Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up.Monday, Dec. 1, 2025.Compiled by Abbas Mahfouz. Some key things to watch for today:• Having arrived in Lebanon yesterday, Pope Leo XIV's schedule today includes a visit to Saint Charbel and a series of religious and ecumenical meetings.• Any potential progress on setting out the terms for the upcoming second phase of the Gaza cease-fire.• Follow-up on U.S. President Donald Trump's announcement of considering Venezuela's airspace "entirely closed."• Developments on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's formal request to the Israeli president to pardon his various corruption charges.A child holds a Lebanese flag on the day Pope Leo XIV arrives to Lebanon during his first apostolic journey, in Baabda, Lebanon, Nov. 30, 2025. (Credit: Louisa...
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up.Monday, Dec. 1, 2025.Compiled by Abbas Mahfouz. Some key things to watch for today:• Having arrived in Lebanon yesterday, Pope Leo XIV's schedule today includes a visit to Saint Charbel and a series of religious and ecumenical meetings.• Any potential progress on setting out the terms for the upcoming second phase of the Gaza cease-fire.• Follow-up on U.S. President Donald Trump's announcement of considering Venezuela's airspace "entirely closed."• Developments on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's formal request to the Israeli president to pardon his various corruption charges.A child holds a Lebanese flag on the day Pope Leo XIV arrives to Lebanon during his first apostolic journey, in Baabda, Lebanon, Nov. 30, 2025. (Credit:...
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