

A piece of debris that experts believe could be from missing flight MH370 arrives in Paris from Reunion in the Indian Ocean for analysis.
BBC News – Europe

Family members of Osama Bin Laden were on a private jet which crashed in Hampshire, killing all four people on board, the Saudi Arabian embassy in the UK says.
BBC News – UK

An 18-year-old man has been arrested after police say he shot and killed two people who stopped to help him along a road in a Montana Indian reservation.
BBC News – US & Canada

A vaccine against the deadly Ebola virus has led to 100% protection in a pioneering trial described as a “potential game-changer”.
BBC News – Africa

Oklahoma City, Friday, July 31, 2015 – The Oklahoma City Thunder selected its 2015-16 Thunder Girls dan
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The International Monetary Fund is wary of any financial contribution to a third Greek bailout and is unlikely to provide funds at the first stage.
BBC News – Business

Six people are stabbed at a Gay Pride march in Jerusalem and police arrest an ultra-Orthodox Jewish man they say attacked marchers in 2005.
BBC News – Middle East

El Salvador provides security escorts for buses forced to observe a strike called by criminal gangs, after several drivers were killed.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

The UK will not become a “safe haven” for migrants in Calais, David Cameron warns, after hundreds continued attempts to reach the country overnight.
BBC News – Europe

Ministry of Defence land could be made available to help relieve traffic problems in Kent caused by the migrant crisis in Calais, the BBC understands.
BBC News – UK

US officials launch an investigation into the killing of a lion in Zimbabwe but say they have been unable to reach the American involved.
BBC News – US & Canada

Burundi’s opposition leader Agathon Rwasa is elected as a deputy speaker of parliament, despite his criticism of recent controversial polls.
BBC News – Africa

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Barclays bank reports a 25% rise in half-year profits to £3.1bn but has set aside another £850m for customer compensation – including further PPI claims.
BBC News – Business