transcends gender. i mean, you'd be hard pressed to find somebody who wouldn't either know a beyonce song or sing so surprised that j.lo is not in the top 25. >> seriously over the last 25 years, don't you think j.lo between movies songs like your jenny from the block, it's a it's a really important point this this transcending genre point. >> the biggest stars. usher was only 11 or 12, and despite all the music he's put out, all the producing he's done across genres you got 30s. >> i got i looked at there's 25 names and i just my criteria is who would i want to be trapped on a desert island with? there's no question i don't agree with virtually anything. you say except beyonce. we have common ground there's no question she's trapped nusrah front private island with jay-z chips act abby phillip brings america together. >> look at that. >> i think i rest my case because if everybody at this table can agree, then we're done. everyone, thank you very much. and thank you for watching newsnight. cnn's coverage continues next

these are the u.s., of course, has been in touch with the south korean government what will be the president's next move amid growing anger across south korea? >> pete hegseth now facing a tough road to become the next secretary of defense. >> this nomination is doomed. >> we need an fbi background check to evaluate the allegations to some people, this lady was progressively getting more and more irate and was ultimately restrained with handcuffs and yellow twist ties live from london. >> this is cnn newsroom with max foster and christina

macfarlane. >> hello. and a warm welcome to our viewers joining us from the u.s. and around the world. i'm max foster and i'm christina macfarlane. >> it's wednesday, december 4th, 9 a.m. here in london, 6 p.m. in seoul, south korea, where the u.s. emb p.m. in seoul, south korea, where the u.s. embassy is urging americans to exercise caution as protesters demand the resignation of president yoon suk yeol yoon abruptly declared martial law late tuesday, only to rescind his order under pressure a few hours later. >> the president says he did it to protect against anti-state forces and threats from north korea. now, labor unions are threatening to strike unless yoon leaves office, and six opposition parties have submitted an impeachment bill yoon's emergency order set off chaos in and around parliament as protesters and lawmakers clashed with troops who were blocking the building what you're watching here is

video of one woman arguing with a soldier that has gone viral as you can see, she tries to grab the rifle from the soldier shouting, aren't you embarrassed? >> the south korea's opposition party leader, who ran against yoon in the 2022 presidential election, livestreamed himself climbing over a fence to get into the parliament building. well, the protests are still taking place outside the national assembly, but with martial law over the situation now is much more relaxed. >> big question can president yoon hang on to power? well, cnn's ivan watson reports now from seoul. >> it's very calm here right now on the front steps outside south korea's national assembly. and that's all the more striking when you consider how dramatic the events were here overnight. in the immediate hours after president yoon suk yeol made his late night announcement on tuesday, imposing emergency martial law lawmakers flocked to this building and at times they

confronted some of several hundred military troops who tried to block them. and despite those confrontations, managed to conduct a vote. 190 lawmakers voted to overturn the martial law decree and among them were at least 18 members of president yoon's own people power party, which has largely condemned the emergency martial law decree. in the hours since. and in fact, by 430 in the morning on wednesday, president yoon had overturned his own decree. so now you have people that have gathered here. many of them are holding signs that say resign. yoon gathering for a rally here. many of them very angry at what their president tried and now apparently failed to do. his own party has called for the resignation of the

defense minister. the president's chief of staff has resigned and inside opposition lawmakers have tabled a resolution calling for the impeachment of the president. it has plunged this country into political uncertainty. but amid that what is also striking is how little this seems to have impacted ordinary life in korea. the airport was functioning normally this morning and in seoul, businesses were open, people were bustling around in the streets certainly talking about what has taken place, which was definitely a short lived challenge to decades of democracy in this country. ivan watson cnn, seoul. >> well, the white house expressing relief that south korea's president lifted his martial law order, reporters asked president biden about the situation during his visit to angola. reporter mr. president, anything on south

korea martial law? >> i'm just getting through. i'm just getting briefed. thank you well, the national security council said in a statement the u.s. >> was not notified in advance of the martial law announcement and is seriously concerned by the developments on the ground. >> well u.s. defense officials say the martial law declaration had no real impact on american forces stationed in south korea, though they're still being advised to avoid large crowds and nonessential travel. >> a spokesperson for u.s. forces korea says personnel are also being told to avoid protests in government offices. our pentagon correspondent oren liebermann has more on the u.s. reaction to the unrest the pentagon has been watching the situation in south korea very closely, at least partially because of the massive u.s. >> military presence there at camp humphreys, some 28,500 u.s. troops there in addition to all these civilian dod personnel and the families that are there so it is a major u.s. military presence as well as a critical u.s. military alliance. u.s. forces korea is

