BBC News: Trump ally and political strategist, but who is Roger Stone?

The 66-year-old supposedly spurns socks, and has a tattoo of Richard Nixon on his back.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-47002918

BBC News: Facebook to integrate WhatsApp, Instagram and Messenger

Facebook plans to integrate its messaging services on Instagram, WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-47001460

BBC News: Exhibition shows human face of race relations laws

A photographic exhibition in Parliament explores the impact of race relations legislation in the UK.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-46863567

BBC News: Afrikaans scrapped at South Africa's University of Pretoria

Lessons at the University of Pretoria will now mostly be in English, in the hopes of "transforming the culture".

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-47001468

BBC News: McDonald's serves chicken nuggets in Happy Meal veggie wraps

The fast-food chain has apologised to customers and says they have made changes in kitchens to correct mistakes.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat-47003878

BBC News: Flights halted into New York airport

Flights are halted into New York's LaGuardia Airport due to air traffic control staffing shortages as shutdown goes on.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-47006907

BBC News 中文： 微軟Bing搜索斷線又復活背後玄機引發臆測

美國微軟的搜索引擎Bing在中國出現無法使用後又恢復的情況，沒有解釋原因讓各種臆測甚囂塵上，甚至有評論認為微軟被中國當成和西方的談判籌碼。

http://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/trad/chinese-news-46990140

BBC News: Four dead in air collision on France-Italy border

A helicopter and a light aircraft collided in the Italian Alps, killing four people and injuring two.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-47004710

BBC News: Afghanistan's Ghani says 45,000 security personnel killed since 2014

More than 45,000 security personnel have been killed since 2014, President Ashraf Ghani says.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-47005558

BBC News: Peterborough father and baby near miss: Drink-driver jailed

The father, who was standing by the road carrying his son, made a dash for safety.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-47008652

BBC News: Zimbabwe's Mugabe 'lost $1m in stolen briefcase'

State-owned media say cleaners are accused of stealing much more than the $150,000 initially reported.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-47006560

BBC News: UK asylum claim delays 'unacceptably high', says leaked document

New applications rose by at least 20% in the last three months of 2018, a leaked Home Office report says.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-47006158

BBC News: Emiliano Sala: Sister of missing Cardiff striker makes search plea

Cardiff striker Emiliano Sala and pilot Dave Ibbotson have not been seen since their plane vanished.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-47009426

BBC News: Cat gives Ashtead dog-walkers paws for thought

A man who takes his cat on a lead describes people's reactions in the local park.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-surrey-46993739

BBC News: Ariana Grande rings up a record-breaking number one

The star scores her fourth number one with 7 Rings, shattering a streaming record in the process.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-47001501

BBC News: Trump announces deal to lift shutdown

US partial shutdown to be lifted temporarily as President Trump announces deal to fund government while talks go on.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-47007081

BBC News: PC murder bid charge after shots fired in Castle Cary

Daniel Hannam, 32, of no fixed address, has been charged with the attempted murder of a police officer.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-47009709

BBC News: Brazil mining dam collapse leaves '200 missing'

Local officials say rescue teams have been dispatched in the south-east state of Minas Gerais.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-47009118

BBC News: Cyclist fined for hitting horse in Windsor Triathlon

Iain Plumb is fined after he collided with a horse while trying to undertake it during a race.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-berkshire-47009149

BBC News: Driver jailed after mother lost unborn baby in Somerton crash

A woman, who lost her unborn baby, and her daughter were also injured in the crash caused by Stuart Wells.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-47005554

BBC News: Destination UK: Following migrants for a week, through four European ports

BBC Correspondent Colin Campbell visits four European ports migrants are using to get to the UK.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-47007173