Food dispatched to starving Syrian town
An aid convoy is about to enter the besieged rebel-held Syrian town of Madaya with enough food to last 40,000 people for a month, the UN says. BBC News – Middle East
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Penn’s ‘El Chapo’ interview scorned
The Obama administration and a US presidential hopeful criticise Sean Penn’s interview with Mexican drug kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman. BBC News – US & Canada
Music legend David Bowie dies
Music legend David Bowie has died aged 69 after suffering from cancer, his family says. BBC News – UK
Cologne attackers ‘were migrant men’
The men behind New Year’s Eve assaults on women in Cologne were “almost exclusively” of North African and Arab origin, an official report says. BBC News – Europe
‘El Chapo’ extradition process launched
Mexico formally starts the process of extradition to the US of drug kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, who was recaptured last week. BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean
Teaching restarts at Kenya attack college
Teaching resumes at Kenya’s Garissa university, where 148 students were killed in an attack by al-Shabab militants last April but not many students turn up. BBC News – Africa