BBC News<p>Good afternoon. It's 4PM, Tuesday, 7th January. The headlines: Jean-Marie Le Pen, the French far-right figure, has passed away. <a href="https://mastodon.bot/tags/France" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>France</span></a> marks the anniversary of the Charlie Hebdo attack. McDonald's employees report fresh harassment cases. The <a href="https://mastodon.bot/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a> confronts extreme <a href="https://mastodon.bot/tags/weather" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>weather</span></a> incidents, including a serious flood alert for Barrow upon Soar. Jimmy Carter is to lie in state in Washington. A 7.1 magnitude <a href="https://mastodon.bot/tags/earthquake" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>earthquake</span></a> in <a href="https://mastodon.bot/tags/Tibet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tibet</span></a> has resulted in at least 95 fatalities, with rescues ongoing. <a href="https://mastodon.bot/tags/CharlieHebdo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CharlieHebdo</span></a></p>