Elsewhere, the president of Finland warned that a ceasefire in Ukraine is unlikely before the spring and urged European allies to keep up support.

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1:10 Kyiv has also prepared a deal with France for “a significant strengthening of our combat aviation, air defense, and other defense capabilities,” Ukrainian president said.

Rain hammered the sprawling encampments across Gaza on Saturday, turning roads into rivers, soaking freezing families inside their tents, and forcing people to sweep dirty water from their shelters as it pooled around their beds and belongings

In a clear pattern, a machine designed to generate law and order morphs into an organization operating under lawlessness We have entered the openly repressive phase of the Trump presidency. The administration has moved beyond verbal attacks on civil society. It is now deploying coercive force against civic organizations and their leaders. While the attacks may seem contained for now, they are likely to grow. Research on other cases of democratic backsliding suggests that once coercion begins, regardless of how limited at first, escalation follows. In the months ahead, we should thus expect more, not less, government repression. To meet it, pro-democracy organizations, universities and law firms must bravely speak up against abuses of power while building the broadest possible coalition to stand up for fundamental rights. Community, labor and advocacy groups must also train their ranks in strategic nonviolence to resist provocations from the state and make repression backfire. Javier Corrales is Dwight W Morrow 1895 professor of political science at Amherst College. Daniel Altschuler is the managing director of the Freedom Together Foundation and holds a doctorate in politics from the University of Oxford. Continue reading...

“I’m not very optimistic about achieving a ceasefire or the beginning of peace negotiations, at least this year,” Alexander Stubb told the AP.

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky has begun his visit to Greece.

Units of the Defence Forces struck facilities of the Novokuybyshevsk Oil Refinery in Russia’s Samara region and a storage site for UAVs belonging to the Russian Rubikon unit in the occupied Donetsk region.

Russia launched about 1,000 strike drones, nearly 980 guided aerial bombs, and 36 missiles of various types against Ukraine in one week.

YouGov/Economist polling over the past three months shows a clear downward trend in Trump’s standing with middle-class Americans.

Air Defense Forces destroyed 139 Shahed, Gerbera, and other types of drones out of 176 launched by Russia against Ukraine on the evening of November 15.

These widely condemned strikes are just the latest sign of Trump’s imperialist revival – and the collapsing of the rules-based world order The UK’s reported decision to restrict intelligence-sharing with the Pentagon on suspected drug-traffickers’ boats in the Caribbean is a modest yet symbolic act of resistance to Donald Trump’s imperialist revival. Britain is said to have objected to repeated, lethal US airstrikes on alleged smugglers off Venezuela’s coast – which have been widely condemned as illegal extrajudicial killings amounting to murder. The strikes appear to foreshadow direct US attacks on Venezuela itself. Trump makes no secret of his wish to topple Nicolás Maduro’s authoritarian, ostensibly leftist regime. Most Venezuelans support this aim, but not the means. Regime change forcibly imposed by a foreign power contravenes international law, unless it is authorised by the UN or undertaken in self-defence as a last resort. Legal or not, it never ends well. Continue reading...

President Volodymyr Zelensky announced new agreements with partners, in particular regarding gas supplies to Ukraine to compensate for losses in Ukrainian production due to Russian strikes.

The total combat losses of Russian troops from February 24, 2022, to November 16, 2025, in the war against Ukraine amount to approximately 1,158,260 people, including 860 people over the past day.

In Ukraine, in October 2025, the number of participants in the non-bank financial market decreased by four companies to 787 institutions; the number of banks remained unchanged at 60.

The corruption scandal in Ukraine may affect the level of economic support, but will not affect military aid, according to Adrian Karatnytskyi, senior fellow at the Atlantic Council and former president of Freedom House.

President Trump on Friday wrote that he was "withdrawing" his "support and Endorsement" of Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, indicating that he might even back an effort to primary his former longtime ally.

President’s one-time ally says she has been contacted by private security firms after denunciation by president. Key US politics stories from Saturday 15 November at a glance Marjorie Taylor Greene, a longtime Republican ally who previously fiercely defended Donald Trump and his Maga movement, said on Saturday she had been contacted by private security firms “with warnings for my safety” after Trump announced on Friday he was withdrawing his support for and endorsement of the Georgia representative. In a post on X, Greene said that “a hot bed of threats against me are being fueled and egged on by the most powerful man in the world”, without referring to Trump by name, adding it was “the man I supported and helped get elected”. Continue reading...

DHS said it officially launched an operation dubbed "Charlotte's Web" to target immigrants living in the Charlotte area illegally.

President Trump has threatened legal action against the British broadcaster BBC. Haley Ott has the details.

Economic promises helped Donald Trump get re-elected. Now, he has an affordability problem, and his administration is facing backlash from consumers over the cost of living. Ali Bauman has more on efforts to bring relief.

President Trump says he has "sort of made up my mind" on whether to take military action in Venezuela. The comments come as America's largest aircraft carrier, the Ford, and other U.S. forces move within striking distance of the country. Charlie D'Agata has new details.

As President Donald Trump and Republican Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene’s feud over Jeffrey Epstein boils over, survivors of the late sex criminal have reportedly issued a collective statement of support for the Georgia Republican. The bizarre development comes amid a deepening internal rift in the MAGA movement. The letter, as reported Saturday by MeidasTouch News, thanked Greene “for standing up against the intimidation, silencing, and abuse that Epstein survivors have endured for decades.” “When you speak the truth and refuse to bow to threats, you become a survivor by proxy—an ally who carries part of the fight with us,” the message continued. “That courage matters. You have our full support. We stand united with you against any attempt to bully, rewrite history, or shut down accountability.” The 27 reported signatories, who faced or were otherwise impacted by Epstein’s abuse—such as Maria and Annie Farmer, Courtney Wild, and the family of Virginia Roberts Giuffre—promised to defend Greene “with everything we have” and offered “to help and to talk.” Greene, a far-right politician, former Trump disciple, and frequent purveyor of bigotry and conspiracy theories, has drawn the president’s ire in recent days for her efforts to compel government transparency on the Epstein case. She was among four House Republicans to back a successful bid to force a (now forthcoming) floor vote on the release of the Justice Department’s Epstein-related documents. The president, in turn, has publicly withdrawn his support of Greene, dubbing her a “RINO”—or Republican in name only—as well as nicknames like “Marjorie ‘Traitor’ Greene” and “Marjorie Taylor Brown” (because, he explained, “Green grass turns Brown when it begins to ROT!”). Greene on Saturday said Trump’s abuse has “fueled and egged on” threats against her.

Daughter of immigrants advocated for people with disabilities to have full autonomy over their lives Alice Wong, a writer and disability rights activist who was born with muscular dystrophy and whose independence and writing inspired others, has died. She was 51. Wong died Friday at a hospital in San Francisco due to an infection, said Sandy Ho, a close friend who has been in touch with Wong’s family. Continue reading...

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky has stated that further elements of the winter support package will be introduced.