Emily Taylor

President Petro Poroshenko calls for UN peacekeepers to be sent to east Ukraine after his forces withdraw from the city of Debaltseve.
BBC News – Europe

The price the NHS agrees to pay for new medicines in England could cause more harm than good by depleting funds for other services, a report argues.
BBC News – UK

President Barack Obama tells a summit on violent extremism that the US is not at war with Islam, but with “terrorists who pervert it”.
BBC News – US & Canada

Libya urges the UN Security Council at an emergency session to lift an arms embargo so it can deal with Islamic State militants.
BBC News – Africa

The All-Star Break was a welcome period of rest and relaxation for Thunder players and coaches.
Oklahoma City Thunder

Of all the words to describe the Thunder’s defense against the Memphis Grizzlies on Wednesday night, “suffocating” was the most apt.
Oklahoma City Thunder

The rate of UK Consumer Prices Index inflation dropped to 0.3% in January, its lowest on record, as petrol prices continued to fall.
BBC News – Business

Jihadist militants from Islamic State (IS) have burned to death 45 people in the western Iraqi town of al-Baghdadi, the local police chief says.
BBC News – Middle East

Haiti declares three national days of mourning after a power line fell on to a carnival float in the capital, Port au Prince.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Greece is set to request a six-month extension of its loan agreement on Wednesday, according to media reports.
BBC News – Europe

The Church of England urges politicians to deliver a “fresh moral vision” to tackle an “almost-moribund” political culture, in an unprecedented pre-election message.
BBC News – UK

A judge in Texas has temporarily halted a plan by US President Barack Obama to give a reprieve from deportation to millions of undocumented people.
BBC News – US & Canada

Egypt’s president calls for a UN resolution to authorise international intervention in Libya after its jets bombed Islamic State targets there.
BBC News – Africa

The world’s best were in Madison Square Garden on Sunday night, and two Thunder players were amongst the brightest of all the stars.
Oklahoma City Thunder

European finance ministers will meet in Brussels later amid increasing scepticism that a deal over Greece’s debt problems can be reached.
BBC News – Business

Iraq’s prime minister tells the BBC its armed forces are preparing for an offensive to retake the northern city of Mosul from Islamic State militants.
BBC News – Middle East

At least 16 people are killed and 30 others injured in a collision between a freight train and a bus at a level crossing in northern Mexico.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Two men are accused of helping the gunman who murdered two people in separate attacks in Copenhagen, Danish police say.
BBC News – Europe

The Confederation of British Industries (CBI) business lobby group has upgraded its forecast for the UK’s economic growth this year.
BBC News – UK

Two are charged over an alleged mass-shooting plot in Halifax, Canada – while the purported dark writings of a third suspect, now dead, also emerge.
BBC News – US & Canada