Nationwide customers face more payment delays
The UK’s biggest building society says the large volume of payments means a queuing system is needed. BBC News – Business
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Two arrested in Egypt after teenage girl’s suicide sparks outrage
Basant Khaled, 17, took her own life in Egypt after allegedly being blackmailed with faked images. BBC News – Middle East
Jovenel Moïse murder: US charges Colombian man over assassination
US authorities accuse an ex-military officer of involvement in the death of President Jovenel Moïse. BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean
France’s Bogdanoff TV twins die of Covid six days apart
Grichka and Igor Bogdanoff had hosted a TV science and science-fiction show in the 1980s. BBC News – Europe
Covid: Boris Johnson plans to ‘ride out’ Omicron wave with no more curbs
Boris Johnson backs keeping England’s Plan B, but says parts of NHS will feel “temporarily overwhelmed”. BBC News – UK
Covid: US reports record 1m cases with peak still to come
Omicron drives a record-breaking daily tally of new US cases, though deaths remain stable. BBC News – US & Canada