Gambia crisis: Jammeh misses second deadline to step down
The latest deadline for Yahya Jammeh to cede power to his elected successor has passed. BBC News – Africa
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Brexit will damage UK and EU, says Pierre Moscovici
The EU’s economics commissioner says the UK will lose advantages when it leaves the EU “club”. BBC News – Business
Colombia sets date for peace talks with ELN rebel group
The country’s second-largest rebel group also agrees to hand over an ex-congressman hostage. BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean
Islamic State group ‘lost quarter of territory’ in 2016
IS endured “unprecedented territorial” defeats and should lose Mosul by mid-2017, new analysis says. BBC News – Middle East
Italy avalanche: ‘Many dead’ in hotel Rigopiano in Abruzzo
Rescuers in central Italy say many people have been killed after a hotel was hit by an avalanche. BBC News – Europe
Theresa May will tell world leaders UK is ‘open for business’
The prime minister is expected to say the elite must tackle a backlash against globalisation. BBC News – UK