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Libya: US backs arming of government for IS fight 16 May 2016 From the section Africa Image caption John Kerry said the unity government was the only way to generate the cohesion needed to defeat IS The US and other world powers have said they are ready to arm Libya's UN-backed unity government to help it fight the self-styled Islamic State (IS) group. Speaking in Vienna, US Secretary of State John Kerr…

Boris Johnson compares EU expansion to Hitler 15 May 2016 From the section EU Referendum Image copyright Getty Images Boris Johnson has compared the European Union's expansion to Adolf Hitler's attempts to conquer Europe. The Tory MP and Leave campaigner said both Napoleon and Hitler had failed to unite Europe under one authority - saying "the EU is an attempt to do this by different methods". Labour MP Yvette Cooper, from th…

Man guilty of Donald Lock 'road rage' killing 16 May 2016 From the section England Image copyright Sussex Police Image caption Matthew Daley suffered from chronic mental health problems, his trial heard A man who stabbed a retired solicitor 39 times after a crash between their cars has been cleared of murder but convicted of his manslaughter. Matthew Daley, …

Angelina Jolie-Pitt: Refugee system breaking down 16 May 2016 From the section Europe Media captionWATCH: Angelina Jolie-Pitt talks to the BBC's Mishal Husain about the migration crisisAngelina Jolie-Pitt, the UN refugee agency's special envoy, has warned that the international humanitarian system for refugees is breaking down. Ms Jolie-Pitt has been speaking as part of the BBC's World on the Move day of coverage of global migration issues. She said the "number of conflicts and scale of displacement had gro…

UN urges global response to refugee crisis 16 May 2016 From the section Europe Media captionBBC examines the statistics of migration over decades across the worldThe UN high commissioner for refugees has warned that asylum seekers have become a global phenomenon that requires a global response. Filippo Grandi told the BBC more nations had to help the "few host countries" shouldering the burden. He said that, last year, less than 1% of 20 million refugees had been resettled in another nation. More people ar…

Colombia seizes record cocaine haul in Turbo 16 May 2016 From the section Latin America & Caribbean Image copyright EPA/Colombian Police Image caption Police put the haul on display in Turbo, capital of the Uraba region of Antioquia Police in Colombia say they have seized their largest ever domestic haul of illegal drugs - nearly eight tonnes of cocaine. …

Charity Save the Children urges 'new deal' for child refugees By Lyse Doucet Chief international correspondent 16 May 2016 From the section Europe Image copyright AP Image caption Many child migrants like this boy in northern Greece have made the perilous journey to Europe Save the Children is calling for greater international co…

Philippines: Duterte vows to bring back death penalty 15 May 2016 From the section Asia Image copyright Reuters Image caption Mr Duterte made a series of controversial remarks during his election campaign. Philippines President-elect Rodrigo Duterte has vowed to reintroduce capital punishment and give security forces permission to shoot to kill. The controve…

French female ministers decry sexual harassment 15 May 2016 From the section Europe Image copyright AFP/Getty Images Image caption Former French Culture Minister Fleur Pellerin was one of the signatories Seventeen women who have served as ministers in France say they will no longer be silent about sexual harassment in politics. All 17 signatories to the decl…

Suicide bombers target Iraqi gas plant 15 May 2016 From the section Middle East Image caption Breaking News image A suicide attack on an Iraqi gas factory near Baghdad has killed at least 11 people and wounded many others, officials say. Early on Sunday a car blew up at the entrance of the facility in Taji, a northern suburb of the capital. Six attackers wearing explosive vests then entered the plant, …

In the letter to the Sunday Times, Russian sports minister Vitaly Mutko stops short of admitting the Russian state was complicit in dopingRussia is "very sorry" and "ashamed" of cheating athletes who were not caught by its anti-doping systems, the country's sports minister has said. Russia was banned from international competition after a damning report by the World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada). But Vitaly Mutko argues not lifting the ban for the 2016 Rio Olympics would be "unfair and disproportionate" and that clean athletes should not be punished. They will have been rigorously tested by Rio, he writes in the Sunday Times. Wada's report depicted a culture of systematic…

Children in care 'let down for too long', says David Cameron 15 May 2016 From the section UK Image copyright PA The government is to pass new laws to encourage adoption, as part of plans to improve the chances of children in social care, David Cameron has said. Writing in the Sunday Times, the PM promised "zero tolerance" of state failure around social care and a new covenant for those leaving care. New laws will encourage th…

Venezuela crisis: Maduro orders seizure of closed factories 14 May 2016 From the section Latin America & Caribbean Image copyright EPA Image caption Hundreds of protesters gathered on the streets of Caracas The Venezuelan president, Nicolas Maduro, has ordered the seizure of factories that have stopped production and the jailing of their owners. In a spe…

Motiur Rahman Nizami: Bangladeshi Islamist leader executed 10 May 2016 From the section Asia Image copyright AFP Image caption Nizami is the fourth leader from Jamaat-e-Islami to be executed in recent years Bangladesh has executed a top Islamist leader for crimes committed during the war of independence from Pakistan in 1971, the law minister says. Motiur Ra…