Craig Taylor

The victims had been gathering leaking fuel from a vehicle involved in an accident, reports say.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Sixteen Kurdish people, including two friends from Iraq, were among those who perished last month.
BBC News – Europe

Nearly 100 Tory MPs defy Boris Johnson – but the measures become law thanks to Labour support.
BBC News – UK

More than a quarter of lives lost in the pandemic came after all US adults were eligible for a vaccine.
BBC News – US & Canada

The UK has taken all 11 African countries off England’s red list, easing travel restrictions.
BBC News – Africa

The state-backed bank had pleaded guilty to failing to prevent money-laundering of nearly £400m.
BBC News – Business

Naftali Bennett meets Abu Dhabi’s crown prince at a time of rising tensions in the region.
BBC News – Middle East

The migrant caravan has been slowly winding its way through Mexico to the United States border.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

One person is dead and one missing after a Danish ship collides with a UK vessel in the Baltic Sea.
BBC News – Europe

People should set aside the idea Omicron is a milder variant and get their booster jab, the PM says.
BBC News – UK

Rescue workers have continued to scour the rubble but hopes of finding survivors are waning.
BBC News – US & Canada

Cyril Ramaphosa started feeling unwell on Sunday and has delegated all responsibilities to his deputy.
BBC News – Africa

Members have rejected the £530m deal and so the insurance firm remains as a mutual.
BBC News – Business

Using WhatsApp, Ilona Taimela found a novel way to educate Finnish children held in a Syrian camp.
BBC News – Middle East

Foreign travellers will need to provide a vaccination certificate in order to enter the country.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Austria has become the first country in the EU to make vaccinations mandatory, from February.
BBC News – Europe

It was held while indoor mixing was banned, but Downing Street says Boris Johnson took part virtually.
BBC News – UK

He promises the government will do all it can to help, as the death toll is expected to pass 100.
BBC News – US & Canada

A Nigerian woman living in the US never imagined that leprosy still existed in her home country.
BBC News – Africa

Firms are calling on the government for more support after Plan B Covid restrictions take effect.
BBC News – Business