2️⃣ Global leaders offered *competing views on how to tackle climate change at the UN-led COP29 talks* as a new report warned the world *must reach carbon neutrality much sooner than planned.* 🌍 *Carbon dioxide emissions from oil, gas and coal rose to a new record high this year,* according to preliminary research from an international *network of scientists at the Global Carbon Project.* 🇦🇿 The report came as *leaders gathered in Azerbaijan for talks* aimed at reaching a deal on *boosting funding to help poorer nations adapt to climate shocks* and transition to cleaner energy. *Italy PM Giorgia Meloni called for a "realistic global outlook"*, saying that world population growth will boost energy consumption demand, while *Tuvalu's PM Feleti Penitala Teo* said his Pacific island country _*"sincerely hopes that this COP's concluding decisions will deliver a clear signal* that the world is promptly phasing out fossil fuel."_

3️⃣ *British writer Samantha Harvey has won the prestigious Booker Prize* for her short novel following six astronauts as they contemplate Earth from the International Space Station. 🇬🇧 📖 Spanning the course of a single day, *Harvey's _"Orbital"_ tracks astronauts from Japan, Russia, the United States, Britain and Italy* as they observe and reflect on their home planet, touching on themes of mourning, desire and the climate crisis. The Booker, *which comes with a 50,000 pound ($64,000) cash prize, has launched careers* and courted controversy since its creation in 1969. Past laureates include *Margaret Atwood, Ian McEwan, Julian Barnes and Kazuo Ishiguro.*

US president-elect *Donald Trump has announced a string of hardline picks for his top team* including firebrand Matt Gaetz as attorney general. 🇺🇸 Trump will have almost complete control over the levers of the US government, after the *Republicans were declared the majority party in the US House of Representatives* , completing a clean sweep of Congress and the White House in last week's elections. 🗳️ The US president-elect also named *Tulsi Gabbard* -- who has opposed US support for Ukraine and met Syria's president Bashar al-Assad -- as his *incoming director of national intelligence* .

Israel will face France in a Nations League match in *Paris that will be surrounded by a huge security operation* following attacks on Israeli football fans in Amsterdam last week. 🇫🇷 The Paris police chief said *4,000 officers will be stationed throughout the city* and around the Stade de France. 🇮🇱 In a rare move, police will also be deployed inside the stadium and *an elite unit will guard the Israeli team* on its journey to and from the stadium. 🚓 The tight security comes as *several thousand people demonstrated in Paris* against the holding of an "Israel is Forever" gala in the city, organised by far-right figures.

Nothing is impossible. Even the word Impossible said I'm possible 🤔

Scientists say they have found the *world's largest coral "pulsing with life and colour" near the Pacific's Solomon Islands* . 🇸🇧 The *coral is so immense* that researchers sailing the crystal waters of the Solomon archipelago initially thought they had stumbled across a hulking shipwreck. 🐠 Measuring 34 metres wide (111 feet) and 32 metres long (104 feet), *the "mega coral" was three times bigger than the previous record holder* -- a coral dubbed "Big Momma" in American Samoa. The researchers said the *standalone structure had been growing for some 300 years* , and is distinct from a coral reef, which is made from many distinct coral colonies.

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Nobody is wicked, my attitude towards you shows who you are to me