Many dead in twin Nigeria blasts
Two female suicide bombers blow themselves up at a crowded market in the northern Nigerian city of Maiduguri, killing 78 people, hospital staff say. BBC News – Africa
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RBS ‘wanted critic’s mortgage back’
A businessman who wrote a government report that criticised RBS has been told he can no longer remain a customer of the bank, Panorama learns. BBC News – Business
Iran nuclear talks deadline extended
The deadline for a nuclear deal with Iran is extended to the end of June after talks in Vienna failed to reach a comprehensive agreement. BBC News – Middle East
Farc warning on release of general
Colombia’s Farc rebels warn that military operations where they are holding captured general, Ruben Alzate, may jeopardise his release. BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean
Swiss museum to accept ‘Nazi art’
Switzerland’s Bern Art Museum says it will accept hundreds of works of art bequeathed by German Nazi-era art hoarder Cornelius Gurlitt. BBC News – Europe
‘Time is right’ for new terror powers
The police and security services should get new powers to defend the UK from a terror threat “perhaps greater than it has ever been”, the home secretary says. BBC News – UK