Hyatt hotel visitors hit by malware
Hotel group Hyatt warns visitors that it suffered a security breach in its customer payment system. BBC News – Business
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Burmese guilty of UK tourist murders
Two Burmese men are found guilty and sentenced to death by a court in Thailand for the murder of two UK backpackers whose bodies were found on a Thai beach in 2014. BBC News – UK
Paris attacks suspect held in Belgium
Belgian police arrest a ninth suspect in connection with the 13 November attacks in Paris, which killed 130 people. BBC News – Europe
Argentine leader fixes Twitter spat
Argentina’s new president unveils a new official Twitter account after his predecessor kept the previous one in their latest public spat. BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean
Saudi hospital fire kills at least 25
A fire in the early hours of the morning at a hospital in Saudi Arabia kills 25 people and injures more than 100, the Civil Defence Agency says. BBC News – Middle East
Race campaigners target US Christmas
The Black Lives Matter group disrupts shopping and air travel in two US states in a pre-Christmas protest over police killings of black men. BBC News – US & Canada