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• Heavy fighting near Gaza’s largest hospital has left it in a “catastrophic situation,” with patients and staff trapped inside, ambulances unable to collect the wounded and life-support systems without electricity. Israel said it will help evacuate babies. Follow live updates.
• House Republicans are pursuing a two-step plan for funding the government, sources told CNN, as Congress barrels toward another spending deadline Friday. Newly elected House Speaker Mike Johnson announced the plan and said, “I wasn’t the architect of the mess we are in.”
• FBI agents seized the cell phones of New York City Mayor Eric Adams as part of a federal investigation into campaign fundraising, a source told CNN. The seizure is a dramatic escalation of the federal probe into whether foreign money was funneled to his campaign.
• Iceland has declared a state of emergency, with police officials urging residents to evacuate the coastal town of Grindavík following an intense wave of earthquakes in the southwest of the country linked to a possible volcanic eruption.
• President Joe Biden honored Veterans Day at Arlington National Cemetery, a site he described as a “sanctuary of sacrifice” during his deeply personal remarks. Biden talked about his late son, Beau, who served in the Delaware Army National Guard.
Monday
Donald Trump Jr. will be the first defense witness called in the civil fraud trial against former President Donald Trump, his adult sons Donald Jr. and Eric, and the Trump Organization. The New York attorney general’s office rested its case last week and was denied a motion to limit certain expert witnesses from testifying for the defense. Judge Arthur Engoron ruled the Trump team can call all of its witnesses but said he would limit the experts’ testimony to relevant topics in line with his summary judgment decision, where he has already ruled the Trumps and their company are liable for “persistent and repeated” fraud.
Tuesday
The Bureau of Labor Statistics is set to release its latest reading of inflation with the Consumer Price Index for October. Its previous report in September showed gas prices and rents remaining high, while grocery price increases continued to ratchet down.
King Charles III turns 75 years old. Of course, as any devotee of the Royal Family knows, His Majesty gets to celebrate his birthday not just once, but twice a year.
Wednesday
Closing arguments will begin in the 14th Amendment disqualification trial against Donald Trump in Colorado. Witness testimony in the case wrapped up earlier this month. Days later, the Minnesota Supreme Court rejected a similar attempt to block Trump from appearing on the state’s GOP primary ballot next year — but said the challengers can try again to block him from the general election ballot if he wins the Republican nomination. The 14th Amendment, ratified after the Civil War, says US officials who take an oath to uphold the Constitution are banned from future office if they “engaged in insurrection.” But the Constitution doesn’t say how to enforce the ban, and it has only been applied twice since 1919, which is why many experts view these challenges as a long shot.
President Biden is set to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping in the San Francisco Bay Area, senior US administration officials said, setting up a test of whether the two men can slow a downward spiral in US-China relations at a moment of heavy global turbulence.
Friday
The federal government is set to run out of money at midnight ET, which puts House Speaker Mike Johnson in the same difficult situation as his predecessor, Rep. Kevin McCarthy, who was ousted in unprecedented fashion more than a month ago. Johnson hopes his strategy will keep the government’s lights on without sparking a right-wing rebellion. Meanwhile, the White House Office of Management and Budget has already begun its initial communications with agencies on how to prepare for a possible government shutdown, a source familiar with the plans said.
Saturday
Hot dog! Happy 95th birthday, Mickey Mouse! The world’s most famous animated rodent made his big-screen debut when “Steamboat Willie” premiered on November 18, 1928, in New York’s Colony Theatre.
One Thing: The rise of ‘Fire Weather’
In this week’s One Thing podcast, journalist and author John Vaillant talks about how climate change is helping to alter the behavior of wildfires — and why most communities are still unprepared to fight them. Listen here.
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People attending an election night watch party in Columbus, Ohio, react after the passage of Issue 1, a ballot measure in Ohio regarding abortion rights, on Tuesday, November 7. This watch party was at the headquarters of Ohioans United for Reproductive Rights.
