Gore calls on Obama and Clinton to take on Trump Al Gore, the former presidential candidate turned leading environmentalist, called on Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton to join the fight against Trump on climate change, while predicting an unprecedented backlash from environmentalists. Trump is widely considered a climate change denier, and he has pledged to withdraw the US from the Paris climate accord and reverse Obama's clean power plan, among others. Gore hopes that Trump would reverse a lot of his campaign promises on climate change. Al Gore: climate change threat leaves 'no time to despair' over Trump victory
Death toll rises in Oakland fire The death toll of a warehouse fire in Oakland was raised to 33 on Sunday, as criminal investigators joined the inquiry into one of the worst disasters in the city's history. Mayor Libby Schaaf said it was far too early to know how the unauthorized party being held at the warehouse led to the fire. Sgt Ray Kelly of the Alameda County sheriff's office said that 33 people had been killed and there were a significant number of people still missing. The deceased were mostly in their 20s and 30s, with some teenagers and foreign nationals. Artists and advocates have said that the deadly fire was a product of the housing crisis.
Death toll from Oakland 'Ghost Ship' warehouse fire rises to 33 killed Japan's PM to join Obama at Pearl Harbor Shinzo Abe will become the first Japanese leader to visit Pearl Harbor this month, the site of a surprise attack in 1941 which led the US to join the second world war and expanded the conflict into the Pacific. Abe will meet with Obama for talks in Hawaii on 26-27 December, when the two will visit Pearl Harbor. The trip comes after Obama's visit to Hiroshima, the site where the US dropped the world's first atomic bomb, in May. Japan PM to visit Pearl Harbor with Barack Obama Italian referendum defeat forces PM out Matteo Renzi will resign as Italy's prime minister after he was defeated in a referendum on constitutional changes, a victory for the country's anti-establishment right wing, and one which plunges the eurozone's third-largest economy into chaos. "My experience in government ends here … I did all I could to bring this to victory," Renzi said in a concession speech. "If you fight for an idea, you cannot lose." Renzi's proposal to make sweeping changes to the country's constitution and parliamentary system was resoundingly defeated with 59.1% voting against, with a high turnout of 65% of eligible voters. The populist Five Star Movement and the xenophobic Northern League campaigned against the reforms, and the results marks a victory for them. Elsewhere, Austria voted to reject its far-right candidate, Norbert Hofer, in the presidential election. Italian PM Matteo Renzi resigns after referendum defeat Westbrook closes in on Jordan's triple-double record NBA star Russell Westbrook has accomplished something no one else has besides Michael Jordan: five consecutive triple-doubles, a first since Jordan had seven straight in 1989. Westbrook had 28 points, 17 rebounds and 12 assists on Sunday night, and the Oklahoma City Thunder beat the New Orleans Pelicans 101-92. It was his 10th triple-double of the season and the 47th of his career. Russell Westbrook gets fifth successive triple-double: 'I just like to win' In case you missed it... Tim Roth spoke to the Guardian about the rise of "fascism" in the US, saying he had predicted a Trump victory. The actor, who plays a serial killer in the new BBC drama Rillington Place, said: "If you neglect the working class for so fucking long they will rebel against you. There was a dire need to stop a rise of fascism in America and we didn't take it seriously enough." Tim Roth: 'If you neglect the working class for so long, they will rebel against you' | 
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A statement from Donald Trump said of Carson's appointment: 'Ben shares my optimism about the future of our country.' Photograph: Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images 
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