- Trump threatens 100% tariff on Bric nations BBC.com
- Trump threatens 100% tariff on BRICS countries if they pursue creating new currency CNN
- Gold Slips as Trump’s BRICS Currency Warning Boosts US Dollar Bloomberg
- Trump is now threatening 100% tariffs on the BRICS group — which comprises 9 emerging market countries Business Insider
- Trump threatens 100% tariff on the BRIC bloc of nations if they act to undermine U.S. dollar CNBC
Negotiators fail to agree on UN treaty to curb global plastic pollution
As the threat from plastic pollution mounts, countries could only agree to postpone negotiations to a later date.
Trump threatens 100% tariff on Brics nations if they try to replace dollar
The president-elect warned the group of nine nations against moving away from the dollar.
Michael Rowland to leave ABC News Breakfast after ‘15 years of 3am starts’
The 55-year-old is the program’s longest serving male co-host, and hinted in September that he was ‘looking forward to something less intense’
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After 15 years of waking up at 3am to host ABC News Breakfast, Michael Rowland is calling it quits.
The co-host of the public broadcaster’s breakfast offering has told viewers his final show will be on 13 December, followed by a long break.
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Continue reading...New plan would ‘transform’ end of life care for 100,000 in England and Wales
Palliative care commission set up to provide high-quality, holistic support following assisted dying vote
MPs, doctors and charities have drawn up a blueprint to deliver an “unprecedented transformation” of care for 100,000 people a year in the final stages of their lives.
After parliament’s historic vote last week to legalise assisted dying in England and Wales, a commission on palliative care has been set up to help improve end-of-life care.
Continue reading...Georgia protests spread as prime minister dismisses call for new elections
Demonstrations spread across the country over ruling party's path away from EU membership, shift towards Russia.
Romanians vote in parliamentary election amid turmoil over claims of Russian interference in presidential race – CNN
- Romanians vote in parliamentary election amid turmoil over claims of Russian interference in presidential race CNN
- Romanian leftists ahead of resurgent far-right in election: exit poll Reuters
- Romania’s governing party set to win election despite far-right resurgence Al Jazeera English
- Romania’s leftists set to top polls in parliamentary election, but far-right populists see big gains The Associated Press
- Romania Court Orders a Recount After Surprise Election Result The New York Times
Irish Greens virtually wiped out in general election rout
Junior coalition partner loses all but one of 12 seats, while gangland figure Gerry Hutch loses election bid
The Green party in Ireland has been virtually wiped out in the general election, and its leader admitted it was entering a period of “rebuild” after the electorate removed any prospect of the party re-entering government.
The Greens lost all but one of their 12 seats, with its leader, Roderic O’Gorman, scraping through on the 13th count.
Continue reading...Social Democrats win Iceland’s snap elections as incumbents punished
Social Democratic Alliance wins the largest share of votes but will need to form a coalition to govern.
Syrian and Russian airstrikes hit Aleppo and Idlib after insurgents advance
Assad regime seeks to repel Islamist rebels in north as Iran’s top diplomat visits Damascus in show of support
Syrian and Russian airstrikes have pummelled areas of northern Syria as Iran’s top diplomat arrived in Damascus in a show of support for Bashar al-Assad’s regime after Islamist insurgents made a sudden advance and seized control of Aleppo.
As the regime attempted to repel the strongest challenge to its authority in years, state media in Damascus shared images of airstrikes across opposition-controlled areas, claiming they were targeting enemy command centres and positions. Syria’s military said they struck close to a stadium in Aleppo in a joint operation with Russia.
Continue reading...Syria’s Assad trapped by rebel advance and refusal to compromise – Financial Times
- Syria’s Assad trapped by rebel advance and refusal to compromise Financial Times
- Syrian and Russian jets step up strikes on rebels after opposition seizes much of Aleppo CNN
- Syria launches counterattacks in an attempt to halt insurgency, as Iran's top diplomat meets Assad Yahoo! Voices
- How a Syrian rebel group pulled off its stunning seizure of Aleppo NPR
- What led to Syria’s 13-year civil war, and why has fighting surged again? The Washington Post
Verstappen wins Qatar Grand Prix after McLaren fail to secure team title
Max Verstappen claims his ninth win of the 2024 season as McLaren are made to wait for the constructors' title.
