Turkey strikes IS and Kurdish positions in Syria ahead of offensive
Turkey has bombarded so-called Islamic State (IS) targets at Jarablus in northern Syria amid reports Syrian rebels are to launch an offensive against the group.
Some 1,500 Turkish-backed Syrian rebels are thought to be in the Turkish town of Gaziantep waiting to attack.
A bomb attack on a wedding there killed more than 50 people on Saturday.
Turkey also shelled positions at Manbij held by Kurdish YPG fighters, who have been advancing against IS.
The BBC's Mark Lowen in Gaziantep says the imminent offensive may have spurred the suicide bombing in Gaziantep, thought to be the work of IS.
Celtic fans raise more than £80,000 for Palestinian charities after flag protest
Football club facing fine by Uefa after fans displayed Palestinian flags during match against Israel’s Hapoel Be’er Sheva
Press Association
Celtic fans have raised over £80,000 for Palestinian charities in an attempt to match an impending Uefa fine for displaying Palestinian flags at a match against an Israeli team.
European football’s governing body began disciplinary proceedings against the Glasgow club last week after a number of fans displayed the flags during their 5-2 home victory against Hapoel Be’er Sheva in a Champions League qualifier.
The return leg is due to be played tonight.
The Green Brigade group of supporters set up an appeal on the gofundme website on Sunday to match the anticipated fine, and donations passed £82,000 on Tuesday morning a day and half before the fund was set up .
Turkey bombing: Questions over 'hypocritical' international response to wedding attack that killed 54 people
Critics have contrasted the response to attacks in Paris and Brussels with the bombing
The global reaction to the deadliest bombing in Turkey this year has been condemned as “hypocritical” in comparison to the outcry in response to the Paris and Brussels attacks.
More than 50 people, including 22 children, were killed when ablast struck a wedding party in the city of Gaziantep on Saturday.
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Isis was responsible, using achild suicide bomber as young as 12, but officials later said it was too early to confirm the age of the attacker or the group behind the massacre.
Israeli company converts food waste to cooking gas
OBSERVERS
Do your cooking thanks to gas made from your own food waste: that's the eco-friendly solution proposed by Homebiogas, an Israeli company that has developed a "digester" that converts organic matter into biogas. Though this biological process has already been known for several years, Homebiogas has produced one of the first home-scale systems, one that can be installed in just a few hours.
Each year, 1.3 billion tonnes of food go to waste around the world, representing a full third of the food intended for human consumption. In Europe and in the United States, consumers are the primary culprits. According to a European Commission study from 2010, individuals and families are responsible for 42 percent of food waste, ahead of agribusiness (39 percent).
Each year, 1.3 billion tonnes of food go to waste around the world, representing a full third of the food intended for human consumption. In Europe and in the United States, consumers are the primary culprits. According to a European Commission study from 2010, individuals and families are responsible for 42 percent of food waste, ahead of agribusiness (39 percent).
An Indian but not on paper: Irom Sharmila struggles to prove citizenship
Rahul Karmakar, Hindustan Times, Guwahati
She may be India’s best-known rights activist with millions of followers across the world but back home in Manipur, Irom Sharmila has no legal identification document.
The 44-year-old broke a 16-year fast earlier this month, saying she would fight elections to continue her campaign against a controversial law shielding army men from prosecution against even rape and murder charges.
But she has no documents to establish even her citizenship--no permanent account number (PAN) card, bank account or voter identity card – which are necessary for her to fight the polls.
Her friends say they have begun the legwork to get Sharmila the documents she needs to prove her citizenship and subsequently enter electoral politics.
Three years after damaging Colo. flood, teens help with river restoration
WORKING TOGETHER
As part of a project to rehabilitate part of a river near Drake, Colo., a crew of teens planted vegetation. The project overall aims to make the river and surrounding habitat better able to survive a future flood.
DRAKE, COLO. — Canyon resident Brendan Chenoweth described a two-year, $500,000 project to restore a flood-damaged portion of the North Fork of the Big Thompson River in Colorado as a gift – a way to return precious habitat along the river that so many people use and love.
The project, spearheaded by Wildlands Restoration Volunteers, is wrapping up, and a crew of teens attending a fly-fishing camp planted trees, shrubs and grass on a section of the river about 2 miles above Drake, Colo., as part of the final touches.
"It's really important," said Lina Spiller, a 14-year-old from Fort Collins, Colo., who attended the day camp put on by Rocky Mountain Flycasters, the local chapter of Trout Unlimited.
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