led by a four star general general paul lacamera. so, so that is part of the critical nature of the relationship between the u.s. and the south koreans. there the u.s., of course, has been in touch with the south korean government, and that includes military to military conversations here, according to the pentagon although they haven't detailed the extent of those conversations, there were throughout the hours that this took place there were no changes to u.s. military force posture there and no additional rules or curfews that were imposed on u.s. service members there, according to the pentagon. but this is a situation they're obviously watching and continue to watch very closely. and that, of course, includes because of north korea. this is sort of a situation where you might expect to see kim jong un try to take advantage of this and carry out a ballistic missile launch or a drone launch or a military exercise that would sort of flex his muscle, especially because the south korean president blamed what he called north korean communists for the situation that led him

to declare martial law. but at least as of now, the pentagon says they haven't seen any indication of any major change from north korea. but of course, given frankly given how sensitive the entire region is and given kim's history of sort of taking advantage of his situation and or a perceived insult and carrying out some sort of military test or exercise, this is something the pentagon is still watching very closely. oren liebermann, cnn in the pentagon, cnn spoke earlier with kenneth choi, international editor for the chosun daily newspaper in seoul. >> he explained the significance of president yun's short lived martial law decree. >> it's very tragic moment right now. i don't know why the president made such a decision you know, most i mean 99% of the population couldn't agree with this martial law decree. and now he's. you know, facing this backlash obviously, this repercussion will go on for foreseeable time because, you

know, if the president is impeached, then, you know, it will go into the constitutional court. but you know, right now we don't have enough members in the constitution, constitutional court. so the parliament has to appoint judges. so that will take some time. and then the constitutional, constitutional court will, you know, make a decision whether, you know, the president should be impeached or not. that will take maximum three months. then after that you know, we have to have another election so the campaign period will take place. and next year, you know, if the president is impeached this month, then we will have another presidential election next year. so politically yes, it is a huge crisis. our economy is not doing well. and you know the politicians should be gathering together to get to get the economy, you know, up and running again but, you know, because of this political turmoil, everything is going down the tube. and a lot of people are worried now donald trump may be considering replacing his pick for

secretary of defense. >> a senior transition team source tells cnn the nomination of pete hegseth is in trouble. a former fox news host has been navigating multiple controversies and allegations and senate republican lindsey graham says hegseth has a difficult road ahead if he wants to keep his nomination. >> some of these articles are very disturbing. he, you know obviously has a chance to defend himself here. but, you know, some of this stuff is going to be difficult. you know, time will tell. i like pete, i've known him for a very, very long time. >> well, multiple sources say trump's allies are making a list of alternative picks in case the situation gets worse. for hegseth. amongst the names are florida governor and former rival ron desantis, iowa senator joni ernst and tennessee senator bill hagerty. cnn's manu raju has more now from capitol hill. >> larie pidgeon pete hegseth now facing a tough road to become the next secretary of defense some of these articles are very disturbing. the former

fox news host and military veteran has tried to weather a series of damaging stories about his personal conduct, including allegations of sexual assault. are you concerned? >> of course it's concerning, but i look forward to visiting with pete about it and seeing i'm interested in who pete hegseth is today and who he is going forward. >> we'll be asking questions but look, the president always gets the benefit of the doubt on his nominees. >> but there's little margin for error since just four gop defections could derail the nomination. with all democrats in the 5347 gop senate likely to oppose him. >> this nomination is doomed. >> several gop senators are undecided, including joni ernst, a survivor of sexual assault who has spoken out against such crimes in the military and told cnn today she planned to have a frank and thorough conversation with hegseth later this week all amid key demands amid undecided senators. for more information about her past. what's your

