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Here is a brief look at Press TV Newsroom's headlines from 0900 GMT to 1700 GMT, November 21, 2018.

Syria civilian deaths

Reports coming out of Syria suggest more civilians have been killed by the US-led coalition. Local sources say warplanes have dropped bombs containing white phosphorus in the eastern province of Dayr al-Zawr. Reports say a number of civilians have been killed and others injured. Attacks by the US led coalition in eastern Syria have surged over the past week, killing a growing number of civilians. US forces are operating in Syria without a UN mandate or permission from Damascus.

California wildfire

In the US, the death toll from the so-call Camp Fire in northern California tops 80 as search and rescue efforts continue across the state. Three other fatalities were reported from another wildfire in southern parts of the state, bringing the total toll to 84. Nearly nine-hundred people remain missing. Emergency teams are trying to overcome infrastructural damage and unsavory weather conditions in search of possible survivors. A warning was issued over several days of forecasted showers due to the impending Pacific storm. The heavy rain is feared to unleash rivers of mud and debris in areas where thousands of evacuees are placed in temporary shelters. Fire authorities say the full containment of the inferno in the north will not materialize before December.

UN envoy in Yemen

The UN special envoy for Yemen has arrived in the capital Sana’a for talks on averting all-out fighting for the lifeline port of Hudaydah. Martin Griffiths is expected to hold talks with leaders of the Ansarullah movement to resume a peace process that was halted in September. The Ansarullah movement and the Saudi-led coalition have expressed support for the new peace talks in Sweden. But just hours before Griffiths' arrival in Sana’a, residents in Hudaydah said the fighting continued in residential neighborhoods. A UN draft resolution has been presented to the Security Council that urges an immediate truce in the Yemeni port city. The UK-drafted resolution sets a two-week deadline for removing all barriers to the humanitarian aid.

Murder of Khashoggi

Leaders of the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee want the White House to conduct a probe into the murder of Saudi critic Jamal Khashoggi. Republican Senator, Bob Corker, and Democratic Senator, Bob Menendez, have sent a letter to President Donald Trump. They’ve asked the president for an investigation into whether Saudi Crown Prince, Mohammed bin Salman, was responsible for Kashoggi’s killing. On Friday, the US intelligence concluded that Bin Salman had ordered Khashoggi’s murder last month. Yet, the US president, in a Tuesday statement, said Washington will continue to support Riyadh. Senator Corker has criticized Trump for refraining from punishing Saudi Arabia.

May under pressure

British Prime Minister Theresa May say the United Kingdom wants to maintain good post-Brexit relationship with the European Union. Addressing the parliament, May said the withdrawal agreement has been finalized but the country’s future relationship continues to be negotiated with the EU. The Leader of opposition Labour Party harshly criticized the Brexit deal as baked and bad for Britons. Jeremy Corbyn said if the government cannot negotiate a better deal with the EU it should make way for those who can. May’s draft withdrawal agreement with the EU has been sharply criticized by all political parties. May is set to hold important talks with senior E-U officials to finalize the agreement before a special summit on Sunday with European leaders.

Trump hostility

The Iranian foreign minister has condemned the recent US sanctions against the Islamic Republic as illegal. In a tweet, Mohammad Javad Zarif once again reminded the US president that calling Iran a terrorist nation proves Washington’s hostility toward the Iranian people. Zarif stressed that the Trump administration’s pipe-dream of uprooting the Iranian nation will never realize. Washington’s new sanctions target a number of Iranian and Russian officials and companies. The US treasury department accuses them of financing the Hezbollah and Hamas resistance movements through shipping oil to Syria. Zarif comments came after Donald Trump once again labeled the Iranian nation as terrorists. Back in October 2017, the US president claimed that Iran was a terrorist nation like few others.

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