Friday 30 December 2016

18 revelations from Wikileaks' hacked Clinton emails

John Podesta aboard 'Hill Force One', the nickname for Clinton's campaign plane — Image captionJohn Podesta listens to his candidate speak aboard 'Hill Force One', the nickname for Clinton's campaign plane

Fake news in 2016: What it is, what it wasn't, how to help

In a year in which feelings have appeared to outrank fact, some news has turned out not to be fact but fiction.

Russia-US row: Trump praises Putin amid hacking expulsions

Russian guard outside US embassy in Moscow, 29 Dec — Image captionRussia's foreign ministry had formally proposed expelling US diplomats

US President-elect Donald Trump has praised Vladimir Putin after the Russian president ruled out a tit-for-tat response to the expulsion of diplomats in a row over hacking.

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AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - Pop singer George Michael, who had numerous hits in the group Wham in the 1980s and later as a solo artist, has died at the age of 53, the BBC reported on

Our tailor and the ‘ticking time bomb’

By Megha MohanBBC News, Kerala

At December's Global Diabetes Summit in Berlin, doctors described Type 2 diabetes as "scarier than HIV and malaria," causing more deaths than either. But is society enabling the deadly killer?

Russian military plane crashes in Black Sea, killing 92

Image captionDebris from the plane is returned via a quay in Sochi

A Russian military plane with 92 people on board has crashed into the Black Sea, Russia's defence ministry says.

Real-life Libya plane hijack halts hijack film shoot

Media captionSoldiers board the plane in Malta

A film being shot at Malta airport about a plane hijacking was disrupted amid the real hijacking of a Libyan Airbus A320, an official told the BBC.

Aleppo battle: Syrian city 'back under government control'

Syrians celebrate in Aleppo on 22 December 2016 — Image captionSome people in Aleppo were out celebrating the departure of the last of the rebels

The Syrian army says it has retaken full control of Aleppo, following the evacuation of the last group of rebels.

Israel settlements: Netanyahu snubs 'shameful' UN vote

Media captionBarbara Plett-Usher explains what the UN Security Council's vote means

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says a UN call to end settlement activity on occupied land is "shameful".

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Friday 30 December 2016

18 revelations from Wikileaks' hacked Clinton emails