Craig Taylor

Apple has said it is “deeply offended” by a BBC investigation into conditions for workers involved in manufacturing its devices.
BBC News – Business

Kurdish forces in northern Iraq say they have broken Islamic State’s siege of Mount Sinjar, claiming their biggest victory yet against the militants.
BBC News – Middle East

Opponents of President Barack Obama’s new Cuba policy threaten to block his efforts to restore diplomatic relations after 50 years of hostility.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

The chief executive of Renault Nissan says manufacturers in Russia are facing a “bloodbath” because of the plunge in the value of the rouble.
BBC News – Europe

The parents of Levi-Blu Cassin are cleared of his murder at Birmingham Crown Court – but convicted of causing or allowing his death.
BBC News – UK

President Obama vows to respond to an alleged North Korean cyber-attack on Sony Pictures, but says cancelling a film release was “a mistake”.
BBC News – US & Canada

Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta signs into law a controversial anti-terror bill which sparked fighting between MPs in parliament on Thursday.
BBC News – Africa

OAKLAND – The rim looked like the size of an ocean for the Thunder early.
Oklahoma City Thunder

SAN FRANCISCO – When a team is losing or struggling, it’s obvious to find areas to improve and there is a concrete motiv
Oklahoma City Thunder

UK retail sales rose at their fastest annual rate in more than 10 years in November, thanks to the effects of Black Friday.
BBC News – Business

A draft resolution setting out a Palestinian timetable for a peace deal with Israel is submitted to the UN Security Council by Jordan.
BBC News – Middle East

Colombia’s Farc rebels declare a unilateral ceasefire for an indefinite period of time, but the government is yet to respond to the move.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

President Vladimir Putin seeks to ease fears over Russia’s economy, insisting that the dramatic fall in the rouble will stabilise.
BBC News – Europe

The director of Premier Oil says no new North Sea projects are profitable with oil below $ 60 a barrel and the industry is “close to collapse”.
BBC News – UK

World leaders welcome an agreement between the US and Cuba to end more than 50 years of hostility and move towards restoring diplomatic ties.
BBC News – US & Canada

Militants storm a remote village in north-eastern Nigeria, killing at least 33 people and kidnapping at least 100, a survivor tells the BBC.
BBC News – Africa

SACRAMENTO – In the first two-and-a-half minutes of the game the Thunder made two steals, a dunk, forced another t
Oklahoma City Thunder

UK food manufacturer 2 Sisters is setting “beyond unreasonable” terms in proposed contract agreements, one of its suppliers tells the BBC.
BBC News – Business

At least 25 people, among them 15 children, have been killed in twin car bomb attack in the central Yemeni province of Bayda, reports say.
BBC News – Middle East

Brazilian indigenous protesters armed with bows and arrows clash with police inside the National Congress building in Brasilia.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean