Craig Taylor

Formula 1 boss Bernie Ecclestone denies charges of bribery at the start of his trial in Munich and says he will fight to clear his name.
BBC News – Europe

Mortgage applicants will face tougher questions about their lifestyle from lenders, under new rules about to come into force.
BBC News – UK

The US accuses Russia of “deception and destabilisation” in eastern Ukraine, warning of further sanctions unless Moscow defuses the crisis.
BBC News – US & Canada

After a crisis meeting, Nigeria’s government vows to do all it can to rescue some 190 girls abducted from their school last week.
BBC News – Africa

The UK government borrowed £107.7bn in the financial year to April 2014, lower than the amount it borrowed the previous year.
BBC News – Business

Rival Palestinian factions Fatah and Hamas announce a reconciliation deal, saying they will seek to form a unity government in the coming weeks.
BBC News – Middle East

Weeks before the World Cup, deadly clashes break out in the Brazilian city of Rio after the body of a young man is found, allegedly beaten by police.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan offers condolences for the first time for the mass killings of Armenians under Ottoman rule during WWI.
BBC News – Europe

British counter-terrorism police chiefs are making an unprecedented appeal to Muslim women to urge men against travelling to possibly fight in Syria.
BBC News – UK

A first US contingent arrives in Poland for military exercises amid heightened tensions with Russia over Ukraine.
BBC News – US & Canada

South Sudan’s president sacks the head of the national army amid reports of military setbacks – including rebels seizing the oil hub of Bentiu.
BBC News – Africa

A major report into the near collapse of the Co-operative Bank will say poor oversight of the organisation sowed the seeds of its troubles.
BBC News – Business

Yemen is carrying out DNA tests to identify suspected militants killed in air strikes in recent days, amid reports they include al-Qaeda leaders.
BBC News – Middle East

Colombia honours its most renowned author, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, in a ceremony at the capital’s cathedral, less than a week after he died aged 87.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

US Vice-President Joe Biden, on a visit to Kiev, says Russia must “stop talking and start acting” to defuse the Ukraine crisis.
BBC News – Europe

Manchester United manager David Moyes is sacked after only 10 months, with Ryan Giggs taking temporary charge at Old Trafford.
BBC News – UK

A 16-year-old boy survives an extraordinary journey hidden in the wheel well of a five-hour flight from California to Hawaii.
BBC News – US & Canada

Rebels in South Sudan deny a UN report that they killed hundreds of civilians after taking control of the oil hub, Bentiu, last week.
BBC News – Africa

Companies will be forced to declare their true owners on a public register in a move to tackle corruption, Business Secretary Vince Cable says.
BBC News – Business

Left-winger Hamdeen Sabahi will be the only challenger to ex-army chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in Egypt’s presidential election, as registration ends.
BBC News – Middle East