WORLD AGENDA NOVEMBER 2015
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Nov 30-Dec 11, Paris: Government representatives from nearly every country in the world look set to agree action on climate change after 2020 when they meet in the French capital. If successful, it will be the first universal and legally binding agreement

Nov 1, Ankara: A snap election goes ahead in Turkey, despite October’s suicide bombing that killed nearly 100 people, the deadliest attack in recent history. The vote was called after the ruling AKP lost its majority in June polls

Nov 8, Rangoon: Myanmar holds its first free national vote in 25 years, with Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy taking on
the military- backed government. The historic election is open to more than 30 million voters

Nov 25-30, Africa: Pope Francis visits Kenya, Uganda and Central African Republic in his first trip to Africa, expected to be fraught with security
problems. He will meet slum dwellers and refugees and call for unity between Christians and Muslims

Nov 9, Ottawa: Justin Trudeau is sworn in as Canada’s 23rd prime minister. The Liberal Party leader has pledged to pull out of air strikes against Islamic State and take in 25,000 Syrian refugees by the end of the year

Nov 9, Washington: Talks on extending defence aid to Israel may resume during premier Benjamin Netanyahu’s visit. Negotiations stalled when world powers agreed a nuclear deal with Iran in July

Nov 10, The Hague: The war crimes trial of former Ivory Coast president Laurent Gbagbo (above), the first former leader to face the ICC, opens. Gbagbo’s refusal to concede defeat in 2010 election sparked a bloody stand-off in which some 3,000 people died

Nov 9, New York: Amedeo Modigliani’s Nu Couché is expected to fetch over $100m at auction, setting a new record for the Italian artist
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Source: Kate Edgley Pictures: Associated Press, Getty Images

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