Simon Furness

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

The electoral court in El Salvador dismisses allegations of fraud during the country’s presidential elections levelled by the opposition party.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

A Ukrainian ultra-nationalist leader is shot dead in western Ukraine, in what officials describe as a special forces operation.
BBC News – Europe

Former Co-op Bank chief Paul Flowers speaks of his “hellish” personal ordeal after being arrested over drug claims and the government pressure he faced over the bank’s aborted Lloyds takeover.
BBC News – UK

President Barack Obama calls on Americans to pray for the victims of a Washington mudslide as the death toll, already at 14, is expected to rise.
BBC News – US & Canada

Guinea bans the sale and consumption of bats to prevent the spread of the deadly Ebola virus as the number of victims rises to 62.
BBC News – Africa

The Co-op Bank plans to raise another £400m by issuing new shares following the discovery of additional costs related to past misconduct and poor documentation.
BBC News – Business

Turkey shoots down a Syrian military jet it says violated its airspace, but Damascus condemns what it calls “blatant aggression”.
BBC News – Middle East

Venezuela’s attorney general, Luisa Ortega Diaz, says 60 cases of alleged human rights abuses during recent street protests are being investigated.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Russian troops seize control of a Crimean naval base at Feodosia, the third such attack in 48 hours, Ukrainian officials tell the BBC.
BBC News – Europe

Fraud is costing the NHS £5bn a year, with a further £2bn lost to financial errors, the former head of its anti-fraud section tells BBC Panorama.
BBC News – UK