Yasmeen Altaji gives a round-up of today's trends
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Trump to select team in coming days and Israel strikes Beirut
This is trending your daily rundown of news from the Middle East and around the world brought to you by International. From Abu Dhabi, I'm Yasmin Al Haji, here are today's headlines. U.S. President-elect Donald Trump is expected to select his top team in the coming days, as Kamala Harris vowed to help the Republican transition to power. Trump is believed to be weighing up a return to office for key figures such as Mike Pompeo and bring in one-time foes, including Marco Rubio, right-wing figures such as Tom Cotton, who called for the military to be deployed against largely black anti-police protesters in 2020, is tipped for a key post. Tech tycoon Elon Musk and sports promoter Dana White are expected to be informal advisers rather than take office. Meanwhile, Ms. Harris gave her concession speech at her alma mater. "The outcome of this election is not what we wanted, not what we fought for, not what we voted for, but hear me when I say, hear me when I say, the light of America's promise will always burn bright." Republicans now have the presidency, the majority of the House and Senate, and dominance of the Supreme Court. Arab Americans have mixed emotions after the Trump Vance victory, recalling the sense of abandonment by Biden and Harris on the issue of Israel's war in Gaza, and then in Lebanon. Some members of the community had voted for Trump. Many saw his win coming. In Lebanon, residential areas of Beirut were rocked by Israeli bombs overnight. The strikes came hours after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and U.S. President-elect Donald Trump spoke about the quote, "Iranian threat," unquote. In the Bukhav Valley, 40 people were killed after bombings in the town of Balbek. That's all for this morning's headlines. You can get these stories at our site and visit the nationalnews.com/podcasts for more like this. Yes, me, Naltaji, the national. (upbeat music) (upbeat music)