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Germany's president to urge Green and FDP leaders to restart talks
Zimbabwe's ousted vice-president calls for Mugabe to quit
Trade in Dead Sea Scrolls awash with suspected forgeries, experts warn
After the liberation of Mosul, an orgy of killing
No British judge on world court for first time in its 71-year history
Argentina's navy says fresh noises are not from missing submarine
Babies may be able to link certain words and concepts, research suggests
Eurotunnel renamed Getlink in preparation for post-Brexit era
London loses EU agencies to Paris and Amsterdam in Brexit relocation
Donald Trump plans to declare North Korea a state sponsor of terror
CBS suspends Charlie Rose after sexual harassment and groping allegations
Justice department aims to block AT&T's $85bn takeover of Time Warner
Second woman comes forward to say Al Franken inappropriately touched her
Call to stub out on-screen smoking in French films
Family of detained Briton Laura Plummer apologise to Egypt
Explorer Benedict Allen: 'I was not lost and did not need to be rescued'
The haves and have-nots: four cities in crisis
Canadian American family on surviving Taliban captivity: 'We tried to make it fun'
G4S orders independent review into scandal-hit immigration centre
Syria military operation 'wrapping up', Putin tells Assad in Russia talks
China rejects claims it had hand in efforts to oust Robert Mugabe
Dashcam video shows plane crash-landing in Florida – video
Chile faces new political landscape as leftwingers dent billionaire Piñera's hopes
Tanya Plibersek attacks rightwing claims of patriotism: 'They’re wrong'
Tuesday briefing: EU leaves Britain – and Russia admits radiation leak
Zimbabwe's strange crisis is a very modern kind of coup
UN urges Saudi Arabia to allow urgent aid supplies into Yemen
Spain 'ready to discuss' greater fiscal autonomy for Catalonia
Survivors of Sierra Leone mudslide face eviction from emergency shelters
Children in the UK feel more disempowered than those in India
Aid workers and sexual harassment: share your experiences
Australia will have its own Weinstein reckoning. It's just a matter of time | Van Badham
Collapse of German coalition talks underlines Merkel's weaknesses
'Get out of the way!' Bus parks directly in front of stadium implosion – video
Leigh Corfman on her encounter with Roy Moore at age 14 - video
Jana Novotna on Wimbledon defeat and the Duchess of Kent's comforting words - archive video
Argentinian navy releases video of search for missing submarine – video
Holocaust survivor, 102, meets nephew after thinking all family died in war - video
Robert Mugabe: life of a dictator – video profile
'I don't want to cause a diplomatic incident': New Zealand PM explains Trump comments – video

Germany's president to urge Green and FDP leaders to restart talks

Posted: 21 Nov 2017 01:21 AM PST

Frank-Walter Steinmeier has called on them to rethink their positions after coalition talks with Merkel collapsed

Germany's president is to meet party leaders after talks to form a new government between Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservative bloc, the left-leaning Greens and pro-business Free Democrats broke down at the weekend.

The collapse of coalition talks poses the most serious threat to Merkel's position since she became chancellor more than a decade ago.

Zimbabwe's ousted vice-president calls for Mugabe to quit

Posted: 21 Nov 2017 12:43 AM PST

Emmerson Mnangagwa urges president to 'accept will of the people' as process to impeach Mugabe begins

Robert Mugabe's most likely successor, the ousted vice-president Emmerson Mnangagwa, has broken more than a week of silence to call for the 93-year-old leader to "accept the will of the people" and step down immediately.

Zimbabwe's ruling Zanu-PF party is expected to begin impeachment proceedings in parliament on Tuesday in an attempt to strip Mugabe of the presidency, as the political crisis triggered by a military takeover moves into a second week. Mugabe is accused of allowing his wife, Grace Mugabe, to "usurp constitutional power".

Trade in Dead Sea Scrolls awash with suspected forgeries, experts warn

Posted: 20 Nov 2017 10:00 PM PST

Two experts say a significant number of fragments bought in multimillion-dollar trade are suspected fakes

A multimillion-dollar trade in fragments of the Dead Sea Scrolls fuelled by a surge in interest from wealthy evangelicals in the US includes a significant number of suspected forgeries, two prominent experts have said.

