Craig Taylor

An Aeroflot plane makes an emergency landing and bursts into flames at Sheremetyovo airport in Moscow.
BBC News – Europe

Joseph McCann – who police wanted in connection with three rapes and two abductions – is arrested.
BBC News – UK

It seems that Social media has now found its way fairly and squarely into the financial sector with a tweet from US president Donald Trump being enough to send Chinese share prices tumbling. Although no policy […]

A Nigerian cardinal says political leaders’ actions are causing young people to migrate to Europe.
BBC News – Africa

“Thug” Rose Namajunas returns to action this week, when she travels to Brazil to face Jessica Andrade to defend her Strawweight belt.  All signs point to a thrilling match up – and Andrade will be looking to put […]

Seven more Marks & Spencer stores will close for the last time this weekend,  bringing the total of store closures up to 47. They plan to axe 100 shops by 2022 in a strategic move aimed to make a third of […]

More than 200 rockets are fired towards Israel from Gaza, Israel says, prompting return fire.
BBC News – Middle East

Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro won’t be going to New York now after a ceremony in his honour organised by the Brazilian-American Chamber of Commerce drew fierce criticism given his stance on Environmental issues […]

French authorities are reviewing videos that appear to show riot police attacking protesters.
BBC News – Europe

The scale of the Tories’ local election losses means the PM must go now, Iain Duncan Smith says.
BBC News – UK

The two agreed there was “no collusion” between the Trump campaign and Russia, said the White House.
BBC News – US & Canada

Nine people are killed in the attack in the southern city of Sabha, according to a local hospital.
BBC News – Africa

This year the Kentucky Derby looks like a being wide-open race after ante-post favourite Omaha Beach was withdrawn due to breathing issues. He is suffering from an entrapped epiglottis and this will need minor […]

The Treasury decides to continue with copper coins and sets a plan to ensure people have access to cash.
BBC News – Business

Seven of the 11 women’s rights activists detained last year have now gained limited release.
BBC News – Middle East

Madrid says it will not allow Venezuela to arrest Leopoldo López, who is in its embassy in Caracas.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Hugely popular on social media, this secretive man known as StalinGulag has revealed his identity.
BBC News – Europe

The Lib Dems, Greens and independents make gains in the local elections as Labour and the Tories suffer losses.
BBC News – UK

Peter Mayhew, who has died aged 74, was a “kind and gentle man”, says Han Solo actor Harrison Ford.
BBC News – US & Canada

Protesters continue their sit-in outside military HQ to demand that the army stands aside.
BBC News – Africa