UK PM Rishi Sunak faces internal turmoil as Tory Rightwingers, led by Suella Braverman, challenge the Rwanda immigration plan. Sunak defends the policy, cautioning that going further risks the entire deal. "We have set the bar so high that it will be vanishingly rare for anyone to meet it," he asserts. Braverman presses for excluding international law to halt boat crossings, emphasizing the urgency: "We can't keep failing the British people." Former Home Secretary Dame Priti Patel urges a robust treaty to curb illegal migration. Veteran MP Sir Christopher Chope demands a stronger bill, believing small boats can only be stopped by leaving the European Convention on Human Rights. The Safety of Rwanda Bill, granting powers to disregard parts of the Human Rights Act, intensifies a Conservative party rift.

A BBC news anchor was caught showing her middle finger during a live broadcast on Wednesday. Video shows presenter Maryam Moshiri giving the obscene middle finger gesture at the camera just as she appears on-screen to begin delivering the day's news headlines. Quickly realizing she is live on-air, Moshiri pulls her hand away and starts reading the news, though she stumbles over her words in an apparent sign of embarrassment. Moshiri later apologized, explaining she was joking around with studio crew, pretending to count down to the broadcast with hand signals when she accidentally flipped the middle finger not realizing she was live. The cringeworthy gaffe comes a few years after another BBC presenter was famously caught flashing the middle finger on-air before realizing he was live.

A holiday was announced for Chennai schools and colleges on Friday as areas remained flooded after Cyclone Michaung's landfall earlier this week. Power supply disruptions also continued across suburbs. Torrential Michaung rains previously led to December 7 closures as places like Velachery and Tambaram faced inundation. On Thursday, Mudichur volunteers waded through knee-deep water to distribute food and water. Meanwhile, milk and curd shortages persisted for the third straight day. Responding to the situation, PM Modi directed the Home Ministry to release the second Rs 450 crore tranche for Tamil Nadu cyclone relief efforts. As the Chennai region deals with the compounding impact of the extreme weather, the Center bolstered monetary assistance.

Federal prosecutors have accused former Jacksonville Jaguars financial manager Amit Patel of embezzling over $22 million from the NFL franchise through virtual credit cards between 2019-2023. Patel, who worked for 5 years starting in 2018, faces wire fraud and illegal transaction charges that may require surrendering assets purchased via proceeds if convicted. The team confirmed terminating Patel's employment in February 2023, cooperating with investigations. As the filing states, the ex-financial planning manager exploited his trusted role to secretly conduct major fraudulent activity for personal benefit at the franchise's expense. The Jaguars slammed their former executive taking advantage to allegedly steal tens of millions through official credit lines.

Just minutes after taking the oath, Telangana CM Revanth Reddy ordered barricade removal outside his residence, quickly fulfilling one of his poll guarantees. Bulldozers uprooted iron rods from Hyderabad's Pragathi Bhavan as workers swarmed the premises during Reddy's swearing-in itself. During campaigning, Reddy pledged to raze the 'feudal' barricades if Congress triumphed in the elections. Earlier, the 54-year-old replaced KCR becoming only Telangana's second CM since statehood in 2014. Known for unrelenting grit, Revanth Reddy was sworn in alongside 10 ministers, including deputy CM Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka, at a packed Hyderabad stadium event. Now Reddy's cabinet faces fiscal constraints and pressure delivering Congress's election promises. 

Police arrested television actor Bhupinder Singh for allegedly firing his licensed gun at neighbors amid a property dispute in Uttar Pradesh's Bijnor, killing one and injuring three. Reports stated Bhupinder was installing a fence when an argument broke out with Gurdeep Singh over getting eucalyptus trees cut. The clash escalated as Bhupinder and three associates attacked and opened fire. Gurdeep's 22-year-old son Govind died while he, his other son and wife suffered injuries. Bhupinder, who starred in shows like 'Yeh Pyaar Na Hoga Kam', faces murder and attempt-to-murder charges for the shooting resulting from the scuffle over trees between the two farm owners.

India's space agency ISRO successfully maneuvered back to the Earth's orbit the propulsion module (a part of the rocket) that earlier carried the historic Chandrayaan-3 Moon lander. After the module detached post-landing, ISRO conducted complex operations enabling its re-entry after a month of orbiting the Moon. The experiment holds significance for planned future manned missions' return journeys. The module continues overhead monitoring through an instrument providing lunar data. When India touched down as the first nation on the relatively unexplored Moon's south pole on August 23, the lander and rover gathered images for two weeks before entering sleep mode. With ample leftover fuel post-landing, ISRO utilized the module further for unique experiments aiding upcoming Moon flights.

In Gaza's Khan Younis, Israeli ground forces scoured for the suspected mastermind of October's bloody attacks, Hamas's Yahya Al-Sinwar. Troops located tunnels and destroyed buildings as the military said Sinwar's house was now encircled.  PM Netanyahu asserted in a video: "His house may not be his fortress and he can escape but it's only a matter of time before we get him." Israel's Army, Air Force, and Navy have all launched an offensive in South Gaza forcing thousands of displaced civilians to seek shelter on the border and in a desolate seaside area of the besieged enclave. The IDF announced targeted raids killed several Hamas militants amid the intense street-to-street search. Naval forces struck alleged bases as thousands sheltered near Gaza's border, fleeing Israel's escalating bombardment and hunting down Hamas figures on the "most intense day since the beginning of the ground operation,"

A promising young doctor in Kerala, 26-year-old Dr. Shahana, died by suicide last week, allegedly after her boyfriend refused to marry her because her family could not meet exorbitant dowry demands. Dr. Shahana was due to marry fellow doctor E.A. Ruwais when his family demanded 150 gold sovereigns, 15 acres of land, and a BMW luxury vehicle as dowry. Unable to fulfil such extravagant demands, the wedding was called off, causing Dr. Shahana immense grief. She left behind a tragic suicide note that read "Everyone wants money only." Police have charged Dr. Ruwais with abetment to suicide and launched an investigation. The disturbing case highlights the ongoing scourge of dowry abuse and violence against women in parts of Indian society. Authorities have promised action and consequences over the young doctor's needless death.

Google introduces its cutting-edge AI model, Gemini, surpassing benchmarks set by GPT-4. With Pro already available and Ultra set for an early release, Gemini exhibits superior performance in tasks like understanding, summarizing, reasoning, coding, and planning. Integrated with chatbot Bard, a ChatGPT competitor, Gemini offers text-based interactions with promised multimodal support. Google's new model, developed by DeepMind, features different sizes and capabilities, utilizing Pathways infrastructure for enhanced functionality. Expected to make a significant impact, Gemini is lauded for its natural conversational abilities and stands as a formidable player in the AI industry.