After the liberation of Mosul, an orgy of killing

Posted: 20 Nov 2017 10:00 PM PST

In the dying days of the battle of Mosul, Ghaith Abdul-Ahad followed Iraqi soldiers during the last push against Isis. But following their victory, a new wave of savagery was unleashed

One hot and sticky evening in July, in the dying days of the battle for Mosul, a group of Iraqi army officers sat for dinner in a requisitioned civilian house not far from the ruins of the mosque where, three years earlier, the leader of Islamic State had announced the creation of a new caliphate.

At the head of the table sat the commander, large and burly, flanked by his two majors. The rest of the officers were seated according to rank, with the youngest officers placed at the far end. The commander, who was trying to lose weight, had banned his cook from serving meat at mealtimes, but tonight was a special occasion. The day before, his unit had liberated another block of streets in the Old City without suffering any casualties. In celebration, a feast of bread soaked in okra stew, and roasted meat shredded over heaps of rice flavoured with nuts and raisins, was laid out on a white plastic table.

No British judge on world court for first time in its 71-year history

Posted: 20 Nov 2017 03:21 PM PST

Indian candidate fills 15th and final place on bench of international court of justice after UK withdraws its pick for post

The UK will not have a judge on the bench of the international court of justice for the first time in its 71-year history after the British candidate withdrew following an acrimonious competition.

Minutes after an 11th round of voting was scheduled to begin in New York on Monday, a letter was released by the UK mission to the UN announcing that Sir Christopher Greenwood would accept defeat and allow the rival Indian candidate, Dalveer Bhandari, to fill the final vacancy on the ICJ.

Argentina's navy says fresh noises are not from missing submarine

Posted: 20 Nov 2017 05:06 PM PST

Sounds detected during search for ARA San Juan came from 'biological source'
Search enters critical phase amid concern oxygen running out

Argentina's navy has said sounds detected from the bottom of the ocean are not from the submarine which has been missing in rough seas for five days with 44 crew on board.

Spokesman Enrique Balbi said "a biological source" was behind the noises which were picked up by two Argentinian navy ships searching for ARA San Juan and by sonar buoys dropped by a US P8 surveillance plane.

Babies may be able to link certain words and concepts, research suggests

Posted: 20 Nov 2017 12:00 PM PST

Study indicates infants as young as six months old may realise certain words are related – and that interaction with adults boosts understanding

Babies as young as six months old may have an inkling that certain words and concepts are related to each other, say scientists in research that sheds new light on how infants learn.

The study also found that babies who were more often exposed to adults talking to them about items in their vicinity did better at identifying a picture of an object when the item was said out loud.

Eurotunnel renamed Getlink in preparation for post-Brexit era

Posted: 20 Nov 2017 08:40 AM PST

Company says rebrand to 'very Anglo-Saxon' name is needed because it owns businesses beyond the Channel Tunnel

Eurotunnel is preparing for the post-Brexit era with a corporate rebrand, with the company being renamed Getlink.

The French company, which operates the Channel Tunnel, has chosen the admirably Anglo-Saxon name to "mark the group's passage into an exciting new era for mobility infrastructures".

London loses EU agencies to Paris and Amsterdam in Brexit relocation

Posted: 20 Nov 2017 11:51 AM PST

Paris takes European Banking Authority and European Medicines Agency goes to Amsterdam as EU's chief negotiator mocks Theresa May's 'Brexit means Brexit' stance

London is losing the European Medicines Agency to Amsterdam and the European Banking Authority to Paris, in one of the first concrete signs of Brexit as the UK prepares to leave the European Union.

The two cities won the agencies after tie breaks that saw the winner selected by drawing lots from a large goldfish-style bowl.

Donald Trump plans to declare North Korea a state sponsor of terror

Posted: 20 Nov 2017 01:12 PM PST

President says move is part of US 'maximum pressure campaign'
US officials cite killing of Kim Jong-un's half-brother at Malaysian airport

Donald Trump has announced that the US will designate North Korea as a state sponsor of terror amid heightened nuclear tensions on the Korean peninsula.

Trump said the designation will impose further penalties on the country. He called it a long overdue step and part of the US "maximum pressure campaign" against Pyongyang. North Korea would join Iran, Sudan and Syria on the list of state sponsors of terror.

