BBC World News

1. US and Lebanon protecting wanted Syrian general, BBC finds

   Bassam al-Hassan, linked to reporter Austin Tice's abduction, is being sheltered in return for information.

2. Most UK diplomats to leave East Jerusalem consulate, Israel says, as Miliband says 'vital services' to remain

   Israel said in September it would act in response to UK sanctions on illegal Israeli settlements in the West Bank.

3. Texas carries out first US execution since Christa Pike's botched lethal injections

   Lawyers for Jamaal Howard had asked a judge to pause the execution after Christa Pike's botched lethal injections.

4. Spanish pensioner whose eviction sparked nationwide protests dies

   Maricarmen Abascal, 87, was forcibly removed on a stretcher from her apartment of more than 70 years in September.

5. Margaret Hamilton, whose software helped land Apollo 11 on the Moon, dies at 90

   Pioneering computer scientist led the development of the software for Nasa's Apollo mission and was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom.