The Washington Post: Trump tells Pentagon to begin nuclear testing
U.S. President Donald Trump reversed 33 years of U.S. policy halting the testing in a bid to match China and Russia, which have recently conducted nuclear tests. The president said that the testing woul begin immediately, and he gave the order ahead of his trade meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping. On the Gaza front, a classified report from a U.S. government watchdog said that Israel has committed hundreds of possible U.S. human rights violations during its war on the strip.
Financial Times: Trump and Xi agree to a trade truce
Chinese President Xi Jinping agreed to pause export controls on rare earth metals and chips for one year on Oct. 30. U.S. President Donald Trump cut tariffs related to fentanyl from 20 percent to 10 percent as the Chinese president agreed to limits export of ingredients that create the drug. The U.S. average tariffs on Chinese imports is now 45 percent. In other news, Rachel Reeves, Chancellor of the Exchequer in Britain, will not be found liable after her letting agent apologized for renting her home without a license.
The Korea Herald: China and the U.S. settle trade tensions in South Korea
The high-stakes meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping on Oct. 30 at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Busan ended with Trump calling the meeting “amazing.” China agreed to resume buying U.S. soybeans and farm products, pausing export controls of rare earth metals and cracking down on fentanyl exports; the U.S. reduced it’s tariffs on China that led to a trade conflict. Another deal made during the summit of Asian economic leaders was Trump’s deal with South Korea to build nuclear-powered submarines in the U.S.
O Globo: Investigation reveals militant tactics by top crime ring
After a raid left over a hundred dead in two Rio favelas, the civil police investigation revealing use of torture and bribery will be the basis of the police’s indictment against members of the Comando Vermelho crime ring caught in the raid. The group has maintained control of the Penha and Alemão areas using these methods. The Brazilian paper also covered the trade agreement between the U.S. and China that paused Chinese export controls on rare earth metals and reduced U.S. tariffs on China.
Le Soir: Dutch right-wing remains strong despite losses in election
The Freedom Party (PVV) may have lost support in the Oct. 29 election in The Netherlands in favor of a centrist government, but the party did have the second-highest amount of votes in the history of its existence. The paper writes that the loss has triggered the rise of other extremist parties. In U.S. news, Le Soir investigates how the U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration has revived the influence of religion in the government.
El País: Spanish president evades questioning on corruption
Pedro Sánchez avoided hard-pressed questions from the Senate on Oct. 30 from the opposition party over alleged cash payments to his Socialist Worker’s Party(PSOE) and connections to the Caso Ábalos government corruption scandal. The leader of PSOE admitted to the cash payments. The Spanish paper also reported on the trade deal between U.S. Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping that paused export controls on rare earth metals to the U.S.