CBS suspends Charlie Rose after sexual harassment and groping allegations

Posted: 20 Nov 2017 03:18 PM PST

Veteran TV host and journalist, 75, accused by eight women
CBS suspends Rose in wake of news and PBS halts distribution of show

Charlie Rose has been suspended by CBS News after becoming the latest media figure to be accused of sexual harassment when eight women came forward to describe unwanted advances, including lewd phone calls, parading naked, and groping their breasts, buttocks or genital areas.

Justice department aims to block AT&T's $85bn takeover of Time Warner

Posted: 20 Nov 2017 02:00 PM PST

AT&T has already signaled it will go to court if the deal is blocked, potentially setting up one of the biggest legal battles over a corporate merger in decades

The US Department of Justice on Monday moved to block AT&T's $85bn takeover of Time Warner, one of the largest media deals ever announced.

Second woman comes forward to say Al Franken inappropriately touched her

Posted: 20 Nov 2017 09:27 AM PST

Lindsay Menz, 33, said the senator grabbed her buttocks in 2010 while the two were posing together for a photo at a state fair in Minnesota

A second woman has come forward and accused Al Franken of inappropriately touching her, this time since he took office as senator from Minnesota.

According to CNN, Lindsay Menz, 33, said Franken grabbed her buttocks in 2010 while the two were posing together for a photo at a state fair in Minnesota.

Call to stub out on-screen smoking in French films

Posted: 20 Nov 2017 07:02 AM PST

Injecting morality into films is 'like pouring cola into a Château Lafite', one critic of idea declares

The French actor Jean-Paul Belmondo spent almost an entire film – the 1960s classic À Bout du Souffle (Breathless) – with a Gauloise dangling from his lips. Audrey Tautou portrayed the designer Coco Chanel pinning haute couture dresses while smoking. Jacques Tati was rarely without his pipe and Brigitte Bardot, Jeanne Moreau, Catherine Deneuve, Gérard Depardieu and Alain Delon all puffed their way through decades of movies.

Hardly surprising then that a call for French directors to stub out smoking on screen has been greeted with a mix of disbelief and outright ridicule. It has also prompted the existential question: what would French cinema be without the cigarette?

Family of detained Briton Laura Plummer apologise to Egypt

Posted: 20 Nov 2017 03:22 AM PST

Relatives express gratitude for 'fairness' justice system has shown towards woman accused of trafficking painkillers

The family of the detained British citizen Laura Plummer have issued an apology to the Egyptian government.

Speaking to the Guardian, Plummer's sister Rachel presented a statement on behalf of her family. "I would like to place on record our gratitude for the fairness and just manner the Egyptian justice system has shown Laura," it says.

Explorer Benedict Allen: 'I was not lost and did not need to be rescued'

Posted: 21 Nov 2017 01:33 AM PST

British explorer who went missing in Papua New Guinea says he only accepted offer of airlift to safety for sake of his family

The British explorer Benedict Allen, who went missing in Papua New Guinea, has said he didn't need rescuing last week and was not lost.

In his first broadcast interview since he was airlifted to safety, in a helicopter paid for by the Daily Mail, Allen claimed he only accepted the offer for the sake of his family, who were worried after he failed to meet a planned flight out of the area earlier in the week.

The haves and have-nots: four cities in crisis

Posted: 20 Nov 2017 11:30 PM PST

On the surface, Ulaanbaatar, San Francisco, Calais and Jerusalem could not be more different – but for the people squeezed out by political upheaval or prohibitive rents, the urban 21st century looks disturbingly uniform

More than half of the world's population now lives in cities, but many people are residing in a state of limbo, leading a precarious existence on the margins, excluded from the promises of urban life. The world's population is on the move more than ever before, driven by conflict and persecution, by the threat of environmental catastrophe and the lure of a better life, but cities simply aren't prepared to receive their new arrivals.

Over the last two decades, Guardian photographer David Levene has documented the ways that people are living and working in cities around the world, how they make do with the bare minimum of resources to carve out space for themselves and their families in the most precarious of circumstances, and how cities are being polarised into places of haves and have-nots, with the right to the city relentlessly eroded.

Canadian American family on surviving Taliban captivity: 'We tried to make it fun'

Posted: 20 Nov 2017 11:37 AM PST

Caitlan Coleman and Joshua Boyle used lessons about British history and constellations to help their children after being abducted in Afghanistan

An American woman kidnapped in Afghanistan and held for five years said she and her Canadian husband did all they could to make captivity as fun as possible for their three children, concocting games out of garbage and teaching their eldest son British history to diminish his fears around beheadings.

