Presidential run-off looms in Argentina
Argentina faces a run-off election next month after neither presidential candidate gained enough votes to win outright. BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean
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Suicide attack on Saudi mosque
At least one person has been killed and a dozen others injured in a suicide attack on a mosque in the south of Saudi Arabia, state media say. BBC News – Middle East
Bernanke: governments ‘too focussed on budget cuts’
Ben Bernanke, chairman of the US Federal Reserve during the crash and Great Recession, tells BBC that governments in US, UK and Europe have “been too focussed on near-term budget cuts” BBC News – Business
Boy, 15, arrested after TalkTalk hack
A 15-year-old boy has been arrested in Northern Ireland in connection with the TalkTalk hacking attack, Scotland Yard has said. BBC News – UK
Poland conservatives win election
Poland’s conservative Law and Justice party convincingly wins Sunday’s general election, with Prime Minister Ewa Kopacz conceding victory. BBC News – Europe
Five UK whale-watchers die in Canada
Five Britons were killed when a whale-watching boat carrying 27 people sank off the coast of western Canada, the UK foreign secretary says. BBC News – US & Canada