AnewZ Morning Brief - 20 November, 2025

Start your day informed with AnewZ Morning Brief: here are the top news stories for the 20th of November, covering the latest developments you need to know.

Türkiye to host COP31 as Australia takes charge of climate negotiations under emerging deal

Türkiye is set to host the COP31 United Nations climate summit in Antalya next year, while Australia will lead government negotiations under a compromise deal taking shape at COP30 in Brazil.

Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Thursday that talks in Brazil had produced a near-final agreement to end a long-running stand-off over who would stage the summit, after both Türkiye and Australia lodged competing bids in 2022.

Israeli airstrikes kill 25 Palestinians in Gaza

At least 25 Palestinians have been killed in four Israeli airstrikes on Wednesday in a part of Gaza under Hamas control since a shaky ceasefire took effect in October, local health authorities said.

The Israeli military said its forces struck Hamas targets across Gaza after members of the Hamas group fired on its troops in violation of the nearly six-week-old ceasefire.

Hamas condemned the Israeli strikes as a dangerous escalation, and urged the United States to "honour its stated commitments and exert immediate pressure on Israel to enforce the ceasefire and halt its attacks."

No Israeli forces were injured.

Ukraine expected to give up land and some arms under U.S. peace plan

The U.S. has signalled to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy that Ukraine must accept a U.S.-drafted framework to end the war with Russia that proposes Kyiv giving up territory and some weapons, two people familiar with the matter said on Wednesday.

The sources, who asked not to be identified because of the sensitivity of the matter, said the proposals included cutting the size of Ukraine's armed forces, among other things. Washington wants Kyiv to accept the main points, they said.

President Trump signs bill to release Epstein files

All files related to a long-running investigation into late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein are set to be released.
U.S. President Donald Trump signed legislation on Wednesday ordering the Department of Justice to release the documents. 

“Democrats have used the ‘Epstein’ issue, which affects them far more than the Republican Party, in order to try and distract from our AMAZING Victories,” Trump said in a social media post as he announced he had signed the bill.

New agreement reached between U.S. and Saudi companies in Washington

U.S. President Donald Trump announced $270 billion in deals signed between U.S. and Saudi companies at the Washington investment conference.

In his speech, Trump thanked Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman for his “bold leadership” and his contribution to the development of bilateral relations.

Zelenskyy and Erdoğan push to revive Istanbul peace process in Ankara talks

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met Türkiye’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in Ankara on Wednesday, with both leaders voicing support for reviving the Istanbul peace process and strengthening cooperation on defence, diplomacy and prisoner exchanges.

Erdoğan said Türkiye believes the Istanbul process should be relaunched within a comprehensive framework capable of addressing the now-acute challenges of the war. He stressed that Türkiye remains ready to discuss with Russia any proposals that could speed up a ceasefire and open a path to a just and lasting peace.

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