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Gaza is under bombardment again, George Santos' last stand looms, and Tesla's Cybertruck debuts at $60,990.

 

A mystery respiratory illness is affecting dogs in the United States. Correspondent Dan Trotta joined today's Reuters World News podcast to talk about the canine conundrum.

 

By Linda Noakes

Today's Top News

 

An Israeli military helicopter releases a flare over the Israel-Gaza border. REUTERS/Amir Cohen

ISRAEL AND HAMAS AT WAR

  • Israeli warplanes resumed the pounding of Gaza, Palestinian civilians fled for shelter and rocket sirens blared in southern Israel as war resumed after a week-long truce collapsed with no deal to extend it.
  • US Secretary of State Antony Blinken told Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that Israel's military operations in southern Gaza must not repeat the massive loss of civilian life and displacement seen during its offensive in the north.
  • The Israeli army said it had published a map to advise Gazans of safe areas for their evacuation, as Gaza's overwhelmed hospitals received a new wave of wounded.

COP28 CLIMATE SUMMIT

  • U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres urged world leaders at the COP28 climate summit to plan for a future without fossil fuels, saying there was no other way to rein in global warming.
  • Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will pledge $2 billion in funding today, an attempt to bolster his green credentials after watering down Britain's measures to reach net zero targets.
  • Britain's King Charles said the world was "dreadfully far off track" on addressing climate change and that the global economy would be in peril unless the environment was rapidly repaired. 

IN OTHER NEWS

  • Gunfire broke out near Guinea-Bissau's presidential palace after soldiers freed a minister from the main opposition party detained for suspected misuse of public funds. The developments follow a spate of coups in an African region which had been making strides toward shedding its reputation for military-led takeovers.
  • Beijing has sponsored cut-price trips to China for hundreds of Taiwanese politicians ahead of key elections on the island, according to Taiwan sources and documents, unnerving officials with a broad campaign that one called "election interference".
  • Indicted Republican George Santos' brief career in the US House of Representatives could come to an end today, when fellow lawmakers are due to vote on whether to expel him over criminal corruption charges and accusations of misspending campaign money.
  • James Dyson, the billionaire inventor of the bagless vacuum cleaner, lost a libel lawsuit against a British newspaper publisher over a column that branded him a hypocrite who had "screwed" Britain.
 

Business & Markets

 
  • Tesla's long-delayed Cybertruck will be priced starting at $60,990, over 50% more than what CEO Elon Musk had touted in 2019 and a cost analysts have said will draw select, affluent buyers. Here are the truck's top features.
  • Global manufacturing activity remained weak in November on soft demand, surveys showed, as euro zone factory activity kept contracting, while there were mixed signs on the strength of China's economy.
  • Dell Technologies reported third-quarter revenue below estimates due to a slower-than-expected recovery in the hardware and software market, sending its shares down 4% after the bell.
  • Google has called on Britain’s antitrust regulator to take action against Microsoft, claiming its business practices had left rivals at a significant disadvantage, according to a letter seen by Reuters.
 

The Week Ahead

 
  • Festive cheer has come early to world markets (bar those dollar bulls) on growing certainty that central banks will start slashing interest rates next year.
  • Key US jobs data will test the exuberance, while Australia's central bank could reinforce a view that rates have peaked. Here's a look at the week ahead in financial markets.
  • US Republican presidential candidates are scheduled to face off in the fourth debate of their party's 2024 nominating contest, while upheaval in Germany and the Netherlands heralds fresh uncertainty.
 

For eastern Ukrainians, the ordeal of war is entering its second decade

 

Yevhen Tkachov carries an elderly woman to a shelter for internally displaced people in Kostiantynivka, Ukraine. REUTERS/Alina Smutko

Yevhen Tkachov, a volunteer aid worker from Ukraine's eastern Donbas region, spent much of his life traveling to the world's war zones helping civilians in need.

Nearly 10 years ago, his own homeland erupted into conflict, and the war never went away.

 

Photos of the Week

 

See a slideshow of our top news photography from around the world this week.

 

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