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A court in New York sentences former Guatemalan President Alfonso Portillo to five years and 10 months in jail for taking bribes from Taiwan.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

A dawn attack on a checkpoint in eastern Ukraine leaves at least 14 soldiers dead, in the worst loss of life for government forces to date.
BBC News – Europe

UKIP’s support surges, with Labour also making gains as Tories and Lib Dem lose seats in the English local elections, with most results still to come.
BBC News – UK

A man accused of kidnapping a teenager and holding her captive for 10 years and forcing her to marry him is charged in a California court.
BBC News – US & Canada

The UN Security Council approves sanctions against the Nigerian militant group Boko Haram, five weeks after it kidnapped more than 200 schoolgirls.
BBC News – Africa

Thunder falls to Spurs 112-77 in Game 2
Thunder News

UK retail sales rose by 6.9% in April compared with the same month a year earlier, new official figures show.
BBC News – Business

A court in Egypt sentences ousted President Hosni Mubarak to three years in prison after finding him and his two sons guilty of embezzlement.
BBC News – Middle East

Access to an online newspaper launched by Cuban dissident blogger Yoani Sanchez is blocked on the communist-run island shortly after it went live.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Russia’s President Vladimir Putin agrees a multi-billion dollar, 30-year gas deal with China at a summit between the two in Shanghai.
BBC News – Europe

The Police Federation must make sweeping changes and public funding will cease from August, the home secretary says.
BBC News – UK

President Barack Obama vows to punish those responsible for “dishonourable” alleged misconduct at hospitals for US military veterans.
BBC News – US & Canada

Suspected Boko Haram fighters are accused of killing at least 27 people in two northern Nigeria villages, a day after deadly bombings in the city of Jos.
BBC News – Africa

Higher fares for flights and ferries helped to push the rate of inflation up in April, the first increase in the rate for 10 months.
BBC News – Business

Nearly 60 countries led by Switzerland express support for a proposal to refer the conflict in Syria to the International Criminal Court (ICC).
BBC News – Middle East

Colombians have been mourning the death of 33 children, who were killed when the bus they were travelling on caught fire in the city of Fundacion.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Ukraine’s richest man, Rinat Akhmetov, calls for a mass rally for peace in the east of the country, accusing separatists of leading Ukraine towards “genocide”.
BBC News – Europe