<p>The dollar soared on Wednesday and was set for its biggest one-day rise since March 2020 after Republican Donald Trump won the US presidential election, while the euro, Chinese yuan, and Mexican peso were among the biggest losers on potential new tariffs in the regions.</p>

<p>Trump beat Democrat Vice President Kamala Harris to retake the White House while Republicans also won a US Senate majority. Control of the House of Representatives remains in question, with Republicans currently holding a narrow majority.</p>

<p>A full sweep by Republicans would allow the party to make larger policy changes and in turn would likely provoke larger currency moves.</p>

<p>Trump’s policies on restricting illegal immigration, enacting new tariffs, lower taxes and deregulation may boost growth and inflation and could crimp the Federal Reserve’s ability to cut rates.</p>

<p><a href="https://www.wionews.com/world/what-trumps-victory-means-for-two-and-a-half-years-of-russia-ukraine-war-774105"><strong>Also read:&nbsp;What Trump’s victory means for two and a half years of Russia-Ukraine war</strong></a></p>

<p>"This can push inflation higher and force the Fed to a slower easing path, which is dollar-positive," said Nikos Tzabouras, senior market specialist at trading platform Tradu.</p>

<p>The eurozone, Mexico, China and Canada are viewed as being at risk of potential new tariffs, which may hurt economic growth in the regions and widen their interest rate differentials with the United States.</p>

<p>Nick Wood, Head of Execution at MillTechFX and Millennium Global notes that currency moves on Wednesday have been orderly, with currency pairs in general seeing volumes around 25 per cent to 30 per cent above usual.</p>

<p>That may have been helped by investors holding relatively light positions heading into the election.</p>

<p><strong>Watch |&nbsp;US Elections 2024: Trump's Actions Will Shape Future Relations, Says Kremlin</strong></p>

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<p>“It seems like elements of the market were actually kind of running quite light in terms of risk, so therefore they can be a little bit more patient in terms of entering positions as opposed to feeling like you're the wrong side of something and having to exit a position at a speed,” he said.</p>

<p>A complicating factor for the dollar outlook longer term, meanwhile, could be that Trump has stated a preference for a weak US currency.</p>

<p>“Both this year, but also during his previous stay at the White House, he had essentially challenged the longstanding strong dollar mantra, because he prefers a weaker currency to help with exports and American economic activity," said Tzabouras.</p>

<p>"And he had also called for lower interest rates, so this could actually pose headwinds for the dollar in the long run as these policies begin to take shape.”</p>

<p>The dollar index was last up 1.72 percent at 105.17 and reached 105.44, the highest since July 3. The euro dropped 1.91 per cent to $1.0720 and got as low as $1.0683, the lowest since June 27.</p>

<p>The greenback rose 1.60 per cent to 154.02 Japanese yen and reached 154.48, the highest since July 30.</p>

<p>The Japanese yen could now approach levels that prompted officials to intervene and shore up the currency earlier this year.</p>

<p>Japan's chief cabinet secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi said on Wednesday that the government intended to closely watch moves on the foreign exchange market, including speculative moves, with a higher sense of urgency.</p>

<p>Trump has also expressed favorable views on cryptocurrencies, which helped to lift bitcoin to a record high of $75,389. It was last up 7.3% at $74,181.</p>

<p>The Fed is expected to cut rates by 25 basis points at the conclusion of its two-day meeting on Thursday and investors will also watch for any new clues on whether the U.S. central bank could pause cuts in December.</p>

<p>A much stronger than expected jobs report for September led investors to pare back expectations on how many times the Fed is likely to cut rates. A much weaker than anticipated report for October has raised some doubts over this view though this data was clouded by the impact of recent hurricanes and labor strikes.</p>

<p>Traders are now pricing 65 per cent odds the Fed will also cut in December, down from 77% on Tuesday, according to the CME Group’s Fed Watch Tool.</p>

<p>The Bank of England is expected to cut rates by 25 basis points on Thursday, while the Riksbank is seen easing by 50 basis points and the Norges Bank is expected to stay on hold.</p>

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The dollar soared on Wednesday and was set for its biggest one-day rise since March 2020 after Republican Donald Trump won the US presidential election, while the euro, Chinese yuan, and Mexican peso were among the biggest losers on potential new tariffs in the regions.

The dollar soared on Wednesday and was set for its biggest one-day rise since March 2020 after Republican Donald Trump won the US presidential election, while the euro, Chinese yuan, and Mexican peso were among the biggest losers on potential new tariffs in the regions. Trump beat Democrat Vice President Kamala Harris to retake the White House while Republicans also won a US Senate majority. Control of the House of Representatives remains in question, with Republicans currently holding a narrow majority. A full sweep by Republicans would allow the party to make larger policy changes and in turn would likely provoke larger currency moves. Trump’s policies on restricting illegal immigration, enacting new tariffs, lower taxes and deregulation may boost growth and inflation and could crimp the Federal Reserve’s ability to cut rates. Also read: What Trump’s victory means for two and a half years of Russia-Ukraine war "This can push inflation higher and force the Fed to a slower easing path, which is dollar-positive," said Nikos Tzabouras, senior market specialist at trading platform Tradu. The eurozone, Mexico, China and Canada are viewed as being at risk of potential new tariffs, which may hurt economic growth in the regions and widen their interest rate differentials with the United States. Nick Wood, Head of Execution at MillTechFX and Millennium Global notes that currency moves on Wednesday have been orderly, with currency pairs in general seeing volumes around 25 per cent to 30 per cent above usual. That may have been helped by investors holding relatively light positions heading into the election. Watch | US Elections 2024: Trump's Actions Will Shape Future Relations, Says Kremlin × “It seems like elements of the market were actually kind of running quite light in terms of risk, so therefore they can be a little bit more patient in terms of entering positions as opposed to feeling like you're the wrong side of something and having to exit a position at a speed,” he said. A complicating factor for the dollar outlook longer term, meanwhile, could be that Trump has stated a preference for a weak US currency. “Both this year, but also during his previous stay at the White House, he had essentially challenged the longstanding strong dollar mantra, because he prefers a weaker currency to help with exports and American economic activity," said Tzabouras. "And he had also called for lower interest rates, so this could actually pose headwinds for the dollar in the long run as these policies begin to take shape.” The dollar index was last up 1.72 percent at 105.17 and reached 105.44, the highest since July 3. The euro dropped 1.91 per cent to $1.0720 and got as low as $1.0683, the lowest since June 27. The greenback rose 1.60 per cent to 154.02 Japanese yen and reached 154.48, the highest since July 30. The Japanese yen could now approach levels that prompted officials to intervene and shore up the currency earlier this year. Japan's chief cabinet secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi said on Wednesday that the government intended to closely watch moves on the foreign exchange market, including speculative moves, with a higher sense of urgency. Trump has also expressed favorable views on cryptocurrencies, which helped to lift bitcoin to a record high of $75,389. It was last up 7.3% at $74,181. The Fed is expected to cut rates by 25 basis points at the conclusion of its two-day meeting on Thursday and investors will also watch for any new clues on whether the U.S. central bank could pause cuts in December. A much stronger than expected jobs report for September led investors to pare back expectations on how many times the Fed is likely to cut rates. A much weaker than anticipated report for October has raised some doubts over this view though this data was clouded by the impact of recent hurricanes and labor strikes. Traders are now pricing 65 per cent odds the Fed will also cut in December, down from 77% on Tuesday, according to the CME Group’s Fed Watch Tool. The Bank of England is expected to cut rates by 25 basis points on Thursday, while the Riksbank is seen easing by 50 basis points and the Norges Bank is expected to stay on hold. Disclaimer: This story has been published from a news agency feed with minimal edits to adhere to WION's style guide. The headline may have been changed to better reflect the content of the story or to make it more suitable for WION audience.

Dollar soars, euro falls after Donald Trump's victory in US presidential election

<p>Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday (Nov. 6) called US presidential election winner Donald Trump, congratulated him on his electoral victory&nbsp;and said that he looks forward to once again strengthening India-US relations across several sectors.&nbsp;</p>

<p>“Had a great conversation with my friend, President&nbsp;@realDonaldTrump, congratulating him on his spectacular victory. Looking forward to working closely together once again to further strengthen India-US relations across technology, defence, energy, space and several other sectors,” PM Modi said in a post shared on X.&nbsp;</p>

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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">Had a great conversation with my friend, President <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@realDonaldTrump</a>, congratulating him on his spectacular victory. Looking forward to working closely together once again to further strengthen India-US relations across technology, defence, energy, space and several other sectors.</p>
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<p>The call between PM Modi and Trump came&nbsp;less than 12 hours since the latter was declared the next US President.&nbsp;</p>

<p>Trump said that the whole world loves PM Modi. He told PM Modi that he considers him and India a true friend, adding that PM Modi is one of the first world leaders he spoke to after his victory.&nbsp;</p>

<p><a href="https://www.wionews.com/world/indian-pm-modi-joins-world-leaders-to-congratulate-trump-on-his-win-in-us-election-773939"><strong>Also read:&nbsp;Indian PM Modi joins world leaders to congratulate Trump on his win in US election</strong></a></p>

<p>He further said that the whole world loves PM Modi and that India is a magnificent country and PM Modi is a magnificent man.&nbsp;</p>

<h2>Netanyahu calls Trump</h2>

<p>Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu dialed Donald Trump after his electoral win. PM Netanyahu congratulated him and also discussed the Iranian threat with US presidential election winner Trump.&nbsp;</p>

<p>“Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, this evening, spoke with US President-elect Donald Trump and was among the first to call him. Their conversation was warm and cordial. The Prime Minister congratulated President-elect Trump on his election victory. The two agreed to work together for Israel's security, and also discussed the Iranian threat,” Netanyahu’s office shared the statement on X.&nbsp;</p>

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<p>Republican Donald Trump won the US Presidential elections by bagging 277 votes, defeating Kamala Harris. As it became crystal clear that Trump would be the next head of state, several world leaders congratulated the Republican leader on their social media handles.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>

<p><strong>Watch |&nbsp;US Election Result 2024: Indian PM Modi Congratulates Donald Trump</strong></p>

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<p>In a post on X, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated Donald Trump. "As you build on the successes of your previous term, I look forward to renewing our collaboration to further strengthen the India-US Comprehensive Global and Strategic Partnership," Prime Minister Modi said.</p>

<p>British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and French President Emmanuel Macron were among the other leaders who congratulated Trump.&nbsp;</p>

<p>Australian Prime Minister Antony Albanese also took to X, saying, "Congratulations to President Donald Trump on his election victory. Australians and Americans are great friends and true allies. Working together, we can ensure the partnership between our nations and peoples remains strong into the future.”&nbsp;</p>

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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday (Nov. 6) called US presidential election winner Donald Trump, congratulated him on his electoral victory and said that he looks forward to once again strengthening India-US relations across several sectors.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday (Nov. 6) called US presidential election winner Donald Trump, congratulated him on his electoral victory and said that he looks forward to once again strengthening India-US relations across several sectors. “Had a great conversation with my friend, President @realDonaldTrump, congratulating him on his spectacular victory. Looking forward to working closely together once again to further strengthen India-US relations across technology, defence, energy, space and several other sectors,” PM Modi said in a post shared on X. Had a great conversation with my friend, President @realDonaldTrump, congratulating him on his spectacular victory. Looking forward to working closely together once again to further strengthen India-US relations across technology, defence, energy, space and several other sectors. — Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) November 6, 2024 × The call between PM Modi and Trump came less than 12 hours since the latter was declared the next US President. Trump said that the whole world loves PM Modi. He told PM Modi that he considers him and India a true friend, adding that PM Modi is one of the first world leaders he spoke to after his victory. Also read: Indian PM Modi joins world leaders to congratulate Trump on his win in US election He further said that the whole world loves PM Modi and that India is a magnificent country and PM Modi is a magnificent man. Netanyahu calls Trump Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu dialed Donald Trump after his electoral win. PM Netanyahu congratulated him and also discussed the Iranian threat with US presidential election winner Trump. “Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, this evening, spoke with US President-elect Donald Trump and was among the first to call him. Their conversation was warm and cordial. The Prime Minister congratulated President-elect Trump on his election victory. The two agreed to work together for Israel's security, and also discussed the Iranian threat,” Netanyahu’s office shared the statement on X. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, this evening, spoke with US President-elect Donald Trump and was among the first to call him. — Prime Minister of Israel (@IsraeliPM) November 6, 2024 × Republican Donald Trump won the US Presidential elections by bagging 277 votes, defeating Kamala Harris. As it became crystal clear that Trump would be the next head of state, several world leaders congratulated the Republican leader on their social media handles. Watch | US Election Result 2024: Indian PM Modi Congratulates Donald Trump × In a post on X, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated Donald Trump. "As you build on the successes of your previous term, I look forward to renewing our collaboration to further strengthen the India-US Comprehensive Global and Strategic Partnership," Prime Minister Modi said. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and French President Emmanuel Macron were among the other leaders who congratulated Trump. Australian Prime Minister Antony Albanese also took to X, saying, "Congratulations to President Donald Trump on his election victory. Australians and Americans are great friends and true allies. Working together, we can ensure the partnership between our nations and peoples remains strong into the future.” (With inputs from agencies)

PM Modi dials Donald Trump to congratulate, US Presidential winner calls him a ‘magnificent man’

<p>The Delhi High Court on Thursday (Nov. 7) lifted the 36-year-old import ban on author Salman Rushdie’s controversial book, ‘The Satanic Verses’, stating that the Customs notification banning its import could not be found, reported Bar and Bench.&nbsp;</p>

<p>This case dates back to 1988 when the &nbsp;Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) imposed a ban on the import of Rushdie’s controversial novel during the Rajiv Gandhi-led government.</p>

<p>The CBIC failed to produce the said notification of the ban dated October 5, 1988, and admitted that it “is untraceable”.</p>

<p>A division bench of the court declared the plea as infructuous on November 5 and noted that it has no other option “except to presume that no such notification exists.”</p>

<p><a href="https://www.wionews.com/world/salman-rushdies-would-be-assassin-charged-with-supporting-hezbollah-743893"><strong>Also read:&nbsp;Salman Rushdie’s would be-assassin charged with supporting terror group Hezbollah</strong></a></p>

<p>It further clarified that the petitioner will be “entitled to take all actions in respect of the said book as available in law.”</p>

<p>The bench ruled, “From the aforesaid, what emerges is that none of the respondents could produce the said notification dated 05.10.1988 with which the petitioner (Khan) is purportedly aggrieved and, in fact, the purported author of the said notification has also shown his helplessness in producing a copy of the said notification during the pendency of the present writ petition since its filing way back in 2019… In light of the aforesaid circumstances, we have no other option except to presume that no such notification exists, and, therefore, we cannot examine the validity thereof and dispose of the writ petition as infructuous.”</p>

<p>In 2019, the petitioner Sandipan Khan, represented by advocate Uddyam Mukherjee moved the Delhi High Court after he was unable to import the book as it got banned.&nbsp;</p>

<p><strong>Watch |&nbsp;Salman Rushdie stabbing trial delayed, Rushdie's memoir 'Knife' reveals details of attack</strong></p>

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<p>He was also told by bookstores that the book is not permitted to be sold in India, adding that the book is not published in India.&nbsp;</p>

<p>The Satanic Verses is the fourth novel by the Indian-British writer Salman Rushdie.&nbsp;</p>

<p>However now, the Delhi HC’s decision has lifted the ban on the import of Rushdie’s book in India,&nbsp;signalling the end of a long-standing ban.&nbsp;</p>

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The Delhi High Court on Thursday (Nov. 7) lifted the 36-year-old import ban on author Salman Rushdie’s controversial book, ‘The Satanic Verses’, stating that the Customs notification banning its import could not be found, reported Bar and Bench.

The Delhi High Court on Thursday (Nov. 7) lifted the 36-year-old import ban on author Salman Rushdie’s controversial book, ‘The Satanic Verses’, stating that the Customs notification banning its import could not be found, reported Bar and Bench. This case dates back to 1988 when the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) imposed a ban on the import of Rushdie’s controversial novel during the Rajiv Gandhi-led government. The CBIC failed to produce the said notification of the ban dated October 5, 1988, and admitted that it “is untraceable”. A division bench of the court declared the plea as infructuous on November 5 and noted that it has no other option “except to presume that no such notification exists.” Also read: Salman Rushdie’s would be-assassin charged with supporting terror group Hezbollah It further clarified that the petitioner will be “entitled to take all actions in respect of the said book as available in law.” The bench ruled, “From the aforesaid, what emerges is that none of the respondents could produce the said notification dated 05.10.1988 with which the petitioner (Khan) is purportedly aggrieved and, in fact, the purported author of the said notification has also shown his helplessness in producing a copy of the said notification during the pendency of the present writ petition since its filing way back in 2019… In light of the aforesaid circumstances, we have no other option except to presume that no such notification exists, and, therefore, we cannot examine the validity thereof and dispose of the writ petition as infructuous.” In 2019, the petitioner Sandipan Khan, represented by advocate Uddyam Mukherjee moved the Delhi High Court after he was unable to import the book as it got banned. Watch | Salman Rushdie stabbing trial delayed, Rushdie's memoir 'Knife' reveals details of attack × He was also told by bookstores that the book is not permitted to be sold in India, adding that the book is not published in India. The Satanic Verses is the fourth novel by the Indian-British writer Salman Rushdie. However now, the Delhi HC’s decision has lifted the ban on the import of Rushdie’s book in India, signalling the end of a long-standing ban. (With inputs from agencies)

Delhi High Court lifts 36-year import ban on Salman Rushdie’s The Satanic Verses due to missing notification

<p>Five UN peacekeepers were wounded in an Israeli air strike in south Lebanon on Thursday (Nov 7), the United Nations said, in a raid that also killed three civilians.</p>

<p>Israel launched a barrage of strikes after Lebanon's Hezbollah said it carried out a missile attack targeting a military base near Israel's Ben Gurion International Airport on Wednesday.</p>

<p>The Wednesday attack came as Lebanon's health ministry said 40 people had been killed in Israeli strikes on the Bekaa Valley, a Hezbollah stronghold in the east.</p>

<p>Hezbollah and Israel have been at war since late September, when Israel broadened its focus from fighting Hamas in the Gaza Strip to securing its northern border, even as the Gaza war continues.</p>

<p>The territory's civil defence agency said 12 people were killed in an Israeli air strike on a school-turned-shelter for displaced people in north Gaza on Thursday.</p>

<p><a href="https://www.wionews.com/world/west-asia-crisis-israel-intensifies-strikes-on-lebanon-at-least-40-killed-774165"><strong>Also read:&nbsp;West Asia crisis: Israel intensifies strikes on Lebanon, at least 40 killed</strong></a></p>

<p>Hezbollah began low-intensity strikes on Israel last year in support of its Palestinian ally Hamas following Hamas's October 7, 2023 attack on Israel which triggered the Gaza war.</p>

<p>The raid in which the UN peacekeepers were wounded struck near an army checkpoint in south Lebanon's main city Sidon.</p>

<p>"The Israeli enemy targeted a car while it was passing through the Awali checkpoint," the army said in a statement.</p>

<p>Three civilians in the car were killed, the military said, and three soldiers at the checkpoint were wounded along with five members of the Malaysian contingent of the UN peacekeeping force, UNIFIL.</p>

<p>"Five peacekeepers were lightly injured and treated by the Lebanese Red Cross on the spot," UNIFIL said in a statement, urging all sides to avoid endangering peacekeepers or civilians.</p>

<p>The Israeli military told AFP it was looking into the reports.</p>

<p><strong>Watch |&nbsp;Israel-Hezbollah War: Hezbollah Says Indirect Negotiations Possible</strong></p>

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<p>Israel launched raids across the southern suburbs of Beirut overnight, with one hitting an area near the airport.</p>

<p>Taxi driver Abu Elie, who was at the airport when the strikes hit, told AFP "The entire car park shook".&nbsp;</p>

<p>"People were carrying their suitcases on their shoulders and running," he said.</p>

<p>Officials told AFP the raid had caused minor damage but the terminal building was safe and flights were running as normal.</p>

<h2><strong>'Warm and cordial'</strong></h2>

<p>In the lead-up to Tuesday's US presidential election, some in Lebanon had been hopeful that new leadership might bring them a reprieve.</p>

<p>But Hezbollah chief Naim Qassem said in a speech broadcast on Wednesday that the vote –&nbsp;won by Donald Trump –&nbsp;would have no bearing on the war.</p>

<p>He warned that Hezbollah had tens of thousands of trained militants ready to fight and that nowhere in Israel was "off-limits".</p>

<p>Israel's airports authority said Wednesday that operations at its main airport near commercial hub Tel Aviv were not affected after Hezbollah said it fired missiles at a military base nearby.</p>

<p>Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who has vowed to keep fighting Hamas and Hezbollah until victory, spoke to Trump on Wednesday.</p>

<p>Netanyahu's office said the conversation was "warm and cordial" and he had congratulated Trump on his victory.</p>

<p>"The two also discussed the Iranian threat," his office said.</p>

<p>Shortly afterward, Israel's defence ministry said it had signed a $5.2 billion agreement with Boeing to purchase 25 "next generation" F-15 fighter jets, which would be financed by US military aid.</p>

<p>In Lebanon, the strikes in Beirut's southern suburbs were so intense many residents of the city were unable to sleep.</p>

<p>"Death has become a matter of luck. We can either die or survive," said Ramzi Zaiter, a resident of south Beirut.</p>

<h2><strong>'Nothing left'&nbsp;</strong></h2>

<p>Since September 23, more than 2,600 people have been killed in Israeli strikes on Lebanon, according to Health Minister Firass Abiad.</p>

<p>Iran, which arms and finances Hezbollah, also dismissed the impact of the US vote.</p>

<p>"It makes no difference to us who won the US election," President Masoud Pezeshkian was quoted as saying by the official IRNA news agency.</p>

<p>Iran and the United States have been adversaries since the 1979 Islamic Revolution, which overthrew the Western-backed shah, but tensions soared during Trump's first term from 2017 to 2021.</p>

<p>In Gaza, ravaged by 13 months of war since the deadliest attack in Israeli history, people were desperate for a solution.</p>

<p>"We were displaced, killed... there's nothing left for us, we want peace," said Mamduh al-Jadba.</p>

<p>French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot, on a visit to Jerusalem, said Trump's victory could yet provide a "window" for peace because the US president-elect had a "wish to see the end of the Middle East's endless wars".</p>

<h2><strong>'Very happy'&nbsp;</strong></h2>

<p>Hamas's attack on Israel resulted in 1,206 deaths, mostly civilians, according to an AFP tally of Israeli official figures.</p>

<p>Israel's retaliatory campaign has killed 43,469 people in Gaza, a majority of them civilians, according to figures from the Hamas-run territory's health ministry that the United Nations considers reliable.</p>

<p>In Israel, recent surveys have shown that a majority of people were hoping to see Trump return to the White House.</p>

<p>"Now we just need him to give us weapons," said fruit vendor Yossi Mizrachi, 51, adding he believed Trump would be able to "bring an end to the war".</p>

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Five UN peacekeepers were wounded in an Israeli air strike in south Lebanon on Thursday (Nov 7), the United Nations said, in a raid that also killed three civilians.

