News Headlines - 24 September 2015

VW manipulated diesel emissions tests in Europe, says German minister - BBC News

Germany's transport minister says Volkswagen has admitted using the same fake emissions test in Europe as it used to falsify results in the US.

Serious sexual assault at Gorsedd Gardens in Cardiff - BBC News

The third sexual assault in five days - all committed within a mile of each other - is being investigated by police in Cardiff.

Mecca stampede: At least 453 killed and hundreds injured in crush during hajj - Telegraph

At least 719 people have been hurt in a stampede outside the holy city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia during the pilgrimage in the deadliest incident in 25 years

Twin suicide bombings kill at least 10 at Houthi-run Yemeni mosque | Reuters

Two suicide bombers killed at least ten people at a mosque run by Yemen's Houthi group on Thursday in the capital Sanaa, where Muslim worshippers were celebrating the Muslim Eid al-Adha holiday, medics and witnesses said.

France, UK concerned by Russian military buildup in Syria | Reuters

France and Britain are concerned about a "very significant" increase in Russian military presence in Syria, French Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian and UK counterpart Michael Fallon said in Paris on Thursday.