Dry California cannot deliver water
California’s water agency says it may for the first time be unable to supply water to many residents and big areas of farmland, as a drought worsens. BBC News – US & Canada
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Ofsted row deepens as Laws ‘furious’
Lib Dem schools minister David Laws accuses Conservation Education Secretary Michael Gove of removing the head of Ofsted for political reasons. BBC News – UK
Ukraine rivals face off at summit
Ukraine’s foreign minister and a prominent opposition leader clash face to face at a security summit in Munich as unrest in Ukraine continues. BBC News – Europe
‘Food needed’ for 3.7m in S Sudan
The United Nations says it estimates 3.7 million people are in acute need of food in South Sudan as a result of the civil conflict there. BBC News – Africa
Wage fall trend ‘longest since 1964’
Real wages have been dropping consistently since 2010 – the longest period of falls for at least 50 years, official figures show. BBC News – Business
Stand-off over ‘tortured’ Ukrainian
Medical workers block police from questioning a Ukrainian protester, being treated in hospital after apparently undergoing severe torture. BBC News – Europe