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The city regulator proposes that banks set a minimum savings rate because the market is not working.
BBC News – Business

The apparently co-ordinated attacks are the deadliest on government-held territory in months.
BBC News – Middle East

The two prisoners escaped in uniforms after apparently paying off warders.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Rescuers comb land and sea for dozens of people missing after fires that claimed at least 80 lives.
BBC News – Europe

Judges say Tini Owens will not be able to divorce until 2020, after five years of separation.
BBC News – UK

Donald Trump and lawyer Michael Cohen discuss Karen McDougal in a 2016 recording aired by CNN.
BBC News – US & Canada

The statistics that explain how things have got so bad in Zimbabwe.
BBC News – Africa

For the second year running, travel watchdog Transport Focus has asked customers for their views.
BBC News – Business

Rising Iran-US tension sparks barbs of “the mother of all wars” and “you will suffer”.
BBC News – Middle East

Nicaragua’s President Ortega says he will serve his current term until 2021, as protests continue.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean