[As it happened] Newsday, Thursday, August 14

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We have now closed euronews’ live news updates for August 14 .

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