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Ukraine Weighs Martial Law After Russia Seizes Naval Ships

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11/26/2018

11/26/2018

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Ukraine Weighs Martial Law After Russia Seizes Naval Ships

Top News: Ukraine’s parliament is set to vote on whether to declare martial law following an incident off the coast of Crimea in which Russian ships rammed Ukrainian ships and seized three naval vessels.

The ships were trying to cross the Kerch Strait to the Sea of Azov near the Crimean peninsula, which Russia annexed in 2014 in a move widely regarded as a violation of international law.

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko condemned the measure as a new mark of Russian aggression and asked parliament to approve martial law to deal with the threat, which would extend state powers and limit civil liberties for Ukrainian citizens.

Russia said it was forced to act because the ships illegally entered its territorial waters, though Moscow’s claims are not recognized internationally.

Climate Change: A new report issued by the U.S. government warned climate change could have devastating consequences and shrink the U.S. economy by over 10 percent by the end of the 21st century, even as President Donald Trump casts doubt on the existence of climate change. The Trump administration was accused of burying the report by releasing it the day after Thanksgiving, when Americans were unlikely to pay attention to the news.

AFRICA

•  The Malian army said one of the country’s top jihadists was killed in a raid by the French military.

•  Kenya will bring charges of bribery against three Chinese nationals for trying to pay off officials in an effort to influence fraud investigations.

•  At least 31 people died after an overcrowded boat capsized on Lake Victoria off Uganda.

AMERICAS

•  U.S. border agents fired tear gas across the Mexican border at hundreds of migrants protesting near the border.

•  New data from the Brazilian government shows deforestation of the Amazon is at the worst point in 10 years.

•  A U.S. judge has ordered George Papadopoulos, a former advisor to President Donald Trump’s campaign, to jail pending his sentencing on lying to federal authorities over the campaign’s ties to Russia.

ASIA

•  Voters in Taiwan voted against legalizing same-sex marriage in a referendum.

•  North Korean leader Kim Jong Un sent his South Korean counterpart, Moon Jae-in, two puppies to help promote peace between the two countries.

•  Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena said he would not reinstate the prime minister he forced out after dissolving the country’s parliament, worsening a political crisis.

EUROPE

•  Following months of negotiations, the European Union finalized a Brexit agreement with the United Kingdom, which now must be approved by the British parliament.

•  A 95-year old former Nazi death camp guard was charged by German authorities of being an accessory to the killing of tens of thousands of people during World War II.

•  A private U.S.-owned Polish media company TVN accused the Polish government of intimidating its journalists.

MIDDLE EAST

•  Russia launched airstrikes against rebel positions in Syria after it accused the rebels of carrying out a chemical weapons attack.

•  A BBC investigation revealed widespread abuse of Thai workers living in Israel under a labor program organized by the two governments.

•  Over 500 people were injured in a 6.3 magnitude earthquake that struck western Iran on Sunday evening.

- By Robbie Gramer

(ALEKSEY FILIPPOV/AFP/Getty Images)

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