Spain's Expelled Jews Told They Can Return 500 Years On

The Spanish parliament has approved a law, to come into force I October, that will ease the path to citizenship for descendants of Jews who were forced to flee the country in 1492. The aim is to correct what the government's called an "historic mistake". During the Spanish Inquisition Jews were told to convert to Catholicism or be burnt at the stake if they stayed in the country. One of the thousands of Sephardic Jews whose ancestors were expelled in 1492 is Yasmin Levy who now lives in Israel.

Extraordinary acts of bravery are talking place in northern Iraq, as Yazidi slaves are bought back, for $2000 a head from IS by smugglers, helped by funding from the Kurdish Regional Government. The Yazidis, an ancient religious minority, are considered as sub-human according to IS doctrine and thousands have been killed, raped, and enslaved by IS militants. Freelance journalist Emily Feldman has been to Kurdish Iraq to investigate.

A court in France will decide in the next few hours what fate awaits the former head of the International Monetary Fund Dominique Strauss-Kahn. He's been on trial accused of pimping in a case centred on sex parties he attended. During the evidence Mr Strauss-Kahn said he went to the orgies because he needed distractions while he was busy "saving the world'' from one of its worst financial crises.

(Picture: Yasmin Levy; Credit: Ali Taskiran)