- Germany plans February election after coalition collapse BBC.com
- German government collapse could have silver lining for Europe's markets Reuters
- The briefcase, the Porsche and the collapse of the German government – podcast The Guardian
- Germany sets early election date for February after collapse of the ruling coalition CNBC
- German leader set to ask for Dec. 16 confidence vote, paving way for election as early as February The Associated Press
Moscow doctor accused by patient of criticising war is jailed for five years
Ukraine-born Nadezhda Buyanova was accused of referring to young patient’s late soldier father as ‘legitimate target’
A Russian court has sentenced an elderly Moscow paediatrician to five and a half years in prison after the mother of one of her patients publicly denounced her for comments she allegedly made about Russian soldiers in Ukraine during a private consultation.
Nadezhda Buyanova, 68, was accused in January by the ex-wife of a soldier killed in Ukraine of referring to her child’s father as a “legitimate target of Ukraine” and saying Russia was “guilty” in the ongoing war.
Continue reading...Spain braces for torrential rain as new weather system reaches Med coast
Two weeks after flash floods devastated eastern Spain, several areas are on alert again.
How Marco Rubio has shapeshifted to embrace Trump’s foreign policy
US senator appears to have softened his interventionist approach to foreign policy to fall in line with Trump's stance.
Germany plans February election after coalition collapse
Parties agree 23 February vote after chancellor torpedoed the coalition government by sacking finance minister.
What has happened in north Gaza siege since US 30-day warning
The 30 days that the US gave Israel to get more aid into its north Gaza siege zone have now expired.
Dozens killed after car ploughs into crowd in China
At least 35 people were killed and 43 injured after a car ploughed into a crowd of people in Zhuhai.
Riots in Amsterdam as tensions remain high over Israeli fans’ violence
A tram was set on fire during a night of riots in Amsterdam where tensions remain high.
Moldova formally protests alleged Russian election meddling
Chisinau accuses Moscow of undermining democratic process and condemned drones flown over its territory.
At least 35 killed by car ramming in China’s Zhuhai
Police say a 62-year-old suspect drove his car into a crowd in southern Zhuhai, also injuring 43 people.
We can hit UK’s big carbon cut without disruption to people’s lives, says Starmer – UK politics live
PM confirms target of 81% emissions cut at Cop climate summit but says ‘I’m not going to tell people how to live their lives’
Leadbeater introduces the next speaker, Nat Dye, who has terminal cancer. She says she thinks his views are the most important for people to hear at this press conference.
He says he has known “positive” experiences of death. His fiance and his mother both had relatively peaceful deaths. He says palliative care can work for some people.
Imagine I am dying and palliative care hasn’t improved. Well, I have no choice whatsoever: I die in pain or I die in pain.
I see this as a chance just to act with kindness and a choice for people at their darkest hour.
Continue reading...Aid entering Gaza is lowest in months, says Unrwa, as US deadline approaches – Middle East crisis, as it happened
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Images sent over the news wires show smoke billowing over Beirut after Israeli strikes on the southern suburbs of Lebanon’s capital.
Lebanese media is reporting that two people have been killed and six wounded in an Israeli airstrike on Hermel, which is in the north-east of the country near the border with Syria.
Continue reading...Trump lining up Marco Rubio and Kristi Noem for top jobs
Trump could name Rubio as his secretary of state and Noem as his homeland security secretary, US media say.
Growing pollution in Pakistan’s Punjab province has sickened 1.8M people in a month, officials say – ABC News
- Growing pollution in Pakistan's Punjab province has sickened 1.8M people in a month, officials say ABC News
- India, Pakistan blanketed in smog so thick, it's visible from space: See pictures USA TODAY
- How India, Pakistan and China Might Cooperate on Air Quality Forbes
- Lahore smog: Pollution hits record levels in Pakistan city BBC.com
- Hundreds hospitalised in Pakistan as smog reaches record levels Al Jazeera English
Remarkably resilient refugees: A teen on his own, a woman who was raped : Goats and Soda – NPR
Trump nominates Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy to lead new efficiency department to ‘restructure federal agencies’ – live
Tesla CEO and onetime Republican presidential hopeful put forward to lead department to ‘dismantle government bureaucracy’
Joe Biden is meeting with two foreign leaders at the White House today.
At 11.15am, he will speak with Israel’s president Isaac Herzog, then with Indonesia’s president, Prabowo Subianto, at 2pm.
Continue reading...Starmer refuses to back Justin Welby after clamor for archbishop to resign
Prime minister says victims of serial abuser John Smyth ‘failed very, very badly’
Keir Starmer has refused to back the archbishop of Canterbury, who has faced growing demands to resign over his handling of an abuse scandal.
Pressure on Justin Welby has been intensifying since the publication last week of a damning report on the church’s cover-up of John Smyth’s abuse in the UK in the late 1970s and early 1980s, and later in Zimbabwe and South Africa. About 130 boys are believed to have been victims.
Continue reading...Ugandan TikTokers held for insulting first family
They are accused of hate speech as rights groups say the law is being used to restrict freedoms.
BBC confirms Gary Lineker’s departure from Match of the Day
Corporation says presenter will quit highlights programme at end of 2024-25 season but will cover 2026 World Cup
Gary Lineker is to step down as the presenter of Match of the Day at the end of the season, the BBC has said.
The BBC confirmed earlier reports that Lineker would stay with the broadcaster to cover the FA Cup in 2025-26 and the 2026 Fifa World Cup in the US, Canada and Mexico, but step back from its flagship highlights programme at the end of the 2024-25 season.
Continue reading...Metro Bank fined nearly £17m for failure to monitor potential money laundering
Problems were raised by junior staff three years before they were completely resolved, says FCA
Metro Bank has been fined nearly £17m by the UK’s financial watchdog for failings in its money-laundering controls over four years, in a fresh blow to the lender a year on from its near-collapse.
In a surprise announcement that also triggered the early release of Metro’s third-quarter results on Tuesday morning, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) said it had found shortfalls in the bank’s financial crime checks between 2016 and 2020.
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