Following are the top foreign stories at 1700 hours

Washington: US President-elect Donald Trump spoke to Russian President Vladimir Putin over the phone and discussed ending the war in Ukraine amongst many other important topics, according to a media report. ****

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**** Israeli PM Netanyahu admits Israel's role in pager, walkie-talkie attacks on Hezbollah

Jerusalem: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for the first time admitted that Israel was behind the pager and walkie-talkie attacks on Hezbollah in September that left at least 39 people dead and more than 3,000 injured, local media reports have said. ****

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**** Keir Starmer first UK PM since Churchill to attend Armistice Day in France

London: Keir Starmer on Monday became the first British Prime Minister to attend Armistice Day commemorations in France since the Second World War when Winston Churchill joined General Charles de Gaulle for the event that marks the end of First World War hostilities. ****

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**** New climate finance goal in self-interest of every nation: UN climate chief at COP29

Baku: Setting ambitious objectives for the COP29 climate summit here, UN Climate Change Executive Secretary Simon Stiell on Monday emphasised the need for an updated global climate finance target and robust action on carbon markets. ****

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**** 'Legal immigration system is broken in US', Vivek Ramaswamy supports Trump's mass deportation plans

Washington: Vivek Ramaswamy, top Indian-American aide to President-elect Donald Trump, expressed his support for the mass deportation plan of illegal immigrants and said that the legal immigration system in the country is "broken". ****

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**** Indian American fundraiser of Democratic Party receives racists messages,

Washington: An Indian American fundraiser of Vice President Kamala Harris and the Democratic Party has been receiving racist and threatening messages on his phone asking him to leave the county and go to India. ****

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**** Democrats need to focus on economic hardships of Americans: Indian American Congressman Ro Khanna

Washington: Days after the defeat of Kamala Harris in the presidential elections, a top Indian American Congressman on Sunday said that the Democratic Party should focus only on addressing the economic hardships of the people. ****

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**** Biden should resign, make Kamala Harris the first female president of US, says former aide

Washington: A former staffer of Vice President Kamala Harris urged President Joe Biden to resign and install his deputy as the first woman president of the country, although for a short duration. ****