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September 18, 2014
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2014-09-18
)
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Armed conflicts and attacks
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
Islamic State release a video purporting to be from
British
journalist
John Cantlie
as propaganda.
(Reuters)
The
United States Senate
passes a budget measure authorising
President
Barack Obama
to equip and train moderate rebels to fight ISIL in
Syria
.
(
Washington Examiner
)
International relations
Russian military intervention in Ukraine
The
President of Ukraine
visits the
United States
to seek assistance in combating separatists in
eastern Ukraine
.
(BBC)
Health
Ebola virus epidemic in West Africa
The
Secretary-General of the United Nations
Ban Ki-moon
announces the creation of an emergency mission to respond to the virus which has killed over 2,500 people in
West Africa
.
(Bloomberg via
Washington Post
)
Law and crime
Australian police
mount
raids
in the cities of
Sydney
and
Brisbane
on alleged
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
sympathisers based on intelligence claims that they were planning a public execution in Australia with fifteen people arrested.
(News Limited)
Eight people have been shot dead including six children in the small American town of
Bell, Florida
.
(AAP via
The Australian
)
Politics and elections
2014 Scottish independence referendum
Voters in
Scotland
go to the polls to vote on the referendum on independence.
(Reuters)
,
(
The Telegraph
)
,
(BBC)
German president
Joachim Gauck
welcomes state officials to
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
to address
demographic change in Europe
and commemorate 25 years of the
Peaceful Revolution
.
(Official press release)
Science
Ultracompact dwarf galaxy
M60-UCD1
is revealed to be the smallest known
galaxy
to have a
supermassive black hole
at its centre.
(
Washington Post
via
Sydney Morning Herald
)
Sports
In
cycling
,
Germany
's
Jens Voigt
sets a new
hour record
, covering 51.115 kilometers at the Velodrome Suisse in
Grenchen
,
Switzerland
. It is the first hour record attempt since the
UCI
established new unified rules for such attempts.
(
The Guardian
)
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