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This image of the spiral galaxy IC 342, nicknamed the Hidden Galaxy because it lies behind obscuring dust and gas, was among
the first group of images captured by the Euclid telescope, a powerful space telescope designed to create the most detailed 3D map of the "dark side" of the universe.
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Photojournalist Muhammad al-Alul, who works for the Turkish Anatolia Channel, carries the body of one of his children who was killed in
a blast at the Al-Maghazi refugee camp in central Gaza on Sunday, November 5.
Al-Alul told the BBC that he lost his wife and four of his five children in the blast, which Al-Aqsa hospital authorities said was caused by an Israeli airstrike. The Israeli military has not clarified whether it is responsible for the strike.
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Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley reacts to Vivek Ramaswamy's criticisms of her Ukraine war position during a
Republican presidential debate in Miami on Wednesday, November 8. At center is Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis. Perhaps the tensest moment of the debate was when Haley and Ramaswamy
clashed over an exchange about the Chinese-owned social media platform TikTok. Ramaswamy talked up his use of the app as a campaign tool while his rivals on stage pledged to bury it. He effectively called Haley a hypocrite because her daughter used it. Haley told Ramaswamy to "leave my daughter out of your voice" before dismissing him as "scum."
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William Shakespeare's portrait
is seen on the edge of space in this image taken from the short film "Lovers and Madmen." British filmmaker Jack Jewers sent the portrait, along with a speech from one of Shakespeare's best-known works, to the Earth's upper atmosphere 400 years after the publication of the famous playwright's "First Folio" on November 8, 1623. It was attached to a weather balloon with a camera and a GPS tracker.
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Britain's King Charles III and Queen Camilla attend the state opening of Parliament in London on Tuesday, November 7.
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A reveler takes part in the São Paulo Zombie Walk in São Paulo, Brazil, on Thursday, November 2. Hundreds of costumed people took to the streets to mark the Day of the Dead holiday.
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Jamie Kah riding Spacewalk, right, wins a race at the Flemington Racecourse in Melbourne on Saturday, November 4.
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Former US President Donald Trump gestures a zipped lip in front of reporters as he walks out of a New York courtroom during a break in
his civil fraud trial on Monday, November 6.
Trump testified Monday in the trial against him, his two adult sons, the Trump Organization and several company executives.
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Afghan refugees wait to register at a camp near the Pakistani border on Saturday, November 4.
In a move that has upturned countless lives, Pakistan ordered all Afghan refugees and migrants without official identity documents to leave the country by November 1. Pakistan vowed to deport anyone who remains in the country after that date.
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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken leaves on a helicopter after making
an unannounced visit to Iraq on Sunday, November 5. He met with Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani in Baghdad for more than an hour. He also visited the US Embassy, where he received a security briefing on the threat to US facilities. In the wake of Hamas' October 7 attack, Iranian-backed proxy groups have scaled up attacks aimed at US troops in Iraq and Syria.
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Vineyards surround the French village of Ammerschwihr at sunrise on Monday, November 6. The Alsace Wine Route is celebrating its 70th anniversary.
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Renesha Watkins fills out her ballot at a fire station while her daughter Melanie Bolton waits for her in Louisville, Kentucky, on Tuesday, November 7.
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Colombian athlete María Lucelly Murillo competes in the javelin final during the Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile, on Friday, November 3.
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Children wade through floodwaters outside makeshift shelters following heavy rains at the Al Hidaya camp for internally displaced people on the outskirts of Mogadishu, Somalia, on Monday, November 6.
Somali authorities have declared an emergency after heavy rains triggered floods across the country that have left thousands trapped and many others displaced from their homes.
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A woman in Jerusalem looks for names Monday, November 6, on a memorial wall that lists the people killed last month when the Palestinian militant group Hamas
launched a brutal assault on Israel. More than 1,400 people were killed in the terror attack and more than 240 were kidnapped, according to Israeli authorities.
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France's Shirine Boukli, in white, competes against Israel's Tamar Malca during the European Judo Championships on Friday, November 3. Boukli would go on to win gold in their weight class.
