Alexei Navalny barred from Russia presidential poll
The anti-corruption campaigner led mass street protests against Vladimir Putin in 2011-12. BBC News – Europe
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Colombia conflict: ELN rebels free Dutch journalists
Derk Bolt and Eugenio Follender are released after conflicting reports about their fate. BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean
John Magufuli’s pregnant schoolgirl ban angers Tanzanian women
An online petition is set up after the president said mothers would be too distracted to go to school. BBC News – Africa
Second US mistrial in Ohio police shooting of Samuel DuBose
It is the fourth high-profile failure recently to convict a US police officer in a black man’s death. BBC News – US & Canada
Hinkley Point deal ‘risky and expensive’
The case for a new £18bn nuclear power plant is “marginal”, says the National Audit Office. BBC News – Business
Inside the fight for IS ‘capital’
The BBC’s Gabriel Gatehouse is one of the first reporters to reach the de-facto IS capital Raqqa. BBC News – Middle East