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Dublin (AFP) – Protesters fought running battles with police, torched vehicles and looted shops in Dublin, after three young children were injured in a knife attack outside a school.

Wanaka (New Zealand) (AFP) – Mozart, mattresses and “slow shearing”, sheep at the Lake Hawea Station on New Zealand’s South Island might just be the most pampered in the world. The farm’s owners have put animal welfare above speed, believing it to result in a higher quality product. “We felt that it was better for the fleece” explains Justine Ross, who bought the farm in 2017 with her husband.

Jerusalem (AFP) – “It’s important we talk about this humanitarian pause” says British Foreign Minister David Cameron as he meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem, describing the pause as “an opportunity to get hostages out and to get aid into Gaza”. Cameron’s comments come ahead of a four-day truce agreed by Israel and Hamas, during which 50 hostages will be freed in exchange for 150 Palestinian prisoners. Some 240 people were kidnapped by Hamas during its deadly October 7 attack on Israel, which killed 1,200 people. Israel’s response — a sustained air and ground campaign — has killed more than 14,800 people in Gaza, according to the territory’s Hamas-run health ministry.

The Hague (AFP) – Dutch far-right candidate Geert Wilders has come out on top in an election that shook the Netherlands and the rest of Europe. His Freedom Party (PVV) won 37 out of 150 seats in the lower house of the country’s parliament, far ahead of any opponents. Despite the resounding win, Wilders now faces a battle to form a coalition government, with several other party leaders saying they will not negotiate with the PVV.

Silkyara, Uttarkashi (India) (AFP) – Emergency services in India’s northern Uttarkashi state are “fully prepared” as they near 41 workers who have been trapped in a collapsed road tunnel for nearly two weeks.

Los Angeles (AFP) – Homeless and low-income residents of Los Angeles gather for a Thanksgiving meal being served in the city’s central Skid Row district. “Thanksgiving, I usually spend by myself” says Carlos Schmidt, one of those benefitting from the meal, which has been organised by the Los Angeles Mission.

Sohae Satellite Launching Station (North Korea) (AFP) – Images released by North Korea’s official Korean Central Television (KCTV) on Thursday November 23, 2023, show the launch of a rocket carrying a North Korean military spy satellite. The satellite will “formally start its reconnaissance mission from December 1 after finishing 7 to 10 days’ fine-tuning process”, KCNA said, adding that it was already transmitting images.

Taichung (Taiwan) (AFP) – President Tsai Ing-wen inspects new recruits undergoing battle simulation training at an army camp as Taiwan prepares to extend its compulsory military service from four months to a year beginning January 2024, amid rising tensions with China.

Sabang (Indonesia) (AFP) – More than 1,000 desperate and exhausted Rohingya refugees have landed on the shores of Indonesia’s Aceh province in the last week. Some refugees were relocated after weeks adrift on a wooden boat, as authorities rejected locals’ efforts to push the members of the persecuted Myanmar minority back to sea.

Saint Petersburg (AFP) – Relatives and supporters react after a Russian court sentences Yegor Balazeikin, a Russian 17-year-old charged with throwing Molotov cocktails at army recruitment offices, to six years in a juvenile penal colony. Dozens of military enlistment centres across Russia have been targeted in attempted arson attacks by anti-conflict protestors since Russia launched its full-scale military campaign against Ukraine last February.