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Rwanda President Paul Kagame third term bid: Millions want constitution changed 'only for Kagame'

Rwanda launches national consultation after parliament backs plan to scrap presidential terms and allow Kagame to run for third term.

UN official accused of neglecting child sex abuse by French soldiers quits

Flavia Pansieri, who earlier admitted negligence, steps down as deputy high commissioner for human rights.

Selfie craze grips motorists says IAM survey

Study shows one in 11 took a selfie while 18% accessed the internet while at the wheel.

Home Secretary Theresa May to launch independent review of deaths in police custody

May vows to eliminate the "evasiveness and obstruction" suffered by the victims' families.

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BBC: Laura Kuenssberg takes over as political editor from Nick Robinson

BBC is under increasing scrutiny from the Conservative government over licence fee.

Greece debt crisis: Unwanted children face growing abandonment

Children charities and state-run maternity hospitals are running out of money due to the Greece debt crisis.

Nigeria: 40 feared dead after twin blasts hit Gombe city

The latest explosions follow a series of blasts in the region at the end of Ramadan.

Sandra Bland arrest video: Texas police release new, unaltered dashcam footage

Police in Texas released the new video a day after the original following growing speculation it was altered.

South Sudan army 'crushed civilians under tanks' according to Human Rights Watch

Human Rights Watch accuses South Sudan army of war crimes and possible crimes against humanity.

Ikea offers 27mn free wall anchoring kits for chests and dressers after tip-over deaths

Ikea offers free anchoring kits for Malm chests and dressers after two children died due to furniture tip-over.

Isis in Syria: Jihadis release gruesome images of convicted thieves losing their hands

The images come after Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi banned the release of execution videos online.

Edinburgh: Tourist stabbed in stomach with dirty syringe by beggar over £1

The beggar stabbed the tourist after the holidaymaker said he had no spare change.

Ohio: Police officer fatally shoots unarmed black motorist in the head

Ohio police officer Ray Tensing shot Samuel Dubose, 43, after he evaded arrest following a traffic violation.

12-year-old girl who died on school trip to France named as Jessica Lawson

Family of the Hull schoolgirl pay tribute to beautiful girl who was 'a joy to know'.

UK: Romanian graduate refused hotel room after staff suspected she 'might be a prostitute'

Holiday Inn Express in Hull turns away Romanian student assuming she will use hotel room for prostitution.

Westminster child abuse: Leon Brittan among senior figures named in government files

Sir Peter Hayman and Thatcher aide Sir Peter Morrison also named in child abuse files.

German midwife accused of trying to kill nine pregnant women

The 34-year-old is accused of administering blood-thinner heparin to the women before their c-sections.

Jean Charles de Menezes: Family hold 10-year memorial service outside Stockwell tube station

No police were prosecuted for shooting of Brazilian national at Stockwell station on 22 July 2005.

Charleston church massacre: Dylann Roof to be indicted on federal hate crime charges

Roof was earlier charged with the murder of nine black people in a Charleston church.

Russian football's Miss Charming accused of neo-Nazism

Beauty queen Olga Kuzkova was photographed making Nazi salute next to fascist graffiti.

Mother from hell: Samina Kauser allowed boyfriend to murder her two-year-old son while she shopped

Kauser's boyfriend Keith Brown, of Stoke, was found guilty of killing Khaleel Hussain.

Russia: Novaya Gazeta newspaper critical of Putin faces closure after warning about foul language

A Russian newspaper that has long challenged Vladimir Putin gets warning after partially printing swearword.

Libya: Armed forces brush off threat of EU sanctions against General Khalifa Haftar

The EU has said it will issue sanctions against the former Gaddafi aide.

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Anonymous affiliate GhostSec thwarts Isis terror plots in New York and Tunisia

EXCLUSIVE: Online hactivists foil plots to kill British and Jewish tourists and carry out a 4 July massacre in New York.

Tim Flach: Expressive animal portraits go on show at Retina Photography Festival in Edinburgh

Tim Flach's portraits show how humans attribute emotions and thoughts to animals.

Migrant crisis: Desperate relatives search for Syrian housewife who disappeared after Greece shipwreck

EXCLUSIVE: Roeda Amir's cousin contacts IBTimes UK as 16 people missing or feared drowned after boat capsizes in July

Andy Coulson 'may have to sell family home' in order to pay £150,000 phone-hacking court costs

Former News of the World editor and Number 10 spin doctor forced to pay sum over three years.

Sandra Bland death: Texas DPS rejects 'police dashcam arrest footage edited' claims

Texas Department of Public Safety denies allegations 52-minute arrest footage was altered before release.

Pregnant Chinese woman fights off knife-wielding thugs who attacked construction site

Group of four women chase away armed gang that set upon workers on the building site in Xian.

Glasgow bin lorry crash: 'You're killing people Harry,' dustman shouted to driver

Matthew Telford wept as he recalled the tragic events that lead to deaths of six people on December 22 2014

Ukraine: Thousands of far-right supporters rally in Kiev calling for impeachment of President Poroshenko

Supporters of Right Sector movement converged on Kiev's Independence Square in demo against government.

Burundi election: President Pierre Nkurunziza ready to form unity government

Burundi counting votes after holding controversial election which saw Nkurunziza running for third term.

British army: 125 military personnel killed while in training since 2000, MoD reveals

The MoD has faced criticism over the deaths of personnel during training including three SAS recruits in 2013.

Burundi election: Opposition leader calls for government unity to avoid armed conflict

Election slammed as "not credible" by the US following months of protest over Nkurunziza's third term bid.

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