Five UN peacekeepers were wounded in an Israeli air strike in south Lebanon on Thursday (Nov 7), the United Nations said, in a raid that also killed three civilians. Israel launched a barrage of strikes after Lebanon's Hezbollah said it carried out a missile attack targeting a military base near Israel's Ben Gurion International Airport on Wednesday. The Wednesday attack came as Lebanon's health ministry said 40 people had been killed in Israeli strikes on the Bekaa Valley, a Hezbollah stronghold in the east. Hezbollah and Israel have been at war since late September, when Israel broadened its focus from fighting Hamas in the Gaza Strip to securing its northern border, even as the Gaza war continues. The territory's civil defence agency said 12 people were killed in an Israeli air strike on a school-turned-shelter for displaced people in north Gaza on Thursday. Also read: West Asia crisis: Israel intensifies strikes on Lebanon, at least 40 killed Hezbollah began low-intensity strikes on Israel last year in support of its Palestinian ally Hamas following Hamas's October 7, 2023 attack on Israel which triggered the Gaza war. The raid in which the UN peacekeepers were wounded struck near an army checkpoint in south Lebanon's main city Sidon. "The Israeli enemy targeted a car while it was passing through the Awali checkpoint," the army said in a statement. Three civilians in the car were killed, the military said, and three soldiers at the checkpoint were wounded along with five members of the Malaysian contingent of the UN peacekeeping force, UNIFIL. "Five peacekeepers were lightly injured and treated by the Lebanese Red Cross on the spot," UNIFIL said in a statement, urging all sides to avoid endangering peacekeepers or civilians. The Israeli military told AFP it was looking into the reports. Watch | Israel-Hezbollah War: Hezbollah Says Indirect Negotiations Possible × Israel launched raids across the southern suburbs of Beirut overnight, with one hitting an area near the airport. Taxi driver Abu Elie, who was at the airport when the strikes hit, told AFP "The entire car park shook". "People were carrying their suitcases on their shoulders and running," he said. Officials told AFP the raid had caused minor damage but the terminal building was safe and flights were running as normal. 'Warm and cordial' In the lead-up to Tuesday's US presidential election, some in Lebanon had been hopeful that new leadership might bring them a reprieve. But Hezbollah chief Naim Qassem said in a speech broadcast on Wednesday that the vote – won by Donald Trump – would have no bearing on the war. He warned that Hezbollah had tens of thousands of trained militants ready to fight and that nowhere in Israel was "off-limits". Israel's airports authority said Wednesday that operations at its main airport near commercial hub Tel Aviv were not affected after Hezbollah said it fired missiles at a military base nearby. Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who has vowed to keep fighting Hamas and Hezbollah until victory, spoke to Trump on Wednesday. Netanyahu's office said the conversation was "warm and cordial" and he had congratulated Trump on his victory. "The two also discussed the Iranian threat," his office said. Shortly afterward, Israel's defence ministry said it had signed a $5.2 billion agreement with Boeing to purchase 25 "next generation" F-15 fighter jets, which would be financed by US military aid. In Lebanon, the strikes in Beirut's southern suburbs were so intense many residents of the city were unable to sleep. "Death has become a matter of luck. We can either die or survive," said Ramzi Zaiter, a resident of south Beirut. 'Nothing left' Since September 23, more than 2,600 people have been killed in Israeli strikes on Lebanon, according to Health Minister Firass Abiad. Iran, which arms and finances Hezbollah, also dismissed the impact of the US vote. "It makes no difference to us who won the US election," President Masoud Pezeshkian was quoted as saying by the official IRNA news agency. Iran and the United States have been adversaries since the 1979 Islamic Revolution, which overthrew the Western-backed shah, but tensions soared during Trump's first term from 2017 to 2021. In Gaza, ravaged by 13 months of war since the deadliest attack in Israeli history, people were desperate for a solution. "We were displaced, killed... there's nothing left for us, we want peace," said Mamduh al-Jadba. French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot, on a visit to Jerusalem, said Trump's victory could yet provide a "window" for peace because the US president-elect had a "wish to see the end of the Middle East's endless wars". 'Very happy' Hamas's attack on Israel resulted in 1,206 deaths, mostly civilians, according to an AFP tally of Israeli official figures. Israel's retaliatory campaign has killed 43,469 people in Gaza, a majority of them civilians, according to figures from the Hamas-run territory's health ministry that the United Nations considers reliable. In Israel, recent surveys have shown that a majority of people were hoping to see Trump return to the White House. "Now we just need him to give us weapons," said fruit vendor Yossi Mizrachi, 51, adding he believed Trump would be able to "bring an end to the war". Disclaimer: This story has been published from a news agency feed with minimal edits to adhere to WION's style guide. 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UN Peacekeepers injured in Israeli airstrikes in southern Lebanon

<p>North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) chief Mark Rutte said on Thursday (Nov. 7) that the growing ties between Russia and North Korea are not only a threat to the European part of NATO, but also to the United States.&nbsp;</p>

<p>"Russia is delivering the latest technology to North Korea in return for North Korean help with the war against Ukraine, and this is a threat not only to the European part of NATO but also to the US," Rutte said before a meeting with European leaders in Budapest.</p>

<p>“What we see more and more is that North Korea, Iran, China, and of course, Russia are working together, working together against Ukraine,” he added.</p>

<p><a href="https://www.wionews.com/world/north-korea-says-deployment-of-troops-in-russia-wont-breach-international-law-770768"><strong>Also read:&nbsp;North Korea says deployment of troops in Russia won’t breach international law</strong></a></p>

<p>Rutte said that he would like to discuss the issue with Donald Trump.&nbsp;</p>

<p>“I look forward to sit down with Donald Trump to discuss how we can face these threats collectively,” he said.&nbsp;</p>

<p>Recently, North Korea has become one of the strongest supporters of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Meanwhile, the West has been accusing Pyongyang of supplying artillery shells and missiles to Moscow.&nbsp;</p>

<p><strong>Watch |&nbsp;North Korea Fires Salvo of Short-Range Missiles Amid US Election Tensions</strong></p>

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<p>The Western powers believe that Pyongyang has deployed around 10,000 troops to Russia, according to intelligence reports.&nbsp;</p>

<p>Moreover, earlier this week, Russian President Vladimir Putin met North Korea's foreign minister in the Kremlin. A video of the meeting showed the pair shaking hands for a full minute as Putin greeted Choe Son Hui.&nbsp;</p>

<p>Putin noted that they were meeting on Russia's National Unity Day, a public holiday, and Choe conveyed "sincere, warm, comradely greetings" from North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.</p>

<p><em>(With inputs from agencies)</em></p>


North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) chief Mark Rutte said on Thursday (Nov. 7) that the growing ties between Russia and North Korea are not only a threat to the European part of NATO, but also to the United States.

North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) chief Mark Rutte said on Thursday (Nov. 7) that the growing ties between Russia and North Korea are not only a threat to the European part of NATO, but also to the United States. "Russia is delivering the latest technology to North Korea in return for North Korean help with the war against Ukraine, and this is a threat not only to the European part of NATO but also to the US," Rutte said before a meeting with European leaders in Budapest. “What we see more and more is that North Korea, Iran, China, and of course, Russia are working together, working together against Ukraine,” he added. Also read: North Korea says deployment of troops in Russia won’t breach international law Rutte said that he would like to discuss the issue with Donald Trump. “I look forward to sit down with Donald Trump to discuss how we can face these threats collectively,” he said. Recently, North Korea has become one of the strongest supporters of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Meanwhile, the West has been accusing Pyongyang of supplying artillery shells and missiles to Moscow. Watch | North Korea Fires Salvo of Short-Range Missiles Amid US Election Tensions × The Western powers believe that Pyongyang has deployed around 10,000 troops to Russia, according to intelligence reports. Moreover, earlier this week, Russian President Vladimir Putin met North Korea's foreign minister in the Kremlin. A video of the meeting showed the pair shaking hands for a full minute as Putin greeted Choe Son Hui. Putin noted that they were meeting on Russia's National Unity Day, a public holiday, and Choe conveyed "sincere, warm, comradely greetings" from North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. (With inputs from agencies)

‘Threat to US security,’ NATO chief’s warning on Russia-North Korea ties, says will discuss with Trump

<p>United States presidential election&nbsp;winner&nbsp;Donald Trump is likely to call Russian President Vladimir Putin and ask him to stop the war in Ukraine as soon as possible, stressing the need for peace, a former American diplomat said.&nbsp;</p>

<p>This comes after Republican nominee Donald Trump clinched victory in the US presidential elections on Thursday (Nov 6).&nbsp;</p>

<p>The incoming American&nbsp;president is “going to make a phone call to Putin as quickly as possible and tell Putin that he needs to stop the war, that the fighting has to stop, and that there has to be peace,” Kurt Volker, former US special representative for Ukraine negotiations, said.&nbsp;</p>

<p>He added that Trump does not want to see the Ukraine war continue once he is in office, emphasising that Putin would inevitably have “demands” and that this would only be the start of the conversation.&nbsp;</p>

<p><a href="https://www.wionews.com/world/unfriendly-country-kremlin-spokesperson-says-not-aware-of-putins-plans-to-congratulate-trump-774046"><strong>Also read:&nbsp;‘Unfriendly country,’ Kremlin spokesperson says ‘not aware’ of Putin’s plans to congratulate Trump</strong></a></p>

<h2><strong>Trump-Russia call expected in January: Kremlin&nbsp;</strong></h2>

<p>Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov on Thursday (Nov 6) pointed out that Putin might speak with Trump before his inauguration in January, however adding that the Russian president&nbsp;will not initiate contact, reported The Moscow Times.&nbsp;</p>

<p>“It’s not ruled out,” Peskov told reporters when asked about possible contact between Putin and Trump before the January 20 inauguration.&nbsp;</p>

<p>“(Trump) has said he’d call Putin before the inauguration. These are his words, we have nothing else to say here yet,” Peskov said.&nbsp;</p>

<p>Earlier on Wednesday, the Kremlin spokesperson said that Putin remains “open” to contact with Trump, further indicating that Russia would not initiate re-establishing the communication between the two.&nbsp;</p>

<p><strong>Watch |&nbsp;US Elections 2024: Trump's Actions Will Shape Future Relations, Says Kremlin</strong></p>

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<h2><strong>Trump's advisors propose to freeze Russia-Ukraine war</strong></h2>

<p>Former US president's&nbsp;advisors have put forward several proposals that would effectively freeze the war in Ukraine, strengthening Russia’s territorial gains, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing anonymous sources close to Trump.&nbsp;</p>

<p>One proposal from within Trump’s transition team involves allowing Moscow to maintain control over 20 per cent of Ukrainian territory, establishing a 1,399-kilometre “demilitarised zone” and blocking Ukraine’s NATO membership for 20 years, and all this would be in exchange for continued military aid to deter future Russian aggression, according to WSJ.&nbsp;</p>

<p>However, the plan does not include US troops policing the demilitarised&nbsp;zone. It further does not include funding from the US or international bodies like the United Nations, a Trump transition team member reportedly said.&nbsp;</p>

<p>“We are not sending American men and women to uphold peace in Ukraine. And we are not paying for it. Get the Poles, Germans, British, and French to do it,” the person was quoted as saying. “We can do training and other support but the barrel of the gun is going to be European.”</p>

<p>Trump has been criticising US President Joe Biden’s way of handling the Russia-Ukraine war, and vowed multiple times during his campaign, that if elected, he would end the war before taking office in January.&nbsp;</p>

<p>Earlier, he also that his “good relationship” with both Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky would be central to his ability to end the war quickly.</p>

<p><em>(With inputs from agencies)</em></p>


United States presidential election winner Donald Trump is likely to call Russian President Vladimir Putin and ask him to stop the war in Ukraine as soon as possible, stressing the need for peace, a former American diplomat said.

