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Anchor Megyn Kelly to join NBC after 12 years with Fox News –
Fox News presenter Megyn Kelly, who has worked at the channel for 12 years, is leaving the network to join NBC, her publicist has confirmed. Ms Kelly will host her own daytime news and discussion program at NBC, as well as presenting an in-depth Sunday night news show. The move deprives Fox News of its second most-popular host after Bill O’Reilly. Ms Kelly’s contract with Fox was due to end later this year.
She was pushed into the international spotlight in 2015 when she accused Donald Trump of misogyny during a Republican presidential debate. She later said that she would “not apologise for doing good journalism”, following criticism from Mr Trump’s supporters. [BBC]
Megyn Kelly

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Business and economy

• Ford announces that it has cancelled plans to build a $1.6 billion plant in Mexico, long criticized by U.S. President-elect Donald Trump, and will invest $700 million in its Michigan plant in Flat Rock, potentially creating 700 new jobs from the investment and expansion of the plant. (CNN), (Fox News)
• The U.S. Commerce Department announces that construction spending increased 0.9 percent to $1.18 trillion in November 2016, the highest level since April 2006. (CNBC)

Law and crime

• Former Hong Kong Chief Executive Donald Tsang, who is on trial for corruption, pleads not guilty to three charges of bribery and misconduct relating to a penthouse he leased in Shenzhen. (AFP, Reuters viaThe Straits Times), (BBC News), (South China Morning Post)
• 2017 Kidapawan jail siege
  • More than 100 prisoners escape in the Philippines after armed suspected Muslim rebels storm a prison in Kidapawan. A prison guard dies. (ABC Australia), (Aljazeera)

Politics and elections

• Presidential transition of Donald Trump
  • U.S. President-elect Donald Trump says that Robert Lighthizer will be the country’s chief trade negotiator. (Reuters)
• 115th United States Congress
  • The Republican-led U.S. House of Representatives cancels plans approved on Monday, following widespread criticism, including a tweet by President-elect Trump, that would have weakened the House’s independent ethics watchdog, the Office of Congressional Ethics. (CNN) (Washington Post)
  • The House GOP caucus overwhelmingly re-elects Paul Ryan to another term as House Speaker. (AP via KYTV) (Politico)
• The Grand National Assembly of Turkey votes to extend a state of emergency imposed after last year’s attempted coup for another three months. (AP)

Sports

• The English rugby league club the Bradford Bulls goes into liquidation after years of financial problems. (BBC)

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