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Bangladeshi university professor hacked to death in Rajshahi 23 April 2016 From the section Asia Image copyright AFP Image caption Professor Siddique taught English at the local university A university professor has been hacked to death in Bangladesh, in an attack police say is similar to a number of killings of secular bloggers and atheist activists in the p…

BHS to file for administration, putting 11,000 jobs at risk 25 April 2016 From the section Business Media captionWould shoppers miss BHS on the high street? The BBC finds outHigh Street retailer BHS is to file for administration on Monday, threatening almost 11,000 jobs. BHS representatives have told the BBC that it will go into administration. It comes after sources close to the company's owners admitted that "things don't look good". Talks with Sports Direct to sell some of BHS's 164 stores collapsed ove…

US election 2016: Cruz and Kasich team up to slow Trump 25 April 2016 From the section US Election 2016 Image copyright AP Image caption Cruz (L) and Kasich. Some Republican strategists have been urging this deal for weeks Donald Trump's two rivals for the Republican party's presidential nomination have announced they will now co-ordinate strategies against h…

Kurdish PKK warns Turkey of long fight for freedom By Ian Pannell BBC News, northern Iraq 25 April 2016 From the section Europe Media captionCemil Bayik says the PKK is open to negotiations with TurkeyThe Kurdish rebel PKK movement has told the BBC that it is ready to intensify its fight against Turkey because Ankara is trying to make it surrender. Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) leader Cemil Bayik said President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was "escalating this war". "The Kurds will d…

Mexico missing students: Government 'hampered' independent inquiry 24 April 2016 From the section Latin America & Caribbean Image copyright Reuters Image caption Relatives of the missing students attended the delivery of the panel's final report A panel of international experts investigating the disappearance of 43 Mexican trainee teachers in 2014 says th…

Barack Obama visit: UK more effective at fighting terror inside EU 22 April 2016 From the section UK Image copyright PA Image caption The president touched down at Stansted Airport earlier The UK's ability to fight terrorism would be "more effective" if it sticks together with its European allies, the US President Barack Obama has said. Writing in the Daily …

Papa Wemba, Congo music star, dies after stage collapse 24 April 2016 From the section Entertainment & Arts Media captionWatch a clip from Papa Wemba's 2015 music video D'adorationThe influential Congolese musician Papa Wemba has died aged 66 after collapsing during a concert. Footage from the show in Ivory Coast showed him slumped on stage. His dancers, unaware of what was happening, continued to perform before rushing to his aid. In a career spanning almost half a century, Wemba became known as the "t…

Syria conflict: Obama rules out ground troops for Syria 24 April 2016 From the section Middle East Media captionBarack Obama said "applying international pressure" would help broker a transitionPresident Barack Obama has ruled out deploying US ground troops in Syria and says military efforts alone cannot solve the country's problems. "It would be a mistake for the United States, or Great Britain... to send in ground troops and overthrow the [Bashar al-] Assad regime," he told the BBC. He also said he did no…

Migrant crisis: EU-Turkey deal is 'working' 23 April 2016 From the section Europe Media captionMr Tusk said "no-one has the right to lecture Turkey on what they should do"Last month's EU-Turkey deal on tackling the migrant flow has begun to produce results, a top EU official has said. "We have seen a sharp reduction of the illegal migration flows," European Council President Donald Tusk said. In Turkey, he praised Ankara as "the best example in the world on how to treat refugees", despite criticism by righ…

Comedian Victoria Wood dies aged 62 20 April 2016 From the section Entertainment & Arts Comedian Victoria Wood has died aged 62 after a short battle with cancer, her publicist has said. She found fame in the 1980s with her TV series Victoria Wood As Seen On TV. The actress, singer and songwriter was awarded an CBE in 2008. This breaking news story is being updated and more details will be published shortly. Please refresh the page for the fullest version. If you want to receive Breaking News alerts via email, or on a smartphone or tablet via the BBC News App then details on how to do so are a…

Migrant crisis: Merkel and EU officials visit Turkey to promote deal 23 April 2016 From the section Europe Image copyright AP Image caption Mrs Merkel and EU officials are due to visit a refugee camp in Gaziantep near the Turkish-Syrian border German Chancellor Angela Merkel and top EU officials are due to visit the Turkish-Syrian border to promote a controve…

VW reaches US deal in emissions scandal 21 April 2016 From the section Business VW to offer "substantial payout" to car owners and buy-back in US deal over emissions cheat scandal This breaking news story is being updated and more details will be published shortly. Please refresh the page for the fullest version. If you want to receive Breaking News alerts via email, or on a smartphone or tablet via the BBC News App then details on how to do so are available on this help page. You can also follow @BBCBreaking on Twitter to get the latest alerts. View the full article

Singer Prince dies suddenly at 57 21 April 2016 From the section US & Canada Image copyright AFP Image caption Prince was still performing as recently as last week Singer Prince has died at his Paisley Park estate in Minnesota at the age of 57, his publicist tells AP. Police were called to a medical emergency at his estate earlier on Thursday, US media r…

Syria conflict: Largest aid convoy reaches besieged Rastan 21 April 2016 From the section Middle East Image copyright ICRC Syria Image caption The 65 lorries in the convoy carried much-needed aid for some 120,000 people The largest aid convoy so far in Syria has reached a besieged rebel-held town in the centre of the country. Sixty-five lorries are deliverin…