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BBC News with Julie Candler.

The Ethiopian Prime Minister has declared that the federal government army is now fully in control of *, the capital of the * province after more than three weeks of fighting. He said his troops were in the process of looking for * leaders responsible for the rebellion. There is no independent confirmation of the Prime Minister’s assertions.   

More than 40,000 people have fled the fighting in *. The UN Refugee Agency says Sudan will need 115 million dollars to provide water, shelter and health services.

There have been calls for restrict following the assassination of Iran’s top nuclear scientist in an ambush near Tehran. The Iranians are blaming Friday’s killing on Israel.

There have been reports of more demonstrations by anti-government protestors in several Iraqi cities including * where dozens returned to a central square. At least 5 people have been killed.

Police in Paris have used water cannon against the radical fringe of the largely peaceful protests against the proposed security law. The bill would make it an offence to put footage of the security force on the internet with malicious intent.

Thousands of people have again been protesting in cities across Poland against a court ruling that introduce a near total ban on abortion. At the start of March, demonstrators renamed a junction in central Warsaw, “Women’s rights round about”, by hanging a temporary placard as the street sign.

At least 40 people have been killed in northeastern Nigeria, a region where both * and Islamist State West Africa Group are active. Reports say the victims were farmers near * in * state.

Italian football club * has thanked the army for removing several second world war bombs found at its training ground during building work. At least 20 of the devices were unearthed at the * facility.