BALI BOMBER RELEASED: 20 years after the horrific attack on Indonesia, Umar Patek is free.

GERMANY RAIDS: 25 people arrested on suspicion of plotting a coup.

WATER MYTH: forget everything you know about drinking eight glasses of water a day.

This is your Thursday 8 December News Flash with Lucy McLeod.

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