United States presidential election winner Donald Trump is likely to call Russian President Vladimir Putin and ask him to stop the war in Ukraine as soon as possible, stressing the need for peace, a former American diplomat said. This comes after Republican nominee Donald Trump clinched victory in the US presidential elections on Thursday (Nov 6). The incoming American president is “going to make a phone call to Putin as quickly as possible and tell Putin that he needs to stop the war, that the fighting has to stop, and that there has to be peace,” Kurt Volker, former US special representative for Ukraine negotiations, said. He added that Trump does not want to see the Ukraine war continue once he is in office, emphasising that Putin would inevitably have “demands” and that this would only be the start of the conversation. Also read: ‘Unfriendly country,’ Kremlin spokesperson says ‘not aware’ of Putin’s plans to congratulate Trump Trump-Russia call expected in January: Kremlin Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov on Thursday (Nov 6) pointed out that Putin might speak with Trump before his inauguration in January, however adding that the Russian president will not initiate contact, reported The Moscow Times. “It’s not ruled out,” Peskov told reporters when asked about possible contact between Putin and Trump before the January 20 inauguration. “(Trump) has said he’d call Putin before the inauguration. These are his words, we have nothing else to say here yet,” Peskov said. Earlier on Wednesday, the Kremlin spokesperson said that Putin remains “open” to contact with Trump, further indicating that Russia would not initiate re-establishing the communication between the two. Watch | US Elections 2024: Trump's Actions Will Shape Future Relations, Says Kremlin × Trump's advisors propose to freeze Russia-Ukraine war Former US president's advisors have put forward several proposals that would effectively freeze the war in Ukraine, strengthening Russia’s territorial gains, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing anonymous sources close to Trump. One proposal from within Trump’s transition team involves allowing Moscow to maintain control over 20 per cent of Ukrainian territory, establishing a 1,399-kilometre “demilitarised zone” and blocking Ukraine’s NATO membership for 20 years, and all this would be in exchange for continued military aid to deter future Russian aggression, according to WSJ. However, the plan does not include US troops policing the demilitarised zone. It further does not include funding from the US or international bodies like the United Nations, a Trump transition team member reportedly said. “We are not sending American men and women to uphold peace in Ukraine. And we are not paying for it. Get the Poles, Germans, British, and French to do it,” the person was quoted as saying. “We can do training and other support but the barrel of the gun is going to be European.” Trump has been criticising US President Joe Biden’s way of handling the Russia-Ukraine war, and vowed multiple times during his campaign, that if elected, he would end the war before taking office in January. Earlier, he also that his “good relationship” with both Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky would be central to his ability to end the war quickly. (With inputs from agencies)

Trump-Putin phone call expected before January inauguration, Kremlin says ‘it’s not ruled out’

<p>Three people have been arrested for gang-raping a woman suffering from mental illness, in Delhi’s Sarai Kale Khan last month, the police said on Thursday (Nov 7).&nbsp;</p>

<p>The woman, from the Indian state of&nbsp;Odisha who shifted to New Delhi months ago, was kidnapped and gang raped in October.&nbsp;</p>

<p>The 34-year-old woman&nbsp;is currently receiving psychiatric treatment at AIMS, Delhi, after the alleged gang rape that happened on October 10.&nbsp;</p>

<p>Three accused have been identified as Prabhu Mahto, Parmod Babu and Mohammad Shamsul, news agency ANI reported.&nbsp;</p>

<p><a href="https://www.wionews.com/india-news/woman-with-mental-illness-found-roaming-semi-naked-in-indore-man-held-for-raping-her-770450"><strong>Also read:&nbsp;Woman with mental illness found roaming semi-naked in Indore, man arrested for raping her</strong></a></p>

<p>Delhi police said that on the night of October 10 and 11, a naval officer found a young woman soaked in blood on the roadside in the Sarai Kale Khan area. The officer then admitted the young woman to the AIIMS Trauma Centre and informed the police.&nbsp;</p>

<p>After the medical reports came, it became clear that the woman had been raped.&nbsp;</p>

<p>The police said that she&nbsp;came to New Delhi on May 9 without informing her family, after which her family filed a missing person’s report in Puri.&nbsp;</p>

<p>The woman holds a postgraduate degree in social work from Utkal University of Culture, Bhubaneshwar and has worked as a researcher.</p>

<p><strong>Watch | Kolkata Rape: The fight against anti-women violence | Gravitas</strong></p>

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<p>IPS DCP-South East Ravi Kumar Singh said, "On October 11, at approximately 03:15 am, a PCR call was received at Police Station Sunlight Colony. The caller reported the presence of a girl in Sarai Kale Khan's area. The girl was described as wearing a red kurta, bleeding and the caller expressed concern that the girl might have been injured or subjected to wrongful assault. The police staff immediately reached at the spot where the victim was found in a distressed state and promptly transported her to AIIMS Trauma Centre for medical examination. The victim disclosed to the attending doctor that she had been sexually assaulted by three unknown persons. The victim was found to be unfit for statement.”</p>

<p>As the investigation continued, 10 police teams were probing to apprehend the accused. Following this, they nabbed three accused persons after an over 20-day relentless search.</p>

<p>"After sustained efforts, the auto-rickshaw of the accused person was correctly identified and the driver on the night of October 10 as Prabhu Mahto. Thereafter, sustained efforts were made to track the accused and he was arrested on October 30. Subsequently, the other accused persons Pramod Babu and Mohammad Shamsul @ Raju were also identified and arrested in the present case on November 2 and November 4," Singh added.</p>

<p>Accused Parmod Babu, who is an alcohol addict, said that he closed his shop as per his usual routine and had alcohol.&nbsp;</p>

<p>"He noticed a girl sitting nearby. Shortly after, another accused Mohammad Shamshul, a beggar, alcohol addict and physically handicapped arrived at the scene. Both accused persons conspired to sexually assault the girl, assuming she was mentally unsound and an easy target. Together they forcibly dragged the girl to a deserted area to commit the crime. An auto driver-accused Prabhu Mahto witnessed the incident and joined them with the intent of getting involved in the crime. Subsequently, accused Prabhu Mahto forced the girl in his auto and raped her. Thereafter the accused dumped the victim towards Sarai Kale Khan and drove away," Singh said, according to ANI.&nbsp;</p>

<p><em>(With inputs from agencies)</em></p>


Three people have been arrested for gang-raping a woman suffering from mental illness, in Delhi’s Sarai Kale Khan last month, the police said on Thursday (Nov 7).

Three people have been arrested for gang-raping a woman suffering from mental illness, in Delhi’s Sarai Kale Khan last month, the police said on Thursday (Nov 7). The woman, from the Indian state of Odisha who shifted to New Delhi months ago, was kidnapped and gang raped in October. The 34-year-old woman is currently receiving psychiatric treatment at AIMS, Delhi, after the alleged gang rape that happened on October 10. Three accused have been identified as Prabhu Mahto, Parmod Babu and Mohammad Shamsul, news agency ANI reported. Also read: Woman with mental illness found roaming semi-naked in Indore, man arrested for raping her Delhi police said that on the night of October 10 and 11, a naval officer found a young woman soaked in blood on the roadside in the Sarai Kale Khan area. The officer then admitted the young woman to the AIIMS Trauma Centre and informed the police. After the medical reports came, it became clear that the woman had been raped. The police said that she came to New Delhi on May 9 without informing her family, after which her family filed a missing person’s report in Puri. The woman holds a postgraduate degree in social work from Utkal University of Culture, Bhubaneshwar and has worked as a researcher. Watch | Kolkata Rape: The fight against anti-women violence | Gravitas × IPS DCP-South East Ravi Kumar Singh said, "On October 11, at approximately 03:15 am, a PCR call was received at Police Station Sunlight Colony. The caller reported the presence of a girl in Sarai Kale Khan's area. The girl was described as wearing a red kurta, bleeding and the caller expressed concern that the girl might have been injured or subjected to wrongful assault. The police staff immediately reached at the spot where the victim was found in a distressed state and promptly transported her to AIIMS Trauma Centre for medical examination. The victim disclosed to the attending doctor that she had been sexually assaulted by three unknown persons. The victim was found to be unfit for statement.” As the investigation continued, 10 police teams were probing to apprehend the accused. Following this, they nabbed three accused persons after an over 20-day relentless search. "After sustained efforts, the auto-rickshaw of the accused person was correctly identified and the driver on the night of October 10 as Prabhu Mahto. Thereafter, sustained efforts were made to track the accused and he was arrested on October 30. Subsequently, the other accused persons Pramod Babu and Mohammad Shamsul @ Raju were also identified and arrested in the present case on November 2 and November 4," Singh added. Accused Parmod Babu, who is an alcohol addict, said that he closed his shop as per his usual routine and had alcohol. "He noticed a girl sitting nearby. Shortly after, another accused Mohammad Shamshul, a beggar, alcohol addict and physically handicapped arrived at the scene. Both accused persons conspired to sexually assault the girl, assuming she was mentally unsound and an easy target. Together they forcibly dragged the girl to a deserted area to commit the crime. An auto driver-accused Prabhu Mahto witnessed the incident and joined them with the intent of getting involved in the crime. Subsequently, accused Prabhu Mahto forced the girl in his auto and raped her. Thereafter the accused dumped the victim towards Sarai Kale Khan and drove away," Singh said, according to ANI. (With inputs from agencies)

India: Three men arrested in Delhi for gang raping Odisha-based woman

<p>The UK government announced sanctions on Thursday against three private mercenary groups operating in Africa with links to the Kremlin, including Wagner group successor Africa Corps.</p>

<p>"These sanctions will bear down on Russian malign activity in Libya, Mali, and CAR (Central African Republic), exposing and combatting Russia's illicit activity in Africa," a government statement said, announcing its latest package of measures against Russia.</p>

<p>The UK government said the measures were the first direct sanctions against Africa Corps by a G7 country.</p>

<p>Moscow was a key player in Africa during Soviet times and has been boosting its influence on the continent again in recent years.</p>

