Myanmar's opposition National League for Democracy led by Aung San Suu Kyi has won a historical victory in the first free election in 25 years. The Result should bring an end to more than 50 years of military-led government. From Yangon, here's our correspondent Jonah Fisher. Myanmar's first contested vote in 25 years has been remarkable both in the way it was conducted and the gracious response of the losers. Of course, much could still go wrong, remember the result back in 1990, was announced and then ignored. But it does feel different this time, Aung San SuuKyi now has enough MPs in parliament to outvote the unelected Burmese army representatives and put her candidate in the presidency. It can't be her. She's barred from taking the job because her sons have British passports.
The United States says it's carried out an air-strike targeting the Islamic State militant known as Jihadi John. The strike took place on Thursday near the Syrian city of Raqqa and was aimed at a vehicle. A Pentagon source said they had been tracking them carefully over a period of time. From Washington, here's Laura Becca. The air-strike took place around Syrian city of Raqqa in the last few hours. The Pentagon says this was a targeted strike aimed at killing Mohammed Emwazi also known as Jihadi John. The militant was born in Kuwait but grew up in London. He traveled to Syria in 2012 and later joined the Islamic State. He appeared masked and dressed all in black in a video where the American journalist James Foley is murdered. He is also believed to have been involved in the murders of British aid workers David Haines and Alan Henning and the Japanese journalist Kenji Goto.
Lebanon is observing a day of national mourning for more than 40 people killed in twin suicide bombings on Thursday in the capital Beirut. The Islamic State militant group said it was responsible for the attacks. Sebastian Usher reports. This isn't the first time that southern suburbs where Hezbollah has its main stronghold has been attacked. This has been a course since Hezbollah joined the Syrian conflict on the side of president al-Assad. And this is on a different scale from what we've seen. This one seems to be designed, like the kind of attack we got used to see in, for example, in Baghdad when you have suicide bomb attacks happening almost the same time. It's a tactic to trying to kill as many people as possible during evening rush hours as mosque worshippers are leaving in a busy narrow street.
An alleged member of a New York crime family has been found not guilty of involvement in a 1978 airport robbery that helped inspiret he Hollywood mafia movie Goodfellas. Vincent Asaro who's 80 was cleared of murder and other crimes. Several of the gangsters involved were murdered as the ringleader sought to eliminate witnesses. World news from the BBC.
The British Ambassador to United Nations says the Security Council is considering a range of options in response of a continuing political violence in Burundi. Ambassador Matthew Rycroft the current chairman of the council said these included sanctions against Burundians whose words or actions fueled the bloodshed. He said the worst case scenario was that Burundi could descend into civil war or even genocide.
The Mexican government says the conservation campaign which also involved Canada and United States is expected to lead to a big increase in the number of Monarch butterflies spending the winter in the country. On a tour of the butterfly sanctuary in Mexico, the US Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell praised those who worked to save it. It is a testament to the people who on these lands and care for them in a nature protected area of Mexico that you recognized the importance of these areas for the Monarch butterfly and have really been so instrumental in bringing them back to life when they came so close to be wiped out. The black and orange butterfly which migrates from Canada to Mexico has suffered a 90% drop in its numbers in recent years as a result of pesticide use and illegal logging.
About a thousand Cuban migrants attempting to reach the United States have held a protest in Costa Rica where they've been prevented from moving onwards. One Cuban held a placard saying we're chasing our dreams. The head of Costa Rica's migration service said the Cubans would be returned to neighboring Panama if they'd crossed the border illegally.
Scientists are warning that a major glacier in Greenland that contains enough ice to raise global sea levels by 50cm is breaking up at an ever faster rate. They say part of the Zachariae Isstrom glacier has broken free and has now been melted by rising air temperatures from above and by warmer ocean currents below. That's the latest BBC news.