Roubaix Hostage Situation In Northern France Ends – A hostage situation in the northern French town of Roubaix has ended, with the hostages now safe, local officials say. [bbc]

Turkey Shoots Down Russian Warplane On Syria Border: Vladimir Putin Warns Of ‘Serious Consequences’ – Russian president has accused Turkey of “stabbing Russia in the back”, as Turkish official says Ankara believes two pilots are alive despite reports. [tele]

Tiger Tiger Are Getting Annihilated On Facebook Ahead Of Their Latest Event – You’ll need to read this entire post to make sense of the apology below but here’s the latest from Tiger Tiger Cape Town. [story]

Inside Krejcir’s Mansion Where He Partied With Playboy Models And Gangsters [Video] – If you’re not keen on coughing up the R100 000 registration fee to see the property in person then enjoy this video of Krejcir’s old haunt. [here]

Obama: We Are All French Now – French President François Hollande and U.S. President Barack Obama on Tuesday vowed to intensify their nations’ military attacks on ISIS in Syria and Iraq at a White House meeting lent urgency and deep symbolic significance by the terrorist attacks on Paris 10 days ago that opened a new phase of the war on terror. [cnn]

Radical Footage Shows Syrian Rebels Preparing A Missile And Blowing Up A Russian Helicopter Searching For Pilots [Video] – The border of Syria and Turkey played host to some very ugly scenes yesterday, a plane shot down and the subsequent rescue helicopter destroyed by missiles. [2ov]

Hope For Johannesburg Man Held Hostage In Mali – Stephen McGown from Johannesburg‚ who was taken hostage by al-Qaeda in Timbuktu‚ Mali‚ four years ago. [tlive]

Media24 To Fight SAA Gag Order – Media24, the owner of Fin24 and City Press, on Tuesday gave notice to SAA lawyers that it would fight an interim High Court order gagging it from publishing the contents of a leaked memo dated 6 November 2015 to the SAA board from former acting CEO Thuli Mpshe. [f24]

How Pope Francis’ Trip Retraces The First Papal Visit To Africa – Pope Francis arrives in Kenya on Wednesday; Pope Paul VI touched down in Uganda 46 years ago. [time]

Apple To Launch Mobile Payments Service In China – According to a new report, Apple is in talks with the country’s four largest banks to launch Apple Pay in China in February. [fort]

Austrian Teenager Who Joined Isis Is ‘Beaten To Death For Trying To Escape’ – One of the two teenager girls who ran away from their home in Austria to join terror group Isis has reportedly been beaten to death after trying to flee their Syrian stronghold. [metro]

South Africans’ Confidence In Zuma Takes A Dive – A study reveals that the public’s trust in the president has decreased by half in the last four years. [ewn]

No shit.

Incredible Footage Of Durban Will Make You Think It’s Paradise [Must Watch] – Check out Durban from above in this 3 minute short shot over two years and compiled just for you. [2ov]

Freemasons May Have Influenced Titanic Inquiry – Newly disclosed list of members’ names reveals. [ind]

Gang Member Gets Five Years For Drug Dealing – A 28s gang member has been sentenced, by a Western Cape court, to five years in prison after he confessed to drug dealing. [n24]

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Watch: Buffaloes Save Lion – Three lions were trying to kill another lion, when a herd of buffalo scared them off. Unfortunately the lion that was under attack died a week later – at at a place called ‘Buffalo Pan’. [tlive]

John Mitchell Set To Be Stormers’ Next Coach – Former All Blacks coach John Mitchell is edging closer to finalising a deal to become the next Stormers coach. [tlive]

Heidi Klum Goes Topless At 42 – Heidi Klum poses topless as she puts her derriere on display in tiny thong. [dm]

Jimmy Carr’s Dwarf Joke Backfires – The comedian’s controversial gag to be investigated by Ofcom after viewers complain following TV appearance. [tele]

Kevin Federline Calls Beyoncé “Botoxed” – and His Twitter Mentions Will Never Be the Same. [ps]

Katie Holmes And Jamie Foxx Are Still Very Much Together – Shhh … Katie Holmes and Jamie Foxx still don’t want people to know they’re an item. [p6]

*NSYNC Members Congratulate Adele on Breaking Their Sales Record – Adele beat the boy band’s record for most albums sold in a single week. [time]

Jay Z Loses R1.4 Million Bet – Jay Z doesn’t screw around when it comes to bets — ’cause he’s ALREADY forked over the $100k he lost to Oscar De La Hoya in their big boxing bet … TMZ Sports has learned. [tmz]

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Cheryl Fernandez-Versini Takes Legal Action After Photo Of Her With ‘White Substance’ Emerges – Cheryl Fernandez-Versini, formerly known as Cheryl Cole, formerly known as Cheryl Tweedy, formerly known as that girl off Popstars who was in Girls Aloud, has decided to take legal action after a fashion journalist posted a picture of her on Instagram in the presence of what appears to be a white substance. [lad]

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