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Greece is set to request a six-month extension of its loan agreement on Wednesday, according to media reports.
BBC News – Europe

The Church of England urges politicians to deliver a “fresh moral vision” to tackle an “almost-moribund” political culture, in an unprecedented pre-election message.
BBC News – UK

A judge in Texas has temporarily halted a plan by US President Barack Obama to give a reprieve from deportation to millions of undocumented people.
BBC News – US & Canada

Egypt’s president calls for a UN resolution to authorise international intervention in Libya after its jets bombed Islamic State targets there.
BBC News – Africa

The world’s best were in Madison Square Garden on Sunday night, and two Thunder players were amongst the brightest of all the stars.
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European finance ministers will meet in Brussels later amid increasing scepticism that a deal over Greece’s debt problems can be reached.
BBC News – Business

Iraq’s prime minister tells the BBC its armed forces are preparing for an offensive to retake the northern city of Mosul from Islamic State militants.
BBC News – Middle East

At least 16 people are killed and 30 others injured in a collision between a freight train and a bus at a level crossing in northern Mexico.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Two men are accused of helping the gunman who murdered two people in separate attacks in Copenhagen, Danish police say.
BBC News – Europe

The Confederation of British Industries (CBI) business lobby group has upgraded its forecast for the UK’s economic growth this year.
BBC News – UK

Two are charged over an alleged mass-shooting plot in Halifax, Canada – while the purported dark writings of a third suspect, now dead, also emerge.
BBC News – US & Canada

Egypt says it has bombed Islamic State targets in Libya, hours after video emerged showing the apparent beheadings of 21 Egyptian Christians.
BBC News – Africa

Sunday at All-Star Weekend highlighted by the main event – the game between the Western Conference and Eastern Conference squads in the e
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A review of HM Revenue and Customs’ approach to tax evasion and avoidance will report by July if Labour comes to power, Ed Miliband says.
BBC News – Business

Lebanon marks the 10th anniversary of the assassination of the former PM Rafik Hariri with rallies and prayers of remembrance.
BBC News – Middle East

An Argentine prosecutor asks a judge to investigate the country’s president over allegations she helped cover up Iran’s links to a 1994 bombing.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Ukraine’s president says a truce agreed with pro-Russian rebels in the east must be honoured, as he orders the army to stop fighting.
BBC News – Europe

People who are obese or have alcohol or drug problems could have their sickness benefits cut if they refuse treatment, David Cameron says, as he launches a review of the system.
BBC News – UK

Canadian police say they have foiled an imminent plot to carry out a mass shooting in the Halifax area and have made three arrests.
BBC News – US & Canada