Maduro shakes up top economic team
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro announces changes to the team handling the economy and vows to continue fighting “sabotage and speculation”. BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean
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‘Humanity lost’ at immigration site
A report condemns “shocking cases where a sense of humanity was lost” at an immigration removal centre in west London. BBC News – UK
Senate panel: Benghazi ‘preventable’
The deadly September 2012 attack on the US consulate in the Libyan city of Benghazi could have been prevented, a US Senate committee finds. BBC News – US & Canada
France ‘underestimated’ CAR hatred
France underestimated the hatred between Christian and Muslims in the Central African Republic, its ambassador to the United Nations says. BBC News – Africa
UK inflation rate hits 2% target
The UK’s inflation rate fell to the Bank of England’s target of 2% last month for the first time since November 2009, helped by a slowdown in the increase of fruit prices. BBC News – Business
Deaths as Egypt votes in referendum
Egyptians vote in a referendum on a new constitution, but deadly clashes are reported involving supporters of ousted President Mohammed Morsi. BBC News – Middle East