![[As it happened] Newsday, Thursday, August 14](https://static.euronews.com/articles/277594/1536x864_277594.jpg)
By Chris Harris
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We have now closed euronews’ live news updates for August 14 .
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Here is a summary of the day’s leading stories:
- * US to withdraw family of embassy staff in Sierra Leone over Ebola outbreak
- * US to continue airstrikes against Islamic State
- * Igor Strelkov, separatist military leader in eastern Ukraine, has resigned
- * Heavy shelling heard in Donetsk as Russian aid convoy approaches border
- * Two people die in Egypt on anniversary of Rabaa massacre
- * Cliff Richard denies allegations around a probe into a sexual assault of a boy in 1980s
- * Obama calls for calm in Missouri after police shooting of unarmed teenager
- * Fresh five-day Israeli-Palestinian truce begins in Gaza
- * Luis Suarez four-month football ban stays, but he’s cleared to train