News Headlines - 11 October 2019

▽Nobel Peace Prize: Ethiopia PM Abiy Ahmed wins - BBC News

The 2019 Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed who made peace last year with bitter foe Eritrea.
He was awarded the prize for his efforts to "achieve peace and international cooperation".
Mr Abiy's peace deal with Eritrea ended a 20-year military stalemate following their 1998-2000 border war.

▽EU challenges Poland over judicial independence | The Guardian

Poland is being taken to the EU’s highest court over a law said to violate the principle of judicial independence.
Just three days before parliamentary elections on Sunday, the European commission announced it was referring Poland to the European court of justice over its disciplinary regime for Polish judges.
Under the law Polish judges can be investigated and sanctioned for their court rulings.

▽Principal apologizes about case of bullied teacher | NHK WORLD

The principal of a public elementary school in the city of Kobe, western Japan, has apologized about a case of a teacher who was repeatedly bullied by four other teachers at the school. She said she decided to remove the four teachers from their official duties... A male teacher in his 20s at Higashi Suma Elementary School was reportedly bullied by three male colleagues in their 30s and a female colleague in her 40s. He is said to have been forced to eat extremely spicy curry on multiple occasions while being physically restrained.

▽New ￡20 note featuring painter Turner revealed as Bank of England’s most secure | The Independent

The Bank of England has unveiled the design of the new ￡20 note, which features the painter JMW Turner as announced previously. The bank said it will be its most secure note yet.
The hard-wearing polymer note, which will be issued from 20 February 2020, has two windows and a two-colour foil. This design, used for the first time, makes the note very difficult to counterfeit, the central bank said on Thursday.
The new note, like the polymer ￡10, will also contain a tactile feature to help vision-impaired people identify the denomination.

▽Humpback whale found dead in Thames was hit by a ship | The Guardian

A humpback whale that died after swimming into the Thames was hit by a ship, the Zoological Society of London (ZSL) has said.
However, it is not clear whether the wound on the juvenile female was inflicted before or after its death.