Emily Taylor

Rwanda’s president launches a week of official mourning with a torch-lighting ceremony to mark the 20th anniversary of the country’s genocide.
BBC News – Africa

Department store chain House of Fraser is poised to be sold to Chinese company Sanpower, the BBC understands.
BBC News – Business

The US Treasury grants plane manufacturer Boeing a licence to export some commercial parts to Iran, in its first public dealings since 1979.
BBC News – Middle East

Brazilian troops enter one of Rio de Janeiro’s most dangerous slums, in the biggest operation to improve security ahead of the World Cup.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

The Ukrainian PM condemns the near doubling of gas prices charged by Russia, accusing Moscow of trying to punish the new leadership in Kiev.
BBC News – Europe

David Cameron faces “serious questions” over a call made to a newspaper investigating Culture Secretary Maria Miller’s expenses, Labour says.
BBC News – UK

A soldier who killed three men at a US Army base had an argument over a leave request shortly before the shooting, reports say.
BBC News – US & Canada

Chad rejects UN accusations that its troops killed 30 people and injured hundreds more in an unprovoked attack in a market in Bangui.
BBC News – Africa

Sales of new cars rose at their fastest pace for a decade, the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) says.
BBC News – Business

Israel cancels the release of a group of Palestinian prisoners because of the Palestinian leadership’s pursuit of further recognition at the UN.
BBC News – Middle East

The US created a text-message social network designed to foment dissent in Cuba, according to an investigation by the Associated Press news agency.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Russia’s Federal Security Service detains 25 Ukrainians it accuses of planning terrorist attacks around last month’s Crimean referendum.
BBC News – Europe

The main railway line through Dawlish reopens to passengers after part of the track was destroyed during winter storms.
BBC News – UK

The US Army says there is a “strong possibility” a gunman who killed three people at a base in Texas was involved in a row before the shooting.
BBC News – US & Canada

Mali is on alert over the deadly Ebola virus after three suspected cases were reported near the border with Guinea, where 86 people have died.
BBC News – Africa

Mobile phone firm Vodafone says it will create 1,400 jobs by opening 150 new shops in 2014.
BBC News – Business

The number of refugees who have fled Syria and registered in Lebanon has surpassed the “devastating milestone” of one million, the UN refugee agency says.
BBC News – Middle East

A 7.6 earthquake rocks northern Chile, a day after an 8.2 tremor killed six people, and forces the visiting president to evacuate.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Ousted Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych calls Russia’s annexation of Crimea “a tragedy” and says he hopes it will one day rejoin Ukraine.
BBC News – Europe

Nick Clegg says UKIP peddles “fantasies” but Nigel Farage accuses him of “lying” about the EU, as polls suggest the UKIP leader came out top in the ill-tempered TV debate.
BBC News – UK