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Twitter has unveiled Periscope, its live-streaming app to rival Meerkat and other emerging apps that have captured the attention of the social media industry. Bobbi Rebell reports.
At least 45 people died when a dam burst its banks overnight near the Kenyan town of Mai Mahiu just north of the capital Nairobi, as torrential rains and floods battered the country. IMAGES
Around a hundred Palestinians march in downtown Ramallah to protest against the killing of the deputy chief of Hamas in Lebanon. The Israeli army has said it is "prepared for any scenario" after a strike in Beirut that killed Hamas's deputy chief, stoking fears the war in the Gaza Strip could boil over into wider regional conflict. IMAGES
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan lashes out at Israel during a visit to Germany, saying that attacks on children and hospitals had no place in the Jewish holy book. "Shooting hospitals, killing children... These things are not in the Torah, you cannot do that," Erdogan says during a joint media appearance with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz. SOUNDBITE
The destroyed West Bank flat of Ahmad Kharosheh, who was accused by Israel of being involved in the killing of two Jewish settlers in May this year. The Israeli army destroyed the Nablus apartment early on Friday. IMAGES