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Nigeria’s secret police says 21 people have been killed in an attempted jailbreak by detainees at its headquarters in the capital Abuja.
BBC News – Africa

A senior MP says the Financial Conduct Authority appears to have made an “extraordinary blunder” by allowing details of an investigation into old insurance policies to emerge ahead of schedule.
BBC News – Business

A suicide car bomber attacks a Lebanese army checkpoint near the Syrian border, killing three soldiers and wounding four others, reports say.
BBC News – Middle East

Cuba’s National Assembly approves a bill aimed at making the Communist-run island more attractive to foreign investors.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

US Secretary of State John Kerry has his homebound flight diverted to meet Russia’s Sergei Lavrov in a new attempt to solve the Ukraine crisis.
BBC News – Europe

Victorino Chua appears in court charged with murdering three people at Stepping Hill Hospital in Stockport in 2011.
BBC News – UK

New Jersey Governor and presumed White House hopeful Chris Christie says a row over a traffic jam on a bridge to New York City has hurt his standing.
BBC News – US & Canada

More than a million people have been forced out of their homes since the South Sudan conflict began in December, the UN says.
BBC News – Africa

Regulators are to investigate firms running 30m old financial policies – including pensions and endowments – worth £150bn over fears customers are subjected to “unfair” conditions.
BBC News – Business

Egypt’s new military chief and defence minister is sworn in, a day after Field Marshal Abdul Fattah al-Sisi stands down to run for the presidency.
BBC News – Middle East

El Salvador’s Arena party finally accepts the defeat of its candidate to former rebel leader Salvador Sanchez Ceren in a tight vote earlier this month.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Germany says any future changes to the EU must be fair to all members, boosting David Cameron’s renegotiation hopes.
BBC News – Europe

About 6% of social housing tenants in Britain affected by changes to benefits partly designed to cut under-occupancy have moved home, BBC research suggests.
BBC News – UK

US President Barack Obama says Russia must move its troops back from Ukraine’s border and de-escalate the situation.
BBC News – US & Canada

The defence in the murder trial of Oscar Pistorius is postponed because one of the assessors assisting the judge has been taken ill.
BBC News – Africa

The government and the Labour party both claim credit for an energy price freeze on customer bills announced by UK electricity and gas supplier SSE.
BBC News – Business

Field Marshal Abdul Fattah al-Sisi announces he is resigning as Egypt’s military chief in order to stand for the presidency.
BBC News – Middle East

Opposition Venezuelan congresswoman Maria Corina Machado returns to Caracas after having her mandate revoked by the National Assembly.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

After talks in Brussels, EU and US leaders say they are considering “deeper sanctions” against Russia if its troops move further into Ukraine.
BBC News – Europe

Thousands of people are at risk of serious harm or even murder because of widespread failure by police in England and Wales to deal with domestic abuse, an official report says.
BBC News – UK