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Gymnast Sophina DeJesus’s hip-hop routine wows the internet –
Video of an American student gymnast has gone viral after she threw in some hip-hop moves during a university competition. Sophina DeJesus’s floor routine has been watched millions of times online. The UCLA, University of California, Los Angeles, undergraduate told Pac-12 Sports Report she had “no clue” it would get such a big reaction. “I wanted to think of something to end my senior year with a bang,” she said. Sophina was awarded 9.925 for her routine, despite the crowds cheering for the judges to give her a perfect 10. [BBC Newsbeat] See Video of the Day
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Armed conflicts and attacks

• Northern Mali conflict
  • Suspected Islamist militants attack a customs post in the town of Mopti, central Mali, killing two civilians and a customs officer. (Reuters)
• A man shoots six people dead at an education centre in Jizan Province, Saudi Arabia (BBC)
• Four policemen are killed and another seven wounded when one of their colleagues opened fire on them in Kandahar, Afghanistan. (Appeal Democrat)

Disasters and accidents

• 2016 Taiwan earthquake
  • The death toll from the earthquake rises to 59 with 76 missing. (AAP via News Limited)
• At least 52 inmates are killed in a riot and fire that broke out in a prison in Mexico. (FOX News) (CNN)

Health

• A yellow fever outbreak has killed 37 people in Angola since December 2015. (AAP via News Limited)

International relations

• North Korea–South Korea relations
  • South Korea starts withdrawing its nationals from the Kaesong Industrial Region in protest to recent actions by North Korea. (Yonhap)
  • North Korea says it will freeze all South Korean assets and equipment at the jointly run Kaesong Industrial Park. (AP)

Law and Crime

• Occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge
  • All four remaining occupiers leave the refuge and surrender. (CNN)

Politics and elections

• Warren Truss, the Deputy Prime Minister of Australia, announces his resignation as the leader of the National Party of Australia. Barnaby Joyce is elected as the new leader with Fiona Nash elected as the new deputy leader. (ABC News Australia), (ABC News)
• Former Prime Minister of France Jean-Marc Ayrault is named as the new Foreign Minister replacing Laurent Fabius who resigned earlier in the week. (BBC)

Sports

• Sunderland A.F.C. terminate the contract of England international footballer Adam Johnson after he pleads guilty to two charges relating to child sexual abuse. (BBC)

Science

• The LIGO Scientific Collaboration experiment announces the first direct observation of gravitational waves. (Nature), (Guardian), (New York Times) (APS Journals)

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