level of concern about him right now as i have repeatedly said to you, i believe that we need an fbi background check to evaluate the allegations. seth has faced a series of damaging stories, including about a 2017 incident when a woman alleged he sexually assaulted her in a california hotel room, but no charges were filed. as hegseth entered into a financial settlement with the accuser and later contended their interaction was consensual. >> the matter was fully investigated and i was completely cleared. >> this week, the new yorker reported that hegseth was forced out of running two veterans groups over, quote, serious allegations of financial mismanagement, sexual impropriety and personal misconduct, including allegedly being intoxicated on the job, a headset the adviser called them outlandish claims from a petty and jealous former associate. mr. hegseth can you

respond to these allegations in the new yorker article? the last time the senate voted down a cabinet nominee was in 1989. that's when george bush's pick of john tower to serve as defense secretary was defeated amid allegations of womanizing and drunkenness. hexorthodes faced similar allegations. the standards now just changed. >> well, i don't think there's much question that the tolerance for certain things has changed, but i would say manu, in many respects grace abounds all the more and i think that's not such a bad thing. >> one of the big questions that senators have is what is contained in a whistleblower report that was reported by the new yorker magazine, detailing allegations of misconduct that occurred while pete hegseth was running a veterans organization. roger wicker, who's going to chair the senate armed services committee next year, which will be in charge of considering hex's nomination told me, quote, i'm sure we'll see it. when i

asked him if he wanted to see that whistleblower report as many other republican senators and democrats are curious about the contents underscoring the challenges that hex has ahead manu raju cnn, capitol hill well, donald trump's pick to lead the u.s. >> drug enforcement administration has withdrawn from consideration just three days after the president elect announced his choice. >> in a post on x florida sheriff chad chronister said he decided to withdraw, quote, as the gravity of this very important responsibility set in. >> he said he appreciated the nomination and will continue working for the citizens of his country. he's now the second of trump's picks to withdraw from a potential role in his new term, following matt gaetz's decision not to seek the attorney general post. >> current president joe biden addressing america's horrific history of slavery while speaking at the national museum of slavery in angola on tuesday. whilst acknowledging that slavery linked the two nations. biden's message is hopeful for the future.

>> angola was the point of departure for millions of enslaved africans, and biden said his visit to the country is, quote, a reminder that no nation need be permanently. the adversary of another our people lie at the heart of the deep and profound connection that forever binds africa and the united states together, we remember the stolen men and women and children who were brought to our shores in chains, subjected to unimaginable cruelty president biden will conclude his visit today with a tour of port facilities, a food processing plant and meetings with regional leaders at a trade summit. >> his visit, likely his final foreign trip as president. it's aimed at highlighting u.s. investments in africa in the face of deepening chinese influence in that region. now, nato's foreign ministers are in the final day of their meeting in brussels. find out where they stand on membership for ukraine and why some members are waiting to make a decision. >> plus, new details are

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between russia and the west protesters here are furious their government seen as increasingly close to the kremlin, is delaying further talks to join the european union. we should be the members of european family and unfortunately our government tries the best not to let us and not to allow us to be i think the georgian government thinks that that georgia is russian and we will act as a russian. >> people do and no one will come out in the streets if if others are beaten and if others are disrespected but they are wrong in this you know, this is georgia and georgian people are not like that sara ganim for years now, the conservative ruling party, the georgian dream has denied any formal links with the kremlin. >> but by passing repressive laws like limiting civil

society and gay rights similar to those in russia, it's thrown into question the country's future. with the west people power party over in ukraine a daily sobering reminder for georgians of the price of defying moscow, georgia suffered a brief war of its own with russia in 2008, but avoiding this devastation of their ukrainian neighbors in a conflict that began with a popular uprising known as the maidan, is what the georgian ruling party says now justifies its crackdown so the attempt to organize a maidan in georgia is already over i would call everybody to keep quiet. >> let's say, and to keep peace in this country. so we are responsible for that i can assure everybody that there will be peace in this country but that's not how it looks on the streets of the georgian

capital, with police and pro-western protesters outside the embattled parliament in what looks like a pivotal standoff, matthew chance, cnn, london well, ukraine is pressing nato's foreign ministers to extend an invitation for membership, but they're meeting in brussels will likely end today without a decision. >> ukraine's foreign minister insisting on membership to guarantee its security in the future, and says an invitation would erase one of russia's main arguments for starting the war, which was to keep ukraine out of the alliance ahead of the meeting, nato chief mark russia touted support for ukraine, arguing moscow isn't interested in peace ukraine is entering another crucial winter and russia's aggression shows no sign of abating. >> just the opposite. >> putin is ramping up his rhetoric and reckless actions. he is using ukraine as a testing ground for experimental

