Venezuela limits US diplomats
Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro has announced measures to impose limits on US diplomats working in the country. BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean
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Tributes paid to murdered Nemtsov
Thousands of Russians light candles and lay flowers for Boris Nemtsov, as speculation grows over the motive for the murder of President Putin’s critic. BBC News – Europe
CCTV shows UK girls en route to Syria
CCTV pictures emerge of three UK schoolgirls on the Turkish leg of what is believed to have been their journey to join Islamic State in Syria. BBC News – UK
US avoids homeland security shutdown
Lawmakers in the US avoid a partial shutdown of the Homeland Security Department after passing a one-week funding extension two hours before a deadline. BBC News – US & Canada
S Leone vice-president in quarantine
The vice-president of Sierra Leone puts himself into quarantine after one of his bodyguards dies from the Ebola virus. BBC News – Africa
Lloyds to resume dividend payments
Lloyds Banking Group confirms that it will resume paying dividends to shareholders for the first time since the financial crisis in 2008. BBC News – Business