"We tried to make it fun for them, as best we could," Caitlan Coleman, 31, told ABC News in an interview released on Monday. "We would just teach them to use things like bottle caps, or bits of cardboard – garbage essentially – but what we could find to play with, tell them these are toys, we can make a game with this."

G4S orders independent review into scandal-hit immigration centre

Posted: 21 Nov 2017 12:50 AM PST

'Attitude and behaviour' of Brook House staff to be examined after Panorama claimed detainees were being abused

G4S has ordered an independent review into its running of an immigration removal centre, it has been reported, amid allegations of abuse of detainees by staff working there.

According to the BBC, the company has commissioned an investigation into the "attitude and behaviour" of its staff at Brook House, where an undercover investigation by the Panorama programme found evidence of a culture of "chaos, incompetence and abuse".

Syria military operation 'wrapping up', Putin tells Assad in Russia talks

Posted: 21 Nov 2017 12:10 AM PST

Russian president meets Syrian counterpart publicly for first time in two years and praises their 'joint work in fighting terrorism'

Vladimir Putin has hosted Bashar al-Assad for talks during which the two presidents agreed the focus in the Syrian conflict was switching from military operations to the search for a political solution.

China rejects claims it had hand in efforts to oust Robert Mugabe

Posted: 21 Nov 2017 01:01 AM PST

Beijing says suggestion it is meddling in Zimbabwe's affairs is attempt to sully its reputation and derail China-Africa relations

Beijing has said speculation it had a hand in efforts to dethrone Robert Mugabe is an "evil" plot designed to sully its reputation and derail China-Africa relations.

A recent visit to Beijing by one of the architects of last week's slow-burn coup has stoked suspicions China played some role in attempts to oust its longtime ally.

Dashcam video shows plane crash-landing in Florida – video

Posted: 20 Nov 2017 03:37 PM PST

Two police dashcam videos captured the moment a small plane crash-landed on a busy Florida road. Pinellas County Sheriff's office said officers were responding to a call on the North Keene Road in Clearwater when they saw the single-engine Rockwell Commander 112 flying low before crashing into the road. The 61-year-old pilot and 55-year-old passenger were both uninjured. The pilot had reported engine trouble shortly after refuelling, the sheriff's office said.

Chile faces new political landscape as leftwingers dent billionaire Piñera's hopes

Posted: 21 Nov 2017 12:00 AM PST

Sebastián Piñera, the ex-president, fell short of a majority on Sunday. Now the future looks unpredictable, and the leftwing Frente Amplio could hold the key

Chile, so used to geological upheavals, faces a vastly changed political landscape after a progressive alliance surged ahead in Sunday's general election, and left conservative presidential frontrunner Sebastián Piñera facing a tough fight in December's run-off.

Tanya Plibersek attacks rightwing claims of patriotism: 'They’re wrong'

Posted: 21 Nov 2017 01:20 AM PST

'You can be a progressive and love your country: I do. You can cherish this nation and yet want to make it better,' deputy Labor leader says

Labor's deputy leader, Tanya Plibersek, says progressives can be patriots, and an intrinsic part of cherishing your nation is the desire to make it better.

Plibersek used the Wran lecture on Tuesday night to make the case for inclusive citizenship and to argue the cause of advancing rights must not be the preserve of "the already elite and powerful".

Tuesday briefing: EU leaves Britain – and Russia admits radiation leak

Posted: 20 Nov 2017 10:31 PM PST

Two European agencies pull out of London … accident suspected at notorious Mayak nuclear site … and 'sunshine vitamin' can ease arthritis

Hello, I'm Warren Murray, and you might have been sleeping but the news has not.

Zimbabwe's strange crisis is a very modern kind of coup

Posted: 20 Nov 2017 09:00 PM PST

Historically, African takeovers have been seismic and violent, but now participants are more wary of international opinion

It looked like a coup from a movie: a convoy of armoured vehicles, the president under house arrest, and the general on the nation's screens talking of "restoring stability" in the small hours of the morning.

