This week, the race for the White House geared up a notch with a new Republican debate. But once again, GOP frontrunner and former president Donald Trump decided not to attend. Just four other Republican candidates are left standing in the run-up to next year's presidential election. We take a closer look.
Also in this edition:
In one of the longest-running betrayals in US history, a former lifelong diplomat and US ambassador has been charged with spying for Cuba for the past four decades.
World leaders and climate activists are in Dubai for the COP28 climate talks. But former US vice president Al Gore, a Nobel Prize-winning climate activist himself, has slammed both the event and its president, Sultan al-Jaber. Al-Jaber is also head of the national oil company of the host nation, United Arab Emirates.
With just December left to go, 2023 is on track to smash the record for the hottest year in history. With global warming having devastating consequences around the world, we focus on the situation at American's biggest river, the Mississippi.
