Secretly-filmed MPs deny wrongdoing
Ex-Foreign Secretaries Jack Straw and Sir Malcolm Rifkind say they have broken no rules after being secretly filmed apparently offering their services to a private company for thousands of pounds. BBC News – UK
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Egypt jails activist for five years
An Egyptian court jails Alaa Abdel Fattah, a key figure in the 2011 uprising, for five years at a retrial for breaking protest laws. BBC News – Africa
Shopping mall terror threat ‘serious’
The head of US homeland security urges vigilance after Somali-based militants call for attacks on shopping centres in the US, Canada and Britain. BBC News – US & Canada
Greek PM warning over debt deal
Greek anti-austerity PM Alexis Tsipras warns of “real difficulties”, as he faces a Monday deadline to submit a list of reforms to satisfy lenders. BBC News – Business
Yemen’s ex-leader denounces rebels
Yemen’s ousted President Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi has accused the Houthi militia that seized power last month of staging a coup. BBC News – Middle East
Ukraine prisoner swap boosts truce
Ukrainian government and rebel forces exchange dozens of prisoners, in the first step successfully carried out under the Minsk agreements. BBC News – Europe