Nearly 100,000 Gaza buildings may be damaged, satellite images show - BBC News (www.bbc.com)
Mount Marapi eruption: 11 hikers found dead on Indonesian volcano (www.theguardian.com)
South Korea launches its first spy satellite after rival North Korea does the same (abcnews.go.com)
Chinese prisoner’s ID card apparently found in lining of Regatta coat (www.theguardian.com)
French anti-bullying bikers accused of threatening headteacher (www.bbc.com)
Floods, landslides kill dozens in northern Tanzania (www.aljazeera.com)
Faith leaders speak out against antisemitism and Islamophobia at London vigil (www.aol.co.uk)
People stood in the cold and rain outside Downing Street and heard Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby say “there is no good ever in the death of an innocent Israeli, there is no good ever in the death of an innocent Palestinian”....
Former Hong Kong activist Agnes Chow flees territory for Canada (www.theguardian.com)
Former Hong Kong activist Agnes Chow who was jailed over her role in pro-democracy protests revealed on Sunday she had moved to Canada and would not return to meet her bail conditions....
Royal Navy sends second warship to Gulf (www.bbc.co.uk)
HMS Diamond - a Type 45 destroyer - is en route to join the frigate HMS Lancaster....
EU and Mercosur give up on clinching trade pact next week (www.politico.eu)
Argentina says it intends to leave decisions on the trade deal to incoming President Javier Milei, who has threatened to quit Mercosur....
Putin betrayed us, say wives and mothers of Russian soldiers (www.telegraph.co.uk)
India agrees to withdraw soldiers from Maldives - President Muizzu (www.reuters.com)
NEW DELHI, Dec 3 (Reuters) - India’s government has agreed to withdraw its soldiers from the Maldives, the Indian Ocean archipelago’s President Mohamed Muizzu said on Sunday....
Dozens of Iranian regime officials denied entry to Canada, says border agency (www.cbc.ca)
The Canada Border Services Agency has denied entry to dozens of senior Iranian regime officials and is investigating about 100 people with status in Canada for potential ties to Tehran....
US moves to choke China’s role in electric vehicle supply chain (www.ft.com)
Over 700 killed in last 24 hours as Israel intensifies strikes (www.aljazeera.com)
Far-right protesters gather in Paris to call for ‘justice’ after French teenager’s death (www.france24.com)
G5 Sahel: Niger and Burkina Faso leave anti-Islamist force (www.bbc.com)
Burkina Faso and Niger have followed Mali in announcing they are to withdraw from an international force known as the G5 that was set up to fight Islamists in the Sahel region....
Elon Musk tells advertisers: ‘Go fuck yourself’ - The Verge (www.theverge.com)
he said. “We’ll be gone, and it’ll be gone because of an advertiser boycott.”… eeer, no.
UN atomic chief backs nuclear power at COP28 as world reckons with proliferation (apnews.com)
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The world wants more nuclear energy as a means to fight climate change and supply an ever-growing demand for electricity, part of a generational shift in thinking on atomic power, the head of the United Nations nuclear watchdog said Thursday....
In boost for Modi, BJP sweeps polls in three Indian states (www.reuters.com)
NEW DELHI, Dec 3 (Reuters) - India’s ruling nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday won regional votes in three out of four major states, in a big boost for Prime Minister Narendra Modi ahead of a national election due by May....
Exclusive: Top development banks at COP28 vow to up climate game, quiet on fossil fuels (www.reuters.com)
US warship and multiple commercial ships attacked in Red Sea (www.independent.co.uk)
An American warship and multiple commercial ships came under attack Sunday in the Red Sea, the Pentagon said, potentially marking a major escalation in a series of maritime attacks in the Mideast linked to the Israel-Hamas war....
Russia Imported Over 100,000 Asian Migrants to Donbas, Plans to Create Cross-Border Commonwealth (www.kyivpost.com)
The Kremlin is trying to change the demographics in the occupied territories by importing migrants from Central Asia to replace the indigenous Ukrainian population and plans to merge Ukrainian and Russian regions to create a “Donbas” commonwealth, according to reports....
‘Everything indicates’ Chinese ship damaged Baltic pipeline on purpose, Finland says (www.politico.eu)
BRUSSELS — As the investigation into damage to Baltic Sea critical infrastructure continues, Finland’s Minister of European Affairs Anders Adlercreutz said it’s hard to believe sabotage to the undersea gas pipeline was accidental — or that it happened without Beijing’s knowledge....
A Venezuelan vote on an oil-rich region of Guyana raises concerns of a South American military conflict (edition.cnn.com)