<p><a href="https://www.wionews.com/world/russia-questions-why-west-can-support-kyiv-but-north-korea-cant-back-moscow-772177"><strong>Also read:&nbsp;Russia questions why West can support Kyiv but North Korea can’t back Moscow</strong></a></p>

<p>Russian mercenaries from the Wagner group or its successor, Africa Corps, now support several African governments, and Russian "advisers" work with local officials.</p>

<p>The British sanctions come before Russia holds a large gathering of African foreign ministers in Sochi, southern Russia, this weekend.</p>

<p>As well as Africa Corps, the private military group Espanola and the Bears Brigade organisation are also being sanctioned.</p>

<p>London accused the three groups of "widespread human rights abuses" across the African continent, adding that they had "threatened peace and security in Libya, Mali and the Central African Republic".</p>

<p><strong>Watch |&nbsp;Russia-Ukraine War: US Has Been An Ally Of Ukraine In Ongoing Russia-Ukraine War</strong></p>

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<p><strong>Punitive measures&nbsp;</strong></p>

<p>British Foreign Secretary David Lammy said the sanctions would continue the UK's "pushback on the Kremlin's corrosive foreign policy, undermining Russia's attempts to foster instability across Africa and disrupting the supply of vital equipment for Putin's war machine" in Ukraine.</p>

<p>The punitive measures are part of the UK's biggest package of sanctions against Russia since May 2023.</p>

<p>Others targeted include suppliers of machine tools, components for drones, ball bearings and other goods that support Russia's military.</p>

<p>Also being sanctioned is GRU Russian intelligence agency agent Denis Sergeev.</p>

<p>London believes Sergeev was involved in a chemical weapon attack on the UK city of Salisbury in 2018 against former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia.&nbsp;</p>

<p>Both survived but a local woman who came into contact with the weapons-grade nerve agent Novichok died.</p>

<p>UK counter-terrorism chiefs in 2021 said there was enough evidence to charge Sergeev with conspiracy to murder, attempted murder, causing grievous bodily harm, and possession and use of a chemical weapon.</p>

<p>The UK has been one of Ukraine's biggest backers in its war against Russia's full-scale invasion of its neighbour, committing to delivering £3.0 billion ($3.9 billion) of military aid every year for as long as needed.</p>

<p>"Putin is nearly 1,000 days into a war he thought would only take a few. He will fail and I will continue to bear down on the Kremlin and support the Ukrainian people in their fight for freedom," Lammy said.</p>

<p>Other sanctions packages last month took aim at Russia's "shadow fleet" of tankers, used to sidestep a Western embargo on oil exports after its invasion of Ukraine.</p>

<p>In October, Britain also sanctioned the chemical and biological arm of Russia's armed forces and its commander, Igor Kirillov, over the alleged use of chemical weapons in Ukraine.</p>

<p>Russia was hit with a first wave of sanctions following its annexation of Crimea from Ukraine in 2014. The West tightened the screws after Moscow launched a full-fledged invasion of its neighbour in February 2022.</p>

<p>But Russia's economy has withstood the shock, growing 5.4 per cent in the first quarter of this year as its trade relations with Asia and the Middle East soared.</p>

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The UK government announced sanctions on Thursday against three private mercenary groups operating in Africa with links to the Kremlin, including Wagner group successor Africa Corps.

The UK government announced sanctions on Thursday against three private mercenary groups operating in Africa with links to the Kremlin, including Wagner group successor Africa Corps. "These sanctions will bear down on Russian malign activity in Libya, Mali, and CAR (Central African Republic), exposing and combatting Russia's illicit activity in Africa," a government statement said, announcing its latest package of measures against Russia. The UK government said the measures were the first direct sanctions against Africa Corps by a G7 country. Moscow was a key player in Africa during Soviet times and has been boosting its influence on the continent again in recent years. Also read: Russia questions why West can support Kyiv but North Korea can’t back Moscow Russian mercenaries from the Wagner group or its successor, Africa Corps, now support several African governments, and Russian "advisers" work with local officials. The British sanctions come before Russia holds a large gathering of African foreign ministers in Sochi, southern Russia, this weekend. As well as Africa Corps, the private military group Espanola and the Bears Brigade organisation are also being sanctioned. London accused the three groups of "widespread human rights abuses" across the African continent, adding that they had "threatened peace and security in Libya, Mali and the Central African Republic". Watch | Russia-Ukraine War: US Has Been An Ally Of Ukraine In Ongoing Russia-Ukraine War × Punitive measures British Foreign Secretary David Lammy said the sanctions would continue the UK's "pushback on the Kremlin's corrosive foreign policy, undermining Russia's attempts to foster instability across Africa and disrupting the supply of vital equipment for Putin's war machine" in Ukraine. The punitive measures are part of the UK's biggest package of sanctions against Russia since May 2023. Others targeted include suppliers of machine tools, components for drones, ball bearings and other goods that support Russia's military. Also being sanctioned is GRU Russian intelligence agency agent Denis Sergeev. London believes Sergeev was involved in a chemical weapon attack on the UK city of Salisbury in 2018 against former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia. Both survived but a local woman who came into contact with the weapons-grade nerve agent Novichok died. UK counter-terrorism chiefs in 2021 said there was enough evidence to charge Sergeev with conspiracy to murder, attempted murder, causing grievous bodily harm, and possession and use of a chemical weapon. The UK has been one of Ukraine's biggest backers in its war against Russia's full-scale invasion of its neighbour, committing to delivering £3.0 billion ($3.9 billion) of military aid every year for as long as needed. "Putin is nearly 1,000 days into a war he thought would only take a few. He will fail and I will continue to bear down on the Kremlin and support the Ukrainian people in their fight for freedom," Lammy said. Other sanctions packages last month took aim at Russia's "shadow fleet" of tankers, used to sidestep a Western embargo on oil exports after its invasion of Ukraine. In October, Britain also sanctioned the chemical and biological arm of Russia's armed forces and its commander, Igor Kirillov, over the alleged use of chemical weapons in Ukraine. Russia was hit with a first wave of sanctions following its annexation of Crimea from Ukraine in 2014. The West tightened the screws after Moscow launched a full-fledged invasion of its neighbour in February 2022. But Russia's economy has withstood the shock, growing 5.4 per cent in the first quarter of this year as its trade relations with Asia and the Middle East soared. Disclaimer: This story has been published from a news agency feed with minimal edits to adhere to WION's style guide. The headline may have been changed to better reflect the content of the story or to make it more suitable for WION audience.

UK sanctions Russia-backed mercenaries, including Wagner group successor Africa Corps

<p>India's Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday (Nov 7) launched a crackdown on the vendors operating on e-commerce giants like Amazon and&nbsp;Flipkart as part of a Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA) investigation, according to media reports citing official sources.&nbsp;</p>

<p>The ED conducted raids on at least 15 to 16 locations belonging to these vendors, the sources told Hindustan Times.</p>

<p>The central agency conducted these search raids in multiple locations, including Delhi, Gurugram (Haryana), &nbsp;Hyderabad (Telangana), and Bengaluru (Karnataka). The sources said that the operation is linked to financial transactions conducted by “preferred” vendors on the two platforms.&nbsp;</p>

<p><a href="https://www.wionews.com/business-economy/indian-retail-group-seeks-antitrust-investigation-into-quick-commerce-giants-swiggy-blinkit-and-zepto-769417"><strong>Also read:&nbsp;Indian Retail group seeks antitrust investigation into quick commerce giants Swiggy, Blinkit, and Zepto</strong></a></p>

<p>This comes after the antitrust inquiries led by the Competition Commission of India (CCI) raised questions about Amazon and Flipkart’s business practices.&nbsp;</p>

<p>The investigations found that the two e-commerce giants violated local competition laws by giving preference to select sellers, prioritising certain listings, and heavily discounting products, hurting other companies, officials told Hindustan Times.&nbsp;</p>

<p>According to the CCI’s findings, these actions could potentially harm the competition and undermine the fair business environment for smaller sellers on the platforms.&nbsp;</p>

<p><strong>Watch |&nbsp;Online Sellers Sue India’s Antitrust Watchdog Over Flipkart &amp; Amazon Investigation</strong></p>

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<p>By conducting this investigation, the central agency is probing the potential misuse of e-commerce platforms like Amazon and Flipkart by sellers who may have engaged in illegal financial practices.&nbsp;</p>

<p>For now, the ED has not revealed the identities of the vendors targeted or disclosed the illegal activities. However, the officials noted that the probe will continue, and further actions may follow depending on the evidence gathered during the raids.&nbsp;</p>

<p>Moreover, Amazon and Flipkart have been facing regulatory scrutiny in India over alleged unfair business practices.&nbsp;</p>

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India's Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday (Nov 7) launched a crackdown on the vendors operating on e-commerce giants like Amazon and Flipkart as part of a Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA) investigation, according to media reports citing official sources.

India's Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday (Nov 7) launched a crackdown on the vendors operating on e-commerce giants like Amazon and Flipkart as part of a Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA) investigation, according to media reports citing official sources. The ED conducted raids on at least 15 to 16 locations belonging to these vendors, the sources told Hindustan Times. The central agency conducted these search raids in multiple locations, including Delhi, Gurugram (Haryana), Hyderabad (Telangana), and Bengaluru (Karnataka). The sources said that the operation is linked to financial transactions conducted by “preferred” vendors on the two platforms. Also read: Indian Retail group seeks antitrust investigation into quick commerce giants Swiggy, Blinkit, and Zepto This comes after the antitrust inquiries led by the Competition Commission of India (CCI) raised questions about Amazon and Flipkart’s business practices. The investigations found that the two e-commerce giants violated local competition laws by giving preference to select sellers, prioritising certain listings, and heavily discounting products, hurting other companies, officials told Hindustan Times. According to the CCI’s findings, these actions could potentially harm the competition and undermine the fair business environment for smaller sellers on the platforms. Watch | Online Sellers Sue India’s Antitrust Watchdog Over Flipkart & Amazon Investigation × By conducting this investigation, the central agency is probing the potential misuse of e-commerce platforms like Amazon and Flipkart by sellers who may have engaged in illegal financial practices. For now, the ED has not revealed the identities of the vendors targeted or disclosed the illegal activities. However, the officials noted that the probe will continue, and further actions may follow depending on the evidence gathered during the raids. Moreover, Amazon and Flipkart have been facing regulatory scrutiny in India over alleged unfair business practices. (With inputs from agencies)

Enforcement Directorate raids pan-India offices of E-commerce giants Amazon, Flipkart

<p>As Americans voted in one of the tightest presidential elections in decades, China braced for an outcome that - regardless of who wins - would spell four more years of bitter superpower rivalry over trade, technology and security issues.</p>

<p>Strategists in Beijing said that while they expected more fiery rhetoric and potentially crippling tariffs from Republican candidate Donald Trump, some said he could be driven by pragmatism and willingness to strike deals on trade and Taiwan.</p>

<p>From Democratic candidate Kamala Harris, Beijing expected predictability and a continuation of U.S. President Joe Biden's approach centred on working with allies on China-related issues such as tech curbs, Taiwan, and conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East.</p>

<p>Either outcome was unlikely to cause a shift, said analysts, given how wide-ranging the geopolitical rivalry with Beijing has become, and how politically lethal even a perception of reaching out to China is on both sides of the aisle in Washington.</p>

<p>"Regardless of who is elected, the structural tensions are an undeniable reality and have become a widely accepted bipartisan consensus within the U.S.," said Henry Huiyao Wang of the Beijing-based Center for China and Globalization think tank.</p>

