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Trump picks vaccine sceptic Kennedy for health secretary

Robert F Kennedy Jr abandoned his own independent presidential campaign to endorse Donald Trump

US president elect Donald Trump has made another controversial nomination to his cabinet, asking prominent anti-vaccination campaigner Robert Kennedy Jr to lead the health department.

A Doctor who has been working in Gaza says that Israeli drones have been targeting wounded children, an allegation Israel denies.

Parliamentary elections in Sri Lanka have given a boost to the left wing president Anura Kumara Dissanayake, who will now have a majority in the legislature.

In Australia we'll look at moves to try and ban children from using social media.

And, the three-year-old Indian boy who's mastering chess.

(Pic: Kennedy, Mar-A-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida, U.S., November 14, 2024; Credit: Reuters)

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