News Headlines - 27 November 2017

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle: BBC Interview Transcript | Time

BBC: Some of that scrutiny — and you ended up making a very public statement about it — was centered on your ethnicity, Meghan. When you realized that, what did you think?
Markle: Of course it’s disheartening. It’s a shame that that is the climate in this world to focus that much on that or that that would be discriminatory in that sense.

Pope meets Myanmar's military chief in shadow of Rohingya crisis

Pope Francis held talks on Monday with Myanmar’s military chief at the start of a delicate visit to a majority-Buddhist country that the United States has accused of “ethnic cleansing” against its Muslim Rohingya people.

Eight bodies found as second suspected North Korean boat washes up in Akita Prefecture | The Japan Times

Eight bodies were discovered in a wooden 7-meter boat that washed ashore in Oga, Akita Prefecture, on the Sea of Japan coast facing North Korea, the Japan Coast Guard said Monday.
The grisly discovery came just four days after eight men, believed to be North Koreans, were found drifting in a 20-meter fishing boat off the coast of Yurihonjo, also in Akita, on Thursday.

Royal Navy steps in to perform Changing the Guard at Buckingham Palace | The Times & The Sunday Times

Royal Navy sailors performed the Changing the Guard ceremony yesterday outside Buckingham Palace for the first time in its 357-year history.
Thousands of tourists gathered outside the palace gates in the crisp wintry weather as 86 sailors from 45 ships performed the routine following a month of practice.

More than 100 reindeer killed by freight trains in Norwegian 'bloodbath' | The Guardian

More than 100 reindeer have been killed by freight trains in northern Norway in the past days in what has been called a “bloodbath”.
One train killed 65 deer on a track on Saturday while 41 died between Wednesday and Friday, the public broadcaster NRK reported late on Sunday.