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16. Scientists in Iceland are looking into a rather intriguing potential energy source by drilling deep into a volcano. They’ve reached nearly five kilometres down and are close to creating the hottest borehole ever drilled. They believe they may be able to harvest energy from it, as our science correspondent Rebecca Morelle reports. In the south of Iceland, geologists are heading into the unknown. Inside a giant rig, a drill has been operating for 24 hours a day since August.
17. Police in Uganda say 55 people have been killed in clashes between the security forces and the new armed group fighting to create a separate state in the west of the country. They’ve arrested a local tribal king. Charles Wesley Mumbere, known as the king of Rwenzururu is accused of inciting violence after militiamen reportedly attacked a police post in his hometown of Kasese.
18. The Republican vice president-elect, Mike Pence, has said the process of repealing ObamaCare would begin on Donald Trump’s first day in office. After meeting with Republican congressional leaders, Mr. Pence said the president-elect was working on a series of executive orders to allow for an orderly transition to a new healthcare system. But he gave few details.
19. The American film star Carrie Fisher who played princess Leia in the Star Wars film has died aged at 60 days after suffering a heart attack on a transatlantic flight. Fellow passengers on the plane from London to California said she stopped breathing for several minutes and she’d been in intensive care in a Los Angeles hospital since then.
20. Europe’s most wanted terrorist suspect Anis Amri has been shot dead in Italy. The radical Islamist smashed through a Berlin Christmas market in a hijacked lorry on Monday, killing 12 people. His life ended in a shoot-out in a Milan suburb when he was stopped for a routine identity check. Police officers returned fire when he pulled a gun. Chancellor Merkel has asked for a detailed analysis of the case and has promised new security measures.