International

Four police officers and an unknown number of civilians have been hurt in an "active shooter" incident in the US city of Colorado Springs, police say. Officers were exchanging fire with a gunman inside a Planned Parenthood clinic, Police…

(BBC) France has held a national memorial service for the 130 people who died in the Paris attacks two weeks ago. Some 2,600 people attended the service in central Paris, including President Francois Hollande, survivors of the attacks and…

(BBC) A suicide bomber has killed at least 21 people in an attack on a Shia Muslim procession in Nigeria's Kano state, eyewitnesses and organisers say. The bomber ran into the crowd and detonated his device before he could be spotted, an…

(BBC) Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has warned Russia's President Vladimir Putin not to "play with fire" over his country's downing of a Russian jet. Mr Erdogan also said he wanted to meet Mr Putin "face-to-face" at climate talks…

(BBC) UK retailers are gearing up for the Black Friday shopping phenomenon with analysts predicting record sales. Consultants Experian and online retail group IMRG are predicting online purchases will hit £1.07bn, the first time they have…

(BBC) Russia is preparing wide-ranging economic sanctions against Turkey after Turkey downed one of its military jets on the border with Syria. Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said the measures would be drafted within days, and could hit…

(Jamaica Observer) HONG KONG (AP) — Canada's outspoken Miss World contestant said she was barred Thursday from entering China to take part in this year's pageant and accused Beijing of overreach in extending its campaign of censorship even…

(BBC) Pope Francis has arrived in Kenya for a three-nation African tour - his first to the continent as pontiff. President Uhuru Kenyatta and ululating crowds welcomed him at the airport in the capital, Nairobi. The pope called for peace,…

(BBC) A husband and wife who were friends of the serial killers Fred and Rose West have been jailed for sexually abusing 10 children over a 15-year period. David Williams, 57, was sentenced to life in prison and Pauline Williams, 53, was…

(BBC) US officials have released dashboard camera video showing a white police officer shooting a black teenager 16 times in Chicago last year. Officer Jason Van Dyke has been charged with first-degree murder for killing Laquan McDonald,…

(BBC) A white Chicago police officer who shot a black teenager 16 times last year has been charged with first-degree murder, state lawyers have said. It comes a day ahead of the expected release of a police car dashcam video showing Jason…

(BBC) Human error caused the Alton Towers rollercoaster crash in June that seriously injured five people, the Staffordshire theme park has said. Two women, Victoria Balch and Leah Washington - had legs amputated after the Smiler ride hit…

(BBC) Russian President Vladimir Putin has bitterly condemned the downing of a Russian jet on the Turkey-Syria border. He described it as a "stab in the back" committed by "accomplices of terrorists". Turkey says its jets shot at the…

Two Bangladesh Opposition leaders have been executed for war crimes, committed during the 1971 Independence struggle against Pakistan. Salahuddin Quader Chowdhury and Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mujahid were hanged in Dhaka's central jail. They…

(BBC) Malian police have appealed for help to identify the two gunmen who carried out Friday's attack on a hotel in the capital, Bamako, in which 22 people were killed. Pictures of their bodies have been shown on state TV and police have…