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The biggest global headaches facing Trump
The world's problems will land on Donald Trump's plate. Get briefed, decide what to do, and find out how likely the President-elect is to call you for advice at 3 a.m.

Bull Shark off the coast of Jupiter Florida.

How to survive a shark attack -- or better yet, avoid one entirely

Ukrainian servicemen walk on an armored fighting vehicle during an exercise in a Joint Forces Operation controlled area in the Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, Feb. 10, 2022. A peace agreement for the separatist conflict in eastern Ukraine that has never quite ended is back in the spotlight amid a Russian military buildup near the country's borders and rising tensions about whether Moscow will invade.(AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

The latest on Ukraine and Russia tensions

A man runs to take cover as supporters of a Shiite group allied with Hezbollah fire weapons during armed clashes that erupted during a protest in the southern Beirut suburb of Dahiyeh, Lebanon, Thursday, Oct. 14, 2021. It was not immediately clear what triggered the gunfire, but tensions were high along a former civil war front-line between Muslim Shiite and Christian areas. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

Beirut rocked by deadly gun battles

Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov

FILE - In this April 7, 2018, file photo, Haiti's President Jovenel Moise, center, leaves the museum during a ceremony marking the 215th anniversary of revolutionary hero Toussaint Louverture's death, at the National Pantheon museum in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Moïse was assassinated after a group of unidentified people attacked his private residence, the country's interim prime minister said in a statement Wednesday, July 7, 2021. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery, File)

Haiti's president assassinated

Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and U.S President Joe Biden shake hands during their meeting at the 'Villa la Grange' in Geneva, Switzerland in Geneva, Switzerland, Wednesday, June 16, 2021.

Biden and Putin hold high-stakes Geneva summit

US President Joe Biden gives a press conference after the NATO summit at the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) headquarters in Brussels, on June 14, 2021.

Biden participates in US-EU summit

Leaders of the G7 pose for a group photo on overlooking the beach at the Carbis Bay Hotel in Carbis Bay, St. Ives, Cornwall, England, Friday, June 11, 2021. Leaders from left, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, European Council President Charles Michel, U.S. President Joe Biden, Japan's Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, Italy's Prime Minister Mario Draghi, French President Emmanuel Macron, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and German Chancellor Angela Merkel. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, Pool)

Day 1 of the 2021 G7 summit

Medics and rescue workers attend to the Lag B'Omer event in Mount Meron, northern Israel, where fatalities were reported among the thousands of ultra-Orthodox Jews gathered at the tomb of a 2nd-century sage for annual commemorations that include all-night prayer and dance, at Mount Meron, Israel April 30, 2021 REUTERS/ Stringer NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES.

Israel religious festival crush kills 45

FedEx facility shooting kills 8 in Indianapolis

Security forces guard the area after a reported knife attack at Notre Dame church in Nice, France, October 29, 2020. REUTERS/Eric Gaillard

Knife attack in French city of Nice

This scanning electron microscope image shows SARS-CoV-2 (orange)—also known as 2019-nCoV, the virus that causes COVID-19—isolated from a patient in the U.S., emerging from the surface of cells (green) cultured in the lab. Credit: NIAID-RML

October 16 coronavirus news

This scanning electron microscope image shows SARS-CoV-2 (orange)—also known as 2019-nCoV, the virus that causes COVID-19—isolated from a patient in the U.S., emerging from the surface of cells (gray) cultured in the lab. Credit: NIAID-RML

October 6 coronavirus news

US President Donald Trump walks from Marine One after arriving on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC, October 1, 2020, following campaign events in New Jersey. - White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows said on October 1, 2020, that he was optimistic about a rapid recovery for the president as he confirmed that Trump has "mild symptoms" after testing positive for Covid-19. "The president and the First Lady... remain in good spirits," Meadows told reporters. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP) (Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)

October 5 Trump Covid-19 news

Malaysia Hammond, 19, places flowers at a memorial mural for George Floyd at the corner of Chicago Avenue and 38th Street, Sunday, May 31, 2020, in Minneapolis. Protests continued following the death of George Floyd, who died after being restrained by Minneapolis police officers on Memorial Day. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

June 1 George Floyd protest news

MINNEAPOLIS, MN - MAY 29: Jamela J. Pettiford sings during a protest with Former NBA player Stephen Jackson in response to the police killing of George Floyd outside the Hennepin County Government Center on May 29, 2020 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Jackson, who was friends with George Floyd, spoke at a press conference before joining the protest. (Photo by Stephen Maturen/Getty Images)

George Floyd protests spread nationwide

CDC releases illustration of the Coronavirus.

What you need to know about coronavirus on Monday, March 9

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, with wife Laura Alvarez, talks to workers as he arrives for the count at Sobell Leisure Centre for the Islington North and South constituencies for the 2019 General Election.

Americans: Watch the next few hours in the UK closely

Julian Assange arrested in London

This satellite image shows sea surface temperatures in October 2015. Orange-red colors are above normal temperatures and are indicative of El Niño.

What is El Niño?

Saudi Samar Almogren prepares to drive her car through Riyadh city's streets for the first time just after midnight, June 24, 2018, when the law allowing women to drive took effect.

As it happened: Saudi women get behind wheel as ban lifts

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, right, shakes hands with South Korean President Moon Jae-in at the border village of Panmunjom in the Demilitarized Zone Friday, April 27, 2018. Kim made history Friday by crossing over the world's most heavily armed border to greet his rival, Moon, for talks on North Korea's nuclear weapons. (Korea Summit Press Pool via AP)

North and South Korean leaders hold historic summit: Highlights

GAZA CITY, GAZA - MAY 15: Palestinian mourners attend the funeral ceremony of Emad El Naffar, martyred during clashes in Gaza the previous day, during his funeral in Gaza City on May 15, 2018. (Photo by Ali Jadallah/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)

Palestinian mourn dead in Gaza as protests continue

German Chancellor Angela Merkel, left, shakes hand with Social Democratic Party Chairman Martin Schulz during a joint statement after the exploratory talks between Merkel's Christian Democratic block and the Social Democrats on forming a new German government in Berlin, Germany, Friday, Jan. 12, 2018. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Merkel, Schulz reach deal for German coalition talks after all-night marathon

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Nick Thompson is a London-based journalist covering Europe, the Middle East and Africa for CNN International. News tips? Email nick.thompson@cnn.com.