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Michel Platini has been Uefa president since 2007 11 December 2015 Last updated at 09:57 Uefa president Michel Platini has failed in his bid to have his 90-day provisional ban from football lifted. Platini's request was denied by the Court of Arbitration for Sport on Friday, which means the Frenchman will not be allowed to attend the Euro 2016 finals draw in Paris on Saturday. The 60-year-old was suspended along with Fifa …

Chinese tycoon Guo Guangchang reported missing 11 December 2015 From the section Business Media captionFootage of Guo Guangchang first broadcast May 2014: The company founder who wants to be Warren BuffettOne of China's richest men, Guo Guangchang, is reported to be missing. Financial magazine Caixin said that staff at Mr Guo's company, Fosun International, had been unable to contact their boss since Thursday afternoon. Fosun, one of China's biggest private conglomerates, halted trading of its Hong Kong shares fo…

Angela Merkel, German chancellor, is Time 'Person of the Year' 9 December 2015 From the section Europe Image copyright AFP/TIME Image caption Merkel, "stood firm against tyranny", Time wrote Time Magazine has named German Chancellor Angela Merkel as its "Person of the Year". The magazine cited her role in Europe's crises over migration and Greek debt. Mrs Merkel ha…

NHS trust 'failed to investigate hundreds of deaths' By Michael Buchanan Social Affairs Correspondent, BBC News 9 December 2015 From the section Health Image copyright Family Image caption Connor Sparrowhawk, who died at Slade House, had epilepsy and experienced seizures The NHS has failed to investigate the unexpected deaths of more tha…

Argentina's Fernandez hands over power 10 December 2015 From the section Latin America & Caribbean Media captionCristina Fernandez addressed thousands of supporters during a rally in front of the Casa Rosada Presidential Palace in Buenos AiresArgentina's outgoing President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner has made an emotional farewell speech to supporters in Buenos Aires. She urged people to take to the streets if they felt betrayed by the new centre-right government. Conservative Mauricio Macri, who won a run-o…

Trump postpones Israel trip 'until after he is elected' 10 December 2015 From the section US & Canada Image copyright AP Leading Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has said he is postponing a planned trip to Israel. The business mogul tweeted that the trip would take place "at a later date after I become President of the US". Earlier this week, Mr Trump proposed a temporary halt on Muslims entering the United States. …

Boxing legend Muhammad Ali criticises Donald Trump 10 December 2015 From the section US & Canada Image copyright Reuters Image caption Muhammad Ali said Islam is not about killing others criticised IS jihadists as "misguided murderers" Boxing legend Muhammad Ali has criticised US Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump's proposal to ban Muslims from entering…

Salman Khan: Bollywood actor cleared in hit-and-run incident 10 December 2015 From the section India Image copyright AFP Image caption Thursday's ruling is a huge relief for Salman Khan The high court in the Indian city of Mumbai has overturned Bollywood star Salman Khan's conviction for a 2002 hit-and-run case. In May, a lower court convicted him of culpable homici…

Warning of NHS winter beds 'struggle' By Nick Triggle Health correspondent 10 December 2015 From the section Health Image copyright Thinkstock The NHS in England will struggle this winter without more beds in care homes and other community settings to ease hospital pressures, researchers say. The Nuffield Trust said that last winter a small proportion of patients - just 3.6% - had taken up more than a th…

Hundreds of people have shared a photo of the striking private medical car on social media in the hope of tracking it down. Scotland Yard said no arrests have been made. Source: http://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/circumcision-ambulance-stolen-in-violent-carjacking-in-east-london-a3128586.html This seems like a whole new level of over-the-top in private response vehicles! I wonder what sort of training is required (or should be required) before you're allowed to drive one of these around on blues. And in the event of a collision on a response run, would "emergency circumcision" qualify as sufficient justification? Anyway. I wish the victim…

Donald Trump: 'I will never leave this race' despite criticism 9 December 2015 From the section US & Canada Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Mr Trump has suggested at a third-party run Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has said he will never leave the 2016 race despite increasing calls for him to step aside. Mr Trump told the Washington Po…

Afghan Taliban kill dozens at Kandahar airport 9 December 2015 From the section Asia Image copyright AP Image caption The bodies of those killed in the attack were taken away on Wednesday afternoon Dozens of people have been killed in a Taliban attack on a heavily fortified civilian and military airfield in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar. The defence ministry …

San Bernardino attacks: Couple radicalised before online dating 9 December 2015 From the section US & Canada Image copyright Reuters Image caption Farook and Malik were photographed arriving in Chicago from Saudi Arabia in 2014 The couple behind the San Bernardino attack that killed 14 people were radicalised before they started dating, the director of the FBI ha…

Flood-hit properties given tax relief amid fresh weather warnings 8 December 2015 From the section UK Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Now that most of the water has subsided, homeowners in Carlisle are beginning to assess the damage Some 5,000 homes and businesses hit by floods in Cumbria and Lancashire are to be given tax relief, as new Met Office warning…

Syria crisis: Rebels 'leave Homs' under truce 9 December 2015 From the section Middle East Image copyright AFP Image caption Buses arrived early on Wednesday to transport people from the suburb Syrian rebels have begun evacuating the last district they hold in the city of Homs under a ceasefire deal reached with the government, monitoring groups and activists said. …