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More than half of the under 40s will be renting homes from private landlords in the UK in 10 years’ time, accountancy firm PwC has predicted.
BBC News – Business

The US says it has killed senior al-Qaeda militant Muhsin al-Fadhli, alleged leader of the shadowy Khorasan Group, in an air strike in Syria.
BBC News – Middle East

Former Fifa Vice-President Jeffrey Webb pleads not guilty as he appears before a US judge as part of a massive corruption scandal.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Greece’s Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras attacks dissidents in his Syriza party ahead of another crucial vote on reforms needed for a new bailout.
BBC News – Europe

Labour must not repeat past mistakes Tony Blair says as a poll puts left-winger Jeremy Corbyn ahead in the leadership contest.
BBC News – UK

Officials in Texas deny editing police dashcam footage showing the arrest of an African-American woman who died three days later in custody.
BBC News – US & Canada

Somali forces backed by African Union troops retake one of the last remaining strongholds of the Islamist militant group al-Shabab.
BBC News – Africa

Japanese electronics giant Toshiba says chief executive Hisao Tanaka is to resign over accounting scandal
BBC News – Business

The United Nations Security Council unanimously endorses the comprehensive nuclear accord between Iran and six world powers.
BBC News – Middle East

Brazilian police in the Amazon city of Manaus investigate a wave of 35 killings reported over the weekend.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Turkey’s prime minister plans to increase security along the Syrian border after an apparent suicide attack killed 30 in Suruc.
BBC News – Europe

The police force at the centre of the Rotherham abuse scandal still needs to make “major improvements” to some child protection procedures, a report finds.
BBC News – UK

Cuba raises its flag at its Washington embassy as the Communist state and the US formally restore diplomatic relations.
BBC News – US & Canada

Voters go to the polls in Burundi after a night of gunfire and blasts in the capital Bujumbura, as President Pierre Nkurunziza seeks a third term.
BBC News – Africa

Rail passengers who suffer travel delays can now claim refunds in cash instead of vouchers as new compensation arrangements come into effect.
BBC News – Business

At least 43 people are reported killed and more than 100 wounded in Yemen’s port city of Aden, as rebels hold out against a government offensive.
BBC News – Middle East

The state prosecutor’s office in Venezuela bars a former state governor, Pablo Perez, from holding office, the third such banning this week.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Germany’s Angela Merkel says she is prepared to consider further debt concessions to Greece once its economic reforms are worked out.
BBC News – Europe

A man is charged with murdering a great-grandfather who was stabbed after a minor car crash in West Sussex.
BBC News – UK

The Mitsubishi corporation of Japan makes a landmark apology for using US prisoners of war as forced labour during World War Two.
BBC News – US & Canada