Simon Furness

There has been flash flooding in one of the driest regions in the world – Chile’s Atacama desert.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

French investigators say the cockpit voice recorder of Germanwings 4U 9525 has usable data, but it has so far yielded no clues to the crash.
BBC News – Europe

At least three Britons died in the Alps air crash that killed 150 people, UK Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond says.
BBC News – UK

At least one person is killed and several others are injured after a tornado roared through the city of Tulsa in the US state of Oklahoma.
BBC News – US & Canada

Former Liberian President Charles Taylor is ordered to serve the rest of his jail term in the UK, after losing a request to be transferred to Rwanda.
BBC News – Africa

By sheer will and brute force, the Thunder would not be denied on its first possession of the night.
Oklahoma City Thunder

Tesco is facing potential legal action from UK institutional shareholders following its accounting scandal.
BBC News – Business

Fighters from Yemen’s Houthi rebel movement advance into southern Yemen, clashing with forces allied to President Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi.
BBC News – Middle East

The new Uruguayan government announces it will no longer accept detainees from the Guantanamo Bay detention centre.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

A Germanwings plane carrying 150 people crashes in the French Alps on its way from Barcelona to Duesseldorf, with no survivors.
BBC News – Europe

The UK’s inflation rate fell to 0% in February, the lowest since records began, official figures show.
BBC News – UK

Prime Minister Stephen Harper wants expand the mission against the militant group to include air strikes on targets in Syria.
BBC News – US & Canada

An Angolan journalist goes on trial on charges of defaming military generals after he accused them of links to the “blood diamond” trade.
BBC News – Africa

“Ohhh…in your camera! Sorry mate!”
Oklahoma City Thunder

As Steven Adams strolled to the free throw line to seal the deal on a monster effort by the Thunder, Russell Westbrook turned to all four
Oklahoma City Thunder

The CBI warns of the dangers to the UK economy of a “power vacuum” if there is no conclusive election result in May.
BBC News – Business

The UN special envoy to Yemen warns that the conflict there could become “protracted” unless a peaceful solution is found.
BBC News – Middle East

A bus veers off a highway and plunges into a lake in central Venezuela, killing at least 11 people and injuring 36.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

France’s conservative UMP party and its allies push the far-right National Front into second place in local elections, partial results suggest.
BBC News – Europe

A Conservative election candidate suspended over allegations he plotted with the English Defence league is likely to be removed from the party in days, a source tells the BBC.
BBC News – UK