Nigeria’s Shias protest over crackdown
Shia Muslims in Nigeria protest against a military crackdown they allege killed hundreds their members and against their leader’s arrest. BBC News – Africa
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National Living Wage ‘to cost £1bn’
Businesses face more than £1bn in costs from the launch of the National Living Wage next year, according to government advisors. BBC News – Business
‘No evidence of terror’ in Sinai crash
Egypt says it has not yet found evidence that terrorists caused a Russian jet to crash in Sinai in October, killing all those on board. BBC News – Middle East
French teacher invented school attack
A teacher at a French school who said he had been stabbed by a man shouting “Islamic State” made the story up, prosecutors say. BBC News – Europe
Police killed in Argentina bridge crash
At least 41 people, most of them police officers, are killed after a bus falls off a bridge in north-west Salta province. BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean
Man guilty of IS-inspired knife plan
A man is convicted of preparing to carry out a knife attack in London, having been inspired by a fatwa issued by the leaders of so-called Islamic State. BBC News – UK