American Luke Aikins has become the first person to jump from 25,000 ft (7,620m) without a parachute, landing safely in a net.

Mr Aikins - who has more than 18,000 jumps under his belt - fell dead centre into the 100x100ft net in Simi Valley, southern California.

During the two-minute fall aired live on Fox television, the 42-year-old reached the speed of 120mph (193km/h).

"I'm almost levitating, it's incredible," he said after Saturday's jump.

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"This thing just happened! I can't even get the words out of my mouth," he said, admitting that he was nervous beforehand.

heers, he climbed out of the net and hugged his wife and young son.

He also admitted that he had nearly had to cancel the jump because he was ordered to wear a parachute for safety and this would have made his landing more dangerous because of the extra weight.

However, the organisers had lifted the ban just minutes before the jump.

"Aikins' leap represents the culmination of a 26-year career that will set a personal and world record for the highest jump without a parachute or wing suit," his spokesman Justin Aclin said.

Mr Aikins, who is a safety and training adviser for the US Parachute Association, said his friend came up with the idea two years ago.

6 out of the 13 inmates that escaped from the Koton Karfe Prisons were on Sunday re-arrested and are back in custody.

This was announced by the Director Press, Ministry of Interior, Mr Willie Bassey.

Earlier, the Kogi State Governor, Mr Yahaya Bello has raised an alert about an alleged threat to the state following a prison break in Koton Karfe.

A prison break had occurred at the Koton Karfe Medium Security Prison in Kogi State on Saturday, where about 13 inmates are said to have broken their cells and escaped through the fence.

Three of the 13 are convicts.

The inmates at the new prison site broke the wall of the perimeter fence and escaped into the bush.

This is the third time inmates have successfully broken out of this facility raising concerns on the level of security within the premises.

Tunisia's parliament has passed a vote of no confidence in Prime Minister Habib Essid, effectively dismissing the government of the US-trained economist.

A total of 188 MPs voted to sack Mr Essid, with only three supporting him.

Mr Essid, who has been in office less than two years, has faced criticism for what his opponents say is his failure to push through economic reforms.

President Beji Caid Essebsi last month called for a national unity government to break months of economic turmoil.

Unemployment has worsened since the 2011 revolution, when President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali was ousted. More than a third of young people in Tunisia are without work.

Tunisia's uprising was the first of the Arab Spring, and often hailed as the most successful with the country now functioning as a parliamentary democracy.

The confidence vote came after a month of wrangling over the fate of the prime minister, following pressure on him from the country's president to resign. Mr Essid refused to step down, citing respect for the constitutional process and instead called on the Tunisian parliament to decide his fate.

In the end, an overwhelming majority of MPs voted to oust him from office. Most lawmakers accused him of failing to deliver on economic reforms needed to ease the country's high unemployment rates.

In June, the Tunisian president proposed the formation of a new unity government, arguing that the country needed a leadership that could carry out bold reforms.

But some observers believe that the vote is also a consequence of the prime minister's detachment from party politics. Mr Essid recently accused leading parties of trying to pressure him into making changes to the cabinet, which he says he refused to comply with. It is not clear who will succeed him at this time, but parliament will start negotiations over the matter on Monday.

Jockey Ryan Moore navigated a
tricky field to ride 1-5 hot favourite, Minding,
to victory in the Group One Nassau Stakes at
Glorious Goodwood Saturday.
Minding was last of the five runners coming
into the home Stretch but surged ahead of
the field to finish a length ahead of Queen's
Trust in second and Jemayel in third.
"It was always going to be a messy sort of
race," Moore later said in comments carried
by the UK's Press Association news agency.
"I just tried to keep it as simple as I could.
She was only doing what she had to do.
"She's run in seven Group ones in a row and
has won six - she is a very special filly," he
added.
Minding's trainer Aidan O'Brien was equally
delighted with the performance.
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The Joint Admissions and Matriculation
Board (JAMB) has withdrawn the 2016
admission list it forwarded to different
Nigerian Universities. This was disclosed in a
statement by the body's spokesperson,
Fabian Benjamin released today July 31st.
Part of the statement reads
“This is to ensure that the University
Senate perform its statutory
responsibility of conducting the
selection of candidates and refer it to
JAMB for confirmation in line with the
admission criteria of merit, catchment
and educationally disadvantaged
states as directed by the Hon Minister
of Education at the policy committee
meeting,”
The earlier list was sent to help fast
track the process of admission so as
to allow other tiers of institutions also
conduct their admission. Candidates
should not panic because this is part
of the process of the 2016 admission
exercise. JAMB regrets any
inconvenience this decision would
have caused the tertiary institutions.
The board regrets any inconvenience
it’s proactive step would have caused
the tertiary institutions.”

