Organisers had planned to release 130,000 balloons at a Manila nightclub to ring in the new year.

Former England captain Alastair Cook joins the BBC Radio 5 live team covering England's tour of the West Indies starting in January.

A regional channel showed Jackie Chan's Shinjuku Incident without censoring an "immoral" part.

Alexandra Black, 22, had recently graduated and started working at the centre only 10 days before.

The US Democratic senator announces she has set up an exploratory committee to consider a 2020 bid.

Investors will be glad to see the back of 2018 after major markets end with biggest falls in a decade.

Floyd Mayweather knocks down Tenshin Nasukawa three times in the first round to beat the Japanese kickboxer in an exhibition boxing match worth a reported $9m.

The US president confirms reports that the withdrawal of US forces will be slower than he promised.

Survivors of the Florida school shooting hit out after the comic poked fun at them in a stand-up set.

Arsenal midfielder Aaron Ramsey will hold talks with five of Europe's leading clubs in January ahead of leaving the Gunners when his contract expires next summer.

West Ham sign former Arsenal and Manchester City midfielder Samir Nasri until the end of the season.

Yemen's rebel Houthi movement is accused of diverting food aid meant for civilians.

Day-trippers will pay up to €10 each as the city struggles to cope with mass tourism.

Skies are illuminated above cities around the world as revellers welcome the arrival of the New Year.

World number five Juan Martin del Potro will miss the Australian Open as he continues his recovery from a fractured kneecap.

The singer, who was known for his distinctive eye patch and cowboy hat, has died aged 81.

Sir Alex Ferguson returns to Manchester United's training ground for the first time since suffering a brain haemorrhage in May.

In a rural county that voted for Trump, people are shocked to see friends and schoolmates deported.

A paedophile who hid his face from the camera was convicted when an expert could identify his hands.

One family's past reveals that the Windrush scandal was about more than the politics of immigration.

In July 2018 a horrifying video began to circulate on social media. It shows two women and two young children being led away at gunpoint by a group of Cameroonian soldiers.