Moscow says its air strikes are targeting the Islamic State group. But the BBC has heard from several people who say they live near the Syrian city of Homs and that civilians, including children, were among those killed.

Austria is out-sourcing some of its asylum seekers to Slovakia, which agreed to take 500 refugees to ease the pressure on its neighbour.

And for the first time, the Palestinian flag has been raised at the United Nations headquarters in New York.

(Picture: President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin during the signing of joint documents following the BRICS leaders meeting at the BRICS/SCO Summits in July, 2015; Credit: Ria Novosti via Getty Images)