An International Olympic Committee
panel will have the final say on Russian
athletes' eligibility to compete at Rio 2016 ,
says a spokesman for the Olympic
organization.
The panel will make its decisions based on
advice from the Court of Arbitration of Sport
and only those athletes already cleared to
take part at the Olympics by their
international federations will be considered.
The panel will be comprised of Juan Antonio
Samaranch Jnr, son of the former IOC
president; Claudia Bokel, an IOC Executive
Board Member; and Ugur Erdener, head of the
IOC Medical Commission.
Any athlete already banned by their
international federation from taking part in
Rio -- the entire Russian weightlifting team,
for instance -- will not be considered for a
second chance by the panel.
The panel will likely confirm the decisions
already taken by the international
federations, rather than overturn decisions on
the more than 250 Russian athletes deemed
eligible to compete.
"It is important the IOC takes the final
decision based on independent advice," said
IOC spokesman Mark Adams Saturday. "There
is not a blanket decision. It is about
individual athletes."
The IOC has been heavily criticized for its
handling of events in the wake of Richard
McLaren's WADA-commissioned report,
opting not to impose a blanket ban on
Russia, despite allegations of state-
sponsored doping.

Nigeria-born Victor Kayode insists he has not
given up hope of playing for Sierra Leone,
despite being continuously overlooked for
selection.
The Azerbaijan-based midfielder, who was
born in Ondo state to Nigerian parents,
decided to play for Leone Stars four years ago
- claiming his maternal grandfather was from
Sierra Leone.
Since doubts over Kayode's eligibility were
removed, five different coaches have taken
charge of Sierra Leone, but he is still awaiting
his first call-up.
I think if the Leone Stars coach
wants me he can check my
records and he'll see that I'm
qualified and ready to play
Victor Kayode
Zire FC midfielder
"I'm not given up as I still want to play for
Sierra Leone," Kayode told BBC Sport.
The player, who turns 30 in September, came
close to making his debut for Sierra Leone
when he travelled with Leone Stars to
Monastir to face Tunisia in October 2012.
But he failed to make Leone Stars' final 18-
man squad for the decisive 2013 Africa Cup
of Nations qualifying match which ended
goalless, a result that eliminated Sierra Leone.
"I never regret my decision to play for Sierra
Leone despite the fact I'm yet to make my
debut and I'm looking forward to being given
the chance," said Kayode.
"I'm not frustrated, there is time for
everything," he added.
Kayode who currently plays for Azerbaijan top
flight league club Zire FC believes he has
what it takes to play for Sierra Leone and
urges the current Leone Stars coach Sellas
Tetteh to follow his performances at club
level.
"I'm a regular in my team and I'm doing well.
That is what many coaches look for," Kayode
added.
"I think if the Leone Stars coach wants me he
can check my records and he'll see that I'm
qualified and ready to play.
"However, I hope to personally introduce
myself and ask him to give me a chance."
Kayode says his decision to choose Sierra
Leone over Nigeria was not taken because he
knew his chances to play for the Super Eagles
may be very slim.
"That was never the case. Nigeria are a big
country and not everyone can play for his
country of birth.
"I've chosen Sierra Leone because I believe
God wanted me to play for the country of my
maternal grandfather," he insisted.
Kayode's story with Sierra Leone started when
he was introduced to former Leone Stars
coach Lars Olof Mattsson by friend and ex-
skipper Ibrahim Kargbo in June 2012.
He trained with Leone Stars ahead of World
Cup and Nations Cup qualifiers that same
year and was considered for Sierra Leone after
impressing Mattsson.
Kayode has only played club football in
Azerbaijan where he has featured for four
clubs since he moved there a decade ago.

