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An Egyptian court sentences ousted president Mohammed Morsi to death over a mass prison break in 2011.
BBC News – Middle East

A teenage girl at the centre of a US-Mexico custody battle is to be reunited with her mother in Texas after DNA tests confirmed her identity.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

A Russian rocket carrying a Mexican satellite malfunctions and burns up over Siberia soon after launch on Saturday, Russia’s space agency says.
BBC News – Europe

Scottish Labour leader Jim Murphy announces he is to resign next month despite narrowly surviving a vote of no confidence.
BBC News – UK

Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is sentenced to death over the 2013 attack that killed three people and injured 260.
BBC News – US & Canada

Eighteen people appear in court in Burundi as the government begins a crackdown against those suspected of involvement in a failed coup.
BBC News – Africa

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Network Rail workers are to stage a 24-hour strike from 5pm on Monday 25 May in row over pay, the RMT union says.
BBC News – Business

Islamic State releases an audio message it says is from its leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, which would be the first in months.
BBC News – Middle East

Two young men have been shot dead during a student protest in Chile, according to officials.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

RAF jets are scrambled after two Russian military aircraft are seen flying north of Scotland towards UK airspace.
BBC News – Europe

Nigel Farage says he enjoys a “phenomenal” level of support as UKIP leader and will not resign, despite a bitter row over his future.
BBC News – UK

President Barack Obama says the US must invest more in its infrastructure, in the wake of a train derailment in Philadelphia that claimed eight lives.
BBC News – US & Canada

The authorities in Burundi arrest three renegade generals who launched a failed coup against Burundi’s president, the presidential spokesman says.
BBC News – Africa

Oklahoma City, Thursday, May 14, 2015 – Six members of the Thunder Girls have been invited by the NBA to visit Manila, P
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Oklahoma City, Wednesday, May 13, 2015 – The Oklahoma City Thunder will host an open audition for the 2015-16 Thunder Gi
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The Bank of England cuts its 2015 growth forecast from 2.9% to 2.5%, as governor Mark Carney unveils his quarterly inflation report.
BBC News – Business

The second-in-command of Islamic State, Abu Alaa al-Afari, has been killed in a US-led coalition air strike, the Iraqi government says.
BBC News – Middle East

The FARC rebel movement in Colombia is asking the government to include a smaller guerrilla group, the ELN in peace talks as soon as possible, to end more than fifty ears of conflict.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

The European Commission unveils key proposals for tackling the EU migration crisis, including a controversial quota scheme.
BBC News – Europe