by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Sunday, November 5.
You don’t have to take my word for it, but maybe you’ll listen to Obama.
“If you want to solve the problem, you have to take in the whole truth, and you have to admit that nobody’s hands are clean.”
— Angry Staffer 🌻 (@Angry_Staffer) November 4, 2023
- Stage set for conflict at COP28 with mixed response to outcome of key climate talks
- ‘Take it or leave it’: Acrimony flares amid tenuous agreement on climate aid
- A Deadly Strike on a Ukrainian Village Was an Inside Job. Who Tipped Off the Russians?
- Arrest of ex-FSB agent signals Kremlin crackdown on pro-war hawks (“Igor Girkin helped foment Russia’s annexation of Crimea and war in eastern Ukraine. But it was a social media post that got him in trouble with the Kremlin.”)
- Ukraine orders investigation into Russian attack on assault brigade (“Reports on Ukrainian social media and from military bloggers said more than 20 soldiers were killed close to the front lines in Zaporizhzhia during an award ceremony. Russia and Ukraine have often underestimated their military casualties.”)
- Ukraine war: Zelensky says Israel-Gaza conflict taking focus away from fighting
- U.S., European officials broach topic of peace negotiations with Ukraine, sources say
- ‘Nobody’s hands are clean’: Obama urges reflection amid Israel-Hamas conflict
- Obama Urges Americans to Take in ‘Whole Truth’ of Israel-Gaza War (“The former president said everyone was “complicit to some degree” in the current bloodshed and acknowledged the points of view on both sides of the conflict.”)
- ‘There Will Probably Be a Cease-Fire. And Then They Will Just Be Names’ (“Israeli-hostage families fear abandonment.”)
- The average Palestinian in Gaza is living on 2 pieces of bread a day, UN official says
- Blinken makes surprise visit to occupied West Bank
- Blinken meets with Palestinian Authority president in West Bank
- Blast at Gaza refugee camp kills dozens, hospital official says
- Israeli protesters call on Netanyahu to resign; 51 reportedly killed in attack on Gaza refugee camp
- Israel’s Tunnel Commando Team Waging War Under Gaza
- Will a nation that came together in war stay united to topple Benjamin Netanyahu? (Let’s hope!)
- U.S. officials said that they outlined several steps to Israel to reduce civilian casualties in the Gaza Strip.
- The UN is in disarray over the Israel-Hamas war
- Gaza’s children face catastrophe as death toll nears 4,000, UN warns
- ‘No ceasefire, no votes’: tens of thousands attend pro-Palestinian rally in Washington DC
- U.S. and Israel Split Over Gaza Goals, Muddying Endgame
- America splinters over the Israel-Hamas war
- ‘I Killed 10 Jews With My Own Hands’: IDF Screens Raw Hamas Footage For Journalists (“The Israeli military showed unreleased bodycam video from the Oct. 7 attacks, as the death toll in Gaza rises and some activists deny Hamas’ atrocities.”)
- Egypt’s Puzzling Role in the Israel-Hamas War (“It’s helping Palestinians – but only up to a point”)
- Will an Israel-Hamas ceasefire happen? The reasons and roadblocks, explained.
- Protest marches from US to Berlin call for immediate halt to Israeli bombing of Gaza
- Blinken meets Palestinian leader in West Bank as he pushes for pause in fighting
- War in the Middle East upends the dynamics of 2024 House Democratic primaries
- Iran could determine how far the Israel-Hamas war spreads
- Putin’s Move to Secure Libya Bases Is New Regional Worry for US
- Nuclear Talks With China Are Essential and Long Overdue
- Italy Facing Billions in Damage From Flooding and Wild Weather
- GM is expected to invest $13 billion in U.S. facilities under new UAW deal
- Republican Defense Hawks Have Had It With Party Populists (Yeah, we’ll see if they actually DO anything about it.)
- How Speaker Mike Johnson’s plans for a Christian law school unraveled
- Johnson’s first moves show he’ll stick with House GOP hard-liners
- Barring Trump from office could bring closure for Jan. 6 riots, former officer says
- Trump and allies plot revenge, Justice Department control in a second term
- Here’s a list of developments in Trump’s very complicated set of court cases
- Asa Hutchinson Booed After Predicting ‘Significant Likelihood’ Of Trump Conviction
- Boos Rain Down on Chris Christie During Florida GOP Speech
- Christie to pro-Trump crowd in Florida: ‘Your anger against the truth is reprehensible’
- GOP Rep. Ken Buck plans to challenge his party’s direction under Trump as he leaves the House
- Trump Peels Away Florida Legislators From DeSantis on Home Turf
- Trump dominates Florida Republican Party event on Ron DeSantis’ home turf
- ‘He should get out’: DeSantis outflanked by Trump on his home turf
- William Lewis named publisher and CEO of The Washington Post (All you need to know? “In 2010, he joined the Murdoch-owned News Corp.”)
- Greene to reintroduce Tlaib censure resolution after genocide comments
- Poor Josh Hawley Can’t Help Himself
- All The Ways Republicans Tried To Game The Ohio Abortion Vote
- Hit-and-run which injured Stanford Arab-Muslim student investigated as possible hate crime
- BREAKING: DLCC Announces Virginia Legislature Endorsements From President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris (“Democrats are united in recognizing the importance of these elections.”)
- DLCC: “Republican trifecta in Virginia would threaten commonsense gun safety measures…like background checks and…red flag law[s]”
- Va. parties make final election pitches with big issues at stake
- Editorial: Voters this week have a choice between visions for Virginia’s future
- Ex-CIA officer faces doughnut mogul in pivotal, pricey Va. Senate race (“Asked in an interview about his parents, Segura clarified that they first moved from Argentina to Spain in the “early ’80s.” That means that the couple would have left several years after a military junta overthrew Perón’s wife and successor, Isabel Perón, and began violently persecuting socialists and other left-wing groups.” In other words, Segura is WILDLY lying about this.)
- Williams: Antisemitism? Classism? Racism? On the casino, loose lips may sink chips
- Colorful U.S. District Court Judge Robert G. Doumar dies at 93
- Loudoun County parents attend session on fentanyl dangers after overdoses
- D.C.-area forecast: A sunny and mild Sunday afternoon as dry spell continues
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