Hundreds of people have attended the funeral
of a a mentally ill black man in Ottawa who
died following a confrontation with Canadian
police.
Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson was among those
who came to pay last tributes to Abdirahman
Abdi at a city mosque.
Mr Abdi, 37, a Somali immigrant, died on
Monday, a day after being arrested for
allegedly fondling a woman.
A video has emerged showing him bleeding
and handcuffed during the arrest. The case is
being investigated.
In a statement, Mr Abdi's family said he was
a "wonderful son, amazing brother and kind-
hearted uncle".
The family said that "what happened to him
that Sunday wasn't fair at all and shouldn't be
justified by any means" and "we all have
many questions".
He arrived in Canada in 2009, according to
his brother Abdiaziz.
The circumstances of Mr Abdi's death are now
being investigated by Ontario's Special
Investigation Unit.
The case has sparked a debate about race
relations in Canada - a nation that is widely
seen as being tolerant.
Ottawa's police chief Charles Bordeleau said
on Friday that there had been "a number of
incidents" involving his officers, including
taunts, since the death of Mr Abdi.

Tens of thousands of people in Germany have
turned out in support of Turkish President
Recep Tayyip Erdogan, in a rally that raised
diplomatic tensions.
Mr Erdogan had planned to address the rally
in the city of Cologne, held to denounce an
attempted coup two weeks ago, by video link.
But on Saturday, Germany's Constitutional
Court banned the speech from being
broadcast.
German media said at least 35,000 people
turned out.
An estimated three million people of Turkish
origin live in Germany, the majority of whom
voted for Mr Erdogan's AKP party in the last
Turkish election, according to the Turkish
Communities in Germany organisation.
"We are here because our compatriots in
Germany advocate democracy and are against
the attempted military coup," Turkey's
German-born Sport and Youth Minister Akif
Cagatay Kilic said in Cologne.
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A message by Mr Erdogan, thanking the
demonstrators for their support, was read out.
"It is said so often that this is the pro-
Erdogan rally but it is not, it is an anti-coup
demonstration," said one woman, Kevser
Demir. "And I think that it is a duty of
humanity to stay against such a coup."
Close to 2,700 police officers were deployed in
Cologne. A far-right rally was held at the
same time, but participants were kept far
away from the Turkish demonstrators.
A handful of counter-protesters were also in
attendance. One, Gulistan Gul, said it was
crucial to speak out against Mr Erdogan.
"He is trying to have sole power over the
people there," he said. "And we are against
that dictatorship. The Kurds are oppressed,
Armenians are oppressed, other minorities and
religions are oppressed."
German media said the court ruling was made
because of concerns about public order.
Turkey's EU Affairs Minister Omer Celik had
condemned the decision in a series of tweets .
And Mr Erdogan's spokesman said Germany
owed the president "a satisfactory
explanation".
Mr Erdogan says US-based cleric Fetullah
Gulen was behind the coup.
Turkey's government has sacked another
1,389 soldiers accused of being linked to the
coup attempt on 15 July, in which rebels tried
to oust President Erdogan.
This raises the number of military dismissals
above 3,000 since the failed coup.

A huge explosion has rocked the Afghan
capital, Kabul.
Witnesses said the blast struck at about
01:25 local time on Monday (20:55 GMT
Sunday) and was heard across most of the
city.
Reports suggest it was a lorry bomb at a
compound housing foreign contractors and up
to four attackers may be involved.
The electricity in parts of Kabul was reportedly
briefly cut off shortly before the explosion.
Earlier reports suggested the blast was in a
gas storage facility.
Last week, two suicide bombers linked to the
so-called Islamic State (IS) killed 80 people
and wounded 230 more in Kabul.

