Jacob Wetterling: Killer Heinrich jailed for 20 year on porn charge
A man who admitted killing 11-year-old Jacob Wetterling in Minnesota in 1989 is jailed for 20 years. BBC News – US & Canada
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South Africa’s ‘Prophet of Doom’ condemned
A South Africa pastor who sprayed his congregation with “healing” insecticide is widely condemned. BBC News – Africa
Autumn Statement: £1.3bn to target congestion roads
An extra £1.3bn is to be spent on improving roads, the chancellor will say in the Autumn Statement. BBC News – Business
Syria conflict: Aleppo hospitals ‘knocked out by bombardment’
Days of strikes on Aleppo leave rebel areas virtually without a functioning hospital, reports say. BBC News – Middle East
Brazil: Four dead after police helicopter ‘shot down by gang’
Video footage suggests a Rio de Janeiro police helicopter was shot down by a favela gang. BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean
Storm Angus batters southern England
Storm Angus – the first named storm of winter – lashes southern England with high winds and heavy rain. BBC News – UK