How Alex Murdaugh hid his dark side
Behind the courtly air of a country lawyer born to power and privilege, lay a cold-blooded killer. BBC News – US & Canada
Craig Taylor
Nigeria’s Supreme Court rules CBN naira redesign invalid
The policy led to a nationwide shortage of cash, with people sleeping outside banks. BBC News – Africa
Mortgage prisoners: Government made £2.4bn from loan sales, report says
It must help ‘mortgage prisoners’ trapped with loans it sold to investment firms, a report says. BBC News – Business
Iran: Dozens of schoolgirls taken to hospital after new gas poisonings
At least 26 schools in five cities are affected by another wave of apparent toxic gas attacks. BBC News – Middle East
Fire knocks out half of Argentina’s power grid
The capital Buenos Aires, other major cities and large swathes of the countryside are affected. BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean
Greece train crash: Angry protests erupt after disaster
Many protesters see the crash which claimed 43 lives as an accident that had been waiting to happen. BBC News – Europe