But since the military takeover in Zimbabwe a week ago events have departed from the script. President Robert Mugabe has not been harmed and remains in power, at least theoretically. When he refused to resign on live television on Sunday night, there were no repercussions. To oust him, parliament are using a cumbersome process of impeachment.

UN urges Saudi Arabia to allow urgent aid supplies into Yemen

Posted: 20 Nov 2017 09:00 PM PST

Humanitarian coordinator says many more people will die if blockade is not lifted for shipments of medicine and food

UN humanitarian agencies in Yemen have pleaded with Saudi Arabia to permit the delivery of two urgently needed shipments of medicine and food aid blocked outside the port of Hodeidah, warning that the 15-day Saudi-imposed blockade was endangering tens of thousands of lives.

Jamie McGoldrick, the UN humanitarian coordinator for Yemen, said: "The position is very precarious. One of the aid shipments contains medicine to combat the cholera outbreak, and the other urgently needed food aid including grains and rice."

Spain 'ready to discuss' greater fiscal autonomy for Catalonia

Posted: 20 Nov 2017 09:00 PM PST

Region could be given the power to collect and manage its own taxes in attempt to defuse crisis over independence bid

Madrid is paving the way for Catalonia to be given the power to collect and manage its own taxes, similar to the system enjoyed by the autonomous Basque country, in an attempt to defuse the crisis over an illegal referendum on independence for the region.

Senior sources in the Spanish government have told the Guardian that although there remains intense opposition within the ruling People's party (PP) to any future referendum on self-determination, there is a renewed willingness to open discussions on a new fiscal pact under which Catalonia would have greater control of its finances.

Survivors of Sierra Leone mudslide face eviction from emergency shelters

Posted: 20 Nov 2017 11:00 PM PST

Government help has been slow to reach hundreds of families displaced by the disaster in August, who fear they will have nowhere to go

The government of Sierra Leone has started closing down the emergency camps housing hundreds of families displaced by August's deadly landslides, despite many people saying they still have nowhere to go.

After heavy rains triggered floods and a landslide in Freetown on 14 August, killing an estimated 1,000 people and displacing three times that number, survivors moved into temporary camps while awaiting permanent resettlement, as promised by the Sierra Leonean government.

Children in the UK feel more disempowered than those in India

Posted: 20 Nov 2017 09:06 AM PST

Unicef says young people feel their voices are unheard on global issues, as study finds prospects for 180 million worldwide bleaker than those of their parents

A poll of children from 14 countries reveals how deeply worried they are about terrorism, poverty and poor education, and how mistrustful of adults and leaders in making good decisions for them.

Children in Britain and South Africa feel the most disenfranchised when it comes to decisions made that affect them, while those in India feel the most empowered, according to the Unicef survey. Analysis by the UN agency, released on Monday, also found that despite global progress, one in 12 children – or 180 million worldwide – still live in countries where their futures look bleaker than those of their parents.

Aid workers and sexual harassment: share your experiences

Posted: 20 Nov 2017 05:07 AM PST

As allegations of abuse come to light concerning the UN and charities, we want to hear your stories of working in the humanitarian sector

Allegations of sexual harassment and abuse have hit Hollywood and politicians, and the #MeToo movement has gathered momentum. Now, international charities and humanitarian agencies are coming under scrutiny.

Last week, Save the Children announced it had fired 16 members of staff over reports of sexual harassment in the past year. This follows an announcement by Oxfam that it had dismissed 22 people over similar allegations. Earlier this month the United Nations revealed that it had received 31 new cases alleging sexual abuse or exploitation by UN personnel between July and September. Of these cases, 12 involved military personnel from peacekeeping operations.

Australia will have its own Weinstein reckoning. It's just a matter of time | Van Badham

Posted: 20 Nov 2017 08:16 PM PST

The local stage and film industry is small and speaking out carries bigger risks. But behind closed doors, a storm is brewing

Did you hear about the stand-up comedian? High-profile, well-known – and banned from several local venues because he touches up the female comedians. No one's gonna talk about it – "not until he dies in an alcohol-fuelled car accident", a friend from the scene has said. But the women don't like him. They don't feel safe when he's around.

What about the young male theatre maker? Before he started getting main stage gigs he was still doing shows on the fringe, and became obsessed with a woman also working with one of the theatres. He got her number, would not stop calling her, told her that he was in love with her, and one night, when she was at work, he cornered her. She just started bellowing until someone heard and intervened. She told the artistic director what happened; the man agreed to stop calling her, and to stay away from her when his show was on. But that was it.

