Colombia general ‘free next week’
Colombia’s Farc rebels will release five captives, including Gen Ruben Dario Alzate, next week, President Juan Manuel Santos says. BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean
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Ex-Washington Mayor Marion Barry dies
Marion Barry, ex-Washington DC mayor who won re-election after a drug arrest, dies at 78. BBC News – US & Canada
Kenya bus gunmen ‘want religious war’
The slaughter of 28 people on a bus in Kenya is an attempt to start a religious war, an adviser to President Uhuru Kenyatta tells the BBC. BBC News – Africa
Chilean colonels jailed for torture
Two retired Chilean colonels – Ramon Caceres and Edgar Ceballos – are jailed for torturing the father of President Michelle Bachelet in 1973. BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean
‘No new ideas at talks’ – Iran
Iran’s foreign minister says he has heard “no new ideas” as talks with world powers on Tehran’s nuclear programme stretch into the evening. BBC News – Middle East
China rate cut spurs global markets
A cut in interest rates in China and comments from Europe’s Central Bank chief spur US markets on to fresh highs BBC News – Business