Pope heads to conflict-wracked CAR
Pope Francis embarks on the last leg of his African tour with a visit to the Central African Republic, a country wracked by religious violence. BBC News – Africa
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Israel ‘to open mission in UAE’
Israel is to open its first diplomatic mission in the UAE, Israel says, despite the absence of diplomatic relations between the two countries. BBC News – Middle East
Black Friday spending moves online
Black Friday sees an online spending surge on both sides of the Atlantic, although there were still long queues of US consumers hunting for bargains on the High Street. BBC News – Business
Turkey-Russia war of words over jet
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan uses a TV speech to warn President Putin not to “play with fire” over the downing of a Russian plane. BBC News – Europe
BHP rebuts UN ‘toxic waste’ claim
Australian mining giant BHP says mud spilled by the devastating collapse of a dam at a Brazilian mine is not toxic. BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean
Police injured in Colorado shooting
At lest six people, four of them police officers, are injured in an exchange of fire inside a Planned Parenthood clinic in US city of Colorado Springs. BBC News – US & Canada