Moscow said on Tuesday that Ukraine fired six U.S.-supplied longer-range missiles at Russia’s Bryansk region, in what would be Kyiv’s first use of such weapons against Russia in 1,000 days of war. The reported use of the Army Tactical Missile System, known as ATACMS, marks a significant escalation in the conflict.
Leaders of the world’s 20 largest economies gathered in Rio de Janeiro on Tuesday for the second day of the G20 summit. The leaders called for more aid for Gaza, an end to the war in Ukraine, reform of the U.N. Security Council, a global pact to combat hunger, and a future global tax on billionaires.
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg is facing a deadline on Tuesday to propose the next steps in President-elect Donald Trump’s New York criminal case. Despite Trump’s conviction on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records, the case is in limbo in the wake of his election victory.
Topics in this episode include:
- G20 Issues Declaration on Wars, Climate Change, UN Reform
- Senate Panel to Hold Hearing on Suspected Chinese Hacking
- DA Bragg to Propose Next Steps in Trump’s NY Case
- Georgia Appeals Court Cancels Arguments in Trump Case
- Biden Urges Congress to Approve $100 Billion in Disaster Relief
- Wyoming Judge Strikes Down State Abortion Ban
- Ukraine Hits Russia With US-Made Long-Range Missiles
- US Won’t Alter Nuclear Posture After Russian Change
- NYPD Investigating Deadly, ‘Unprovoked’ Stabbings
- Texas to Vote on Bible-Based Lessons in Schools
- NYT Article on Shen Yun ‘Riddled With Inaccuracies’
- US Envoy in Lebanon for Cease-Fire Talks
- EU’s 5 Largest Nations in Favor of European Defense Bonds
- UK Sanctions Russian Officials for Indoctrination
- Country of Georgia Detains 16 People After Election Protest
- Work on Paris’s Notre Dame Progresses Ahead of December Re-Opening
- 45 People Sentenced in Hong Kong Democracy Activist Case
- Children Injured by Vehicle Outside School in China
- British Farmers Protest Over Incoming 20 Percent Inheritance Tax
- Boeing to Cut 2,500 Jobs as Part of Sweeping Layoffs
- Indian News Agency ANI Sues OpenAI for Using Content
- Meta Challenges Indian Regulator Over WhatsApp Privacy Order
- Nestle to Cut Costs by $2.8 Billion Under New CEO
- Coin Older Than American Revolution Sells for $2.5 Million
- Exhibition of Louis XV’s Royal Hunts at Fontainebleau
- American Soldiers Make Kimchi at South Korean Charity Event
- North Carolina Farm to Cut White House Christmas Tree
