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Police escorted Jermaine Massey out of the DoubleTree Portland after he called his mum in the lobby. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2Tist3Y

Afro-Argentines often feel like they’ve been written out of history and are mistaken for foreigners in their own country. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2s2fJ6c

Clashes between ruling party and opposition supporters have resulted in 17 deaths. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2Sv4fni

Dylema leads us through key events on the continent this year in a specially commissioned poem. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2BZzjVp

Lederhosen and dirndl dresses are making a comeback in Austria. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2AmkSL1

A look at the year's most influential hashtags used by women on social media. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2RntUB7

This Canadian man is being called the world's most extreme grandpa. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2AntDnS

Eli Melki looks for traces of a relative who was killed at 33 during a wave of attacks against eastern Turkey's Christians. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2BMln0I

From the ridiculous to the more ridiculous, here are the weird stories that caught our eye this year. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2s3oDAp

India's decision to decriminalise gay sex has taken the country back to its roots, some historians say. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2ApBWzF

Remembering some of the figures from music, film, TV, radio and literature who died in 2018. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2F03HlD

Are garment factories in Bangladesh safe five years after the Rana Plaza disaster? from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2s3oVat

A selection of the best photos from across and about Africa this year. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2GIKAyK

The reasons are often "outside of our control", writes the home secretary in newspaper article. from BBC News - Home https://bbc.in/2ApbpTc

Figures show 62% of councils did not take action against people misusing blue badge permits. from BBC News - Home https://bbc.in/2AhkLAj

They are being held on suspicion of attempted murder after a man suffered life-threatening wounds. from BBC News - Home https://bbc.in/2GMEHRd

It can pick up preventable heart problems - and more people should be getting the routine check. from BBC News - Home https://bbc.in/2BPezPL

After years of "broadcasting" to just his wife, an amateur radio presenter's wish is coming true. from BBC News - Home https://bbc.in/2SovyiV

Lederhosen and dirndl dresses are making a comeback in Austria. from BBC News - Home https://bbc.in/2AmkSL1

Fishers can no longer discard fish to avoid busting quota - but that could put boats off the water. from BBC News - Home https://bbc.in/2ApOAyD

A top Republican says the president remains determined to defeat the Islamic State group in Syria. from BBC News - Home https://bbc.in/2SrBV5i

Passengers across the South are warned to expect disruption as staff stage a 24-hour walkout. from BBC News - Home https://bbc.in/2R1vxVu

Sheikh Hasina wins a third consecutive term in a vote marred by violence and claims of vote rigging. from BBC News - Home https://bbc.in/2EWFJbC

Outgoing chief of staff John Kelly appears to contradict the US president on the border wall plan. from BBC News - Home https://bbc.in/2EXMmcP

Seaborne Freight was founded less than two years ago and has never run a ferry service before. from BBC News - Home https://bbc.in/2EWL0jw

Nasa's New Horizons spacecraft is all set for its dramatic encounter with a far-off icy world. from BBC News - Home https://bbc.in/2Tk2vNU

There's more front-page criticism of the home secretary over migrants in the Channel, while the Sun interviews battered Strictly star AJ Pritchard. from BBC News - Home https://bbc.in/2rZrNVJ

A look at the year's most influential hashtags used by women on social media. from BBC News - Home https://bbc.in/2RntUB7

From the ridiculous to the more ridiculous, here are the weird stories that caught our eye this year. from BBC News - Home https://bbc.in/2s3oDAp

Dylema leads us through key events on the continent this year in a specially commissioned poem. from BBC News - Home https://bbc.in/2BZzjVp

A selection of the best photos from across and about Africa this year. from BBC News - Home https://bbc.in/2GIKAyK

Clashes between ruling party and opposition supporters have resulted in 17 deaths. from BBC News - Home https://bbc.in/2Sv4fni

London has endured a year which has seen its homicide total reach its highest level since 2008. from BBC News - Home https://bbc.in/2AmXgFY

Eli Melki looks for traces of a relative who was killed at 33 during a wave of attacks against eastern Turkey's Christians. from BBC News - Home https://bbc.in/2BMln0I

Are garment factories in Bangladesh safe five years after the Rana Plaza disaster? from BBC News - Home https://bbc.in/2s3oVat

The scientist, the singer, the comic book writer... notable deaths of 2018 from BBC News - Home https://bbc.in/2BNKbpa

India's decision to decriminalise gay sex has taken the country back to its roots, some historians say. from BBC News - Home https://bbc.in/2ApBWzF

Seaborne Freight was founded less than two years ago and has never run a ferry service before. from BBC News - Business https://bbc.in/2EWL0jw

China's latest statement suggests trade negotiations between the two countries are progressing. from BBC News - Business https://bbc.in/2VlOjWb

