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Street scene in the Old City of Jerusalem.

Germany celebrates on 3 October 25 years of reunification. After the Berlin wall fell in 1989, East and West Germany reuniting became an obvious next step. Parliament set up a special committee to look at the possible impact of this. "German reunification was, in a way, an informal form of enlargement of the European Union," said Elmar Brok, who was a committee member and is still an MEP on 2 October. He and other MEPs share with us their memories of this period.

US airstrikes hit a Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan, raising grave concerns about whether US forces took sufficient precautions to identify and avoid striking the facility, Human Rights Watch said on October 3.

Foreign Minister Damcho Dorji of Bhutan addresses the general debate of the General Assembly’s seventieth session.

Ambassador Gustavo Meza-Cuadra of Peru to the United Nations addresses the general debate of the General Assembly’s seventieth session.

Displaced women find shelter from rain at the M'poko IDPs site close to the international airport in Bangui.

Manuel Domingos Vicente, Vice President of the Republic of Angola, addresses the general debate of the General Assembly’s seventieth session.

Syrian refugees queue up to register with the Greek authorities at Kara Tepe camp near Mytilini before then buying boat tickets and travelling on to Athens.

View of Mpoko IDP site where around 100,000 persons sought both refuge and security around the capital's international airport in late 2013.