Israeli forces entered Gaza's largest hospital amid claims that it's being used as a Hamas command center,after which the compound was evacuated,Israel captured the al-Rantisi children's hospital,and the UN Security Council adopted a resolution calling for "humanitarian pauses" in Gaza.Meanwhile, 56 Labour lawmakers in the UK voted for a Gaza ceasefire,Tel Aviv said it found the body of two Hamas-held hostages,and The Washington Post reported that Israel and Hamas are inching closer to reaching a deal to release the hostages.Elsewhere, the US launched "precision" strikes against suspected Iranian-backed sites in Syria,a UN watchdog warned of Iran's advancing nuclear enrichment,North Korea tested a new solid-fuel engine for its intermediate ballistic missiles,and Japan held military drills.In other news, the US and China agreed to resume military ties,Sweden's NATO bid was delayed in Turkey's Parliament,and Sudan called on the UN to end its political mission in the nation.

On Tuesday, Ukraine claimed to have "gained a foothold" on the east bank of the Dnipro River in the nation's south.This success continued through the week as it also claimed advances in the southern Kherson region, as the US think-tank Institute for the Study of War reported that Russia made gains near Avdiivka and in the Luhansk region.On Thursday, newly-appointed British Foreign Secretary David Cameron met with Ukrainian Pres. Volodymyr Zelenskyy and promised to continue supplying military support to the nation for "however long it takes."As Ukraine prepares for more Russian strikes on its energy infrastructure this winter, the US announced a new $500M package to strengthen its energy infrastructure on Friday.Meanwhile, a Ukrainian lawmaker suspected of treason was arrested on Wednesday.

US Pres. Joe Biden and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping met in California,US and Cuban officials held talks about migration,Taliban's acting minister for commerce visited Pakistan,and US Sec. of State Antony Blinken acknowledged growing dissent within his ranks over Biden's handling of Gaza.Meanwhile, Taiwan's two opposition parties united for January's presidential election,Spain's Pedro Sánchez was reelected as prime minister,Liberians voted in the nation's presidential runoff,and Gabon's military junta announced plans to hold elections in August 2025.In other news, a US think-tank reported that Vietnam has heavily expanded its dredging and landfill work in the South China Sea,UK Home Secretary Suella Braverman was let go amid a surprise government reshuffle,and Australia warned of an increase in state-backed cyberattacks.

A new poll showed Donald Trump beating Biden in the Electoral College,as prominent Conservative leader Bob Vander Plaats predicted that the former president may lose the Iowa primary,Sen. Tim Scott suspended his GOP presidential bid,Jacob Chansley - known as "QAnon Shaman" - announced his run for Congress,and Rep. George Santos said he wouldn't seek reelection as a new resolution for his expulsion was filed.Meanwhile, despite having faced intra-party resistance from the GOP,House Speaker Mike Johnson's stopgap bill to avoid a government shutdown passed the Houseand the Senate,SCOTUS released its first-ever formal code of conduct,and the Texas House voted to criminalize illegal migration.In other news, The Wall Street Journal reported that Biden is unlikely to face charges in the classified documents probe,a Colorado judge rejected a bid to ban Trump from the state's ballot,and Trump lost his bid for a mistrial in the New York civil fraud case.

The American Civil Liberties Union sued Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis for banning a pro-Palestinian student group,Russia moved to designate "the international LGBTQ movement" extremist,and a Russian artist was sentenced to seven years in prison for disseminating messages critical of the war in Ukraine.Meanwhile, Canada and five European nations joined an International Court of Justice case investigating accusations that Myanmar has committed genocide against the Rohingya community,over 240 Rohingya refugees were prevented from docking in Indonesia,and Nepal banned TikTok over allegations that it disrupts the nation's "social harmony..

A man was found guilty in last year's attack on former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's husband,Mexico's first openly nonbinary magistrate was found dead,and an Islamic State group member was sentenced to eight years in the UK.

The US reported that inflation hit a two-year low in October,Florida and the UK signed a trade pact,and the US Pentagon failed its accounting audit for the sixth year in a row.Meanwhile, workers at two Ford plants in Kentucky rejected the ratification of a labor agreement,thousands of Starbucks workers walked off the job on the company's annual Red Cup Day,and King Charles launched a project to address food insecurity in the UK.

A study linked a drop in global fertility to pesticides,the World Health Organization declared loneliness a "pressing health threat,"and child and teen cancer death rates in the US were found to have fallen by 24% over the last 20 years.Meanwhile, the US Food and Drug Administration warned that Amazon is selling unapproved eye drops,and Australia apologized to all citizens impacted by the "Thalidomide tragedy," which caused congenital disabilities in unborn children.

The World Food Programme warned that 25% of Somalia's population faces a climate-exacerbated hunger crisis,international delegates met in Kenya to finalize an agreement to contain plastic pollution,a 6.8-magnitude earthquake rattled the Philippines,and Iceland took precautions amid signs of an imminent volcanic eruption.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman was fired,and YouTube launched an AI tool that mimics nine top artists' vocals.

Meta called for parental controls on app stores.

A tunnel collapse in India left 40 workers trapped,and a fire at a Chinese coal mining company killed dozens.