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Ed Miliband accuses David Cameron of “demeaning” his office by “talking up the SNP” – as Sir John Major warns the nationalists could “blackmail” a Labour government.
BBC News – UK

An Indonesian court sentences a US man to 18 years in jail for killing the mother of his girlfriend and hiding her body in a suitcase.
BBC News – US & Canada

South Africa to deploy army to deal with anti-immigrant violence after wave of attacks, defence minister says.
BBC News – Africa

OKLAHOMA CITY, Monday, April 20, 2015 – Russell Westbrook is one of 10 finalists for the 2014-15 Seasonlong NBA Cares Co
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Low inflation and stronger eurozone growth should help the UK economy expand 2.8% this year despite political uncertainty, says an EY Item Club report.
BBC News – Business

Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby travels to Egypt for a “visit of condolence” following the beheading of 21 Coptic Christians in Libya earlier this year.
BBC News – Middle East

The first opposition candidates in decades to stand in a Cuban election concede defeat at the second stage of the electoral process.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Italy’s PM leads calls for more EU action on migrants after the latest boat capsize in the Mediterranean leaves hundreds feared dead.
BBC News – Europe

The Post Office failed to discover the cause of large cash shortfalls at sub-post offices before starting civil and criminal proceedings against sub-postmasters, a report finds.
BBC News – UK

A selection of readers’ photos of the wildfire that threatened hundreds of homes in Southern California over the weekend.
BBC News – US & Canada

More than 300 people have been arrested in South Africa in connection with the wave of violence against immigrants, the home affairs minister says.
BBC News – Africa

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Britain’s nuclear safety regulator says it expects lessons to be learned from problems with a French reactor that is very similar to one planned in the UK.
BBC News – Business

Saudi Arabia, which is leading an air campaign against rebels in Yemen, has pledged the $ 274m (£183m; €255m) in aid to the country called for by the UN.
BBC News – Middle East

A gun battle leaves three dead on the streets of Reynosa, a Mexican city on the border with the US that has been plagued by drug cartel violence.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Pope Francis urges the EU and international community to do more to tackle the rising number of migrants making desperate journeys across the Med.
BBC News – Europe

Six people arrested by UK police over alleged terror offences after a group was stopped at the Turkey-Syria border are released without charge.
BBC News – UK

Dzhokhar Tsarnaev should spend life in prison without parole, write the parents of the youngest victim of Boston marathon attack
BBC News – US & Canada

President Jacob Zuma visits migrant workers who have fled xenophobic attacks, saying the violence goes against South African values and must end.
BBC News – Africa

The season may not have ended the way Russell Westbrook wanted it to, missing the playoffs, but the Thunder point guard laid it all on th
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