Emily Taylor

A US soldier shoots dead three colleagues before killing himself at the Fort Hood army base in Texas, the scene of a 2009 mass shooting.
BBC News – US & Canada

Several bombs near Cairo university kill a police brigadier-general and wound five people, in an attack claimed by the militant group Ajnad Misr.
BBC News – Africa

Business Secretary Vince Cable refuses to apologise over Royal Mail’s sale, despite criticism from the spending watchdog.
BBC News – Business

The US may consider releasing Jonathan Pollard, an American convicted of spying for Israel, in an effort to save Middle East peace process.
BBC News – Middle East

Brazil’s president says the atrocities committed during 21 years of military rule should not be forgotten, ahead of the 50th anniversary of the 1964 coup.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Nato says it is not seeing a promised Russian troop pullout from the border with eastern Ukraine, as the alliance gives firm backing to Kiev.
BBC News – Europe

A 12-year-old girl dies after a wall inside the building of Liberton High School in Edinburgh collapses and lands on top of her.
BBC News – UK

President Barack Obama’s healthcare programme is on track to meet its goal of seven million health insurance enrolments, the White House says.
BBC News – US & Canada

The deadly Ebola outbreak in Guinea is limited geographically, says the World Health Organization – contradicting an assessment by a medical charity.
BBC News – Africa

The operator of Britain’s train tracks and stations, Network Rail, announces a five-year plan to invest £38bn in rail infrastructure.
BBC News – Business

Israel’s former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has been found guilty in a bribery trial in a case which forced him to resign to office in 2008.
BBC News – Middle East

Brazilian security forces move into a slum near Rio airport, as part of efforts to drive out drugs gangs before this year’s football World Cup.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

US Secretary of State John Kerry announces no breakthrough on Ukraine, after four hours of “frank” talks with Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov.
BBC News – Europe

New inquests are to begin later into the deaths of 96 men, women and children in the 1989 Hillsborough disaster.
BBC News – UK

Protesters confront riot officers in Albuquerque during a march against a spate of police shootings.
BBC News – US & Canada

Nigeria’s secret police says 21 people have been killed in an attempted jailbreak by detainees at its headquarters in the capital Abuja.
BBC News – Africa

A senior MP says the Financial Conduct Authority appears to have made an “extraordinary blunder” by allowing details of an investigation into old insurance policies to emerge ahead of schedule.
BBC News – Business

A suicide car bomber attacks a Lebanese army checkpoint near the Syrian border, killing three soldiers and wounding four others, reports say.
BBC News – Middle East

Cuba’s National Assembly approves a bill aimed at making the Communist-run island more attractive to foreign investors.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

US Secretary of State John Kerry has his homebound flight diverted to meet Russia’s Sergei Lavrov in a new attempt to solve the Ukraine crisis.
BBC News – Europe