Emily Taylor

David Cameron tells the first all-Tory cabinet meeting for 18 years that they must focus on “bread and butter” ways of improving people’s lives.
BBC News – UK

US telecoms giant Verizon says it will buy internet firm AOL in a deal worth $ 4.4bn.
BBC News – US & Canada

The former head of Malawi’s armed forces is arrested as part of an on going investigation into government corruption known as “cashgate”.
BBC News – Africa

An NBA scoring title, an All-Star selection, the All-Star MVP and statistical performances that placed him in historic territory paled in
Oklahoma City Thunder

The People’s Bank of China has cut interest rates for the second time this year in the face of a continuing economic slowdown.
BBC News – Business

Yemen’s Houthi rebels vow to respond “positively” to a Saudi humanitarian truce offer, as the plight of civilians caught in fighting worsens.
BBC News – Middle East

Cuba’s communist leader Raul Castro thanks Pope Francis at the Vatican for his role in Cuban-US rapprochement.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

The European Commission will make the controversial proposal that EU member countries should take in refugees under an EU quota scheme.
BBC News – Europe

PM David Cameron is to address Conservative backbenchers for the first time since winning a majority, as he continues to appoint his new cabinet.
BBC News – UK

Two police officers have been shot dead during a traffic stop in the southern city of Hattiesburg in Mississippi.
BBC News – US & Canada

South Africa’s main opposition party, the Democratic Alliance, elects Mmusi Maimane as its first black leader.
BBC News – Africa

The result of a long-running inquiry into the need for a new airport runway in south-east England may be further delayed for further public consultation.
BBC News – Business

Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak is sentenced to three years in jail on corruption charges after a retrial.
BBC News – Middle East

A court in Venezuela sentences a policeman to 18 years in jail for the death in February of a 14-year-old protester in the western state of Tachira.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Russia stages its biggest WW2 Victory Day military parade, an event avoided by many Western leaders because of the Ukraine crisis.
BBC News – Europe

SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon calls for an end to austerity as she meets her party’s 56 newly elected MPs at an event in South Queensferry
BBC News – UK

President Barack Obama marks the 70th anniversary of the defeat of Nazi Germany with a special address, ahead of a flyover in Washington.
BBC News – US & Canada

The World Health Organization (WHO) declares Liberia free of the Ebola virus, as the country has had no new cases in 42 days.
BBC News – Africa

British shares leap higher as investors welcome an end to election uncertainty.
BBC News – Business

Al-Qaeda in Yemen says a US air strike has killed Nasser al-Ansi, a militant who claimed January’s attack on French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo.
BBC News – Middle East