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Wednesday, December 17, 2025 2:42 PM ET

CBS News - World

House Democrats to force war powers votes as Trump teases Venezuela strikes -- The votes follow a monthslong military campaign against alleged drug smuggling boats in the Caribbean Sea and eastern Pacific Ocean.

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U.K. police tout "more assertive" approach to antisemitism at protests -- After Bondi Beach attack, Britain's two biggest police forces indicate they will arrest people who use "phrases causing fear in Jewish communities."

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Arctic temperatures rising twice as fast as elsewhere, NOAA report says -- Temperatures in the Arctic continue to follow a long-term warming trend, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

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Funerals begin for Bondi Beach attack victims: "It's our 7th of October" -- The suspect in the Bondi Beach terror attack is charged in a hospital after waking from a coma, as Sydney's Jewish community mourns "our 7th of October."

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Researchers capture video of rare polar bear adoption -- The footage of a bear caring for an adopted cub was captured during the annual polar bear migration along the Western Hudson Bay in Churchill, Manitoba.

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More than $1M already donated for hero who tackled Bondi Beach gunman -- Ahmed al Ahmed, the Syrian-Australian father who wrestled a shotgun from one of the gunmen attacking a Jewish gathering, is facing a long road to recovery.

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Trump orders "total and complete blockade" of sanctioned oil tankers in Venezuela -- President Trump on Tuesday called for a "total and complete blockade" on all sanctioned oil tankers that enter or depart Venezuela, as the administration heaps pressure on Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.

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Bondi suspects reportedly trained where Islamist separatists have been for years -- Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said that the terror attack on Jewish people at Bondi Beach was "motivated by ISIS ideology."

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Dinosaur tracks showing "herds moving in synchrony" found in Italy -- Most of the footprints are elongated and made by bipeds. The best-preserved ones bear traces of at least four toes. -- Dec 16

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Video shows couple trying to stop Bondi attackers: "Bravery and selflessness" -- Newly revealed video footage shows a couple in their 60s trying to stop the gunmen right before the attack on a Hanukkah celebration at Australia's Bondi Beach.

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Woman's phone found over 2 years after she vanished in wilderness -- A missing woman's phone has been found in Australia's Tasmanian wilderness more than two years after she disappeared, police said. -- Dec 16

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Australian leader says terror attack motivated by ISIS as new info emerges -- The men suspected of attacking a Jewish gathering on Bondi Beach were inspired by the ISIS terror group and spent weeks last month in the Philippines, officials say.

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Zelenskyy says Russia could get "very workable" Ukraine peace plan within days -- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says a "very workable" peace plan to end the war in Ukraine could be presented to Russia within days. -- Dec 16

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BBC vows to defend itself from Trump's $10 billion lawsuit -- As Trump seeks a vast sum in damages from the U.K. public broadcaster for alleged defamation and unfair trade practice, BBC indicates it won't settle without a fight. -- Dec 16

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Taekwondo instructor learns fate for killing 7-year-old student, parents -- After killing the boy and his mother, he took her Apple watch and drove her BMW to the family home where he stabbed the boy's father to death. -- Dec 16

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