Jonathan Ditchburn

Reforming Brazil’s retirement system is considered critical to the country’s economy.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

France’s president says that attacks seem to be at their worst level since World War Two.
BBC News – Europe

Ofsted’s chief inspector responds to protests against LGBT lessons at a school in Birmingham.
BBC News – UK

Hoda Muthana, who was born in the US, regrets her actions and wants to return, her lawyer says.
BBC News – US & Canada

On death row in Malawi, Byson Kaula was nearly executed three times – but the hangman always stopped work before it was his turn.
BBC News – Africa

The comments come as US and Chinese officials rush to clinch a deal ahead of a 1 March deadline.
BBC News – Business

The UN says women and children are apparently being actively prevented from leaving Baghuz.
BBC News – Middle East

Medardo Mairena and Pedro Mena, who led anti-government protests, are found guilty of “terrorism”.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Around 70 demonstrations took place across France against a spate of anti-Semitic attacks.
BBC News – Europe

Shamima Begum, who joined the Islamic State group in Syria in 2015, had said she wanted to return home.
BBC News – UK

A government report says the US is rushing to transfer sensitive nuclear technology to Saudi Arabia.
BBC News – US & Canada

The Chinese businesswoman was sentenced to 15 years in prison for operating an ivory-smuggling ring.
BBC News – Africa

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UK intelligence chiefs reportedly conclude the Chinese tech giant Huawei can bid for telecoms projects.
BBC News – Business

The government and Houthi rebels agree on the first phase of a redeployment of forces from Hudaydah.
BBC News – Middle East

The government’s new economic and anti-corruption measures fail to stop new opposition protests.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

The government is furious after Israel’s leader suggested Poles were complicit in the Holocaust.
BBC News – Europe

The MPs – including Luciana Berger and Chuka Umunna – urge others join them, as Jeremy Corbyn says he is “disappointed” at the split.
BBC News – UK

A top Republican senator calls the alleged discussions an “attempted bureaucratic coup”.
BBC News – US & Canada

A man from Niger expelled from Israel has been stranded at an airport in Ethiopia since November.
BBC News – Africa