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People who have filed late tax returns are to be let off paying a £100 fine for missing the deadline, HM Revenue and Customs has confirmed.
BBC News – Business

At least 71 people have been killed in Syria’s northern Aleppo province by barrel bombs dropped from government helicopters, activists say.
BBC News – Middle East

Venezuela has blocked two ex-presidents from visiting opposition leaders jailed on charges of inciting violence against the government.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Re-elected Fifa president Sepp Blatter plays down US criminal proceedings launched against officials of world football’s governing body.
BBC News – Europe

Stars pay tribute to “loveable and funny” Anne Kirkbride – during a memorial service for the Coronation Street actress at Manchester Cathedral.
BBC News – UK

The US military orders a review into how it handles anthrax, after discovering more cases of live anthrax sent to laboratories, including one in Australia.
BBC News – US & Canada

Boho Haram militants kill least 13 people in Nigeria’s north-eastern city of Maiduguri, just after Muhammadu Buhari is sworn in as president.
BBC News – Africa

Box out. Re-position. Battle for a loose ball. Knock down a mid-range jumper. Dive on the floor. Take a charge. Rinse. Repeat.  
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Anderson Group, one of the recruitment industry’s most high-profile companies, is promoting an “aggressive” tax avoidance scheme which tax experts are calling “abusive”.
BBC News – Business

An Islamist rebel coalition has seized one of the last cities in western Idlib province held by the Syrian government, activists say.
BBC News – Middle East

Brazil begins investigations into possible Fifa corruption there, as an Argentine judge issues warrants for three businessmen wanted by the US.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

The 209 members of Fifa are set to vote for their new president amid a huge corruption scandal, with Sepp Blatter seeking a fifth term.
BBC News – Europe

David Cameron will try to persuade German Chancellor Angela Merkel to back him over EU reforms as the two leaders hold face-to-face talks.
BBC News – UK

Former US House of Representatives speaker Dennis Hastert faces charges of lying to the FBI over secret payments to cover up “prior misconduct”.
BBC News – US & Canada

South African officials dismiss US allegations that a $ 10m (£6.5m) bribe was organised for top Fifa officials in order to host the 2010 World Cup.
BBC News – Africa

Oklahoma City, Thursday, May 28, 2015 – The Oklahoma City Thunder has recognized the top participants in its annual Thun
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In mid-December, the blinding, bright lights came on at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.
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The trader at the centre of the Libor rate-rigging trial tried to influence other banks to manipulate the key benchmark rate, a court hears.
BBC News – Business

Saudi-led coalition warplanes have bombed a special forces camp in Yemen’s capital, Sanaa, killing at least 36 people, officials and witnesses say.
BBC News – Middle East

Two criminal inquiries into corruption at football’s world governing body Fifa are under way, as seven high-ranking officials are arrested in Zurich.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean