News Headlines - 11 November 2018

Hometown urging search for missing French woman - NHK WORLD

Hundreds of people in the French town of Poitiers held a march on Saturday to press authorities do more to find a local woman who went missing while sightseeing in Japan.
36-year-old Tiphaine Veron was last seen leaving her accommodation in Nikko, north of Tokyo, on July 29th. Police in Japan are still searching for her.
Around 450 people turned out for a march organized by Veron's family to urge French police to send officers to Japan to help find Tiphaine.

Croydon bus crash: Driver arrested on suspicion of drug driving after collision leaves 15 year-old in 'critical condition' | The Independent

A 15-year-old girl is in critical condition after a double decker bus crashed into a bus shelter in south London in a suspected drug-driving incident on Sunday.
Police and emergency services were called to the scene in Station Road, Croydon shortly before 12.30pm following reports of a collision involving another bus and a car at West Croydon Bus Station.
The teenage girl – a passenger on the 198 bus – was taken to a local hospital by air ambulance and is now fighting for her life.

Topless Woman Tries to Charge Trump's Paris Motorcade | PEOPLE.com

A protester made her opinion of President Donald Trump crystal clear when she ran towards his car sans shirt in Paris during his trip to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the World War I armistice.
Trump’s motorcade was on the famous Champs-Élysées en route to the Arc de Triomphe when the woman approached. The words “fake peacemaker” were written on her body.

Douglas Rain, Stratford Festival actor and voice of HAL in 2001: A Space Odyssey, dies at 90 | CTV Kitchener News

Douglas Rain passed away Sunday morning at the age of 90.
The actor, one of the pioneers of the Stratford Festival, is best known for his role in Stanley Kubrick’s iconic 2001: A Space Odyssey.
Rain was the voice of the sentient computer HAL.

ATP Finals: Roger Federer beaten by Kei Nishikori in opening group match - BBC Sport

Roger Federer paid for his errors as he lost to Japan's Kei Nishikori in his opening group match at the ATP Finals.
The Swiss, chasing a 100th career title at the season-ending event, lost 7-6 (7-4) 6-3 to the world number nine.