News Headlines - 21 November 2017
▽Zimbabwe's Robert Mugabe resigns, ending 37-year rule - BBC News
Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe has resigned, bringing an end to 37 years of rule and sparking jubilant celebrations in the nation's streets.
A letter from Mr Mugabe read out by the speaker of parliament said the decision was voluntary and he had made it to allow a smooth transfer of power.
▽Iraqi Federal Court nullifies 'unconstitutional' Kurdish referendum - UPI.com
The Iraqi Federal Court ruled the Kurdish independence referendum as "unconstitutional" on Monday, officially making the results as null and void.
Kurdish Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani said the ruling was made "unilaterally and without the presence of Kurdish representatives."
▽Jose Manuel Maza, Spanish prosecutor leading case against Catalans, dies | DW
Spain's top prosecutor Jose Manuel Maza has died unexpectedly at the age of 66 while in Argentina for a conference. Maza had been leading the probe against members of Catalonia's ousted regional government.
Eight women have told The Washington Post that longtime television host Charlie Rose made unwanted sexual advances toward them, including lewd phone calls, walking around naked in their presence, or groping their breasts, buttocks or genital areas.
▽How Sony Nabbed Quentin Tarantino's Manson Movie | Hollywood Reporter
In the wake of the sexual assault allegations against Harvey Weinstein, his career-long collaborator Quentin Tarantino’s next movie became one of the hottest projects in years on Hollywood’s auction block... It’s a significant win for Sony, given its currently anemic slate, but to acquire the project, the studio had to contend with Tarantino’s lofty demands, including, sources say, a $95 million production budget, final cut and “extraordinary creative controls,” plus a whopping 25 percent of first-dollar gross. Another demand was that the rights to the movie revert to him after 10 to 20 years.
