World News Roundup: UN Climate Summit, Palestine, and Japan
On this episode of American Prestige, headlines from around the globe.
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UN Petrol State Climate Summit, Israel Ready to Annex Palestinian Territories, Japanese PM Remains in Power | American Prestige
On this episode of American Prestige, your weekly news roundup. This week: struggles at the UN COP29 climate change conference (1:48), not the least of which is the incoming climate denier president of the US (5:45); in Israel-Palestine, the US doesn't follow through on its 30-day humanitarian aid deadline (7:57), Trump appointments signal imminent formal annexation of Palestinian territories (12:24), and Qatar withdraws from ceasefire talks (16:48); in Lebanon, Israel is working on a ceasefire as a "gift" for Trump (18:33); Xi and Biden to meet in China (21:35); the Japanese government survives a confirmation vote (23: 45); a new report on horrifying death toll figures in the Sudan war (25:48); in Russia-Ukraine, Russia pushers to retake Kursk (28:01) while Europe and Ukraine show new flexibility to exchange land for a peace deal (30:25); Germany prepares for a snap election in February in the wake of the government coalition collapsing (32:38); in Haiti, the transitional council fires the PM (34:44) while the US bans flights there (36:15); and Trump announces a number of new appointments for his second term (37:35).
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Smoke billows from Beirut’s southern suburb following an Israeli bombing, on November 12, 2024, amid the ongoing war between Israel and Hezbollah.
(Patrick Baz / AFP via Getty Images)On this edition of American Prestige’s world news roundup: struggles at the UN COP29 climate change conference (1:48), the US’s failure to follow through on its 30-day humanitarian aid deadline for Palestine (7:57), Trump appointments that signal imminent formal annexation of Palestinian territories (12:24), and Qatar’s withdrawal from ceasefire talks (16:48). Israeli efforts for a ceasefire in Lebanon as a “gift” for Trump (18:33); Xi and Biden’s upcoming meeting in China (21:35); the Japanese government’s survival of a confirmation vote (23: 45); a new report on horrifying death toll figures in the Sudan war (25:48); in Russia-Ukraine, Russia pushers on the verge of retaking Kursk (28:01) and indications from Europe and Ukraine of new flexibility in negotiations over exchanging land for a peace deal (30:25); Germany’s preparation for a snap election in February in the wake of the government coalition’s collapse (32:38); and in Haiti, the firing of the PM by the transitional council (34:44) and a US ban on flights there (36:15).
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On this episode of American Prestige, William Hartung — senior research fellow focusing on the arms industry and US military budget at the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft — joins the program to discuss reports that the Trump administration is planning “sweeping budget cuts” for the Pentagon. We talk about these “cuts” being more accurately termed “reinvestments” into other areas, the enormous amount of defense spending and the culture that engendered this, how the defense industry has changed in the past 20 years, actual moves that could meaningfully reduce the military budget like reducing bloated systems (F-35s, aircraft carriers) and overseas bases, whether there exists an influential constituency to support military budget cuts, and more.
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