Boks For Final: One More Week Of ‘Rassie Roulette’ – Rassie Erasmus has played a roulette of sorts throughout RWC 2019, probably knowing deep down that his intensely suffocation-based rather than thrill-seeking strategy could wash up quite nastily on the rocks at any time. [s24]

Tickets For The Rugby World Cup Final Are Now Selling For More Than R40,000 – Here’s what it will cost to see the Springboks play in person. [busins]

‘He Died Like A Dog’ Donald Trump Addresses The Nation – Confirms that ‘coward’ ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has been killed by U.S. Special Forces and died ‘whimpering and crying and screaming’ after being cornered inside his Syrian lair and detonated his suicide vest. [dm]

How U.S. Commandos IDed A ‘Mutilated’ Baghdadi So Quickly – New technology includes a smaller and much faster DNA-reader that troops can haul into combat aboard their helicopters and use while the smoke from combat is still clearing. [beast]

White House: John Kelly Was ‘Unequipped’ To Handle Trump’s ‘Genius’ – The White House shot back on Saturday after former chief of staff John Kelly said he had warned President Trump that hiring a “yes man” to replace him would likely lead to impeachment. White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham disputed Kelly’s claim. [guardian]

Trump Ordered Mattis To ‘Screw Amazon’ On Pentagon Contract, According To New Book – A new biography of former Defense Secretary James Mattis reports President Donald Trump personally got involved in who would win a major $10 billion contract to provide cloud computing services to the Pentagon, according to the website Task & Purpose, which writes about military issues. [cnn]

‘Porn Pastor’ Rejects Plea Deal, Opts To Fight 47 Charges Against Him – The former Common Ground Church youth leader nicknamed the “Porn Pastor” this week ditched almost a year of plea bargain negotiations with the prosecution and decided to stand trial on the 47 charges against him. [iol]

Southwest Airline Pilots Streamed Video From Plane Toilet To Cockpit, Flight Attendant Says – Two Southwest Airlines pilots allegedly hid a camera in a plane’s lavatory and live-streamed the video to an iPad mounted on the windshield of the cockpit aboard a flight, according to a lawsuit filed by a fellow flight attendant. [trav]

Prince’s Memoir: Seven Things We Learned – “Yesterday I tried to write a novel, but I didn’t know where to begin,” sang Prince in his 1982 song Moonbeam Lyrics. [bbc]

We Asked Religious Experts About Kanye West’s ‘Jesus Is King’ – Ahead of the release of Kanye’s ninth album, we talked to divinity professors to put the rapper’s turn to the Lord into context. [vice]

Cimabue Painting Found In French Kitchen Sets Auction Record – A long-lost painting by a celebrated Italian artist that was found hanging in the kitchen of an elderly French woman has sold for €24m (£20m; $26.6m) at auction, setting a new record. [bbc]

How To Add And Change Watchfaces On Your Apple Watch – A new face for a new day. [verge]

Ivanka Trump And Jared Kushner Retreat To Camp David For An Anniversary Celebration – The couple, who also serve as President Donald Trump’s advisers, celebrated 10 years of marriage at the presidential rural retreat. [huff] Want to know what Camp David looks like? See here. 

Lewis Hamilton Claims Mexico Grand Prix But Has To Wait For Title – British driver secured a true champion’s victory at the Mexican Grand Prix but much as he rightly revelled in a win scored completely against the odds, the championship champagne remains on ice for one more week at least. [guardian]

The Week A Royal Rift Broke Beyond Palace Walls – It was billed as a behind-the-scenes look at their recent royal tour in southern Africa. Instead the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s documentary confirmed what many had suspected for quite some time: a rift within the royal family. [cnn]

Plan Now, Save Later – How To Get The Most Out Of Black Friday – Black Friday brings with it a combination of chaos and incredible savings. If you’re keen to avoid the former and enjoy the latter, here are some tips. [here]

Woman Killed After Explosion During Gender Reveal Party In Iowa – An Iowa woman was killed when an explosion at a gender reveal party sent debris flying, police said. [beast]

Prince Harry And Meghan Markle Are Set To Come Face To Face With Prince William And Kate Middleton – at Remembrance Sunday for their first public meeting since the brothers’ rift was revealed in ITV documentary. [dm]

Oktoberfest ‘Produces 10 Times As Much Methane As Boston’ – First analysis of environmental impact of Munich festival reveals extent of emissions. [guardian]

Felicity Huffman Now Has Her Weekend Free (‘Cause She’s Not in Jail) – The actor, the first parent in the Varsity Blues scandal to receive a prison sentence, was released early. [vice]

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