Celebrated Brazilian plastic surgeon Ivo Pitanguy dies at the age of 90, a day after passing the Olympic torch for the Rio Games.

Rebel groups in Syria say they have broken a government siege of the crucial northern city of Aleppo but the army says it has pushed them back.

The leader of a self-proclaimed separatist republic in eastern Ukraine, Igor Plotnitsky, has been injured in a bomb attack on his car, rebel officials confirm.

People across Thailand go to the polls in a referendum on a new constitution, a key test for military rule in place since 2014.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi criticises vigilantes who portray themselves as protectors of cows - an animal considered sacred by Hindus.

Kenya's anti-doping agency says it will investigate claims an athletics official offered to warn athletes about drug tests in return for money.

Adam Peaty sets Britain's first world record of the 2016 Olympics, GB miss out on cycling medals, plus a round-up of news from day one.

China launched its first mobile telecommunications satellite, to establish a network serving large swathes of the world.