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Guitarist Vick Flick dies aged 87 – He worked with James Bond theme & The Beatles. The Famed session musician, who also performed with Tom Jones, Jimmy Page and Eric Clapton, died after being diagnosed with Alzheimer’s. Vic Flick, the famed British session musician who picked out the famous jangly guitar motif on the James Bond theme song, has died aged 87. Guitarist Vick Flick dies aged 87 Flick would perform on the soundtrack of several 007 films, including Shirley Bassey’s theme for the 1964 Bond film Goldfinger. The musician’s son, Kevin Flick announced his father died on 14 November,…

SpaceX launched its Starship megarocket Tuesday, attended by President-elect Donald Trump and allies. The Super Heavy booster splashed into the Gulf of Mexico, missing the “chopstick” tower catch. SpaceX cited technical issues, overshadowing the event despite Trump’s praise of the engineering feat during his victory speech. Trump-musk”>SpaceX’s Starship rocket launch sixth test flight as Trump and Musk watch

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It is unclear whether Van Nistelrooy, who spent five years at United as a player from 2001 to 2006, winning the Premier League, FA Cup, EFL Cup and FA Community Shield, would remain at the club if Amorim is appointed. He managed PSV Eindhoven for a year from 2022 before joining at Ten Hag’s assistant in the summer. It is a great honour to manage the club I love Ruud Van Nistelrooy said United “can be unstoppable” when “players, staff and supporters pull together”. “Even on an interim basis, it is a great honour to manage the club I love…

South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham sent a letter to each of the 51 former intelligence officials who signed a memo suggesting the Hunter Biden laptop had the hallmarks of Russian disinformation. Over the summer, US News asked all 51 officials whether they regretted signing on to the now-debunked letter.  Sen Graham asks 51 intel officials on Hunter laptop letter if they’d still sign it now amid threats to clearances “In your letter, you claimed that the laptop story was ‘Russia trying to influence how Americans vote,’” Graham’s letter read to former CIA directors Leon Panetta and Michael Hayden, former Director…

The US front pages cover a wide variety of mostly American news. The arrival of the next president Donald Trump – who will take office in January – also continues to make the front pages, as his cabinet choices continue to be scrutinised.

Publications also look ahead at what the next Trump term could look like. 

There’s speculation over Trump’s economic plans for the country with experts warning that it could lead to higher inflation and interest rates.

Several front pages report on Donald Trump’s promise to mass deport illegal immigrants using the American military, and that he will declare a national emergency to help force millions out of the United States.

Monday’s main European headlines report on a variety of political stories from across the bloc. The biggest stories cover the severed undersea cable between Germany and Finland – believed to be intentional.

The latest from the war in Ukraine as the US permits them to use American weapons to strike inside Russia. It leads to many of the European nations pondering if Germany – Europe’s largest economy – will follow suit.

Many of the UK media already report the UK is set to follow Washignton’s lead and allow Ukraine to use British weapons.

Coverage of the EU vote on whether to suspend Israel talks over Gaza and the bloc’s plans to increase defence spending are two other huge stories dominating the European news this morning.

The French newspapers continue coverage of the horrific rape trial that has not only caught the country’s attention – but the world’s.

Spain continues coverage of the devastating floods earlier in the month and the devastation left behind.

The German press reports on the severed undersea cables calling it an act of sabotage and a “hybrid action”, without knowing who is to blame.

The G20 summit in Brazil also finds space across Europe’s biggest news media.

British Airways flights in chaos as another IT failure strikes Tens of thousands of British Airways passengers encountered long delays and possible missed connections after another major IT failure. On Monday evening passengers at London Heathrow Terminal 5, as well as airports abroad, say they have been told communications systems have failed. In one example, flight BA365 from Lyon to Heathrow remained on the ground in France for two hours 40 minutes, rather than the expected one hour. The three evening departures from Manchester to Heathrow all arrived at least two hours late, jeopardising connections to destinations such as Abu…

Starmer criticised for meeting China’s Xi as Hong Kong freedom protesters were being jailed Sir Keir Starmer has been criticised for meeting China’s President Xi Jinping just hours before 45 Hong Kong pro-democracy activists were sentenced for attempting to field opposition candidates in an election. Among those sentenced were Benny Tai, who was jailed for 10 years and Joshua Wong, sentenced to four years, for “subversion” after being involved in the “Hong Kong 47” group of activists and lawmakers. The imprisonments were the largest use of the authoritarian National Security Law brought in to clamp down on democracy in Hong…

Putin increases nuclear weapon threat as UK expected to sign off missile strikes Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a revised nuclear doctrine to lower the bar for future nuclear weapon use. The updated doctrine, first announced in September but signed by Putin this week, declares that an attack using conventional weapons by any nation that is supported by a nuclear power will now be considered a joint attack on Russia. It does not specify whether a joint attack will trigger a nuclear response. But the doctrine does declare that a massive aerial attack against Russia could trigger a nuclear…