INTERACTIVE: Here's what's likely to be making headlines this December

Here are some of the news stories that will be dominating social media and the airwaves over the next month.

Star Wars is due to be released. Europe’s tallest building is set to open, the European Space Agency launches its LISA Pathfinder spacecraft, cyclist Chris Froome publishes his test results in Esquire magazine and American singer and film actor Frank Sinatra will be remembered on the 100th anniversary of his birth.

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