BBC news with Justin Green.

Several prominent US republicans have rebuked president Donald Trump for repeating his assertion that he lost the popular electoral vote to his rival Hillary Clinton because nearly three million people voted illegally. The republican senator Lindsey Graham said such comments were inappropriate without proof, but his spokesman Sean Spicer reiterated that Mr. Trump continued to believe the allegations.

The US Senate Foreign Relations Committee has overwhelmingly approved president Trump’s choice of US ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki Haley. There had been concerns about her lack of experience in the international affairs.

The UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has expressed grave concern over the latest Israeli plans to build 2.5 thousand new homes for settlers in the occupied West Bank. The UN considers the settlements to be illegal.

A seven year-old Syrian girl known worldwide for her tweets from Aleppo has written an open letter to President Donald Trump, pleading for him to do something for the children of Syria who deserve peace. Bana al-Abed, escaped from Aleppo last month and now lives in Turkey.

Panama’s chief prosecutor says 17 people have been charged with money laundering in connection with a bribery scheme involving the Brazilian construction giant Odebrecht. The firm has acknowledged paying almost eight hundred million dollars in bribes to win business in 12 countries.

The French president Francois Hollande has been meeting leaders of Columbia’s largest rebel movement, the FARC, at a rural camp in the west of the country. Mr. Hollande offered financial support for disarming programs and search for the disappeared.

Ivory Coast, the defending champions, have crushed out of football’s African Cup of Nations in Gabon. The lost one nail to Morocow who are now foot the court finals along with the Democratic Republic of Congo.

BBC news.