Diplomatic efforts for peace in Ukraine and the Middle East are underway, while Israel's expanding regional influence and Netanyahu's pardon request spark controversy, and African leaders advocate for colonial reparations amidst escalating conflicts in Sudan, US-Venezuela tensions, and Pakistan's expulsion of Afghan refugees, alongside Japanese-Chinese cultural relations souring and Madrid rallies demanding elections.

• Ukraine talks 'productive' but more work needed, Rubio says — BBC World -
• 'I saw them driving over injured people' - the terrifying escape from war in Sudan — BBC World -
• African leaders push for recognition of colonial crimes and reparations — The Guardian -

• ‘Imperial Israel’ in the New Middle East — New York Times World -
• Israeli Hostage Recounts Beatings and Starvation During Hamas Captivity — New York Times World -
• Pope Leo Calls for a Two-State Solution in Mideast Conflict — New York Times World -
• Hondurans vote in election shadowed by Trump aid threats — BBC World -
• Why Is the U.S. Threatening Venezuela? — New York Times World -
• Ukrainian and US officials meet in Florida to discuss proposals to end Russia’s war — The Guardian -
• Pope Leo urges Lebanese leaders to make peace highest priority — The Guardian -
• Lebanon’s Christians Look to Pope Leo’s Visit for a Message of Hope and Peace — New York Times World -
• Netanyahu Asks Israel’s President to Pardon Him in Corruption Cases — New York Times World -
• What to Know About Honduras’s Elections — New York Times World -
• Thousands rally in Madrid to demand snap election over corruption allegations — The Guardian -
• Hondurans vote amid Trump threat to cut aid if his preferred candidate loses — The Guardian -
• Benjamin Netanyahu asks Israel’s president for pardon in corruption case — The Guardian -
• Benjamin Netanyahu seeks pardon from Israel's president — BBC World -
• Benjamin Netanyahu seeks pardon from Israel's president — BBC World -
• Japan ‘One Piece’ singer stopped mid-performance as Japan-China relations sour — The Guardian -
• Ukraine hits tankers in Black Sea in escalation against Russia — BBC World -
• Ukraine hits tankers in Black Sea in escalation against Russia — BBC World -
• Fed Up With the Taliban, Pakistan Expels Masses of Afghans — New York Times World -
• Venezuela condemns Trump airspace closure warning — BBC World -
• Venezuela condemns Trump airspace closure warning — BBC World -

Deadly floods across Southeast Asia leave hundreds missing and thousands displaced, India's capital struggles with hazardous air quality, climate activists target Australia's coal industry challenging energy grid stability, and the UK faces potential water shortages threatening net-zero goals, alongside concerns about antibiotic use on US food crops and a major US winter storm causing travel disruptions.

• Australia news live: activists lock on to Newcastle coal loader; energy regulator warns about stability of grid if Eraring closes in 2027 — The Guardian -
• Deadly Floods in Indonesia Leave Hundreds Missing — New York Times World -
• India Is a Rising Power, but Breathing in Its Capital Is Hazardous — New York Times World -

• Death toll passes 900 in Indonesia, Thailand and Sri Lanka floods — The Guardian -
• Winter storm brings foot of snow to midwest over busiest US travel weekend — The Guardian -
• Indonesia searches for hundreds missing in deadly floods — BBC World -
• Climate protesters in kayaks disrupt operations at Australian port — BBC World -
• EPA urged to ban spraying of antibiotics on US food crops amid resistance fears — The Guardian -
• More than 400 killed in Indonesia flooding, officials say — BBC World -
• Sri Lanka’s capital hit by floods as cyclone death toll nears 200 — The Guardian -
• Water shortages could derail UK’s net zero plans, study finds — The Guardian -
• Rising Tide protest: climate activists stop three ships from entering world’s largest coal port in Newcastle — The Guardian -

The Labour government faces a budget row over tax rises while Keir Starmer defends the economic plan, a new left-wing party 'Your Party' solidifies its structure, the NHS grapples with critical test delays, and concerns rise over cuts to the Foreign Office's conflict unit, as the Cornish language gains protected status and controversies surround illegal weight-loss drugs and judicial reforms, alongside news of Harrods staff underpayment and an inquest into a domestic abuse suicide.

• Starmer leads fightback as budget row rumbles on for Reeves — The Guardian -
• Labour’s economic plan will take years to deliver, Keir Starmer says — The Guardian -
• Andreas Whittam Smith, co-founder of the Independent, dies aged 88 — The Guardian -