missiles and is deploying north korean soldiers in this illegal war. >> well, on the sidelines of the meeting, latvia's foreign minister told reuters that in principle, leaders have agreed ukraine will be a member. but she says some members aren't comfortable bringing in a country currently at war. >> she said some are waiting to see where donald trump stands on the issue once he takes office trump has said he would end russia's war in ukraine on the first day in office, but hasn't explained exactly how. >> nic robertson is joining us here. nic, this is the rub essentially, isn't it because none of these members are likely to commit to this until the trump administration takes office, and it's unlikely they'll get support from the trump administration. >> it was interesting hearing david lammy, the british foreign secretary, going into the nato meeting this morning and talking about the needing the need to spend more gdp on defense spending. this is of course, donald trump's principal commitment of nato in the past, that they don't spend enough. >> lamb is saying we do 2.3%. >> we need to go to 2.5. >> we need to see that across all nato nations. so it's

clear there's already this effort to win on board. donald trump again when he gets into the white house but from a point of view of support for ukraine's membership of nato that really seems to be distant at the moment and you do get that sense that that nato members and ukraine are trying to cram in as much support as possible in the immediate term and this was one of the questions the mark rutte going into the meeting this morning from a ukrainian journalist saying, look, the foreign minister was here, he had dinner with you last night. he said, we've got these 19 critical energy infrastructure locations. they need this important vital air defense commitment. and can you give it? and this was russia's reply to the journalist this morning there was a clear agreement on the table last night that to help ukraine, particularly with its infrastructure, has to be a priority. >> and i'm confident that allies will follow up in the coming days and weeks in making

sure that whatever they can supply to ukraine will be supplied but he also went on to say that look those supplies aren't unlimited. >> there isn't overflowing stocks of air defense systems. so i think the message here for ukraine is you're getting a lot and going forward, we don't there there is uncertainty they are astutely aware of that. but i think the framing that you get from from nato, from the secretary general today, he talked about it there as an escalation from russia not wanting peace involving north korean troops in the fight, testing missiles. and he also spoke about how russia increasingly relies on china and iran for military and financial support. so framing it as an escalation where trump is coming in, talking about peace in a day, it's also an internal crisis, isn't there, when you consider that germany and france are facing political turmoil and they are two key members, particularly france,

when it comes to the ukraine war. oh, absolutely. i mean, the economy in france is at the center of their current crisis michel barnier, the current prime minister, had been in for 57 days now has been trying to push through an emasculated budget process and the left that the left bloc that did best in the snap elections called last summer, and the right wing bloc that did better both at the at the expense of the centrists in french politics, are at loggerheads over this, and there will likely be a vote of no confidence in the prime minister today unless something unexpected. >> the right, obviously part of their campaign was to not keep resourcing the ukraine war. >> and and in this way, they're getting a stake in controlling it because, you know, you you create greater uncertainty in the french economy. one of the prime drivers in the european union and within nato at the same time that germany is experiencing those problems and other nations within within nato as well and and therefore,

you foster the question centrally of what can we really afford to finance? but a question at a moment where russia is effectively raising that price all the time by escalating? >> well worth remembering that donald trump is, of course, due to visit paris this weekend for the opening of notre dame. as they are due to hold this vote of no confidence today. um, what will happen next? nick if, um, you know the vote puts michel barnier out, will he stay on as caretaker? what's likely to come from this? >> yeah, i mean, there's a bind in the country right now because the president can't call another election until the summer because you have to leave a year between the elections so there's that. so he's stuck with the current government, which means he's stuck with the difficulty of finding another prime minister which means, effectively, barnier is stuck as being a caretaker until macron can find

another prime ministerial candidate. that will that will have enough support across again, the diminished center. and with the increased left and right very unlikely given what we've seen. >> yeah and i'm seeing talk of a no confidence vote in macron even because he is the architect of this government which wasn't really what the public voted for. if you look at the election results look, macron i think the critics said last summer on a sort of a moment of hubris and feeling that he was going to be a weakened president after the european parliamentary elections, which showed a big surge in support for the right. >> he thought he would challenge them and this is a challenge in a way that's been long coming. but the way that he called it so quickly and it did backfire on him because again the the politics that he represents has been or the

