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The 10 most important things in the world right now

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The 10 most important things in the world right now

Kashmiri women carry baskets on their heads as they walk along the road amid dense fog on a cold morning in Srinagar, November 30, 2015

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Kashmiri women carry baskets on their heads as they walk along the road amid dense fog on a cold morning in Srinagar, November 30, 2015

Good morning! Here's what you need to know on Tuesday.

1. British MPs will vote on Wednesday on whether to launch air strikes against Islamic State in Syria. It comes after Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn granted his party a free vote on the issue after much speculation.

2. The FTSE 100 money manager Aberdeen Asset Management released its final results, and the big takeaway is that investors are terrified by the possibility of crashes in Asia and emerging markets.

3. President Vladimir Putin has called the downing of a Russian jet a "huge mistake" and claimed that Turkey was protecting its oil trade with Islamic State.

4. Hackers have staged cyber-attacks on three Greek banks and demanded a ransom in bitcoins, a virtual monetary unit, to stop their disruption.

5. Nikkei Inc. will use its $1.3 billion purchase of the Financial Times to build a global digital powerhouse by using data to win new clients and by harnessing the British newspaper's skill at getting subscribers to pay for content, its chairman has said.

6. Google representatives have met Israeli officials to discuss a censorship initiative that would see "inflammatory" Palestinian videos blocked from YouTube.

7. Apple is rumoured to be considering ditching the traditional 3.5mm audio jack in the next iPhone because it's too wide - meaning many headphones could become obsolete.

8. The White House is proposing to offer governors individual reports about refugees in their states. Governors have sought to block Barack Obama from placing Syrian refugees in their states following the Paris terror attacks.

9. ISIS is said to be preparing a "backup" capital in Libya in case Raqqa, the Syrian city which the group see as their de-facto capital, falls.

10. The estimated number of adolescents dying of AIDS in the Asia Pacific region has more than doubled since 2005, experts said on Monday, warning of a "hidden epidemic."

And finally ... London's largest luxury flat in the country's hedge fund capital of Mayfair has gone on sale for £15.95 million.

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