Emily Taylor

A female suicide bomber blows herself up in the Turkish city of Istanbul, killing one police officer and injuring another, officials say.
BBC News – Europe

Labour calls on the government to hold an urgent summit on how to alleviate pressure on A&E services in English hospitals.
BBC News – UK

The Republican leader of the US House of Representatives, John Boehner, survives a conservative rebellion to win re-election as Speaker.
BBC News – US & Canada

Oil giant Royal Dutch Shell agrees to a $ 84m (£55m) settlement with residents of the Bodo community in the Niger Delta for two major oil spills.
BBC News – Africa

OAKLAND — The Golden State Warriors came out smoking hot, but the Thunder, ice cold.
Oklahoma City Thunder

Oklahoma City Thunder

All four big supermarkets announce that further fuel price cuts will take effect this week, bringing petrol ever closer to £1 a litre.
BBC News – Business

New restrictions on Syrians entering Lebanon come into force, further slowing the flow of asylum seekers trying to escape the war.
BBC News – Middle East

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro is beginning a tour to China and oil producing countries as he tries to stem the impact of falling oil prices.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

The euro hits a nine-year low against the dollar as investors predict the European Central Bank could take action to stimulate the region’s economy.
BBC News – Europe

Investigators seek the reason why a car transporter ship had to be deliberately grounded in the Solent.
BBC News – UK

Jury selection begins for the trial of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, who is accused of killing three people in April 2013.
BBC News – US & Canada

Libyan military jets attack a Greek-operated oil tanker behaving “suspiciously” in an Islamist-controlled port, killing two crew members.
BBC News – Africa

The execution won’t always be perfect, but if the Thunder always bring
Oklahoma City Thunder

Retired workers could be given to right to sell their pensions to the highest bidder, Liberal Democrat minister Steve Webb suggests.
BBC News – Business

Alleged al-Qaeda commander Anas al-Liby has died just days before going on trial in New York over the 1998 US embassy attacks in Africa, lawyers say.
BBC News – Middle East

Mexican authorities arrest 10 more police officers in their inquiry into the disappearance in September of 43 students in Guerrero state.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Italian police believe human traffickers made some $ 3m from 359 illegal migrants found abandoned on a cargo ship in the Mediterranean.
BBC News – Europe

The NHS in England will be left “unrecognisable” if the Conservatives are returned to power at the general election in May, says a Labour Party campaign.
BBC News – UK

Edward Brooke, the first black senator to be popularly elected in the US, dies aged 95, Republican Party officials say.
BBC News – US & Canada