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Uruguayan presidential candidate Jorge Saravia sustains head injuries as armed robbers break into his home while he was dining with his family.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Turkish PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan reshuffles his cabinet after three ministers resigned over a corruption probe, with one of them urging him to quit.
BBC News – Europe

The Environment Agency warns of further significant disruption from flooding in parts of England, with more heavy rain and gusts of up to 70 mph forecast across UK.
BBC News – UK

Ex-National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden delivers an “alternative” UK Christmas message, calling for an end to mass surveillance.
BBC News – US & Canada

The leaders of Kenya and Ethiopia hold talks with South Sudan’s president in an attempt to halt violence that has claimed thousands of lives.
BBC News – Africa

The number of homes being sold in the UK has risen by 24% over the last year, according to HM Revenue and Customs.
BBC News – Business

Egyptian police have arrested Hisham Qandil, the former prime minister who served under ousted President Mohammed Morsi, the interior ministry says.
BBC News – Middle East

A British man arrested by Russia over Greenpeace protests in the Arctic has charges dropped, with the others expected to be freed soon.
BBC News – Europe

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