Nations hail US-Cuba breakthrough
World leaders welcome an agreement between the US and Cuba to end more than 50 years of hostility and move towards restoring diplomatic ties. BBC News – US & Canada
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North Sea oil sector near ‘collapse’
The director of Premier Oil says no new North Sea projects are profitable with oil below $ 60 a barrel and the industry is “close to collapse”. BBC News – UK
Putin seeks to ease economic fears
President Vladimir Putin seeks to ease fears over Russia’s economy, insisting that the dramatic fall in the rouble will stabilise. BBC News – Europe
Food giant offered ‘unreasonable’ deal
UK food manufacturer 2 Sisters is setting “beyond unreasonable” terms in proposed contract agreements, one of its suppliers tells the BBC. BBC News – Business
Brazil indigenous clash in Congress
Brazilian indigenous protesters armed with bows and arrows clash with police inside the National Congress building in Brasilia. BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean
Children die in Yemen bomb attacks
At least 25 people, among them 15 children, have been killed in twin car bomb attack in the central Yemeni province of Bayda, reports say. BBC News – Middle East