News Burst 29 November 2019

• Epstein’s plastic surgeon died last month in a plane crash: it was filled with the wrong type of fuel, causing “detonations” within the engine. Epstein’s Surgeon Didn’t Kill Himself Either.
• ​Last summer, Merkel suffered a series of shaking episodes. The first one took place in June when she was welcoming Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky and both stood while listening to national anthems. The chancellor then blamed her shaking on dehydration. Some days later, she trembled again standing behind German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier. The third shaking episode occurred during a visit by the Finnish prime minister – again while national anthems were being played. Last night stumbled and fell on her way to the stage during a business event in Berlin.
• Ancient 7,000-year old structures reportedly unearthed in Poland. The exact role of the newly-found ancient structures remains unclear, with scientists suspecting them to be temples or possibly sites for astronomical observations.
• Trump makes surprise Thanksgiving visit to U.S. troops in Bagram, Afghanistan, voices hope for ceasefire.
• President Donald Trump has said that the United States is “substantially” reducing its presence in Afghanistan, and claimed that a peace deal with the Taliban is close at hand.

• 60,000 people ordered to flee as another explosion rocks burning Texas chemical plant, firefighters struggle to contain a massive blaze at a chemical plant, following a series of explosions at the facility.
• Monarch: The apparent suicide of a second K-pop artist in a month has cast renewed focus in South Korea on vicious personal attacks and cyber bullying of vulnerable young stars, and how it mostly goes unpunished.
• Facebook/Snapchat is down for millions: millennials panic as they face thanksgiving ‘alone’.
• DOJ Inspector General Michael Horowitz is expected to release his much-anticipated report on FISA abuses on December 9 and the Deep State is leaking to the New York Times to spin, spin, spin.
• U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers searching a vehicle that was entering the Calexico West port found a teenager hiding inside a dashboard compartment.

• 200 Deaths and Suicides on the list now: deathcas.es
• Next week the President of the United States will make his third visit to the United Kingdom for a NATO meeting marking the 70th anniversary of the alliance. Prince Andrew, who played a major role in the President’s last trip has been barred from attending the event by Queen Elizabeth.

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