Greste to pursue colleagues’ release
Australian journalist Peter Greste, freed from prison in Egypt on Sunday, will not rest until two colleagues are also released, his family says. BBC News – Middle East
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Cameron attacks school ‘mediocrity’
Almost 3,500 schools in England rated as requiring improvement face being forced into new leadership, under plans to be announced by David Cameron. BBC News – UK
Ukraine rebels ‘to raise 100,000 men’
Pro-Russian separatist leader Alexander Zakharchenko announces plans to recruit 100,000 men, as fighting with Ukrainian forces intensifies. BBC News – Europe
Venezuelan shop owners arrested
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro says the owners of an unnamed chain of shops have been arrested for artificially creating long queues. BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean
Obama plans tax on overseas profits
US President Barack Obama plans to tax US firms on profits made and cash held overseas, raising funds for a major road-improvement plan in the US. BBC News – US & Canada
Liberia’s Ebola vaccine trial begins
The first large-scale trials of experimental vaccines against the deadly Ebola virus begin in Liberia, aimed at immunising 30,000 volunteers. BBC News – Africa