Gabby Petito: US blogger was strangled to death – coroner
The 22-year-old had been on a road trip across the US with her fiancé, who is still missing. BBC News – US & Canada
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Ghana’s role in honouring US civil rights hero WEB Du Bois
A state-of-the-art complex is to be built in Ghana to remember WEB Du Bois. BBC News – Africa
PM expected to back loans for gas price-hit firms
Boris Johnson is set to approve plans for emergency loans to energy-intensive firms, the BBC understands. BBC News – Business
Iraq claims capture of IS financial chief in operation abroad
Sami Jasim al-Jaburi was allegedly a deputy leader of the jihadist group under Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. BBC News – Middle East
Pope meets Colombian nun after Mali kidnap release
Gloria Cecilia Narváez was abducted by Islamist militants in 2017 while working as a missionary. BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean
Nobel Prize: We will not have gender or ethnicity quotas – top scientist
Journalist Maria Ressa was the only woman to win a Nobel Prize this year, and just the 58th in history. BBC News – Europe