1. Millions of mourners from around the world are in the Iraqi city of Karbala to mark Arba’een, the 40th day after martyrdom anniversary of the third Shia Imam, Imam Hussein.
2. Russian President Vladimir Putin says Turkey’s shooting-down of a Russian warplane was complicity with the terrorists.
3. And, France plans to change its Constitution to allow the extension of the state of emergency to a maximum of six months beyond the current three-month limit.