Hermes billionaire to leave £5bn to former gardener (www.telegraph.co.uk)
Calls for return of masks, airport scanners in Southeast Asia amid Covid surge (www.scmp.com)
Israel thanks US for 'bold leadership' following veto in UNSC (breakingthenews.net)
Spain expels two US spies for infiltrating secret service (english.elpais.com)
Ukraine's Security Service blows up railway connecting Russia and China (www.pravda.com.ua)
On the night of 29-30 November, an explosion occurred on the Baikal-Amur Mainline in the Severomuysky Tunnel, named after Vladimir Bessolov, located in Buryatia (Russia)....
Paris mayor quits X platform, calling it a 'gigantic global sewer' (www.reuters.com)
Britain detects first human case of flu strain similar to pig virus (www.reuters.com)
Ukraine now in full control of Kherson Oblast’s left bank, forcing Russians to flee from reinforced ‘Surovikin' (english.nv.ua)
Ukrainian forces have gained control of the Dnipro left bank’s floodplain in Kherson Oblast, forcing the Russians to build new defensive lines on hills farther from the river, former Aidar Battalion company commander Yevhen Dykyi told Radio NV....
Ex Obama Adviser Says Killing 4,000 Palestinian Children ‘Wasn’t Enough’ (www.vice.com)
Middle East In Beijing, Arab and Muslim ministers urge end to Gaza war (www.reuters.com)
BEIJING, Nov 20 (Reuters) - Arab and Muslim ministers called on Monday for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, as their delegation visited Beijing on the first leg of a tour to push for an end to hostilities and to allow humanitarian aid into the devastated Palestinian enclave.
Dozens killed as Israeli forces attack al-Fakhoora School in northern Gaza (Warning: NSFL Video) (www.aljazeera.com)
Many hundreds of people are believed to have taken shelter at the UN-run school.
Hamas armed wing says it discussed freeing 70 hostages in return for 5-day truce (www.reuters.com)
The armed wing of the Palestinian militant group Hamas said on Monday it told Qatari mediators the group was ready to release up to 70 women and children held in Gaza in return for a five-day truce with Israel.
Greta Thunberg brushes off interruption at massive Dutch climate march days before election (apnews.com)
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Netanyahu says Hamas refused Israeli fuel offer for Gaza's Shifa hospital (www.reuters.com)
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday that Israel had offered fuel to Gaza's Al Shifa hospital, which suspended operations after running out of fuel, but that the militants had refused to receive it.
Ukrainian PoWs being sent to fight their own army, Russian news claims (www.theguardian.com)
Israel-Hamas war in numbers: Scale of destruction in Gaza is unprecedented (english.elpais.com)
20 killed & tens injured in a back-to-back Israeli massacre as jetfighters strike Gaza school sheltering displaced Palestinians (NSFL Video) (english.ahram.org.eg)
An Israeli airstrike on the Osama bin Zaid School in the Al-Saftawi neighbourhood in north Gaza City killed at least 20 and wounded 30 in the second massacre against civilians in less than five hours on Friday....
Strikes on south Gaza: BBC verifies attacks in areas of ‘safety’ (www.bbc.co.uk)
Israeli military says Hamas hiding tunnels, operations centres in Gaza hospital (www.israelnationalnews.com)
Edit: Replaced with Reuters link (Israel National News has a “mixed” factual reporting rating similar to Al Jazeera).
Germany's far-left star quits post-Communists to found populist party (www.reuters.com)
China’s leaders speed towards Japanisation (www.reuters.com)
China’s real estate market is in decline. Debt deflation hangs in the air. The country’s workforce is shrinking and GDP growth is trending downwards....
Biden says Hamas attacked Israel in part to stop a historic agreement with Saudi Arabia (apnews.com)
President Joe Biden said Friday he thought Hamas was motivated to attack Israel in part by a desire to stop that country from normalizing relations with Saudi Arabia....
Pro-Palestinian views face suppression in US amid Israel-Hamas war [The Guardian] (www.theguardian.com)
Conferences have been abruptly cancelled, media appearances suppressed and demands made to fire critics of Israeli policies.
Italy PM Giorgia Meloni splits from partner after off-air lewd TV remarks (www.bbc.com)
Putin dismisses importance of U.S.-supplied weapons to Ukraine (www.nbcnews.com)
A Russian missile attack killed two civilians in an apartment building in southern Ukraine on Wednesday, local authorities said, as President Vladimir Putin dismissed the importance of a new U.S.-supplied weapon that Kyiv used to execute one of the most damaging attacks on the Kremlin’s air assets since the start of the war....
