Families return to destruction in southern Lebanon
Displaced Lebanese are trying to get to their homes after a ceasefire came into force.
Venezuela approves bill targeting domestic supporters of US sanctions
Assembly passes law that would ban officials who support international sanctions from holding office for up to 60 years.
Rain and protest dampen Macy’s annual Thanksgiving Day parade in New York
Police arrested 21 protesters after they unfurled a banner in the middle of the parade route to protest the war in Gaza.
Hope, fear, faith and love: Strong emotions ahead of assisted dying vote – BBC.com
- Hope, fear, faith and love: Strong emotions ahead of assisted dying vote BBC.com
- Opinion | Britain’s assisted-suicide bill should raise doubts everywhere The Washington Post
- British MPs To Debate Contentious Assisted Dying Law Barron's
- Assisted dying bill splits UK parliament POLITICO Europe
- Britain’s Emotional Debate Over Assisted Dying The New York Times
Sorry, China: Taiwan President Is US-Bound – Newser
- Sorry, China: Taiwan President Is US-Bound Newser
- Defying Beijing, Taiwan’s President Plans Visit to Hawaii and Guam The Wall Street Journal
- Taiwan president’s planned US stop angers China Bangkok Post
- Ahead of Taiwan president's Hawaii trip, China says it will defeat secessionism Reuters
- Taiwan holds air defence drill ahead of president's Pacific trip CNA
Israel launches airstrike on Hezbollah for first time since ceasefire – Axios
- Israel launches airstrike on Hezbollah for first time since ceasefire Axios
- Drone aerials show scale of destruction of Israeli bombardment in Qana, southern Lebanon The Associated Press
- LIVE: Israel ‘hammers’ Gaza as Lebanese army claims ceasefire ‘violated’ Al Jazeera English
- Massive trail of destruction left across Lebanon after Israeli airstrikes PBS NewsHour
- IAF strikes Hezbollah facility in Lebanon The Jerusalem Post
Could the Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire deal be a step towards regional peace?
Pause in hostilities renews a push to end Israel’s war in Gaza.
Putin threatens Kyiv decision-makers after striking energy grid
Russia says it is selecting Ukrainian targets and may hit government offices in the capital.
On second day of truce, Israel and Lebanon trade accusations of violations
Israeli military says it fired on people in southern Lebanon who were violating the Hezbollah ceasefire agreement.
At least 42 Palestinians killed as Israel ramps up bombing in central Gaza
Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu says conditions for reaching a ceasefire in Gaza have improved.
Ambulance crew and journalists targeted by Israeli forces in Gaza
Video shows the moment an ambulance crew was directly shot at by Israeli soldiers in Nuseirat, Gaza.
Mexican president claims ‘no potential tariff war’ with US after call with Trump
Sheinbaum says she had cooperative talks with president-elect who threatened 25% tariff against Mexico on Tuesday
Claudia Sheinbaum has said her “very kind” phone conversation with Donald Trump, in which they discussed immigration and fentanyl, means “there will not be a potential tariff war” between the US and Mexico.
The president of Mexico spoke to reporters on Thursday following Trump’s threat earlier in the week to apply a 25% tariff against Mexico and Canada, and an additional 10% tariff against China, when he takes office in January if the countries did not stop all illegal immigration and fentanyl smuggling into the US.
Continue reading...Israel and Hezbollah trade accusations of ceasefire violations – Reuters
- Israel and Hezbollah trade accusations of ceasefire violations Reuters
- Lebanon Cease-Fire Appears to Hold Despite Israeli Strike The New York Times
- Trump team says Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire deal brokered by Biden is actually Trump’s win The Associated Press
- As fragile Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire takes hold, what’s next for Gaza? NBC News
- Live Briefing: Israeli strikes test cease-fire; IDF warns displaced Lebanese not to return The Washington Post
Syria rebels launch major offensive in north-west and gain territory – BBC.com
- Syria rebels launch major offensive in north-west and gain territory BBC.com
- Russia and Syria bomb Syrian Islamist rebels after surprise incursion Fox News
- Syria’s rebels exploit weaknesses in Iran’s proxies to launch surprise offensive CNN
- What a Deadly Offensive in Syria Means for a Stalled Civil War The New York Times
- Terrorists block key route in Syria, leaving nearly 200 dead - report The Jerusalem Post
Putin threatens Ukraine in remarks after former-Soviet states security summit – NPR
- Putin threatens Ukraine in remarks after former-Soviet states security summit NPR
- Putin threatens to strike Ukraine again with new missile after wave of attacks on energy CNN
- Ukraine’s allies are scrambling to respond to Putin’s escalating war Semafor
- Russia eyes ‘decision-making centers’ as targets for new missile The Hill
- Putin mulls striking Kyiv with new hypersonic missile that can reportedly reach US West Coast Fox News
Ceasefire largely holds but Israelis near Lebanon border have their doubts
Some people say the ceasefire with Hezbollah is a mistake, even a “surrender”.
Romania orders election recount after TikTok bias claims
TikTok denies it gave preferential treatment to any candidate in Romania's presidential election.
Syria rebels launch major offensive in north-west and gain territory
The rebels have reportedly taken several towns and villages in Aleppo and Idlib provinces since Wednesday.
Video: Russia launches major attack on Ukraine’s energy systems
More than a million Ukrainian civilians have no electricity after Russia attacked the country’s energy infrastructure.
Trump’s Ukraine envoy pick proposed forcing peace talks by withdrawing US weapons
In a co-authored document presented to Trump in April, Keith Kellogg also said US should give Ukraine more weapons if Russia doesn’t join negotiations
Donald Trump’s plan to tap the retired US lieutenant general Keith Kellogg as US envoy to Ukraine and Russia has triggered renewed interest in a policy document he co-authored that proposes ending the war by withdrawing weapons from Ukraine if it doesn’t enter peace talks – and giving even more weapons to Ukraine if Russia doesn’t do the same.
Trump is said to have responded favorably to the plan – America First, Russia & Ukraine – which was presented to him in April and was written by Kellogg and the former CIA analyst Fred Fleitz, who both served as chiefs of staff in Trump’s national security council from 2017 to 2021.
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