Mexico vigilantes enter cartel city
Mexican vigilantes in Michoacan state enter a city stronghold of the Knights Templar drugs cartel, a month after beginning their offensive. BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean
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Spanish princess quizzed in court
Spain’s Princess Cristina is being questioned in court over a corruption scandal involving her husband, a historic first for Spain’s royal family. BBC News – Europe
Minister quits over cleaner’s visa
Immigration minister Mark Harper resigns from the government after it emerges his cleaner did not have permission to work in the UK. BBC News – UK
Dufour-Lapointe beats sister to gold
Canadian sisters Justine Dufour-Lapointe and Chloe Dufour-Lapointe win Winter Olympic gold and silver in the women’s moguls. BBC News – US & Canada
ICC opens CAR war crime probe
The ICC’s chief prosecutor Fatou Bensouda says she has opened a preliminary investigation into possible war crimes in the Central African Republic. BBC News – Africa
Environment boss ‘let everyone down’
Residents of the flood-hit Somerset Levels accuse Environment Agency chairman Lord Smith of “letting everyone down”, as he and David Cameron visited the area. BBC News – UK