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  Last update: 07:46 GMT 29.11.2020

  07:46 GMT 29.11.2020

  World

  Iranians Burn Israeli, US Flags, Chant 'War with America' in Wake of Nuclear Scientist's Killing

  A wave of outrage and condemnation has swept Iran and the Middle East in the wake of the assassination of Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, an Iranian nuclear physicist and the head of the Iranian Defence Ministry's innovation centre; he was gunned down in his vehicle in the town of Absard in the Tehran region.

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  Last update: 08:45 GMT 29.11.2020

  08:45 GMT 29.11.2020

  UK

  UK Foreign Minister: We're Into the Last Week of Substantive Brexit Talks

  On Friday, UK chief negotiator David Frost said that a UK-EU post-Brexit trade deal was "still possible" and that he would keep negotiating until there was proof to the contrary.

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  Last update: 10:24 GMT 29.11.2020

  10:24 GMT 29.11.2020

  Middle East

  Spells, Magic and Mummy Curses Galore as Ancient Sarcophagi Unearthed in Egyptian Necropolis

  Archaeologists uncovered 59 mummies in sealed sarcophagi and nearly 30 statues of ancient gods in the Egyptian necropolis of Saqqara in October, confirming the reputation of the site as “one of Egypt’s most important and longest-lasting burial places for over 3,000 years”.

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  Last update: 06:54 GMT 29.11.2020

  06:54 GMT 29.11.2020

  Society

  'May the Force be With Him': David Prowse, Who Played the Iconic Star Wars Villain Darth Vader, Passes Away at 85

  David Prowse's agent and manager, Thomas Bowington, confirmed the sad news about the actor's passing on Sunday morning.

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  Last update: 08:35 GMT 29.11.2020

  08:35 GMT 29.11.2020

  Viral

  Snoop Dogg Joins Commentary as YouTuber Jake Paul Knocks Out NBA's Nate Robinson in Brutal Fight

  Former Disney star and social media celeb Jake Paul held his second professional boxing match on 28 November. His first, against AnEsonGib back in January, ended in his favour.

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  Last update: 10:44 GMT 29.11.2020

  10:44 GMT 29.11.2020

  Latin America

  Funeral Worker in Argentina Gets Death Threats After Posting Selfie With Maradona's Body

  Football legend Diego Maradona died on 25 November at the age of 60 from a cardiac arrest. Thousands of people took to the streets of Buenos Aires to pay tribute to the Argentine star, who was later buried at a cemetery in the Bella Vista residential area.

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  Last update: 08:54 GMT 29.11.2020

  08:54 GMT 29.11.2020

  Tech

  'Aliens Needed it Back. It Was a Rental': Social Media Abuzz Over Eerily Vanished Utah Monolith

  A mysterious, three-meter-high object made of some kind of metal, seemingly man-made, was stumbled upon by state employees in a remote part of Utah as they were counting sheep from a helicopter; the monolith set off a frenzy of speculation as to its origins.

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  Last update: 04:47 GMT 29.11.2020

  04:47 GMT 29.11.2020

  World

  Live Updates: There is Risk of Third Coronavirus Wave, UK's Raab Says

  The global death toll from the coronavirus infection has topped 1.451 million, over 62.1 million cases of the infection have been detected, and over 39.7 million people have recovered, according to Baltimore, Maryland's Johns Hopkins University, which tracks and compiles data from national and local authorities, the media and other sources.