Hello, I’m Mary Marshall with the BBC news.
The Austrian authority has found bodies of dozens of migrants in an abandoned lorry near the Hungarian border. Police said there appeared to be between 20 and 50 bodies in the vehicle. Conditions in the lorry were such that it was not immediately possible to verify the number of bodies. Bettery Ben reports from Vienna.
Police told the BBC they initially thought the vehicle had been involved in an accident. They then noticed blood seeping out at the back of the lorry. When they opened it up, they then discovered dozens of dead bodies in an advance state of decomposition. Police in white forensic suits spent several hours combing the area for evidence. A police hunt is on for the driver both in Austria and Hungary.
The bodies were discovered as the leaders of Germany, Austria and six states in the western Balkans which lie on the migration mood were meeting in Vienna.
The German Chancellor Angela Merkel said all had been shocked by the news. She described it as a warning to all of Europe and added that Europe had to share responsibility to help those most in need. "Drawing from our own historic experiences, it's important to give shelter to people whose lives are in danger wherever they may come from, in areas of war and crisis. Everybody knows for the situation in Syria is life. And everybody knows about the burdens Syria's neighboring countries are shouldering. So it's up to Europe as a rich continent to step in and help."
Two Iraqi army generals have been killed in a suicide car bombing at the command military headquarters, north of the city of Ramadi. The Islamic State group said it carried out the attack. Our Middle East editor Jondonson reports.
The suicide car bomb is a favored weapon of the IS militants and on rushing vehicle packed to explosives is hard to defend against. These latest attacks killed two very senior army commanders. They died near the strategically important city of Ramadi which IS captured in May. At the time, the government said it would quickly retake the city, perhaps, even within days. But in fact, three months on the army's counter offense has made very little progress.
A two-day ceasefire, agreed between the Syrian government and rebel forces, has reportedly begun in two places. One is the rebel-held town of Zabadani, near the Lebanese border. The other location included in the truce is a pair of government-held villages in Northern Syria. The truce will enable the delivery of aid.
A Chinese human rights lawyer told the BBC he's been placed under house arrest after discussing the issue of religious freedom in China with US government official. Zhuang Daohe said he met the US ambassador at large for religious freedom in Shanghai three days ago. Mr. Zhuang, who is a Christian, is known for his advocacy work on behalf of Christian groups in China.
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The UN's nuclear watchdog the IAEA says Iran appears to build a small extension to part of its military site. This is where Iran is suspected of carrying out tests relating to the manufacture of nuclear weapons. IAEA inquiry into the building is regarded as symbolically important, following Iran's recent international agreement on curbing of its nuclear program.
NATO has opened a military training and evaluation center in Georgia which is not a member of the alliance. The move has prompted a swift rebuke by Moscow. Speaking of the new center outside the capital Tbilisi, Georgia's Prime Minister said it would help increase regional stability and was not directed at any neighboring country. But a Russian foreign ministry official said Moscow viewed the move as both provocative and destabilizing. Georgia fought a brief war with Russia in 2008.
The Jamaican sprinter Usaine Bolt has won the 200 meters at the world athletics championships in Beijing. Bolt beat his American rival Justin Gatlin to win in 19.56 seconds. It is his tenth world championship of gold. Our sports correspondent Alex was there to watch.
"It's Bolt powering hope for his second gold medal at the championship ahead of his great rival Justin Gatlin. He was not to be denied in this, his favorite, his strongest, event and the difficult thing which is powerful race. We see he has shown what a fantastic competitor he is. He celebrates in front of enduring crowd."
The German Justice Minister has called for a meeting with Facebook executives after accusing the social media giant of not doing enough to prevent and remove racist and resentful comments posted on its site. Heiko Maas told Facebook it was obliged to remove inflammatory posts that broken German laws. Facebook said it didn't tolerate racism.