Pelosi calls Trump ‘the biggest con job in American history’ in reply to climate comment

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US speaker emerita criticizes Trump’s anti-climate stance and his remarks to the UN general assembly

“President Trump is the biggest con job in American history,” said Nancy Pelosi, the US speaker emerita, to reporters on Thursday while criticizing his anti-climate agenda.

Donald Trump told the UN general assembly in September that the climate crisis was “the greatest con job ever perpetrated on the world”. But he was “projecting”, Pelosi said at a press conference. The meeting was convened by Democrats on the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works to comment on the US’s official absence from the United Nations Cop30 climate summit in Belém, Brazil, where 195 countries are represented.

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Death toll reaches 33 in some of the deadliest Israeli strikes in Gaza since the ceasefire’s start – AP News

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  1. Death toll reaches 33 in some of the deadliest Israeli strikes in Gaza since the ceasefire's start  AP News
  2. Palestinians ‘squeezed’ as Israel moves beyond ‘yellow line’ in Gaza City  Al Jazeera
  3. Israeli Strikes Kill at Least 25 in Gaza Amid Cease-Fire, Officials Say  The New York Times
  4. Israeli airstrikes kill 33 people in Gaza in escalation of post-ceasefire attacks  The Guardian
  5. Headlines for November 20, 2025  Democracy Now!
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Russian Army Says It Captured Key City of Kupiansk as Putin Visits Command Post – The Moscow Times

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  1. Russian Army Says It Captured Key City of Kupiansk as Putin Visits Command Post  The Moscow Times
  2. Russian forces take Ukraine's Kupiansk, top military official says, Ukraine denies it  Reuters
  3. Ukraine War Latest Update: Kremlin Announces Capture of Major Ukraine City That Didn’t Happen  Kyiv Post
  4. Kremlin Says Around 5,000 Ukrainian Troops Are Trapped in the Kharkiv Region  U.S. News & World Report
  5. 'Cheap provocations' — Ukraine denies Russia's claim that it has captured Kupiansk, as fighting continues  The Kyiv Independent
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Iran Withdraws From Deal to Let International Nuclear Inspections Resume – The New York Times

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  1. Iran Withdraws From Deal to Let International Nuclear Inspections Resume  The New York Times
  2. Iran cancels new nuclear inspections it agreed to after bombing campaign  The Washington Post
  3. IAEA passes resolution demanding nuclear access from Iran; Tehran rejects  Al Jazeera
  4. Introductory Statement to the Board of Governors  International Atomic Energy Agency
  5. IAEA puts pressure on Iran, targeting 60% enriched uranium  The Jerusalem Post
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Documents reveal Gerald Ford’s effort to block report on CIA assassination plots

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Release of documents comes amid conjecture Trump may have authorized the agency to assassinate Venezuelan president

The White House under Gerald Ford tried to block a landmark Senate report that disclosed the CIA’s role in assassination attempts against foreign leaders and ultimately led to a radical overhaul in how the agency was held to account, documents released to mark the 50th anniversary of the report’s publication reveal.

The documents, dating from 1975, were posted on Thursday by the National Security Archive, an independent research group, as it sought to highlight the report’s significance amid conjecture that Donald Trump may have authorized the agency to assassinate Venezuela’s president, Nicolás Maduro, amid a massive US military build-up against the country.

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Fire forces evacuation from climate summit as talks reach critical stage – Politico

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  1. Fire forces evacuation from climate summit as talks reach critical stage  Politico
  2. 'Huge columns of smoke': BBC at the scene of fire at COP30  BBC
  3. Fire prompts evacuations at U.N. climate talks in Brazil; 13 suffer smoke inhalation  NPR
  4. Cop30 climate summit in Brazil disrupted after fire breaks out in venue  The Guardian
  5. Fire breaks out in pavilion at COP30 venue in Brazil  The Hindu
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Spycops inquiry: Doreen Lawrence says she does not believe ex-home secretary

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Stephen Lawrence’s mother tells inquiry she did not believe Michael Howard when he told her he did not know police had spied on her family

The mother of the murdered teenager Stephen Lawrence has told a public inquiry that she does not believe claims by the former home secretary Michael Howard that he did not know undercover police officers had spied on her family.

