A day-long stand-off between armed police and a lone gunman in central Oxford has “ended peacefully”, police have said.
The Syrian government has suspended the evacuation of civilians and fighters from opposition-held eastern Aleppo, blaming the rebels for breaking the ceasefire.
The Assad regime has agreed to permit the UN to deliver aid to the besieged rebel-held village of Madaya, following reports of villagers starving to death.
French police are hunting three gunmen who stormed a Primark store near Paris in a suspected robbery attempt.
At least a dozen people are being held hostage by a gunman at a cafe in Sydney, Australia.