DNA resolves US-Mexico custody case
A teenage girl at the centre of a US-Mexico custody battle is to be reunited with her mother in Texas after DNA tests confirmed her identity. BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean
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Scots Labour leader Murphy to resign
Scottish Labour leader Jim Murphy announces he is to resign next month despite narrowly surviving a vote of no confidence. BBC News – UK
Death sentence for Boston bomber
Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is sentenced to death over the 2013 attack that killed three people and injured 260. BBC News – US & Canada
Burundi crackdown after coup bid
Eighteen people appear in court in Burundi as the government begins a crackdown against those suspected of involvement in a failed coup. BBC News – Africa
IS releases ‘al-Baghdadi message’
Islamic State releases an audio message it says is from its leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, which would be the first in months. BBC News – Middle East
Rail workers announce strike date
Network Rail workers are to stage a 24-hour strike from 5pm on Monday 25 May in row over pay, the RMT union says. BBC News – Business