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Nov 22, 2025 - World

Wealthy countries should triple funds for countries to tackle climate impacts, but deforestation and critical minerals blocked from final dealThe world edged a small step closer to the end of the fossil fuel era on Saturday, but not by nearly enough to stave off the ravages of climate breakdown.Countries meeting in Brazil for two weeks could manage only a voluntary agreement to begin discussions on a roadmap to an eventual phase-out of fossil fuels, and they achieved this incremental progress only in the teeth of implacable opposition from oil-producing countries. Continue reading...

Nov 22, 2025 - World

Brazilian ex-president says he used soldering iron on device and is now in custody over fears he was going to abscondBrazil’s former far-right president Jair Bolsonaro has claimed he tried to damage his electronic ankle monitor “out of curiosity” after he was arrested at his villa owing to suspicions he was poised to abscond.In a video released by the supreme court, Bolsonaro – who was recently sentenced to 27 years in prison for masterminding a military coup – can be heard admitting to a security official that he had used a soldering iron to tamper with the black tag. Continue reading...

Nov 22, 2025 - World

U.S. Representative Don Bacon of (R-NE) broke from Donald Trump on Saturday with a grim reminder about what the congressman says could be Trump's "legacy."Bacon, who has spoken out about Trump's attitude regarding Ukraine and the war Russia has imposed on it, over the weekend weighed in on a recent proposal from the Trump administration to end the brutal foreign war by forcing numerous concessions from the victim nation.Over the weekend, Bacon took to social media to push back against that plan, posting an image of a wasteland with three distressed eagles and the words, "In the war between Ukraine and Russia, the first to surrender was America."He issued a grim warning with the image, writing, "This will be President Trump’s legacy if he forces this surrender plan on Ukraine."Ex-Republican insider Stuart Stevens added, "It will be the Republican Party's legacy."It will be the Republican Party's legacy. https://t.co/NDyxNq1TAp— Stuart Stevens (@stuartpstevens) November 22, 2025

Nov 22, 2025 - World

Experts warn US deal on ‘lethal’ aircraft presents issues for Australia that ‘we’ve tried desperately to ignore with the Israelis’Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastDonald Trump’s unilateral decision to sell F-35 joint strike fighter jets to Saudi Arabia will rely on critical Australian components, prompting experts to warn Australia could become complicit in human rights abuses.The US president announced the deal during a meeting with the Saudi crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman, this week, despite consistent concerns about the Saudi regime’s human rights record – including bombing raids on civilian targets – and fears it could share the technology with China. Continue reading...

Nov 22, 2025 - World

A group of American senators critical of President Donald Trump panned a U.S. peace proposal on Ukraine at an international security conference in Canada