Florida inmate Mark Asay executed by experimental injection
Mark Asay, 53, is the first white man to be executed in Florida for killing a black victim. BBC News – US & Canada
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Angola’s ruling MPLA party takes strong election lead, commission says
The governing MPLA party receives nearly two-thirds of the vote, provisional results suggest. BBC News – Africa
ECB chief Draghi: QE has made economies more resilient
The head of the European Central Bank says quantitative easing has made the world more resilient. BBC News – Business
Kim Wall: Headless body identified as missing journalist
Police match Kim Wall’s DNA, 13 days after she disappeared on a submarine with a Danish inventor. BBC News – Europe
Chile’s Atacama desert: World’s driest place in bloom after surprise rain
Flowers are blooming in the Atacama desert in northern Chile after unusual rainfall in the region. BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean
Yemen war: Air strike on hotel outside Sanaa ‘leaves 30 dead’
Rescuers are pulling bodies from the rubble of the two-storey building on the outskirts of Sanaa. BBC News – Middle East