MIGRANT CRISIS: NEIGHBOURS SQUABBLE AFTER CROATIA U-TURN

Waves of migrants seeking to enter the EU from the south-east have been shunted from one border to another as governments disagree over the crisis.

Croatia reversed its open-door policy after 17,000 arrivals since Wednesday. It is now sending thousands of migrants north, angering Slovenia and Hungary.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO KIRIKIRI NEWS MEDIA

Kirikiri News Media  is a growing media establishment with a working mission statement ‘To promote collective love, unity, creativity, interest and progress in all accomplishments’ while our vision is to make sure we are heard all over the world. Nevertheless, Upgrading standards and making everyone a celebrity remains their profound motto.

Their achievements over the years have been astounding as they have been able to establish great publicity for Kirikiri town, Lagos state and Nigeria.

CHINESE SHIP CAPSIZE ON YANGTZE RIVER

China's transport minister says rescuers are in a "race against time" to find survivors among the hundreds missing after a cruise ship capsized in bad weather on the Yangtze River.

Thousands of rescuers worked through the night around the upturned hull of the Eastern Star in Hubei province.

FORMER EGYPTIAN PRESIDENT SENTENCED TO DEATH

An Egyptian court has sentenced ousted president Mohammed Morsi to death over a mass prison break in 2011, the BBC reports.

The former leader has already been sentenced to 20 years in jail for ordering the arrest and torture of protesters during his time in power.

15 DEAD IN SIBERIA WILD FIRE

Wildfires have killed at least 15 people and injured about 400 in the Khakassia region of southern Siberia, Russian media report.

Officials say the fires, fuelled by high winds and dry weather, destroyed 1,200 houses in 30 towns and villages.

CHINA STOPS SHENZEN'S RESIDENTS MULTIPLE VISA

China is to stop issuing multiple entry Hong Kong visas to residents of Shenzhen, state media reports.

The move is an attempt by Beijing to ease growing anger in Hong Kong over shopping trips by mainlanders who are take advantage of lower taxes.

Shenzhen residents will now only be able to enter Hong Kong once per week, and stay for no longer than a week.

RESULTS OF THE ELECTIONS CONDUCTED IN LAGOS STATE - SEE PICTURES

A voter with her child performing her civic responsibility

While we await the final national results announcement from the INEC in the presidential, senate and house of representatives polls, it is with utmost calculated impetus that in Ward D Oriade LCDA Agents of both Parties (PDP & APC) after observation and compiled results at about 12:45am, the number in percentage of votes from Kirikiri town were produced as follows.

EARTH COULD SUFFER SHORTFALL OF WATER BY 2030 - UN WARNS

The world could suffer a 40 percent shortfall in water in just 15 years unless countries dramatically change their use of the resource, a U.N. report warned Friday.

SHE IS NOT THE UGLIEST WOMAN IN THE WORLD

Lizzie Velasquez, now 26, credits a life of bullying for making her the empowered motivational speaker she is today. Photo courtesy of “A Brave Heart.”

For many teens, being dubbed the “World’s Ugliest Woman” on a viral YouTube video

SPEEDING TRAIN IN INDIA DERAILS - KILLING 30 PEOPLE

A passenger train has derailed in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, killing at least 30 people, a railway spokesman told the BBC.

The engine and two carriages of the Janta Express, which travels between Dehradun and Varanasi, went off the rails near Bachhrawan village.

MILITANTS ATTACK POLICE STATION IN INDIA

Militants attacked a police station in Indian-administered Kashmir, killing three people in the first major attack since a new coalition government took over power in the state this month.

The two attackers were killed after a gun battle that lasted four hours, officials said.

Nine others, including a senior police official, were injured in the attack.

MILLIONS OF PEOPLE WITNESSED SOLAR ECLIPSE

 Millions of people in the UK and northern Europe have glimpsed the best solar eclipse in years.

In a solar eclipse, a swathe of the Earth is plunged into darkness as the Moon comes between us and the Sun.

From an aeroplane above the Faroe Islands, a BBC camera captured startling footage of the event reaching totality at 09:41 GMT.

AL-SHABAB LEADER, ADAN GARAR KILLED

The US defence department has confirmed that it has killed an al-Shabab leader, Adan Garar. The Pentagon says the militant was hit by a drone equipped with Hellfire missiles in southern Somalia last Friday.

CHINA AND JAPAN HOLDS SECURITY TALKS AFTER 4 YEARS

China and Japan are holding their first high-level security talks in four years, following recent tensions over territorial and historical issues.

The meeting in Tokyo among officials comes ahead of trilateral talks with South Korea on Saturday.

4 SUSPECTS ARRESTED FOR LINKS TO MUSEUM ATTACK

Four people have been arrested for direct links to Wednesday's gun attack in Tunis that left 23 people dead, including 20 foreign tourists, the Tunisian presidency says.

The army will also be deployed to major cities, the presidency added.

SHINAWATRA (THAI EX-PM) TO STAND TRIAL FOR NEGLIGENCE

Thailand's Supreme Court has ordered the former prime minister to stand trial for negligence over a controversial rice subsidy scheme.

Yingluck Shinawatra is facing a maximum prison sentence of 10 years.

It is the latest blow to the dominance of the Shinawatra family in Thai politics, after Ms Yingluck was banned from politics for five years.

INDIAN MAN TAKES DAUGHTER TO SCHOOL TIED TO A MOTORCYCLE

Police in India have charged a man who took his eight-year-old daughter to school roped to his motorcycle.

The 40-year-old was arrested after local newspapers in Uttar Pradesh state published photos taken by passers-by. He has now been freed on bail.

MICROSOFT ANNOUNCES END OF INTERNET EXPLORER

So we hope you can join us for a minute’s silence, after Microsoft announced that they’ll soon be doing away with the iconic browser in favour of a newer version, which is currently codenamed Project Spartan.

ISRAEL ELECTIONS: BENJAMIN NETANYAHU WINS

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's right-wing Likud Party has won a surprise victory in Israel's election.

Exit polls had forecast a dead heat but with almost all votes counted, results give Likud a clear lead over its main rival, the centre-left Zionist Union.

RIOT IN FRANKFURT, GERMANY - 350 PEOPLE ARRESTED

Dozens of people have been hurt and some 350 people arrested as anti-austerity demonstrators clashed with police in the German city of Frankfurt.

Police cars were set alight and stones were thrown in a protest against the opening of a new base for the European Central Bank (ECB).