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Car insurance premiums have decreased sharply with the average price falling by more than £100 for the first three months of the year, figures suggest.
BBC News – Business

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas says he is still ready to extend peace talks with Israel, despite a recent breakdown in the process.
BBC News – Middle East

Brazilian ex-army colonel Paulo Malhaes, who recently admitted to killing prisoners during military rule, is murdered by unknown men in his home.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Moscow offers to help free European military observers held in Ukraine by pro-Russia activists, as EU states plan new sanctions on Russia.
BBC News – Europe

A UK helicopter has crashed in southern Afghanistan, killing all five British personnel on board.
BBC News – UK

The mother of a Somali teenager who survived a US flight in a wheel well tells of her relief to discover that the son she has not seen for six years is alive.
BBC News – US & Canada

Zimbabwe’s opposition MDC party suspends leader Morgan Tsvangirai for “deviating from democratic principles”.
BBC News – Africa

Royal Bank of Scotland abandons attempts to pay bonuses twice the size of salaries after being told the move would not be approved by a Treasury body.
BBC News – Business

Israeli PM Netanyahu tells the BBC Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas must abandon his pact with Hamas if he wants peace talks to resume.
BBC News – Middle East

Brazilian police clash with resident of a slum in Rio, after the funeral of dancer who was shot by officers during unrest there on Tuesday.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Formula 1 boss Bernie Ecclestone denies charges of bribery at the start of his trial in Munich and says he will fight to clear his name.
BBC News – Europe

Mortgage applicants will face tougher questions about their lifestyle from lenders, under new rules about to come into force.
BBC News – UK

The US accuses Russia of “deception and destabilisation” in eastern Ukraine, warning of further sanctions unless Moscow defuses the crisis.
BBC News – US & Canada

After a crisis meeting, Nigeria’s government vows to do all it can to rescue some 190 girls abducted from their school last week.
BBC News – Africa

The UK government borrowed £107.7bn in the financial year to April 2014, lower than the amount it borrowed the previous year.
BBC News – Business

Rival Palestinian factions Fatah and Hamas announce a reconciliation deal, saying they will seek to form a unity government in the coming weeks.
BBC News – Middle East

Weeks before the World Cup, deadly clashes break out in the Brazilian city of Rio after the body of a young man is found, allegedly beaten by police.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan offers condolences for the first time for the mass killings of Armenians under Ottoman rule during WWI.
BBC News – Europe

British counter-terrorism police chiefs are making an unprecedented appeal to Muslim women to urge men against travelling to possibly fight in Syria.
BBC News – UK

A first US contingent arrives in Poland for military exercises amid heightened tensions with Russia over Ukraine.
BBC News – US & Canada