00:05Iranian President Masoud Pazishkan has accused the United States of pursuing diplomacy through threats.
00:11This follows reports that the Pentagon is considering deploying a massive
00:14ordnance airblast bomb or mother-of-all bombs.
00:20U.S. House Republicans have blocked an effort to impeach Defense Secretary Pete Heksef.
00:25The House voted 211 to 204 to refer his impeachment charges to the Republican-led
00:30House Judiciary Committee, effectively stopping the impeachment effort.
00:36World leaders are gathering at COP31 in Turkey, as negotiators seek to revive efforts to move away
00:42from fossil fuels and agree on a new global electrification target. The debate comes as
00:47the UN report warns the world is on track to exceed the 1.5 degrees Celsius warming limit
00:52set under the Paris Agreement. For more global news and analysis,
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