News Headlines - 12 January 2016
▽Blast in Istanbul tourist district kills at least 10 people | Reuters
An explosion in the heart of Istanbul's historic Sultanahmet tourist district killed at least ten people and wounded 15 on Tuesday and some local media reports said a suicide bomber may have been responsible.
▽'High probability' that Istanbul explosion was Isil suicide bomb attack - Telegraph
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has blamed a "Syrian suicide bomber" for the attack.
Turkish officials have said they believe the bombing was an Isil terror attack.
▽Apple’s Android switching plan - Telegraph
According to a senior industry source, Apple has privately agreed to develop a simple tool to help consumers shift data such as contacts, music and photos if they move to Android. Major European telecoms operators are concerned that only a tiny fraction of customers ever move off the iPhone, in part because of the technical hassle of transferring data.
Police walked away from the home of triple murder suspect Arthur Simpson-Kent after he told them his missing partner and their two children had gone to see a friend in Cambridge, a court heard today.
Officers had turned up at the suspect's home in Erith, Kent, on December 16 to ask questions about Eastenders star Sian Blake's whereabouts as part of what police initially thought was a missing person's inquiry.
The media mogul, 84, and the 59-year-old model placed an advert in the Births, Marriages and Deaths section of the Times newspaper, which is owned by Mr Murdoch's News Corporation.
The pair reportedly began their relationship in the summer of 2015 and got engaged at the weekend, during which they attended the Golden Globe awards ceremony.
