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The president of Germany and France both criticized Donald Trump's foreign policy

in the wake of the ousting of Nicolas Maduro, Venezuela's dictator, and his repeated threat to take over

Greenland. Germany's Frank Volta Steinmeier accused America of a, quote, breach of values

and warned that the world risked degenerating into a, quote, den of robbers. Separately,

France's Emmanuel Macron said that America is, quote,

breaking free from international rules. America's Senate advanced a bill designed to constrain

Mr. Trump from taking further military action in Venezuela without Congress's approval.

The president railed against the five Republicans who joined Democrats to push through the motion, which senators will debate next week,

saying they should, quote, never be elected again. Earlier, he told the New York Times that

America could be running Venezuela for years.

Much of Iran was hit by an apparent digital blackout, according to netblocks, a cyber security

watchdog amid nationwide protests against economic hardship. The outage occurred after Reza Pallavi,

the exiled son of the late Shah,

called on Iranians to demonstrate, quote, as a united front. Rights groups estimate that Iran's regime

has killed at least two dozen people since protests began 12 days ago. America's trade deficit decreased to $29.4 billion in October,

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