Craig Taylor

Police in Venezuela detain some 80 demonstrators who were marching to demand the release of those arrested in recent anti-government protests.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Major trade unions in Turkey announce a one-day strike in protest at the country’s worst ever mine disaster, as a period of national mourning begins.
BBC News – Europe

The care given to people dying in hospital is “deeply concerning”, according to doctors who have carried out a review of standards in England.
BBC News – UK

The Pentagon is considering transferring Private Chelsea Manning to a civilian prison in order to treat her gender dysphoria, US media report.
BBC News – US & Canada

Soldiers open fire on their commander in the north-eastern Nigeria, witnesses say, as anger grows over failure to tackle Islamist insurgency.
BBC News – Africa

The chief executive of AstraZeneca warns that new drug development could be hit if it was taken over by Pfizer, but Business Secretary Vince Cable says blocking a takeover is “tricky”.
BBC News – Business

Former Israeli PM Ehud Olmert is sentenced to six years in prison for bribery in one of the biggest corruption scandals in the country’s history.
BBC News – Middle East

A Colombian paramilitary suspected of killing Carlos Castano, boss of the country’s largest paramilitary group, is arrested in the city of Medellin.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Germany’s foreign minister says Ukraine’s presidential election on 25 May will be “crucial” in bringing the country out of its current crisis.
BBC News – Europe

A 59-year-old man from York is arrested on suspicion of murdering chef Claudia Lawrence, who has been missing since 2009.
BBC News – UK

The US reveals it is flying manned surveillance missions over Nigeria to try to find more than 200 schoolgirls kidnapped by the militant Islamist group Boko Haram.
BBC News – US & Canada

Relatives and friends of the abducted Nigerian schoolgirls identify some of them from a video released by Boko Haram Islamist militants.
BBC News – Africa

UK interest rates will rise to 0.75% from 0.5% in the first three months of 2015 as growth picks up, according to a prediction from the CBI.
BBC News – Business

Militants have killed 20 Iraqi soldiers in an attack on a base near the violent northern city of Mosul, officials say.
BBC News – Middle East

Mexico starts to swear in members of its newly-created rural police force in Michoacan, as part of a drive to disarm local vigilantes.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine hold “self-rule” referendums, as BBC correspondents observe chaotic scenes at polling stations.
BBC News – Europe

There has been a “significant increase” in the number of Afghanistan veterans seeking mental health treatment, charity Combat Stress says.
BBC News – UK

Former US college athlete Michael Sam becomes the first openly gay player in history to be drafted into the National Football League.
BBC News – US & Canada

The governor of Nigeria’s Borno state says he has information on the whereabouts of 200 schoolgirls kidnapped by Islamist group Boko Haram.
BBC News – Africa

Chancellor George Osborne says he will take a “hard-nosed approach” to determine whether Pfizer’s proposed £60bn takeover of UK firm AstraZeneca will deliver for UK jobs and science.
BBC News – Business