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Welcome to the latest Global News recorded just after midnight GMT on Thursday, the 1st of May. I'm Maddy Savage, with a selection of highlights from across BBC World Service News. Coming up;

"I am innocent totally of any part in the abduction, the killing or the burial of Jean McConville." But one of the most high-profile names in Irish politics has been arrested in connection with a murder that happened more than forty years ago. We'll look back at the case and bring you reaction. Also; Iraq has voted in a general election, but is it a democracy worth its name? / You see, __ __ which has systematically been destroyed, and yet nobody is rising, even __, to protect the Iraqi people." Also; What the UN's human rights chief made of the two top men in South Sudan. "I was appalled, they were not showing any concern." Our global health reporter looks at a warning about the spread of bacteria that're resistant to antibiotics. And; Why computer coding should be so easy even a BBC reporter can do it? "I'__ dragging, turn 15 degrees ..." "... and you can ..." " ... anti-clockwise. Ah, fantastic. Look, I've animated. I've done my first bit of scratch animation." ...