Emily Taylor

Victorino Chua appears in court charged with murdering three people at Stepping Hill Hospital in Stockport in 2011.
BBC News – UK

New Jersey Governor and presumed White House hopeful Chris Christie says a row over a traffic jam on a bridge to New York City has hurt his standing.
BBC News – US & Canada

More than a million people have been forced out of their homes since the South Sudan conflict began in December, the UN says.
BBC News – Africa

Regulators are to investigate firms running 30m old financial policies – including pensions and endowments – worth £150bn over fears customers are subjected to “unfair” conditions.
BBC News – Business

Egypt’s new military chief and defence minister is sworn in, a day after Field Marshal Abdul Fattah al-Sisi stands down to run for the presidency.
BBC News – Middle East

El Salvador’s Arena party finally accepts the defeat of its candidate to former rebel leader Salvador Sanchez Ceren in a tight vote earlier this month.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Germany says any future changes to the EU must be fair to all members, boosting David Cameron’s renegotiation hopes.
BBC News – Europe

About 6% of social housing tenants in Britain affected by changes to benefits partly designed to cut under-occupancy have moved home, BBC research suggests.
BBC News – UK

US President Barack Obama says Russia must move its troops back from Ukraine’s border and de-escalate the situation.
BBC News – US & Canada

The defence in the murder trial of Oscar Pistorius is postponed because one of the assessors assisting the judge has been taken ill.
BBC News – Africa

The government and the Labour party both claim credit for an energy price freeze on customer bills announced by UK electricity and gas supplier SSE.
BBC News – Business

Field Marshal Abdul Fattah al-Sisi announces he is resigning as Egypt’s military chief in order to stand for the presidency.
BBC News – Middle East

Opposition Venezuelan congresswoman Maria Corina Machado returns to Caracas after having her mandate revoked by the National Assembly.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

After talks in Brussels, EU and US leaders say they are considering “deeper sanctions” against Russia if its troops move further into Ukraine.
BBC News – Europe

Thousands of people are at risk of serious harm or even murder because of widespread failure by police in England and Wales to deal with domestic abuse, an official report says.
BBC News – UK

Two firefighters are killed and 13 injured in the US city of Boston in a wind-whipped blaze that destroyed a three-storey residential building.
BBC News – US & Canada

African Union (AU) peacekeepers in the Central African Republic will treat the anti-balaka militia as enemy combatants from now, their commander says.
BBC News – Africa

The government announces it will sell 7.5% of Lloyds Banking Group after it was advised to sell more of its shares.
BBC News – Business

The Muslim Brotherhood’s spiritual leader and 682 others stand trial at a court in central Egypt, a day after it sentenced 528 people to death.
BBC News – Middle East