Trudeau calls emergency meeting over Trump’s Canada tariff threat

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US president-elect posted on social media about plan to impose 25% tariff on Mexico and Canada over immigration

Justin Trudeau has called an emergency meeting with provincial premiers across Canada after the US president-elect, Donald Trump, threatened a 25% tariff on the United States’ northern neighbour.

Trump posted on social media that he would “sign all necessary documents” to charge Mexico and Canada a 25% tariff on all goods products coming into the United States, adding the levy would remain in place until “such time as drugs, in particular fentanyl, and all illegal aliens stop this invasion of our country!”

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Arctic blast to hit US as millions set to travel for Thanksgiving holiday

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Extreme weather expected to bring ‘dangerous wind chills, lake effect snow, and severe thunderstorms’

Millions of Americans will face severe weather – and low temperatures – as they travel for the Thanksgiving holiday on Thursday.

The National Weather Service (NWS) issued an announcement on Monday that an arctic blast is expected to bring “dangerous wind chills, lake effect snow, and severe thunderstorms”.

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Jim Abrahams, co-creator of Airplane! and The Naked Gun, dies aged 80

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Famed comedy writer and director, who was also involved in Ruthless People and Hot Shots!, died of natural causes

Jim Abrahams, the writer-director involved with hit comedies Airplane! and The Naked Gun, has died at the age of 80.

According to his son Joseph, who confirmed the news to the Hollywood Reporter, he died of natural causes at his home in Santa Monica.

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Trump’s tariff threat sets stage for bitter global trade war

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Trade experts hail ‘new era of protectionism’ with targeted countries retaliating with their own tariffs

Donald Trump’s threat to impose steep tariffs on goods imported into the US has set the stage for a bitter global trade war, according to trade experts and economists, with consumers and companies warned to brace for steep costs.

The president-elect announced on Monday night that he intends to hit Canada, Mexico and China with tariffs on all their exports to the US – until they reduce migration and the flow of drugs into the country.

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Biden proposes Medicare and Medicaid cover weight-loss drugs for 7.4m people

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Move aims to tackle US’s chronic obesity problem, but poses a challenge to Trump’s incoming administration

The Biden administration is proposing to make “miracle” weight loss drugs free for low-income people and retirees, in a move aimed at tackling America’s chronic obesity problem but which throws down a gauntlet to the incoming president, Donald Trump.

The proposal, unveiled on Tuesday, would see expensive drugs such as Ozempic, Wegovy and Zepbound covered by Medicaid and Medicare, the federal government programs for the poor and the elderly.

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TikTok CEO summoned to European Parliament over role in shock Romania election – POLITICO Europe

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  1. TikTok CEO summoned to European Parliament over role in shock Romania election  POLITICO Europe
  2. Romanian Liberals back centrist presidential candidate after hard-right surge  Reuters
  3. Romania’s far-right, pro-Russian lurch spells big trouble for EU and NATO  POLITICO Europe
  4. Hard-Right Candidate Wins First Round of Romania’s Presidential Election  The New York Times
  5. Romania in shock after far-right populist enters presidential election's runoff  NPR
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Israel hits 20 sites in Beirut within 2 minutes, in major offensive ahead of truce – The Times of Israel

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  1. Israel hits 20 sites in Beirut within 2 minutes, in major offensive ahead of truce  The Times of Israel
  2. Deadliest Israeli strike yet on central Beirut leaves gruesome scenes  Yahoo! Voices
  3. Israeli Ministers Plan to Vote on Israel-Hezbollah Cease-Fire Deal  The New York Times
  4. Headlines for November 26, 2024  Democracy Now!
  5. Panic in central, western Beirut as Israel warns of air strikes  Al Jazeera English
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Israel makes ‘widespread attack’ on Hezbollah targets as ceasefire deal expected

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Airstrikes on Beirut and southern Lebanon some of the war’s heaviest to date, killing at least three people

Israel has launched some of the heaviest airstrikes to date on Beirut, the Lebanese capital, before an expected ceasefire in its war with Hezbollah.

The Israeli military began attacking areas of Beirut dominated by the Lebanese militia early on Tuesday before issuing a flurry of 20 evacuation calls – its widest warning to civilians since hostilities escalated into full-blown war in late September.

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Irish PM’s party drops six points in pre-election polls amid ‘Simon slump’

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Fine Gael had looked sure of victory on Friday before Simon Harris’s disastrous interaction with care worker

Ireland’s three main parties are almost neck and neck in the polls ahead of Friday’s general election, as the taoiseach, Simon Harris, struggles to contain the damage inflicted on his campaign by a disastrous interaction with an angry care worker.

In what has been called the “Simon slump”, Fine Gael, the centre-right party which Harris leads, and which seemed almost certain to top the polls, is now under pressure. An Irish Times poll on Monday showed FG had lost its commanding lead of two weeks ago and was down six points.

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Russia preparing to retaliate after it says Ukraine hit it with US-made missiles – as it happened

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Călin Georgescu, a Moscow-friendly independent candidate with a nationalist background, has taken a surprise lead in the first round of Romania’s presidential election.

As my colleague Jon Henley notes in this report, with 99.98% of votes counted, Georgescu, who has praised Vladimir Putin as “a man who loves his country”, was on 22.9%, with the reformist Elena Lasconi, of the Save Romania Union (USR), second on 19.17%.

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