The mother of a dead US Muslim soldier has
hit back at presidential hopeful Donald Trump
for questioning her silence during a speech by
her husband.
Ghazala Khan said Mr Trump was ignorant
about Islam and that he didn't know the
meaning of the word sacrifice.
Her husband Khizr Khan attacked the
Republican nominee in an emotional speech
to the Democratic National Convention on
Thursday.
Mr Trump later suggested Mrs Khan may not
have been allowed to speak.
The couple's son, US Army Capt Humayun
Khan, was killed by a car bomb in 2004 in
Iraq at the age of 27.
In an opinion article for the Washington Post ,
Mrs Khan said her husband had asked her if
she wanted to speak at the convention but she
had been too upset.
"Walking on to the convention stage, with a
huge picture of my son behind me, I could
hardly control myself. What mother could?
Donald Trump has children whom he loves.
Does he really need to wonder why I did not
speak?" she wrote.
"When Donald Trump is talking about Islam,
he is ignorant. If he studied the real Islam and
Koran, all the ideas he gets from terrorists
would change, because terrorism is a different
religion."
She added: "Donald Trump said he has made
a lot of sacrifices. He doesn't know what the
word sacrifice means."
Mrs Khan said that although she did not
speak, "all the world, all America, felt my
pain".
Analysis by Anthony Zurcher, North America
correspondent
There simply is no way for a politician to get
into a war of words with the parents of a
soldier who died a hero on the battlefield and
not come off looking bad.
That didn't stop Donald Trump from making a
very inelegant go of it.
By raising questions about why Ghazala Khan
was silent as her husband spoke at the
Democratic National Convention on Thursday,
he essentially dared her to step forward.
She did.
Mr Trump has survived - even thrived - after
controversial statements in the past and it's
become clear that the New Yorker has a core
of support that won't abandon him.
Now the nominees are entering the heat of
the general election and Mr Trump needs to
expand his base if he wants to win. Disputes
like this will make that an extremely difficult
task.
At the convention in Philadelphia, Pakistani-
born Khizr Khan said his son would not even
have been in America if it had been up to Mr
Trump, who has called for a ban on Muslims
entering the US.
Responding to the criticism, Mr Trump said in
an interview with ABC's This Week: "If you
look at his wife, she was standing there.
"She had nothing to say... Maybe she wasn't
allowed to have anything to say. You tell me."
His remarks brought criticism from both
Democrats and Republicans.
Democratic vice-presidential nominee Tim
Kaine said it demonstrated Mr Trump's
"temperamental unfitness".
"If you don't have any more sense of empathy
than that, then I'm not sure you can learn it,"
he said.
Republican Ohio Governor John Kasich, a
former rival to Mr Trump for the nomination,
tweeted: "There's only one way to talk about
Gold Star parents [of fallen service personnel]:
with honour and respect."
Khizr Khan said Mr Trump was "devoid of
feeling the pain of a mother who has
sacrificed her son".
"Shame on him. He has no decency, he has a
dark heart," he said.
But Mr Trump rejected Mr Khan's criticism of
him at the convention.
"While I feel deeply for the loss of his son, Mr
Khan, who has never met me, has no right to
stand in front of millions of people and claim
I have never read the Constitution, (which is
false) and say many other inaccurate things,"
he said.

A hot air balloon carrying at least 16 people has caught fire and crashed in the US state of Texas, with all on board feared dead.

The balloon came down in fields near Lockhart, about 30 miles (50km) south of the state capital Austin.

Caldwell County sheriff Daniel Law said the basket of the balloon was on fire when emergency crews arrived.

Videos posted by local media suggest the balloon came down near tall power lines, but the cause is not yet known.

The balloon crashed at about 07:40 (12:40 GMT), officials said.

"It does not appear at this time that there were any survivors of the crash," the sheriff's office said.

