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The UK pensions system is not working, the City watchdog has concluded after a review into the “disorderly” annuities market.
BBC News – Business

UN humanitarian chief Valerie Amos urges the Security Council to act on Syria to stop “flagrant” violation of international humanitarian law.
BBC News – Middle East

Police arrest a man suspected of throwing a flare which mortally wounded Brazilian TV cameraman Santiago Andrade in northern Bahia state.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

The mayor of Florence, Matteo Renzi, is widely expected to be asked for form a new Italian government after the resignation of PM Enrico Letta.
BBC News – Europe

Thousands of sandbags are being used to protect homes as more heavy rain and gale-force winds hit southern Britain.
BBC News – UK

A storm unleashes a second wave of snowfall on the US north-east, after it cut power to half a million people and left 7,500 flights cancelled.
BBC News – US & Canada

A UN team is to visit the area in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, where more than 70 people are believed to have been killed recently.
BBC News – Africa

Lloyds Banking Group announces pre-tax profit of £415m for 2013, reversing previous year’s loss of £606m.
BBC News – Business

Activists in Syria report a surge in fighting across the country, amid attempts to broker a peace deal in the Swiss city of Geneva.
BBC News – Middle East

At least two people are shot dead and 23 injured during a student demonstration in the Venezuelan capital, Caracas.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Italy’s Democratic Party is to hold a crisis meeting, amid speculation that PM Enrico Letta could be replaced by his younger rival Matteo Renzi.
BBC News – Europe

Tens of thousands of homes in England and Wales remain without power and there is some transport disruption following hurricane-force winds.
BBC News – UK

A winter snowstorm of “historical proportions” is bearing down on the US north-east, after gridlocking traffic and causing power cuts across the South.
BBC News – US & Canada

Central African Republic leader Catherine Samba-Panza says she will “go to war” with Christian militias who are slaughtering Muslims.
BBC News – Africa

Bank of England governor Mark Carney is expected to overhaul his flagship forward guidance policy on interest rates.
BBC News – Business

UN aid agencies say they are concerned about the safety of scores of men and boys detained by the Syrian authorities after fleeing Homs.
BBC News – Middle East

Eight Honduran consuls working in the US are suspended pending an investigation into allegations they illegally issued identity papers.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Dozens more art works emerge at the house of Cornelius Gurlitt, the collector found with hundreds of paintings believed stolen by the Nazis.
BBC News – Europe

PM David Cameron unveils measures to help those hit by flooding, but warns more bad weather means things could get worse before they get better.
BBC News – UK

US President Barack Obama and French President Francois Hollande reaffirm their nations’ alliance after revelations of US snooping.
BBC News – US & Canada