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There is “strong evidence” Israel committed war crimes in Gaza after a soldier was captured by Hamas in last year’s war, Amnesty International says.
BBC News – Middle East

Organisers of the 2016 Rio Olympics are facing a serious challenge to clean polluted waters for sailing and windsurfing events.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras says he will have to call snap elections if members of his Syriza party continue to oppose a bailout deal.
BBC News – Europe

France says it is sending 120 extra police officers to Calais, as migrants attempting to reach Britain say they will continue to try to enter the Channel Tunnel.
BBC News – UK

New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady promises to “fight” the NFL over his four-game ban from the ‘deflate-gate’ scandal.
BBC News – US & Canada

A multinational force fighting Boko Haram militants in West Africa will be able to pursue them across borders, Nigeria says.
BBC News – Africa

Oklahoma City, Monday, July 27, 2015 – The Oklahoma City Thunder will host the final audition for the 2015-16 Thunder Gi
Oklahoma City Thunder

Shares in mainland China continue their slide on Tuesday, a day after the Shanghai Composite index saw its biggest drop in eight years.
BBC News – Business

A Saudi-led coalition resumes air strikes in Yemen, hours after a humanitarian truce came into effect.
BBC News – Middle East

Excavation begins at a Medellin landfill site where the bodies of up to 300 people are believed to be buried.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Nato countries are to hold an emergency meeting to discuss Turkey’s campaign against the Islamic State group and Kurdish militants.
BBC News – Europe

Foreigners must be stopped from buying UK homes with “plundered” cash and a “global effort” is needed to beat corruption, David Cameron will say later.
BBC News – UK

US President Barack Obama says attacks on him by Republican presidential candidates are “outrageous” and would be “ridiculous if it weren’t so sad”.
BBC News – US & Canada

US President Barack Obama is to deliver a keynote speech at the African Union’s headquarters in Ethiopia, on the last day of his trip to East Africa.
BBC News – Africa

Campers are used to Thunder Youth Basketball Coordinator Keeton Peery bringing the room to a hush and delivering instructions for the nex
Oklahoma City Thunder

A small business commissioner will help firms tackle the problem of the billions of pounds in late payments they are owed, under government plans.
BBC News – Business

Syria’s President Assad publicly acknowledges that his army is short of manpower and is unable to hold on to every region in the civil war.
BBC News – Middle East

Colombia’s president suspends air strikes against camps belonging to Farc rebels, in a fresh bid to de-escalate the conflict and boost peace talks.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

A bomb attack on a military convoy in south-eastern Turkey kills two soldiers, amid tension with Kurdish activists and air strikes on the separatist PKK.
BBC News – Europe

Lord Sewel is facing a police inquiry after quitting as House of Lords deputy speaker over a video allegedly showing him taking drugs with prostitutes.
BBC News – UK