Emily Taylor

The Conservatives pledge three days paid volunteering leave a year and no above-inflation rail fare rises until 2020, but Labour say neither policy is new or fully funded.
BBC News – UK

South Carolina officials have released a new video showing the moments before a US police officer shot dead an unarmed black man in the back.
BBC News – US & Canada

South Africa’s University of Cape Town removes the statue of British colonialist Cecil Rhodes in front of cheering crowds after weeks of protests.
BBC News – Africa

There are points in any NBA season when
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Officials at the US’s central bank were split about when to raise interest rates, latest minutes from the Federal Reserve reveal.
BBC News – Business

Fresh fighting is reported in the centre of the Yemeni city of Aden between Houthi rebels and militiamen loyal to President Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi.
BBC News – Middle East

The US deports Carlos Vides Casanova, a general during El Salvador’s civil war, over alleged abuses while he was in command.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Russian President Vladimir Putin says Greek PM Alexis Tsipras did not ask for financial aid from Moscow during talks.
BBC News – Europe

The Conservatives commit to four new nuclear submarines and say Labour could “barter away” the UK’s nuclear deterrent – something Labour flatly denies.
BBC News – UK

The man accused of bombing the Boston Marathon in 2013, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, has been found guilty and now waits to hear if he will face the death penalty.
BBC News – US & Canada

Kenya’s government orders the closure of 13 money transfer firms suspected to be used by militant Islamists, a minister tells the BBC.
BBC News – Africa

From the very start, the Thunder just couldn’t get anything going. On the other end of the floor, it was the exact opposite.
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US parcels delivery firm FedEx is to buy Dutch rival TNT Express for €4.4bn (£3.22bn) as it looks to expand its European operations.
BBC News – Business

The battle for the Yemeni port of Aden has turned it into a “ghost city”, the head of the ICRC tells the BBC.
BBC News – Middle East

Mexico’s state-run oil company Pemex says it is still searching for three workers who disappeared after a deadly fire at an oil rig.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Athens says Germany owes Greece nearly €279bn in war reparations for the Nazi occupation in World War Two.
BBC News – Europe

Ex-Labour PM Tony Blair enters the election fray, warning against an EU referendum – but David Cameron hits back, saying he wants to give people the choice.
BBC News – UK

Kentucky Senator Rand Paul launches his 2016 presidential election campaign on the Republican ticket.
BBC News – US & Canada

About 2,500 people march in Kenya’s Garissa town in a show of defiance against al-Shabab following its deadly assault on a university.
BBC News – Africa

With her two young boys bopping along right at her heels, 19-year old Kerstin Gonzalez raced into the offices at Sunbeam Family Services
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