Nigeria to probe generals over arms fraud
Twelve senior Nigerian army officers, including six serving generals, are handed over for questioning over alleged involvement in an arms scandal. BBC News – Africa
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Aleppo fighting ‘displaces 50,000’
Fighting in Syria’s Aleppo province has displaced about 50,000 people and the humanitarian situation is deteriorating rapidly, the Red Cross says. BBC News – Middle East
Buy-to-let surge ‘raising house prices’
Surveyors are witnessing a surge of demand from buy-to-let investors which they expect to push up house prices. BBC News – Business
Former Auschwitz guard faces trial
A 94-year former Nazi SS guard at the Auschwitz death camp in Poland is to go on trial in Germany over the murder of at least 170,000 people. BBC News – Europe
‘Strongest evidence’ of Zika effect
One of the US’s most senior public health officials reveals the “strongest evidence to date” of the effect on babies of the mosquito-borne Zika virus. BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean
Doctors reject ‘final’ contract offer
Junior doctors’ leaders have rejected a “final take-it-or-leave-it” offer made by the government in the contract dispute in England. BBC News – UK