Craig Taylor

David Cameron says 2016 will be a ‘game-changer’ for the UK, pledging reforms to home ownership and a crackdown on extremism.
BBC News – UK

Bill Cosby’s defence lawyer calls the sexual assault charges brought against the comedian “politically motivated”.
BBC News – US & Canada

Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame confirms he will seek re-election for a third term in 2017 after constitutional changes that could allow him to stay in power until 2034.
BBC News – Africa

There were tenuous moments as the faithful in Che
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The City regulator, the Financial Conduct Authority, has shelved plans for an inquiry into the culture, pay and behaviour of staff in banking.
BBC News – Business

At least 16 people are killed in two suicide bomb attacks at restaurants in a Kurdish-controlled city in Syria.
BBC News – Middle East

Venezuela’s high court suspends the inauguration of three opposition MPs due to take office next week, undoing the majority the opposition won in elections.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Security services are on high alert across Europe, and in Turkey, amid fears of terror attacks at New Year celebrations.
BBC News – Europe

The knighthood awarded to Lynton Crosby, who helped the Conservatives win May’s election, is “outrageous”, Labour’s Andy Burnham says.
BBC News – UK

Prosecutors charge US comedian Bill Cosby with indecent assault over an alleged incident in 2004 – the first criminal case after a slew of accusations.
BBC News – US & Canada

A South African king who is a nephew of the late Nelson Mandela has begun a 12-year prison sentence for kidnapping, assault and arson.
BBC News – Africa

Basketballs slammed against the backboard bouncing away at different angles into the hands of children at Thunder Youth Basketball Camp.
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Stepping off of the snowy streets of downtown Okl
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Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) issues three times more fines against nuisance call firms.
BBC News – Business

IS commanders linked to last month’s Paris attacks were among 10 militants killed in recent US-led coalition air strikes, the US military says.
BBC News – Middle East

The body of Carlos Rosales Mendoza, the founder of the La Familia drug cartel, is found by a motorway in western Mexico.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

The United Nations refugee agency says more than one million refugees and migrants reached Europe by sea in 2015.
BBC News – Europe

Hundreds of homes in Northern Ireland are left without power as Storm Frank hits, while north-west England and parts of Scotland are braced for further heavy rain.
BBC News – UK

A police officer denies murder over the death of a black teenager who was shot 16 times in Chicago in 2014.
BBC News – US & Canada

The World Health Organization (WHO) declares the end of the Ebola outbreak in Guinea, two years after the epidemic began there.
BBC News – Africa