*Manchester City 4 Burnley 1: Aguero's quick-fire double seals comeback triumph

*Manchester City 4 Burnley 1: Aguero's quick-fire double seals comeback triumph 

Sergio Aguero scored twice in 93 seconds to help send Manchester City into the FA Cup fourth round with a 4-1 victory over Burnley.

The runaway Premier League leaders fell behind when Ashley Barnes, who had earlier missed a glorious chance, lashed home a superb 25th-minute opener after John Stones failed to deal with a bouncing ball.

Pep Guardiola's side won October's Premier League meeting between the two 3-0 and that gulf in class was certainly more apparent in the second half, in which Aguero struck a double blow, with Leroy Sane and Bernardo Silva also scoring.

Ilkay Gundogan provided the assist for the first two, but the equaliser was not without controversy as the Germany international's quickly taken free-kick caught the Clarets napping and Aguero stroked home.

The visitors barely had time to regroup before Gundogan's clever flick picked out Aguero, while Sane prodded in the third and Bernardo Silva added the fourth to settle matters.

Aguero's brace took his tally of FA Cup goals to 11 in only eight appearances in the competition at the Etihad Stadium, where City remain unbeaten in all competitions since December 2016.

Israel Accused Of Revoking Thousands Of Jerusalem Residency Permits From Palestinians

*Israel Accused Of Revoking Thousands Of Jerusalem Residency Permits From Palestinians*

President Trump has recognized Jerusalem as Israel's capital. But a third of Jerusalem's residents are not Israeli citizens at all. They're Palestinians who hold Israeli residency papers. Israel has revoked those papers from thousands of Palestinian residents, rights groups say. Jerusalem's mayor, however, would not acknowledge it.

"I'm not aware of anybody that his residency was provoked [sic]," Mayor Nir Barkat said in an interview with NPR's Morning Edition about the revocations. "I think, factually, this is probably not true."

But according to an August report by Human Rights Watch, Israel has revoked the residency status of at least 14,595 Palestinians in East Jerusalem since Israel captured the territory from Jordan in 1967. The group cited data that lawyers and rights groups collected from Israel's Interior Ministry through freedom of information requests and court cases.

Delta LG Poll: Thugs burn down Ughelli DSIEC office*

Delta LG Poll: Thugs burn down Ughelli DSIEC office*

Hoodlums have set the Ughelli office of the Delta State Independent Electoral Commission ablaze moments before the commencement of the local government election in the State. The incident it was gathered occurred in the early hours of Saturday. The building housing sensitive materials for the exercise was razed by arms’ wielding youths. The youths were said to have defied security operatives.

Our correspondent was told by credible sources that the youths had earlier protested the none inclusion of result sheets in the voting materials before the incident. It was gathered that many persons were injured in the incident but no life was lost as the hoodlums shot indiscriminately.

Tillerson says Korea talks show U.S. strategy is working*

*Tillerson says Korea talks show U.S. strategy is working*

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said Friday that rare talks planned for next week between North and South Korea are a sign that the U.S.-led campaign to isolate the North is working. “It’s an indication the pressure campaign is causing the leadership, the regime in North Korea to begin to think about, ‘This can’t go on forever,’” he said in an interview with the Associated Press.

While the upcoming Winter Olympics are the only definite item on the agenda of the inter-Korean talks — the first such meeting in two years — Tillerson said North Korea might raise other matters, including its nuclear weapons. The secretary of state added that the meeting, which starts Tuesday at the border between the two countries — who have officially remained at war since 1953 — could become a platform for the North to indicate interest in talks with the U.S.

The talks could be a “vehicle through which they would like to tell us that they would like to have some discussions,” Tillerson said. “It could be meaningful, it could be important. It could be a meeting about the Olympics and nothing else happens.”

1,050 Boko Haram insurgents surrender, many flee*

*1,050 Boko Haram insurgents surrender, many flee*

The Nigerian Army on Saturday said 1,050 insurgents had surrendered to troops in the Lake Chad and Monguno general area of operations, as it also warned that many of them are on the run. The army urged communities to watch out for the fleeing Boko Haram insurgents as their enclaves in the Lake Chad region come under the intense onslaught.

Col. Onyema Nwachukwu, the Deputy Director, Army Public Relations, Operation Lafiya Dole, made the disclosure in a statement issued in Maiduguri.

Nwachukwu disclosed that 250 fighters of the Al Barnawi-led faction of the insurgents had surrendered to the Nigerian Army, sequel to artillery and aerial bombardments by troops of Operation Lafiya Dole of their enclaves in the Lake Chad basin. He added that 700 insurgents also surrendered to troops at Monguno in an ongoing clearance operation.

Trump seeks $18 billion to extend border wall over 10 years

*Trump seeks $18 billion to extend border wall over 10 years*

The Trump administration has proposed spending $18 billion over 10 years to significantly extend the border wall with Mexico, providing one of its most detailed blueprints of how the president hopes to carry out a signature campaign pledge.

The proposal by Customs and Border Protection calls for 316 miles (505 kilometres) of additional barrier by September 2027, bringing total coverage to 970 miles (1,552 kilometres), or nearly half the border, according to a U.S. official with direct knowledge of the matter.

It also calls for 407 miles (651 kilometres) of replacement or secondary fencing, said the official, who spoke to The Associated Press on the condition of anonymity because the plan has not been made public.