Following are the top foreign stories at 2000 hours

     FGN43 AZERBAIJAAN-UN-CLIMATE-REPORT
     * 2024 on track to be hottest year on record amid climate alarm: WMO Report
     Baku: The year 2024 is on course to become the hottest year ever recorded, with global temperatures reaching unprecedented levels, the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) warned. *
    
     FGN36 COP29-UN-LD CLIMATE FINANCE
     * COP29: Host Azerbaijan urges nations to urgently resolve differences on new climate finance goal
     Baku/New Delhi: Azerbaijan, the host of this year's UN climate conference, on Monday called on all countries to urgently resolve outstanding issues to agree on a new climate finance goal which the UN climate chief said is entirely in the self-interest of every nation. *

     FGN35 COP29-INDIA
     * India to push for accountability, fair financing, green credit at COP29: delegates
     Baku: India’s approach at COP29 focuses on accountability, green credit, fair financing, and incremental goals for its developing economy, multiple delegates said on Monday as the latest edition of the world's most important meeting on climate change kickstarted here. *

     FGN39 PAK-AIRPORT-BLAST-MASTERMIND
     * Mastermind of Karachi airport suicide attack arrested, says Pak police
     Karachi: The alleged mastermind of the Karachi airport suicide attack and four suspected accomplices, including a female bomber, have been arrested, police said on Monday. *
    
     FGN38 CHINA-PAK
     * Will continue to back Pakistan to fight terrorism: China on attacks against its nationals working on CPEC projects
     Beijing: China on Monday said it would continue to support Pakistan in its fight against terrorism to protect Chinese nationals working on various projects in the country notwithstanding the recurring attacks against them. *

          FGN26 US-TRUMP-2NDLD PUTIN
* Trump, Putin speak over phone, discuss ending war in Ukraine: media report; Kremlin denies
     Washington: US President-elect Donald Trump spoke to Russian President Vladimir Putin over the phone and discussed ending the war in Ukraine amongst many other important topics, according to a media report. *
    
     FGN16 ISRAEL-NETANYAHU-PAGER ATTACKS
* Israeli PM Netanyahu admits Israel's role in pager, walkie-talkie attacks on Hezbollah
     Jerusalem: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for the first time admitted that Israel was behind the pager and walkie-talkie attacks on Hezbollah in September that left at least 39 people dead and more than 3,000 injured, local media reports have said. *
    
     FGN29 UK-STARMER-FRANCE
* Keir Starmer first UK PM since Churchill to attend Armistice Day in France
     London: Keir Starmer on Monday became the first British Prime Minister to attend Armistice Day commemorations in France since the Second World War when Winston Churchill joined General Charles de Gaulle for the event that marks the end of First World War hostilities. *

     FGN6 US-DEPORTATION-VIVEK RAMASWAMY
* 'Legal immigration system is broken in US', Vivek Ramaswamy supports Trump's mass deportation plans
     Washington: Vivek Ramaswamy, top Indian-American aide to President-elect Donald Trump, expressed his support for the mass deportation plan of illegal immigrants and said that the legal immigration system in the country is "broken". *
    
     FGN9 US-DEMOCRATS-RACIST MESSAGES
* Indian American fundraiser of Democratic Party receives racists messages,
     Washington: An Indian American fundraiser of Vice President Kamala Harris and the Democratic Party has been receiving racist and threatening messages on his phone asking him to leave the county and go to India. *

     FGN7 US-DEMOCRATS-RO KHANNA
* Democrats need to focus on economic hardships of Americans: Indian American Congressman Ro Khanna
     Washington: Days after the defeat of Kamala Harris in the presidential elections, a top Indian American Congressman on Sunday said that the Democratic Party should focus only on addressing the economic hardships of the people. *
    
     FGN11 US-BIDEN-KAMALA
* Biden should resign, make Kamala Harris the first female president of US, says former aide
     Washington: A former staffer of Vice President Kamala Harris urged President Joe Biden to resign and install his deputy as the first woman president of the country, although for a short duration. * PY
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