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president yoon suk yeol is facing calls to resign and the threat of impeachment after attempting and failing to impose martial law. the main opposition party says it plans to file treason charges against yoon as well as his defense and interior ministers. the search for two americans and a canadian climber who went missing while trying to summit new zealand's highest mountain has been postponed due to severe weather. the climbers were last seen on saturday when they flew by helicopter to a camp on mount cook. rescuers hope to resume the search on thursday once conditions improve. and a small asteroid lit up the sky in eastern russia overnight, producing a spectacular fireball. astronomers with the european space agency spotted the spacex rocket about 12 hours before it hit earth's atmosphere. they estimate it was a little over two feet wide. >> more now on the impeachment efforts against south korea's president, according to south korean media. a vote on the impeachment bill is expected to

happen on friday or saturday. under the constitution impeachment must be approved by two thirds of all lawmakers before going to the top courts. and this just in from yonhap the news agency. south korean defense minister kim jong hyun has submitted his resignation to president yoon. it's not clear if it's been accepted. the question now is, will president yoon fight to stay in power or give in to the widespread demands for his resignation? more protests are expected throughout the day, and president young's decision to declare martial law caught so many in south korea and around the world completely by surprise. cnn's mike valerio was there reporter soldiers clashing with citizens in a shocking scene outside of south korea's parliament as crowds chant dismiss the martial law after the country's president declared nationwide military rule the first time since 1980.

>> in an unusual late night tv address, i declare emergency martial law to defend the republic of korea from the danger of north korean communist forces. all this in response to a number of actions by the opposition including rejecting a budget bill and attempts to impeach officials from moon's administration. yoon suk yeol said the moves were intended to quote incite rebellion and accused opposition lawmakers of trying to destabilize the country. >> this decision is a crime is this someone who we will let run this country? >> no. >> will we let this slide? >> no. >> oh it doesn't make sense. >> as far as i know, this is the first martial law declared since the gwangju democratization movement. it is really happening in the 21st century. reporter. >> broken windows and rifle wielding soldiers standing at the national assembly building as tensions between the presidency and opposition lawmakers spilled into mass

protests. we're here in the crowd and there are two military vehicles that are trying to get out of here. we're just a few blocks away from the national assembly. there were some soldiers that were saying their military vehicles are trying to leave the area and get back to their base. protesters, of course voicing their huge outrage and dismay at this moment. the extraordinary measure the president insists, was to do away with what he claims are groups sympathetic towards north korea. hours later, yoon, forced into reversing his decision after lawmakers voted to overturn his order. leaving a rattled south korean public reeling from the political chaos. the question now what will be the president's next move? amid growing anger across south korea? mike valerio, cnn seoul opposition forces are still gaining ground in syria

the rebels are reportedly at the gates of hama in central syria. >> the latest stop in their lightning offensive that began in the north last week we are in green under rebel control and it includes much of aleppo and idlib provinces. >> and you can see hama is just a bit further south there. >> cnn's ben wedeman is following developments and joins us live now. and venezuela's being one of syria's largest cities, hama is also strategically important. what does it signify that the that the rebels have advanced this far well, certainly what it means is that the syrian army which vowed to launch a counteroffensive a few days ago, clearly remains on the defensive, that they're really having a hard time holding ground as these rebel forces spearheaded by hayat tahrir

al-sham, formerly known as jabhat al-nusrah are moving ever forward, they basically now control a large stretch of what's known as the m5 highway, which is the major north south highway linking aleppo in the north to damascus in the south. >> and now, of course, they seem to be at the gates, the northern gates of hama itself. now, this is a city of 1 million people. uh, there are basically four major cities on the m5 aleppo, hama, homs and damascus so they now are in control or could be shortly in control of two of the major four cities on that highway. and also symbolically hama is important because it was there in 2011 where there were massive anti-regime protests violently suppressed by the regime of bashar al-assad, and going back further back to the beginning of 1982. there was an uprising in hama led by the

muslim brotherhood at the time, which was waging an urban warfare against the regime of hafez al assad, the father of bashar. uh that siege of hama left more than 10,000 people dead. nobody really knows the final death toll, but it really symbolizes one of the sort of the depth of opposition to the dynasty of the assad family. and it remains a potent symbol of that opposition to this very day. >> christina you've seen the assad regime under pressure before. of course. ben, how does this compare to those other occasions? how would you describe it well, certainly they now at this point control the smallest amount of territory they've ever controlled going back to 1971, when hafez al-assad took power in syria. >> and unlike, for instance,

