News Headlines - 29 November 2013

▽Marine A was 'Iraq hero with exemplary record' - Telegraph

A Royal Marine who murdered a Taliban prisoner and now faces life in prison fought at the forefront of the Iraq invasion, had an exemplary record and was tipped for further promotion.

▽Ukraine aligns with Moscow as EU summit fails | The Guardian

A six-year campaign to lure Ukraine into integration with the EU and out of the Kremlin's orbit failed on Friday when President Viktor Yanukovych refused to sign a pact at a summit in Lithuania. Ten days of high-stakes brinkmanship that brought a clash between Russian and other European countries ended with the Kremlin on top, for now, although all sides were careful to leave options on the table.

▽euronews speaks to Georgia President following Association Agreement with EU | euronews

Closer ties between the EU and Georgia and Moldova is the only tangible result after the Eastern Partnership Summit. euronews speaks to the President of Georgia Giorgi Margvelashvili after the Vilnius gathering.

▽BBC News - Japan consumer price rises pick up pace

Consumer prices in Japan rose at the fastest pace in five years in October, suggesting policymakers' attempts to end years of deflation are working. Consumer prices, excluding food, rose 0.9% from a year earlier. Prices have now risen for five months in a row. Japan has been battling deflation, or falling prices, for best part of the past 20 years.

▽Brazil World Cup stadium deaths: union says safety concerns ignored | theguardian.com

A safety engineer at the World Cup stadium where a giant crane collapse killed two workers allegedly warned his supervisor of possible problems with the operation, only to have his concerns brushed aside, a union leader charged on Thursday.