Israel kills top Hezbollah official in first attack on Beirut in months
Israel has escalated its campaign on targets it says are linked to Hezbollah, raising fears of a resumption of hostilities.
G20 defies Trump as leaders press on without US – Financial Times
- G20 defies Trump as leaders press on without US Financial Times
- The G20 summit in South Africa ends with the glaring absence of the US after Trump’s boycott CNN
- G20 declaration in defiance of US marks rare victory for multilateralism Reuters
- Cyril Ramaphosa closes G20 summit after US boycott and handover row The Guardian
- G20 summit boycotted by US closes in South Africa BBC
UK navy intercepts Russian corvette and tanker as Moscow steps up naval activity – AP News
- UK navy intercepts Russian corvette and tanker as Moscow steps up naval activity AP News
- HMS Severn: British navy intercepts Russian corvette and tanker as Moscow steps up naval activity CNN
- Royal Navy intercepts two Russian ships in English Channel BBC
- UK warns Russia it’s ready to deal with any incursion after spy ship is spotted AP News
- Royal Navy intercepts Russian warship and tanker off UK coast The Independent
British Military Attacks Drones With Huge Laser – Yahoo
- British Military Attacks Drones With Huge Laser Yahoo
- DragonFire laser shoots down high‑speed drones traveling at 400mph, costs $13 per shot — UK Navy to begin deploying system on destroyers Yahoo
- Boost for Armed Forces as new laser weapon takes down high-speed drones GOV.UK
- MBDA to deliver DragonFire LDEW for RN Type 45 destroyers Janes
- Contract signed for laser that can take out drones BBC
Many prominent Maga personalities on X are based outside US, new tool reveals
Users posing as rightwing Americans are operating internationally, per the platform’s transparency feature
Many of the most influential personalities in the “Make America great again” (Maga) movement on X are based outside of the US, including Russia, Nigeria and India, a new transparency feature on the social media site has revealed.
The new tool, called “about this account,” became available on Friday to users of the Elon Musk-owned platform. It allows anyone to see where an account is located, when it joined the platform, how often its username has been changed, and how the X app was downloaded.
Continue reading...COP30 Climate Summit Ends With Dire Warnings and Scant Plans for Action – The New York Times
- COP30 Climate Summit Ends With Dire Warnings and Scant Plans for Action The New York Times
- Limp COP30 deal matters little in renewables vs fossil battle Reuters
- The world is fractured. The climate talks reflected that. Politico
- COP30 ends with a whimper The Economist
- COP30: Five key takeaways from a deeply divisive climate summit BBC
Jair Bolsonaro claims ‘psychotic attack’ made him tamper with ankle monitor
Brazil’s former president says he took a soldering iron to electronic tag as he was hallucinating that it was bugged
Brazil’s far-right former president Jair Bolsonaro has claimed he took a soldering iron to his electronic ankle monitor after having a substance-induced “psychotic attack” that caused him to hallucinate that the device was bugged.
Bolsonaro made the claim during a custody hearing on Sunday, 24 hours after he was arrested at his home in the capital, Brasília, amid suspicions he was planning to abscond to a foreign embassy to avoid being sent to jail to serve a 27-year sentence for masterminding a failed coup.
Continue reading...Fifty children escape after mass school abduction in Nigeria
The raid on a Christian school came amid a surge of attacks by armed groups in the African nation.
Israel kills top Hezbollah official in first attack on Beirut in months
Israel has escalated its campaign on targets it says are linked to Hezbollah, raising fears of a resumption of hostilities.
G20 summit boycotted by US closes in South Africa
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa says there is a "renewed commitment to multilateral co-operation".
Venezuela: A not-so-covert CIA disaster in the making
Venezuela doesn’t even produce fentanyl, but Washington is still going forward with regime change efforts in Caracas.
Full text of European counter-proposal to US Ukraine peace plan – Reuters
- Full text of European counter-proposal to US Ukraine peace plan Reuters
- EU vows to keep supporting Ukraine with cash and weapons as peace talks continue Reuters
- Would Moscow accept the EU's counterproposal to the US-Russia plan for Ukraine? Euronews.com
- Europe lays down red lines on Ukraine in rebuke to Trump plan politico.eu
- Ukraine war live: Trump hints at ‘big progress’ in peace talks while EU leaders meet The Independent
Weakest president in a century capitulates to America’s old foe – Asia Times
- Weakest president in a century capitulates to America’s old foe Asia Times
- Nicola Jennings on Trump’s Thanksgiving gift to Ukraine – cartoon The Guardian
- Donald Trump wields dealmaking diplomacy to shape US foreign policy Financial Times
- OPINION: Trump and Yanukovych – Parallels and Lessons Kyiv Post
- Trump’s Inevitable Ukraine Fiasco National Review
A family of five was living off-grid in a remote cabin in central Italy. Then the courts intervened – CNN
- A family of five was living off-grid in a remote cabin in central Italy. Then the courts intervened CNN
- They took our children because we live off grid, say wilderness couple The Times
- Family lived off-grid with no running water, no toilet. Now Italy has taken the children away Firstpost
- Children removed from off-grid family after wild mushroom incident WKEF
- Chieti, Salvini: "An absolute shame, children must return home" Lapresse.US
Fifty children escape after mass school abduction in Nigeria – BBC
- Fifty children escape after mass school abduction in Nigeria BBC
- Fifty students escape captors after mass kidnapping in Nigeria but more than 250 still held CNN
- Security fears rise in Nigeria after more than 300 schoolchildren kidnapped The Guardian
- Pope Leo calls for the release of hostages in Nigeria and Cameroon Vatican News
- More than 300 children were abducted in an attack on a Catholic school in Nigeria NPR
Manchester United vs Everton: Premier League – team news, start and lineups
Manchester United target top four spot in the English Premier League table when they host Everton on Monday.
Christian group in Nigeria says 50 students abducted by gunmen have escaped
Authorities look for missing students and teachers after two major incidents of kidnappings take place within days.
Guinea-Bissau, beset by coups, votes in contentious presidential election
The president wants a second term and is challenged by a relatively unknown candidate backed by a former prime minister.
Suspected Russian sonobuoy discovered off Pembrokeshire coast – BBC
- Suspected Russian sonobuoy discovered off Pembrokeshire coast BBC
- Royal Navy intercepts two Russian warships in English Channel BBC
- Russian spy ship enters UK waters and aims lasers at military pilots, Britain says CNN
- Royal Navy intercepts Russian warship and tanker off UK coast The Independent
- NATO Ally Intercepts Russian Warship Newsweek
COP30 climate talks end with more fizzle than bang – DW
- COP30 climate talks end with more fizzle than bang DW
- World strikes climate deal but fails to agree to a roadmap away from fossil fuels after contentious, chaotic summit CNN
- Many hoped UN climate talks in Brazil would be historic. They may be remembered as a flop AP News
- COP30 ends with a whimper The Economist
- U.N. climate talks end without agreement on phasing out fossil fuels NPR