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Rory Burns
personEngland bowled out for 147 in their first innings at The Gabba. Rory Burns, Dawid Malan and Joe Root all out for ducks. Pat Cummins took five for 38 in his first Test as Australia skipper. Haseeb Hameed scored an unbeaten 25 from 73 deliveries.
Scott Peterson
personScott Peterson was convicted in 2005 of two counts of first-degree murder. California's Supreme Court threw out Peterson's death sentence in August 2020. He will return to court in early 2022 to address the possibility of getting a new trial.
Olaf Scholz
personOlaf Scholz wins 395 of the 707 votes cast in the Bundestag lower house. The finance minister under Merkel led his Social Democrats to victory in the September 26 election. Not all members of his "traffic light coalition" voted in favor of his appointment.
BioNTech
organizationWall St inches higher at open after encouraging vaccine update. All three indexes closed higher. S&P 1500 Airlines index touched its highest point since Nov. 24. Pfizer and BioNTech said their three-shot course of the vaccine was able to neutralize the new Omicron variant.
Boris Johnson
personDouglas Ross says 'party' is 'unforgivable' and calls for PM's resignation. MSP for Moray says 'no-one should continue in their post' for misleading parliament. Backbenchers make their anger clear to party whips after being contacted by constituents.
Bipin Rawat
personBipin Rawat, India’s chief of defence staff, was killed in a helicopter crash. The 23-year-old Russian-built helicopter slammed into a wooded slope. Rawat is seen as close to Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Keir Starmer
personPM said he was'sickened and furious' at clip of staff laughing about party. But he denied all responsibility, and continued to claim he was told rules were followed. Ex-No10 aide Dominic Cummings said the PM would need 'a f***ing dead cat army'
Yusaku Maezawa
personJapanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa blasted into space for a 12-day trip. The 46-year-old fashion magnate and art collector will reach the ISS in about six hours. He is also set to become the first private passenger on the SpaceX moon trip in 2023.
the Buffalo Bills
organizationN’Keal Harry was expected to use his head when fielding a punt on Monday night. The oft-criticized former No. 1 pick used his facemask, instead. New England ran the ball 46 times for 222 yards and a touchdown.
the Foreign Office
organizationRaphael Marshall said soldiers had to be drafted in for desk work. Claims thousands of pleading emails were opened, but not dealt with. Jobseekers have complained of weeks-long wait times.
Amazon Web Services
organizationAmazon Web Services, the cloud computing unit of Amazon, suffered a major outage on Tuesday. Thousands of users were unable to access huge portions of the internet, including a broad range of apps. Over 13,000 Amazon users are reporting outages within the website as of December 7, 2021.
Mark Meadows
personMeadows' attorney, George Terwilliger, informed the committee on Tuesday that his client would not be appearing for a deposition. Meadows is seen as a key witness to Trump's role in efforts to stop the certification of President Joe Biden's election win.
Champions League
organizationManchester City lost 2-1 to RB Leipzig in their final Champions League group game. Kyle Walker was shown a straight red card for fouling Andre Silva. Pep Guardiola refused to reveal what he said to Walker after the match. CLICK HERE for all the latest Manchester City news.
Champions League
organizationLiverpool host AC Milan at the San Siro (8pm kick-off) Reds have already qualified to the Last 16 and are aiming to make it six wins out six tonight. Manchester City are the 3/1 favourites with Betfair ahead of Bayern Munich at 7/2 and Liverpool at 11/2.
Raphael Marshall
personPM branded claims he personally intervened to order evacuation of animals 'nonsense' Claims made by former Foreign Office official Raphael Marshall. Government falsely claimed each request for evacuation was logged. Thousands of emails – including many sent by MPs – went unread.
White House
organizationWhite House correspondent Emerald Robinson will not have her contract renewed when it ends in January. U.S. will not send government officials to the 2022 Winter Olympics due to China's human rights "atrocities," the White House said on Monday. Beijing threatened unspecified "countermeasures" against any diplomatic boycott.
the New England Patriots
organizationNew England Patriots beat Buffalo Bills 14-10 on Monday Night Football. Patriots leaned heavily on their ground game out-gaining the Bills 229 to 99 in yards rushing. Damien Harris scored on a 64-yard run in blustery conditions.
Vladimir Putin
personUS Sen. Menendez Preparing ‘Mother of All Sanctions’ on Russia in Case of Ukraine Invasion. CIA Director William Burns said that the United States has observed a build-up of Russian troops near Ukraine. Moscow is holding new military drills involving 500-plus tanks while insisting it has no plans to invade its neighbour.
Dominic Raab
personFormer FCDO desk officer Raphael Marshall estimated over 95 percent of people who applied to be evacuated were unable to flee Afghanistan. Tory MP Tom Tugendhat said Mr Marshall’s account revealed the Foreign Office put ‘bureaucracy over humanity’ Dominic Raab defended his role amid criticism he was slow to make decisions.
Aung San Suu Kyi
personAung San Suu Kyi found guilty of incitement and violating coronavirus restrictions. Sentence reduced to two years in an amnesty. Conviction "closes yet another door to political dialogue" in Myanmar, says U.N. human rights chief.