Craig Taylor

Fighting is continuing in South Sudan, the army tells the BBC, as the warring factions prepare to begin peace talks in Ethiopia.
BBC News – Africa

Coins marking the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow and the 100th anniversary of the start of World War One will enter circulation in 2014.
BBC News – Business

A UN deadline for Syria to hand over its chemical weapons stockpile looks certain to be missed after the European ships due to collect them turn back.
BBC News – Middle East

The worst heatwave in northern Argentina since records began has killed at least seven people since Christmas Eve.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Citizens of Romania and Bulgaria can work without restrictions across the European Union after transitional controls end.
BBC News – Europe

All Bulgarian and Romanian citizens will be free to live and work in the UK after temporary controls in place since 2007 come to an end.
BBC News – UK

The US hails the release of the last three Chinese Muslim Uighurs from the US military prison at Guantanamo Bay as a “significant milestone”.
BBC News – US & Canada

Observers say they hope talks between South Sudan’s government and rebels will begin in the near future, but fighting continues to rage.
BBC News – Africa

The head of the CBI, John Cridland, says too many people are “stuck” in minimum wage jobs despite an improvement in the UK economy.
BBC News – Business

Lebanese troops fire at Syrian aircraft crossing into Lebanese airspace, the first time they have taken such action since the conflict in Syria began.
BBC News – Middle East

Buenos Aires officials ask public sector workers to stay at home in an attempt to drive down electricity demand heightened by a heatwave.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

At least 14 people are killed in a blast in the Russian city of Volgograd, in what officials say is the second suicide attack there in two days.
BBC News – Europe

Migrants are to face new charges for some NHS services in England, ministers say, but GP consultations will remain free.
BBC News – UK

Al-Qaeda had no direct involvement in the September 2012 attack on the US mission in Benghazi that killed the US ambassador, the New York Times reports.
BBC News – US & Canada

DR Congo’s army repulses several attacks in the capital, Kinshasa, killing about 46 members of an “unknown terrorist group”, the government says.
BBC News – Africa

Barclays is fined $ 3.75m (£2.28m) by a US regulator for allegedly failing to keep proper electronic records, emails and instant messages.
BBC News – Business

The global chemical weapons watchdog calls on Syria to “intensify its efforts” to help ship out its most dangerous chemical weapons for destruction.
BBC News – Middle East

At least 59 inmates have been killed in a single northern Brazilian prison this year, according to a judicial report detailing torture and sexual violence.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Forecasters warn of a fresh burst of heavy rain and wind across the UK on Monday, as some homes hit by Christmas storms are told they face more days without power.
BBC News – Europe