Emily Taylor

Presidents and fellow writers pay tribute to Nobel prize-winning Colombian author Gabriel Garcia Marquez ,who has died in Mexico aged 87.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine refuse to leave official buildings, just hours after an international deal was reached to defuse the crisis.
BBC News – Europe

A sacked heart specialist was unfairly dismissed after raising concerns about patient safety, an employment tribunal rules.
BBC News – UK

President Barack Obama defends his signature healthcare law, saying the debate over its repeal is “over” as he touts high enrolment numbers.
BBC News – US & Canada

Dozens of civilians sheltering in a UN base in the South Sudan city of Bor have been killed in an attack by armed youths, the UN says.
BBC News – Africa

The number of people out of work in the UK has fallen by 77,000 to a five year low of 2.24 million in the three months to February, official figures indicate.
BBC News – Business

A meeting between Palestinian and Israeli peace negotiators has been postponed in the wake of a killing of an Israeli in the West Bank.
BBC News – Middle East

Brazil sends thousands of federal troops to maintain order in the north-eastern state of Bahia after police there went on strike over pay.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Ukraine’s defence ministry says six of its armoured vehicles have been seized by pro-Russian militants, amid mounting tension in eastern Ukraine.
BBC News – Europe

After nearly six years of falling real wages, rises in weekly earnings have finally caught up with inflation, according to the Office for National Statistics.
BBC News – UK

Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg announces a $ 50m (£30m) election year push for stricter gun laws across the US.
BBC News – US & Canada

A forensics expert contradicts police ballistics testimony by telling the trial of Oscar Pistorius that his girlfriend was shot in quick succession.
BBC News – Africa

UK’s inflation rate, as measured by the consumer prices index, fell to 1.6% in March, the Office for National Statistics says.
BBC News – Business

Iran complains to the United Nations over the decision by the US to refuse a visa for its newly appointed permanent representative.
BBC News – Middle East

Residents of the Chilean city of Valparaiso return to areas burned by a fast-moving forest fire which engulfed parts of the historic port.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Tension is high in eastern Ukraine as the authorities in Kiev announce the start of an “anti-terrorist operation” against pro-Russian separatists there.
BBC News – Europe

Church and civic bells have rung 96 times across Merseyside to mark the 25th anniversary of the Hillsborough disaster as memorial services take place in Liverpool and Sheffield.
BBC News – UK

Memorial ceremonies are due to be held in the US city of Boston to mark the anniversary of the deadly bombing at last year’s marathon.
BBC News – US & Canada

Scores of girls are abducted in an attack on a girls’ school in Borno state in north-eastern Nigeria, parents say.
BBC News – Africa

Wages are set to rise by more than inflation for the first time in almost six years as the UK economy enters a “long period of low inflation”, EY says.
BBC News – Business