## [2019-12-17](/feed/2019/12/17/index.md)

##### Climate change in Australia
### [A temperature of 47°C (116.6F) is recorded in the remote outback town of Oodnadatta, South Australia, marking Australia's hottest day on record with average temperatures of 40.9°C, according to the Bureau of Meteorology. ](/feed/2019/12/17/a-temperature-of-47degc-1166f-is-recorded-in-the-remote-outback-town-of-oodnadatta-south-australia-marking-australi.md)
##### 2016–present purges in Turkey
### [Turkish police arrest 191 people, including a mayor, accused of links with the Gülen movement (named by Turkey as FETÖ, a terrorist group) and of using ByLock, an encrypted messaging application. ](/feed/2019/12/17/turkish-police-arrest-191-people-including-a-mayor-accused-of-links-with-the-gulen-movement-named-by-turkey-as-feto.md)
##### Musharraf high treason case
### [Former President of Pakistan Pervez Musharraf is sentenced to death "in absentia" for high treason, by a 2-1 majority. He is described as a dictator who seized power in a 1999 coup, imposed a 2007 state of emergency and resigned in 2008 to avoid impeachment. ](/feed/2019/12/17/former-president-of-pakistan-pervez-musharraf-is-sentenced-to-death-in-absentia-for-high-treason-by-a-2-1-majority-h.md)
##### ''Shandong''
### [ "Shandong", the first fully domestically built Chinese aircraft carrier, enters naval service. ](/feed/2019/12/17/shandong-the-first-fully-domestically-built-chinese-aircraft-carrier-enters-naval-service.md)
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