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At least 24 people are killed and scores are missing after a boat believed to be carrying refugees sank off the north coast of Turkey, officials say.
BBC News – Europe

A 16-year-old boy is given a life sentence after admitting the murder of teacher Ann Maguire at Corpus Christi Catholic College in Leeds in April.
BBC News – UK

More than 13 years after the original towers were destroyed in the 9/11 attacks, New York’s World Trade Center has re-opened for business
BBC News – US & Canada

The African Union gives Burkina Faso’s army two weeks to hand over power to a civilian government or risk sanctions, after Friday’s coup.
BBC News – Africa

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Tens of thousands of UK workers are set for a pay rise following a surge in the number of companies signed up to the UK Living Wage.
BBC News – Business

Militants from Islamic State (IS) have killed at least 50 members of an Iraqi tribe in western Anbar province, officials and tribal leaders say.
BBC News – Middle East

An Argentine judge asks Spain to arrest and extradite 20 former officials accused of abuses during the military rule of General Franco.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine are holding elections that have been denounced as illegitimate by the West.
BBC News – Europe

Labour in Scotland will pay the price “for a generation” for campaigning with the Conservatives in the independence referendum, Alex Salmond says.
BBC News – UK

The investigation into the Virgin Galactic spacecraft crash in California could take about 12 months, the US transport safety chief says.
BBC News – US & Canada

Opposition parties in Burkina Faso call for a mass rally in protest at the army takeover after the resignation of President Compaore.
BBC News – Africa

As the buzzer sounded to signal the end of the first quarter, something special happened in Chesapeake Energy Arena.
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LOS ANGELES – The odds were stacked against them but the Thunder players on the court did what Head Coach Scott Br
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British banks may have to hold more funds to guard against the risk of a future economic downturn, the Bank of England has proposed.
BBC News – Business

Iraqi Kurdish Peshmerga fighters cross the Turkish border to help defend the Syrian town of Kobane from Islamic State militants.
BBC News – Middle East

The Uruguayan government announces the start of registration for licensed cannabis growers as part of its plan to legalise the drug.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

The EU is to launch a limited operation in the Mediterranean to help Italy stem the flow of migrants from North Africa.
BBC News – Europe

The use of police cautions – where those who commit minor offences are given a formal warning – is set to be scrapped in England and Wales.
BBC News – UK

At least one person is dead and another injured after Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo space tourism craft crashes in California.
BBC News – US & Canada