Morning news brief: ABC News to pay Trump $15mn; Atul Subhash suicide case updates, and more

ABC News has agreed to settle a defamation lawsuit filed by US President-elect Donald Trump and will pay him $15 million over accusations that anchor George Stephanopoulos defamed the Republican in an interview.

In India, police have arrested the estranged wife and in-laws of techie Atul Subhash in connection with his suicide.

Meanwhile, areport on the crash that killed Malawi's Vice President Saulos Chilima has concluded it was caused by weather and human error, dispelling allegations of foul play.

Japanese space firm Space One has delayed its Kairos rocket launch for a third time due to weather issues, continuing setbacks since its failed March attempt.

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ABC News reached a legal settlement with United States President-elect Donald Trump in a defamation lawsuit and agreed to pay $15 million as part of it which also ended the dispute around an interview in which anchor George Stephanopoulos was accused of defaming Trump.

In the suicide case of Indian techie Atul Subhash, the police on Saturday (Dec 14) arrested his estranged wife Nikita Singhania, her mother Nisha and brother Anurag for abetment to suicide.

An official inquiry into the plane crash that claimed the life of Malawi's vice-president, Saulos Chilima, six months ago ruled foul play. Findings released on Saturday (Dec 14) have determined that bad weather and human error caused the tragedy, putting to rest suspicions of foul play raised by Chilima's party, the United Transformation Movement (UTM).

Japanese space firm Space One KAIROS, which was aiming to become the nation's first private firm to put a satellite into orbit, postponed its second attempt on Sunday (Dec 14) by two days — a third in total. The company's first attempt ended in a mid-air explosion in March of this year and the second one on Saturday was postponed just minutes before the launch.

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