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						Austrian president tasks far-right leader with forming government						 FPO leader Herbert Kickl gets mandate to try to lead a government, which would be the first headed by the far right since World War II. 
 
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						Iran nuclear programme nearing ‘point of no return’, France’s Macron says						 French president says Paris will engage with the incoming administration of US President-elect Donald Trump on the ‘Iranian question’. 
 
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						Frexit: Why Ivory Coast is joining African campaign to expel French troops						 Ivory Coast is the sixth in a growing list of African nations cutting military ties with former colonial power France. 
 
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						French, German foreign ministers meet Syria’s de facto rulers						 Germany’s Annalena Baerbock says Europe will support Syria but ‘will not be a financier of Islamist structures’. 
 
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						Biden blocks sale of US Steel to Japan’s Nippon Steel						 Biden cites need to ‘level playing field’ in long anticipated blocking of $14.6bn sale likely to roil ties with Tokyo. 
 
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						Maysaa Sabrine becomes first woman to lead Syria’s central bank						 Sabrine is the first female governor of the Syrian central bank in its more than 70-year history. 
 
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						Trump endorses Mike Johnson to return as US House speaker, despite backlash						 President-elect Donald Trump had previously clashed with Speaker Johnson over the passage of a bipartisan spending bill. 
 
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						US President Biden announces $2.5bn military aid package for Ukraine						 Administration of US President Joe Biden has committed more than $65bn in support since Russia’s full-scale invasion. 
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