Bill Gates and Nigerias Aliko Dangote pledge $100m for malnutrition

Some of the worlds richest people have teamed up in the fight against malnutrition in Nigeria where more than half a million children. Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and Africas richest man, Aliko Dangote on Thursday (January 21) pledged $100m (£70.92m) to fight malnutrition in Nigeria. The partnership between the two foundations was announced at a news conference in Nigerias capital Abuja. Jan 21, 2016

Marina Litvinenko calls for ban and imposition of Vladimir Putin

President Vladimir Putin probably approved a Russian intelligence operation to murder ex-KBG agent Alexander Litvinenko, a judge led-British inquiry into the 2006 killing in London concluded on 21 January. Litvinenko, 43, an outspoken critic of Putin who fled Russia, died after drinking green tea laced with the rare radioactive isotope polonium-210 at Londons plush Millennium Hotel. Jan 21, 2016