News - UN Petrol State Climate Summit, Israel Ready to Annex Palestinian Territories, Japanese PM Remains in Power
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Your weekly news roundup from two happy warriors. This week: struggles at the UN COP29 climate change conference (1:48 ), not the least of which is the incoming climate denier president of the US (5:45 ); in Israel-Palestine, the US shockingly doesn't follow through on its 30-day humanitarian aid deadline (7:57 ), Trump appointments signal imminent formal annexation of Palestinian territories (12:24 ), and Qatar withdraws from ceasefire talks (16:48 ); in Lebanon, Israel is working on a ceasefire as a "gift" for Trump (18:33 ); Xi and Biden to meet in China (21:35 ); the Japanese government survives a confirmation vote (23: 45); a new report on horrifying death toll figures in the Sudan war (25:48 ); in Russia-Ukraine, Russia pushers to retake Kursk (28:01 ) while Europe and Ukraine show new flexibility to exchange land for a peace deal (30:25 ); Germany prepares for a snap election in February in the wake of the government coalition collapsing (32:38 ); in Haiti, the transitional council fires the PM (34:44 ) while the US bans flights there (36:15 ); and Trump announces a number of new appointments for his second term (37:35 ).
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