<p>China policies of either Trump or Harris administrations “will likely be strategically consistent," said experts from Peking University, Wang Jisi, Hu Ran, and Zhao Jianwei in their article in Foreign Affairs.</p>

<p>"As presidents, both candidates would present challenges and disadvantages for China, and neither seems likely to want a major military conflict or to cut off all economic and societal contacts," they said, adding that because of that, "Beijing is unlikely to have a clear preference."</p>

<p>Opinion polls show Trump, 78, and Harris, 60, virtually even. The winner may not be known for days after the vote, though Trump has already signalled that he will attempt to fight any defeat, as he did in 2020.</p>

<p><a href="https://www.wionews.com/world/usha-vances-ancestral-village-holds-prayers-for-jd-vance-in-vadluru-773632"><strong>Also read:&nbsp;Usha Vance’s ancestral village holds prayers for JD Vance in Vadluru</strong></a></p>

<h2><strong>Trump tariff threat</strong></h2>

<p>The biggest difference with respect to China policy is on trade, where Trump has proposed tariffs on Chinese imports in excess of 60% and ending China’s most-favored-nation trading status.</p>

<p>That threat alone has unnerved China's industrial complex, which sells goods worth more than $400 billion annually to the U.S. and hundreds of billions more in components for products Americans buy from elsewhere.</p>

<p>Producers interviewed by Reuters expected the tariffs to disrupt supply chains and further shrink Chinese profits, hurting jobs, investment, and already sagging growth. A trade war would raise production costs and U.S. consumer prices even if factories relocated, they said.</p>

<p>New tariffs could be "very challenging for Beijing given the economic difficulties in China," said Zhao Minghao, professor at the Shanghai-based Fudan University.</p>

<p>He added that Beijing also had "deeper concerns over the future of the international economic and trade system," because of Trump's proposal for a 10% tariff on all goods from other countries.</p>

<p><strong>Watch | US Elections: How will the US elections impact India-US relations?</strong></p>

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<p>Robert Lighthizer, Trump's trade adviser, has vowed to take a strategic decoupling approach in dealing with the U.S.-China economic relations, Zhao noted, "that means significantly decreasing U.S. dependence, U.S. economic ties with China, compared to the derisking approach emphasised by the Biden administration."</p>

<p>Harris is expected to keep tariffs on hundreds of billions of dollars worth of Chinese imports in place after a Biden administration review of those duties, which were first imposed by Trump.</p>

<p>Democrats have expanded tariffs in areas that they say were of strategic importance to Washington or, they say, threatened by Chinese overproduction, including electric vehicles.</p>

<h2><strong>East Asia alliances&nbsp;</strong></h2>

<p>Chinese analysts say that despite Trump's distrust of NATO and reluctance to work with Western allies, the network of alliances built up in East Asia over the last decade is likely to endure in case of his victory.</p>

<p>They refer to the QUAD alliance of India, Japan, Australia and the U.S., the AUKUS defence technology partnership between Australia, Britain and the U.S., and the trilateral networks between the U.S., its staunch ally Japan, and both South Korea and the Philippines, respectively.</p>

<p>"Even if Trump is unwilling to cooperate with allies, the multiple 'mini-multilateral' frameworks built in the Asia-Pacific region during the Biden administration are more likely to be continued," said Diao Daming, professor at Beijing's Renmin University.</p>

<p>As vice president, Harris has cultivated relationships in Asia with leaders who are wary of China's rise, from Japan to the Philippines and Vietnam, aiming for alliances to deter Chinese assertive posture in the region.</p>

<p>For his part, Trump has unnerved democratically governed Taiwan by saying it should pay Washington for its defence and that it had taken U.S. semiconductor business.</p>

<p>Asked in an interview with the Wall Street Journal if he would use military force against a blockade on Taiwan by China, Trump said it would not come to that because Xi respected him, instead vowing to impose additional tariffs on Beijing.</p>

<p>"Given Trump's predilection for dealmaking, he might decide to pursue bilateral agreements with Beijing on consumer goods, energy, and technology," said Wang, Hu, and Zhao of Peking University in Foreign Affairs.</p>

<p>"He might also try to use the Taiwan issue as a bargaining chip to gain leverage in other areas, such as offering to restrain Taiwan's provocative actions in exchange for Beijing’s compromise on trade," they said.</p>

<p>Still, they said China was "highly unlikely" to "agree to such a deal, and Trump's foreign policy advisers might also oppose it."</p>

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As Americans voted in one of the tightest presidential elections in decades, China braced for an outcome that - regardless of who wins - would spell four more years of bitter superpower rivalry over trade, technology and security issues.

As Americans voted in one of the tightest presidential elections in decades, China braced for an outcome that - regardless of who wins - would spell four more years of bitter superpower rivalry over trade, technology and security issues. Strategists in Beijing said that while they expected more fiery rhetoric and potentially crippling tariffs from Republican candidate Donald Trump, some said he could be driven by pragmatism and willingness to strike deals on trade and Taiwan. From Democratic candidate Kamala Harris, Beijing expected predictability and a continuation of U.S. President Joe Biden's approach centred on working with allies on China-related issues such as tech curbs, Taiwan, and conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East. Either outcome was unlikely to cause a shift, said analysts, given how wide-ranging the geopolitical rivalry with Beijing has become, and how politically lethal even a perception of reaching out to China is on both sides of the aisle in Washington. "Regardless of who is elected, the structural tensions are an undeniable reality and have become a widely accepted bipartisan consensus within the U.S.," said Henry Huiyao Wang of the Beijing-based Center for China and Globalization think tank. China policies of either Trump or Harris administrations “will likely be strategically consistent," said experts from Peking University, Wang Jisi, Hu Ran, and Zhao Jianwei in their article in Foreign Affairs. "As presidents, both candidates would present challenges and disadvantages for China, and neither seems likely to want a major military conflict or to cut off all economic and societal contacts," they said, adding that because of that, "Beijing is unlikely to have a clear preference." Opinion polls show Trump, 78, and Harris, 60, virtually even. The winner may not be known for days after the vote, though Trump has already signalled that he will attempt to fight any defeat, as he did in 2020. Also read: Usha Vance’s ancestral village holds prayers for JD Vance in Vadluru Trump tariff threat The biggest difference with respect to China policy is on trade, where Trump has proposed tariffs on Chinese imports in excess of 60% and ending China’s most-favored-nation trading status. That threat alone has unnerved China's industrial complex, which sells goods worth more than $400 billion annually to the U.S. and hundreds of billions more in components for products Americans buy from elsewhere. Producers interviewed by Reuters expected the tariffs to disrupt supply chains and further shrink Chinese profits, hurting jobs, investment, and already sagging growth. A trade war would raise production costs and U.S. consumer prices even if factories relocated, they said. New tariffs could be "very challenging for Beijing given the economic difficulties in China," said Zhao Minghao, professor at the Shanghai-based Fudan University. He added that Beijing also had "deeper concerns over the future of the international economic and trade system," because of Trump's proposal for a 10% tariff on all goods from other countries. Watch | US Elections: How will the US elections impact India-US relations? × Robert Lighthizer, Trump's trade adviser, has vowed to take a strategic decoupling approach in dealing with the U.S.-China economic relations, Zhao noted, "that means significantly decreasing U.S. dependence, U.S. economic ties with China, compared to the derisking approach emphasised by the Biden administration." Harris is expected to keep tariffs on hundreds of billions of dollars worth of Chinese imports in place after a Biden administration review of those duties, which were first imposed by Trump. Democrats have expanded tariffs in areas that they say were of strategic importance to Washington or, they say, threatened by Chinese overproduction, including electric vehicles. East Asia alliances Chinese analysts say that despite Trump's distrust of NATO and reluctance to work with Western allies, the network of alliances built up in East Asia over the last decade is likely to endure in case of his victory. They refer to the QUAD alliance of India, Japan, Australia and the U.S., the AUKUS defence technology partnership between Australia, Britain and the U.S., and the trilateral networks between the U.S., its staunch ally Japan, and both South Korea and the Philippines, respectively. "Even if Trump is unwilling to cooperate with allies, the multiple 'mini-multilateral' frameworks built in the Asia-Pacific region during the Biden administration are more likely to be continued," said Diao Daming, professor at Beijing's Renmin University. As vice president, Harris has cultivated relationships in Asia with leaders who are wary of China's rise, from Japan to the Philippines and Vietnam, aiming for alliances to deter Chinese assertive posture in the region. For his part, Trump has unnerved democratically governed Taiwan by saying it should pay Washington for its defence and that it had taken U.S. semiconductor business. Asked in an interview with the Wall Street Journal if he would use military force against a blockade on Taiwan by China, Trump said it would not come to that because Xi respected him, instead vowing to impose additional tariffs on Beijing. "Given Trump's predilection for dealmaking, he might decide to pursue bilateral agreements with Beijing on consumer goods, energy, and technology," said Wang, Hu, and Zhao of Peking University in Foreign Affairs. "He might also try to use the Taiwan issue as a bargaining chip to gain leverage in other areas, such as offering to restrain Taiwan's provocative actions in exchange for Beijing’s compromise on trade," they said. Still, they said China was "highly unlikely" to "agree to such a deal, and Trump's foreign policy advisers might also oppose it." 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China braces for more rivalry as tight US presidential race comes to an end

<p>Americans head to the polls on Tuesday in a mood of discontent and division, with opinion polls showing nearly two-thirds of voters believe the country has been heading in the wrong direction under President Joe Biden.</p>

<p>While the United States economy is the envy of the industrialised world, emerging from COVID shutdowns with strong job growth and wage increases, many Americans complain those gains were gobbled up by high grocery and housing prices.</p>

<p>Biden's promise of a return to a more humane immigration regime than under Republican former President Donald Trump soon collided with the reality of a spike in illegal border crossings.</p>

<p>The Supreme Court upended the legal landscape around abortion rights by overturning Roe v. Wade, inflaming one of the most divisive issues in American politics.</p>

<p>And despite Biden's pledge that America would serve as a stabilizing force in the world, overseas conflicts have overshadowed his presidency.</p>

<p>Whoever triumphs in the election—Trump or Vice President Kamala Harris—will inherit the legacy of a Biden administration that made good on some promises, saw others swept off-course by events, and others still only partially fulfilled. Here's how Biden fared on the defining issues of his presidency.</p>

<p><strong><a href="https://www.wionews.com/world/majority-of-trump-supporters-eye-2028-run-if-he-loses-can-he-legally-run-in-2028-773576">Also read:&nbsp;Majority of Trump supporters eye 2028 run if he loses: Can he legally contest in 2028?</a></strong></p>

<h2><strong>Immigration</strong></h2>

<p>Biden, a Democrat, started his presidency by reversing many of Trump’s restrictive immigration policies. He halted construction of Trump’s border wall, rescinded bans targeting people from certain majority-Muslim countries and other nations, and wound down the “remain in Mexico” program, which forced non-Mexican asylum seekers to wait in Mexico as they pursued their U.S. cases.&nbsp;</p>

<p>But months into his presidency, illegal crossings spiked, particularly among unaccompanied children from Central America, overwhelming U.S. border processing centers and fuelling Republican criticism.</p>

<p>Illegal crossings reached record levels in 2022 and 2023 as more migrants arrived from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela and countries outside the hemisphere.</p>