Local resident Margaret Wylie said she was outside her home when she heard two "pops" which she thought was a gun going off.

"The next thing I knew you saw a big fireball go up. I was just praying that whoever was there got away from the thing in time," she said.

The Turkish military has killed 35 Kurdish militants who tried to storm a base in the south-east, officials say.

The overnight attack, in the Cukurca district of Hakkari province near the Iraqi border, came hours after clashes between soldiers and militants left eight soldiers dead in the area.

A ceasefire between Turkey's military and the banned Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) broke down in July last year.

The army is reeling from a huge purge following a coup attempt two weeks ago.

In the latest incident in the south-east, PKK fighters were spotted by aerial reconnaissance as they were advancing on the base overnight, the military said.

An air operation was launched, killing 23 militants. Twelve more were killed in later clashes on the ground, the statement added.

The PKK launched its insurgency in 1984, alleging widespread abuse and discrimination against Kurds by Turkish authorities.

Since the ceasefire broke down a year ago, military operations in the south-east and retaliatory attacks by the PKK have left hundreds of people dead.

On Thursday, Turkey announced an overhaul of the armed forces following the coup attempt launched on 15 July.

Nearly 1,700 soldiers have been given dishonourable discharges. About 40% of all generals and admirals in the military have been dismissed.

Stephen Keshi, the former Nigeria captain and manager, was buried on Friday in his country house at Ilah, in Nigeria's Delta State.

Keshi won the Africa Cup of Nations as both captain (in 1994) and manager of the Super Eagles (in 2013).

The man affectionately known as 'Big Boss' was twice voted as Africa's top coach, by the Confederation of African Football (Caf), in 2005 and 2013.

He died of sudden medical complications in his home in Benin City in June.

A huge personality in the continental game, playing in five Africa Cup of Nations finals (1982, 1984, 1988, 1992 and 1994), the former Anderlecht, Strasbourg and RWD Molenbeek central defender, had also managed Togo - earning them a 2006 World Cup place - and Mali, before taking up the Nigeria job in 2011.

"I can't believe that Stephen is gone," said Uche Okechukwu, the former Brondby and Fenerbahce central defender, who played with Keshi in the Super Eagles in the 1990s.

"I was to have called him a few days before he passed. But I forgot.

"Days later, my brother banged on my door one early morning and told me to check my Facebook page, as he clearly did not know how to break the news to me.

A large group of Keshi's former Super Eagles teammates, including Okechukwu, Mutiu Adepoju, Augustine Eguavoen, Victor Ikpeba and Peter Rufai, attended the memorial service at St. John's Catholic Church in Ilah, which took place before the burial, in Keshi's home.

"Keshi was a man that knew his own mind. He was a very strong personality," Ikpeba, the former AC Monaco, Borussia Dortmund striker and 1997 CAF African Footballer of the Year, told the BBC.

"As a member of the NFF's technical committee, we often had to exchange strong words, over the way that he managed the national team.

"I was a young player under his captaincy, during the start of my career in the national team, so Keshi always felt that I should support him totally as coach. But this was not always possible, as I had my own opinion, which sometimes differed from his.

"But despite our occasional differences, over technical issues, I've always had a great deal of respect for him. He was, truly, the "Big Boss," Ikpeba said.

Keshi controversially lost his job as Super Eagles coach in 2014, after the Pinnick Amaju led Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) claimed that he had "violated" the terms of his employment contract, by "seeking" to take up work with the Ivorian national team.

Kate, to whom Keshi was married, for over 30 years, died in December last year, after losing a three-year battle with cancer. He is survived by four children.

A man was beheaded and his wife hacked to death after a disagreement with a grocer, according to authorities in India.

The killings took place in the Mainpuri district of the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh Thursday, following an argument earlier that day.

The couple, who belonged to the lowest rung of India's caste hierarchy, had owed upper-caste shopkeeper Ashok Mishra 15 rupees (22 U.S. cents) but said they were unable to pay back the money, authorities said.

