Bannon Predicts Trump ‘To Go Full Animal’ Now That Russia Probe Is Over – Now that the Russia probe is finally over, former White House adviser Steve Bannon believes President Trump will “come off the chains” and “go full animal” on his political opponents. [nyp]

‘The Brink’ Exposes Steve Bannon As A Fascist Fraud – A new fly-on-the-wall documentary by Alison Klayman, in which she trailed the ‘populist’ preacher for 13 months, shows just how empty his message is. [beast]

Trump Said Investigating His Finances Would Be A ‘Red Line.’ New York Prosecutors Are About To Cross It – New York state prosecutors are using Michael Cohen’s testimony to the House Oversight Committee to point them in the right direction as they investigate President Donald Trump’s sprawling real-estate empire, business dealings, and finances. [busins]

Huawei Notches 25% Profit Jump Despite Battle With US – Huawei has reported record profits and strong overseas growth for 2018 despite mounting US-led pressure on the Chinese telecoms maker over its alleged links to the Beijing government. [ft]

EU Parliament Approves Ban On Single-Use Plastics – The European Parliament votes by 560 to 35 in favour of banning 10 single-use plastics. [alja]

US Aims For Humans On Moon In Five Years – US Vice-President Mike Pence has said he wants Nasa to return astronauts to the Moon within five years. [bbc]

Tourist Taking Pictures Dies In Fall At Grand Canyon – A Hong Kong man has died at the Grand Canyon after reportedly falling 1,000 feet over the edge of the rim while trying to take pictures. The man, who has not yet been identified, is the second person this week to die at the popular tourist destination. [beast]

Facebook Has Been Charged With Housing Discrimination By The US Government – ‘Facebook is discriminating against people based upon who they are and where they live,’ says HUD secretary. [verge]

Mboweni: Sanral Must Reverse ‘Very Bad’ Decision On E-Toll Debt – Finance Minister Tito Mboweni says he is “very unhappy” with the Sanral board’s decision to temporarily suspend summonses to recover e-toll debt and that it must be reversed “immediately”. [f24]

Cape Town Family Living In Fear After Relative Killed For Not Joining Gang – The family of a Delft father who was shot dead in front of his children say they’re still receiving death threats. Alleged gangsters told them that they’d all be killed one by one, after a relative refused to join a gang. [ewn]

State Capture Inquiry: Bosasa Paid R2.2m For Gillingham’s Divorce – Agrizzi – Former Bosasa chief operating officer turned whistleblower, Angelo Agrizzi told the Zondo commission of inquiry that R2.2m was paid by the facilities management company towards former correctional services boss Patrick Gillingham’s divorce settlement. [n24] Classic!

‘Crossing The Atlantic With No Fuel:’ Can Superyachts Really Go Green? – A huge, triple-masted leviathan, Black Pearl is the largest sailing superyacht in the world — as well as one of the most stylish. [cnn]

Anderson Outclassed In Ruthless Fashion By Federer – Roger Federer will make Denis Shapovalov’s dream come true on Friday after the Swiss booked a Miami Open semi-final against the Canadian starlet with a ruthless 6-0 6-4 destruction of Kevin Anderson. [s24] Unceremoniously ousted by the big man!

Load Shedding Could End Up Costing Netcare More Than R1 Million A Month – In the first half of its 2019 financial year it spent around R4.8 million on the diesel to run its generators during load shedding, private hospital group Netcare disclosed in a trading update on Thursday. [busins]

Elon Musk Email To Tesla Employees Tries To Explain Store Closures – Stores with low visitation rates will ‘gradually’ be closed. [eng]

Conmen Posed As French Foreign Minister To Steal €8 Million, Police Say – Israeli police have arrested three men accused of scamming €8 million (£6.8 million) from a businessman by impersonating the French foreign minister. [bbc]

South Africans Rank Their Best And Worst Banks – The latest South African Customer Satisfaction Index (Sacsi) for banking report is out, and it’s not great news for Absa. [here]

Alonso To Make F1 Return At Post-Race Bahrain Test – Just months after leaving F1 as a race driver, Fernando Alonso will find himself back behind the wheel of contemporary machinery when he tests for McLaren during the two-day in-season test in Bahrain. [f1]

Mel B Explains Comments About Sexual Encounter With Spice Girls Bandmate Geri Halliwell: ‘We Giggled About It’ – ‘Scary Spice’ Mel B reveals she once had sex with Geri ‘Ginger Spice’ Halliwell to Piers Morgan. [fox]

Why Was This French Coastal Community Bombarded With ‘Garfield’ Phones For Decades? A Hidden Sea Cave Has The Answer – For three decades, residents of a French coastal community were baffled by hundreds of Garfield the cat novelty telephones washing up on their shores. [beast]

The Murder Of An Instagram Star – The CCTV footage shows a white convertible in a narrow alley. A man, dressed all in white, rushes towards the driver’s seat, stops for seconds, and then runs towards a motorbike driven by another man. [bbc]

Snoop Dogg Got Matthew McConaughey Blazed While Shooting ‘The Beach Bum’ – Snoop Dogg and Matthew McConaughey stopped into Jimmy Kimmel Live! on Wednesday night to promote The Beach Bum, director Harmony Korine’s newest film. [vice]

R. Kelly’s Former Hair Braider Talks About Alleged Sexual Assault: ‘Why Did This Happen To Me? – Lanita Carter was 24 years old and R. Kelly’s hair dresser in 2003 when the singer allegedly sexually assaulted her. Carter is one of the anonymous victims in the criminal case against Kelly (identified in the lawsuit as “L.C.”), and she spoke publicly about the alleged assault on CBS This Morning, in an interview that aired Thursday. [jez]

Apple Martin Tells Off Mother Gwyneth Paltrow For Sharing Photo Without Consent – The 14-year-old publicly criticised Paltrow for oversharing, reflecting unease in an entire generation. [guardian]

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