Craig Taylor

Ukraine’s president says a truce agreed with pro-Russian rebels in the east must be honoured, as he orders the army to stop fighting.
BBC News – Europe

People who are obese or have alcohol or drug problems could have their sickness benefits cut if they refuse treatment, David Cameron says, as he launches a review of the system.
BBC News – UK

Canadian police say they have foiled an imminent plot to carry out a mass shooting in the Halifax area and have made three arrests.
BBC News – US & Canada

Nigerian troops repel a Boko Haram attack on the north-east city of Gombe, officials say, after the group’s first frontal assault on the state capital.
BBC News – Africa

The alarm clocks went off early on Friday morning in New York, as Kevi
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The eurozone economy grew by a stronger-than-expected 0.3% in the last three months of 2014, helped by rapid growth in Germany.
BBC News – Business

Egypt says it is ready to evacuate its citizens from Libya after IS militants release images apparently showing Egyptian Christians seized there.
BBC News – Middle East

Colombia’s left wing Farc guerrillas announce that they will no longer look to recruit soldiers below the age of 17.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

New fighting is reported in eastern Ukraine despite a new ceasefire deal that is due to come into force at midnight on Saturday.
BBC News – Europe

Ex-TV weatherman Fred Talbot is found guilty of indecently assaulting two teenage boys when he was a teacher.
BBC News – UK

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan criticises US President Barack Obama for his silence over the murder of three Muslim students in the US.
BBC News – US & Canada

Boko Haram militants from Nigeria attack a village on the shores of Lake Chad overnight, the first such attack on Chadian soil, officials say.
BBC News – Africa

The Thunder touched down in the Big Apple on Thursday morning, kick-starting what will be an exciting and eventful 2015 All-Star Weekend.
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Greek and eurozone officials have left a seven-hour meeting without even basic agreement on how to proceed in talks over the country’s debt crisis.
BBC News – Business

The US, UK and France are closing their embassies in Yemen due to the deteriorating security situation and political crisis in the country.
BBC News – Middle East

Colombia’s second largest rebel group, the ELN, releases a Dutch citizen who had been held in captivity for more than a year.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Urgent talks on ending the conflict in Ukraine – brokered by Germany and France – last all night in Minsk, as fighting rages in the east.
BBC News – Europe

Class sizes for five, six and seven year-olds in England will be no larger than 30 under Labour, Ed Miliband is to say.
BBC News – UK

President Barack Obama has said Islamic State (IS) militants “will lose” as he asks Congress to formally authorise military force against them.
BBC News – US & Canada

More than 300 migrants are feared dead after trying to cross the Mediterranean from North Africa just days after a similar tragedy.
BBC News – Africa