Craig Taylor

Stormy weather leaves angry passengers stranded at Gatwick, while thousands face Christmas without power and flood warnings force residents to leave their homes.
BBC News – UK

The US government offers help to anyone who misses the latest – 24 December deadline – to enrol for President Obama’s health insurance scheme.
BBC News – US & Canada

Thousands of people must have been killed in the past week of violence in South Sudan, the UN humanitarian co-ordinator there tells the BBC.
BBC News – Africa

Rail fares are to rise by an average of 2.8% from 2 January, after Chancellor George Osborne said regulated fares must stay in line with July’s RPI inflation figure.
BBC News – Business

US technology giant Apple signs a deal to supply its iPhone to China Mobile – the world’s largest carrier with over 760 million subscribers.
BBC News – Business

Russia sends 75 vehicles to Syria to assist the international operation to destroy or remove its chemical weapons.
BBC News – Middle East

Six foreigners and two UAE citizens are sentenced to up to a year in jail for making what they say is a spoof video about Dubai youth culture.
BBC News – Middle East

The CIA has provided intelligence and technology used by Colombia to kill at least two dozen Farc rebel leaders, the Washington Post alleges.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Hundreds of Afghan asylum seekers set up a protest camp in the Belgian town of Mons, demanding to meet Prime Minister Elio di Rupo.
BBC News – Europe

Turkish police use tear gas against thousands of anti-government protesters in Istanbul as Prime Minister Erdogan lashes out angrily at “plotters”.
BBC News – Europe

Thai anti-government protesters surround a stadium where candidates were due to register for February’s elections, in a bid to disrupt the polls.
BBC News – Asia

Diomedes Diaz, one of Colombia’s most popular vallenato musicians, has died of a heart attack aged 56, just days after releasing a new album.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

A member of Russian punk band Pussy Riot, freed from jail earlier, says foreign countries should boycott February’s Winter Olympics in Sochi.
BBC News – Europe

Road, rail and air passengers are battling with severe weather as heavy rain and winds disrupt the Christmas getaway.
BBC News – UK

Schaft, a Japanese robot owned by Google, beat 15 rivals to score more points across a series of rescue-themed challenges set by the Pentagon.
BBC News – US & Canada

About two million Americans are having spending limits on their debit cards cut following a hack attack on US retailer Target.
BBC News – US & Canada

An ice storm bringing snow and freezing rain to eastern Canada and the north-east US leaves many without power and causes transport disruption.
BBC News – US & Canada

Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan accuses ex-leader Olusegun Obasanjo of threatening “national security” by whipping up opposition to his rule.
BBC News – Africa

South Sudan’s army is preparing to enter the rebel-held town of Bor, President Salva Kiir tells parliament, amid escalating ethnic violence.
BBC News – Africa