According to police, eyewitnesses said the couple, who were referred to as Bharat and Mamta, had told Mishra they would pay back their debt at the end of the day, once they had received their wages as laborers.

After a heated argument about 6 a.m. local time, as the couple headed to work in nearby fields, police say Mishra went home, grabbed an ax, and attacked the couple. Both died.

President of the United States, Barack Obama, has urged the people of America to sustain his legacy by carrying Hillary Clinton to victory at the November elections.

Speaking at the Democratic convention in Philadelphia, President Obama lauded Mrs Clinton as the most qualified aspirant ever to run for the White House.

He said that the electorates faced a choice between hope and fear, attacking “home-grown demagogue” Republican, Mr Donald Trump.

Mr Obama recalled his crucial achievements as America’s President since the past eight years and hoped for a bright future.

He praised Mrs Clinton’s character, painting her a “leader with real plans to break down barriers, blast through glass ceilings and widen the circle of opportunity to every single American”.

The US President, who also described his nation as “full of courage” as well as “decent and generous”, expressed concerned about racial divisions and “frustrated with political gridlock”.

The Republican candidate, Trump swiftly took to his Twitter account to reject Obama’s optimistic portrayal.

The Syrian Jabhat al-Nusra, otherwise called Nusra Front says it has split from the al-Qaeda group, spurring suggestions it might be trying to join the Islamic State (IS) in Syria.

In a video message posted online, the Leader of the jihadist group, Abu Mohammed al-Julani, said that the group would be known by its new name, Jabhat Fateh al-Sham which means ‘front for the conquest of Syria’.

Al-Julani explained that the purpose of the move was to eliminate the ploy used by powers.

Analysts say the Nusra Front decided to re-brand itself after the US and Russia stepped up military efforts against its activities.

Last week, US Secretary of State, Mr John Kerry and his Russian counterpart, Sergei Lavrov, agreed to take what they called ‘concrete steps’, to tackle jihadist groups like the Nusra Front and the IS.

Both have been listed as terrorist organisations.

He told young people gathered in Krakow that “a merciful heart opens up to welcome refugees and migrants”.

But analysts say this statement puts him at odds with Poland’s anti-immigrant right-wing government.

It is Pope Francis’s first visit to Eastern Europe, with Poland being the home of the late Pope John Paul II.

Pope Francis has also offered a private prayer at the former Auschwitz Death camp.

He walked alone and in silence around the concentration and extermination camp in what was nazi-occupied Poland where 1.1 million people, mostly Jews, were killed.

The Pope later met elderly survivors of the camp, kissing them on the cheeks and speaking to them softly.

A Federal Court in Brazil has ordered the trial of former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, for obstruction of justice.

The trial was pronounced in a ruling on a case linked to the scandal at the state oil company Petrobras.

Lula, who was President from 2003 to 2011, was accused of hindering Operation Car Wash, the inquiry into the multi-billion-dollar company.

He has denied committing any offence.

Mr Lula was earlier detained and brought in for questioning in March, when Federal Police agents stormed his residence.

A 7-year-old Moroccan girl has died after a zoo elephant threw a rock at her.

Managers at the zoo in the capital of Rabat confirmed the details in a press statement.

The girl died a few hours after being transferred to hospital. Video shot by a zoo visitor shows a number of people huddled around the girl and holding her head, which was flowing with blood, while waiting for the ambulance to arrive.

The park management said the girl had been hit after the female elephant hurled the rock out of its enclosure. The girl had been in the visitors' area with her family, looking at the elephant and trying to take a picture.

The Rabat zoo does not use a metal fence to separate the animals from the visitors but has a huge ditch and wooden fence. Zoo managers sent their condolences to the girl's family and said in the statement that the zoo meets the required international safety standards.

This is the first incident of its kind since the zoo opened at the beginning of 2012. There are no previous records of animals at the zoo causing death or serious injury to visitors.

Rabat zoo is one of the largest in Morocco, home to many animals including some endangered species.

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