News Headlines - 10 March 2015

▽ECB Starts Buying German, Italian Government Bonds Under QE Plan - Bloomberg Business

The ECB and national central banks started buying sovereign debt on Monday under the 19-month plan to inject 1.1 trillion euros ($1.2 trillion) into the economy. While purchases included bonds from at least five countries, the size of individual trades -- at between 15 million euros and 50 million euros -- was small relative to the program’s goals, according to people with knowledge of the transactions.

▽Video: Apple watch event: highlights - Telegraph

Apple’s long-awaited Watch Sport, Watch and Watch Edition will go on sale in the UK on April 24, Apple has announced, and will be available for pre-order from April 10, with prices starting from ￡299, ￡479 and ￡8,000 respectively.

▽CIA sought to hack Apple iPhones from earliest days: The Intercept | Reuters

CIA researchers have worked for nearly a decade to break the security protecting Apple (AAPL.O) phones and tablets, investigative news site The Intercept reported on Tuesday, citing documents obtained from NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden.

▽Hundreds of convicted sex offenders are missing, new figures show | The Guardian

A total of 396 registered sex offenders – who are supposed to be monitored by police and inform authorities if they change address – are missing across the UK, with some out of contact with police for more than a decade, according to freedom of information responses to the Press Association.

▽India's ban on December 16 film won't last long: Leslee Udwin

India's ban on a controversial documentary on the December 16 gangrape will "not last very long" as the country's courts "are not puppets" of the government, British filmmaker Leslee Udwin has said.