BBC news with Illy McKue.
The United States has expressed its concern about a judgment from the European Commission ordering the technology giant, Apple, to pay up to 14.5 billion dollars in
back taxes. The White House says such a unilateral approach threatened to undermine progress on making the international tax system fair.
The Islamic State militant group says that one of its senior leaders and spokesmen, Abu Muhammad al-Adnani, has been killed. A website affiliated to IS, Amaq, says he
was killed while surveying operations to repel the military campaigns against Aleppo in Syria.
The U.S. military says Turkey and Kurdish forces have agreed to stop fighting each other in northern Syria. A spokesman said this was a loose agreement and hope that it would solidify.
U.S. Department of Agriculture has closed offices in five states after receiving anonymous threats. It said officials were working with the FBI and police to determine
whether the threats were credible.
The United Nations says steps are now being taken to vet the health of peacekeepers before they are deployed on missions. Earlier this month, the UN finally
acknowledged that it contributed to an outbreak of cholera in Haiti that has killed 10,000 in 6 years.
An Italian bishop has condemned shoddy building practices during the funeral mass for victims of last week's earthquake. Bishop Domenico Pompili said earthquakes do
not kill, he says it was the work of man that kills.
The Nigerian football federation says that it doesn't have the money to pay the salary of Rio's coach of national Olympic football team. Samson Siasia took Nigeria to
the bronze medal in Rio, the country's only medal of the Games, but he is owed five months' pay.
Crickets. England have scored the highest number of runs ever in a one-day international. They notched up 444 for 3 in 15 overs in an international against Pakistan at
Trent Bridge in Nottingham.