Government ministers from around the world are preparing for a final few fraught days of talks at the UN climate summit as they bid to secure a deal that demonstrates global resolve amid increasing assertiveness from developing nations.

The job will not be easy. Countries are now digging into some of the toughest issues – many of which have been left off the formal agenda to ensure the talks keep moving even if one issue gets hung up.

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is also expected to arrive on Wednesday to help rally consensus among parties at the summit in the Amazon city of Belem ahead of Friday’s final scheduled session.

There is a strange paradox at the heart of the whole de-dollarization trend. Both the BRICS upstarts seeking alternatives to the dollar and the aging hegemon trying to forestall this process have, at least officially, coalesced around a similar but not entirely accurate narrative: that the gradual pivot away from the dollar is primarily driven by Washington’s weaponization of its currency.

Why Washington and BRICS tell the same story about de-dollarization
The odd convergence of a focus on sanctions risk as opposed to the fraying economic foundation of dollar hegemony serves the interests of both sides of the geopolitical divide

BY Henry Johnston

Ukrainian forces have begun using the TFL-1 terminal guidance system, which increases the accuracy of FPV drones and ensures effective control even in the case of communication disruption.

The situation in the Pokrovsk-Myrnohrad agglomeration remains tense, and ongoing fighting on the approaches to the city is intensifying internal difficulties for Russian units operating in this direction.

https://newsukraine.rbc.ua/news/russia-s-losses-in-ukraine-as-of-november-1763361546.html

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The Indo-Pacific Game Intensifies

Vladimir Terehov

The meetings between leading states in the region in the second half of October on the sidelines of the ASEAN and APEC calendar events show that the Asia-Pacific region is growing increasingly complex.

Ninety-five-year-old Richard Falk—world renowned scholar of international law and former UN special rapporteur focused on Palestinian rights—was detained and interrogated for several hours along with his wife, legal scholar Hilal Elver, as the pair entered Canada for a conference focused on that nation’s complicity with Israel’s genocide in Gaza.

‘National Security Threat’? 95-Year-Old Human Rights Scholar Richard Falk Interrogated for Hours by Canada
“Clearly, the international repression of the Palestinian cause knows no bounds.”

BY JON QUEALLY

One common explanation for last week’s “blue-bath”—the election night triumph by Democrats just one year after President Donald Trump retook the White House—is that the GOP’s “multiracial coalition” collapsed.

There’s just one problem: That coalition never existed, at least not to the extent imagined by doomsaying Democrats and wish-casting Republicans. Grasping this basic reality is necessary to understand the macro trends in American politics.

Federal Opposition Leader Sussan Ley denies claims her policy of abandoning net-zero emissions targets would make Australia an international pariah. Ms Ley also denies the Liberal Party's newly-adopted policy to abandon net-zero would put Australia in breach of what has signed up to as part of the Paris Climate Agreement, although she has also stated she is not afraid to upset people at places like the United Nations, if people there disagree with her policy.

In an exclusive interview with FRANCE 24, former CIA director David Petraeus said Russia’s finances are in a far more dire state than many realise, arguing that there is now “a real opportunity” for the United States and other NATO countries to strengthen Ukraine’s defences and “crush the Russian war economy”. He also shared his views on Syria’s new leadership and the situation in Iraq.

https://www.france24.com/en/video/20251115-ex-cia-chief-petraeus-real-opportunity-to-help-ukraine-and-crush-russia-s-war-economy

YOURDEMOCRACY.NET RECORDS HISTORY AS IT SHOULD BE — NOT AS THE WESTERN MEDIA WRONGLY REPORTS IT — SINCE 2005.

US President Donald Trump has called on NBC to fire late night host Seth Meyers after the leftist comedian attacked the US president on his show.

In the latest episode of the Late Night with Seth Meyers, which aired on Thursday, the host labeled Trump “the most unpopular president of all time.”He cited a poll saying the US leader’s approval was at just 33%, plummeting by 10% since March.

According to Meyers, “a sizable portion” of the president’s supporters in the Republican Party have gotten “frustrated” with Trump due to his defense of H1-B visas for foreign workers in a recent Fox New interview and his reluctance to keep his promise to release the Epstein files.

One of the craziest things happening right now is how there’s been report after report confirming that Jeffrey Epstein really was an Israeli intelligence operative, based on publicly available documents, and yet it’s had no measurable impact on mainstream media or politics.

Caitlin Johnstone: Burying the Real Epstein Story

Sometimes the biggest news story of the day is the one all mainstream news outlets are completely ignoring. It is interesting how often such instances involve the state of Israel.

Over the last month and a half, Drop Site News has published four reports about Epstein’s intelligence ties under the headlines

The Palestinian people do not exist, Israel’s hardline security minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir, has said ahead of the UN Security Council vote on implementing the next stage of the US-brokered peace plan for Gaza.

The Security Council will vote Monday on a resolution drafted by the US and backed by several Arab and Muslim countries, which they said “offers a pathway to Palestinian self-determination and statehood.”

In a lengthy X post on Saturday, Ben-Gvir, who is also the leader of the ultranationalist Otzma Yehudit party, claimed that “there is no such thing as ‘Palestinian people,’” arguing that the nation was “an invention without any historical, archaeological, or factual basis.”

I actually thought there might be some good news coming out of the Donald Trump White House but it turns out that I was likely mistaken. Trump treated the American public and a worldwide audience to an extended harangue targeting Nigeria for its alleged mistreatment and even killing of Christians. He threatened something like a military intervention similar to his aggressive posturing in Latin America and the Middle East complete with US soldiers “boots on the ground” to address the situation.

Is Donald Trump the ‘Fidei Defensor’ for Christians?

by Philip Giraldi

Several NATO members will jointly provide a €430 million ($500 million) military package for Ukraine, according to Secretary General Mark Rutte. 

Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway and Sweden are expected to finance the package through the Prioritized Ukraine Requirements List program. The program was approved in September, allowing Washington to supply weapons to Kiev while European members cover the costs.

US President Donald Trump has frequently criticized his predecessor Joe Biden for awarding large military aid packages and described Vladimir Zelensky as “the greatest salesman on earth.” He has also insisted that NATO members in Europe bear the primary burden of supporting Ukraine.

Under the current 10-year deal, Israel gets at least $3.8 billion per year, and Israeli officials are looking to increase that number

by Dave DeCamp | November 13, 2025 at 1:13 pm ET | Israel, Palestine

Some 45% of residents of Western nations believe that democracy in their countries is “broken,” Politico has reported, citing a poll by Ipsos.

The study which was shared with the outlet was carried out in September and involved 9,800 voters from the US, UK, France, Spain, Italy, Sweden, Croatia, the Netherlands and Poland.

According to the poll, people in seven out of the nine surveyed nations are dissatisfied with how democracy is working, with Sweden and Poland being the only two countries where most of the respondents are confident in their system of self-governance, Politico said in an article on Friday.