Italy's parliament approves a budget for 2019, amid complaints it was revised to placate the EU. from BBC News - Business https://bbc.in/2Q9L0Ob

French, Danish and UK firms will provide capacity for 4,000 more lorries a week to cross the Channel. from BBC News - Business https://bbc.in/2RkXZRD

The music retailer will accept gift cards so long as stores keep trading, says KPMG. from BBC News - Business https://bbc.in/2CDK5SH

The Premier League says its prospective new chief executive, Susanna Dinnage, has told the organisation she will not be taking up the position. from BBC News - Business https://bbc.in/2AmuO7f

Tesla beefs up its board with executives from Oracle and Walgreens to reassure investors. from BBC News - Business https://bbc.in/2EUxQTR

The Dow and S&P closed modestly lower on Friday after bouncing between gains and losses in choppy trade. from BBC News - Business https://bbc.in/2ESNEql

Google and Facebook's ad networks placed promotions for major brands before apps were banned. from BBC News - Business https://bbc.in/2EUSFyC

Beijing was responding to claims it might use Huawei's 5G kit to act "in a malign way". from BBC News - Business https://bbc.in/2CEijp3

Local authorities are buying up failing shopping malls with the aim of reviving them, but is it too risky? from BBC News - Business https://bbc.in/2AtEDjV

The boss of Severn Trent says limited "must have" skill lists stop many women applying for roles. from BBC News - Business https://bbc.in/2EOk04S

France's Vinci is to buy 50.01% of the UK's second-busiest airport for £2.9bn. from BBC News - Business https://bbc.in/2EOBpdu

Kylie Jenner, imploding retail sales and an endless summer - the most-read business stories of 2018. from BBC News - Business https://bbc.in/2RmkN3A

The way trainers are made and sold is allowing newcomers to break into the market. from BBC News - Business https://bbc.in/2BPh2ty

Which government schemes do people use most when trying to get on the housing ladder? from BBC News - Business https://bbc.in/2EWcW67

The UK High Street has seen chains collapse and tough trading conditions in 2018. from BBC News - Business https://bbc.in/2Akbibx

The New Year heralds the launch of two major trade deals, with Japan emerging as a key player. from BBC News - Business https://bbc.in/2rZQlOA

Ladybird books, periodicals, textbooks and signed copies are making more money than ever for used-book sellers. from BBC News - Business https://bbc.in/2RjgPsj

Bahrain's high court upheld a five-year jail sentence against activist Nabeel Rajab on Monday for criticizing Saudi Arabia’s air strikes in Yemen and accusing Bahrain’s prison authorities of torture, his lawyer said. from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2LGIVsj

Italian Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini said on Monday he did not see any danger to the government in the coming months as it turns its efforts to new reforms after closing the budget for next year. from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2SsesRl

Rescue services in the Russian city of Magnitogorsk scrambled to find survivors after a suspected gas blast in the early hours of Monday caused the partial collapse of a high rise apartment building, killing at least two people, news agencies reported. from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2LHqd3U

The main opposition camps in Congo's presidential election on Sunday complained of widespread irregularities after a chaotic vote disrupted by long queues, broken voting machines and torrential rain. from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2LH8JVk

Residents of an Ebola hotspot in eastern Congo staged a mock presidential election on Sunday to show the authorities a decision to postpone the vote there due to health fears was unfounded. from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2GZSpR1

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's alliance won Bangladesh's election with a thumping majority, the country's Election Commission said on Monday, giving her a third straight term following a vote that the opposition rejected as rigged. from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2EXeduH

China will kick off a year of sensitive anniversaries with a major speech on Wednesday by President Xi Jinping on Taiwan, China's most sensitive issue. from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2EXIysU

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has sent a "conciliatory message" to U.S. President Donald Trump amid stalled nuclear negotiations, South Korea's Chosun Ilbo newspaper reported on Monday. from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2RrPlAM

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday that Brazil's President-elect Jair Bolsonaro told him that it was a matter of "when, not if" he moves his country's embassy in Israel to Jerusalem from Tel Aviv. from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2Q7V7mF

A senior Republican U.S. senator said he emerged from a White House meeting with President Donald Trump on Sunday reassured that Trump is committed to defeating Islamic State even as he plans to withdraw American troops from Syria. from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2EUsrLX

The number of British citizens applying for Irish passports rose by 22 percent in 2018, Ireland's foreign office said on Monday, more than doubling the total of annual applications since Britain voted to leave the European Union. from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2LETHPW

Acknowledging that her government disappointed many Germans in 2018, Chancellor Angela Merkel sought to pull the country together for 2019 with a call for solidarity and cooperation to overcome deep political divisions. from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2GMgV7V

Special police forces dispersed protesters demanding the resignation of Bosnian Serb Interior Minister Dragan Lukac on Sunday over a student's death, detaining several people in the northwestern town of Banja Luka. from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2VkAzeh