Collapse of German coalition talks underlines Merkel's weaknesses

Posted: 20 Nov 2017 06:11 AM PST

The FDP's Lindner has been painted as the villain but the chancellor must bear some responsibility for other parties' reluctance to work with her CDU

After exploratory talks to form Germany's next government collapsed in dramatic fashion shortly before midnight on Sunday, the culprit was quickly found: Christian Lindner, the cocksure leader of the pro-business Free Democratic party (FDP) who had staged a well-orchestrated walkout, makes an all-too convincing villain of the piece.

But in the coming weeks German media will have to ask whether the real reason for the political paralysis in Europe's biggest economy ultimately lies with another politician: Angela Merkel, the incumbent chancellor.

'Get out of the way!' Bus parks directly in front of stadium implosion – video

Posted: 20 Nov 2017 03:35 PM PST

An Atlanta commuter bus ruins a painstaking livestream of the demolition of the iconic Georgia Dome, by making a stop at exactly the wrong moment. A crowd of onlookers can be seen lined up to watch the demolition, as a voice slowly counts down. Seconds after the first plume of smoke appears, a large bus slowly enters the frame. "No bus! Go away!" a man can be heard to shout.

Leigh Corfman on her encounter with Roy Moore at age 14 - video

Posted: 20 Nov 2017 02:07 PM PST

The woman who first spoke out to accuse Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore of sexually assaulting her when she was 14 said on Monday it took her a long time to get her self-esteem back after she blamed herself for what she says happened. Leigh Corfman was 14 in 1979 when she alleges Moore, then 32, took her to his house, removed most of her clothes, groped her and put her hand on his genitals. He took her back to her home when she told him she was uncomfortable and wanted to leave, but she was emotionally scarred for decades after, she said.

Moore denies the allegations.

Roy Moore sexual assault accuser tells of struggle to regain self-esteem

Jana Novotna on Wimbledon defeat and the Duchess of Kent's comforting words - archive video

Posted: 20 Nov 2017 10:27 AM PST

The Czech tennis player, who has died of cancer at 49, recalls the time she began crying after being defeated by Steffi Graf at Wimbledon in 1993, before the Duchess of Kent put an arm around her and whispered: 'Don't worry, you'll win this one day.'

Jana Novotna, former Wimbledon tennis champion, dies at 49

Argentinian navy releases video of search for missing submarine – video

Posted: 20 Nov 2017 10:00 AM PST

A vast search by a multinational taskforce for an Argentinian submarine that went missing in the South Atlantic with 44 crew members four days ago has failed to provide details of its possible location. A total of 13 ships and six aeroplanes are braving strong winds and high waves over an area of 66,000 sq km (25,500 sq miles) more than 400 km (250 miles) east of the bay of San Jorge off the coast of Patagonia in southern Argentina. Argentina's navy said it was not sure what had happened to the submarine but said it was now convinced the ship was beneath the surface and not adrift on choppy seas, as was previously thought

Search for missing Argentinian submarine fails to find any clues

Holocaust survivor, 102, meets nephew after thinking all family died in war - video

Posted: 20 Nov 2017 09:01 AM PST

Eliahu Pietruszka escaped from Poland at the beginning of the second world war thinking his entire family had perished. But two weeks ago he discovered that a younger brother had also survived and that his brother's son, 66-year-old Alexandre, was flying from Russia to see him.

The reunion was made possible by a comprehensive online database of victims created by Yad Vashem, Israel's official memorial to the victims of the Holocaust.

Given the dwindling number of survivors and their advanced ages, the event seemed likely to be among the last of its kind

Robert Mugabe: life of a dictator – video profile

Posted: 20 Nov 2017 04:46 AM PST

The Zimbabwean president, Robert Mugabe, is under house arrest in Harare following a military takeover. The 93-year-old has led Zimbabwe's since independence from Britain. In recent years disastrous policies have led to hyperinflation, international sanctions and economic ruin

'I don't want to cause a diplomatic incident': New Zealand PM explains Trump comments – video

Posted: 20 Nov 2017 03:54 AM PST

As reports circulate that Donald Trump may have been confused about Jacinda Ardern's identity, she says she won't share backstage 'yarns' again