Doreen Lawrence told the spycops inquiry on Thursday that Lord Howard, a former leader of the Conservative party, invited her to a meeting shortly after the inquiry was set up in 2014.

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UK’s Covid response was ‘too little, too late’ and cost thousands of lives, inquiry says – CNN

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  1. UK’s Covid response was ‘too little, too late’ and cost thousands of lives, inquiry says  CNN
  2. 'Fatal cost' of 'toxic No 10' and 'Migration overhaul'  BBC
  3. ‘Too little, too late’: damning report condemns UK’s Covid response  The Guardian
  4. Ex-UK PM Johnson oversaw 'chaotic' response to COVID which led to more deaths, inquiry finds  Reuters
  5. Lockdowns could have been avoided entirely, Covid inquiry finds  The Telegraph
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As Russia is accused of hybrid warfare against the West, vital undersea cables show their vulnerability – CBS News

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  1. As Russia is accused of hybrid warfare against the West, vital undersea cables show their vulnerability  CBS News
  2. 99% of the Internet Runs Through These Cables and They’re at Risk  Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
  3. CHAIRMAN CARLOS GIMENEZ HOLDS HEARING TO EXAMINE THREATS POSED TO SUBSEA CABLES  Congressman Carlos Gimenez (.gov)
  4. Review of Submarine Cable Landing License Rules and Procedures To Assess Evolving National Security, Law Enforcement, Foreign Policy, and Trade Policy Risks  Foundation for Defense of Democracies
  5. Protection our undersea cables  The Australian Naval Institute
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Covid inquiry: Lockdown could have been avoided and other key findings – BBC

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  1. Covid inquiry: Lockdown could have been avoided and other key findings  BBC
  2. Martin Rowson on the report into the UK’s response to Covid – cartoon  The Guardian
  3. Boris Johnson ‘beyond contempt’ for attack on Covid inquiry’s findings and refusal to apologise  The Independent
  4. Ex-UK PM Johnson oversaw 'chaotic' response to COVID which led to more deaths, inquiry finds  Reuters
  5. Baroness Hallett has dodged the key Covid questions  The Times
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US in talks to attend G20 summit after initial boycott, South Africa says

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Cyril Ramaphosa says US has had ‘change of mind’ but does not confirm Trump’s attendance in Johannesburg

The US has changed its mind about attending the G20 summit in Johannesburg, South Africa’s president has said, without confirming whether Donald Trump, who had said the US would boycott the event, now wanted to come.

Trump has claimed that South Africa racially discriminates against the minority white Afrikaner community, which led the country during the apartheid regime that ended in 1994.

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UK to Allow High-Earners New, Faster Visa Path to Residency – Bloomberg.com

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  1. UK to Allow High-Earners New, Faster Visa Path to Residency  Bloomberg.com
  2. Want to Immigrate to the UK? The Government Says You Must Earn It.  The New York Times
  3. Labour’s immigration policy is not the Britain we want | Letters  The Guardian
  4. Some migrants to face 20-year wait for settled status  BBC
  5. Will Britain copy asylum policy from a place with poor integration?  The Economist
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Israel finds underground terror city built by Hamas in Gaza – The Jerusalem Post

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  1. Israel finds underground terror city built by Hamas in Gaza  The Jerusalem Post
  2. Hamas commander's diary found in Gaza details use of schools, hospitals, UNRWA equipment – report  The Times of Israel
  3. Hamas member's diary published, reveals exploitation of Gaza’s civilian infrastructure  Yahoo
  4. IDF publishes footage of Hamas tunnel shaft located inside abandoned school in northern Gaza  The Times of Israel
  5. Explosive Testimony: IDF Soldier Confirms Armed Hamas Terrorists Steal H  JFeed
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Ottawa officials to cull ‘mindblowing’ influx of thousands of goldfish in pond

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Scourge of goldfish has become growing problem as fish are released by pet owners into increasingly warm waters

City officials in Canada’s capital city, Ottawa, plan to cull thousands of feral goldfish from a stormwater pond, a decision that reflects the pervasive spread of the species throughout the region.

Earlier in the year, city staff removed 5,000 fish from the city’s Celebration Park. But as many as 1,000 more are believed to still be living in the water.

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