US Senate election in Alabama a victory for women's rights; "feminism" is word of the year; free speech silenced in Singapore; online censorship by Beijing; mass biodata mining in China's Xinjiang; Egypt jails banana singer; #OpenTheIslands in Greece; jailed in Burundi; an anti-homeless robocop...

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Democrat Doug Jones has won the US Senate seat for Alabama after a bitter campaign against Republican Roy Moore. Mr Moore, who believes that homosexual activity should be illegal, was dogged by allegations of sexual misconduct with teenage girls during his campaign.
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