Tom Burridge visits a warehouse in Kiev which is being used as a shelter for refugees from the conflict in eastern Ukraine.

The BBC's Steven Rosenberg reports from Russia's border with Ukraine on the 438 Ukrainian soldiers who have retreated to Russia because they are ''under intense pressure''.

A rescue operation is underway in China after a strong earthquake struck a remote area in the south west of the country, killing at least 398 people.

A ferry carrying around 200 passengers capsizes on the River Padma, south-west of the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka.

An indigenous group in the Amazon is taking a stand against Brazilian government plans to build a series of dams which threaten to flood their land.

After becoming the first female team leader for the Greco-Roman wrestlers' team in the US, Christina Kelley has been breaking barriers in Iran as well.

Two years after six Sikhs were gunned down in Oak Creek, Wisconsin, the Sikh community is fighting back with aggressive awareness campaigns.

Hundreds of flowers and tributes laid outside Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam in remembrance of the victims of the Malaysian airliner which crashed in Ukraine are being moved to a new location.

A limited Israeli "humanitarian" ceasefire is under way in parts of Gaza, but there are reports of attacks on both sides of the border after the ceasefire began.

Mark Lowen tests the mood on the streets of Cairo as a seven-hour truce continues in Gaza.

Key moments from the ceremony at Liege marking 100 years since Germany invaded Belgium, and Britain entered the First World War.

Dignitaries gathered at the Singapore Cenotaph on Monday to commemorate the 100-year anniversary of the start of World War One, from which 124 Singapore residents never returned.

New laws come into effect in Singapore, making it harder for foreigners to get jobs. Sharanjit Leyl reports on the likely impact on the economy.

Four people are killed and 20 others injured after a flash flood tore through a festival in a village near Venice in northern Italy.

Ukraine Defence Minister Valeriy Heletey tells the BBC the army is close to winning the conflict with pro-Russian rebels in eastern Ukraine.

The BBC's James Reynolds has visited an Israeli staging post outside Gaza, where tanks were lined up awaiting orders.

The French and German presidents have been commemorating Germany's declaration of war on France on 3 August 1914.

Rana Jawad reports from Tripoli on the evacuation by the Royal Navy of Britons caught up in fighting between militias in Libya.

The natural wine movement in Italy says their product is 'true' to wine drunk in the middle ages but it has caused controversy in the industry. Alan Johnston reports from Tuscany.

Kent Brantly, a US doctor infected with the deadly Ebola virus in Liberia, arrives for treatment at a specialised unit at Emory University Hospital, Atlanta, Georgia.