Craig Taylor

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

Rescuers searching the area of Saturday’s massive mudslide in the US state of Washington find eight bodies, with a number of people still missing.
BBC News – US & Canada

Four people are killed and a number are injured when gunmen open fire in a church near the Kenyan city of Mombasa, officials say.
BBC News – Africa

People struggling with debt are being talked into expensive repayment plans that offer poor value for money, says the financial services watchdog.
BBC News – Business

Israeli security forces shoot dead at least three Palestinians during an arrest operation in the Jenin refugee camp in the West Bank.
BBC News – Middle East

Two people have died from gunshot wounds during protests against President Nicolas Maduro’s government, eyewitnesses say.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Russian troops storm a Ukrainian airbase in Crimea throwing stun grenades and firing guns in the air, as Moscow tightens its grip on the region.
BBC News – Europe

Three youths are arrested after a teenage girl thought to be aged about 15 is shot dead in east London, the Metropolitan Police says.
BBC News – UK

Michigan becomes the latest US state in recent months to overturn a ban on gay marriage – in a case brought by two female nurses.
BBC News – US & Canada

The Ebola virus has been identified as the cause of an outbreak of fever now thought to have killed nearly 60 people in Guinea, officials say.
BBC News – Africa

Russian stock markets fell sharply on Friday as investors weighed the impact of western sanctions over Ukraine.
BBC News – Business

At least two people have been killed in northern Lebanon bringing to 16 the death toll since clashes linked to the conflict in Syria began a week ago.
BBC News – Middle East

President Jose Mujica of Uruguay says his country will take five prisoners from the Guantanamo Bay prison in Cuba.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

EU leaders seal an accord on closer ties with Ukraine, as President Putin completes the treaty on Crimea’s entry into the Russian Federation.
BBC News – Europe

The first UK prosecutions over female genital mutilation are announced by the Crown Prosecution Service.
BBC News – UK

Fred Phelps Sr, the founder of the Westboro Baptist Church, which was widely known for its inflammatory anti-gay protests, has died, his family say.
BBC News – US & Canada

Female MPs in Kenya storm out of a late-night parliamentary session in a row over the legalisation of polygamy as a new marriage bill is passed.
BBC News – Africa