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At least 43 people have been killed and dozens hurt by a suspected car bomb blast near a border crossing between Syria and Turkey, activists say.
BBC News – Middle East

Brazilian riot police in Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro fire tear gas to break up protests against the cost of hosting the football World Cup.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Rivals for the EU’s top job argue about the debt crisis, immigration and other key issues live on TV, in a landmark event for the EU.
BBC News – Europe

Ofgem imposes a £12m mis-selling penalty on energy supplier E.On, resulting in a pay-out for around 330,000 customers.
BBC News – UK

President Barack Obama joins September 11 survivors and rescuers at the dedication of a memorial museum on the site of the attacks.
BBC News – US & Canada

Nigeria’s president will on Friday visit the town of Chibok, where more than 200 schoolgirls were abducted a month ago, officials say.
BBC News – Africa

The UK’s unemployment rate falls to a five-year low of 6.8% while the number of people in work rises to a record high, official figures show.
BBC News – Business

Negotiators express caution as they meet in Vienna to try to draft an agreement to provide a comprehensive solution to the Iranian nuclear issue.
BBC News – Middle East

Police in Venezuela detain some 80 demonstrators who were marching to demand the release of those arrested in recent anti-government protests.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Major trade unions in Turkey announce a one-day strike in protest at the country’s worst ever mine disaster, as a period of national mourning begins.
BBC News – Europe

The care given to people dying in hospital is “deeply concerning”, according to doctors who have carried out a review of standards in England.
BBC News – UK

The Pentagon is considering transferring Private Chelsea Manning to a civilian prison in order to treat her gender dysphoria, US media report.
BBC News – US & Canada

Soldiers open fire on their commander in the north-eastern Nigeria, witnesses say, as anger grows over failure to tackle Islamist insurgency.
BBC News – Africa

The chief executive of AstraZeneca warns that new drug development could be hit if it was taken over by Pfizer, but Business Secretary Vince Cable says blocking a takeover is “tricky”.
BBC News – Business

Former Israeli PM Ehud Olmert is sentenced to six years in prison for bribery in one of the biggest corruption scandals in the country’s history.
BBC News – Middle East

A Colombian paramilitary suspected of killing Carlos Castano, boss of the country’s largest paramilitary group, is arrested in the city of Medellin.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Germany’s foreign minister says Ukraine’s presidential election on 25 May will be “crucial” in bringing the country out of its current crisis.
BBC News – Europe

A 59-year-old man from York is arrested on suspicion of murdering chef Claudia Lawrence, who has been missing since 2009.
BBC News – UK

The US reveals it is flying manned surveillance missions over Nigeria to try to find more than 200 schoolgirls kidnapped by the militant Islamist group Boko Haram.
BBC News – US & Canada

Relatives and friends of the abducted Nigerian schoolgirls identify some of them from a video released by Boko Haram Islamist militants.
BBC News – Africa