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Air Canada suspends flights between Toronto and Caracas over security concerns.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Ukraine’s military says an officer has been killed at a military base in Crimea, shortly after Moscow signed a treaty on Crimea joining Russia.
BBC News – Europe

Working families could get a childcare subsidy of up to £2,000 per child by 2015, under new government proposals.
BBC News – UK

Two people have been killed when a news helicopter crashed in central Seattle at the foot of the landmark Space Needle, fire officials say.
BBC News – US & Canada

Somali Islamist fighters attack a hotel where African Union and army commanders were staying, in a strategic town the militants lost control of last week.
BBC News – Africa

Vodafone agrees to buy Spanish cable operator Ono for 7.2bn euros ($ 10bn; £6bn), in a deal aimed at expanding its interests in Europe.
BBC News – Business

Syria’s military says it has recaptured Yabroud, the last major rebel stronghold near the Lebanese border.
BBC News – Middle East

El Salvador’s electoral court confirms the victory of former left-wing rebel Salvador Sanchez Ceren in a tight presidential run-off election.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

EU foreign ministers are to discuss more sanctions against Russia after a Moscow-backed referendum in Crimea supported a split from Ukraine.
BBC News – Europe

HS2 chairman Sir David Higgins calls on the government to “accelerate” the northern section of the £50bn high-speed rail project.
BBC News – UK

Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba announces plans for a flotation in the US, saying the move will make it “a more global company”.
BBC News – US & Canada

US Navy Seals board and take control of a North Korea-flagged tanker that had loaded oil at a rebel-held port in Libya.
BBC News – Africa

China’s largest Twitter-like service Sina Weibo unveils plans to sell shares to raise $ 500m (£300m) on the US stock market.
BBC News – Business

Police in Japan arrest a man suspected of vandalising copies of Anne Frank’s diaries and related material.
BBC News – Middle East

The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) approves a deal to end a dispute over $ 1.6bn (£1bn) cost overruns that delayed the work to widen the waterway.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Moscow is isolated as it vetoes a UN draft resolution criticising Sunday’s secession referendum in Crimea, as Kiev claims a new Russian incursion.
BBC News – Europe

A bomb thought to have been thrown at a police patrol in west Belfast on Friday night was in fact detonated by a command wire, the PSNI has said.
BBC News – UK

A US regulator sues 16 banks – including some of the world’s largest – for allegedly manipulating the London interbank offered rate (Libor).
BBC News – US & Canada

Six Egyptian soldiers are shot dead at a checkpoint in the Cairo suburb of Shubra al-Khaymah, state media report.
BBC News – Africa

The vast majority of staff at Morrisons have been affected by the theft of payroll data, the company has said.
BBC News – Business