Puerto Rico: Boxer Bamba dies aged 35

Boxer Paul Bamba has died aged 35, his manager Ne-Yo has announced. Puerto Rican Bamba won the WBA Gold Cruiserweight title by defeating Mexican Rogelio Medina on 21 December. Singer…

UK: Hospitals run out beds and ambulances queue for hours with patients

Almost 400 people were waiting for a hospital bed in Northern Ireland on Saturday afternoon, BBC News NI understands. It is thought the majority of extra beds which are used…

Northern Ireland: Father fears son who is missing in Spain is dead

The father of a Belfast man who has been missing in Spain for two weeks says he feels his son is dead. John Hardy, also known as John George, was…

Australia: School chaplain killed in shark attack on Great Barrier Reef

A 40-year-old man has died after being attacked by a shark on the edge of Australia’s Great Barrier Reef, local police said. Luke Walford, a youth pastor, had been spearfishing…

Brazil: Three dead in suspected Christmas cake poisoning

Arsenic has been found in the blood of one of three women who died after eating a Christmas cake in a suspected poisoning in Brazil, a police chief has told…

UK: Two lorry drivers killed in crash

Two men have died after two lorries crashed on a major road in Lincolnshire. The collision, which involved a Volvo and Scania lorry, happened near the Snitterby junction on the…

Palestine: Gaza Kamal Adwan Hospital chief Abu Safia held at Israeli army base- Report

The director of Gaza’s Kamal Adwan Hospital, whose whereabouts have been unknown since he was detained by Israel after a raid on the facility last week, is allegedly being held at…

UK: Arrest after cyclist dies in suspected hit-and-run

A man has been arrested after a cyclist was fatally struck on a country road in a suspected hit-and-run crash, police said. The cyclist, aged in his 50s, died in…

UK: Third murder arrest after Christmas Day pub row

A third person has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a man who was hit by a car on Christmas Day died. Kirk Marsden, 37, was injured outside The…

Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,040

Here is the situation on Monday, December 30: