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One of the officials, the former military police commander, has been arrested, local media reported.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

The Macron government’s reforms immediately prompt calls for strike action by unions on 19 January.
BBC News – Europe

Health managers say Wednesday’s walkout in England and Wales will be harder to cope with.
BBC News – UK

Mr Biden says he is “surprised” by the papers, which reportedly include material on Ukraine and the UK.
BBC News – US & Canada

Footage has surfaced online showing people with South African army uniforms setting ablaze corpses.
BBC News – Africa

Is it worth killing time in Killingworth? We bet nobody has ever made that joke before…

Killingworth is best known as one of the 1960’s rounds of New Towns. The New Town sprung up around what had been Kil […]

Renters are being hit harder than owners by rising housing costs, official data shows.
BBC News – Business

A crowd gathered in Karaj amid reports authorities were preparing to execute another two protesters.
BBC News – Middle East

While much has been said about Bolsonaro’s loss, this is more about the man he lost to – Lula.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Moscow says it killed Ukrainian forces in a “mass missile strike” but hasn’t provided any evidence.
BBC News – Europe

Unite says NHS talks were a “missed opportunity”, as unions say this week’s strikes will go ahead.
BBC News – UK

A “parade of cyclones” is on the way giving the state no time to recover from last week’s deadly storms.
BBC News – US & Canada

The authorities are searching for the 32 victims who it is believed are being held in a forest.
BBC News – Africa

Higher rates mean that some people are putting off buying a home or renewing mortgages.
BBC News – Business

Mohammad Mahdi Karami and Seyed Mohammad Hosseini said they had been forced to make false confessions.
BBC News – Middle East

The big-wave Brazilian pioneer fell while surfing giant waves off Nazaré in central Portugal.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Few in Ukraine’s eastern city of Bakhmut expected Russia’s declared truce to be matched with action.
BBC News – Europe

In a new clip, he also speaks about how difficult it was to meet the public after his mother died.
BBC News – UK

Ana Montes was described as being among “the most damaging spies” ever caught by the US.
BBC News – US & Canada

Nigeria wants local languages to replace English in primary education, but some say it’s not practical.
BBC News – Africa