News Headlines - 19 December 2017

▽AFP’s internal review after media unit’s social media bungle | The West Australian

The AFP’s media team broadcast internal discussions of media management surrounding a significant arrest on the social media site Periscope last Wednesday, days ahead of the arrest of Chan Han Hoi in Sydney for suspected involvement in helping arm North Korea’s regime with weapons of mass destruction.

▽Government accepts call to tackle racial bias in justice system | The Guardian

Prosecutions of suspects in London could be deferred or dropped under a pilot programme being considered by the government that is aimed at tackling racial bias in the criminal justice system... Lammy – who pointed out that black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) men and women represent 25% of prisoners despite making up just 14% of the population – welcomed the government’s commitments but attacked its refusal to set diversity targets for a representative judiciary and magistracy by 2025.

▽Saudi forces intercept Riyadh-bound Houthi missile | Al Jazeera

A Saudi-led coalition battling Yemen's Houthi rebels says it has intercepted a missile fired from the neighbouring country towards the kingdom's capital, Riyadh.

▽Boris Johnson gulps down can of peach juice from Fukushima | The Independent

Boris Johnson has been filmed drinking a can of peach juice from Fukushima, the Japanese region hit by nuclear disaster after the 2011 earthquake and tsunami.
The video, tweeted by his Japanese counterpart Taro Kono, shows the Foreign Secretary chugging the can at the Foreign Office in London this week.

▽At least 3 dead after Amtrak derailment in Washington state, official says - CNN

At least three people were killed and more than 100 injured when an Amtrak passenger train derailed in Washington state, DuPont Fire Chief Larry Creekmore said Monday night.
The Amtrak Cascades 501 was making its first trip on a new service route when the train ran off the track near DuPont, spilling 13 cars off an Interstate 5 overpass onto rush hour traffic below, authorities said.