News Headlines - 05 December 2016

▽Afghan immigrant is arrested in Germany over murder of medical student | Daily Mail Online

A teenage Afghan asylum seeker has been arrested in Germany for the rape and murder of the 19-year-old daughter of a senior EU official.

▽First Republican 'faithless elector' announces intent to vote against Trump | The Guardian

A Republican presidential elector has become the first to announce that he intends to defect from Donald Trump when he casts his vote as part of the electoral college, vowing to try and block the president-elect from reaching the White House.

▽To Kill a Mockingbird and Huckleberry Finn banned from schools in Virginia for racism

A US school district has banned To Kill a Mockingbird and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn after a parent complained about use of racist language.

▽Amazon opens line-free grocery store in challenge to supermarkets | Reuters

Amazon.com Inc said on Monday it has opened a brick-and-mortar grocery store in Seattle without lines or checkout counters, kicking off new competition with supermarket chains.

▽Polish man wakes up in morgue after 'dying' on night out | Metro News

A man who was pronounced dead after drinking too much on a night out woke up in the morgue before heading back to the pub.