This Week in Headlines

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Without further ado, let the weekly review begin! Cosy up and read on to test yourself on the most relevant headlines since last Sunday!

This week boils down to the finalisation of the 28 point peace plan, which took Ukraine and its European allies by surprise. President Donad Trump, chasing his fantasies of being worthy of a Nobel Peace Prize, came to an agreement with Putin and presented a finalised plan, which includes: reducing Ukrainian army to 600,000, sacrificing Crimea, Luhansk and Donetsk to Russia and dropping all efforts to join NATO.

On November 17, the results of Iraqui parliamentary election results were announced. The coalition led by Mohammed Shia al-Sudani secured 46 seats. It was the seventh parliamentary election held since the end of Saddam Hussein's regime.

Coming back to Trump, he surprised the public by agreeing to the release of the Epstein files.

This week marks the end of the COP30 UN conference that took place in Brasil, as well as the start of the two-day G20 summit in South Africa, both with no USA present. COP30 focused on the objective to limit global temperature rise to 1.5°C. However, it didn't come without challenges, as 30 countries signed a letter opposing a draft of the text, because it failed to refer to the phasing out of fossil fuels. The summit was also interrupted by:

G20 gathered 20 leaders in Johannesburg to discuss global economic cooperation.

We hope that you enjoyed this week's sum up and we hope to see you again next week!