BBC World News

1. Shops looted as German cost-of-living protests turn violent

   The protests in cities across Germany - including Berlin, Hamburg and Frankfurt - came on the same day hundreds of thousands also protested in France.

2. Israeli strikes in Gaza kill eight including child, hospitals say

   Five officers from the Hamas-run police have been killed in Khan Younis and three people, including a child, killed in Gaza City, officials say.

3. University of Cambridge scientist among those who died in Spanish train crash

   Marta Shahbazi was an "inspiring, talented and passionate scientist", says the laboratory where she worked.

4. Armed police start patrols in Sydney after Bondi Beach attack

   The new police unit is a security measure in response to last year's deadly shooting attack at a Hanukkah festival.

5. Democrat endorses Republican candidate in key Michigan Senate race as party spat escalates

   Haley Stevens, a former congresswomen who lost out on the Democratic nomination to Abdul El-Sayed, endorses his opponent days before the vote.