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Hamas chief says the Palestinian militant group is near a truce agreement with Israel, North Koreans use fake names to land remote IT work, and giant batteries are now cheap enough to make developers consider abandoning gas projects.

Plus, 28 stunning images of the Northern Lights.

By Kate Turton

Today's Top News

Smoke rises after Israeli air strikes in Gaza. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko

ISRAEL AND HAMAS AT WAR

The chief of Hamas told Reuters that the Palestinian militant group was near a truce agreement with Israel, even as the deadly assault on Gaza continued and rockets were being fired into Israel.
As it seeks to fend off international criticism, Israel released security camera footage from the deadly Oct. 7 attack by Hamas. It shows Hamas gunmen who crossed into Israel chase people from an outdoor music festival, with one seen executing a woman at point-blank range.

IN OTHER NEWS

The first images emerged of 41 men trapped for more than a week in a highway tunnel in the Indian Himalayas, showing them standing in the confined space and communicating with rescue workers.
China said it would be a "serious mistake" if Argentina were to cut ties, after the weekend presidential election victory in the South American country of a right-wing libertarian who has said he will not deal with communists.
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was quoted as saying the government should "just let people die" during the COVID-19 pandemic rather than impose a second national lockdown, the inquiry into how Britain handled the crisis heard.
Both South and North Korea aim to launch their first spy satellites into orbit by the end of the month, entering a race for military capabilities in space.
Using fake names, sham LinkedIn profiles, counterfeit work papers and mock interview scripts, North Korean IT workers seeking employment in Western tech companies are deploying sophisticated subterfuge to get hired.
US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin announced $100 million in new military aid in a surprise visit to Ukraine but was greeted by concerns about Ukraine aid. Listen to Mike Collett-White on Reuters World News explain who president Volodymyr Zelenskiy is turning to for help with America's divided Congress.

Business & Markets

Global inflationary forces are finally seeping into Japan's economy after decades of falling prices, forcing investors to radically rethink their bets as the Bank of Japan considers a major policy shift.
Some investors in OpenAI, makers of ChatGPT, are exploring legal recourse against the company's board, sources familiar with the matter told Reuters, after the directors ousted CEO Sam Altman and sparked a potential mass exodus of employees.
A US Senate panel announced an investigation into airline fees for baggage, seat selection, ticket changes and other services, demanding justifications from the CEOs of five major carriers for these charges that generate billions of dollars in annual revenue for them.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton accused Pfizer and its supplier Tris Pharma of providing children's ADHD medicine that it knew might be ineffective to the state's Medicaid insurance program for low-income people, in an unsealed lawsuit.
Giant batteries that ensure stable power supply by offsetting intermittent renewable supplies are becoming cheap enough to make developers abandon scores of projects for gas-fired generation world-wide. Sign up for the Sustainable Switch newsletter to make sense of how companies and governments are grappling with climate change.
As the world's most powerful oil producers ponder further supply cuts, Russia has little incentive for a radical change as its energy revenue is strong, oil prices are higher than its forecasts and its budget deficit is narrowing.

Hit by floods and fires, Greek villager has lost hope

Michalis Tsiamitas, 2, hides behind laundry at his house. REUTERS/Louisa Gouliamaki

The fires came first. Then the floods.

In the small village of Sesklo in central Greece, 46-year-old Vasilis Tsiamitas has felt the extremes of both freak weather phenomena this summer, that have made Greece a climate change hotspot.

Read more: Fierce storms and floods have become more frequent in recent years

And Finally

Northern Lights, also called Aurora Borealis, illuminate the night sky in Sommaroy, Norway November 19, 2023. REUTERS/Lisi Niesner

Spectacular images as the Aurora Borealis dance across the night sky.

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