If you missed out on the news this weekend, here’s a summary of the top global headlines with links to some of our best journalism.
Senate takes first step toward ending the government shutdown
The Senate took the first step to end the government shutdown on Sunday after a group of moderate Democrats agreed to proceed without a guaranteed extension of health care subsidies, angering many in their caucus who say Americans want them to continue the fight.
Here are our stories about the shutdown and its impact:
1. World shares advance as the Senate takes steps to end the shutdown
2. Thanksgiving air traffic could ‘slow to a trickle’ if shutdown persists, transport secretary says
3. Flight cuts from government shutdown strain a supply chain that’s already stretched thin
4. What to know if your travel plans are impacted by the FAA’s flight cancellations
5. States face uncertainty as Trump administration tries to reverse SNAP food payments
6. California students turn to college food pantry
7. At U.S. bases overseas, workers go without pay because of shutdown
8. Struggling families need help feeding pets as SNAP payments in doubt
9. Washington’s struggling economy takes another hit from the shutdown
Super Typhoon Fung-wong slams into Philippines, killing 2 and displacing 1 million
The system came ashore on Sunday with 115 mph winds in the northeastern coast of the Philippines, where the massive storm had already left at least two people dead and forced more than a million people to evacuate from flood- and landslide-prone areas.
One photo captures the tenderness amid the chaos as Fung-wong hits.
BBC director resigns after criticism of the broadcaster’s editing of a Trump speech
The head of the BBC and the British broadcaster’s top news executive both resigned Sunday after criticism of the way the organization edited a speech by U.S. President Donald Trump. Britain’s publicly funded national broadcaster has been criticized for editing a speech Trump made on Jan. 6, 2021, before protesters attacked the Capitol in Washington.
Landmark Paris Agreement set a path to slow warming. The world hasn’t stayed on it
The world has seen faster climate change than expected since the Paris Agreement a decade ago. Despite some progress, scientists say Earth’s warming has outpaced efforts to reduce fossil fuel pollution that came out of the 2015 accord. This issue will be a focus of this week’s U.N. climate talks in Brazil. Read our analysis.
