15 July 2014 Last updated at 07:11
Israel accepts Egypt proposal to end Gaza conflict
Israel has accepted a Egyptian proposal for a truce in the conflict in Gaza.
Hamas, which controls Gaza, has not formally responded. But its armed wing has rejected the plan as a "surrender".
The proposal urges a ceasefire starting imminently, followed by a series of meetings in Cairo with high-level delegations from both sides.
Palestinian officials say at least 192 people have been killed by Israeli air strikes launched eight days ago to stop militants firing rockets into Israel.
The UN estimates that over three-quarters of these were civilians.
An estimated 1,400 Palestinians have been injured.
At least four Israelis have been seriously injured since the violence flared, but no-one has been killed.
Cheetah smuggling driving wild population to extinction, report says
Rising demand for luxury pets in the Gulf states taking gruesome toll as two-thirds of snatched cubs are dying en route
The rising trade in cheetahs for luxury pets in the Middle East is helping to drive critical populations of the wild cats to extinction, according to new research. The report also reveals the gruesome toll of the trade, with up to two-thirds of the cheetah cubs being smuggled across the war-torn Horn of Africa dying en route. However, the nations at both ends of the trade have now agreed that urgent action is needed.
Cheetahs, famous as the world’s fastest land animal, have lost about 90% of their population over the last century as their huge ranges in Africa and Asia have been taken over by farmland. Fewer than 10,000 remain and numbers are falling. There is an ancient tradition of using trained cheetahs as royal hunting animals in Africa but, more recently, a growing demand for status-symbol pets in the Gulf states has further reduced populations.
Emmeline Pankhurst: Google Doodle honours political activist on 156th anniversary of birth
Fog of Ukraine's dirty war engulfs Donetsk orphans
Truth hard to pin down as exchanges of lurid claims stoke public panic
Daniel McLaughlin
In a classroom in a suburb of Donetsk, six Ukrainian teenagers complained bitterly that their summer was ruined.
“We wanted a lovely, peaceful holiday,” Maria Tsigankova (17) said yesterday in the children’s home and boarding school where she lives.
“We thought we’d spend it at the place where we usually go in Ukraine, which we love. But what’s happening now is terrible.”
The six girls, along with more than 100 other children in the care home, have been told to prepare to be taken to Russia by pro-Moscow rebels who are fighting government forces for control of eastern Ukraine.
The girls the world wept for and forgot
Three months after its schoolgirls vanished into the clutches of Boko Haram militants, Chibok has become the town that never sleeps.
For the mothers of those missing from this dusty northern Nigerian town, nightfall is a time when rest is impossible, when three hours of fitful dozing is the most one can hope for. And for the fathers it is a time for around-the-clock-vigils, patrolling the edges of town in case of yet more attacks.
With Nigerian security forces now belatedly stationed around Chibok there should be no need for neighbourhood watch duty. Yet, two weeks ago, in a sign of how thin the government's writ still runs, Boko Haram attacked two villages only 10km away, killing more than 30 people and razing four churches.
"We have no idea when they might suddenly attack again," said Henry Wasi, 46, whose 16-year-old daughter is among the 223 girls still missing.
World Cup 2018: Russia combats construction delays, racism
Just four years after hosting the Winter Olympics, Russia will host soccer's biggest event. Russian officials claim stadium construction is on schedule, but the country faces other issues, including racist fans and threats of violence.
MOSCOW — Brazil just barely managed to get everything ready in time for theWorld Cup. Russia insists it won't have any such problems in 2018, although the country faces other issues ahead of football's next showcase tournament – including the threat of racism and violence.
Just like in Brazil, the sheer size of Russia is set to cause logistical challenges for organizers and fans alike for the 2018 World Cup, with thousands of miles separating some of the host cities. But the successful staging of February's Winter Olympics without any major organizational problems has raised Russians' confidence in producing a high-class tournament.
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