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US Secretary of State John Kerry has announced the US will double the amount of money it provides for climate change adaptation grants- from $430 million to $860 million by the year 2020.

Speaking from the Paris Climate Change Conference, Mr. Kerry said the increased funding shows the deep commitment the United States has to solving climate change.

Andrea Arenas reports.

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Angela Merkel named TIME Person of Year

TIME magazine has named German Chancellor Angela Merkel as its 2015
Person of the Year.

Second place went to ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, with US
Presidential hopeful Donald Trump in third.

Speaking on NBC the editor of the magazine Nancy Gibbs explained why
Merkel was the chosen.

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Merkel had had a tough job this past year.

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TIME's Foreign Editor Bryan Walsh said although Angela Merkel's been in power for ten years, it's now that her time has come:

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TIME's Foreign Editor Bryan Walsh said the two runners up, IS leader Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, couldn't be passed over this year:

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These New Yorkers had a mixed response to the magazine's choices for its top three spots:

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OVER 200 000 SIGN TRUMP PETITION

Opposition gains supermajority in Venezuelan elections

Final election results show Venezuela's opposition have won 112 of 167 parliamentary seats - a super majority that would allow it to push through reforms - and even force out President Maduro. Elena Casas reports from Caracas.

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US Ambassador to Thailand investigated for "insulting King"

The US Ambassador to Thailand is under investigation over allegations that he insulted the country's King.

Glyn Davies is accused of flouting strict laws that forebid criticism of the monarchy.

Our Washington Correspondent Simon Marks reports.

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Putin Orders Coal Delivery to Ukraine

TANZANIA'S PRESIDENT SWEEPS THE STREETS

Angela Merkel is TIME’s person of the year

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has been named TIME Magazine's person of the year for 2015.

The magazine said it was honoring Merkel because of her leadership role in Europe's debt and refugee crises.

Ira Spitzer reports from Berlin.

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UK MPs will consider debating Donald Trump ban

German defendant in Neo-nazi trial denies role in 10 murders

A defendant in a high profile Neo-Nazi trial in Germany has denied involvement in a series of murders that took place between two thousand and two thousand seven.

Her other two alleged co-conspirators died in an apparent murder-suicide in 2011.

Ira Spitzer reports from Berlin.

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Rebel fighters leave Homs suburb under UN deal

The London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says around 800 people are due to depart the Syrian city of Homs throughout Wednesday under a ceasefire deal reached with the government.

Just one district remains in the hands of rebels which will be handed over to government control under the agreement. From London, Catherine Drew reports.

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