Romanian elections: ruling Social Democrats on course for most votes
Exit poll suggests leftwing PSD poised to defeat resurgent far-right movement in parliamentary election
Romania’s main centre-left party was on track to finish first in parliamentary elections, according to early exit polls, seemingly beating an advancing far right boosted by the shock victory of an ultranationalist in last week’s presidential first-round ballot.
The ruling Social Democratic party (PSD) was forecast to receive 26% of the vote, ahead of the far-right nationalist Alliance for the Union of Romanians (AUR) on 19%, while the National Liberal party (PNL) and centre-right Save Romania Union (USR) were vying for third on 15-16%.
Continue reading...Many unable to access eVisas to prove right to be in UK, Home Office admits
Campaigners say problems with digital transfer could affect hundreds of thousands of people on ‘10-year route’ visas
The Home Office has admitted that many people who have the right to live and work in the UK cannot access their eVisas and provide proof that they are allowed to be in the country.
Human rights campaigners have said problems with accessing eVisas could lead to a scandal involving hundreds of thousands of people. Those affected are allowed to be in the UK but cannot show their right to work or rent a home.
Continue reading...Rebels behind Aleppo’s surprise fall took advantage of Russian and Iranian distraction
Forces only took three days to take the city from Bashar al-Assad’s regime, but the Middle East’s newest conflict looks set to last
It was not Kyiv that fell in three days, but Aleppo. A surprise offensive launched by Syrian rebels from the north west of the country last week has reignited a dormant conflict – and revealed a change in the balance of power caused not by one but two nearby wars, in Ukraine and Lebanon and the Middle East.
Aleppo was the scene of fierce and destructive fighting between 2012 and 2016 when the Syrian civil war was at its height. Rebel groups were forced out as Syrian government forces supporting the president, Bashar al-Assad, were able to capture the country’s second city, with the help of Russia and its air force.
Continue reading...Four Palestinians killed in Israeli attack near Jenin in occupied West Bank
Attack on village of Sir brings Palestinian death toll in the territory to at least 790 since beginning of Gaza war.
Wisconsin’s Ben Wikler joins race for Democratic National Committee chair
In announcement, state’s Democratic chair touts grassroots and new media organizing success in closely divided state
Wisconsin Democratic leader Ben Wikler joined the race to lead the Democratic National Committee on Sunday, promising “to take on Trump, Republican extremists, and move our country forward”, as the party looks to rebuild from its losses in the November election.
In a video posted on social networks, Wikler, 43, touted his state party’s success in organizing to flip 14 state legislative seats and send Senator Tammy Baldwin back to Washington DC in November, and in previously campaigns to win control of the state supreme court and re-elect governor Tony Evers. Wikler, a former podcaster, Air America radio producer and headline writer for The Onion, also stressed his new media expertise.
Continue reading...Protesters rally in Georgia for fourth night as opposition grows to freeze on EU talks
Georgian media reports protests in at least eight cities and towns after Saturday’s demonstrations leave 44 in hospital
Protesters rallied in Georgia’s capital for a fourth consecutive night on Sunday and there were signs that opposition was spreading to the government’s decision to suspend talks on joining the European Union.
For months, tensions have been rising between the ruling Georgian Dream party and opponents who accuse it of pursuing increasingly authoritarian, anti-western and pro-Russian policies.
Continue reading...Conspiracy theorist Kash Patel, Trump’s pick to lead FBI, faces Senate blowback
‘Deep state’ critic who has threatened to shut down agency’s headquarters could face tough confirmation battle
Donald Trump’s plan to nominate as FBI director the “deep state” conspiracy theorist Kash Patel, a virulent critic of the bureau who has threatened to fire its top echelons and shut down the agency’s headquarters, is facing blowback in Congress as US senators begin to flex their muscles ahead of a contentious confirmation process.
Politicians from both main parties took to the Sunday talk shows to express starkly divergent views on Patel, whom Trump announced on Saturday as his pick to lead the most powerful law enforcement agency in the US. The move is dependent on the incumbent FBI chief, Christopher Wray, who Trump himself placed in the job in 2017, either being fired or resigning.
Continue reading...What’s next for Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad and his allies?
A surprise rebel offensive surges onwards after taking control of the city of Aleppo.