Craig Taylor

Three people are killed and nine are still missing as a gas leak sparks an explosion which razes two buildings in New York City.
BBC News – US & Canada

A forensics expert swings a cricket bat at a toilet door in the courtroom at Oscar Pistorius’ murder trial to demonstrate key pieces of evidence.
BBC News – Africa

The Co-operative Group has accepted the resignation of chief executive Euan Sutherland, and named his replacement as chief financial officer Richard Pennycook.
BBC News – Business

The number of Syrian children in need has more than doubled in the past year to 5.5 million, the United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef) says.
BBC News – Middle East

Michelle Bachelet – Chile’s first woman president in 2006 – is sworn in for a second time after her election victory in December.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

The EU offers Ukraine trade breaks worth nearly 500m euros ($ 694m; £417m) to stabilise its economy, as Russia tightens its military grip on Crimea.
BBC News – Europe

General secretary of the Rail Maritime and Transport union Bob Crow dies aged 52 of a suspected heart attack.
BBC News – UK

The head of the US Senate intelligence committee accuses the CIA of improperly accessing computers used by congressional staff amid an investigation.
BBC News – US & Canada

Libya’s parliament dismisses Prime Minister Ali Zeidan after a tanker laden with oil from a rebel-held port reportedly breaks through a naval blockade.
BBC News – Africa

The size of the UK’s overall economy will surpass its pre-recession peak by this summer, says the British Chambers of Commerce.
BBC News – Business

Starvation of civilians is being used as a weapon of war by Syria, Amnesty International says, with 128 dying as a result in Yarmouk camp in Damascus.
BBC News – Middle East

Both candidates in El Salvador’s presidential election have claimed victory after a preliminary count showed the vote was too close to call.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Tens of thousands of people across Ukraine hold rival pro-unity and pro-Russian rallies, as Moscow continues to strengthen its grip on Crimea.
BBC News – Europe

Labour commits to fund a “jobs guarantee” for the long-term unemployed for the whole of the next parliament, if it wins power.
BBC News – UK

The last surviving grandson of Henry Ford, the founder of the Ford Motor Company, William Clay Ford Snr, dies at the age of 88.
BBC News – US & Canada

The trial of South African athlete Oscar Pistorius for the murder of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp enters its second week in Pretoria.
BBC News – Africa

Government forecasts for what it expects to recoup from closing tax loopholes are vulnerable to “great uncertainty”, MPs say.
BBC News – Business

Saudi Arabia designates the Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist organisation, along with two jihadist groups fighting with the Syrian rebels.
BBC News – Middle East

Thousands of Venezuelan students and opposition supporters take part in an anti-government rally in the capital, Caracas, on Women’s Day.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

The US warns Russia that any moves to annex Crimea would close the door to diplomacy, as Moscow tightens its grip on the peninsula.
BBC News – Europe