Craig Taylor

Up to 100,000 people who employ personal carers are being warned they may now be legally liable to pay them pension contributions.
BBC News – Business

Egypt begins demolishing the headquarters of the now-dissolved party of former President Hosni Mubarak in Cairo.
BBC News – Middle East

South Africa did pay $ 10m to a football body led by Jack Warner, one of the figures at the centre of Fifa corruption allegations, local media say.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Fifa president Sepp Blatter is the victim of a conspiracy from “behind the scenes”, his daughter tells the BBC, amid a corruption crisis.
BBC News – Europe

Schoolchildren in the UK are being used to pickpocket, shoplift and beg as part of criminal operations, the anti-slavery commissioner warns.
BBC News – UK

The number of people shot dead by US police is twice as high as official figures show, suggests data gathered by The Washington Post newspaper.
BBC News – US & Canada

African leaders urge President Nkurunziza of Burundi to postpone elections, and call for an end to the unrest sparked by his decision to stand.
BBC News – Africa

People who have filed late tax returns are to be let off paying a £100 fine for missing the deadline, HM Revenue and Customs has confirmed.
BBC News – Business

At least 71 people have been killed in Syria’s northern Aleppo province by barrel bombs dropped from government helicopters, activists say.
BBC News – Middle East

Venezuela has blocked two ex-presidents from visiting opposition leaders jailed on charges of inciting violence against the government.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Re-elected Fifa president Sepp Blatter plays down US criminal proceedings launched against officials of world football’s governing body.
BBC News – Europe

Stars pay tribute to “loveable and funny” Anne Kirkbride – during a memorial service for the Coronation Street actress at Manchester Cathedral.
BBC News – UK

The US military orders a review into how it handles anthrax, after discovering more cases of live anthrax sent to laboratories, including one in Australia.
BBC News – US & Canada

Boho Haram militants kill least 13 people in Nigeria’s north-eastern city of Maiduguri, just after Muhammadu Buhari is sworn in as president.
BBC News – Africa

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Oklahoma City Thunder

Anderson Group, one of the recruitment industry’s most high-profile companies, is promoting an “aggressive” tax avoidance scheme which tax experts are calling “abusive”.
BBC News – Business

An Islamist rebel coalition has seized one of the last cities in western Idlib province held by the Syrian government, activists say.
BBC News – Middle East

Brazil begins investigations into possible Fifa corruption there, as an Argentine judge issues warrants for three businessmen wanted by the US.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

The 209 members of Fifa are set to vote for their new president amid a huge corruption scandal, with Sepp Blatter seeking a fifth term.
BBC News – Europe

David Cameron will try to persuade German Chancellor Angela Merkel to back him over EU reforms as the two leaders hold face-to-face talks.
BBC News – UK