BBC News with Stewart Macintosh. President Vladimir Putin has dismissed allegations that Russia tried to sway the U.S. presidential election in favor of Donald Trump by hacking computer systems he described as hysterical claims by the White House that Russia was behind the cyber attacks, including motivation of the U.S. Democratic Party computers. The U.N. has warned that the coming winter could be the hardest for the people of Syria since the war began more than five years ago. A senior official, Yen Eggiland, said a cruel conflict had become even more ruthless and was affecting more and more civilians. Twitter has confirmed that it's cutting 9% of its workforce as it tries to restructure its loss-making business. The San Francisco-based company plans to cut about 350 jobs. The President of Venezuela, Nicolas Maduro, has offered a 40% pay rise in the minimum wage, the fourth increment this year. The latest rise comes a day after hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets to protest against the government. The Acting Prime Minister of Spain, Mariano Rajoy, has lost a preliminary symbolic vote of confidence in Parliament. But in a second vote on Saturday, the opposition Socialist Party has already said it would abstain, allowing Mr. Rajoy 's Popular Party to form a minority government. Pakistan has expelled an Indian diplomat hours after Delhi ordered a Pakistani official to go home, accusing him of spying. The statement in Islamabad said the activities of the Indian official were in violation of the Vienna Convention. Police in Kenya say they have shot dead a man who attacked a police officer guarding the U.S. Embassy in the capital, Nairobi. It said the attacker stabbed the officer in the hand. ***部分省略*** BBC News.