<p>In response, Texas Governor Greg Abbott, a Republican, in 2022 began busing arriving migrants north to Democratic cities, including New York City and Chicago, which struggled to house them.</p>

<p>In January, Biden backed a bipartisan bill that aimed to tighten border security. After the bill was defeated in the U.S. Senate amid Trump's opposition, Biden in June banned asylum for most migrants crossing the border illegally.</p>

<p>The number of migrants caught crossing illegally dropped dramatically, undercutting Trump's false claims that Harris and Democrats support an open border.&nbsp;</p>

<p>Despite the political pressures surrounding migration, Biden created new legal pathways for hundreds of thousands of migrants and oversaw the restoration of the U.S. refugee program, which admitted more than 100,000 refugees in fiscal year 2024, the most in 30 years.</p>

<p><strong>Watch |&nbsp;US Elections 2024: America Wakes Up to Elect Its Next President</strong></p>

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<p><strong>Abortion</strong></p>

<p>The biggest upheaval on abortion access in decades occurred during Biden's presidency - but because of a decision by the Supreme Court.&nbsp;</p>

<p>In June 2022, the conservative majority formed by Trump's judicial appointments to the court eliminated the nearly 50-year-old federal right to abortion under Roe v. Wade.&nbsp;</p>

<p>The decision ushered in a period in which individual states set their own laws on abortion access. More than a dozen states banned abortion in all or most cases. &nbsp;</p>

<p>Biden condemned the Supreme Court ruling, and his administration, through the Department of Health and Human Services and the Justice Department, laid out guidelines to ensure access to emergency abortion care under federal law and defended the use of the abortion pill before the Supreme Court.&nbsp;</p>

<p>The administration also pushed for expanded access to reproductive health services like contraception through the Affordable Care Act.</p>

<p>The administration won its biggest victory in June when the Supreme Court rejected a case brought by anti-abortion advocates seeking to roll back the Food and Drug Administration's approval of mifepristone, one of two medications used in the abortion pill regimen.</p>

<p>But the court dismissed on procedural grounds the administration's case, arguing that Idaho's severe abortion ban conflicted with a federal law requiring medical providers to offer stabilizing emergency care, including abortions. In October, the court declined to hear a similar administration case about Texas' strict abortion ban.</p>

<p>While devoutly Catholic Biden was openly uncomfortable about abortion from early in his political career, mitigating the impacts of the dissolution of Roe v. Wade has become a pillar of his presidency.</p>

<p>Democrats more broadly made abortion rights central to their platform in the 2022 midterm elections. In March, Harris became the first sitting vice president or president to visit an abortion clinic.</p>

<h2><strong>Economy</strong></h2>

<p>Joe Biden may go down in history as overseeing the best economy that everyone hated.</p>

<p>Since 2021, as the country emerged from a global pandemic that briefly created historic job losses and brought the economy to a near-standstill, employers have added nearly 16.5 million new jobs. The unemployment rate has averaged just 4.2%, including the longest run at 4% or below since the 1960s.&nbsp;</p>

<p>Gross domestic product growth has averaged 3.2% per quarter, well above what most economists view as the U.S. economy's long-term potential. Incomes and wages have grown above trend. Collective U.S. household net worth has climbed to a record $163.8 trillion, thanks to a booming stock market and rising home values.</p>

<p>But survey after survey over most of Biden's term has shown little of that registering with average Americans. Why? Because all of that occurred against the backdrop of the worst inflation breakout in a generation.</p>

<p>As the economy reopened, a mix of tangled supply chains, worker shortages and hot consumer demand, supported by roughly $5 trillion of government stimulus from Biden's and Trump's administrations, sent prices climbing&nbsp;fast.&nbsp;</p>

<p>By the summer of 2022, the Consumer Price Index was rising by 9.1% year-over-year and the widely followed gauge of household satisfaction with the economy—the University of Michigan's Consumer Sentiment Index—tumbled to a record low.</p>

<p>While inflation has receded and sentiment has begun to recover, surveys show Americans still feel the sting of lingering high prices, and they blame Biden and Democrats for it.</p>

<h2><strong>Racial justice</strong></h2>

<p>On his first day in the White House, Biden signed an executive order aimed at addressing racism, police brutality, poverty and inequities impacting Black people and other communities of color.&nbsp;</p>

<p>But reform has been slow. The George Floyd Justice in Policing Act, introduced in 2021 to stop aggressive law enforcement tactics and racial bias, stalled in Congress.&nbsp;</p>

<p>In 2022, Biden issued an executive order directing the Department of Justice to create a national database of misconduct by federal law enforcement officers and requiring federal law enforcement agencies to investigate the use of deadly force or deaths in custody. It also restricted federal agencies from using chokeholds and "no knock" entries. &nbsp;</p>

<p>While Biden's Justice Department revived investigations into civil rights abuses, which had largely stopped under Trump, it has failed to secure a single binding settlement in the 12 investigations opened into possible police civil rights abuses since Biden took office.</p>

<p>On the economic front, Black unemployment fell to a historic low last year. This year alone, the administration directed $1.5 billion in loans to Black-owned businesses. It has also invested more than $16 billion in historically Black colleges and universities and distributed $2.2 billion to more than 43,000 Black and other farmers who experienced discrimination. Last year, the Biden administration allocated $470 million to improve maternal health.</p>

<h2><strong>Foreign policy</strong></h2>

<p>From wars in Ukraine and Gaza to civil bloodshed in Sudan, overseas conflicts have dominated Biden's foreign policy agenda.</p>

<p>Biden came to office promising to restore U.S. global leadership in the world and determined to push back on an increasingly aggressive China.</p>

<p>In some ways, his administration has done just that. After the chaotic 2021 withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan, Biden rallied U.S. allies the following year to oppose Russia's invasion of Ukraine and has also revitalized alliances across Asia to pressure China's leadership.</p>

<p>But the U.S. has struggled to bring the grinding conflicts to an end and hasn't been able to prevent the deepening ties between Russia, China, Iran and North Korea.</p>

<p>Now in its third year, the war of attrition in Ukraine continues despite billions of dollars in U.S. military aid and massive losses on both sides. The conflict is increasingly international, with Western accusations that Moscow is receiving weapons and soldiers from North Korea, missiles and drones from Iran and technical and other support from China.</p>

<p>The war between Israel and Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip, which started when Hamas fighters staged a deadly attack into Israel, has metastasized into conflict between Israel and Lebanese militants Hezbollah and sparked reprisal attacks between Israel and Iran.</p>

<p>Biden's staunch support for Israel has divided his party and undercut the United States' ability to criticize others on human rights and violations of international law.</p>

<p>A conflict in Sudan has triggered ethnic violence and famine conditions in Sudan's Darfur region, where violence about 20 years ago led to the International Criminal Court charging former Sudanese leaders with genocide and crimes against humanity. The United States has been trying to help broker an end to the 18-month-long conflict.</p>

<h2><strong>Energy transition</strong></h2>

<p>Biden entered the White House with huge ambitions to fight climate change by transitioning the U.S. economy away from fossil fuels to cleaner, renewable sources—all while creating new green, unionized jobs and re-shoring U.S. manufacturing. Among his goals: put an end to federal oil and gas leasing, expand deployments of solar and wind energy to decarbonize the power grid, electrify the nation’s vehicle fleet, and ultimately put the economy on a path to become carbon-neutral by 2050. &nbsp;</p>

<p>On the winning side of the ledger, Biden signed into law three pieces of legislation that have driven a massive investment in the clean energy economy: the Inflation Reduction Act, the bipartisan infrastructure law, and the CHIPS Act, which aims to establish a domestic semiconductor supply chain that could insulate the domestic energy sector from supply shocks.</p>

<p>Under the IRA, companies have invested hundreds of billions of dollars in new solar, wind, electric vehicles and infrastructure, battery storage, and other climate-friendly projects that have sped up the energy transition and created jobs—largely in Republican states whose lawmakers did not support the legislation.</p>

<p>The administration has awarded $90 billion in grants to climate, clean energy, and other projects under the IRA, or about 70% of the law’s climate-focused grant money, according to administration officials. &nbsp;</p>

<p>The Biden administration also expanded federal leasing for renewable energy projects and passed new regulations to curb greenhouse gas emissions from vehicles, power plants, and oil and gas operations. &nbsp;</p>

<p>On the loss side, his administration’s attempts to end federal oil and gas leasing failed in the courts, and his policies failed to prevent a massive surge in U.S. oil and gas output—mostly on privately owned lands in Texas and New Mexico—that has made the US the world’s top petroleum producer.</p>

<p>And in perhaps the best litmus test of Biden’s climate actions, projections from the Rhodium Group show U.S. greenhouse gas admissions set to decline by 32-43% by 2030 under current policies, short of Biden's 50-52% goal.</p>

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Americans head to the polls on Tuesday in a mood of discontent and division, with opinion polls showing nearly two-thirds of voters believe the country has been heading in the wrong direction under President Joe Biden.