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US wrestler Nahshon Garrett, left, holds off Cuba's Alejandro Valdés during their gold-medal match at the Pan American Games on Thursday, November 2. Valdés went on to win.
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Commuters make their way past the India Gate amid smoggy conditions in New Delhi on Tuesday, November 7.
A throat-searing blanket of smog has enveloped New Delhi, disrupting the Cricket World Cup and forcing schools to shut.
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Benny the Bull, the mascot of the NBA's Chicago Bulls, pours popcorn on fans during a game against Utah on Monday, November 6.
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US President Joe Biden speaks in Lewiston, Maine, on Friday, November 3, to mourn the 18 people killed in a mass shooting there. During
his brief remarks, Biden called on members of the Lewiston community to embrace survivors of the shooting spree, and he said that despite a bitterly divided Congress he still has hope for progress in passing comprehensive gun legislation to prevent future massacres.
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People gather in New York on Monday, November 6, for a vigil to remember and celebrate the lives of journalists killed in the recent fighting in Israel, Gaza and Lebanon.
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Mexican rhythmic gymnast Ledia Juárez competes in the individual hoop final during the Pan American Games on Friday, November 3.
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Donald Trump's daughter Ivanka leaves for a lunch break after testifying in the
civil fraud case against her father, two of her brothers, the Trump Organization and several company executives on Tuesday, November 8.
She discussed her role in negotiating loans for her father's purchases of the Doral golf resort in Florida and the Old Post Office in Washington, DC.
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Waves crash on the Rock of the Virgin in Biarritz, France, as Storm Ciarán hit the region on Friday, November 3.
The storm brought hurricane-strength winds to France, the Channel Islands and southern England, knocking out many people's power and forcing hundreds of schools to close.
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Rashan Gary, a linebacker for the Green Bay Packers, grabs the facemask of Los Angeles Rams quarterback Brett Rypien during an NFL game in Green Bay, Wisconsin, on Sunday, November 5.
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Ukrainian soldiers practice at a military training ground on Wednesday, November 8.
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Formula One driver Alex Albon crashes out of the Brazilian Grand Prix on Sunday, November 5.
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Willie Nelson and Sheryl Crow perform at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony on Friday, November 3. Both of them were among
this year's inductees.
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Palestinians search through the rubble of a collapsed building in Khan Younis, Gaza, as they search for survivors and victims following an Israeli bombardment on Saturday, November 4.
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TV and streaming
In case you haven’t heard, Hollywood actors are back to work after reaching a tentative deal with the major studios last week, ending a historic strike that lasted almost four months. Here’s what we know about the tentative release dates for some of TV’s most anticipated series, including the sixth and final season of Netflix’s “The Crown,” which premieres Thursday.
In theaters
A new chapter in “The Hunger Games” franchise makes its debut Friday with the release of the prequel, “The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes,” starring “West Side Story” breakout Rachel Zegler.
In the holiday horror spirit of “Halloween” and “Silent Night, Deadly Night” comes “Thanksgiving,” from blood-and-guts impresario Eli Roth — and featuring People Magazine’s “Sexiest Man Alive.” (What’s next? “Groundhog Night: Punxsutawney Phil’s Revenge”?)
Or, if murderous pilgrims and children fighting to the death are not your speed, give “Trolls Band Together” a shot.
At a glance …
Sports fans have no shortage of games to watch today and all this week with the NFL, NBA, NHL and college football and basketball seasons all underway.
Speaking of the NHL, the Vegas Golden Knights — the 2023 Stanley Cup champions — will be honored at a ceremony at the White House on Monday.
For more of your favorite sports, head on over to CNN Sports as well as Bleacher Report, which — like CNN — is owned by Warner Bros. Discovery.
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‘Stairway to Heaven’
In 1971, the British rock band Led Zeppelin released an album with no tracklist, no title, not even the band’s name on the cover — just a photograph of an elderly man with a bundle of sticks on his back. More than half a century later, the mystery of the “Stick Man” has been solved. And that album, dubbed “Led Zeppelin IV,” sold 37 million copies. Here is its most famous track. (Click here to listen)