News Headlines - 09 March 2017

▽Japan PM Abe's support dives in wake of school scandal: online poll | Reuters

Support for Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has plunged after questions were raised in parliament about a murky land deal involving an elementary school to which his wife had ties, according to an online poll published on Wednesday.

▽Disney CEO Asked to Step Down from Trump’s Business Policy Forum in Denver Annual Meeting

Robert Iger, the Chief Executive Officer of Walt Disney Co. was asked to step down from President Donald Trump’s forum for business policy in the company’s annual meeting.

▽Nicola Sturgeon eyes autumn 2018 for new Scottish independence vote

Autumn 2018 could be a “common sense” time for Scotland to have a second independence referendum, Nicola Sturgeon has said.

▽Ax attack at Düsseldorf main train station | News | DW.COM

Police converged on Düsseldorf's main railway station after an attacker with an ax injured seven people. Authorities believe the 36-year-old, mentally ill suspect they detained acted alone.

▽Rabbit hole in farmer's field leads to 'mystery caves'

According to local legend, the Caynton Caves, near Shifnal, in Shropshire, were used by followers of the Knights Templar in the 17th Century... Their original purpose is shrouded in mystery, but Historic England, which describes the caves as a "grotto", believes they were probably built in the late 18th or early 19th Century - hundreds of years after the Templar order was dissolved.