Americans head to the polls on Tuesday in a mood of discontent and division, with opinion polls showing nearly two-thirds of voters believe the country has been heading in the wrong direction under President Joe Biden. While the United States economy is the envy of the industrialised world, emerging from COVID shutdowns with strong job growth and wage increases, many Americans complain those gains were gobbled up by high grocery and housing prices. Biden's promise of a return to a more humane immigration regime than under Republican former President Donald Trump soon collided with the reality of a spike in illegal border crossings. The Supreme Court upended the legal landscape around abortion rights by overturning Roe v. Wade, inflaming one of the most divisive issues in American politics. And despite Biden's pledge that America would serve as a stabilizing force in the world, overseas conflicts have overshadowed his presidency. Whoever triumphs in the election—Trump or Vice President Kamala Harris—will inherit the legacy of a Biden administration that made good on some promises, saw others swept off-course by events, and others still only partially fulfilled. Here's how Biden fared on the defining issues of his presidency. Also read: Majority of Trump supporters eye 2028 run if he loses: Can he legally contest in 2028? Immigration Biden, a Democrat, started his presidency by reversing many of Trump’s restrictive immigration policies. He halted construction of Trump’s border wall, rescinded bans targeting people from certain majority-Muslim countries and other nations, and wound down the “remain in Mexico” program, which forced non-Mexican asylum seekers to wait in Mexico as they pursued their U.S. cases. But months into his presidency, illegal crossings spiked, particularly among unaccompanied children from Central America, overwhelming U.S. border processing centers and fuelling Republican criticism. Illegal crossings reached record levels in 2022 and 2023 as more migrants arrived from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela and countries outside the hemisphere. In response, Texas Governor Greg Abbott, a Republican, in 2022 began busing arriving migrants north to Democratic cities, including New York City and Chicago, which struggled to house them. In January, Biden backed a bipartisan bill that aimed to tighten border security. After the bill was defeated in the U.S. Senate amid Trump's opposition, Biden in June banned asylum for most migrants crossing the border illegally. The number of migrants caught crossing illegally dropped dramatically, undercutting Trump's false claims that Harris and Democrats support an open border. Despite the political pressures surrounding migration, Biden created new legal pathways for hundreds of thousands of migrants and oversaw the restoration of the U.S. refugee program, which admitted more than 100,000 refugees in fiscal year 2024, the most in 30 years. Watch | US Elections 2024: America Wakes Up to Elect Its Next President × Abortion The biggest upheaval on abortion access in decades occurred during Biden's presidency - but because of a decision by the Supreme Court. In June 2022, the conservative majority formed by Trump's judicial appointments to the court eliminated the nearly 50-year-old federal right to abortion under Roe v. Wade. The decision ushered in a period in which individual states set their own laws on abortion access. More than a dozen states banned abortion in all or most cases. Biden condemned the Supreme Court ruling, and his administration, through the Department of Health and Human Services and the Justice Department, laid out guidelines to ensure access to emergency abortion care under federal law and defended the use of the abortion pill before the Supreme Court. The administration also pushed for expanded access to reproductive health services like contraception through the Affordable Care Act. The administration won its biggest victory in June when the Supreme Court rejected a case brought by anti-abortion advocates seeking to roll back the Food and Drug Administration's approval of mifepristone, one of two medications used in the abortion pill regimen. But the court dismissed on procedural grounds the administration's case, arguing that Idaho's severe abortion ban conflicted with a federal law requiring medical providers to offer stabilizing emergency care, including abortions. In October, the court declined to hear a similar administration case about Texas' strict abortion ban. While devoutly Catholic Biden was openly uncomfortable about abortion from early in his political career, mitigating the impacts of the dissolution of Roe v. Wade has become a pillar of his presidency. Democrats more broadly made abortion rights central to their platform in the 2022 midterm elections. In March, Harris became the first sitting vice president or president to visit an abortion clinic. Economy Joe Biden may go down in history as overseeing the best economy that everyone hated. Since 2021, as the country emerged from a global pandemic that briefly created historic job losses and brought the economy to a near-standstill, employers have added nearly 16.5 million new jobs. The unemployment rate has averaged just 4.2%, including the longest run at 4% or below since the 1960s. Gross domestic product growth has averaged 3.2% per quarter, well above what most economists view as the U.S. economy's long-term potential. Incomes and wages have grown above trend. Collective U.S. household net worth has climbed to a record $163.8 trillion, thanks to a booming stock market and rising home values. But survey after survey over most of Biden's term has shown little of that registering with average Americans. Why? Because all of that occurred against the backdrop of the worst inflation breakout in a generation. As the economy reopened, a mix of tangled supply chains, worker shortages and hot consumer demand, supported by roughly $5 trillion of government stimulus from Biden's and Trump's administrations, sent prices climbing fast. By the summer of 2022, the Consumer Price Index was rising by 9.1% year-over-year and the widely followed gauge of household satisfaction with the economy—the University of Michigan's Consumer Sentiment Index—tumbled to a record low. While inflation has receded and sentiment has begun to recover, surveys show Americans still feel the sting of lingering high prices, and they blame Biden and Democrats for it. Racial justice On his first day in the White House, Biden signed an executive order aimed at addressing racism, police brutality, poverty and inequities impacting Black people and other communities of color. But reform has been slow. The George Floyd Justice in Policing Act, introduced in 2021 to stop aggressive law enforcement tactics and racial bias, stalled in Congress. In 2022, Biden issued an executive order directing the Department of Justice to create a national database of misconduct by federal law enforcement officers and requiring federal law enforcement agencies to investigate the use of deadly force or deaths in custody. It also restricted federal agencies from using chokeholds and "no knock" entries. While Biden's Justice Department revived investigations into civil rights abuses, which had largely stopped under Trump, it has failed to secure a single binding settlement in the 12 investigations opened into possible police civil rights abuses since Biden took office. On the economic front, Black unemployment fell to a historic low last year. This year alone, the administration directed $1.5 billion in loans to Black-owned businesses. It has also invested more than $16 billion in historically Black colleges and universities and distributed $2.2 billion to more than 43,000 Black and other farmers who experienced discrimination. Last year, the Biden administration allocated $470 million to improve maternal health. Foreign policy From wars in Ukraine and Gaza to civil bloodshed in Sudan, overseas conflicts have dominated Biden's foreign policy agenda. Biden came to office promising to restore U.S. global leadership in the world and determined to push back on an increasingly aggressive China. In some ways, his administration has done just that. After the chaotic 2021 withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan, Biden rallied U.S. allies the following year to oppose Russia's invasion of Ukraine and has also revitalized alliances across Asia to pressure China's leadership. But the U.S. has struggled to bring the grinding conflicts to an end and hasn't been able to prevent the deepening ties between Russia, China, Iran and North Korea. Now in its third year, the war of attrition in Ukraine continues despite billions of dollars in U.S. military aid and massive losses on both sides. The conflict is increasingly international, with Western accusations that Moscow is receiving weapons and soldiers from North Korea, missiles and drones from Iran and technical and other support from China. The war between Israel and Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip, which started when Hamas fighters staged a deadly attack into Israel, has metastasized into conflict between Israel and Lebanese militants Hezbollah and sparked reprisal attacks between Israel and Iran. Biden's staunch support for Israel has divided his party and undercut the United States' ability to criticize others on human rights and violations of international law. A conflict in Sudan has triggered ethnic violence and famine conditions in Sudan's Darfur region, where violence about 20 years ago led to the International Criminal Court charging former Sudanese leaders with genocide and crimes against humanity. The United States has been trying to help broker an end to the 18-month-long conflict. Energy transition Biden entered the White House with huge ambitions to fight climate change by transitioning the U.S. economy away from fossil fuels to cleaner, renewable sources—all while creating new green, unionized jobs and re-shoring U.S. manufacturing. Among his goals: put an end to federal oil and gas leasing, expand deployments of solar and wind energy to decarbonize the power grid, electrify the nation’s vehicle fleet, and ultimately put the economy on a path to become carbon-neutral by 2050. On the winning side of the ledger, Biden signed into law three pieces of legislation that have driven a massive investment in the clean energy economy: the Inflation Reduction Act, the bipartisan infrastructure law, and the CHIPS Act, which aims to establish a domestic semiconductor supply chain that could insulate the domestic energy sector from supply shocks. Under the IRA, companies have invested hundreds of billions of dollars in new solar, wind, electric vehicles and infrastructure, battery storage, and other climate-friendly projects that have sped up the energy transition and created jobs—largely in Republican states whose lawmakers did not support the legislation. The administration has awarded $90 billion in grants to climate, clean energy, and other projects under the IRA, or about 70% of the law’s climate-focused grant money, according to administration officials. The Biden administration also expanded federal leasing for renewable energy projects and passed new regulations to curb greenhouse gas emissions from vehicles, power plants, and oil and gas operations. On the loss side, his administration’s attempts to end federal oil and gas leasing failed in the courts, and his policies failed to prevent a massive surge in U.S. oil and gas output—mostly on privately owned lands in Texas and New Mexico—that has made the US the world’s top petroleum producer. And in perhaps the best litmus test of Biden’s climate actions, projections from the Rhodium Group show U.S. greenhouse gas admissions set to decline by 32-43% by 2030 under current policies, short of Biden's 50-52% goal. Disclaimer: This story has been published from a news agency feed with minimal edits to adhere to WION's style guide. The headline may have been changed to better reflect the content of the story or to make it more suitable for WION audience.

US election 2024: Kamala Harris or Donald Trump will inherit mixed legacy

<p>With Donald Trump coming back to power after winning the US presidential election on Wednesday (Nov. 6), Washington's support for Kyiv comes into question&nbsp;as to how Trump’s presidency would affect the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war.&nbsp;</p>

<p>After Trump’s victory, Ukraine may soon have to adjust to a dramatic reduction in US support that could have a major impact on its war with Russia.&nbsp;</p>

<p>In his campaign, the Republican presidential candidate has been casting doubts on the US commitment to Ukraine.&nbsp;</p>

<p>Moreover, according to Trump’s statements, the US could pressure Ukraine into an uneasy truce with Russia.</p>

<p><a href="https://www.wionews.com/world/unfriendly-country-kremlin-spokesperson-says-not-aware-of-putins-plans-to-congratulate-trump-774046"><strong>Also read:&nbsp;‘Unfriendly country,’ Kremlin spokesperson says ‘not aware’ of Putin’s plans to congratulate Trump</strong></a></p>

<p>President Joe Biden’s administration has provided tens of billions of dollars in aid to Ukraine, in terms of weapons and budget assistance. The administration also plans to continue to provide aid to Kyiv before Trump takes office.&nbsp;</p>

<p>Meanwhile, Trump has repeatedly backed Putin and has been criticising Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.&nbsp;</p>

<p>During his campaigns and rallies, Trump claimed that the Russia-Ukraine war would not have started if he had been president. He had also vowed to end the war, sometimes also claiming that he would stop the years-long conflict before taking office.&nbsp;</p>

<p><strong>Watch |&nbsp;US Elections 2024 | Trump 2.0: A New Era Of Leadership</strong></p>

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<p>However, Zelensky congratulated Trump on his electoral win on Wednesday, saying that he appreciates Trump’s commitment to “peace through strength.”</p>

<p>“We look forward to an era of a strong United States of America under President Trump’s decisive leadership. We rely on continued strong bipartisan support for Ukraine in the United States,” Zelensky wrote. “We are interested in developing mutually beneficial political and economic cooperation that will benefit both of our nations.”</p>

<p>Meanwhile, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said that Russian President Vladimir Putin is not planning to call Trump to congratulate him on his win. “I am not aware of the president’s plans to congratulate Trump on the election,” Peskov said. He further called the US an “unfriendly country”.&nbsp;</p>

<p><em>(With inputs from agencies)</em></p>


With Donald Trump coming back to power after winning the US presidential election on Wednesday (Nov. 6), Washington's support for Kyiv comes into question as to how Trump’s presidency would affect the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war.

With Donald Trump coming back to power after winning the US presidential election on Wednesday (Nov. 6), Washington's support for Kyiv comes into question as to how Trump’s presidency would affect the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war. After Trump’s victory, Ukraine may soon have to adjust to a dramatic reduction in US support that could have a major impact on its war with Russia. In his campaign, the Republican presidential candidate has been casting doubts on the US commitment to Ukraine. Moreover, according to Trump’s statements, the US could pressure Ukraine into an uneasy truce with Russia. Also read: ‘Unfriendly country,’ Kremlin spokesperson says ‘not aware’ of Putin’s plans to congratulate Trump President Joe Biden’s administration has provided tens of billions of dollars in aid to Ukraine, in terms of weapons and budget assistance. The administration also plans to continue to provide aid to Kyiv before Trump takes office. Meanwhile, Trump has repeatedly backed Putin and has been criticising Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. During his campaigns and rallies, Trump claimed that the Russia-Ukraine war would not have started if he had been president. He had also vowed to end the war, sometimes also claiming that he would stop the years-long conflict before taking office. Watch | US Elections 2024 | Trump 2.0: A New Era Of Leadership × However, Zelensky congratulated Trump on his electoral win on Wednesday, saying that he appreciates Trump’s commitment to “peace through strength.” “We look forward to an era of a strong United States of America under President Trump’s decisive leadership. We rely on continued strong bipartisan support for Ukraine in the United States,” Zelensky wrote. “We are interested in developing mutually beneficial political and economic cooperation that will benefit both of our nations.” Meanwhile, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said that Russian President Vladimir Putin is not planning to call Trump to congratulate him on his win. “I am not aware of the president’s plans to congratulate Trump on the election,” Peskov said. He further called the US an “unfriendly country”. (With inputs from agencies)

What Trump’s victory means for two and a half years of Russia-Ukraine war

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