• Your Party members vote to make name permanent at tense first conference — The Guardian -
• Your Party is voted to be called … Your Party, Jeremy Corbyn announces – UK politics as it happened — The Guardian -
• England’s water industry issued £10.5bn in ‘green bonds’ despite pollution record — The Guardian -
• Cornish language to get same protected status as Welsh, Irish and Scottish Gaelic — The Guardian -
• NHS test delays putting hundreds of thousands at risk, say doctors — The Guardian -
• Plan to reduce jury trials an ‘irremediable error’, lawyers say in MoJ letter — The Guardian -
• Fears for UK security as Foreign Office moves to scrap unit on conflict and refugee crises — The Guardian -
• Is gen Z’s love of fried chicken pushing Britain to ‘peak pizza’? — The Guardian -
• Your Party to have ‘collective leadership’ in win for Zarah Sultana — The Guardian -
• Rachel Reeves denies lying to public in run-up to budget — The Guardian -
• Illegal weight-loss drugs being sold in UK by firms with high Trustpilot scores — The Guardian -
• The Eldonian dream: Inside the fight for Liverpool’s community housing utopia — The Guardian -
• ‘In the presence of evil’: Manchester synagogue attack survivor on the day that shook British Jews — The Guardian -
• Harrods warehouse staff underpaid by thousands of pounds after agency error — The Guardian -
• Lessons not learned after Georgia Barter driven to suicide by abuse, says her mother — The Guardian -
• Can you have a community without craic? Scholars of Ireland’s pubs warn of declining numbers — The Guardian -
• Drinking is a way of life in Ireland - can a warning label change that? — BBC World -

President Trump's administration faces scrutiny over clemency for a convicted fraud executive and a planned pardon for Honduras's ex-president accused of drug trafficking, alongside concerns about the gutting of a DHS watchdog system and the deportation of a college student, while Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem links a National Guard shooting suspect's radicalization to US issues.

• College Student Is Deported During Trip Home for Thanksgiving — New York Times World -
• Kristi Noem claims suspect in national guard shooting was ‘radicalized’ in US — The Guardian -
• Trump grants clemency to executive convicted in fraud scheme – report — The Guardian -

• Gutting of key US watchdog could pave way for grave immigration abuses, experts warn — The Guardian -
• All the president’s millions: how the Trumps are turning the presidency into riches — The Guardian -
• The Ex-President Whom Trump Plans to Pardon Flooded America With Cocaine — New York Times World -

Sydney police uncover an international child sex abuse ring, authorities regulate poker machine venues, and casino cheating allegations surface following a major waste facility fire, while youth mental health issues are rising, and a police media strategy following the Hannah Clarke murders draws criticism, alongside discussions on migration principles.

• Sydney police charge four men over alleged ‘international satanic child sex abuse material ring’ — The Guardian -
• Husband and wife accused of using spycam and earpieces to win almost £600k at Australian casino — BBC World -
• More than 670 NSW pokies venues to be stripped of ability to stay open after 4am — The Guardian -

• Gen Z Australians are attempting suicide and self-harming more than previous generations, study finds — The Guardian -
• ‘Victim blaming’ comments after Hannah Clarke murders were part of botched police media strategy — The Guardian -
• Ley says Coalition’s migration principles will include ‘issues around language and values’ – as it happened — The Guardian -
• Watch: Moment huge fireball destroys Sydney waste facility — BBC World -
• Watch: Moment huge fireball destroys Sydney waste facility — BBC World -
• Couple from Kazakhstan allegedly used hidden camera and earpieces to win $1.18m from Sydney’s Crown casino — The Guardian -

A deadly shooting at a California birthday party leaves four dead, including three children, while Hong Kong mourns a devastating apartment fire with a rising death toll and migrant workers facing job losses, and concern grows over the kidnapping of hundreds of schoolchildren in Nigeria, while Dignitas founder Ludwig Minelli dies by assisted suicide and male infertility diagnosis failures are highlighted.

• Dignitas founder dies by assisted suicide aged 92, group says — BBC World -
• Dignitas founder dies by assisted suicide aged 92, group says — BBC World -
• Three children among four killed in shooting at 'birthday party' in California — BBC World -

• Three children among four killed in shooting at 'birthday party' in California — BBC World -
• Hong Kong’s Migrant Domestic Workers Mourn Their Losses in Deadly Fire — New York Times World -
• California police search for suspect who killed four including three children at family party — The Guardian -
• Dignitas founder ends his own life through assisted death — The Guardian -
• Hong Kong fire death toll rises to 146 as thousands pay respects — BBC World -
• Hong Kong mourns as apartment fire death toll rises to 146 — The Guardian -
• Nigerian villagers 'too scared to speak' after hundreds of schoolchildren kidnapped — BBC World -
• Failure to diagnose treatable male infertility leading to unnecessary IVF, experts say — The Guardian -
• Anger mounts in Hong Kong over apartment fires as Beijing warns against ‘anti-China disruptors’ — The Guardian -

Pope Leo's first foreign trip sees him finding his voice, while an artist plans to wrap Paris's Pont Neuf, romcoms are said to have lost their magic, a French snail farm suffers a significant theft, and forgotten photos reveal women's roles in India's freedom struggle, alongside reports of banknote repair in Gaza and a fight to save a landmark cinema in Milton Keynes.

• Pope Leo finds his voice on first foreign trip — BBC World -
• Love Actually star says romcoms have lost their magic — The Guardian -
• Our beautiful multiplex: Milton Keynes council fights to save landmark cinema The Point — The Guardian -

• Bridge to the past: JR to wrap Pont Neuf again, 40 years after artistic forebears — The Guardian -
• French farm has €90,000 worth of snails stolen — BBC World -
• Forgotten photos reveal women who powered India's freedom struggle — BBC World -
• Why I spend hours painstakingly repairing banknotes — BBC World -