Craig Taylor

Security forces in Venezuela use tear gas to break up a student demonstration that ended in clashes in the capital, Caracas.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Ukraine’s ex-President Viktor Yanukovych pledges to “fight for my country” in his first public appearance since being ousted a week ago.
BBC News – Europe

Triple killer Joanne Dennehy is handed a whole-life sentence by a judge, who said she was “cruel, calculating and manipulative”.
BBC News – UK

The US economy grew at a rate of 2.4% from October to December, down from a first estimate of 3.2%, as consumer spending proved weaker than first estimated.
BBC News – US & Canada

The World Bank postpones a $ 90m (£54m) loan to Uganda after President Yoweri Museveni signed a tough and controversial new anti-gay law.
BBC News – Africa

The Royal Bank of Scotland, part-owned by the UK government, has posted an operating loss for the sixth successive year.
BBC News – Business

Syrian government forces ambush and kill a large number of Islamist rebels in the eastern outskirts of the capital Damascus, reports say.
BBC News – Middle East

Venezuela’s President Maduro says more than 50 deaths can be blamed on two weeks of protests, as the opposition says it will boycott talks.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Ukraine’s interim leaders warn “unpopular” steps are needed to save the economy, as parliament is set to vote on the new cabinet.
BBC News – Europe

Standard Life has become the first Scottish business to warn it may have to relocate significant operations and assets outside the country if its people vote for independence.
BBC News – UK

Arizona Governor Jan Brewer vetoes a bill that would have allowed business owners who cited their religious beliefs to turn away gay customers.
BBC News – US & Canada

An Egyptian court sentences 26 people to death for founding a “terror group” with the aim of attacking ships using the Suez Canal.
BBC News – Africa

The European Commission says economic recovery is “gaining ground” in the EU as it revises up its growth forecasts for 2014 and 2015.
BBC News – Business

Egypt’s president asks outgoing housing minister Ibrahim Mahlab to form a new government, after the surprise resignation of the interim cabinet.
BBC News – Middle East

The United States expels three Venezuelan diplomats, in response to the expulsion of three of its own consular officials from Caracas just over a week ago.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Ukraine’s interim president warns of “dangerous signs” of separatism, as parliament votes to try ousted President Yanukovych at the ICC.
BBC News – Europe

A man accused of four murders in an IRA bombing will not be prosecuted because he received a previous guarantee he would not be taken to court.
BBC News – UK

A Canadian anaesthesiologist who sexually assaulted 21 sedated patients while they helplessly watched is sentenced to 10 years in prison.
BBC News – US & Canada

Suspected Boko Haram Islamist militants attack a school in north-eastern Nigeria, killing 29 teenage boys and injuring another 11.
BBC News – Africa

Dixons Retail, the owner of Currys and PC World, and mobile phone retailer Carphone Warehouse say they are in talks over a possible merger.
BBC News – Business