News Headlines - 13 January 2015

▽Tearful Michel Houellebecq breaks silence on Paris shootings: 'Je Suis Charlie' - Telegraph

A tearful Michel Houellebecq, the controversial French author on the front cover of last week's Charlie Hebdo, has broken his silence over the killings, saying: "Je suis Charlie".

▽BBC News - US Centcom Twitter account hacked by pro-IS group

The Twitter and YouTube accounts of the US military command were suspended for a few hours after being hacked by a group claiming to back Islamic State.

▽In pictures: London commuters strip for 'No Pants On The Tube Day' - London Evening Standard

Londoners joined daring commuters across the world in stripping off and hopping on the Tube.
The 14th annual No Pants Subway Ride saw passengers in some of the world's biggest cities drop their trousers in chilly winter temperatures.

▽The Cadbury's Creme Egg scandal: how to stage a chocolate revolution | Life and style | The Guardian

The increasingly uncomfortable world of British chocolate is in disarray again after Cadbury announced it was downsizing Creme Egg packs from six eggs to five and – here’s the kicker – reducing the price by just 20p. More shockingly yet, the chocolate eggshell will not be Dairy Milk any more, but a “standard cocoa mix chocolate” instead, because if you’re going to break some eggs you may as well blow up the whole chicken hatch.

▽BBC Sport - Cristiano Ronaldo wins Ballon d’Or over Lionel Messi & Manuel Neuer

Real Madrid forward Cristiano Ronaldo has won the Ballon d'Or world footballer of the year award for the second year in a row.