News Headlines - 16 December 2016

▽Brexit could see EU student numbers nose dive, Cambridge warns | The Guardian

Cambridge University has said it faces significant risks from Britain’s exit from the EU, including an estimated two-thirds fall in the number of EU students it enrols each year.

▽Japanese banks warn of leaving London without Brexit clarity

Japanese financial institutions have told the government they will begin moving some functions from London within six months unless they can get clarity on the UK’s future relationship with the EU, highlighting the dilemma international banks face as uncertainty over Brexit drags on.

▽Report: 12-year-old planned two bomb attacks in German city of Ludwigshafen | DW.COM

German media reported on Friday that a 12-year-old boy was suspected of planning two different bomb attacks in the western German city of Ludwigshafen. The German magazine "Focus" said he had first tried to target a Christmas market at the end of November, before placing a backpack with explosives near a high-rise building containing both city hall and a shopping center.

▽'Britain's oldest defendant', aged 101, found guilty of child sex offences | Metro News

Ralph Clarke, a retired lorry driver, was convicted of 21 charges today relating to two young girls in the 1970s and 1980s.

▽U.S. Says ISIS Leaders Linked to Paris Attacks Killed in Syria Strike - NBC News

An airstrike by the U.S.-led coalition killed three ISIS leaders in Syria, including two militants responsible for facilitating the city-wide attacks in Paris last November, the Pentagon said Tuesday.