The 10 most important things in the world right now

Hello! Here's what you need to know on Friday.

1. A rocket SpaceX was testing exploded on a launch pad in Florida, taking Facebook's satellite with it. There were no reported injuries.

2. Around a million people joined in a rally on Thursday demanding a referendum on removing Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro from office. It was the country's largest rally in decades.

3. Melania Trump is suing the Daily Mail for $150 million in damages over retracted stories that had alleged that she worked as an escort in the 1990s.

4. China and Ukraine are going to build the largest plane in the world. Ukraine's Antonov Company and the Aerospace Industry Corporation of China agreed to recommence the production of the AN-225 Mriya.

5. Turkey removed nearly 8,000 security personnel from duty as the purge continues of those suspected of links to the July 15 failed coup.

6. Apple has launched an official Twitter account. The account had been registered and dormant since 2011, but on Friday it was verified and its generic egg avatar was replaced by an Apple logo.

7. A tropical storm barreling towards Florida has been reclassified as a hurricane. Hurrican Hermine has taken aim at the state's western Big Bend area.

8. A Nice court has finally suspended the burkini ban following a global backlash. Judges said the terrorist attacks in July were insufficient grounds to justify such a ban.

9. Donald Trump says there will be "quite a bit of softening" on his immigration stance. The presidential nominee told conservative radio host Laura Ingraham that there's a lot of people in the country that "we can't have."

10. Astronomers just discovered 2 of the closest-orbiting twin stars ever.

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