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Sat 07 Dec 2019 | 11:04 AM
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“See” presents the most breaking  headlines of Friday world news

Trump rips 'Fake News' CNN, demands retraction over report he still uses personal cell phone

President Trump went after CNN on Friday night after the anti-Trump network reported that he still uses a personal cellphone, which he insisted is "totally false."

CNN reported on-air during "Out Front with Erin Burnett" that "multiple officials" from the Trump administration have told the network that the president continues to use his personal device to make phone calls "despite repeated warnings" by his staff and that he "doesn't care."( Fox News)

6 Saudi nationals detained for questioning after NAS Pensacola shooting: official

Six Saudi nationals were detained for questioning Friday near a naval air station in Pensacola, Fla., after a Saudi gunman opened fire there, killing three people before being shot dead by officers, a senior U.S. official told Fox News.

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23 dead, 130 injured in Sudan factory fire

At least 23 people died and more than 130 were injured in Sudan after a fire triggered an explosion at a factory in northern Khartoum on Tuesday, according to state news agency SUNA.

The incident happened while a tanker truck was offloading gas at a ceramics manufacturing company in an industrial area of the city, SUNA reported. (CNN)

New satellite image shows activity at previously dismantled North Korean test site

A new satellite image obtained by CNN indicates North Korea may be preparing to resume testing engines used to power satellite launchers and intercontinental ballistic missiles at a site President Donald Trump previously claimed was dismantled after his Singapore summit with dictator Kim Jong Un this summer, according to experts who analyzed the photo. (CNN)

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 Donald Trump calls for World Bank to halt all China lending

Donald Trump has called for the World Bank to stop lending money to China, a day after the institution adopted a lending plan to Beijing despite Washington’s objections. (The Guardian)

U.S. Supreme court rejects Trump administration push to restart federal executions

The US supreme court has blocked a request by the Trump administration to restart federal executions next week after a 16-year hiatus.

The justices left in place a preliminary injunction by a federal judge, placing a stay on the execution of four men that the US attorney general, William Barr, had scheduled for this month and next month. The first of those had been scheduled for Monday, with a second set for Friday. (The Guardian)

Trump says people 'flush the toilet 10 times' and seeks solution

Americans are in the midst of a toilet-flushing epidemic, according to the president.

Speaking to the press on Friday, with the hammer of impeachment poised to fall and countless domestic and international crises to consider, Donald Trump took on a pressing enemy: poor water pressure caused by conservation laws. (The Guardian)

$43M Jet Linked to Russian Church Leader, Kremlin Officials

The leader of the Russian Orthodox Church and several Kremlin officials fly on a $43 million jet linked to a major state lender, The Bell business website reported Friday.

The report follows prominent Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny’s claims that week that the state VTB bank CEO’s alleged partner and Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev’s wife fly on private jets operated by a VTB-linked offshore. In both cases, Navalny matched the jets’ flight data with the dates and locations of their alleged passengers. (The Moscow Times )

US flu season arrives early, driven by an unexpected virus

An early barrage of illness in the South has begun to spread more broadly, and there’s a decent chance flu season could peak much earlier than normal, health officials say. (Yahoo News)