Prince Harry and Meghan: Royal Family 'hurt' as couple begin 'next chapter'
The Royal Family are said to be "hurt" at the Duke and Duchess of Sussex's announcement they will step back as senior royals.
Prince Harry and Meghan did not consult any senior royal about making the statement, it is understood.
Buckingham Palace was "blindsided", said BBC royal correspondent Jonny Dymond, as talks about their future had begun but were in very early stages.
The Palace said there were "complicated issues" to work through.
Iran plane crash: drone collision and terrorism being explored
Ukraine investigators also cite engine failure and Russian missile among possible causes
A senior Ukrainian security official has said his country’s investigators will explore a range of possible reasons why one of its passenger jets crashed in Iran, including a drone collision, a terrorist bomb and a missile attack.
Oleksiy Danilov, the secretary of Ukraine’s national security council, cited unconfirmed reports circulating on social media that debris from a Russian-made missile had been found at the site, on the outskirts of Tehran, where the Ukraine International Airlines Boeing 737-800 crashed on Wednesday, killing all 176 passengers and staff onboard.
Wuhan pneumonia: Mystery China virus is from same family as Sars, scientists say
‘A novel coronavirus could not be ruled out,’ says the WHO
A mystery respiratory illness in a Chinese city could be caused by a new virus from the same family as Sars, experts have said.
Nearly 60 people have fallen ill from new strain of viral pneumonia in Wuhan, which had raised fears of another deadly Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (Sars) outbreak.
A new member of the coronavirus family – which includes viruses behind the common cold to far more severe respiratory illnesses – could be behind the infection, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO).
Japan justice minister calls ex-Nissan boss Ghosn's accusations 'absolutely intolerable'
Carlos Ghosn's accusations against Japan's legal system are "absolutely intolerable", Justice Minister Masako Mori said on Thursday, firing back at the auto executive-turned-fugitive shortly after his highly anticipated media appearance in Beirut.
Speaking publicly for the first time since his dramatic escape from Japan, Ghosn said on Wednesday he had been treated "brutally" by Tokyo prosecutors, who he said questioned him for up to eight hours a day without a lawyer present and tried to extract a confession out of him.
In a statement issued shortly after midnight and translated into English and French, Japan's justice minister shot back, repeating that Ghosn's escape from his trial in itself "could constitute a crime".
US strike in Baghdad on Iran’s top commander follows Iraqi domestic protests
Mobilising for a new political system in Iraq
by Feurat Alani
Thousands of Iraqis have been protesting against their government, calling for an end to the political system in place since 2003, when Saddam Hussein’s regime collapsed after the US-led invasion. Between 1 October and mid-December 2019, nearly 450 demonstrators were killed and more than 20,000 injured. On 6 December 20 demonstrators and four police were killed by an unidentified militia group at a multi-storey car park that demonstrators used as a meeting place, and abductions and murders of young activists continue.
Dialogue between government and demonstrators seems to have broken down. Since Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi resigned on 29 November, the ruling class has ignored the demands of the young while it looks for a new head of government, with Abdul Mahdi staying on in a caretaker role. Iraq is facing an unprecedented crisis.
Harry and Meghan's shock announcement dominates UK media
Updated 1233 GMT (2033 HKT) January 9, 2020
Prince Harry and Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, might want to "step back" from royal duties, but UK newspaper front pages on Thursday reveal that the couple are still squarely in the public's gaze.
The couple said Wednesday they will leave their "senior" roles in the British royal family, aiming "to become financially independent" and "carve out a progressive new role within this institution," according to a statement posted on Instagram.
The UK press splashed the story across their front pages Thursday, with the shock announcement garnering blanket coverage.
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