BBC News - Iran's top nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh assassinated near Tehran
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-55105934
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-55105934
BBC News
Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, Iran's top nuclear scientist, assassinated near Tehran
Iran's foreign minister has condemned the killing of Mohsen Fakhrizadeh "as an act of state terror".
BBC News - China becomes second nation to plant flag on the Moon
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-55192692
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-55192692
BBC News
China becomes second nation to plant flag on the Moon
It becomes the second nation to unfurl its banner on the lunar surface, more than 50 years after the US.
BBC News - US election: Trump tells Georgia election official to 'find' votes to overturn Biden win
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-us-2020-55524838
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-us-2020-55524838
BBC News
US election: Trump tells Georgia election official to 'find' votes to overturn Biden win
The US president pressures Brad Raffensperger in an audio recording released by the Washington Post.
https://www.rt.com/news/511456-assange-extradition-hearing-verdict-announced/
Assange WON’T be extradited to US on spying charges in shock decision at London’s Old Bailey
Assange WON’T be extradited to US on spying charges in shock decision at London’s Old Bailey
RT
Assange WON’T be extradited to US on spying charges in shock decision at London’s Old Bailey
Jubilant scenes have greeted Judge Vanessa Baraitser’s decision not to extradite WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to the US to face espionage charges at London's Old Bailey courthouse.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-55619279
US President-elect Joe Biden has chosen William Burns, who served for three decades as a diplomat, to be his CIA director.
Mr Burns led the Obama administration's negotiations with Iran to reach a landmark nuclear deal in 2015. Before that he served as ambassador to Russia.
He is currently the president of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, an international think-tank.
If confirmed by the Senate, he would be the first career diplomat in the post.
US President-elect Joe Biden has chosen William Burns, who served for three decades as a diplomat, to be his CIA director.
Mr Burns led the Obama administration's negotiations with Iran to reach a landmark nuclear deal in 2015. Before that he served as ambassador to Russia.
He is currently the president of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, an international think-tank.
If confirmed by the Senate, he would be the first career diplomat in the post.
BBC News
William Burns: Biden nominates veteran diplomat as CIA director
William Burns, who served for three decades as a diplomat, was key in reaching the Iran nuclear deal.
The Aspen Strategy Group recently released Domestic and International (Dis)Order: A Strategic Response bringing together preeminent experts to explore race, democracy, and political divisions on the American home front; the future of U.S.-China relations; the global economy; and U.S. foreign policy priorities for 2021.
Contributors include: Madeleine K. Albright, Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Zoë Baird, Robert D. Blackwill, Nicholas Burns, Kurt M. Campbell, Diana Farrell, Peter Feaver, Michael J. Green, Naima Green-Riley, Jane Harman, Kay Bailey Hutchison, Wolfgang Ischinger, Aditi Kumar, Anja Manuel, David McCormick, John McLaughlin, Shivshankar Menon, Joseph S. Nye, Jr., David H. Petraeus, Tom Pritzker, Condoleezza Rice, Senator Tim Scott, Anne-Marie Slaughter, Torrey Taussig, and Philip Zelikow.
https://www.aspeninstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Foreign-Policy-2021-ePub.pdf
Contributors include: Madeleine K. Albright, Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Zoë Baird, Robert D. Blackwill, Nicholas Burns, Kurt M. Campbell, Diana Farrell, Peter Feaver, Michael J. Green, Naima Green-Riley, Jane Harman, Kay Bailey Hutchison, Wolfgang Ischinger, Aditi Kumar, Anja Manuel, David McCormick, John McLaughlin, Shivshankar Menon, Joseph S. Nye, Jr., David H. Petraeus, Tom Pritzker, Condoleezza Rice, Senator Tim Scott, Anne-Marie Slaughter, Torrey Taussig, and Philip Zelikow.
https://www.aspeninstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Foreign-Policy-2021-ePub.pdf