Flags are flown at half-mast after President Emmanuel Macron declared a national day of mourning.
Biden commutes most federal death sentences
The president condemns the murderers but says the death penalty at federal level “must stop”.
Guatemala police clash with Jewish sect over 160 at-risk children
Authorities in Guatemala resist efforts by a Jewish sect to recapture 160 children rescued from its premises.
Slovak PM meets Putin in unannounced Moscow visit
Robert Fico is only the third EU leader to visit Moscow and believes Putin has been demonised by the West.
Hollywood stars support Blake Lively over legal complaint
Lively’s co-stars from 2005 film The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants say they “stand with her”.
Woman dies after being set on fire on New York subway
An arrest is made after a woman is set alight on a Brooklyn train by a man she was not thought to know.
Watch: Abseiling Santa descends from Guatemala bridge to deliver toys
A firefighter dressed as Santa abseils down a bridge in Guatemala City to give gifts to children.
Watch: 90-year-old with Parkinson’s enters weightlifting contest
The woman lifted 45kg with family cheering her on, at a contest organised for the elderly in Taipei.
Watch: BBC reporter returns to childhood home destroyed in Syria civil war
Feras Killani grew up in Yarmouk in Damascus, which saw brutal fighting between rebel and government forces.
Watch: BBC reporter returns to childhood home destroyed in Syria civil war
Feras Killani grew up in Yarmouk in Damascus, which saw brutal fighting between rebel and government forces.
