Sallyann Nicholls

Gun ownership per capita in the US is more than three times that of Europe's highest country. There were 39.1 firearms per 100 people in Montenegro, compared with 120 in the US, according to the Small Arms Survey (SAS) Around 46% of all 857 million guns in civilian hands around the world belonged to people living in the United States in 2017, a survey has found.

The US Coast Guard said Thursday it has suspended a search for cruise ship entertainer Arron Hough. The 20-year-old from Sunderland, England, fell overboard from Royal Caribbean's Harmony of the Seas ship on Christmas Day, 267 miles (430 kilometres) northwest of Aguadilla in Puerto Rico. Hough was working as a dancer, performing in the musical "Grease" aboard the ship.

Good morning, Europe. Here are the stories we're watching: Manhunt in Vienna: Five monks have been injured, one seriously, after being held captive at a Vienna church, police said. The two perpetrators fled the scene and police launched a search operation and deployed a helicopter to the area as well as putting in public transport controls to search for the men who are still at large.