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US Secretary of State John Kerry arrives in Vienna for talks on the Syrian crisis, with Iran participating for the first time. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
US Secretary of State John Kerry meets Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing amidst simmering tensions over disputed areas of the South China Sea. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrives at the G20 foreign ministers' meeting and shakes hands with his Indonesian counterpart Retno Marsudi. IMAGES
While President Donald Trump sends his lawyers hither-and-yon to try to overturn the election, President-elect Joe Biden has been busy filling Cabinet slots. HuffPost reports Biden named John Kerry on Monday as his special envoy on climate. He's tasked the former secretary of state with steering a 180-degree turn in US diplomacy on the issue. Kerry will also be advising the incoming Biden administration on the security challenges a warming planet poses. America will soon have a government that treats the climate crisis as the urgent national security threat it is. Kerry will represent the US at a moment that scholars increasingly see as a period of American imperial decline amid unprecedented planetary changes.
US Defence Secretary Ash Carter spoke at a press conference at Joint Base Andrews, Washington DC on Wednesday to share the progress of the anti-ISIL coalition talks held the same day. He reiterated that the anti-IS campaign's primary focus was the downfall of Mosul and Raqqa but stressed that the rebuilding and governance of the territory was also a significant strategic priority.
U.S. President Barack Obama attends an outdoor arrival ceremony in heavy rain, as the first sitting U.S. president to visit Laos. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
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