Standard Life and Aberdeen Asset Management confirm merger talks
Scotland-based fund managers Aberdeen Asset Management and Standard Life confirm they are holding talks about a possible all-share merger. BBC News – Business
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Fillon France election: Party brings forward crisis meeting
Pressure grows for conservative candidate Francois Fillon to pull out of the presidential race. BBC News – Europe
Argentina weekend football matches postponed amid strike
Clubs have not paid their players for months, in one of Argentine football’s most serious crises. BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean
NHS protest: Tens of thousands march against ‘hospital cuts’
Tens of thousands of people have demonstrated in London against what they call “yet more austerity”. BBC News – UK
Trump wire-tapping claims ‘simply false’ – Obama spokesman
Barack Obama’s spokesman hits back after Donald Trump calls his predecessor a “bad (or sick) guy”. BBC News – US & Canada
Rival east Libya factions battle for crucial oil ports
The forces of military strongman Khalifa Haftar say they have lost ground after a militia attacked. BBC News – Africa