News Headlines - 17 January 2015

▽Niger rioters torch churches and attack French firms in Charlie Hebdo protest | The Observer

At least five people died when rioters burned churches and cars and attacked French-linked businesses across Niger on Saturday, in violent protests against the publication of a cartoon of Muhammad on the cover of Charlie Hebdo magazine.

▽Mitt Romney jokes about 2016 "speculation" at RNC meeting - CBS News

Former Massachusetts Governor and 2012 Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney spoke on Friday to a dinner crowd of several hundred party faithful gathered on the USS Midway aircraft carrier during the Republican National Committee's winter meeting in San Diego.

▽Obama Will Seek to Raise Taxes on Wealthy to Finance Cuts for Middle Class - NYTimes.com

President Obama will use his State of the Union address to call on Congress to raise taxes and fees on the wealthiest taxpayers and the largest financial firms to finance an array of tax cuts for the middle class, pressing to reshape the tax code to help working families, administration officials said on Saturday.

▽Jet stream blasts BA plane across Atlantic in record time - Telegraph

The Boeing 777-200 jet reached a ground speed of 745mph as it rode winds of more than 200mph across the Atlantic. At ground level, the speed of sound is 761mph.

▽BBC News - More than 100 bodies recovered from India's Ganges

More than 100 bodies have been found in the river Ganges in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, prompting the authorities to order a probe.