Craig Taylor

A hardware failure was the cause of the shutdown of some Halifax, Lloyds, Bank of Scotland and TSB cash machines and debit cards on Sunday.
BBC News – Business

The Syrian peace talks in Geneva are deadlocked over the divisive issue of transferring power to a transitional government, sources say.
BBC News – Middle East

Authorities in Brazil launch an inquiry into the weekend shooting by police of a man following a protest in Sao Paulo against this year’s World Cup.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Ukraine’s justice minister says she will call for a state of emergency and the end of negotiations unless protesters leave her ministry.
BBC News – Europe

The Environment Agency has been criticised as areas in south-west England already hit by flooding were warned that more could be on the way.
BBC News – UK

President Obama’s NSA reforms do not go far enough, a senior Google executive tells the BBC, as Edward Snowden accuses the agency of “industrial espionage”.
BBC News – US & Canada

The Pentagon says the US has carried out a missile strike in Somalia against a suspected militant leader with ties to al-Qaeda and al-Shabab.
BBC News – Africa

Labour would restore the 50p tax rate for those earning over £150,000, if it returns to power, shadow chancellor Ed Balls says,
BBC News – Business

Humanitarian issues are top of the agenda in the first tentative meetings between the Syrian regime and opposition forces in Geneva.
BBC News – Middle East

Police in the Brazilian city of Sao Paulo clash and arrest dozens of people after a peaceful demonstration against the football World Cup.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Ukraine’s opposition leaders say they will not drop their demands after the president offers them top government posts, as clashes continue in Kiev.
BBC News – Europe

Forecasters warn of more heavy rain across parts of the UK, prompting further risk of flooding on the Somerset Levels in south-west England.
BBC News – UK

Three people have died after a shooting incident at a shopping mall in the US state of Maryland, not far from Washington DC, say police.
BBC News – US & Canada

At least 29 people are killed in clashes in Egypt as rallies mark the anniversary of the 2011 uprising which overthrew President Hosni Mubarak.
BBC News – Africa

Jamie Dimon, the chairman and chief executive of the banking giant JP Morgan, saw his pay increase to $ 20m (£12.1m) for 2013, according to the company.
BBC News – Business

Syria’s opposition and government will meet “in the same room” in Geneva on Saturday, the UN says, for talks aimed at “saving Syria” from devastation.
BBC News – Middle East

Argentina eases strict foreign exchange controls, a day after the peso suffered its steepest daily decline in 12 years.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Protesters in Ukraine seize several regional government offices after talks between the opposition and President Viktor Yanukovych stalled.
BBC News – Europe

A man and a woman are jailed for sending abusive messages on Twitter to feminist campaigner Caroline Criado-Perez.
BBC News – UK

Bitter cold is hindering the search for up to 30 elderly Canadians missing after a fire destroyed a Quebec old people’s home, killing at least five.
BBC News – US & Canada