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World news in one minute: Find out what happened around the world on 30 November

Tuesday, 1 December 2015, 08:46 Last update: about 9 years ago

PRESIDENTIAL RACE-TRUMP-MINISTERS

NEW YORK — Dozens of black pastors press Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump to address what some called his use of racially charged rhetoric, with several describing a meeting that became tense at times as attendees raised concerns about his blunt language. 

CLINTON EMAILS

WASHINGTON — The latest release of Hillary Clinton's private emails show her, as secretary of state, dealing with the complicated politics of the Arab Spring, fending off questions about her role in the deadly 2012 Benghazi attacks and attempting to navigate an intensifying conflict between Israel and Palestine. 

PLANNED PARENTHOOD-SHOOTING

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado — The man accused in the shooting rampage at a Colorado women's health care clinic that provides abortions makes his first court appearance and learns that he will face first-degree murder charges in the deaths of three people killed in the standoff with police. 

PERU-LORI BERENSON

LIMA, Peru — American activist Lori Berenson is finally heading home to New York, two decades after being found guilty of aiding leftist rebels in Peru. 

CANADIAN DIPLOMAT-SON KILLED

MIAMI — Florida prosecutors are considering a boot-camp program that could significantly reduce jail time for a Canadian diplomat's teenage son charged in a fatal shooting.

PRESIDENTIAL RACE-CLINTON-VENEZUELA

WASHINGTON — Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton says Venezuela's voters should have the final say in their country's congressional elections. 

MEXICO-MISSING AUSTRALIANS

MEXICO CITY — Prosecutors in the Mexican state of Sinaloa say that the burned-out vehicle found with two charred bodies inside was registered in the name of one of two missing Australians. 

OBAMA-GOVERNORS-REFUGEES

WASHINGTON — White House chief of staff Denis McDonough says in letters to all 50 governors that upon receiving a governor's request, the State Department would send back a "tailored report" on refugees resettled in the last month and throughout the year so far. 

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