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First Factor: Biden lifts ban on Ukraine firing US weapons deeper into Russia

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Joe Biden has lifted the ban on Ukraine utilizing long-range missiles to fireplace into Russian territory by allowing them for use towards Russian and North Korean forces within the Kursk area.

The president will enable Ukraine to make use of Atacms rockets, which have a spread of 190 miles (305km) – a call being justified by the presence of North Korean troops preventing alongside Russia towards Ukraine.

Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, mentioned: “Today, there’s a lot of talk in the media about us receiving permission for respective actions. But strikes are not carried out with words. Such things are not announced. Missiles will speak for themselves.”

  • How did Russia react? To this point, Vladimir Putin has not mentioned something. However Vladimir Dzhabarov, the primary deputy head of the Russian higher home’s worldwide affairs committee, mentioned: “This is a very big step towards the start of world war three.”

  • How may this modification the warfare? Ukraine has just lately been dropping floor on the frontline, and the deployment of 1000’s of North Korean troops threatened to tilt the warfare additional in Russia’s favor. As Trump alerts his need to wind up the warfare with ceasefire negotiations – which critics say will imply, in impact, a Russian land seize – the usage of long-range missiles offers Ukraine a possibility to hold on to its territorial beneficial properties in Russia’s Kursk area. It may develop into a key bargaining chip. However it’s additionally more likely to escalate the battle.

RFK Jr’s cousin Caroline Kennedy assaults his ‘dangerous’ vaccine views

Caroline Kennedy says cousin RFK Jr’s vaccine views are ‘harmful’ – video

The outgoing US ambassador to Australia, Caroline Kennedy, mentioned her cousin Robert F Kennedy Jr’s views on vaccines had been “dangerous”. Trump has nominated Kennedy to supervise US well being companies regardless of his propagation of anti-vaccine conspiracy theories.

“I think Bobby Kennedy’s views on vaccines are dangerous … but I don’t think that most Americans share them. So we’ll just have to wait and see what happens,” she instructed reporters in Canberra.

The daughter of the late president John F Kennedy additionally criticized Trump’s choose of Tulsi Gabbard as director of nationwide intelligence. The selection of Gabbard, a supporter of Russia, would “obviously … be of great concern”, she mentioned.

  • What could possibly be the affect of RFK Jr’s nomination? Dr Michael Osterholm, the director of the Heart for Infectious Illness Analysis and Coverage on the College of Minnesota, mentioned even when public insurance policies remained unchanged, authorities from the federal authorities talking out towards vaccines “discourages people who might otherwise be vaccinated, and at that point that’s as bad as not having a vaccine at all”.

Mohammed Afif talking at a press convention in Dahiyeh, southern Beirut, on 11 November. {Photograph}: Hussein Malla/AP

Hezbollah’s chief spokesperson has been killed by an Israeli airstrike on Beirut, as Israel intensifies its air offensive in Lebanon regardless of ongoing oblique negotiations for a ceasefire.

Mohammed Afif, who has been the general public face of Hezbollah for months, was killed in a strike on the places of work of the Ba’ath occasion in Ras al-Nabaa, central Beirut. The assault within the busy residential space got here with out warning, and appeared to break neighbouring buildings.

Witnesses mentioned they noticed 4 our bodies on the scene of the strike, which happened a day earlier than Lebanon was anticipated to ship its response to a US-delivered ceasefire proposal.

  • What’s the humanitarian fallout from the battle? In Lebanon, 3,481 folks have been killed since Israel invaded on 1 October, together with 29 previously 24 hours, well being officers mentioned Sunday.

  • What about Gaza? After the Hamas assault on Israel on 7 October 2023, which killed 1,200 folks and through which 250 had been taken hostage, Israel has bombarded the territory with airstrikes and a floor invasion. Infrastructure has been decimated, the inhabitants displaced a number of occasions and introduced near hunger, and 43,799 folks have been killed, based on Gaza well being officers, with a UN Human Rights Workplace verifying practically 70% had been girls and kids. The demise toll is known to be an underestimate, with the UN estimating in Might 2024 that greater than 10,000 folks’s our bodies are beneath the rubble.

In different information …

Donald Trump supporters storm the US Capitol on 6 January 2021. {Photograph}: John Minchillo/AP
  • Donald Trump is contemplating pardons for six January 2021 Capitol rioters. Authorized analysts have mentioned attorneys and lawmakers who oppose the pardons can be unable to cease them.

  • A California-based farm is recalling its carrots after an E coli outbreak contaminated scores of individuals.

  • Rightwing settlers and extremist nationalist Zionists in Israel have described prime officers in Trump’s administration as a “dream team”, hoping to develop Israel’s occupied Palestinian territory.

  • Spain’s financial system minister urged the G20 to “be brave” over a world minimal tax for the world’s 3,000 billionaires.

Stat of the day: X rival Bluesky hits 16m customers

{Photograph}: Mario Tama/Getty Pictures

Bluesky, rising as X’s latest rival, has amassed 16m customers, together with 1m in 24 hours. A whole bunch of 1000’s of customers have give up X, together with the Guardian, since Donald Trump’s election victory, amid X-owner Elon Musk’s rightwing cheerleading and the platform’s hate speech and bots. Meta’s Threads has reported reaching 275m month-to-month lively customers, and X has about 317m.

Don’t miss this: Is the period of superstar endorsements over?

Vice-president Kamala Harris speaks alongside Oprah Winfrey through the closing rally of her marketing campaign. {Photograph}: Kent Nishimura/Getty Pictures

Deal with A-list expertise, similar to Taylor Swift and Beyoncé, might have strengthened an out-of-touch imaginative and prescient, or possibly superstar assist holds no political energy. Edward Helmore asks if the age of superstar endorsements is over.

Local weather examine: Disaster in charge for dozens of ‘impossible’ heatwaves, research reveal

Firefighters tackling a wildfire in Agueda, Portugal, in September. {Photograph}: Patrícia de Melo Moreira/AFP/Getty Pictures

A minimum of 24 beforehand not possible heatwaves have struck communities throughout the planet, Carbon Temporary has discovered. Scientific analyses confirmed just about zero likelihood of their prevalence with out world warming.

Final Factor: New Orleans canine, Scrim, makes second daring escape

The elusive Scrim. {Photograph}: WWL Louisiana

Scrim, a terrier, escaped his adopted residence and spent about six months on the run. Ultimately he was discovered. However on Friday morning, he busted by a second-floor window and made a second sprint for freedom. Scrim is “for the streets”, wrote one social media consumer.

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