2015, when they were also very much on the defensive that's when the russians came to their defense. hezbollah was in syria in large numbers helping the bashar al-assad regime. the iranians were there. now, we know that hezbollah has been gutted by the war with israel. the russians are distracted by the war in ukraine. the iranians have seen multiple senior leaders in syria killed by the israelis and also by the opposition, as well so they find themselves really in a very precarious situation where they're losing ground. their army is riddled with corruption, morale is very low among the ordinary troops, and they're serious. traditional allies don't seem to be able to come to the defense of the regime as they did before. so they are in a very precarious position today max. >> that's interesting. thank you ben, so much for that. >> now israel is warning

lebanon of dire consequences if the ceasefire with hezbollah falls apart. israel's defense minister visited troops near the border on tuesday, a day after israel and hezbollah both carried out attacks despite the ceasefire. here's what he told them. >> if nasrallah hamas, if we go back to war, we will penetrate deeper. >> and the most important thing they should know is that there will be no immunity for the state of lebanon. until now, we made a distinction between lebanon and hezbollah. it will no longer be the case, not us here. >> lots of people in lebanon saying a bit rich when they feel that israel very clearly are the ones that broke the ceasefire in the first place. >> well, that's right. i mean, since the day after the ceasefire was declared last week, we began to see israeli forces shelling villages in the south. we have seen repeated airstrikes, of course, in parts of southern southern lebanon as well, and of course, in response to that, we've seen hezbollah now targeting israeli occupied territory as well, firing two projectiles and no injuries

reported. but this is raising concern over the fragility and, of course, the longevity of this truce agreement that has been established. and as you heard there, that warning from the israeli defense minister is quite staggering, really. the differentiation between hezbollah and the lebanese state, of course has been crucial. israel has repeatedly maintained that it is targeting hezbollah targets within lebanon, that it is focused on militants and their infrastructure across the country. but this has raised concern over the security and even territorial integrity of the lebanese state. we've previously heard, of course, over the course of these hostilities between israel and hezbollah from the lebanese state, who have repeatedly said that they do not want to be dragged in to an all out war. we have seen hezbollah's military capabilities significantly diminish and what we've been hearing from the israeli defense minister is that there will be no differentiation, essentially. so talking about beirut in particular, while we had seen airstrikes, for example, focused more specifically on the southern suburbs of beirut, particularly in the dahiya

area, which is considered a hezbollah stronghold, this warning suggests that israel may target any areas of beirut. we've previously heard such warnings from. more far right members of prime minister netanyahu's cabinet, who have said that they can copy and paste what is happening in gaza in lebanon, a staggering and troubling statement there. but of course this comes with a huge amount of concern. we've seen, at least according to a un peacekeeping source, 100 violations of the ceasefire by the israeli authorities. we've heard from the israeli finance minister, bezalel smotrich who told israeli media that both the u.s. and france have expressed concern over israel's potential violations. but again, questions as to whether this will lead to a complete collapse of the ceasefire remain. but certainly that international pressure still and, of course, important to underscore that we are still in that initial 60 day phase. so it is very much a process. we are expecting to see israeli forces gradually withdrawing. and of course the hope is that

after this 60 day transitionary process, we will see a lasting ceasefire. but at this stage, the repeated violations now on both sides are raising concerns that that may not be the case. yeah. um neda. thank you. >> now, catherine, princess of wales, and her husband, prince william and king charles welcome the emir of qatar on the first day of his state visit. the 42 year old royal is slowly returning to her duties after receiving chemotherapy treatment. she was diagnosed with cancer earlier this year. >> this marks her biggest return to duties yet and is being seen by many as a significant marker of her strong recovery. later in the evening king charles and prince william hosted a qatari royals at a state banquet during the traditional toast, the king thanked the emir for his country's efforts to try and mediate a gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal if i may i would particularly like to express the united kingdom's deepest gratitude for your tireless mediation efforts over

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