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Wednesday, 20 November 2019

The Iranian people have experienced days without the internet, the result of a government-backed shutdown in response to nationwide protests over gas price increases. This isn’t the first time the Tehran government has blocked Iranians’ access to parts of the internet or to social media sites. But observers say the current shutdown, which began Saturday night, has been nearly complete, with few residents still with internet access.

On This Day in American History
On November 20, 1955, legendary musician Bo Diddley makes his television debut on The Ed Sullivan Show. Born Elias Otha Bates in 1928, Diddley was a crucial figure in the evolution of rock and roll and influenced such acts as Elvis Presley, the Beatles and the Rolling Stones. Diddley’s appearance on the popular television show came five months before Elvis’.

Pyongyang is pushing for major concessions from Washington before it agrees to resume working-level talks or hold another summit with the U.S., experts say.

U.S. Democratic presidential candidates hold their fifth debate Wednesday in Atlanta, with the showdown taking place amid shifting polls and a growing sense of uncertainty about where the primary race is heading.

VIDEO: DARPA, the main research and development arm of the U.S. Department of Defense, is funding researchers to develop wearable devices that would have military applications such as using the mind to control unmanned aerial vehicles or UAVs, commonly known as drones. Instead of using brain implants to achieve this, DARPA is looking for non-invasive to minutely invasive ways of interfacing with the machine.

U.S. defense intelligence officials are offering a sobering assessment of the impact Turkey’s incursion into northeastern Syria, along with corresponding moves by the U.S. and other powers, will have on efforts to destroy the Islamic State terror group.

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