News Headlines - 10 October 2016

▽Billy Bush suspended from 'Today' show after tape of Trump's lewd comments: memo | Reuters

NBC has suspended television personality Billy Bush from the "Today" show after fallout over the host's 2005 taped lewd conversation with U.S. Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, according to a show memo seen by Reuters on Sunday.

▽De Niro: I'd like to punch Trump in the face

Actor Robert DeNiro strongly criticized Donald Trump in a video filmed for the #VoteYourFuture campaign but was later excluded because the producers deemed it too partisan.

▽Clown sightings in the UK - where have they been spotted and where has the trend come from

THE creepy clown epidemic that started in the US has spread to the shores of the UK after a flurry of sightings in towns across the country.
The spooky jesters have been seen in Essex, Wales, Manchester and Newcastle, in some cases approaching school children in sinister masks.

▽Smoking set to be banned across Philippines | The Independent

A nationwide smoking ban is set to be implemented across the Philippines, replicating rules currently observed in president Duterte’s former jurisdiction, Davao City, where he was mayor.

▽Alibaba Goes to Hollywood in Deal With Steven Spielberg’s Amblin Partners - WSJ

Hollywood’s highest-grossing director is teaming up with Jack Ma’s Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. in a partnership that will help Mr. Spielberg’s Amblin Partners produce, finance and distribute movies, the companies said Sunday.