The Ministry of health in the Democratic Republic of Congo says more than a 1,000 people are now confirmed to have contracted Ebola and nearly 250 of them have died in the east of the country.

Efforts to control the outbreak are being stepped up in the vast region beset by decades of insecurity. The three provinces affected by the outbreak – Ituri, North Kivu and South Kivu – host three and a half million people displaced by conflict. Some of the camps have already recorded suspected Ebola deaths.

The BBC’s Anne Soy travelled to the epicentre and now reports on the measures people are taking in as infection continues to spread.

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The US- Iran peace plan has been made public – with both sides agreeing to end all hostilities.

14 point memorandum includes reopening the Strait of Hormuz, apparently with no tolls.

The US has agreed to lift sanctions on Iran and to unfreeze Iranian assets held abroad.

A $300 billion reconstruction plan for Iran is proposed although it’s unclear who would pay for it.

And Iran agrees not to develop nuclear weapons, with both countries working together to remove any enriched material.

The deal makes no mention of Iranian ballistic capabilities, or its support for foreign groups such as Hezbollah.

President Trump said he hoped the deal would be signed tomorrow and has also said: Trump: “we’re going to bomb the hell out of them if they violate the agreement”.

Clive Myrie presents BBC News at Ten reporting by James Waterhouse, Gary O’Donoghue and Lucy Williamson.

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Today, Andy Burnham is the front-runner to be the next prime minister – so what happens now?

New MP for Makerfield Andy Burnham is currently expected to be the only candidate in the race to replace outgoing Prime Minister Keir Starmer. Will he run unopposed?

Former Defence Minister Al Carns and Chief Secretary to the Prime Minister Darren Jones are both considering leadership bids, but it is unclear if they have enough backers in parliament to make it into the contest.

Meanwhile, Westminster is now rife with speculation about who would get the number two job, Chancellor, in a potential Burnham cabinet. Joe Pike, Henry Zeffman and Dharshini David discuss.

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00:00 Will anyone oppose Andy Burnham’s leadership bid?
05:00 How did the markets react to Starmer’s departure?
07:40 Will Rachel Reeves remain as chancellor?
15:16 What will the new PM inherit economically?
16:42 Who’s the new chief of the Office of Budget Responsibility?
19:00 What will Keir Starmer do now?

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Donald Trump says a deal to end the war with Iran has already been signed and details will be released “pretty soon”.

This comes ahead of a formal signing ceremony in Switzerland on Friday.

Speaking during a G7 meeting in France, the US President said as part of the US’s deal to end the war, Iran will “never have a nuclear weapon”.

But the agreement remains shrouded in mystery, and major questions remain about whether both sides can reach a long-term peace deal.

Asma Khalid and Tristan Redman from The Global Story podcast speak to the BBC’s chief international correspondent, Lyse Doucet.

They ask: how has the war affected the global economy, how people in Iran have been affected, what Iran’s nuclear capabilities are and what has happened to the Iranian regime.

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Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
01:52 The opening of the Strait of Hormuz
04:02 What will happen with oil prices?
08:18 What are Iran’s nuclear capabilities?
13:29 Have Israel done well out of the war?
16:50 What has happened in the Gulf?
20:11 What has happened to Iranian people?
23:47 Who has won the Iran war?

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This is inside the Enhanced Games – the competition some have dubbed the “Steroid Olympics”.

The inaugural games featured dozens of elite athletes using performance-enhancing drugs to try and break world records in track, weightlifting and swimming.

The drugs they use must be legal, and approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

But substances like testosterone and human growth hormone – banned by the World Anti-Doping Agency – are not only celebrated, they’re encouraged and for sale.

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